"Gwarsh, sure is spooky...." Goofy trailed off as Donald landed the gummi. Aanyx rolled her eyes, "Wimps. And you're supposed to bring down the Organization?"
"You know about the Organization?" Sora rounded on her. She merely gave him a 'no dur' look, "Kat and Xcaiy? Ring a bell? They only wiped the floor with you a world ago!"
"So then you know what they're after!"
"Eh--no." Aanyx said, "See, they don't exactly like talking about their work. Why would anyone wanna talk about the drawls of work when at home?"
"Oh..."
Aanyx had to refrain from raising an eyebrow as he turned back to the front of the gummi. He ACTUALLY bought it? 'Boy Rox. Maybe it's a good thing you couldn't remember your Somebody....He's worse than Dem!' Aanyx thought. Getting a sudden idea, she turned towards Sora, "Hey Sora. Didja know that if you say 'gullible' slowly, it sounds like 'green beans'?" Sora frowned, not looking at her as he stocked up on potions, "It does? ....Guuullllliiiiibbbllllleeee....." He elongated the word before turning towards where Aanyx was, only to find a note in her chair. 'Why yes, yes you are!' was all the green ink said. Realizing he fell for it, he grumbled and stomped out of the gummi.
Aanyx, meanwhile, had warped to inside the Castle, walking through the familiar halls of the East Wing with a frown, wondering why she had yet to see any of her friends that were usually so openly around. Not even Lumiere and that feather duster with the bad French accent behind one of the curtains.....
Aanyx knocked thrice on the door at the end of the hall, "Belle? You in here? It's me; Aanyx." The door flung open, and Aanyx was enveloped in a tight hug. "Aanyx! You're here! Maybe you can talk some sense into him!" "Whoa; slow down, Belle! Talk some sense into who?"
"So....Beast's been going off all pissy like....and you think it's one of us?" Aanyx asked summing up what Belle had just spent ten minutes explaining. The princess of heart nodded solemnly, and Aanyx sighed, "Great. So they ARE creating mass mayhem after all..." She stood from the edge of the bed, scratching her forearm, "....All right....I guess I'd better go look for this guy then...." After giving Belle a reassuring smile, she portaled to a random hallway of the West Wing. Morphing a door, she walked through an improvised hall of sorts just on the other side of the wall to Beast's room. Hearing a commotion, she formed a portal to just outside of the room, just in time to see Sora whacking Beast with the keyblade.
"THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Aanyx exploded, wrapping one whip around Donald and the other around Sora. "Aanyx?! Let us go!" Sora protested. In response she merely jerked them back, not caring too much where or how they landed as she approached the panting Beast. "…Beast?" She tried cautiously. At his death glare, she frowned and snapped her fingers at her side, "You do not dwell in the dark. As a Somebody, you do not belong with us to reside in it. Return to your light in peace."
Sora frowned, rubbing his sore neck as he watched Beast slowly return to how he should be. He continued to watch her warily as she explained that he was under a spell. Something smelled fishy, and he doubted it was coming from the kitchens…
"How did you--" Sora began only to have Aanyx cut him off. "Who dd this to you? Was he from the Organization?" Her tone was stern and controlled, as though she were trying not to start off on one of her tangines.
"Xaldin! He took all my pain..my anger…my rage! I knew nothing…"
"He wanted you to submit to your darkness…to take your Heartless and your Nobody for the Organization." Aanyx said sympathetically. Sora looked at her quizicaly, "How can you tell? And how come you could snap him outta it?"
"When you've seen as much as I have and lived through as much as I, you pick up a few things."
"But--"
"Look, are we gonna stand here answering questions all day or are we gonna save the others?" With that Aanyx turned on her heel and marched out, heading through the West Wing.
Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Beast all looked at eachother and shrugged, heading after her through the halls.
They stopped in front of a bolted metal door. Aanyx glanced at Beast, "…You really DID protect them from yourself, didn't you?" Beast nodded uncomfortably, keeping his troubles to himself.
"I'll open it…" Sora began, summoning his keyblade. Aanyx held up her hand, "No need, Super Stupid…" She walked up to the left side of the door, pulling out the pins in the hinjes. "Gwarsh, that sure was real smart of ya, Aanyx."
"Oh yes. I'll go down in history as the girl who opened the door!" Aanyx rolled her eyes, tossing the pins in Sora's general direction as she grabbed the steel. She then turned her head toward Beast, "Hey, big tall and hairy. Ya wanna gimme a hand here? Or should I just pull a muscle first?"
Beast hastily nodded, grabbing the upper corner of the door and wrenching it free with a grunt. Aanyx grinned, "Always helps to know some muscle…Right. C'mon, then. Time to fight them bastards."
With that she led the way through the darkness, not even slowing her pase at the total lack of light.
It really did pay to have power over darknes…
Speaking of which…
Aanyx sighed, coming to a stop in the 'waiting room' of the all-too-familiar laboritory. "Welcome home, my dear Princess."
"Fee Fie Fou Fum. Ready or not here he comes…" Aanyx muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes as she folded her arms over her chest.
Ikxe came around the corner wearing an elegant silk-and-crushed-velvet robe over his usual uniform-like pants. He held a glass of red wine in each hand, his long black hair back as usual to expose his elfish features.
"If you're STILL trying to seduce me, it ain't working." She said in a bored tone, trying not to roll her eyes. She unfortunately knew from experience that doing so too often would find her pinned to the wall by her throat.
Anyway.
"I thought I heard your wit, Aanyx." A familiar voice said cheerfully. Aanyx turned to see the familiar mis-matched eyes of the Goblin King himself, smiling his pointed teeth at her with his gloved hands on his hips as usual. He wore an off-white swordsman shirt under a black steel armored vest, a cape hanging from the back. His pants were as grey and tight as ever, his boots ending at the knees.
Aanyx gave him a genuine smile—something she hadn't done since before she regained her memories. "Jareth! So nice to see the PLESANT twin!" Jareth accepted her one-armed hug, keeping his eyes on Ikxe, "And what brings you here, little Aanyx?"
"Oh, the usual. Your brother here thinks he can kidnap me at random and try seducing me."
"Still pining for the young, are you little brother?"
And people wondered where she learned to land a spat.
"This is none of your concern, brother. Go back to your own infatuation. Leave me to mine."
"Hardly. Sarah, at least, does not flinch from my touch."
"And Aanyx needs not to run for her life for thirteen hours to be given chance!"
"And AANYX," Aanyx interrupted, having had quite enough of the two, "is standing right in front of you, and shall therefore NOT be talked about. Now, if either of you need me, I've got a dumbass to annoy. Ta."
With that Aanyx opened a portal, returning once more to the castle. Her aim was off, however, and she ended up falling off a beam of the ceiling, falling flat on her ass ontop of the small of Sora's back.
"Why is it that you ALWAYS manage to land on ME?" Sora wined, squirming underneath her. "Gravity works." Aanyx shrugged in reply. "Where were you, anyway? You missed the whole battle!"
"Let's just say I got mixed in a bit of a family dispute. Now are we done here or do I need to kick somebody's ass first? No? Then let's go." Aanyx said, heading off in a random direction.
"Uhh…Isn't the exit that way?" Donald asked. Aanyx smoothly rounded her path to follow his pointed finger, "Of COURSE it's that way! What, do you want me to get lost or something? Geez!"
For a split second, out of the corner of her eye, Aanyx could have sworn that Sora was NOT Sora, but Roxas, giving her his "Same-Old-Ani" look. But fast as it came, the image was gone, and Aanyx's rising chuckle was forced back down in a scowl.
No. Of course it wouldn't be Roxas. Just, and always just, Sora.