Noa blinked open her eyes lazily and looked at the celing. She frowned, her eyes going out of focus. 12 hours, 13 minutes and 29 seconds remaining. She sighed as she swinged her feet over the side of her bed. As soon as she did so however, a body burst through her front door, causing her to scream. Voreck lifted his head and smiled shakily at her.
" Uh, hey Noa! How's it going?" He asked the green eyed girl. Noa smirked at the boy, who dispite his coolness had fear in his eyes.
" Voreck, what did you do this time?" Noa asked innocently, getting to her feet as she bent over, picking up the broken door and laying it on the wall. Voreck got to his feet and helped her lift the door, Voreck rubbing the back of his neck when they finished.
" Nothing I swear! Heather asked if I come here in the chat, and I thought she was in her appartment so I went inside and-" He was of course cut off by a scream.
" VORECK WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Maya's scream could have been heard for miles, as Voreck stiffened, a girl with purple hair and eyes stepped into Noa's house, a towel on.
" Maya I didn't see anything I swear!" Voreck shot back, Noa sighing as her eyes glowed green, acessing Maya's menu as she chose the Cowgirl Goth outfit for her, the clothes appearing on her. Purple tenderlings formed on her back.
" OH DON'T YOU GO AROUND AND LIE LIKE THAT IM GONNA KILL YOU!" Maya screamed, summoning her keyblade. However she was caught off gaurd when a man stepped from behind her and grabbed her shoulder. Maya turned around, at first with anger, then with shock as her poision disappeared, her normal dark brown hair and eyes appearing.
" Its four in the bloody morning..." Bael hissed from behind the two, Voreck and Maya. " And you two are FIGHTING?!" The two straightened up, smirking before laughing.
" What?" Bael asked them, Maya giggling. Noa smirked.
" Nice getup, oh strong leader." Voreck laughed, Bael looking at his clothes. He frowned, looking at the three.
" It was the only comfortable thing to sleep in!" Bael sighed, clenching a paw. He was indeed in the Mr. Mew suit, Noa and Maya laughing. Heather walked up from behind Bael.
" Meow." She laughed at him before swatting Voreck in the back of the head. " Where were you! I told you to come here." Heather crossed her arms, Voreck groaning as he got to his feet.
" Some directions would've been nice..." He mumbled, Heather sighed as she grabbed his hand. " Whatever, everyone's here so we all can go. There's something down in the garden!" Bael smiled softly at Heather's words and put his hands behind his head, his outfit morphing into a Cowboy Goth outfit.
" Aw man... I wanted it to be a surprise. Guess its too big to hide." Bael sighed, smirking a little. Of course he left it for everyone to find. Made it more fun.
" You're the one that did this?" Heather sighed, putting a hand on her forehead. " You know its gonna take a lot of work to keep it maintained." Noa and Maya exchanged a confused look.
" Keep what maintained?" Noa asked, Bael putting crossing his arms with a smirk.
" Pack your bags, kids. We're moving!" With that he marched out the room and toward the garden. Once they got there, there mouth's dropped.
" Is-is that?" Maya breathed, Bael nodding.
" Remember the Mansion we used to roleplay in? Well, here it is! Welcome to the Mideval times, Casa La Bael!" Bael announced, Maya and Noa's eyes sparkling. Heather groaned, thinking about all the work they were gonna have to do to keep the ginormous thing from getting dirty. Voreck looked around them.
" Hey, where's Pro?" Voreck asked, Bael shrugging.
" Here." Pro announced, walking through the portal and setting down a bag. He took one look at the Manion, and sighed. " Bael did this, didn't he?"
" Yep." Heather smirked. " So Bael, are you gonna give us a tour?" Bael nodding, seeming rather excited.
" Of course!" He started walking forward, however Pro stopped him.
" Boss... the thing is I just finished the last quest." Bael stopped, looking at Pro.
" You did?" He frowned. " Then... something should happen soon..." He frowned, looking at the sky. " Our adventure is almost over..." Bael mumbled. Maya and Heather exchanged a confused look.
" What do you mean?" Maya asked. Bael looked sad for almost a moment, but he shook it off and smiled at them.
" Nothing! Just imagining things I guess." He opened the door to the gates, leading them inside. " So here we have the garden, and a couple tables if you want to eat outside."
" How did you even get this place?" Voreck asked, Bael stiffening.
" I had to go through one of the worst things no human being should ever have to go through..." Bael said quietly. Everyone tensed.
" Which is?" They all asked in unision, Bael looking at them.
" Finance." He shuddered, everyone groaning. He looked at them angerly. " Hey! Finance is hard! I have no idea how adults do it... Anyway! To continue our tour..." He opened the door wide, leading them into the living room. There was a fire place to the side, as well as many couches and seats.
" This is the living room, over there is the kitchen-" He pointed to a door to the right. " And up those stairs is the bedrooms and bathrooms." There was a staircase in the room too, leading upstairs. " And if you go this way-" He lead the group to the left, opening a door. " A library/garden!" The room was made of glass walls, books reaching the ceeling and plants resting on window sills, growing large. Bael smirked as he crossed his arms.
" This way we can live together and we can get things done a lot easier." Bael frowned at Maya and Heather who were giggling. " What's so funny?" He asked, Heather hiding a piece of paper behind her back. Bael walked up to her and ripped the piece of paper out of her hand, looking at it. His face pailed as he looked at it, Voreck taking it out of his hand as he laughed.
" Okay, how much for this?" Voreck asked as he showed them a picture of Bael in a kitten suit. Maya ran over to him and ripped it out of his hands.
" Nothing!" She huffed looking at the picture. " Its a rare antique." She and Heather laughed, Bael sighing as he put a hand on his head.
" That's gonna be on my gravestone isnt it?" Maya and Heather nodded eagerly, Bael's shoulders sagging.
" I know! Let's go put it on the fridge!" Maya told Heather, Heather nodding as the two raced off.
" Hey! This is Mideval times we dont have a refridgerator- Oh forget it..." Bael sighed, a small smile on his face as he watched the two girls run out of the room.
" Do you have to go?" Bael asked Noa as she grabbed her jacket near the front door. She nodded.
" I'm just gonna take a little walk..." She allowed her eyes to go out of focus, looking at her timer as it counted down. 9 hours, 54 minutes and 36 seconds left.
" Maybe I should go with you..." Bael looked at her skeptically. " Every time you disappear you end up in trouble or something..."
" I'll be fine dear-" Noa was cut off when a CRASH! was sounded in the kitchen. Maya walked out, face full of black ashes.
" HEATHER! IF THE STOVE DOESN'T TURN ON, YOU DON'T TURN IT UP HIGHER!" Maya yelled, electricity sparking in the kitchen.
" YOU STUPID STOVE I'LL TURN YOU BLACK AND BLUE!" Heather's voice could be heard as the electrcity got larger Maya yelping as she stepped back. Her skin turned purple as fear etched her eyes.
" DON'T YOU DARE HURT MY FRIEND, HEATHER! PUT DOWN THE PAN!" Noa and Bael stared at Maya who had walked back inside the kitchen, posion in hand.
" Besides..." Noa heard another crash! in the kitchen. " I believe you have more important matters to deal with..." She smiled at him. " I'll be back soon, okay?" Bael nodded before walking into the kitchen.
" So... which one of you did this?" Bael asked, Maya and Heather stopping cold.
" Milady Noa..." Noa's Chirithy frowned as Noa clenched her head. Her eyes went out of focus, watching the timer click down. She paced around the fountain. 1 minute left...
" Listen... Chirithy..." Noa mumbled as she looked at the small cat. " I don't know what this power could do to you... You must get as far away as possible." The Chirithy shook her head.
" I cannot, Milady. Our hearts are connected, whatever happens to you happens to me as well." She frowned as Noa sat down, holding her head. " You need medical attention. Perhaps there's a way we can extract all the lux-"
" No..." Noa interrupted. She looked at her hand, her body beginning to glow. " There's no way to fix this... The only way to stop this is if I defeated the seeker of darkness." The Chirithy coaxed her head to the side.
" Well, then why don't you? The less darkness in this world the better." The Chirithy told her, Noa sighing.
" But, I can't! The seeker of darkness, he's-" Noa's breath hitched as her heart ached. " I can't hurt him... and yet I can't control myself..." She gripped her head with a scream this time, her Chirithy's eyes wideneing as she began to glow brighter and brighter.
" Milady Noa!" Her Chirithy screamed. However, she realized that she too began to glow, Noa smiled.
" Its... okay..." She panted out of breath as she fell to her knees, looking at the ground. " I have my friends... there my power... not this light..." As cliche as it sounded, it worked for Sora so who knows... it may work for her as well.
Noa closed her eyes, the timer counting down in her mind.
10
9
Pro...
8
7
Heather...
6
5
Voreck...
4
3
Maya...
2
1
Bael...
I'm counting on you...