One Past, Two Paths
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Becky lay on the sand unconscious surrounded by her friends, who were also unconscious. She must have been laying there for hours. She would drift in and out of random dreams. Some about Nick and Ruby, some about her trips with Sashi and Lee to the Dog Agility Trials, and others about Dogan.
In a state of half consciousness and half unconsciousness, Becky began to think.
'Will the Impulse Magic ever allow Dogan and me to be separated'
'I wonder what will happen to all of us when this is over'
'Why was Dogan so jittery about coming to Agrabah'
Slowly, Becky slipped into consciousness. Everyone else seemed to be coming out of it as well. She noticed that two of her companions were missing. One was Riku, but he hadn't come with them so he was supposed to be gone. The other... the other was Dogan. Where could he have gone?
Sashi slid across the sand over to Becky's side. "Morning." she said, rubbing her eye.
"Dogan's not here." Becky said.
"He's not?" Sashi looked around. "He's not. Where is he?"
By then, Sora, Donald, and Goofy had realized Dogan was missing too.
A voice came from behind a tall rock. It was a recognizable but not one they had encountered yet. Also, there were sounds of someone sobbing. The five friends got up and stood behind the boulder. They wanted to get a better hear on what was going on.
The voice became clear. Sashi and Becky could make out every word it said now. They listened hard and inattentively and tried to figure out what the hell was going on. And maybe, to find out where Dogan had wondered off to.
"Come now my boy. It would be fun. Think of it, you'd be telling the truth for once. Dogan my boy, you'd actually be doing something good. I bet that would make you feel much better about your past. Wouldn't it?" The voice was harsh and mocking. The good thing about it was though was that they had found Dogan.
"Please, just go away. I've got nothing to do with you anymore. I've changed Jafar. Go away." Dogan was the one sobbing.
Sashi, Becky, and Sora poked their heads around the rock. It was Jafar, as a genie. He was huge. And on the sand in front of him, on his knees, was Dogan.
"Changed!? Do you think that a person like you could ever change? I thought I taught you better than that Dogan. You, change? Ha! That Merlin seems to have filled your head with utterly ridiculous dreams that will never come true.
"Don't speak that way about my boss! He save me! And he did change me!" Dogan sniffled and cried a bit. "Go away Jafar. I beg you. Leave me alone. Go away." "Dogan?" Becky stepped out from behind that boulder. Sashi and the others followed.
Dogan turned around to see his friends starring at him. His eyes were red from teats and his shirt was soaked. "Oh shit." he whispered.
"Ah, so these are your new friends. A dog, a duck, a Keyblade master, and two girls. Interesting selection Dogan."
"Dogan, what's going on?" Becky asked.
"Becky, I can explain."
"Yes, Dogan, why don't you explain? I'm sure your friends would love to hear of your... amusing past." Jafar said smiling.
"Your sick!" Dogan yelled.
"Not as much as you, my boy. Let me remind you that I had nothing to do with your first two victims." Jafar's evil smile grew. "You did that all by yourself. That would be about eight years ago, I think. Seven years ago you came to me, so it must be eight, right?"
Dogan could do nothing but cry.
"Well, I leave you to your story time then. Good bye Dogan my boy. You haven't changed at all Dogan. You would still kill on command. Ha!" Jafar's laugh continue. He disappeared but his laugh lingered in the air.
All eyes were then turned to Dogan.
He got up and faced his friends.
"What was he talking about Dogan?" Becky asked almost in tears herself.
"There's a lot of stuff I never told you guys about me. About my past. About what I was before Merlin found me two years ago." He whipped his eyes and nose.
"What happened before Merlin found you?" Sashi questioned.
"A lot of shit. And I guess you'll wanna know about it. Before I tell you anything, I want you to know that I have changed. And also, that I'd never hurt you. I didn't want to tell you because I was afraid. I'm sorry."
"Dogan? What happened?" Sora whispered.
"All this crap began when I was eight. I had a family then you know. They were pretty cool too. My mom was a human named Gisel, and my dad was a wizard. His name was Dragin. I had a sister too. A younger sister. She was my twin. Her name was..." Dogan didn't say. He tried his best not to cry. He cleared his throat and went on. "We lived on Hallow Bastin.
"One day, my parents went out for the day. So, me and my sister stayed with our neighbors. when they got home, they didn't seem themselves. They claimed that they just had a bit of a headache. They told us to go play outside. Me and my sister went to our tree fort in the woods. we stayed there for hours." Tears streamed down his cheeks. The others still didn't get it. He continued. "When we finally came out of the woods, it was dark. Even though we really couldn't see anything, we knew something was wrong. it was too quiet and it was never that dark.
"We started to walk toward our house. As we did, my sister tripped over something. Then I heard her scream. I looked down at what she had tripped over." While Dogan told the story, it played through his head like a movie, bringing back old pains and regrets. "It was our neighbor. He was dead. My sister and I looked around only to see the bodies of countless other people in our town. Terrified, we ran home. We yelled out for our mom and dad, hoping they were still alive. We raced into our house and straight into the kitchen. And there they were; alive. They were standing by the table, back to me and my sister. My sister yelled out for them. They turned and faced us. Their eyes were flame-red. On their shoulders there was a wound that was surrounded by black.
"We asked them what was wrong, but they didn't answer. That's when we it. They had blood on their hands. Behind them was a jar filled with black smoke labeled 'hearts'. I asked them is they were responsible for everyone's death, but they still didn't answer. That's when they came after us. I took my sister's hand and we rant through the house trying to his from our own parents. We ran into their room and tried to get out the window. They caught up with us though. We locked them in there and ran into the kitchen. I closed the door and told my sister to hid in the cabinet above the fireplace. Before I joined her, I grabbed two, large kitchen knives. When she asked me what they were for, I just told her to keep quiet." Dogan's heart was beginning to tear from all the pain of reliving his past.
"We heard them break down the door and enter the kitchen. They called out our names and my sister held on to my arm tighter than ever. They stopped moving, they stopped speaking. I peeked out the cabinet. They were facing the other direction right in front of us. I saw these really strange looking daggers in their hands. I didn't know what to do. I knew what those daggers were for and I wasn't gonna let that happen. So, I lifted my arms, put them next to my parents, and...." Dogan stopped. He closed his eyes, holding back the tears. He reopened them and swallowed. "And I put holes through my parents' hearts. My sister screamed. My mom and dad dropped to their knees. I dropped down next to them. And they look normal. Their eyes were blue and they looked normal! And I stabbed them with kitchen knives! And then they apologized to me! They laid down on the floor. Blood was pouring out of their chests. I laid down next to my dad and my sister laid next to my mother. Next morning when we woke up, they were dead.
"That afternoon, me and my sister packed our things and left. All we did was wonder for days. We stopped only when a storm hit. I got real sick. My sister never left my side though. Until.... until she came. She came from the blackness in the sky. She came close to us and knelt down next to me. She placed her pointer and middle finger on my forehead. Then she sis the same to my sister and spoke to her. Sh told her that I would die soon. She said the only way she wouldn't die as well was to leave me and come with her. My sister didn't want to though. She held on to me tighter. The woman grabbed my sister's arm and puled her away. She struggled, but she was too weak. I tried to help, but I couldn't move. The last time I saw my sister was when she was sucked into the darkness. "I laid there for days not wanting to move at all. There was nothing left to live for. That's what I thought at least. After awhile, I realized that I had to go look for her. So, four days after my sister was taken and nine days after I killed my parents, I swore revenge. I got up; I got better. After a year of traveling, I wound up in Agrabah. Jafar found me and took me in. He trained me in the ways of black magic. All the hatred and revenge in my heart made me easy to control by the darkness. "For five years I was Jafar's servant. His minion. His personal bounty hunter. I was the one sent out to do his dirty work. I stole. I cheated. I hunted. I killed innocent people. And the worst about it was.... I didn't care." Dogan couldn't look at his friends anymore. He was too ashamed. Becky and the others couldn't believe what they were hearing. Dogan, a murderer? It couldn't be. But it was.
"I went and slaughtered whole towns to satisfy Jafar. In return, I got to live. For five years I did this. Day after day. Week after week. Month and month. And I didn't give a shit about anything I was doing. All I knew was as long as Jafar sen me out, I could look for my sister. After a few years, I realized that I'd never find her. She was gone and it was my fault. I didn't do anything to help. I let her go and I killed my parents. There wasn't anything to live for anymore. "I decided that I had to leave. Jafar beat me for thinking leaving him, but I didn't care. I could stay anymore. So, I left one day. I wondered into the middle of the desert. I knew that if I stayed out there long enough I'd eventually die. Slowly and painfully, just as I dissevered it. That's when Merlin came in. He found me and he saved my life. He took me. Hell, he even made me his apprentice." Dogan cried, picking up his head. "Now you know. I'm sorry." Dogan ran off, not want to turn back and face his only friends again.
"Dogan!" Sora yelled.
"Dogan! Stop! Come back!" Sashi cried out.
"No....no....that's.... that's not true." Becky stammered in complete shock.
They all stood there, shaking and tearing. There was no way to take this new information easy. Everything they thought of Dogan was now changed. "But it is." Sashi admitted quietly. "That's Dogan's past."
Hiding in the shadows, a tear rolled down Riku's cheek. "Poor Doggy." he whispered, wiping away the tear.
Riku wasn't the only one listening in though. Akida sat on top of a boulder out of sight, but still in hearing distance. "I remember that girl." Akida said. "Too bad she's gone. Come to think of it, she's been dead for years. Oh well."
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Dogan walked on."I knew it was a bad idea to come here! I knew this would happen!" he yelled in anger.
"Oh come on Dogan. Things aren't that bad."
Dogan whipped his head around and saw none other than Ansem. "You. You're the one that my parents worked for."
Ansem nodded. "I'm also the one who made them do all those things to those people. you saved me a lot of work you know. They were going to have to die anyway. So, you actually helped me in the end. Thank you. Now.... you have to die."
"Not is I have anything to do with it." Dogan fumed as he took out his crossbow. "You'll die first bastard!!"
Dogan charged at Ansem. His efforts were worthless though. All his bolts missed Ansem completely. Not because he had bad aim, but because Ansem was cheating. He was making the bolts miss to him using magic.
"Give up boy, you'll never win."
Dogan didn't. He kept on fighting. Not for his life, but for revenge.
But, just as Ansem had said, his attempts were worthless. Dogan was thrown to the sand. Ansem stood over him and unsheathed a dagger."You remember this dagger boy." Ansem said as he ran the dagger down Dogan's cheek. "It's the same one I gave your parents. This one was actually given to your mother I think. It's the same one that gave them those strange wounds on their shoulders. You remember, don't you boy?" The dark man leaned in and laughed at the poor, defenseless boy beneath him. "And now.... it'll be the one that kills you." With one swift move, Ansem drove the dagger into Dogan's stomach. "Hurts, doesn't it?"
Dogan felt a surge of ice shoot through his body. Ansem pulled out the dagger. No blood appeared out of the hole in Dogan's stomach. Instead, it began to become surrounded by black mush.
"Goodbye Dogan. Oh, and before you die, I want you to know something. You should know that your sister died well. And the last thing she thought of was you."
Ansem got up and walked away, leaving Dogan in the middle of the desert to die.
AN: Dogan!!!!!!!! No!!!!!!!!!! Will he die, or be miraculously saved by...... someone!? You'll never know! Unless, you wait for the next chapter and keep reading. Mwhahahahaha!!
