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I've been planning this chapter since like... three chapters ago. I planned how this was all going to go down and revised it like five times. It's VERY supernatural, so I changed the genre. Please let me know if I should or not keep it like that, because I'm not sure. Anyways, here's your final chapter of Rockin' Harmony.
Chapter 14: Legend of Vanitas
Kairi realized that Terra was dragging her away. He took her into his boat and rowed back to the main island, where they went into the paopu clearing. Aqua stood in the middle of it, all alone. There were three metal poles arranged in a triangle in the clearing. Riku was tied to one of them.
"You can't do this!" Kairi yelled as Terra tied her to the pole.
"Deal with it. It's your faults that we couldn't do it ourselves. We're too old now, so it's your jobs." Aqua said.
"Aqua! Let them go!" Ventus yelled, making an appearance.
"No, Ventus. The portal is nearly complete. With Riku and Kairi here, once we get Sora, the portal will be finished. Then the mortal realm can be attacked." Aqua said.
"But you can't do that!" Ventus yelled.
"Yes I can, and you will help me do it too. Because the bad half of you is the evil that will be attacking them." Aqua said. Ventus gasped.
"You mean that Vanitas is the evil being that is prophesied to destroy Destiny Islands?" Ventus asked.
"Yes. And then the rest of the world. Now, be a good boy and help Terra find Sora." Aqua said.
"Never!" Ventus cried, running to Riku to free him.
"No!" Aqua yelled, throwing her blue Wayfinder in his direction. The Wayfinder opened up, and sent a blue net at him, trapping him and preventing Riku's freedom.
"Let me go!" Kairi lost all hope at the sound of Sora's voice. Terra quickly got ready to tie Sora up.
"Wait! Can we at least see each other for a moment?" Kairi asked.
"Fine. But make it quick, and don't even think about trying to run away." Aqua said, having Terra untie Sora and Kairi. Riku insisted that he stay tied up.
Kairi led Sora away to a private place just outside the clearing.
"I guess we're going to die." Sora said quietly.
Tears threatened to spill out of Kairi's eyes. But she did the unthinkable anyways.
She kissed Sora. He was shocked at first, but eventually kissed back.
"I love you, Sora. I know that we're going to die, but since we shared that paopu smoothie, we'll always be together. Never apart." Kairi said, tears finally slipping out of her eyes.
"I love you too. If Vanitas' Prophecy is fulfilled, we'll become his slaves in the afterlife. I won't let him hurt you, Kai. I'll protect you. No matter what." Sora said, tears threatening to fall from his eyes as well.
They hugged one last time, before returning to the clearing. Terra tied Kairi up first, then Sora.
"There!" Terra said as he finished tying Sora to the pole.
"How did we interrupt your prophecy?" Kairi asked, trying to hide the remains of her and Sora's little scene.
"Because many years ago, a man named Master Eraqus was supposed to set us up to complete the prophecy. His daughter, Olette, drowned that night, causing him to fail completing it that night. She drowned because of him!" Aqua yelled, pointing at Sora.
"And his second attempt was ruined because he had to take care of his nephew, Hayner, who was beaten up by Seifer, thanks to you." Terra said, pointing at Kairi.
"By then Terra was too old to complete it, and by the time we found a replacement, Master Eraqus had died. We gave up hope." Aqua said.
"So then we decided that Sora and Kairi would join us. I chose Riku for my own reasons." Terra said.
"But why did you guys want to complete it?" Riku asked.
"Because once you're in here just so long, you lose emotion because there's no need for it. You don't miss Destiny Islands, because it's perfect here." Ventus said.
"Silence. The time has come. Vanitas is ready to be teleported into the mortal realm." Aqua said, snapping her fingers.
"Gah!" Ventus yelled. His eyes started glowing green. Aqua's eyes started glowing blue, and Terra's started glowing orange.
Aqua walked over to Ventus's net and freed him. They each held their Wayfinders.
"From darkness he shall rise, from these three. Death is what they shall receive. Vanitas shall destroy all. Vanitas, enter the Sanctuary!" The three chanted.
"Ah!" The three teenagers tied to poles yelped.
Their eyes started glowing white, and the spot where their hearts belonged was glowing white as well. The white shot forward and met in the middle of Terra, Ventus, and Aqua. All of a sudden, the white turned black. A boy who looked identical to Sora except for the yellow eyes and black spikes rose from the ground.
"Very good my students. Now, hand me those Wayfinders so I can reach the mortal realm." Vanitas ordered.
Aqua and Terra immediately gave him theirs. Ventus seemed to be fighting another part of him, the part that Vanitas could not control.
"Please... Ventus, don't..." Kairi said, weak from the light that had come from inside of her.
"Ven... trust us... we're your friends..." Riku said.
"Ventus, don't let him control you..." Sora said.
"Don't listen to them. They've lost their hearts; they're as good as dead. Look at them. They'll be dead before I leave. Besides, I'm not controlling you. Your master wants the prophecy fulfilled." Vanitas said.
"Gah!" Aqua yelped, her eyes no longer blue.
"What happened? Where am I? Oh my gosh! Who are you? Are you hurt?" Aqua said, running from Sora, to Kairi, to Riku.
"You were under my control. You're in the Sanctuary, a perfect place. I no longer need you to fulfill the Prophecy of Vanitas, so you are free to live here." Master Eraqus said, showing up as a ghost.
"Aqua... They're dying. They were used to complete the Prophecy of Vanitas; they lost their hearts." Terra said, normal again.
"What!? You mean that prophecy we researched? But I thought it was fake!" Aqua cried.
"It's not. They were the victims." Terra said.
"You were all used to perform the ceremony. You're the ones who extracted their hearts and turned them into Vanitas' slaves. Once they die, they'll join Vanitas in the mortal realm to bring destruction to the world. Their hearts belong to Vanitas now; they can't fight him." Eraqus said.
"No! Please, wake up!" Aqua yelled, shaking Kairi by her shoulders.
"Would you just give me that Wayfinder?" Vanitas growled at Ventus.
"Never!" Ventus yelled as he broke free and snapped the Wayfinder in half.
"No!" Vanitas screeched.
The portal could no longer be completed.
"The Wayfinders... they're a part of him!" Terra gasped in awe as a beam of white shot from the shattered Wayfinder and into Sora.
"Ugh... you're going to pay for that." Vanitas growled.
Ventus used his weakness and stole the orange one, snapping it in half as well. The beam shot into Riku.
"Fine, but you will not get this one!" Vanitas said, opening a dark portal and throwing the blue Wayfinder into it.
Suddenly, a Wayfinder fell from the sky. It changed color every second.
Ventus picked it up and threw it at Vanitas. It stopped halfway in-between them and floated. Suddenly, Vanitas vanished, and a ball of darkness was in his place. Ventus disappeared and a ball of light was in his place. Quite suddenly, the two met in the middle, being absorbed into the Wayfinder. Ventus was whole again.
"Ouch!" Aqua yelped as the blue Wayfinder fell on her head. She quickly snapped it in half, sending a bright white beam into Kairi.
The Wayfinder that absorbed Ventus and Vanitas had vanished along with the two. Aqua and Terra stayed alive in the Sanctuary, hoping for Sora, Kairi, and Riku's recovery.
"Hello?" A voice called out. Aqua and Terra ran to it. Sora, Kairi, and Riku were awake.
"You're all alive!" They yelled, hugging each one.
"Who are you?"
"Who are they?"
"Why wouldn't we be alive?"
"Where are we?"
"Who am I?" The teens asked.
"I'm Aqua, this is Terra." Aqua said, explaining what had happened.
"So... who are we?" Kairi asked.
"Um... we don't know your names. You don't know your names?" Aqua asked, confused and concerned.
The three looked around at each other.
"No." Sora replied for them.
From there, they all were transported back to Destiny Islands by Ventus. After the sequence of events, nearly everyone lost their memories of the missing ones. Everyone thought that they never left, and they slowly remembered everything up to the part where they met each other. They didn't remember each other, or what had happened. Ventus and Vanitas were never heard from again.
The End
Author's Note: Such a sad ending! If you want a sequel, let me know! I just might be able to make one, if enough people want one! Anyways, au revoir! (That's french for goodbye)