A fragmentary passage...
Night has fallen on the city of Heatherfield. A storm has moved in, drenching the town with seemingly unending rain.
Normally, Heatherfield has a very active nightlife, rain or no rain. But with the darkness that has perpetually shrouded the city through this strong, mid-season storm, no one is piling through the streets, looking for another activity to alleviate their boredom.
Even the darker elements of the city have faded, knowing that now was not the time for them to act.
Change ~The Two Keys~
Lightning cracked through the sky, occasionally breaking the sounds of the falling rain with deafening rumbles of thunder that scared away even the most fearless of shadows.
Simply put, this was not the time for anyone to be outside, not when the wrath of mother nature was pelting the world.
Four eyes ~ two perspectives
Despite everything, a lone figure can be seen stalking through the city, not even bothered by the rain, in fact happy that it was causing everyone to stay inside. This way, she could move through the city without drawing unwanted attention.
Running her hand through her long, blonde hair to swipe some unwanted raindrops from it (hair this long was a pain and a half to take care of, after all), she opened her brown eyes and looked around.
He said he'd be here, right?
Clutching her fist tightly, the girl ran down the street to the north. After all of this effort to get here, if he was messing around when they had a job to do, she was going to...
Her musings were interrupted when pools of darkness opened up on the intersection, spawning a horde of Neoshadows to attack her.
She smiled. Finally, something to keep her busy until she could find him.
Extending her right hand, she prepared herself as one of the Neoshadows lunged at her. About a split-second before it could attack, she summoned her keyblade and slashed hard, splitting the Neoshadow in half.
The main structure of her keyblade was a chokutÅ with a black handle, gold pommel, and gold rain guard, the blade's edge faces the keyblade's teeth. The guard was split into an upper and lower half, both halves being gold and lined with spikes, but the spikes were more prominent on the upper half. The teeth of the keyblade were comprised of a gold semi-circle with a turquoise center that was lined by long, gold spikes, the teeth connecting to the main blade by a spiked spade symbol. The keychain token was shaped like a diamond lined by short spikes.
"Anyone else want some?!" the girl shouted. The Neoshadows continued to lunge at her, only for her to almost lazily swing Aubade and make short work of them.
"Just like mama taught me," she giggled, before composing herself. She didn't have time to reflect. She was on a mission, after all.
"Now, where would it be?" she wondered, before mentally slapping herself. Of course that's where he'd be. He was looking for it, too.
And sure enough, she found him walking around the outer gardens of Sheffield Institute. The black-haired and brown-eyed boy didn't seem to notice her approach.
"HEY!" she called out.
"Keep your voice down, Lily," the boy groaned. "It's two in the morning. You're gonna wake everybody in this city up."
"Well, you should have at least told me you were looking for the keyhole, Blake," Lily replied. "I've been searching this whole city for you!"
Blake just sighed and summoned his own keyblade, the Sleeping Lion. "You weren't followed, were you?"
"Some Heartless jumped me, but I took them out easily," Lily proclaimed, holding Aubade proudly.
Blake just smiled. "Just like you, sis. Now let's go seal that keyhole before any more trouble shows up."
Almost as if something had been waiting for Blake to say that, bright flashes of white light surrounded them and materialized a group of extremely strange entities.
The third enemy
"They are the nonexistent ones."
"W-what? Nobodies?! Where'd they come from?!" Lily shouted.
"They must have followed us back here," Blake growled, raising the Sleeping Lion.
"Oh, great, that means he's here, too," Lily groaned, raising Aubade as the Dusks stalked closer to them. "As if nothing else could go wrong today!"
"I'll hold them off, Lily," Blake proclaimed.
"Blake, why?!" Lily shouted.
"I can take these ones just fine," Blake stated, swinging Sleeping Lion and cutting down a Dusk, watching it dissolve into little sparkles of light. "You need to hurry and seal the keyhole before it's too late! That's the whole reason we're back here, isn't it?!"
Lily gasped in shock before composing herself and nodding, breaking off from the battle to make her way into the school after undoing the lock with Aubade.
However, as she rushed through Sheffield's hallways, more Nobodies began to spawn to impede her path.
"Move it!" Lily shouted, attacking with graceful movement, almost like an ice-skater, mowing down any Dusks who crossed her path.
After eliminating a small horde of Creepers, Lily pushed her way through the doors that led to Sheffield's bell tower, already noticing the keyhole forming on the bell itself.
Deciding not to waste time, Lily raised Aubade towards the keyhole, firing a beam of light into it and sealing it off.
Behind the darkness =/= Door to the light
"Blake?! Can you hear me?!" Lily exclaimed.
"I'm right here, sis," Blake answered, having just entered the bell tower. "I told you I could handle myself. Did you seal the keyhole?"
"Yep!" Lily giggled. "Almost felt stupid for thinking this was going to be hard."
"Then you are still foolish, little girl."
Lily and Blake spun around at this new voice, setting their gazes on the man in the black robe that they'd chased back here.
"You," Blake growled, readying Sleeping Lion for a battle. "Why did you come back here?"
"I should think it is obvious," the hooded man proclaimed. "I have come to destroy everything you care about."
"Well,, tough turtles!" Lily shouted. "We're not letting you get away this time! Not after what you already did!"
The hooded figure just laughed, extending laser blades from his sleeves. "Then come at me, and see just how foolish you truly are."
"Is this the answer you've been looking for?"
"You know they'll figure it out eventually," Blake taunted. "Candracar is watching over this town."
"I do not fear that wretched place," the hooded figure challenged.
"Then you're gonna learn to fear it!" Lily growled, a bright light surrounding Aubade. "Especially after what you did to them!"
"Very well, then," the hooded figure proclaimed. "Show me your strength, wielders of the keyblade!"
Lily and Blake leapt at the figure, their keyblades flashing through the air to meet their attacker head-on.
Before they can clash with the hooded man, the scene fades to black.
W.I.T.C.H.
Key to Her Heart
A Kingdom Key flashes across the screen.
The second journey
"What was that?"
Nick looked up, wondering what that strange feeling was. After a few minutes of not feeling anything out of the ordinary, he fell back to sleep, just missing the shadow flying by his bedroom window.
"I swear, I'll protect you."