Chapter 25: Topsy Turvy
Sora's POV
I glared at Sylvia's back as we ran back to the Queen's court. Who did she think she was? She wasn't the boss of any of us!
My glare shifted to Hazel. She was too childish for her age. I turned to Elena. She was too... Well... I couldn't put my finger on it. But I just didn't like it. Then again... She was friends with them. And that was bad in itself.
My eyes narrowed on Kasandra. She was happily swaying back and forth inside the golden cage, speaking excitedly to Sylvia, who sat with the others in a large booth. Couldn't she see that Kasandra was bad news? She could control the heartless! It was a cover. I knew it, but I had to prove it somehow.
Riku... It's her fault... I'll find you...
"... A... Ra... Ora... Sora... SORA!" My head shot up in alarm.
Sylvia rolled her eyes, "Oh my god. The Queen SAID: Choose only one box to decide Alice's innocence."
I shook my head to clear my thoughts for the moment. My eyebrows scrunched in confusion, "Wait, what? Why? After all the trouble of collecting them all?"
"Silence! You dare defy me? Then it will be your head!" I cringed, walked over to the now five boxes instead of four, and pondered.
"Can you speed it up? My foot's asleep." Kasandra pouted, nursing her ankle. Sylvia, Hazel, and Elena stared at her weirdly. We ignored them.
Growling lowly, I opened the second box on the left. It disappeared and in its place was a hologram of... Kasandra? I was right!
Everyone was silent. Kasandra was the first to speak, "That's new... Wasn't me, though."
The Queen screamed, rattling the ground, "OOOOOOOOOFF WITH HER HEAAAAAAAAAD!"
Kasandra began giggling, climbing into the cage herself. Grinning, Sylvia jumped in front of the cage her staff raised, "Bring it on, bitches."
Jumping out of the booth, Hazel and Elena ran to stand beside her, weapons raised, "Come and get some."
The Queen growled, "You want to his the hard way? Fine! OOOOOFF WITH THEIR HEADS!"
All the hedges and platforms moulded into the ground, except for the Queen and her throne. A ten of spades card soldier ran to small yellow tower with a brown pointed roof and a brown wheel on three sides and spun it.
"Good luck!" I vaguely heard the girls whisper to each other as the cage's blood red curtains shut, and rose several feet off the ground.
Kasandra's POV
"Alright. We'll be out any second now." I grinned down at Alice, who was shaking in fear.
"A-Are you s-sure...?" She sniffled, tears beginning to fall.
Frowning, my mother instincts kicked in. I hugged her to my chest, "Oh, honey... Of course I am. I know what happens next. Now someone else is going to take you. Be brave because everything works out in the end. Alright? You'll be perfectly safe and sound. Will you be strong?"
Sobbing into my shirt for a minute, she pulled away, wiping her tears with a handkerchief from her pockets, "Y-Yes... I promise..."
"Good girl." Just as the words left my mouth, a black portal opened behind me.
The head of an aqua eyed boy with shoulder length silver hair appeared, "Alright, I'm here to- What? Kasandra?"
"Riku! You really do come here!" Grinning, I wrapped my arms around his neck tightly.
I felt him smile as he wrapped his arms around my waist, "What do you mean?"
Pouting, I pulled away, "Um... Nothing. Just ignore it. Take good care of Alice. Got it?"
He frowned, "What? How did you-"
"Don't ask. And go easy on Sora. Alright? He loves you and you love him. Don't let jealousy and anger blind you from that." He blinked and then shook his head.
"Come with me." He held out his hand.
Mentally swooning over that, I noted to remember to tell the girls that, "I would LOVE to. Don't get me wrong. But... I have things to finish first. I'm sorry."
His eyes darkened for a brief second, and returned to their original state like it never happened. He took a hold of my wrist, sneering down at it.
"Hey. I'll go with you later. I promise." With the thought of Traverse Town, I slipped my hand away, pulling Alice towards him, "Here. Take GOOD care of her. Or else." With a dark smirk, he disappeared.
Sora's POV
One last hit to the tower, and it broke down completely. I turned to face the cage as it lowered to the ground. The curtain pulled back as everyone watched in horror.
It was empty?
"They must have been kidnapped while we were fighting!" Way to state the obvious, Donald.
"You fools! Find the one who's responsible! I don't care how!" The Queen bellowed. The cards scrambled in various directions.
"WAAAAAHHH!" Someone came soaring down from the ceiling through a black portal. They landed on top of me, forcing me backwards onto the ground, "I can't use portals properly I guess."
"Ah! I'm sorry, Sora!" Kasandra attempted to scramble off in realization of who she was on.
Growling, I flipped her over, pressing my keyblade to her neck, "I know something is wrong with you!"
Gasping, Syvlia stabbed her staff into my back, "What the fuck is wrong with YOU?"
"She's controlling the heartless! If she's dead, things might go back to normal!" Wincing at the searing pain in my back, I continued pressing the keyblade against Kasandra's neck.
"S-Stop it! P-Pleas-se! I-It hurts! Stop it! Make it stop..." In complete sobs, Kasandra tried to push the weapon away from her new bleeding neck.
"THAT'S IT!" Ripping me off her with her bare hands, Sylvia slammed me against a wall.
I spat in her face despite the fear and pain, "Go to hell..."
Her voice grew darker and laced with another woman's. Darkness twirled around her body. My eyes shut themselves, "My exact words were: 'If I hear of ANYTHING that involves you hurting her? It will be your heart.' Well? Prepare yourself, child."
"Stop! Sylvia, p-please!" I opened my eyes to see Kasandra weakly pushing Sylvia away from me with one hand, holding her other hand to her neck, "P-Please..."
"Not this time!" Growling, Sylvia raised her hand, which was glowing black and silver.
"Sylvia!" Kasandra, Hazel, and Elena latched themselves onto her, dragging her to the ground, "Please calm down..."
It took a few minutes for the darkness to recede, "G-Guys... I'm sorry... So sorry..."
Shaking their heads they hugged her tightly, and helped her to her feet. Turning to me with a sad glare, Kasandra held her neck whispering, "Let this be a lesson to you..."
Donald healed her quietly, all of us following Sylvia into the forest.
AN: Woo. I finished. Go me. *falls over to sleep* Grade 12 is tough. And it's only the second day.