Oh my god...believe or not guys I'm still crying over Roslyn's death! DX This is Addie with another chapter update! I promise you I won't kill off anybody if I can help it!
The Chapter of Sadness
Day Four: Life and Death
Sorisu's POV
I couldn't believe it. Roslyn was dead. The girl who was always my best friend ever since Destiny Island is gone. I slumped to the ground, taking care not to land on my leg, and cried, just cried. Donald and Goofy stood motionless, staring at the body of the once alive Roslyn. Sora held me in a tight embrace, letting my tears fall onto his jacket. Axel had the girl he loved in his arms, and placed one last kiss onto her cold, pale, lifeless lips. She was gone, and there was nothing we could do about it.
"W-We're giving her a funeral..." I piped up after a few minutes of sobbing.
Axel picked her up, and nodded meekly in my direction. I didn't need to tell them where we would bury her. Sora took out a small, clear, glass bottle from his bag with a heart screwed into the top. He uncapped the heart and Axel put his hand over Roslyn's chest. I saw him mouth a few non-understandable words as his hand seemed to scan the upper half of her body and face. Suddenly, a little sliver of light phased out of her slightly open mouth, the blood dissapearing. The little bit of light was silver, bits of violet and blood red color floating around in it. Axel led the light over to the bottle, and it raced inside, Sora quickly screwing the top back on as it did.
"W-What's that...?" I asked, pointing to the bottle of light.
"It's the little bit of light that was left in her Nobody body," Axel explained, "...The last emotion she felt before dying."
"What was it?" Sora asked, handing the bottle to Axel.
"It was love..." he croaked, "...true love. She loved me, and I loved her."
"That's...great Axel." I whispered, crying tears of happiness and sadness simultaneously.
I watched Roslyn's body for a few more minutes before something...weird happened. Her body began to dissapear, shimmers of light following as it did.
"A-Axel...what's going on?" I yelled, a bit scared.
"She's leaving," Axel said simply, "...she's going home."
I nodded in response, silent tears trickling down my face. Sora still held me, beginning to whimper from all the sad floating around. Her body went away completely, and left behind something. It was a small, chain necklace with a heart on the edge of it.
"S-Sora that's-" I began to say, a loss for words.
"Your necklace...that one that you had on when I first met you." he finished, picking it up and handing it to me.
"Well...hyuck...we're sorry about your friend..." Goofy started, "...but we have to leave."
"Yeah, " Donald sniffed, "...the King needs us back at the castle."
Jiminy was still in a crying fit, bit managed to say, "...o-okay...I wish you well travelers...I hope you find w-what your after..."
The three left in the Gummi Ship parked over the hill, and Sorisu put the necklace around her neck, staring at the sunset over the ocean. Suddenly, a thought occurred to Axel.
"Hey...Ariel...do you know where the door to the Dark Realms is?" he asked, still thinking about Roslyn.
"Y-Yes..." she muttered, wiping her eyes with a fancy looking rag, "...i-it's in Ursala's Cavern...but there's nothing there to give you any problems since she was d-defeated long ago...here's some Aqua Fruit." she answered, handing them each a black fruit.
"Thanks Ariel..." I muttered, "...take care, okay? Tell Eric and Melody I said hi..."
I ate the fruit, as did Axel and Sora, and we plunged into the ocean, all of us thinking about the loss of our friend, Roslyn.
Underwater
I got my blue and white tale back, as did Sora and his green tail. Axel took a while to jump in, thinking about what was going to happen when he ate the food. I floated up to the surface, flicking my tail and making a large splashing sound to get Axel's attention.
"Ah! Sorisu don't do that you scared me!" he exclaimed, the fruit still in his hand, "...wait...do you have a tail?"
"Uh, duh red-head!" I replied, "The fruit turns you into a mermaid so you can swim underwater. Eat it so you can help us!"
"Fine..." he murmured sadly, eating the entire thing in one bite.
"Now your about to lose the ability to-"
He started gaping like a fish, grasping his throat with both hands, obviously obtaining gills already.
"Hurry and jump in before you die!" I yelled, arms in the air.
Axel diving in, splashing me in the face with a lot of water.
"Ugh...Axel!" I snapped, lowering back down under that waves.
A heard a chime type sound, signaling his transformation was already finished. He seemed a bit dazed, but other then that he was fine. Axel's tail was completely black, the very top, and his fin bright red. Of course, he wore no shirt, but had a sash made of red seaweed strapped across his chest. The weapon he held, which I couldn't remember the name of, was strapped onto his back.
"Guys!" I heard Sora call, "...I found that cave!"
"Come on Axel," I waved my hand and pointed to the cave, "...the cave's this way."
"O-Okay! I'm coming!" he finally spoke, swimming to catch up with me.
Ursala's Cavern
Once all three of us entered the cave, it didn't take long for it to become completely dark.
"Ow! Axel that was my foot-er fin!" I complained, holding onto my tail.
"That wasn't me!" he snapped, annoyed.
"Ouch! Sorisu, stop pinching me!" Sora yelled, slapping something away.
"That wasn't me barnacle brain!" I retorted, getting a bit miffed.
"Dammit! Sora quit pushing, we're almost there!" Axel cursed, pushing something out of his way.
"I didn't do it stupid!" Sora replied, continuing ahead.
"I thought Ariel said this cave was deserted!" I said, getting a bits of seaweed out of my hair.
"No, she said Ursula wasn't here! She didn't say anything about-Hey! I see a light up ahead!" Axel said, pushing ahead of the two towards the light.
"Axel!" Sora and I both yelled at the same time, swimming rapidly after him.
Once we caught up to Axel, he was staring at a large, pitch black door, white light pouring down from a hole in the cave. Sunlight poked through, making the door sparkle eerily. He looked up motionless, a stray tear in the form a of bubble floating up to the surface. I put a hand on his shoulder, and looked up at him.
"Axel...she's gone...it's okay...save those tears when you're really gonna need 'em big guy."
Axel was about to shoot me a dirty look I thought, but he nodded to show me he understood, and wiped his eye. Sora swam up behind me, checking the door for something. Suddenly, a chink sounded. I looked up to see sparkles shimmering, and two Keyholes appeared on the door, side-by-side. They were silver in color, swirls of red and purple on each one.
"Roslyn's helping us..." Axel muttered, removing Sorisu's hand, "...her soul's still alive."
I nodded, looking at the bottle poking out of Axel's bag. I understood what to do.
"We need our Blades." I said simply, hearing another chink.
My own silver blade appeared in my hand, as did Sora's.
"Ready?" Sora asked, putting his blade up to the door.
"Ready." I replied, and we both pushed out keys into the locks, then turned at the same time.
The doors pushed open with such force, it knocked all three of us into the cave wall. Bits of rubble fell from the roof, hitting the ground. A blast of pure white light hit my eyes, and we were sucked into the door, it slamming behind us.
AND THAT'S THE END! No, just kidding! I hate cliff hangers just as much as you guys do! Extra long chapter since Vampilla's leaving on Monday and won't be able to to update! (Which means I will only write about...say 700 more words!)
When I finally came to, my mermaid tail was gone, and my human legs were back. I felt...empty for some odd reason, like all my emotions have been sucked out of my body. I sat up, spotting Axel and Sora, also back in human form. They were just waking up as well, puzzled looks on there faces. I remember them...but I didn't remember anything else. What were we doing here? Why is there only darkness?
"Hey...Sora and Axel...do you guys remember what we're doing here?"
Sora scrunched up his face in thought. Gosh, that made him look...what was that word again? Adorable? Where's my memory?
"No..." he said flatly, nothing in his voice.
"Axel?"
"Nothing..."
"Well, we have to find out something."
Just as I spoke, something glowed from inside Axel's bag. It shimmered brightly, the light visible through the fabric.
"What's that?" Sora asked, the confused expression taking over his face again. It seems we can only feel confusion.
"I...uh...forgot..." he replied honestly, retrieving the item.
It was a bottle with a heart screw on the top. Light shimmered from inside, seemingly trying to push the top off. Wait, it was pushing the top off! The light eventually knocked off the heart, and swirled around us, glowing with the colors of blood red, violet purple, and warm silver. The blood red color separated from the other two, swirling around Axel's head.
"Is it...safe?" he asked, reaching a hand out to touch the light.
Sora and I both shrugged not sure of anything. The violet light flew around me, and the silver light around Sora. I felt safe, looking at the warm color, almost...happy.
"I'm going to touch it." I announced, reaching out to it.
Before anyone could protest, the light shone brighter, swirling around my entire body. I felt my emotions returning, as well as my memory. We were here to find Riku...and my brother Prussia, but the others didn't know about him yet. I looked at the other two. Axel had a blood red halo floating above his head, and Sora had a purple one. We looked kinda funny, sorta like angels. I laughed, then frowned, remembering what happened to Roslyn. She must be helping us again.
"Roslyn is really pulling through for us." Axel said, "...thanks Roslyn."
The halo above his head shone brighter for a second, as if she was saying 'your welcome'.
"How are we going to find Riku?" Sora asked, crossing his arms.
"I remember something about the City of Darkness. Saix said something about it being in the Dark Realms once. I think he also mentioned that the ones with a pure soul don't dissapear forever, they go to that city, where they are granted emotions and are able to keep there memories before they died. I also heard that the Darkness sometimes drags humans from different worlds here at random." Axel explained, hand on his chin.
"Who's Saix?" Sora and I asked at the same time, thinking about how Roslyn mentioned him once or twice.
"Never mind," Axel replied quickly, "...let's just find the city."
"How're we gonna do that?" I asked, looking ahead into the darkness, "...I don't see anything."
I heard something for a second, a faint sniffle, like someone crying. It scared me honestly.
"Did you hear that guys?" I asked, grabbing onto my shoulder in fear.
Sora nodded, but I guess Axel wasn't paying attention, he shook his head.
Sniff. Sob, sob, sob...
"I hear it! Come on, this way!" I yelled, taking off blindly into the darkness.
I know that crying...I know who it is...
I heard screaming, and a strike of lightning. Memories were flashing through my mind, all of someone I knew.
Prussia's here.
"SORISU!" Axel and Sora screamed at the same time, running closely behind.
...I'm coming Prussia!
Well...it ended up being a cliff hanger anyway...but what are ya gonna do? Hope you enjoyed this chapter! See ya in the next one! -EPA
