My Pov
We headed back to Hallow Bastion. Everything seemed to be fine, until four or five Heartless ran into view and then disappeared.
"Do you think..." Sora said.
"Looks like there are more Heartless now." Goofy said. Then five Dusks slithered into view before going off somewhere else.
"We better make sure everyone's alright." I said. We headed to Merlin's house when we saw someone leaning against a wall. It was Cloud! Next to him was his Aegislash.
"Oh, Cloud!" Sora exclaimed.
"Whatcha doing?" Donald asked.
"I'll get him." Huh? Get who? "This time we settle it. Me, and the one who embodies all the darkness in me." Cloud said.
"I thought you looked kinda different, Cloud." Donald said.
"If I do, it's his fault." Cloud said.
"Whose?" I asked.
"Sephiroth. Tell me if you see him." Cloud said.
"Okay. What's he look like?" Sora asked.
"Silver hair. Carries a long sword." Cloud said.
"All right. See you around Cloud." I said.
"Be careful. He messes with your head, makes you think darkness is the only way." Cloud said. I was about to ask what he meant when Aerith showed up.
"Is something wrong?" Aerith asked. Cloud started walking away and Aerith walked up to him.
"It's nothing." Aerith wasn't buying it. "I don't want you involved." Cloud said.
"You mean you don't want me there when you go away again?" Aerith asked.
"I just— Listen, even if I go far away, I'll come back." Cloud said.
"Do you mean it?" Aerith asked.
"Yeah." Cloud said. He had an unsure look.
"See? You don't look so sure. Well, okay. I understand. Go—get things settled." Cloud seemed confused by what Aerith said. "No matter how far away you are... once you find your light... I'm sure it will lead you back here, right?"
"I suppose." Cloud said.
"So I'll stay here—and I'll cheer for you—Okay, Cloud?" Aerith asked. He nodded and went off.
"I hope he'll be okay." I said.
"He will. He has light in him somewhere." Sora said.
"You're right." Aerith said. We hurried to Merlin's house to see Cid typing away on his computer. He told us that Leon had some good news and we needed to go to his place. They had found the computer Ansem had been using! Leon was at the castle postern so we headed that way. We got to the bailey when we heard a voice.
"Excuse me, are you with the Restoration Committee?" a voice asked. We looked around, seeing no one at first, but then three small girls floated into view. "What's Leon's gang up to?"
"They're doing some stuff over by the castle postern." Sora said.
"Scoop!" the second girl said.
"Let's report." the third girl said.
"To who?" Donald asked.
"Our leader, of course!" the first girl said.
"Yeah, you know, Malefi-" the second girl said. The third girl quickly covered her mouth before she could finish her sentence. These girls were really suspicious.
"Don't mind her. I assure you, we come in peace." the third girl said.
"You're kidding..." the first girl said.
"Problem? Okay, fine. You do the talking." the third girl said. She disappeared in a red flash.
"So sorry about this." the first girl said. She disappeared in a blue flash and the other one disappeared in a yellow flash. That as weird. We made our way to the castle and I felt a strange feeling of familiarity. Had I been to this part of Hallow Bastion? I thought for a minute and realized I had! It was when I little and lived here! I would always come here to see... Who did I come here to see all the time? I couldn't remember! My childhood memories before ending up on the islands were still a little hazing.
"I've been to this place before..." I said. That's when a memory flashed through my mind. I was running up to the postern and toward the castle with Eve right next to me. Running next to me was a boy who was probably twice my age with steel-blue hair. Floating next to him was a Shiny Shuppet. His back was to me so I couldn't see his face. Who was that? That's when the younger me called out to him. "Ienzo, come on!" The boy turned and I saw his bangs obscured half his face and only one of his eyes was visible.
"Hikari!" I snapped out of my daze and looked at Sora. "Are you alright?" Sora asked. I just nodded and ran down to the entrance with the others calling me back. I ran through the halls until I came to a door. I opened the door and entered a study. The whole room was trash. Cobwebs were formed on the selves, books lay scattered on the ground and large tubes were shattered with shards of glass spread out on the floor. That's when I noticed the portrait of someone. I looked closer and felt my blood begin to boil.
"Xehanort..." I said, gritting my teeth. I clenched my fist. I hated that man with ever single fiber of my being. I would never forgive him for what he did to me, my friends and my family. I heard Eve lightly growling.
"Hikari, why'd ya run off like that?" Goofy asked. I noticed Sora and the others followed me.
"Uh... I don't really know?" I said.
"Ansem..." Sora said, looking at the portrait.
"Gawrsh, I guess this must be his room." Goofy said.
"Where's Mickey?" I asked.
"Aerith said that the King was with Leon." Donald said. I didn't see Leon or the King.
"Hey, you!" a voice said. We snapped our attention to see a woman standing in the doorway. "I'm looking for somebody. Have any of you seen a guy with spiky hair?" Me, Donald and Goofy instantly look at Sora, who pulled on one of the spikes of his hair. "Spikier " We all shook our heads 'no'. "I'll just take a look around." She looked around the room and actually kicked one of the walls. "Sorry to bother you."
"No problem, ma'am." we all said. She left the room to go look for whoever she was looking for.
"So you made it." We turned around to see Leon. When did he get in here? I noticed Mickey wasn't with him.
"Where's Mickey? I thought he was with you." I said.
"You'll see him soon enough. This should tied you over." Leon said. He place his hand on a certain spot of the wall, which revealed a secret room. It was Ansem's computer room. We went inside and Sora ran to the computer.
"Where's Kairi? Where's Riku?" Sora asked, frantically. Then he started banging on the keyboard.
"Sora!" I exclaimed.
"Hey! Do you want to break it?" Leon asked.
"Sorry. Guess I got a little carried away." Sora said.
"Whoa!" Goofy exclaimed. I looked at Goofy who was looking up. I happened to look up in time to see something drop from the ceiling and land on the keyboard. Wait, that was...
"Stitch!" I exclaimed.
"Sylveon!" Eve exclaimed. He looked at us and sniffed in my direction. That's when his face lit up.
"Hikari! Eve!" Stitch exclaimed.
"Get offa there!" Donald yelled. Donald lunged at him, but Stitch jumped out of the way and onto me. He climbed up until he was under my neck. Donald had landed on the keyboard and was unintentionally typing as he moved his feet. Some find of error alarm went off. That's when some creepy, cyber voice started talking.
"Attention current user. This is a warning. Further misuse of this terminal will result in immediate defensive action." a computerized voice warned.
"Who's there?" Sora asked.
"I am the Master Control Program. I oversee the system." the voice answered.
"Where are you?" I asked. Donald then stepped on another key, triggering another error alarm.
"Donald!" the three of us exclaimed.
"I'm sorry..." Donald said.
"Decision gate reached. You are now under arrest." the MCP said.
"Arrest!?" Sora exclaimed. What did this program mean? I didn't know until I heard Leon yell for us to run. That's when the weird machine behind us started glowing. Sora pushed me out of the way before two beams hit him, Leafeon, Raichu, Donald and Goofy. They became frozen and it was as if a graph was placed on them.
"Sora! Leafeon! Raichu! Donald! Goofy!" I cried. The beams then quickly erased the squares and they disappeared into the machine.