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Chapter 13

"Perdie!" Vanette threw open the door to the older girl's room. "Someone's asking for you!"

"Huh?"

"On the screen thingy." The little girl grinned. "He looks just like you!"

Just like her?

Perdita glanced over at the photos Sora had left on the wall. She never bothered to take them down. One was of a boy.

The boy they believed to be her twin.

She slipped off her bed. Might as well see him.

She walked down the hall and into the main cockpit.

Her eyes looked up.

Like looking into a mirror.

The boy who stared back looked nearly identical. His eyes seemed to be slightly more purple, and he didn't have a braid.

Other than that, he was her spitting image. Even she couldn't refute that.

"H-hi…"

"Hi."

He bit his lip. "You're Perdita, right?"

"Yeah."

"My name is Kyo, I'm yo-, I mean, I'm Sora's son."

The girl sat down in the captain's chair. "You were going to say that you were my brother, right?"

He laughed slightly. "Yeah… sorry." His eyes looked sad, as if he really wanted to take back that apology. "It's nice to meet you, Perdita."

"Nice to meet you too."

At least he was trying not to call her his sister. But it felt more awkward with him dancing around it like this.

"So," he asked with a smile, "I was told that you've been traveling to other worlds. Why?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Because maybe I can help you."

The girl crossed her arms. Help her? Or help himself? "I'm looking for information."

"On my dad?"

Sora probably clued him in on that…

"Yes."

"So, where have you been?"

"Some place called Agrabah."

Kyo's eyes lit up. "I've been there before with Mom! Did you meet Genie?"

"Yes…"

"Isn't he fun?"

"I guess."

Kyo furrowed his brow slightly. Her answers were probably not what he wanted.

"So… what did you learn about Dad there?"

"Aladdin and Jasmine said Sora and his wife were really good people." She neglected to mention that everyone said she looked like Sora. "They said I should find the other Princesses of Heart to learn more about them."

"Hmm. If it were just learning about their deeds I would agree, but as people, the Princesses don't actually know them all that well." He tapped his chin. "If you want to know them, especially Dad, I'd go ask his friends and even his enemies."

Perdita raised an eyebrow at that. "His enemies?"

Kyo nodded. "Yeah. See why they hate him. What do they stand for compared to what my dad stands for, And one place where you can find a friend and an enemy would be Olympus. Dad's good friend, Hercules lives there, as well as his old enemy, Hades."

This was some… staggeringly good advice.

She'd expected some sort of ploy to get her to go to Sora directly, but this was actually helpful.

"What about your mom?"

"You can ask the other princesses, but I'd say the best place is Radiant Garden. That's… also the place where they can do a test to see if… if you are part of our family." He flinched as she narrowed her eyes. "Hey, you asked. I was just being honest."

"True." She admitted, her gaze softening. "What other enemies did your father have?"

"Oh, lots. One who he saw a lot was Maleficent. She's from Enchanted Dominion. I've never met her, but I hear she's a mean old witch. One of the princesses lives there too."

Olympus and Enchanted Dominion.

She smiled softly at him. "Thank you. I thought you were going to try and convince me to come to you or something. But you've actually been a good help."

Stiffening slightly, Kyo rubbed the back of his head. "I… I did want to. That was actually my original plan. But, Dad said not to. He said we had to let you decide for yourself… even if me, Mom, and Dad just want you to come home."

She could see the heartbreak in his eyes.

He genuinely wanted her to be his sister.

"Sorry. I'm just not sure…"

"If you don't mind me asking; why?"

Why?

"I have my reasons."

"Fair enough." He sighed, though the answer certainly did not satisfy him. "Well, I wish you luck, Perdita. Call me after you vist another world. I want to hear all about your adventure."

The girl smiled once more. "Sure… oh, and my friends call me Perdie. You can too… if you want."

"Does that mean, we're friends?"

"Guess so. I've never had this many friends before."

"Well, now's the time to make more. See ya, Perdie!"

"See ya, Kyo."

The call ended, leaving Perdita alone once more.

Or so she thought.

"Perdie," Hideaki walked in, smiling, "sorry, but I caught part of that conversation. Kyo's nice, isn't he?"

She nodded. "He is."

If this whole family thing turned out to be true, she wouldn't mind having him as a brother. He was nice.

"He also gave us a heading." She smirked down at the younger boy. "Know how to get to Olympus?"

"Absolutely!"

Leaping into the captain's chair, Hideaki punched in some coordinates. "It's already locked in and the auto pilot will take us straight there."

"Great. I was about to take a nap when Vanette interrupted." Perdita stretched, walking back to her room. She flopped onto the bed, looking up at the pictures on the wall.

Somewhere in her mind, it pulled that she could have been in those photos if not for Braig.

Nope. That wasn't certain yet.

And he… he always said she should be grateful that he took her in. Grateful…

Grateful for the years of abuse.

Grateful, if this was true, for kidnapping her.

Pulling her gaze away, she stared at the baubles on the shelves around her. Her own broken hunting knives now held a spot there.

Carrying on Sora's little tradition… maybe he really was her father.

Or not.

Her eyelids drooped as she stared at her old knives. She'd figure this out. Somehow.

And who knows, maybe having a family wouldn't be so bad…

"Perdie! Look" Little Briana leaned over a small well in the orchard. "Hermione says this is a wishing well."

Perdita, only five-years-old, looked into the well. "Looks like any old well to me."

"But it isn't." Hermione walked over, carrying a large bundle of wood. "This is a magical well."

"But magic isn't real, Auntie."

"Of course it is, Perdita. You just can't see it sometimes." She set down her bundle. "If you drop a white pebble in the well and say your wish three times it will come true. But you can't tell your wish to anyone or it won't come true."

Briana immediately ran to a path, picking up two white pebbles. "Let's make wishes!" Tossing one to Perdita, Briana dropped it down the well. She clasped her hands, mumbling under her breath.

Slowly, Perdita dropped her own pebble down the well. She didn't really think it would work, but Briana was doing it.

She clasped her hands at the pebble hit the water with a soft plunk.

What to wish for…?

"I wish I had a family. I wish I had a family. I wish I had a family."

Knock. Knock.

"Perdie!" Vanette called through the door. "We've arrived."

The girl slipped off her bed, heading out the door. Briana sat in the cockpit, eyeing her crossbow. She grinned at Perdita entered. "Hey! I figured out how to make magic arrows!"

"Cool." Perdita sat in her own chair as Vanette went to hers.

Hideaki turned around in his seat. "Where do we want to land? Thebes?"

"Where can we find Hades?"

The boy flinched. "The underworld. But I don't think we should do that… he's the god of death and he hates Sora!"

"Wait! He's a god?"

"Yes!" The boy reached up, adjusting his goggles. "If we go to the underworld, he cannot know who my dad is. He probably shouldn't know who any of our parents are actually, and we can't let on that Sora might be Perdie's dad. He'll kill us all on the spot. And we probably can't fight there. It's his underworld. Dad told me that heroes can't really fight there without an Olympus Stone, which we would need to get from the king of the gods, Zeus."

Briana shrugged. "Then we just don't tell him."

"I can tell him we're assassins and we are looking for potential contracts!"

"I don't think that will work."

"Never know until you try."

Hideaki sighed. He might as well follow along for now. Hopefully, this wouldn't bite him in the rear.

He put the ship in a parking orbit, ready to beam them down to the world. He smirked. Beaming down was not a fun time.

Maybe it was a little mean…

Hey, they practically kidnapped him, so fair is fair. Though he did agree to continue with them on his own, there was a little spite involved.

A green circle of light appeared on the ground between the chairs. "Everyone stand there." They did so and he stood beside them.

"What now?"

"This."

He flipped a switch, and everything vanished in a bright light.

For the girls, it felt like something pulled their bodies apart.

Piece by piece.

The pieces plummeted downward before coming together again.

When they hit the ground, the girls all shuddered. Vanette plopped down on her knees. "Is my head still on me!?"

"You're fine." Hideaki laughed as he hopped away. "It just takes getting used to."

"You knew this would happen!"

"Yep!" The boy laughed heartily. "Call it revenge for kidnapping me."

The girls glared as he laughed. But he was right.

Perdita sat down on the cold, damp ground. Her eyes looked up and around. The cold air caught in her throat as she saw black rocks dripping with water around. A green and white haze hung in the air.

A river ran nearby, and it looked weird. Something about it made her stomach turn. When she tilted up her head, she saw something in the river… people. Wispy souls floated in the green liquid; their cheeks hollowed.

"You called this the Underworld…?"

"It's where the dead go." Hideaki admitted. "Hades is the god of death."

Lovely.

Briana felt a cold chill go up her spine.

"I can't BELIEVE this!" A voice yelled. Out of an ominous door came a tall figure in black. Smoke seemed to billow around his feet, complementing the blue fire that made up his hair. He walked, rubbing the bridge of his nose. Must have been annoyed.

A little red demon came skittering toward him. "Maybe the plan can still work…"

"With Bluebird and her little chickadee showing up?" The blue-skinned man huffed. "This is gonna cause us pain in the end." Just then, he noticed the intruders. "Who invited them?"

A little blue demon cocked his head. "Not sure… I've never seen them before."

Before anyone else could say anything, Vanette hopped over. "Hey there! We're assassins in training, and we're looking around for potential future clients!"

No!

No!

No way he'd buy this!

"Future clients?"

"Yep! My name is Nettie! Is there anyone out there that you absolutely hate with a passion."

"Anyone I hate?" He tapped his chin.

There was NO WAY this was working!

"And by the way, the name's Hades, Lord of the Dead. And there are a few people I hate." He laughed as he moved toward them all. "Sad to say, you mortals can't handle Hercules and Zeus. But there is Spikey."

Hideaki swallowed his nerves and asked. "Who's Spikey?"

"This annoying Keyblade wielder, Sora."

"What's this Sora like?" Perdita asked, her curiosity genuine in her voice.

Hades paused, looking at her. "Well…" He was looking at her, hard. "He looks, a little… a lot actually, like you. But taller and more annoying. He's a goody two-shoes. So heroic, and kind. Always blustering on about friendship. He's so nice that it sickens me."

Kyo was right.

Hades did hate Sora, but he hated him for, what one might say, the right reasons.

"Well," Vanette grinned, "thanks for the information. We'll keep you on our list of potential clients. Now, we better hurry along to find more cli-."

"Hold on now!" Hades snaked an arm around the girl. "Why don't we get better acquainted, all of you." He slithered up to Perdita. "Especially you." She stiffened slightly as he leaned against her shoulder. "You know, I heard this rumor that Sora had a daughter that was swiped from him. And the thing is, you look just like him."

Perdita's hand rested on her Ala Mhigan as his brimstone breath closed in on her face.

Whipping out her dagger, she slashed at him, only for a dark wisp to wind up around her, pinning her arms to her sides.

"Perdita!"

"Uh uh!" He put a hand under her chin. "I've gotta know, are you Sora's little tyke?"

"Get your hands off me!"

"Let her go!"

Hideaki stepped forward. "Let her go! I don't know what your plan is, but I'll take her place. She… she's an orphan and doesn't know who her family is." He looked into Perdita's eyes, letting her know, hopefully, that he was just talking to get her out of this situation. "I'm Riku's son! If you let her go, you can have me."

Hades crossed his arms, tapping his chin. "Hmm, the son of Riku… just giving himself up…"

"Going once!"

"But is there a downside to this…?"

"Going twice!"

"Alright! Alright! You've got a deal." A black mist wound up Hideaki, dragging him to the god's side as the same mist released Perdita. "Now… I could use this against your father, but…" He glanced down at the two demons, his eyes glinting sinisterly. "I believe we found our solution to the problem."

"What are you pl-" A black wisp came up and gagged Hideaki.

"And there's the final player in our game!"

A woman in a blue dress with wispy black hair approached, flanked on either side by wolves with wings. "What is all this, Hades? I thought this was a private meeting."

"Hecate, babe! Glad you could make it!" He rested his elbow on Hideaki's head. "There's been a slight change of plans…"

Braig appeared on the edge of the city of Thebes.

This was where that map in Radiant Garden said they'd gone. "Don't worry, Briana. I'm coming…"

This chapter is a little short but the next one is longer.

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Hecate- Peri Gilpin (Hecate, Kate Corrigan, Volcana/Claire Selton, Raksha)