DDR HEARTS: Don't You Feel This Is In Vane?
By
Sega1cool
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Space Between Worlds
"....so, we need to find the other half of this gummi then." Charmy said.
"Yeah, according to what Cid said, once we do, we'll be able to open the way
to other worlds." I said.
"Well, let's do one thing at a time." Shadow said, "Where to next?"
"Hmmm, well let's see........I can't beleive it." I said.
"What?" Charmy said.
"Well, I let you see when we get there....." I said, putting the ship into hyperdrive.
We finally reached our destination, a small unassuming planet with a blue moon.
"So, what's the big surprise?" Charmy asked.
"This." I said, punching up the description.
Lunar: This planet is populated by many humans and humanoid type creatures. Magic is
a common skill that most have on this planet, although not all do know it. Notable
places include Dragon Caves, The Blue Spire, and Vane. Vane is the self-proclaimed
magic capital of Lunar, where your magic skill determines your worth.......
"Wait, isn't this where Terry and Mia were from?" Sonic said.
"Right," I said, "so let's go see 'em!"
Suddenly something, I'm not sure why, reminded me of what Charmy said.
"Charmy, somethings been bugging me....Remember when you said Mia had used the last
of her strength to send you back.....does that mean she's....."
"Dead? No, she merely used what magic she could, as the trip between dimensions had
been too much for her....She said she'd be able to get back after she rested, so I
left her in the care of the others....she should be back by now."
"Oh, cool, I guess." I said.
We disembarked for the outskirts of Vane.
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Outskirts of Vane
"Wow! This place is beautiful." Charmy said.
"Yeah, it sure is, now where do you suppose Terry and Mia would be?" I said.
"Well, here's an idea," Shadow said, "signal him with your force abilities."
"Oh my God! Shadow actually said something smart for once." Sonic said.
I laughed, now that was indeed funny.
I attempted to locate his thoughts.....but I couldn't find his mind.
"That's odd, it's as if he's not here.....or he's out of range." I said.
"Well, considering they were in Vane the last time, maybe we should head there." Charmy said.
"Okay, let's head there."
We headed towards Vane, but there was one problem......
"How the hell is it floating in the sky?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know, but I think I can sense Terry's presence coming from Vane, so we must
be getting close." I said.
"So, how do we get up there?" Charmy asked.
That was the question wasn't it? I then noticed a tower in the distance.
"Hey, why don't we head towards that tower? Someone there might be able to help us." I said.
We decided that was the best course of action.
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At the Tower
When we arrived at the Tower, no one was there.
"Okay, is this creeping anyone else out?" Shadow said.
"Yeah, I mean, where is everyone?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know, but let's go in." I said.
Inside there was just some panels and a glowing glyph on the floor.
"Um, this doesn't look anymore appealing." Charmy said.
"I don't know why, but I'm something is telling me to step onto the glyph." I said.
"Well, I don't see anything else we can do, so let's go for it." Shadow said.
We stepped on the glyph...it lit up....and we appeared in....
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Vane
"Whoa, that was new." Charmy said.
"Yeah, we kinda like teleported, didn't we?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, so where now?" Shadow said.
"Well, there." I said, pointing to the only entrance.
We walked through and we were greeted by a woman in a cloak.
"Welcome to Vane. Only those magically gifted may enter. If you would please step into
the circle, all will be revealed." she said.
"Ooookay. Well, lets go guys." I said as we stepped into the circle.
There was a bright flash and we appeared in a cage with an opening.
"Well, it seems you all have magical abilities....Welcome to Vane!" she said.
"Uh, Ryan, when did we learn magic?" Shadow asked me.
"Well, it seems that since we've been fighting the Heartless, that every boss we defeat gives us some magic."
"So, we learned some by beating that armor and Eggman?" Charmy asked.
"Right, we should know Fira and Blizzard." I said.
"Cool, we know magic." Sonic said.
I then sensed a presence I hadn't felt in a long time.
"Guys, this way." I said.
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Vane: Arcade
I stepped into the 'Magic Arcade'(A/N: Yeah, originality is one of my strongpoints.)
and saw, of all things, a DDR machine.
And who else did I see on it but....
"Go Terry." someone in the crowd said.
Yep, Terry was showing off his skill as usual.
I waited till it was the next turn.
"Okay, who's going with me next?" Terry asked.
Of course, I was never one to pass up a challenge.
"I will!" I said, walking onto the machine.
"Ryan? Dude, it is you." Terry said, giving me a high-five.
"Yeah, now I know why I couldn't get in contact with you telepathicly. You were too
busy showing off." I said.
"Ha, funny. Now, you gonna face me or what?" he asked.
"Sure, let's DDR!" I said.
I won't bore you with the details of our face-off, but let's just say that those
watching will never forget our battle that day.
As we stepped off, we were both tired.
"It's been awhile since I've had a challenge." Terry said.
"Hey, I aim to please." I said.
After we rested and got something to drink, we sat down and talked.
"So what're you doing here?" Terry asked, "And how is Charmy with you?"
"Well..........and so we're going to face the Heartless and beat them."
"Wow! I had no idea Mia had done that. I knew she looked tired that day she returned,
but I didn't know that was what she did. These Heartless sound like trouble."
"Yeah, we need to watch out for them, they can appear just like that." I said.
"Okay, well, we'll worry about that later, for now let's go see Mia and fill her in."
Terry said, leading us to a castle.
"So, Mia lives here?" Charmy asked.
"Yep, let go in." Terry said.
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Inside Castle Vane
"So, after he was founded out, you were forgiven and returned to normal, eh?" I asked Terry.
"Yeah....when we got back, Mia's mother was glad to see us, but things hadn't been
well. It seems that her assistant had tried and failed to overtake her throne. After
he was banished, she realized the mistake she'd made and when we returned, she restored our bodies to their original forms. So now, I'm part of the upper group here,
and while I don't agree with their methods, I'm trying to get some changes made.....
they just haven't been too acceptable." Terry explained.
"Cool, but I guess the people here are too set in their ways." Charmy said.
"Yeah, but what are ya going to do?" Terry said with a laugh.
We wound our way through the castle and came upon Mia's room.
"Hey, Mia, you in there?" Terry asked.
"Yeah, come on in." Mia said.
Terry walked in and sat next to her.
"Hey, I've got a surprise." Terry said.
"Really? What kind?" she asked.
"Well, look." Terry said, motioning us to come in.
We walked into her room, it was big and decorated well, obviously showing her place in
life.
"Ryan, Charmy! Sonic and Shadow!" Mia said.
It was nice to see Mia again.
I thanked her for helping get Charmy back.
"Oh, it's nothing. We're friends remember? It's the least I could do." Mia said.
"Yeah, but thanks." I said.
"Well, she may have helped you, but she also helped me, too." Terry said.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Well...." he started to say until a certain female wearing snow clothes and a beanie
came running in.
"Emi?!" Charmy and I said at the same time.
"Oh, uh, hey guys." she said.
"What's the problem?" Terry asked.
"Something or someone is attacking. Some kind of shadowy creatures." Emi said.
We all looked at each other.
"Heartless...." we all said at the same time.
Emi led us to the where the Heartless were.
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Castle Courtyard
Just as Emi had said, there were Heartless, dressed as magicians, all around.
"Heeeellllpppp!" said a random crowd member, set ablaze.
"Blizzard!" I shouted, shooting the cool blast at him, putting out the fire.
"Thanks, and be careful!" he said, running off.
"So you know magic too, eh?" Mia said.
"Yeah, one of the benefits of fighting the Heartless." I said.
Terry drew his lightsaber and I drew my Keysaber.
"Nice! When did you upgrade it?" Terry asked.
"Oh, well, the funny thing is, it upgraded itself." I said, "Anyway, let's take down
those Heartless."
Terry and I hacked and slashed the Heartless, Mia blasted away with her magic spells,
Sonic and Shadow sliced through them, and Charmy used her magic to power up her gun.
After about two waves of these enemies, they finally let up.
"Phew, good." I said, holstering the Keysaber.
"You guys have been doing this, how long?" Terry asked.
"Too long." Charmy said with a laugh.
After the little incident with these Heartless, we went and relaxed at the castle.
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Castle Rec Room
I must say, Mia knows how to live. This Rec Room was as good as mine..........almost.
Terry and I were playing on a 5th mix machine, Sonic and Shadow were resting on the
sofa and couch, and Mia, Emi, and Charmy were having some cocoa and talking.
"So, Emi," Charmy said, "How'd you get here?"
"Well, it has some to do with Mia......you see, after you left, Mia was out of it. She
was unconscious for who knows how long, I think it was close to two weeks till she
regained consciousness. After she awoke, she said her goodbyes and created a
dimensional gap back to her world....." Emi said.
"Yeah, I remember leaving, but the portal wouldn't close right away for some reason." Mia said.
"Well....that's my doing. I wanted to be with Terry, I had missed him so much for the
longest time....and I knew that Mia's portal was the only thing that could bring me
back to him, so I went for it....and then I ended up here and went about finding Terry...as you can see, I was sucessful." Emi said.
"Suffice to say, I wasn't too pleased with Emi, but I was happy to see that she wanted
to stay with us." Mia said.
Terry and I walked over and joined them.
Charmy went to hug me, but then saw how sweaty I was.
"Sheesh, you sweat too much when playing DDR." Charmy said.
"Hey, so? I love what I do, and you, too." I said, hugging her.
"Ew! Nasty, I covered in your sweat." Charmy said, throwing me off.
"Fine, jeez. See if I help you the next time the Heartless attack." I said, walking off.
"Ryan wait." Charmy said, following me.
"Those two haven't changed at all." Emi said.
"That's an understatement." Terry said, hugging Emi.
"Oh, well. They're happy, just like us." Mia said, joining for a group hug.
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Courtyard
We had had a nice dinner and we were all resting and watching the night sky.
"This place is beautiful, it's a lot like Earth was." I said.
"What do you mean 'was'?" Terry asked me.
"Well, you know how the Heartless were attacking the other planets...." I said.
"Yeah, you did mention that." Mia said.
"Well, they attacked Earth first and well, last I saw, there wasn't much left of it."
"So, you mean our world is gone?" Sonic asked me.
"Yeah, our Earth is gone, but if we beat the Heartless, then perhaps our world would
be returned as well." I said.
"Well, then we must make sure that the Heartless don't succeed." Shadow said.
"Yep, we must, we can't let other worlds end up like ours." Charmy said.
I looked around and noticed the surronding area looked pretty bad.
"Hey, Mia, how come things are looking bad here? It looks like a war zone." I said.
Mia sighed and looked a little down.
"Well, it seems someones been trying to bring down Vane. His name is Ghaleon. He appeared one day and has caused havoc on all of Lunar. Now he's turned his sites on
Vane."
"Wow, that can't be good. He sounds strong. But is it possible for him to acutally
bring down an entire floating island?" I said.
"I don't know, but its got me worried. He's quite skilled, but maybe you guys can help." Mia said.
"Well, we'll do what we can while we're here. Once we stop the Heartless, we'll move
on to the next world and do what we can." I said.
"Okay, but we can save the world if we're tired." Charmy said, dragging me behind.
"Hey, wait...I'm not tired......." I said, trying to fight my way out of her grip.
There was a loud noise and then silence.
"Um....what just happend?" Mia asked.
"Well, let's just say Charmy was acting like she always does." Emi said, laughing.
"Poor Ryan." Terry said.
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Next Morning
I opened my eyes and saw I was on a bed.
I rubbed my head.
"Ow, what happend? I remember being in the courtyard....and then....Charmy."
I looked and saw her laying next to me.
"Figures, she must have hit me in the head with something."
Charmy's lucky I'm not a vengeful person, cause there were some things I could've done
to her if I wanted.
Instead, being the nice guy that I am, I layed there and waited for her to awake.
She waked up about two hours later...and they say I sleep in.
"Morning." Charmy said, acting innocent.
"Yeah, morning." I said.
"Um, your head alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, no thanks to you."
"Sorry, I don't know what possessed me to do that."
"I could think of a few things." I mumbled.
We got up and met with the others.
"Hey, about time you woke up." Terry said with a smile.
"Yeah, whatever. What's up?" I said.
"Well, not much right now." Emi said.
"Yes, but there has been some activity to the North, it doesn't look good." Mia said.
"Well, we can only hope whatever it is isn't bad." I said.
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North of Vane
"So, is everything prepared?" said a mysterious figure.
"Yes, Lord Ghaleon. The Heartless assault wave is prepared to distract them. While we
go from behind and activate 'IT'."
"Ha, those fools. They will soon learn there is no safety from me, not even up in
the clouds of Lunar....."
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Vane: Marketplace
We were walking around, just killing time.
If you looked, Vane really didn't look much different then your average town, just
that the inhabitants were thrown into different classes a little more severly. There
were the poor people, I noticed they tended to hide out of site, and then the rich
people, who were the best dressed and always made it a point to show off how rich they
were.
'Man,' I thought to myself, 'its even worse than my Earth was.'
After awhile we came upon a nice looking park.
"Let's rest." Charmy said, sitting on a bench.
As soon as she sat on it, it broke and fell apart.
"Ha, that was funny." I said, giving my hand out to help her.
"Then you'll find this hilarious." she said, taking my hand and pulling me down.
I fell forward and hit my head on the ground.
"That's the second time she's done something to you Ryan." Terry said.
I got up and helped Charmy up.
We found some soft grass to sit on and rested for awhile......until....
"Oh, no." I said.
"What's wrong?" Charmy asked.
"Heartless." I said.
"Where?" Terry said, looking around.
"There." I said, getting up and pointing at some Heartless dressed as soldiers.
"Well, then you know what we must do." Charmy said, unholstering her gun.
I grabbed my Keysaber, it was time to rumble.
Terry and I dashed through them, Mia was burnin' and freezin' them, Sonic and Shadow
were ripping through them, Emi was bashing them with her snowboard,
and Charmy was shooting them full of holes. Things were
going fine until......
BOOOOM!
It was as if all of Vane was shaking.
"What the hell was that?" I said.
We ran to a higer point and looked down.
"What in God's name is that?" Charmy said.
On the ground below was a huge machine, it looked like a cannon on crack.
"Do you think that's a Heartless?" Shadow asked.
"No, it's not them. It's Ghaleon...." Mia said.
"So, he must've teamed up with them." Terry said.
"Look out! It's gonna fire again." I said, hitting the dirt.
The others hit the ground just as the gun went off.
A huge blast of power and magic shoot forth and struck Vane.
The whole island shook and shuddered.
Then it began to crash to the ground with violent force.
It was a mess.
"Ow," I said, clutching my leg, "Hello? Anyone survive?"
I saw movement over by some rubbled and got over there as fast as I could.
I threw the broken building and concrete off and sighed a bit of releif.
"You guys okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, thank God Mia put up that protective barrier when she did." Terry said, dusting
himself off.
"Yeah, guess I was off to one side." I said.
"Well, I guess Vane's grounded now." Emi said.
"Yes," Mia said sadly, "it will no longer fly."
"Well, look at it this way. At least now, maybe the people will be a little humbled." I said.
"Perhaps, but we've got bigger fish to fry now." Terry said, pointing in the direction
of Ghaleon.
"Well, you've got a point, we must face him." I said.
"Emi, I don't want you getting hurt. Stay here and try and find survivors." Terry asked her.
"Okay, just don't die on me, 'kay?" she said, giving him a kiss and running off.
"Well, you guys ready?" I asked.
"Yeah, let's do this."
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North of Vane
We made our way through the battlefield.
"Hmm, it seems that gun backfired after that last shot." Terry said, commenting on
how the ground was scorched and there was no sign of Heartless.
"Do you think Ghaleon survived?" I asked.
"Maybe, but perhaps we were lucky enough that he was wiped out in his attack." Charmy
said.
"Trust me, Charmster, we're never that lucky."
As if on cue, the rubble around the cannon's remains began to shake and move.
"Oh, Shit, that can't be good." I said.
What appeared to be Ghaleon stood up out of the rubble.
"So, you fools have come. Then you will soon die." Ghaleon said, glowing dark purple.
"Okay, this doesn't look good guys." I said, "It seems the Heartless are giving him power."
"Well, what do we do?" Sonic asked.
"You wait there and die." Ghaleon said, shooting out a blinding purple light.
As soon as the light subsided, Ghaleon was in front of us, ready for battle.
"Okay, I say we just go for it." I said, grabbing my Keysaber.
"Well, there's no other choice." Terry said, readying his lightsaber.
"We're ready to Rock and Roll." Sonic and Shadow said.
"We won't give up." Charmy said.
"I must fight, for there is no other choice left." Mia said.
"Then, prepare.....to DIE!" Ghaleon said, shooting out a purple light attack.
I blocked it as well did Terry.
The others dodged and Mia put up a defensive shield spell.
"Ha, that won't last for long. You'll soon all die, and then learn the true power of
the Heartless." Ghaleon said, unsheating a large sword.
"Oh, boy, that can't be good." I said, readying my stance.
Ghaleon dashed at me and took a swing with his sword.
'Damn,' I thought, 'he's quick.'
"So, ready to give up?" Ghaleon said, putting more pressure on my sword.
Man, he was pretty strong.
"Never, I won't give up, so long as evil like you exists." I said, pushing back.
Ghaleon stood there and laughed, "Ha, you won't survive this."
Ghaleon put his arms up and started chanting some kind of weird spell.
The sky darkened and lightining flashed.
"Oh, Damn!"
A huge bolt of electricity impacted all six of us.
I tried to move, but it hurt.
I looked around, the others were in bad shape, they couldn't fight.
I was the only one left.
"So, you survived that last attack, eh? Well, I'll finish you off myself." Ghaleon said, moving closer to me.
"What to do?" I said, gathering all my strength.
Things didn't look good.
'There is one chance'
"Who said that?" I said.
'I did, your Dark/Yami self.'
"You, but remember what happend last time?"
'Just trust me, he's getting closer.'
"I've got no choice." I said, "Ghaleon, prepare to die."
I glowed and my appearance changed.
I had a pair of shades on, and a black leather jacket. My Keysaber was now black and
the beam was a silverish color.
"Ah, it's good to be back." Dark Ryan said.
"Hey, what's going on? Your different." Ghaleon said.
"Your observance is astounding....now, how do you want to die?" Dark Ryan said.
"Me, die? Your the one who will die." Ghaleon said, unleashing his attack again.
"Sorry, that won't work." Dark Ryan said, absorbing the lighting attack.
"But, how?" Ghaleon asked.
"You just don't get it, do you? You can't beat me and now, you'll feel pain." Dark Ryan said, shooting the lighting back at Ghaleon.
Ghaleon was hit by his own attack and recoiled in pain.
"How? This is inconceivable!"
"You underestimated me and you had too much faith in the Heartless's dark powers." Dark Ryan said.
"You can't best me at sword-fighting, though." Ghaleon said, struggling to get his sword out.
"*sigh* You just don't learn." Dark Ryan said, charging Ghaleon.
Ghaleon attempted to block, but my saber went right through his sword.....and straight
through him as well.
"Ack! No....this was not how it was supposed to end." Ghaleon said, now with a keyshaped hole in his chest.
"Sorry, but you had to be stopped." Dark Ryan said, sheathing his Keysaber.
"Okay, take back over Ryan."
I changed back to my normal self.
"Good job, Dark." I said, rushing to check on the others.
"Are you guys okay?" I said, helping them to their feet.
"Yeah, been better but I'll survive. What happend to Ghaleon?" Terry asked.
"Well, he almost got me, but I let my Dark self take over...."
"What?!" They all said.
"....and he stopped Ghaleon."
"Oh..." they then said.
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Vane
"Well, Vane is no worse for the wear, but it'll take some time till things return to
normal." Mia said.
"Well, we stopped the Heartless and Ghaleon, but...." I said.
"....where's the Keyhole?" Charmy said.
"Yeah, well, maybe we'll find it on the way back......." Sonic said, suddenly noticing
something.
"What's wrong?" Shadow asked.
"Look over there." Sonic said, running towards where the park used to be.
The fountain there was cracked and had drained, revealing a familiar looking shape.
"Hey, is that what I think it is?" Charmy asked.
"Yep, that must be the Keyhole." I said, readying my Keysaber.
The beam shot out, up, and then down into the Keyhole, sealing this world from the
Heartless.
"Hey, no gummi peice." Charmy said.
"Oh, well, maybe the next world has it." I said, holstering my Keysaber.
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Desert outside Vane
We walked back to our Gummi Ship and perpared to leave to the next world.
"Well, it's been good seeing you guys again." Terry said, giving me a high five.
"Yeah, that's another world save, who knows how many more to go." I said.
"Don't worry, you'll be able to save the others and stop the Heartless." Mia said.
"Right." I said.
"Here, take this Ryan." Mia said, handing me a charm.
"Cool, thanks." I said, placing it on my Keysaber.
The Keysaber changed and became Keysaber:'LunarSpecial'.
"Sweet, I guess charms change its shape." I said, looking over my new Keysaber.
"Well, we wish you luck," Emi said, "And take care of Ryan, Charmy."
"I will, well, see you later." I said, climbing into the cockpit.
We waved good-bye as our ship took off.
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Space Between Dimensions
"Well, where now?" Charmy asked.
"Well, we should move onto the next one planet and see if a the other gummi peice is there." I said.
"Okay, set the course." Sonic said.
"Right, here we go....." I said, our ship blasting off into hyperspace.....
By
Sega1cool
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Space Between Worlds
"....so, we need to find the other half of this gummi then." Charmy said.
"Yeah, according to what Cid said, once we do, we'll be able to open the way
to other worlds." I said.
"Well, let's do one thing at a time." Shadow said, "Where to next?"
"Hmmm, well let's see........I can't beleive it." I said.
"What?" Charmy said.
"Well, I let you see when we get there....." I said, putting the ship into hyperdrive.
We finally reached our destination, a small unassuming planet with a blue moon.
"So, what's the big surprise?" Charmy asked.
"This." I said, punching up the description.
Lunar: This planet is populated by many humans and humanoid type creatures. Magic is
a common skill that most have on this planet, although not all do know it. Notable
places include Dragon Caves, The Blue Spire, and Vane. Vane is the self-proclaimed
magic capital of Lunar, where your magic skill determines your worth.......
"Wait, isn't this where Terry and Mia were from?" Sonic said.
"Right," I said, "so let's go see 'em!"
Suddenly something, I'm not sure why, reminded me of what Charmy said.
"Charmy, somethings been bugging me....Remember when you said Mia had used the last
of her strength to send you back.....does that mean she's....."
"Dead? No, she merely used what magic she could, as the trip between dimensions had
been too much for her....She said she'd be able to get back after she rested, so I
left her in the care of the others....she should be back by now."
"Oh, cool, I guess." I said.
We disembarked for the outskirts of Vane.
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Outskirts of Vane
"Wow! This place is beautiful." Charmy said.
"Yeah, it sure is, now where do you suppose Terry and Mia would be?" I said.
"Well, here's an idea," Shadow said, "signal him with your force abilities."
"Oh my God! Shadow actually said something smart for once." Sonic said.
I laughed, now that was indeed funny.
I attempted to locate his thoughts.....but I couldn't find his mind.
"That's odd, it's as if he's not here.....or he's out of range." I said.
"Well, considering they were in Vane the last time, maybe we should head there." Charmy said.
"Okay, let's head there."
We headed towards Vane, but there was one problem......
"How the hell is it floating in the sky?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know, but I think I can sense Terry's presence coming from Vane, so we must
be getting close." I said.
"So, how do we get up there?" Charmy asked.
That was the question wasn't it? I then noticed a tower in the distance.
"Hey, why don't we head towards that tower? Someone there might be able to help us." I said.
We decided that was the best course of action.
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At the Tower
When we arrived at the Tower, no one was there.
"Okay, is this creeping anyone else out?" Shadow said.
"Yeah, I mean, where is everyone?" Sonic asked.
"I don't know, but let's go in." I said.
Inside there was just some panels and a glowing glyph on the floor.
"Um, this doesn't look anymore appealing." Charmy said.
"I don't know why, but I'm something is telling me to step onto the glyph." I said.
"Well, I don't see anything else we can do, so let's go for it." Shadow said.
We stepped on the glyph...it lit up....and we appeared in....
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Vane
"Whoa, that was new." Charmy said.
"Yeah, we kinda like teleported, didn't we?" Sonic asked.
"Yeah, so where now?" Shadow said.
"Well, there." I said, pointing to the only entrance.
We walked through and we were greeted by a woman in a cloak.
"Welcome to Vane. Only those magically gifted may enter. If you would please step into
the circle, all will be revealed." she said.
"Ooookay. Well, lets go guys." I said as we stepped into the circle.
There was a bright flash and we appeared in a cage with an opening.
"Well, it seems you all have magical abilities....Welcome to Vane!" she said.
"Uh, Ryan, when did we learn magic?" Shadow asked me.
"Well, it seems that since we've been fighting the Heartless, that every boss we defeat gives us some magic."
"So, we learned some by beating that armor and Eggman?" Charmy asked.
"Right, we should know Fira and Blizzard." I said.
"Cool, we know magic." Sonic said.
I then sensed a presence I hadn't felt in a long time.
"Guys, this way." I said.
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Vane: Arcade
I stepped into the 'Magic Arcade'(A/N: Yeah, originality is one of my strongpoints.)
and saw, of all things, a DDR machine.
And who else did I see on it but....
"Go Terry." someone in the crowd said.
Yep, Terry was showing off his skill as usual.
I waited till it was the next turn.
"Okay, who's going with me next?" Terry asked.
Of course, I was never one to pass up a challenge.
"I will!" I said, walking onto the machine.
"Ryan? Dude, it is you." Terry said, giving me a high-five.
"Yeah, now I know why I couldn't get in contact with you telepathicly. You were too
busy showing off." I said.
"Ha, funny. Now, you gonna face me or what?" he asked.
"Sure, let's DDR!" I said.
I won't bore you with the details of our face-off, but let's just say that those
watching will never forget our battle that day.
As we stepped off, we were both tired.
"It's been awhile since I've had a challenge." Terry said.
"Hey, I aim to please." I said.
After we rested and got something to drink, we sat down and talked.
"So what're you doing here?" Terry asked, "And how is Charmy with you?"
"Well..........and so we're going to face the Heartless and beat them."
"Wow! I had no idea Mia had done that. I knew she looked tired that day she returned,
but I didn't know that was what she did. These Heartless sound like trouble."
"Yeah, we need to watch out for them, they can appear just like that." I said.
"Okay, well, we'll worry about that later, for now let's go see Mia and fill her in."
Terry said, leading us to a castle.
"So, Mia lives here?" Charmy asked.
"Yep, let go in." Terry said.
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Inside Castle Vane
"So, after he was founded out, you were forgiven and returned to normal, eh?" I asked Terry.
"Yeah....when we got back, Mia's mother was glad to see us, but things hadn't been
well. It seems that her assistant had tried and failed to overtake her throne. After
he was banished, she realized the mistake she'd made and when we returned, she restored our bodies to their original forms. So now, I'm part of the upper group here,
and while I don't agree with their methods, I'm trying to get some changes made.....
they just haven't been too acceptable." Terry explained.
"Cool, but I guess the people here are too set in their ways." Charmy said.
"Yeah, but what are ya going to do?" Terry said with a laugh.
We wound our way through the castle and came upon Mia's room.
"Hey, Mia, you in there?" Terry asked.
"Yeah, come on in." Mia said.
Terry walked in and sat next to her.
"Hey, I've got a surprise." Terry said.
"Really? What kind?" she asked.
"Well, look." Terry said, motioning us to come in.
We walked into her room, it was big and decorated well, obviously showing her place in
life.
"Ryan, Charmy! Sonic and Shadow!" Mia said.
It was nice to see Mia again.
I thanked her for helping get Charmy back.
"Oh, it's nothing. We're friends remember? It's the least I could do." Mia said.
"Yeah, but thanks." I said.
"Well, she may have helped you, but she also helped me, too." Terry said.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Well...." he started to say until a certain female wearing snow clothes and a beanie
came running in.
"Emi?!" Charmy and I said at the same time.
"Oh, uh, hey guys." she said.
"What's the problem?" Terry asked.
"Something or someone is attacking. Some kind of shadowy creatures." Emi said.
We all looked at each other.
"Heartless...." we all said at the same time.
Emi led us to the where the Heartless were.
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Castle Courtyard
Just as Emi had said, there were Heartless, dressed as magicians, all around.
"Heeeellllpppp!" said a random crowd member, set ablaze.
"Blizzard!" I shouted, shooting the cool blast at him, putting out the fire.
"Thanks, and be careful!" he said, running off.
"So you know magic too, eh?" Mia said.
"Yeah, one of the benefits of fighting the Heartless." I said.
Terry drew his lightsaber and I drew my Keysaber.
"Nice! When did you upgrade it?" Terry asked.
"Oh, well, the funny thing is, it upgraded itself." I said, "Anyway, let's take down
those Heartless."
Terry and I hacked and slashed the Heartless, Mia blasted away with her magic spells,
Sonic and Shadow sliced through them, and Charmy used her magic to power up her gun.
After about two waves of these enemies, they finally let up.
"Phew, good." I said, holstering the Keysaber.
"You guys have been doing this, how long?" Terry asked.
"Too long." Charmy said with a laugh.
After the little incident with these Heartless, we went and relaxed at the castle.
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Castle Rec Room
I must say, Mia knows how to live. This Rec Room was as good as mine..........almost.
Terry and I were playing on a 5th mix machine, Sonic and Shadow were resting on the
sofa and couch, and Mia, Emi, and Charmy were having some cocoa and talking.
"So, Emi," Charmy said, "How'd you get here?"
"Well, it has some to do with Mia......you see, after you left, Mia was out of it. She
was unconscious for who knows how long, I think it was close to two weeks till she
regained consciousness. After she awoke, she said her goodbyes and created a
dimensional gap back to her world....." Emi said.
"Yeah, I remember leaving, but the portal wouldn't close right away for some reason." Mia said.
"Well....that's my doing. I wanted to be with Terry, I had missed him so much for the
longest time....and I knew that Mia's portal was the only thing that could bring me
back to him, so I went for it....and then I ended up here and went about finding Terry...as you can see, I was sucessful." Emi said.
"Suffice to say, I wasn't too pleased with Emi, but I was happy to see that she wanted
to stay with us." Mia said.
Terry and I walked over and joined them.
Charmy went to hug me, but then saw how sweaty I was.
"Sheesh, you sweat too much when playing DDR." Charmy said.
"Hey, so? I love what I do, and you, too." I said, hugging her.
"Ew! Nasty, I covered in your sweat." Charmy said, throwing me off.
"Fine, jeez. See if I help you the next time the Heartless attack." I said, walking off.
"Ryan wait." Charmy said, following me.
"Those two haven't changed at all." Emi said.
"That's an understatement." Terry said, hugging Emi.
"Oh, well. They're happy, just like us." Mia said, joining for a group hug.
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Courtyard
We had had a nice dinner and we were all resting and watching the night sky.
"This place is beautiful, it's a lot like Earth was." I said.
"What do you mean 'was'?" Terry asked me.
"Well, you know how the Heartless were attacking the other planets...." I said.
"Yeah, you did mention that." Mia said.
"Well, they attacked Earth first and well, last I saw, there wasn't much left of it."
"So, you mean our world is gone?" Sonic asked me.
"Yeah, our Earth is gone, but if we beat the Heartless, then perhaps our world would
be returned as well." I said.
"Well, then we must make sure that the Heartless don't succeed." Shadow said.
"Yep, we must, we can't let other worlds end up like ours." Charmy said.
I looked around and noticed the surronding area looked pretty bad.
"Hey, Mia, how come things are looking bad here? It looks like a war zone." I said.
Mia sighed and looked a little down.
"Well, it seems someones been trying to bring down Vane. His name is Ghaleon. He appeared one day and has caused havoc on all of Lunar. Now he's turned his sites on
Vane."
"Wow, that can't be good. He sounds strong. But is it possible for him to acutally
bring down an entire floating island?" I said.
"I don't know, but its got me worried. He's quite skilled, but maybe you guys can help." Mia said.
"Well, we'll do what we can while we're here. Once we stop the Heartless, we'll move
on to the next world and do what we can." I said.
"Okay, but we can save the world if we're tired." Charmy said, dragging me behind.
"Hey, wait...I'm not tired......." I said, trying to fight my way out of her grip.
There was a loud noise and then silence.
"Um....what just happend?" Mia asked.
"Well, let's just say Charmy was acting like she always does." Emi said, laughing.
"Poor Ryan." Terry said.
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Next Morning
I opened my eyes and saw I was on a bed.
I rubbed my head.
"Ow, what happend? I remember being in the courtyard....and then....Charmy."
I looked and saw her laying next to me.
"Figures, she must have hit me in the head with something."
Charmy's lucky I'm not a vengeful person, cause there were some things I could've done
to her if I wanted.
Instead, being the nice guy that I am, I layed there and waited for her to awake.
She waked up about two hours later...and they say I sleep in.
"Morning." Charmy said, acting innocent.
"Yeah, morning." I said.
"Um, your head alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, no thanks to you."
"Sorry, I don't know what possessed me to do that."
"I could think of a few things." I mumbled.
We got up and met with the others.
"Hey, about time you woke up." Terry said with a smile.
"Yeah, whatever. What's up?" I said.
"Well, not much right now." Emi said.
"Yes, but there has been some activity to the North, it doesn't look good." Mia said.
"Well, we can only hope whatever it is isn't bad." I said.
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North of Vane
"So, is everything prepared?" said a mysterious figure.
"Yes, Lord Ghaleon. The Heartless assault wave is prepared to distract them. While we
go from behind and activate 'IT'."
"Ha, those fools. They will soon learn there is no safety from me, not even up in
the clouds of Lunar....."
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Vane: Marketplace
We were walking around, just killing time.
If you looked, Vane really didn't look much different then your average town, just
that the inhabitants were thrown into different classes a little more severly. There
were the poor people, I noticed they tended to hide out of site, and then the rich
people, who were the best dressed and always made it a point to show off how rich they
were.
'Man,' I thought to myself, 'its even worse than my Earth was.'
After awhile we came upon a nice looking park.
"Let's rest." Charmy said, sitting on a bench.
As soon as she sat on it, it broke and fell apart.
"Ha, that was funny." I said, giving my hand out to help her.
"Then you'll find this hilarious." she said, taking my hand and pulling me down.
I fell forward and hit my head on the ground.
"That's the second time she's done something to you Ryan." Terry said.
I got up and helped Charmy up.
We found some soft grass to sit on and rested for awhile......until....
"Oh, no." I said.
"What's wrong?" Charmy asked.
"Heartless." I said.
"Where?" Terry said, looking around.
"There." I said, getting up and pointing at some Heartless dressed as soldiers.
"Well, then you know what we must do." Charmy said, unholstering her gun.
I grabbed my Keysaber, it was time to rumble.
Terry and I dashed through them, Mia was burnin' and freezin' them, Sonic and Shadow
were ripping through them, Emi was bashing them with her snowboard,
and Charmy was shooting them full of holes. Things were
going fine until......
BOOOOM!
It was as if all of Vane was shaking.
"What the hell was that?" I said.
We ran to a higer point and looked down.
"What in God's name is that?" Charmy said.
On the ground below was a huge machine, it looked like a cannon on crack.
"Do you think that's a Heartless?" Shadow asked.
"No, it's not them. It's Ghaleon...." Mia said.
"So, he must've teamed up with them." Terry said.
"Look out! It's gonna fire again." I said, hitting the dirt.
The others hit the ground just as the gun went off.
A huge blast of power and magic shoot forth and struck Vane.
The whole island shook and shuddered.
Then it began to crash to the ground with violent force.
It was a mess.
"Ow," I said, clutching my leg, "Hello? Anyone survive?"
I saw movement over by some rubbled and got over there as fast as I could.
I threw the broken building and concrete off and sighed a bit of releif.
"You guys okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, thank God Mia put up that protective barrier when she did." Terry said, dusting
himself off.
"Yeah, guess I was off to one side." I said.
"Well, I guess Vane's grounded now." Emi said.
"Yes," Mia said sadly, "it will no longer fly."
"Well, look at it this way. At least now, maybe the people will be a little humbled." I said.
"Perhaps, but we've got bigger fish to fry now." Terry said, pointing in the direction
of Ghaleon.
"Well, you've got a point, we must face him." I said.
"Emi, I don't want you getting hurt. Stay here and try and find survivors." Terry asked her.
"Okay, just don't die on me, 'kay?" she said, giving him a kiss and running off.
"Well, you guys ready?" I asked.
"Yeah, let's do this."
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North of Vane
We made our way through the battlefield.
"Hmm, it seems that gun backfired after that last shot." Terry said, commenting on
how the ground was scorched and there was no sign of Heartless.
"Do you think Ghaleon survived?" I asked.
"Maybe, but perhaps we were lucky enough that he was wiped out in his attack." Charmy
said.
"Trust me, Charmster, we're never that lucky."
As if on cue, the rubble around the cannon's remains began to shake and move.
"Oh, Shit, that can't be good." I said.
What appeared to be Ghaleon stood up out of the rubble.
"So, you fools have come. Then you will soon die." Ghaleon said, glowing dark purple.
"Okay, this doesn't look good guys." I said, "It seems the Heartless are giving him power."
"Well, what do we do?" Sonic asked.
"You wait there and die." Ghaleon said, shooting out a blinding purple light.
As soon as the light subsided, Ghaleon was in front of us, ready for battle.
"Okay, I say we just go for it." I said, grabbing my Keysaber.
"Well, there's no other choice." Terry said, readying his lightsaber.
"We're ready to Rock and Roll." Sonic and Shadow said.
"We won't give up." Charmy said.
"I must fight, for there is no other choice left." Mia said.
"Then, prepare.....to DIE!" Ghaleon said, shooting out a purple light attack.
I blocked it as well did Terry.
The others dodged and Mia put up a defensive shield spell.
"Ha, that won't last for long. You'll soon all die, and then learn the true power of
the Heartless." Ghaleon said, unsheating a large sword.
"Oh, boy, that can't be good." I said, readying my stance.
Ghaleon dashed at me and took a swing with his sword.
'Damn,' I thought, 'he's quick.'
"So, ready to give up?" Ghaleon said, putting more pressure on my sword.
Man, he was pretty strong.
"Never, I won't give up, so long as evil like you exists." I said, pushing back.
Ghaleon stood there and laughed, "Ha, you won't survive this."
Ghaleon put his arms up and started chanting some kind of weird spell.
The sky darkened and lightining flashed.
"Oh, Damn!"
A huge bolt of electricity impacted all six of us.
I tried to move, but it hurt.
I looked around, the others were in bad shape, they couldn't fight.
I was the only one left.
"So, you survived that last attack, eh? Well, I'll finish you off myself." Ghaleon said, moving closer to me.
"What to do?" I said, gathering all my strength.
Things didn't look good.
'There is one chance'
"Who said that?" I said.
'I did, your Dark/Yami self.'
"You, but remember what happend last time?"
'Just trust me, he's getting closer.'
"I've got no choice." I said, "Ghaleon, prepare to die."
I glowed and my appearance changed.
I had a pair of shades on, and a black leather jacket. My Keysaber was now black and
the beam was a silverish color.
"Ah, it's good to be back." Dark Ryan said.
"Hey, what's going on? Your different." Ghaleon said.
"Your observance is astounding....now, how do you want to die?" Dark Ryan said.
"Me, die? Your the one who will die." Ghaleon said, unleashing his attack again.
"Sorry, that won't work." Dark Ryan said, absorbing the lighting attack.
"But, how?" Ghaleon asked.
"You just don't get it, do you? You can't beat me and now, you'll feel pain." Dark Ryan said, shooting the lighting back at Ghaleon.
Ghaleon was hit by his own attack and recoiled in pain.
"How? This is inconceivable!"
"You underestimated me and you had too much faith in the Heartless's dark powers." Dark Ryan said.
"You can't best me at sword-fighting, though." Ghaleon said, struggling to get his sword out.
"*sigh* You just don't learn." Dark Ryan said, charging Ghaleon.
Ghaleon attempted to block, but my saber went right through his sword.....and straight
through him as well.
"Ack! No....this was not how it was supposed to end." Ghaleon said, now with a keyshaped hole in his chest.
"Sorry, but you had to be stopped." Dark Ryan said, sheathing his Keysaber.
"Okay, take back over Ryan."
I changed back to my normal self.
"Good job, Dark." I said, rushing to check on the others.
"Are you guys okay?" I said, helping them to their feet.
"Yeah, been better but I'll survive. What happend to Ghaleon?" Terry asked.
"Well, he almost got me, but I let my Dark self take over...."
"What?!" They all said.
"....and he stopped Ghaleon."
"Oh..." they then said.
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Vane
"Well, Vane is no worse for the wear, but it'll take some time till things return to
normal." Mia said.
"Well, we stopped the Heartless and Ghaleon, but...." I said.
"....where's the Keyhole?" Charmy said.
"Yeah, well, maybe we'll find it on the way back......." Sonic said, suddenly noticing
something.
"What's wrong?" Shadow asked.
"Look over there." Sonic said, running towards where the park used to be.
The fountain there was cracked and had drained, revealing a familiar looking shape.
"Hey, is that what I think it is?" Charmy asked.
"Yep, that must be the Keyhole." I said, readying my Keysaber.
The beam shot out, up, and then down into the Keyhole, sealing this world from the
Heartless.
"Hey, no gummi peice." Charmy said.
"Oh, well, maybe the next world has it." I said, holstering my Keysaber.
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Desert outside Vane
We walked back to our Gummi Ship and perpared to leave to the next world.
"Well, it's been good seeing you guys again." Terry said, giving me a high five.
"Yeah, that's another world save, who knows how many more to go." I said.
"Don't worry, you'll be able to save the others and stop the Heartless." Mia said.
"Right." I said.
"Here, take this Ryan." Mia said, handing me a charm.
"Cool, thanks." I said, placing it on my Keysaber.
The Keysaber changed and became Keysaber:'LunarSpecial'.
"Sweet, I guess charms change its shape." I said, looking over my new Keysaber.
"Well, we wish you luck," Emi said, "And take care of Ryan, Charmy."
"I will, well, see you later." I said, climbing into the cockpit.
We waved good-bye as our ship took off.
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Space Between Dimensions
"Well, where now?" Charmy asked.
"Well, we should move onto the next one planet and see if a the other gummi peice is there." I said.
"Okay, set the course." Sonic said.
"Right, here we go....." I said, our ship blasting off into hyperspace.....