Author's Note: I got delayed in writing the third chapter… Sorry people! I was quite busy these past days so I wasn't able to update it really quick. All the same, here's chapter 3. I'll be creating more of my original characters in this chapter and the next succeeding ones… Some KH characters might OOC in this one… So sorry if it happens a lot… I'll try to fix it… I hope you like this chappter! =)
Chapter 3: "Great" Escape
The halls of the castle of Kingdom Hearts were dark and shadows surrounded the place. The throne was empty for some reason and was inhabited by Heartless pawns, but soon their new master would arrive… As soon as Kingdom Hearts would rise from its grave, their new master would also take the throne. The prison was even darker as ever, and a foul stench infested the place… It smelled like a graveyard where the dead, who is not buried to the ground, loitered around the place. Bones of the dead scattered around the place, while flies and roaches flew and crawled on its floors. Zombie-like creatures guarded that "worse than hell" prison… The floor was covered with what looked like feces of the unknown, and the water that were dripping everywhere smelled like the urine of dogs… It was as if no one could live there. Prisoners would wish death than to live in this place. However, two prisoners were inside a cell… One looked like a mouse with red shorts while the other was a teenaged boy with "bluish" hair that reached his broad shoulders…
"Do you think they got your letter Mickey?" The boy asked.
"Don't worry. I have faith that it reached them… Unfortunately I wasn't able to write everything, but I'm sure they'll figure it out… Why ask this all of a sudden, Riku?"
"I can't take this 'hell' anymore… I'd rather die than stay in this place…" Riku whined.
"Well… We can't do anything for now… We don't have our weapons… We need patience"
"We gotta find a way! I want to escape!"
Riku kicked the rusted iron bars of the prison really hard, and he fell down to the ground. Mickey went towards him and helped him get up.
"Mellow down Riku! It won't get you anywhere… I guess you don't have the patience… (sigh)… We must think of a plan… It's been two years already in this place… I guess we are quite familiar already…" Mickey said.
"Better hurry with the idea… I can't take it much longer…"
Mickey sat down on the creaking benches and closed his eyes and meditated. Riku walked back and forth as he was thinking of an idea. Suddenly, Mickey snapped his finger and whispered something to Riku… They both fell to the ground as if unconscious. Soon, a "zombie" went patrol to their cell and saw what had happened. He opened the cell and grunted… It observed the lifeless body and as he was about to drag Riku, Riku jumped on him using his usual counter move pushing the creature with his feet far to the wall…
"I didn't know they were too dumb to fall for the cliché trick! We should've done this, ages ago!" Riku exclaimed.
"We have to stall for a while you know… We need back-up if we want to escape… I was hoping that Sora would find us sooner than this… Oh well… We gotta escape now!" Mickey shouted.
Riku took the rusted sword of the creature and used it as his weapon for the time being while they try to find their weapons. They hurried to the exit to the prison and went up the spiral staircase. Unfortunately, the Heartless are more intellectual beings than that of those zombie-like creatures. Those zombies are merely a defect of the Heartless… The black sheep of the Heartless… A lesser being of the Heartless. Soon, the Heartless were alarmed and swarmed at them. Mickey ducked down while Riku smashed them with the rusted sword. They were dissolving as Riku slashed them in halves, but they grew in numbers more than they were getting killed… They were just regaining their original state for a couple of seconds and in no time; they were ready to fight again. They have realized that battling them would take forever, and just hurried to the top.
"Grrr… Won't they decrease in numbers!? I'm getting pissed!" Riku shouted.
"We are inside their fort after all… We can't do anything, but run… Now, hurry! We will reach the top soon!" Mickey exclaimed.
Fortunately, they reached the top in one piece, but the chase was not over. The Heartless was still swarming over them, and some were flying, some were running towards them. Hoping they would reach the main gate soon, they ran faster towards the endless halls of Kingdom Hearts.
"Wait Riku! I have to find my Keyblade! We won't make it to the exit if we just run like this…" Mickey exclaimed.
"Good point, but the question… Will we be able to find it before they eat us alive!?" Riku said as he pointed at the monsters chasing them.
"Hmmm… I'll risk it! We won't reach the exit either at this rate… We need to fight back and escape at the same time…"
"Fine… You find your Keyblade, while I stall them. Please hurry! I don't know if I can hold them much longer, AND… Find me a new weapon! This thing sucks!"
"Okay. Don't worry… I'll be back soon!"
They reached an intersection and parted… Mickey took the left path as Riku went further north. A Heartless dashed towards him as its sharp claws were about to stab him. He jumped backwards and made counter piercing move. He thrust his sword forward stabbing the Heartless right on its head.
"It seems that I still haven't lost my touch… Hehehe! Prepare Heartless!"
Evading the Heartless, he made a back flip until he hit a big fat one at his back. Riku jumped over that big blob and impaled his sword at its back. The big blob dissolved into thin air, and Riku continued his escape.
Meanwhile, Mickey was busy finding his Keyblade. He searched door to door, corner to corner, but found none. He was beginning to lose hope. More Heartless appeared and chased him again. Helplessly, Mickey ran away. Soon, he found a small piece of steel pipe that was loitered in the area. He grabbed it and used it as a substitute weapon.
"I hope this will help me stall… Haha!"
Suddenly, a flying Heartless dragon grabbed him at his shoulders. They both flew high above the grayish ceiling with bright sharp chandeliers hanging on top. Mickey wiggled as he tried to escape the claws of the dragon. They were nearing a huge chandelier, which gave Mickey an idea. He tried to poke the dragon with his steel pipe, and it successfully worked and the dragon jumped upwards hitting one of the sharp edges of the chandelier. The dragon was stuck and Mickey was free… He fell to the ground and rolled, and stood up quickly and ran deeper inside Kingdom Hearts. Soon, he reached a blue door with the emblem on it.
"This must be the place… Hopefully…"
He tried to open it, but it was locked from the inside. The Heartless were gaining on him really fast. He kicked it, punched it, pushed it, but failed. He saw a muscular Heartless, dashing really fast towards him, with a huge shield to protect itself from harm. Mickey snapped his finger and waited patiently at the dashing Heartless. It came really close to him, and he jumped sideward. It hit the door and cracked it open. Laughing, Mickey jumped and went in the mysterious place. He was right. He saw all sorts of weapons lying around the room. He searched for his Keyblade while glancing at the elegant weapons. He reached a treasure chest and opened it with his steel pipe. The chest sprung open revealing the small Keyblade he was searching. Along with it, he found a black fancy sword. He grabbed it.
"Yippee! Found my Royal Keyblade! Now to find Riku!" Mickey exclaimed.
He pointed at one of the Heartless blocking his way and a small beam went out of the Keyblade dissolving the Heartless to dust.
"Good! It still works just fine!"
Riku was already tired slashing and stabbing the different Heartless that swarmed him. He was on his knees now, panting heavily.
"Where's Mickey…? I'm too tired to fight and to escape…" Riku whined.
Cut in half, His sword was broken. He was helpless now… Without energy to run, without energy to fight, the Heartless would devour him soon. A mini violet mage went towards him and was casting a spell.
"This is it… Good bye world…"
Riku closed his eyes, and soon, he was about to die. It took him a while before noticing that he was not yet killed… He opened his eyes and wondered. At the far end, he saw Mickey blasting the Heartless away. He threw the sword he found inside the room to Riku.
"Cool! Get ready!"
Finally, Mickey caught up with him, and they were decreasing the Heartless in numbers with their weapons. They were able to defeat the Heartless and was now headed towards the exit when suddenly, Riku bumped into a figure. They both fell to the ground.
"Ow…" Riku groaned.
"OUCH! THAT HURT!!! WHO ARE YOU!?" The figure yelped.
Riku shook his head to wear the headache away, and opened his eyes. It was a girl about the same age as Riku, but looked older with the elegant dark pink gown she was wearing. Her silky silver hair was braided like a wreath around her head. She looked like a princess of some sort with a light blue cape… She was beautiful, but her snobby spoiled attitude did not match her beautiful face. Riku stared at her at the moment as his heart started pounding…
"Ummm… Ahem…. Tell me who you are first." Riku asked.
"I am Crystal and you?" She asked.
"Ummm… Riku! Hey, you look SUSPICIOUS… Why ARE you here?"
"Me? YOU look MORE suspicious… I'm escaping this horrid castle and if you are part of 'HIS' minions, I'm ready to fight you!" She said.
"Well… It seems that we have the same objective after all. Why not come with us?" Mickey asked.
"Why would I? It seems that this friend of yours is quite rude! Hmph… Calling ME 'suspicious'… ME!? ME!? No one talks to me like that!" She screamed.
"What makes you think that I WANT you to join us, you snob!?"
"Blah! Blah! Blah! FINE! I'll just escape by myself…"
She turned backwards and walked angrily away…
"Ummm… Hahaha! I think you're going the wrong way… Miss?" Riku said as he pointed at the opposite direction.
"Do I…? Oh… Hmph! I knew that… I was just checking the other way!" She blushed.
"(Hehehe… She looks cute when she's angry… I wonder how she looks like when she smiles…? Hahaha!)" Riku thought and smiled.
Her silhouette was gone. Riku and Mickey started sprinting again to the exit.
"You know what? You look like a cute couple back there… Haha!" Micket teased.
"Shut up Mickey! She's one spoiled princess…" Riku blushed.
Suddenly, they heard a loud scream similar to Crystal's. They followed the scream and saw Crystal being carried away by an fat Heartless. She was kicking and pounding the Heartless, but it won't get affected.
"Let me go! You OAF! Let me go!" Crystal exclaimed.
"Here's your knight with shinning armor!" Riku shouted
Riku swung across the hall and kicked the fat one behind. He dropped Crystal leaving her rolling to the ground.
"Ouch! Watch it! If you're going to save me, save me gently!" Crystal shouted.
"As you wish, 'princess'!" Riku said sarcastically.
"Oh no… My beautiful gown… It got torn… Grrr… You'll pay for that FATTY!" She said as she was looking at the torn part.
Crystal's dashed towards the Heartless with rage and slapped it a thousand times, while Riku slashed it at the back. Soon, it gave up and fell to the ground…
"Hmph! Serves you right!" Crystal laughed.
"No thank you?" Riku asked.
"Oh… Ummm… Fine! Thank YOU, although I mostly did it by myself." She boast.
"Why don't you smile for a change? Maybe 'someone' out there would fell in love with you." Riku advised.
"…Why would I? I don't want to…" Crystal blushed and gave a small smile.
"Hahaha! See? You look even cuter when you smile."
"… Don't… Flatter… Me…" She blushed.
"Hey you two! When are you going to stop with that cute talk? We don't have all the time! Remember we're still escaping, and they'll send back up sooner or later!" Mickey shouted.
"Ya ya, Mickey… Hey! Do you want to join us now? Or you'd prefer getting caught again?" Riku asked.
"Okay, fine… I'll join you for now since you really want me to… Hahaha!" She gave a boastful laugh.
The three of them went to the main exit at last, but a huge tremble on the ground occurred making them fall. Suddenly, everything started to shake and they felt like the whole castle was elevating for some reason…
"Oh no… They started it…" Crystal said.
"What are you talking about…?" Riku asked.
"Kingdom Hearts will rise once more…"
"What!?" Mickey shouted.
"My sisters… Urrr… They won't listen! Now, no one can stop 'him'… Probably now, they got the other Keyblade owned by the Keyblade master… I was late… DARN IT!"
"You mean Sora? We gotta hurry… Sora might be in trouble and so is Kairi…" Riku said.
"Who's 'Kairi'?" She asked putting the name "Kairi" with malice.
"Just my friend… Why?"
"Oh nothing… Just curious!" She said as she tried to hold her blush.
The trembling stopped and they continued their escape. Soon, they were out of the castle and were headed to the gates. More Heartless arose and was stopping their escape. Huge ones started to arise calling themselves the Darksides, and summoned a lot of tiny Heartless. They engaged in battle again. Riku pierced his sword to the creature, while Mickey pounded them with his Keyblade. Crystal, on the other hand, slapped the creatures away and gave loud laughs as one gets killed. They continued to run although they were exhausted. They did not want to give up. They were determined to escape the foul place. Finally, they reached the gates of Kingdom Hearts to the outside and gave a strong push. They were outside…
"Hey! Look! Hide first!" Crystal whispered.
"Alright, alright! Just stop dragging me…" Riku whined.
They hid in the nearby bushes as they listened to the conversation of Opal and a mysterious girl. After a slap given by Opal, the girl vanished to the ground. Opal walked towards the gate and looked down.
"Someday… All of you, my sisters, will understand…" Opal sighed.
She opened the gate and vanished from there.
"At last! I'm free from that castle! HAHAHAHA!" Crystal laughed.
"Cut your tone a little will ya… We're still near the castle…" Riku whispered.
"Yayaya! I know that…"
"We must escape first and go somewhere… We need more information about what is happening… Kingdom Hearts has risen again…We better be careful…" Mickey said.
Mickey put his Keyblade at his back when suddenly, Crystal yelped.
"That's a Keyblade!"
"Yup! Why all of a sudden? Haven't you noticed it yet?"
"If have one… Then that means, it's the royal Keyblade, which is exclusively for… THE KING!" Crystal exclaimed.
"Alright… I'll tell you… I am Mickey Mouse… The King of Hearts!"
"Wow! This is great! I'm with the KING himself and together with his… Ummm… 'snobby' bodyguard… I'm really going to join you! I need to stop them before everything is really too late!"
"Grrrr… I'm not his bodyguard… I'M HIS FRIEND! F-R-I-E-N-D! It seems that you know a lot…. Why don't you tell us about it?"
"Ummm… Maybe… Maybe not… I'm too tired to talk right now… Maybe we should find a place to rest first, and then I'll tell you. Okay?"
"She's right… We should find a place first to stopover and think of our next move…" Mickey agreed.
They left the gates of Kingdom Hearts and went away. However, they knew that they would be back to this place not to get imprisoned again, but to defeat it.
End of Chapter Three…
*It's finished! At last… Hopefully, I will be able to update
it sooner than last time… I hope you liked it! Please R & R! =)