Chapter Three: As Cold As Ice
~You can't change yesterday, so live today and change tomorrow~
"What do you mean you're exactly like me!?" Christa shouted at the older girl.
"I meant what I said. I'm just like you. In more ways than one." Nova replied.
"That's impossible! You can't be just like me! You don't even look like me! What are you trying to pull here?" Christa said annoyed. No one had ever said that to her or ever implied anything like this.
"We both don't belong here, we are both looking for the same people, and we both know Ansem. Of course your relationship with Ansem is more of a family thing." Nova said with a devilish smile crossing her lips.
"You work for my Uncle!!! And I trusted you!!!" Christa backed away from the evil girl standing in front of her.
Nova's purple eyes slowly filled with black and her once black hair got tints of green in it. Her once normal clothes became dark and tortured. She turned to the darkness within her and started to move towards Christa.
"What's the matter? Are you scared?" Nova said, menacingly.
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"Now this is interesting." The queen said aloud while watching the screen.
"My Lady, how is she supposed to protect herself against that vicious girl?" Daisy asked.
"She'll have to figure that out by herself."
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"What's going on?" Kairi said aloud.
The ground beneath her feet was rumbling and moving. She couldn't stand any longer. She looked at the door wondering if it was opening. No. That wasn't it.
'It's Christa and that other new girl!' She thought. 'They must be fighting!'
"KUPO!!!" Migo screamed.
"I'm coming, Migo!!!" Kairi yelled back as she dashed to the moogle to save it from the rocks falling from the ceiling.
She grabbed the white ball of fluff and rolled into a corner. As she rolled, Kairi clutched the moogle to her chest. They were safe. Unfortunately, there was now a gaping hole in the roof that was letting rainwater get into the Secret Place and two very powerful people were fighting on the island.
"What should I do?" Kairi said helplessly.
"Kairupo.." Migo said quietly. The poor thing was worried about Kairi. She had been sitting in the same place since Christa left. He was surprised Kairi even moved to save him.
"I'm okay, Migo." She said after a moment of silence. "We have to get out of here!" She said looking at the giant hole that was now letting the hurricane in.
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Nova drew her weapon; it was a staff with a beautiful design going down its handle. Christa stared at her, puzzled.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"I could ask you the same question." Nova said.
She charged at Christa with rage in her eyes. Christa gasped and rolled out of the way. Nova started her next attack and Christa tried to dodge again, but tripped over her bandages and fell to the floor. Nova hit Christa's arm.
She ran out of the room still tripping over her bandages, until she found a safe hiding spot in a closet. Christa ripped off those damn bandages and inspected the clothes she'd been wearing. They were pajamas, that was apparent. She was wearing a blue collared t-shirt with buttons that stopped below her chest. The shirt fell to the top half of her thighs. The pants she was wearing wear light gray with dark gray strips that went vertically down the pants.
Christa never noticed them before. She heard some feet scurrying outside in the hallway. She opened the door just a crack so she could see what was happening.
"Where is she?! I want Christa!" The dark Nova was yelling at all the people in the hallway.
'Oh god! I have to save those people from Nova! She's gone nuts!' She thought from her safe hiding spot.
Christa waited until Nova's back was turned to attack. She threw a barrel she found in the closet at Nova. The barrel caused Nova to lose consciousness and drop her weapon. Christa emerged from the closet victorious and just in time to see the darkness slowly leave Nova's body.
"What.. What happened?" Nova said as she sat up. "Oh my god! Did I attack anyone?!" She suddenly stood up.
"If you're hurt you should lay back down." Christa repeated Kairi's words to Nova.
"If I lay back down I wouldn't be able to see if everyone was okay." Nova now said with a cheerful sound in her voice.
"Everyone is fine except me." Christa laughed. Then realized that her arm really hurt, "Ow!" She took her hand away to show the wound. The cut wasn't deep but it was a big one.
Nova led Christa back into the room to fix the damage.
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Yuffie walked through her home, Hallow Bastion. She had been summoned to the waterways to help disable Ansem's machine. It was still running after all this time. It wasn't creating any Heartless anymore which was good. But, just having it there made Hallow Bastion seem like a bad place.
It has been sitting in the waterways since this all began. No one could find it and no one wanted to go down there. That's where the whole Ansem in Darkness thing happened. Squall found it down there. He was the only one brave enough to even look in the waterways.
That's where everyone was now; everyone except Yuffie. She turned another corner and stared down the hallway. It was dark down there, but she could hear voices. Yuffie sprinted down the hallway to the noises and found Aeris and Cid.
"Good! I found you guys!" Yuffie cheerfully said.
"Oh! Yuffie! Hi!" Aeris said back to her.
"Yeah, whatever." Cid scoffed.
"Where's Squall?" Yuffie asked.
"Umm, he's behind you, Yuffie." Aeris replied.
"And for the last time, the name is Leon!" Squall, er, Leon yelled at her.
"I'm sorry!!! I can't help it!" Yuffie yelled back, "After all Squall is your real name!" She stormed on ahead of the rest of the group.
"I'll never understand you kids." Cid said as he followed the rest of them.
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Riku walked on. The darkness was all he could see, besides the yellow glow of Heartless eyes. The Heartless were following him, he knew that, but why didn't they attack?
"Why are you following me!?" He screamed into the darkness.
"They follow, because you used to control them." A voice said.
"Nobody? Is that you?" Riku asked. "No, it couldn't be. You're a woman."
"I am Nobody." The woman replied. She walked out of the darkness and right away Riku noticed her eyes. They were dark purple and her hair was light brown. She wore that cloak that the other Nobody had on, but her cloak's hood was down.
"So, you're one of the other Nobodies I heard about?" Riku asked the woman.
"Yes I am. The others are by the door or heading there. It might open, if you want to leave." She told him.
"I can't leave yet. Not until I know why destiny has screwed me over." Riku said to Nobody as he turned away and started to walk.
"There is a prophecy.." Nobody began, but it was too late. Riku had already left.
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"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that." Nova apologized.
"No worries! But something has been bothering me." Christa began. Nova looked up from Christa's wound that she was taking care of. "Do you really work for my Uncle?" She finally asked.
"I used to, but.. I thought I overcame the darkness. I guess your story must've triggered something. I am so sorry!" Nova explained as she finished with Christa's cut.
"I already told you, no worries!" Christa laughed. "But now I have to take care of something.."
She got up and walked over to the trunk. Christa grabbed red Capri's and a tan-orangey colored tank top that matched. She nabbed a pair of sandals too. Then, Christa walked into the bathroom and changed into those clothes. When she walked out, Nova had a red jacket in her hands.
"You might need this if you're going out into the hurricane." She said, handing the jacket to Christa.
Christa took the jacket and slipped it on. She walked down the hallway of the building and into this large hall where some people were talking. She walked past them and overheard one of them talking about Kairi.
"My daughter is out there in that storm and all we're doing is sitting here protecting ourselves." The man said. It was Kairi's dad.
'I guess they're more worried about her than I thought!' Christa thought as she passed the crowd of people. A woman, who Christa figured was Kairi's mom, was weeping and hugging a teddy bear that looked to be a small child's. Christa figured that bear used to be Kairi's.
'I'd better hurry and get Kairi out of that cave. Her family needs her back home.' She thought as she left the building and went out into the storm.
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The water was flooding the Secret Place. The ground under the hole in the ceiling was moist and the dirt had long ago turned to mud. The storm raged above the Secret Place and Kairi wondered if she was going to be rescued. Migo and her were trying to get their things together and away from the hole in the roof.
"What are we going to do, kupo?!" Migo squeaked at Kairi.
Kairi was too wrapped up in trying to get everything away from the water to answer him. He repeated, "What are we going to do, kupo?!"
She looked at him afraid that what she was going to say next might scare him. She began, "Migo, I don't know if we're going to be saved." Then they both looked up at the hole in the ceiling as the rain increased. "No one knows that we're in here, besides Christa, and she's on the other island." She looked down at the ground afraid of looking at the moogle.
"Don't worry, Kairupo! That Christa-girly will save us, kupo!" Migo happily said as he gave Kairi a big hug.
And Kairi felt comforted. Migo was right for saying that, because Christa was on her way.
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They had gotten back to the hotel room where Goofy awaited their arrival. Donald and Sora still had the grocery bags from their shopping spree earlier. Even though many things had distracted them from coming home, they were still in before curfew, by one minute.
"Gwarsh, I wasa starting to get worried there fer a minute!" Goofy said as they walked in and put everything away. "Where've you guys been?"
"We got distracted. Don't let it bother you." Donald said.
Sora jumped up on one of the beds and closed his eyes. "Do you think we can look for Manic tomorrow, Donald? I have another question for him." He asked the duck.
"Umm, sure, sure Sora! Whatever you want!" Goofy looked at him questioningly and Donald only pointed his finger at his head and twirled it around in a circle motioning that Sora was crazy.
Sora threw one his giant shoes at Donald and missed. "I saw that!" He said as the other shoe came flying at Donald's head. The flying shoe hit Donald who fell to the floor only to get up seconds later to yell at Sora for it.
Sora only grinned his cheesy grin at his two friends before rolling over and telling them to turn off the lights. When all was dark and quiet, Sora let sleep take him and he fell into it almost instantly.
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"Almost.. there!" Cid said as he shut down the evil Machine.
"Nice going Cid!" Yuffie shouted as she jumped up and down for joy.
"Good job." Leon said, almost to himself as he walked away into the darkness of the waterways.
"Let's go back into the Library. I think Cloud is waiting for us there." Aeris said as she happily walked down the corridor with a bounce in her step.
"She really loves him, doesn't she?" Cid asked Yuffie.
"Yes she does. Aeris would do anything for Cloud, even if it meant risking her life for him." Yuffie replied as they followed Aeris back up to the Library.
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He didn't want to hear what that Nobody had to say. He didn't believe in prophecies anymore. He hated that word. Riku sat down to take another rest.
'I wonder why I said that? I used to think that my destiny would turn out like... like... Sora's destiny.' He thought as he looked up to see some moving lights.
'Those must be the Nobodies. I can't leave yet. However, it's not for the reason I gave Nobody. Something must be keeping me here? Maybe I should've listened to Nobody?' He wondered.
Riku got up again and started to walk towards the commuting Nobodies. Then, he stopped himself, "What's wrong with me? Why am I walking towards them?" He said aloud. "I should be trying to find out my purpose here."
He went the other way, away from the door to the outside world.
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Sora tossed and turned in his sleep. He was having another nightmare. This time it was about Kairi and another girl:
"Kairi! Hold on I'm coming down for you!" The girl yelled to Kairi who was down in a flooding Secret Place. She was trying to get in through the roof.
"Kairi!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sora yelled, but she couldn't hear him. He wasn't there.
Kairi turned towards the sound she apparently heard as the girl was about to reach her. A giant wave then crashed over all of them. Sora tried so hard to get to the surface, but his limbs weren't working. He looked around him to see if the girls made it out in time.
That's when he saw her. The other girl slowly drifting downward. Her eyes were blank and there was no expression on her face. 'Oh my god, is she dead?' Sora thought as he tried to reach her. The current pushed him ashore before he could do anything though.
Sora tried to go back in, but something caught his eye. It was him. Ansem.
"I see you're trying to save my niece." Ansem said coldly.
And then he woke up. "What happened to Kairi?" He said to himself as he caught his breath and got out of bed. "I really hope these dreams don't mean anything."
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Christa wandered about in the storm looking for the entrance to the Secret Place. She knew where it was because of her dream, and she knew it was on a different island than the one she was on.
'I'm going to have to take a boat there. But, in this weather?' She thought for a moment. She then decided to take the risk. After all, her friend's life was at stake.
She hijacked a boat from the dock and started to go to the other island. The boat she took had a small engine which made the journey easier for her. She got so far that the ocean was really rough. It soon got harder for her to see in the storm. The rain was coming down harder than ever. Her jacket didn't keep her dry anymore so she took it off and quickly tied it around her waist.
Christa reached the other island and went to the entrance of the Secret Place. There were boulders and giant branches barricading the entrance. There was no possible way to get in through there.
Then she thought for a second and remembered something. 'The ceiling was leaking when I was in there! Which means that it's thin enough to break through!'
She climbed to the top of the hill and to where the roof was. That's when she saw the giant hole. Christa looked down and into the Secret Place and saw Kairi.
The water was up to her waist and Migo sat on her shoulder. The food and clothing that was in there before was floating around her. The cave was filling up fast and Christa only had about ten minutes to get her out before the water was over her head.
"Kairi! Hold on, I'm coming down for you!" Christa yelled down to her friend.
Kairi looked up and saw Christa above her looking down into the Secret Place. Migo sighed and said, "I told you, Kairupo, I told you she'd come, kupo!"
Christa took her jacket off from around her waist and lowered it down for Kairi to grab. Kairi took one look back as one of the walls slowly collapsed. She grabbed onto the sleeve of the jacket as Christa slowly lifted her out of that death trap.
"Well, there goes my childhood." Kairi said as the rest of the Secret Place collapsed into itself.
They ran down the hill and towards the beach. All three of them, Kairi, Christa, and Migo, got into the boat as they began to go back to the main island. The waters seemed rougher than before and Christa could barely control the boat on the journey back.
That's when they hit a huge wave and Christa went crashing down into the water.
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Sora walked back to the bed rubbing sleep from his eyes. Then, he felt a small draft. He looked over to the sliding door that led to a balcony. It was open for once. He wondered how that had happened though. Sora walked over to it and looked out.
As if he was still in the dream, he looked down to see that girl and Kairi in a boat. He watched in horror as the girl fell out and that's when he realized what was going to happen next. He wanted to look away but knew he couldn't. Sora watched as Kairi stared at the water, searching frantically for her friend. Sora leaned over the banister looking for her too. That's when the chain on his pants fell down into the water.
"What the?" He said as he actually saw the splash that the chain made.
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Kairi looked over as she saw a splash in the water. She then quickly lowered her eyes down to the water to see if it was Christa who came to the top. No. She was nowhere to be found. Kairi tried to find her, but it was no use. Should she jump in? 'Maybe Christa is alright?' She thought.
But she wasn't. Christa was slowly sinking down to the bottom of the ocean. She could only watch as the surface got farther and farther away from her reach. She looked around figuring it was her last time to. That's when she saw a chain falling down with her. Christa reached over and grabbed it.
'Well, at least someone gave me something to take with me to hell.' She said, accepting her fate. She clutched it to her chest and continued to sink downward. Christa felt herself dying. She felt herself losing her heart again. 'Why does it seem like the water is trying to kill me?' She thought as she closed her eyes for the last time. Then, she felt hands on her body.
Someone had come to save her. But, it seemed to be too late for Christa. She wasn't breathing anymore. Tidus rushed her to the shore. Kairi was waiting on the beach to see if her friend was alright. She was happy that not only Tidus showed up, but so did Nova.
"Why didn't you jump in?" Nova demanded as their friend was laid down on the soft sand.
"I would've, but I needed to find her first!" Kairi defended herself.
"Is she going to be alright?" Nova asked Tidus as he leaned over her.
"We'll see.." Tidus responded to her question.
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~I can't hold back~
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AN: Whoa.. That was cool, unfortunately, I'm leaving you guys out on what happens, until the next chapter of course. However, umm, I have no idea what the next chapter is going to be about or what it'll be called ^^;;; Anyway, I'm not really sure how to get anything up and running on my computer anymore. it's kind of making weird beeping noises *computer beeps and I smack it* Ow! That hurt! See you next chapter!!! R&R! =^.^= Meow! (don't ask)
~You can't change yesterday, so live today and change tomorrow~
"What do you mean you're exactly like me!?" Christa shouted at the older girl.
"I meant what I said. I'm just like you. In more ways than one." Nova replied.
"That's impossible! You can't be just like me! You don't even look like me! What are you trying to pull here?" Christa said annoyed. No one had ever said that to her or ever implied anything like this.
"We both don't belong here, we are both looking for the same people, and we both know Ansem. Of course your relationship with Ansem is more of a family thing." Nova said with a devilish smile crossing her lips.
"You work for my Uncle!!! And I trusted you!!!" Christa backed away from the evil girl standing in front of her.
Nova's purple eyes slowly filled with black and her once black hair got tints of green in it. Her once normal clothes became dark and tortured. She turned to the darkness within her and started to move towards Christa.
"What's the matter? Are you scared?" Nova said, menacingly.
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"Now this is interesting." The queen said aloud while watching the screen.
"My Lady, how is she supposed to protect herself against that vicious girl?" Daisy asked.
"She'll have to figure that out by herself."
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"What's going on?" Kairi said aloud.
The ground beneath her feet was rumbling and moving. She couldn't stand any longer. She looked at the door wondering if it was opening. No. That wasn't it.
'It's Christa and that other new girl!' She thought. 'They must be fighting!'
"KUPO!!!" Migo screamed.
"I'm coming, Migo!!!" Kairi yelled back as she dashed to the moogle to save it from the rocks falling from the ceiling.
She grabbed the white ball of fluff and rolled into a corner. As she rolled, Kairi clutched the moogle to her chest. They were safe. Unfortunately, there was now a gaping hole in the roof that was letting rainwater get into the Secret Place and two very powerful people were fighting on the island.
"What should I do?" Kairi said helplessly.
"Kairupo.." Migo said quietly. The poor thing was worried about Kairi. She had been sitting in the same place since Christa left. He was surprised Kairi even moved to save him.
"I'm okay, Migo." She said after a moment of silence. "We have to get out of here!" She said looking at the giant hole that was now letting the hurricane in.
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Nova drew her weapon; it was a staff with a beautiful design going down its handle. Christa stared at her, puzzled.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"I could ask you the same question." Nova said.
She charged at Christa with rage in her eyes. Christa gasped and rolled out of the way. Nova started her next attack and Christa tried to dodge again, but tripped over her bandages and fell to the floor. Nova hit Christa's arm.
She ran out of the room still tripping over her bandages, until she found a safe hiding spot in a closet. Christa ripped off those damn bandages and inspected the clothes she'd been wearing. They were pajamas, that was apparent. She was wearing a blue collared t-shirt with buttons that stopped below her chest. The shirt fell to the top half of her thighs. The pants she was wearing wear light gray with dark gray strips that went vertically down the pants.
Christa never noticed them before. She heard some feet scurrying outside in the hallway. She opened the door just a crack so she could see what was happening.
"Where is she?! I want Christa!" The dark Nova was yelling at all the people in the hallway.
'Oh god! I have to save those people from Nova! She's gone nuts!' She thought from her safe hiding spot.
Christa waited until Nova's back was turned to attack. She threw a barrel she found in the closet at Nova. The barrel caused Nova to lose consciousness and drop her weapon. Christa emerged from the closet victorious and just in time to see the darkness slowly leave Nova's body.
"What.. What happened?" Nova said as she sat up. "Oh my god! Did I attack anyone?!" She suddenly stood up.
"If you're hurt you should lay back down." Christa repeated Kairi's words to Nova.
"If I lay back down I wouldn't be able to see if everyone was okay." Nova now said with a cheerful sound in her voice.
"Everyone is fine except me." Christa laughed. Then realized that her arm really hurt, "Ow!" She took her hand away to show the wound. The cut wasn't deep but it was a big one.
Nova led Christa back into the room to fix the damage.
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Yuffie walked through her home, Hallow Bastion. She had been summoned to the waterways to help disable Ansem's machine. It was still running after all this time. It wasn't creating any Heartless anymore which was good. But, just having it there made Hallow Bastion seem like a bad place.
It has been sitting in the waterways since this all began. No one could find it and no one wanted to go down there. That's where the whole Ansem in Darkness thing happened. Squall found it down there. He was the only one brave enough to even look in the waterways.
That's where everyone was now; everyone except Yuffie. She turned another corner and stared down the hallway. It was dark down there, but she could hear voices. Yuffie sprinted down the hallway to the noises and found Aeris and Cid.
"Good! I found you guys!" Yuffie cheerfully said.
"Oh! Yuffie! Hi!" Aeris said back to her.
"Yeah, whatever." Cid scoffed.
"Where's Squall?" Yuffie asked.
"Umm, he's behind you, Yuffie." Aeris replied.
"And for the last time, the name is Leon!" Squall, er, Leon yelled at her.
"I'm sorry!!! I can't help it!" Yuffie yelled back, "After all Squall is your real name!" She stormed on ahead of the rest of the group.
"I'll never understand you kids." Cid said as he followed the rest of them.
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Riku walked on. The darkness was all he could see, besides the yellow glow of Heartless eyes. The Heartless were following him, he knew that, but why didn't they attack?
"Why are you following me!?" He screamed into the darkness.
"They follow, because you used to control them." A voice said.
"Nobody? Is that you?" Riku asked. "No, it couldn't be. You're a woman."
"I am Nobody." The woman replied. She walked out of the darkness and right away Riku noticed her eyes. They were dark purple and her hair was light brown. She wore that cloak that the other Nobody had on, but her cloak's hood was down.
"So, you're one of the other Nobodies I heard about?" Riku asked the woman.
"Yes I am. The others are by the door or heading there. It might open, if you want to leave." She told him.
"I can't leave yet. Not until I know why destiny has screwed me over." Riku said to Nobody as he turned away and started to walk.
"There is a prophecy.." Nobody began, but it was too late. Riku had already left.
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"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that." Nova apologized.
"No worries! But something has been bothering me." Christa began. Nova looked up from Christa's wound that she was taking care of. "Do you really work for my Uncle?" She finally asked.
"I used to, but.. I thought I overcame the darkness. I guess your story must've triggered something. I am so sorry!" Nova explained as she finished with Christa's cut.
"I already told you, no worries!" Christa laughed. "But now I have to take care of something.."
She got up and walked over to the trunk. Christa grabbed red Capri's and a tan-orangey colored tank top that matched. She nabbed a pair of sandals too. Then, Christa walked into the bathroom and changed into those clothes. When she walked out, Nova had a red jacket in her hands.
"You might need this if you're going out into the hurricane." She said, handing the jacket to Christa.
Christa took the jacket and slipped it on. She walked down the hallway of the building and into this large hall where some people were talking. She walked past them and overheard one of them talking about Kairi.
"My daughter is out there in that storm and all we're doing is sitting here protecting ourselves." The man said. It was Kairi's dad.
'I guess they're more worried about her than I thought!' Christa thought as she passed the crowd of people. A woman, who Christa figured was Kairi's mom, was weeping and hugging a teddy bear that looked to be a small child's. Christa figured that bear used to be Kairi's.
'I'd better hurry and get Kairi out of that cave. Her family needs her back home.' She thought as she left the building and went out into the storm.
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The water was flooding the Secret Place. The ground under the hole in the ceiling was moist and the dirt had long ago turned to mud. The storm raged above the Secret Place and Kairi wondered if she was going to be rescued. Migo and her were trying to get their things together and away from the hole in the roof.
"What are we going to do, kupo?!" Migo squeaked at Kairi.
Kairi was too wrapped up in trying to get everything away from the water to answer him. He repeated, "What are we going to do, kupo?!"
She looked at him afraid that what she was going to say next might scare him. She began, "Migo, I don't know if we're going to be saved." Then they both looked up at the hole in the ceiling as the rain increased. "No one knows that we're in here, besides Christa, and she's on the other island." She looked down at the ground afraid of looking at the moogle.
"Don't worry, Kairupo! That Christa-girly will save us, kupo!" Migo happily said as he gave Kairi a big hug.
And Kairi felt comforted. Migo was right for saying that, because Christa was on her way.
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They had gotten back to the hotel room where Goofy awaited their arrival. Donald and Sora still had the grocery bags from their shopping spree earlier. Even though many things had distracted them from coming home, they were still in before curfew, by one minute.
"Gwarsh, I wasa starting to get worried there fer a minute!" Goofy said as they walked in and put everything away. "Where've you guys been?"
"We got distracted. Don't let it bother you." Donald said.
Sora jumped up on one of the beds and closed his eyes. "Do you think we can look for Manic tomorrow, Donald? I have another question for him." He asked the duck.
"Umm, sure, sure Sora! Whatever you want!" Goofy looked at him questioningly and Donald only pointed his finger at his head and twirled it around in a circle motioning that Sora was crazy.
Sora threw one his giant shoes at Donald and missed. "I saw that!" He said as the other shoe came flying at Donald's head. The flying shoe hit Donald who fell to the floor only to get up seconds later to yell at Sora for it.
Sora only grinned his cheesy grin at his two friends before rolling over and telling them to turn off the lights. When all was dark and quiet, Sora let sleep take him and he fell into it almost instantly.
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"Almost.. there!" Cid said as he shut down the evil Machine.
"Nice going Cid!" Yuffie shouted as she jumped up and down for joy.
"Good job." Leon said, almost to himself as he walked away into the darkness of the waterways.
"Let's go back into the Library. I think Cloud is waiting for us there." Aeris said as she happily walked down the corridor with a bounce in her step.
"She really loves him, doesn't she?" Cid asked Yuffie.
"Yes she does. Aeris would do anything for Cloud, even if it meant risking her life for him." Yuffie replied as they followed Aeris back up to the Library.
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He didn't want to hear what that Nobody had to say. He didn't believe in prophecies anymore. He hated that word. Riku sat down to take another rest.
'I wonder why I said that? I used to think that my destiny would turn out like... like... Sora's destiny.' He thought as he looked up to see some moving lights.
'Those must be the Nobodies. I can't leave yet. However, it's not for the reason I gave Nobody. Something must be keeping me here? Maybe I should've listened to Nobody?' He wondered.
Riku got up again and started to walk towards the commuting Nobodies. Then, he stopped himself, "What's wrong with me? Why am I walking towards them?" He said aloud. "I should be trying to find out my purpose here."
He went the other way, away from the door to the outside world.
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Sora tossed and turned in his sleep. He was having another nightmare. This time it was about Kairi and another girl:
"Kairi! Hold on I'm coming down for you!" The girl yelled to Kairi who was down in a flooding Secret Place. She was trying to get in through the roof.
"Kairi!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sora yelled, but she couldn't hear him. He wasn't there.
Kairi turned towards the sound she apparently heard as the girl was about to reach her. A giant wave then crashed over all of them. Sora tried so hard to get to the surface, but his limbs weren't working. He looked around him to see if the girls made it out in time.
That's when he saw her. The other girl slowly drifting downward. Her eyes were blank and there was no expression on her face. 'Oh my god, is she dead?' Sora thought as he tried to reach her. The current pushed him ashore before he could do anything though.
Sora tried to go back in, but something caught his eye. It was him. Ansem.
"I see you're trying to save my niece." Ansem said coldly.
And then he woke up. "What happened to Kairi?" He said to himself as he caught his breath and got out of bed. "I really hope these dreams don't mean anything."
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Christa wandered about in the storm looking for the entrance to the Secret Place. She knew where it was because of her dream, and she knew it was on a different island than the one she was on.
'I'm going to have to take a boat there. But, in this weather?' She thought for a moment. She then decided to take the risk. After all, her friend's life was at stake.
She hijacked a boat from the dock and started to go to the other island. The boat she took had a small engine which made the journey easier for her. She got so far that the ocean was really rough. It soon got harder for her to see in the storm. The rain was coming down harder than ever. Her jacket didn't keep her dry anymore so she took it off and quickly tied it around her waist.
Christa reached the other island and went to the entrance of the Secret Place. There were boulders and giant branches barricading the entrance. There was no possible way to get in through there.
Then she thought for a second and remembered something. 'The ceiling was leaking when I was in there! Which means that it's thin enough to break through!'
She climbed to the top of the hill and to where the roof was. That's when she saw the giant hole. Christa looked down and into the Secret Place and saw Kairi.
The water was up to her waist and Migo sat on her shoulder. The food and clothing that was in there before was floating around her. The cave was filling up fast and Christa only had about ten minutes to get her out before the water was over her head.
"Kairi! Hold on, I'm coming down for you!" Christa yelled down to her friend.
Kairi looked up and saw Christa above her looking down into the Secret Place. Migo sighed and said, "I told you, Kairupo, I told you she'd come, kupo!"
Christa took her jacket off from around her waist and lowered it down for Kairi to grab. Kairi took one look back as one of the walls slowly collapsed. She grabbed onto the sleeve of the jacket as Christa slowly lifted her out of that death trap.
"Well, there goes my childhood." Kairi said as the rest of the Secret Place collapsed into itself.
They ran down the hill and towards the beach. All three of them, Kairi, Christa, and Migo, got into the boat as they began to go back to the main island. The waters seemed rougher than before and Christa could barely control the boat on the journey back.
That's when they hit a huge wave and Christa went crashing down into the water.
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Sora walked back to the bed rubbing sleep from his eyes. Then, he felt a small draft. He looked over to the sliding door that led to a balcony. It was open for once. He wondered how that had happened though. Sora walked over to it and looked out.
As if he was still in the dream, he looked down to see that girl and Kairi in a boat. He watched in horror as the girl fell out and that's when he realized what was going to happen next. He wanted to look away but knew he couldn't. Sora watched as Kairi stared at the water, searching frantically for her friend. Sora leaned over the banister looking for her too. That's when the chain on his pants fell down into the water.
"What the?" He said as he actually saw the splash that the chain made.
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Kairi looked over as she saw a splash in the water. She then quickly lowered her eyes down to the water to see if it was Christa who came to the top. No. She was nowhere to be found. Kairi tried to find her, but it was no use. Should she jump in? 'Maybe Christa is alright?' She thought.
But she wasn't. Christa was slowly sinking down to the bottom of the ocean. She could only watch as the surface got farther and farther away from her reach. She looked around figuring it was her last time to. That's when she saw a chain falling down with her. Christa reached over and grabbed it.
'Well, at least someone gave me something to take with me to hell.' She said, accepting her fate. She clutched it to her chest and continued to sink downward. Christa felt herself dying. She felt herself losing her heart again. 'Why does it seem like the water is trying to kill me?' She thought as she closed her eyes for the last time. Then, she felt hands on her body.
Someone had come to save her. But, it seemed to be too late for Christa. She wasn't breathing anymore. Tidus rushed her to the shore. Kairi was waiting on the beach to see if her friend was alright. She was happy that not only Tidus showed up, but so did Nova.
"Why didn't you jump in?" Nova demanded as their friend was laid down on the soft sand.
"I would've, but I needed to find her first!" Kairi defended herself.
"Is she going to be alright?" Nova asked Tidus as he leaned over her.
"We'll see.." Tidus responded to her question.
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~I can't hold back~
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AN: Whoa.. That was cool, unfortunately, I'm leaving you guys out on what happens, until the next chapter of course. However, umm, I have no idea what the next chapter is going to be about or what it'll be called ^^;;; Anyway, I'm not really sure how to get anything up and running on my computer anymore. it's kind of making weird beeping noises *computer beeps and I smack it* Ow! That hurt! See you next chapter!!! R&R! =^.^= Meow! (don't ask)