These next chapters will be short but full of action. I'm really
busy, but that doesn't mean my quality will slip, I hope. And sorry Ud the
Imp, your wrong, and I don't care if my chapters are too short for you,
sticks tongue out like a two-year-old.
One Battle
By: Catty Engles
Dandin jerked away from the eyes. He leaped up and drew his sword. That was not Thistle.
"Naughty, naughty Dandin," A harsh and grating voice seeped out of the darkness. Mickey's eyes flicked around the fringes of the garden searching desperately for its source. "Pulling steel on your loved one." This time the voice seemed to come from a different side, and the company whirled around to find it, except Dandin, he continued to face Thistle's form. Black eyes met green ones and they both narrowed.
The voice came again from behind Thistle; everyone reeled again and was met with a dark figure crouching at Thistle's side. A black cloak rippled along a tall, thin, and muscular body. The voice was definitely male. Dandin lowered himself into a fighting stance and Mickey summoned the keyblade and copied him. Goofy, Donald, and Daisy were poised for attack directly behind the two.
"Born from darkness," the figure's face tilted in their direction and the hood slipped away to reveal a face. The man was pale, dark hair whipped around the blue eyes. They too looked dead. Wrinkles creased around the man's almost nonexistent lips and his thin nose and heavy eyebrows augmented his sinister appearance. "Her heart is mine now." His gnarled hand rose in front of Thistle's eyes and the amethyst heart appeared, hovering over the man's palm.
Dandin's grip tightened upon his sword. "Who are you." Period, the statement was not a question.
The figure's thin lips curled into a smile, "I am the controller of the darkness, Vide." Something in Dandin snapped, he lunged forward. Dandin slashed only air; Vide and Thistle had vanished.
Dandin's breath came quick and painfully, he screamed through clenched teeth. Mickey searched the enclosure. Nothing, and at the risk of sounding cliché, they had vanished without a trace. A sigh of exasperation escaped his lips. What to do?
A cruel laugh echoed through the vicinity. It came from the passageway that Mickey, Donald, and Goofy had entered from that fateful night. It seemed so long ago. Mickey walked purposefully toward it. The friends could only walk single file, Mickey in the front and Donald at the rear. When they came to a fork Mickey stopped. He was staring at the right fork.
"That wasn't here before." He stated calmly. Mickey turned to his friends. "I'm sure that it leads to where Minnie and Thistle are but for some reason I don't think that Vide character is going to give them up." Donald laughed derisively.
Dandin gazed at the dark passage, "Friends together, we'll get them back."
Daisy flashed them all a quick smile. She summoned her staff and shot off into the passage. The rest followed except Goofy. He whispered to himself, "All for one." And took off after the backs of his receding friends.
The passage ended abruptly in a wide circular area. At the middle, a palanquin was displaying Minnie's form, still suspended above the physical world. Her deep blue-violet heart hovered over her chest. The entire left side was gone.
Vide stepped from the outskirts of the enclosure. Dandin rushed forward, sword outstretched. Vide almost carelessly extended his hand and made a sweeping movement to one side. Dandin's feet left the ground and was thrown headlong at the hedges that encircled the space. He connected and crumpled like a rag-doll.
The rest tensed, preparing themselves for a fight. Vide smiled at them patronizingly, he ambled over to the platform and leaned against the stone.
"I think the darkness is consuming her heart." He motioned towards Minnie's half-heart. As his hand moved closer, Minnie's heart flared once again with the gold and lilac light. Daisy and Mickey both began to glow, Daisy a steady lilac, and Mickey an intense gold. "Or maybe not." Vide continued, undaunted.
Vide moved away from Minnie, but Mickey and Daisy didn't cease to glow, their eyes held grim determination as they glared at Vide, "She has served her purpose and fulfilled her task. One prize, she effectively lured you here and here you are." He flung his arms out and the garden vanished. It was replaced by a cloud-like surface extending from one enormous door. Vide had his back to the door. Dandin lay to his left.
"My friends laughed at me. They laughed when I said this existed. They laughed when I told them to turn to darkness. Now they are dead and their world destroyed, and I, the master of darkness, am about to live my dream."
"Now keybearer I will give you a choice." Vide didn't like to play around, "Open the door or the girl dies." He snapped his fingers and Minnie's form appeared beside him. Mickey was confused; the door had handles, why didn't he open it himself? He took a pace back and glared suspiciously at Vide.
"The doors, foolish boy, open them." Vide grimaced.
"Don't Mickey."
Mickey's eyes shot to Minnie's still form. There was no indication that she had spoken, but the voice was so hers. His eyes flicked from Vide to Minnie and he took another pace backwards.
Dandin groaned and his eyes flew open. He tried to silence the hammer pounding his head. When he sat up he didn't trust his eyes to see properly. Dandin could have sworn that tiny glowing particles had flown from Mickey and Daisy's chests to form a small girl mouse, glowing a deep blue-violet.
Dandin was not mistaken. The translucent figure stood placidly before Mickey.
"Kingdom Hearts should remain closed, it is the heart of all worlds, it connects them, and you have been traveling through it. Vide cannot control the darkness, soon it would control him and the darkness that would be unleashed would be disastrous for not only our world, but the entire cosmos."
Mickey stared dumbly at Minnie. She was here, but also there, how could that be? Kingdom Hearts? Daisy rushed to Minnie, arms outstretched. That was when Vide snapped out of his shock.
"NO!" The guttural cry was like a whip. Vide's cloak whirled as he moved stealthily aside. Thistle was revealed.
The same sleeve was ripped, the same black hair flickered around the same high cheekbones, the same dagger was drawn, the same feet began to run toward Daisy, but the eyes were unlike. She was a pawn of the darkness. Her heart was no longer her own.
Thistle was cannoning at Daisy. Her master had commanded and she had obeyed. Dandin was propelled into action. He drew his sword while running at Thistle. He intercepted her feet from Daisy. The small dagger crossed blades with Dandin's noble sword.
Minnie turned to Mickey again.
"Fulfill your destiny."
Mickey summoned the keyblade and leapt at Vide.
***
The betrayer is Vide.
One Battle
By: Catty Engles
Dandin jerked away from the eyes. He leaped up and drew his sword. That was not Thistle.
"Naughty, naughty Dandin," A harsh and grating voice seeped out of the darkness. Mickey's eyes flicked around the fringes of the garden searching desperately for its source. "Pulling steel on your loved one." This time the voice seemed to come from a different side, and the company whirled around to find it, except Dandin, he continued to face Thistle's form. Black eyes met green ones and they both narrowed.
The voice came again from behind Thistle; everyone reeled again and was met with a dark figure crouching at Thistle's side. A black cloak rippled along a tall, thin, and muscular body. The voice was definitely male. Dandin lowered himself into a fighting stance and Mickey summoned the keyblade and copied him. Goofy, Donald, and Daisy were poised for attack directly behind the two.
"Born from darkness," the figure's face tilted in their direction and the hood slipped away to reveal a face. The man was pale, dark hair whipped around the blue eyes. They too looked dead. Wrinkles creased around the man's almost nonexistent lips and his thin nose and heavy eyebrows augmented his sinister appearance. "Her heart is mine now." His gnarled hand rose in front of Thistle's eyes and the amethyst heart appeared, hovering over the man's palm.
Dandin's grip tightened upon his sword. "Who are you." Period, the statement was not a question.
The figure's thin lips curled into a smile, "I am the controller of the darkness, Vide." Something in Dandin snapped, he lunged forward. Dandin slashed only air; Vide and Thistle had vanished.
Dandin's breath came quick and painfully, he screamed through clenched teeth. Mickey searched the enclosure. Nothing, and at the risk of sounding cliché, they had vanished without a trace. A sigh of exasperation escaped his lips. What to do?
A cruel laugh echoed through the vicinity. It came from the passageway that Mickey, Donald, and Goofy had entered from that fateful night. It seemed so long ago. Mickey walked purposefully toward it. The friends could only walk single file, Mickey in the front and Donald at the rear. When they came to a fork Mickey stopped. He was staring at the right fork.
"That wasn't here before." He stated calmly. Mickey turned to his friends. "I'm sure that it leads to where Minnie and Thistle are but for some reason I don't think that Vide character is going to give them up." Donald laughed derisively.
Dandin gazed at the dark passage, "Friends together, we'll get them back."
Daisy flashed them all a quick smile. She summoned her staff and shot off into the passage. The rest followed except Goofy. He whispered to himself, "All for one." And took off after the backs of his receding friends.
The passage ended abruptly in a wide circular area. At the middle, a palanquin was displaying Minnie's form, still suspended above the physical world. Her deep blue-violet heart hovered over her chest. The entire left side was gone.
Vide stepped from the outskirts of the enclosure. Dandin rushed forward, sword outstretched. Vide almost carelessly extended his hand and made a sweeping movement to one side. Dandin's feet left the ground and was thrown headlong at the hedges that encircled the space. He connected and crumpled like a rag-doll.
The rest tensed, preparing themselves for a fight. Vide smiled at them patronizingly, he ambled over to the platform and leaned against the stone.
"I think the darkness is consuming her heart." He motioned towards Minnie's half-heart. As his hand moved closer, Minnie's heart flared once again with the gold and lilac light. Daisy and Mickey both began to glow, Daisy a steady lilac, and Mickey an intense gold. "Or maybe not." Vide continued, undaunted.
Vide moved away from Minnie, but Mickey and Daisy didn't cease to glow, their eyes held grim determination as they glared at Vide, "She has served her purpose and fulfilled her task. One prize, she effectively lured you here and here you are." He flung his arms out and the garden vanished. It was replaced by a cloud-like surface extending from one enormous door. Vide had his back to the door. Dandin lay to his left.
"My friends laughed at me. They laughed when I said this existed. They laughed when I told them to turn to darkness. Now they are dead and their world destroyed, and I, the master of darkness, am about to live my dream."
"Now keybearer I will give you a choice." Vide didn't like to play around, "Open the door or the girl dies." He snapped his fingers and Minnie's form appeared beside him. Mickey was confused; the door had handles, why didn't he open it himself? He took a pace back and glared suspiciously at Vide.
"The doors, foolish boy, open them." Vide grimaced.
"Don't Mickey."
Mickey's eyes shot to Minnie's still form. There was no indication that she had spoken, but the voice was so hers. His eyes flicked from Vide to Minnie and he took another pace backwards.
Dandin groaned and his eyes flew open. He tried to silence the hammer pounding his head. When he sat up he didn't trust his eyes to see properly. Dandin could have sworn that tiny glowing particles had flown from Mickey and Daisy's chests to form a small girl mouse, glowing a deep blue-violet.
Dandin was not mistaken. The translucent figure stood placidly before Mickey.
"Kingdom Hearts should remain closed, it is the heart of all worlds, it connects them, and you have been traveling through it. Vide cannot control the darkness, soon it would control him and the darkness that would be unleashed would be disastrous for not only our world, but the entire cosmos."
Mickey stared dumbly at Minnie. She was here, but also there, how could that be? Kingdom Hearts? Daisy rushed to Minnie, arms outstretched. That was when Vide snapped out of his shock.
"NO!" The guttural cry was like a whip. Vide's cloak whirled as he moved stealthily aside. Thistle was revealed.
The same sleeve was ripped, the same black hair flickered around the same high cheekbones, the same dagger was drawn, the same feet began to run toward Daisy, but the eyes were unlike. She was a pawn of the darkness. Her heart was no longer her own.
Thistle was cannoning at Daisy. Her master had commanded and she had obeyed. Dandin was propelled into action. He drew his sword while running at Thistle. He intercepted her feet from Daisy. The small dagger crossed blades with Dandin's noble sword.
Minnie turned to Mickey again.
"Fulfill your destiny."
Mickey summoned the keyblade and leapt at Vide.
***
The betrayer is Vide.