The two came out of the dark passage and in front of them appeared big red doors. Akira moved forward, "Sora, how do you-" she said and then the doors pushed back. "Well Akira, I think the door just answered your question." Sora said moving forward, clutching his keyblade tightly. The two moved forward on the red carpet that lined into the Hall.
Akira observed the surrounding walls. There were empty glass containers that can stand empty. Beyond the Grand Hall was an arch and inside the arch was staircase that necklaced the higher ground. As the two walked over the arch, they could see a heart shaped hole that illuminated in a rainbow of colors and in front was a large gooey black liquid orb swirling in mid-air. "There's dark activity up there," Sora pointed up the liquid. "Lets go then." Akira said and the two separated climbed the stairs in each side.
As they arrived at the top, the orb continued to enlarge. And something emerged from the orb. The two braced themselves to what was going to happen next. A dark cloak figure came out of the orb. As the figure came out it the orb disappeared them suddenly it spoke "So…you have come hear to see me?" The figure smirked. It spoke as if someone with a monstrous echo accompanied its voice ².
This sent shivers to both Akira and Sora. "Who are you?" Sora glared at the figure. "Well, guess?" The figure snickered and walked slowly to Sora. Her right sleeve, part of cloak, rose up and out came a white, bony hand. The hand was about to touch Sora's cheek but he quickly jumped about a meter from the hand.
"Are…are you the Queen of Darkness?" Sora said and clutched his keyblade more tightly so if the figure did any sudden moves to him or Akira he would just lash out to it. The figure laughed. "Well, what took you so long?" The Queen said and turned around to face the heart-shaped hole. "Hmm… So this is the final key hole, the one which well direct me to both Door of Darkness and Door of Light?" She said and reached into the hole with her bony hand. "So I guess you are wondering why I am looking for the two doors, right boy?" The Queen turned to Sora who was just glaring at the Queen.
The hood of the figure them turned to Akira who stood shaking. "Hello, child…" The Queen spoke sweetly and went towards Akira. Akira retreated back from the walking cloak. Her legs felt wobbly and she dropped towards the ground. Sora braced himself and said "If you dare do anything to her, I will…I will kill you!" "Don't worry, boy. I won't. She's not worth killing. I know in her eyes, just looking at me could kill her." She laughed and turned back towards the keyhole.
Just hearing this the fear inside started to dissolve. "I'm not scared of you!" She got up and said. The Queen laughed. "You girl. You are pathetic. Saying that you are not afraid of me. How courageous!" The Queen mocked and then laughed in malice. She was angry, Akira was angry. Even though she was a complete wimp doesn't mean that she would be mocked like this. She clenched her fists and her face burned with white-hot fury. "How cute. The little girl is finally getting all angry. She so angry that her ears are emitting smoke!" The Queen laughed again with her white bony fingers pointed at Akira. Sora stood there angry as well. She didn't deserve this! "I've had enough!" He clenched his keyblade and swung it towards the cloaked Queen. The Queen dodged it so swiftly at it seemed like she was already knew that. "Sora, don't!" Akira shouted furiously. Sora turned his head and saw Akira moving closer to him. "Don't Sora, if you kill her, we won't know what happened to Kairi!" She spoke softly and continued to move forward to the Queen. "Kairi? What's Kairi got to do with this?" Sora asked, confused.
"Everything…" Akira turned her head at Sora and a tear rolled down on her soft cheek. "Wha…?" Sora said but interrupted by Akira. "Queen, what did you do to Kairi?" Akira said as she stopped at least a meter away from the Queen. "Do you really need to know?" The Queen said evilly. "Does he really want to know?" The hood of the Queen looked at the confused Sora. "Yes, I think he does." Akira said confidently. "All right…" The Queen took her bony hands out of the sleeves of the cloak and lowered her hood. Sora eyes widen with horror. He was shocked completely with what was in front of him. The Queen had long auburn hair with soft porcelain face. It was…Kairi.
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² If you know YuGioh (the anime series). Well you know when Marik controls a person and they speak for example Joey got mind controlled by Marik and he speaks in a very scary voice. Well it's kind of like that.
A/N: I want to hear what you have to say with this chapter. Where you surprised or did your just had the plain I-knew-that-was-going-to-happen look? So review!