Chapter 11: Where Once was Love
Sora landed back at Hollow Bastion, just ready for the gathering,
"Ok Donald, Goofy. Here we make our stand. We'll defeat Him, save Riku, get rid of Oblivion, and then, with him with us, go to the Door to the Light. Ok?" Goofy dumbly nodded, but Donald shook his head,
"Sora, tell me how you're going along with destroying the Oblivion key chain."
"Um…well. I was thinking of putting it back where I found it…" Donald shook his head again,
"To easy for enemies to find. If they have a key chain, they have the abilities to forge another Oblivion Keyblade."
"Fine, then we could…um, I got it! We could put it in the Zone of Darkness. All I have to do is unlock it, put it in, and then lock it again."
"To unlock it, we'd need that one Keyblade that Riku had." Goofy said quickly, "But it mysteriously disappeared when you unlocked your heart. Where is it?" Sora shrugged.
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Destiny Islands…
"Hi Tidus! Good to see you." Kairi said walking on the beach,
"Hey Kairi! Have you had any visions recently?" he chuckled,
"Well, of course I have. It's about Sora." he became dead quiet, "He doesn't think he'll make it home. He's going to Hollow Bastion to save Riku and some other things, but his Oblivion key chain, you know, the one I was talkin' about? It's eating at him, it's trying to trick Sora into allowing his heart to fall into darkness." Kairi laid down, and looked at the setting sun, "Now I finally know what's going on. Sora's doing this for us, Tidus. For all of us at Destiny Islands. Not for King Mickey, not for Donald or Goofy, but for us." she ducked her head and cried,
"Kairi, I didn't know. Sora's doing his best. And he'll come back to us. We'll never leave our island again." He laid down too, and they both watched the sun set.
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Sora jumped out of the ship, feeling dizzy. He felt like something bad just happened, but he couldn't remember what it was. He felt sadness, and quietness. And suddenly, he saw Destiny Islands…
It was nighttime, but Sora was sure that he was at Destiny Islands again. Kairi's feelings must have been so strong, that she pulled Sora back,
"Hello? Anyone there?" he shouted, but there was no answer. He looked at his hands, and saw that they were ghostly and transparent. His body was back at Hollow Bastion, but his spirit was home.
He smiled and ran to the beach, and stopped suddenly. He felt joy, anger, and sadness. Kairi and Tidus were laying on the beach, and looking at the stars,
"Look Tidus, see that star over there? That's Traverse Town. I was there once. With, Sora." Sora was glad to hear his name, but then he heard Tidus,
"Kairi. Don't start crying again, ok? We'll make it through, whatever it takes." Sora became frozen solid. Feeling darkness cover over him, bind him. He turned and ran, he ran away,
Back to Hollow Bastion. Back to Hollow Bastion. He thought to himself, and finally, woke up in the Launching Bay at Hollow Bastion.
"Sora! We're so glad that you're ok!" Goofy cheered,
"Oh, hey." Sora said waking up. This had to have been a dream, it just HAD to be a dream,
"Sora, your face is pale! Listen, Heartless are all around us. We have to be very quiet, or they'll wake up." Sora frowned, and then made a devilish grin. He took out the Oblivion key chain and said,
"Well then, let's start getting rid of them."