Author's Comments: I am SO sorry about the lack of chapter updates! First I was on vacation in Florida, then I left the disk at Katie's house, then SHE went on vacation. So I had to wait a whole week before I could upload the chapter. Sorry again!
"Then what do you suggest we do?!" Ansem snapped, "How can we exorcise the demon now when we couldn't last time you fought me?!"
"Last time we didn't have Carolyn with us." Katie said confidently, "With her skills it should be enough to take him down, right?"
"No," Ansem sighed, "No mere mortal girl can kill the beast
within him. It is not of this world!"
"Who you callin' a mere mortal?!" Carolyn yelled furiously.
"And even if you did kill him it wouldn't do you any good. Kill him, and it's Cedric who dies!"
Ansem stopped. He seemed to be in deep thought. "Tell me, the first time you fought Cedric…did you see any kind of attacks the Cedric seemed especially scared of?"
"YES!" Mia cried instantly, "CAROLYN! YOUR ARROW! IT SCARED
THE CRAP OUT OF HIM!"
"That's right!" Carolyn gasped, "Any arrow I use possesses holy powers! So maybe the demon within him was burned by the light!"
"You can shoot enchanted arrows?" Ansem said in shock. He
laughed and shook his head. "I guess I was wrong about you being a mere
mortal!"
"Damn straight!" Carolyn smirked.
"You're a mere mortal with archery skills!"
Carolyn slapped herself on the forehead.
"But it might hold the clue to victory!" Ansem cried, "If that arrow causes the demon so much pain, then an arrow in the heart would force it from Cedric's body!"
"Right!" Caitlin chimed in, "Carolyn's arrows have the power
to completely cleanse anything of darkness! That includes hearts! If a monster,
demon, or heartless is struck by one of them then it will be cleansed into
nothingness. But if it hits someone that's being possessed by a demon then it
will distract the monster long enough for Cedric to come out!"
"I can already see two small problems
with this plan." Carolyn sighed, "One: how the heck am I gonna hit Cedric in
the heart? My aiming is no problem, but he moves way too fast!"
"This is where Riku and Sora come in," Ansem explained, "They'll have to fight and weaken Cedric until they can hold him down while you shoot him with the arrow!"
"Problem Number Two: CEDRIC STOLE MY BOW AND ARROWS!" Carolyn yelled.
"Oh, well that's IS a bit of a problem." Ansem gulped
rubbing the back of his head. "You'll have to steal it back while Cedric is
distracted. It doesn't have to be that one bow does it?"
"No…"
"Then I'm sure you'll be able find ONE
bow and arrow set in the castle."
"It'll take a lot more than my arrows to kill the demon once it's out of Cedric's body." Carolyn said turning to the others.
"We'll give it everything we got!" Tommy said nodding, "Once the demon is exorcised we'll make our move!"
"Right!" Sora said clenching his fist. He stood up and smiled. "Come on everyone! Let's go save Cedric!"
