Chapter 10: The Return to Hollow Bastion
The team reached the forboding Hollow Bastion, and for Sora, this would be his first time inside of this place. Riku, Cloud, and Squall had been inside Hollow Bastion once before when they had come there to rescue Kairi and stop Malifecent and Ansem from opening up the Keyhole and releasing the toughest of all of the Heartless. However, something that had happened to Riku in the past would happen once again to the two Keyblade holders, and this time, their friends wouldn't be there to help them out... at least until they found them again, that is. Riku stopped for a moment as he had a flashback from his past about when he was the last time around...
When Riku, Leon, and Cloud headed inside, they saw what appeared to be a darkened Sora. Riku looked.
"Sora? Is that you?"
The darkened Sora looked at him before snapping his fingers. The Keyblade vanished from Riku's hands leaving him with only the wooden pratice sword in its place. Riku looks shocked.
"Sora?! What'd you do that for?"
However, it was painfully clear to Riku that this WASN'T the friend he knew from Destiny Islands. If he was going to find Sora and Kairi and be able to save them, Riku knew that he had to find the Keyblade, but he knew it would be tricky, since he knew from his encounters on Destiny Island that the Shadows were invunerable to his wooden blade.
"Hey, Riku," said Sora. "Are you okay?"
Riku blinked and looked at his friend.
"Yea, I'm okay," said Riku. "Let's go find Kairi and stop Shade from releasing the Heartless!"
"Sounds good to us too," said Squall.
With that, the team headed towards Hollow Bastion. On the way there, they heard a roar. Curious and a bit nervous, the team headed on to find out who or what made that sound.
Meanwhile, Shade looked at the Beast.
"No vessel, no help from the Heartless... So tell me, how'd you get here?" asked Shade.
"I simply believed. Nothing more to it. When our world fell into darkness, Belle was taken from me. I vowed I would find her again no matter what the cost. I believed I would find her. So, here I am. She must be here. I will have her back!" said the Beast.
"Take her if you can," taunted Shade.
The Beast tried but got knocked back and hurt. Riku reconized his friend and ran over to him. Sora and the others followed.
"Beast, are you okay?" asked Riku.
The Beast looked at Riku.
"You came back to help us once again," said the Beast.
"That's right," said Riku. "Whenever a friend of ours is in danger, we'll always come to their aid."
Sora nodded, and the two looked at Shade.
"This has gone too far!" said Riku.
"Hmph!" said Shade. "You know they can't be two Keyblade holders let alone three."
"Says who?" asked Sora.
"Just watch your Keyblades," said Shade. "They'll chose their master."
With that, the two Keyblades vanished from Sora and Riku's hands. The two are shocked as are their friends. Shade smirked.
"I remember what happened the last time, so don't think you're going to have help from your friends this time around!" said Shade.
With that, Shade waved his hand, and Squall and Cloud disappeared. Then, before leaving with the twin Keyblades, Shade tossed two Wooden Swords to the two before he walked off. Sora looked at his friend.
"NOW what are we going to do?" asked Sora.
"I don't know," said Riku. "We've gotta find our Keyblades, but we've also got to find our friends. How can we do both without the Heartless attacking us? We both know that they're invunerable to our Wooden Swords..."
"They may be invunerable to those," said the Beast, "but they're not invunerable to my claws. I will come with you to find your friends and the Keyblades."
"Thank you, Beast," said Riku. "Let's go!"
With that, the three headed into Hollow Bastion to find their friends and get their Keyblades back.
The team reached the forboding Hollow Bastion, and for Sora, this would be his first time inside of this place. Riku, Cloud, and Squall had been inside Hollow Bastion once before when they had come there to rescue Kairi and stop Malifecent and Ansem from opening up the Keyhole and releasing the toughest of all of the Heartless. However, something that had happened to Riku in the past would happen once again to the two Keyblade holders, and this time, their friends wouldn't be there to help them out... at least until they found them again, that is. Riku stopped for a moment as he had a flashback from his past about when he was the last time around...
When Riku, Leon, and Cloud headed inside, they saw what appeared to be a darkened Sora. Riku looked.
"Sora? Is that you?"
The darkened Sora looked at him before snapping his fingers. The Keyblade vanished from Riku's hands leaving him with only the wooden pratice sword in its place. Riku looks shocked.
"Sora?! What'd you do that for?"
However, it was painfully clear to Riku that this WASN'T the friend he knew from Destiny Islands. If he was going to find Sora and Kairi and be able to save them, Riku knew that he had to find the Keyblade, but he knew it would be tricky, since he knew from his encounters on Destiny Island that the Shadows were invunerable to his wooden blade.
"Hey, Riku," said Sora. "Are you okay?"
Riku blinked and looked at his friend.
"Yea, I'm okay," said Riku. "Let's go find Kairi and stop Shade from releasing the Heartless!"
"Sounds good to us too," said Squall.
With that, the team headed towards Hollow Bastion. On the way there, they heard a roar. Curious and a bit nervous, the team headed on to find out who or what made that sound.
Meanwhile, Shade looked at the Beast.
"No vessel, no help from the Heartless... So tell me, how'd you get here?" asked Shade.
"I simply believed. Nothing more to it. When our world fell into darkness, Belle was taken from me. I vowed I would find her again no matter what the cost. I believed I would find her. So, here I am. She must be here. I will have her back!" said the Beast.
"Take her if you can," taunted Shade.
The Beast tried but got knocked back and hurt. Riku reconized his friend and ran over to him. Sora and the others followed.
"Beast, are you okay?" asked Riku.
The Beast looked at Riku.
"You came back to help us once again," said the Beast.
"That's right," said Riku. "Whenever a friend of ours is in danger, we'll always come to their aid."
Sora nodded, and the two looked at Shade.
"This has gone too far!" said Riku.
"Hmph!" said Shade. "You know they can't be two Keyblade holders let alone three."
"Says who?" asked Sora.
"Just watch your Keyblades," said Shade. "They'll chose their master."
With that, the two Keyblades vanished from Sora and Riku's hands. The two are shocked as are their friends. Shade smirked.
"I remember what happened the last time, so don't think you're going to have help from your friends this time around!" said Shade.
With that, Shade waved his hand, and Squall and Cloud disappeared. Then, before leaving with the twin Keyblades, Shade tossed two Wooden Swords to the two before he walked off. Sora looked at his friend.
"NOW what are we going to do?" asked Sora.
"I don't know," said Riku. "We've gotta find our Keyblades, but we've also got to find our friends. How can we do both without the Heartless attacking us? We both know that they're invunerable to our Wooden Swords..."
"They may be invunerable to those," said the Beast, "but they're not invunerable to my claws. I will come with you to find your friends and the Keyblades."
"Thank you, Beast," said Riku. "Let's go!"
With that, the three headed into Hollow Bastion to find their friends and get their Keyblades back.