Hey everyone. Thanks for your lovely reviews, and a special thanks to Mahou
Shoujo Crystalic Katomi who has now persuaded me to write more, thank you!
Instead of starting a new story, I thought that I would carry on with this
one, cos I thought of a way to turn it into a story, so yay. Thank you to
EVERYONE. You all make me feel so happy...you're too kind *sniff*
Disclaimer- I don't own any Square-Enix copyrighted material, Kingdom Hearts or otherwise.
So, on with the story that was only supposed to be a one-off, but yeah...I change my mind!
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"Oh, my head," I sat up, holding my aching head. Hang on a minute, if I can feel my head, then that means...
"I'm not DEAD!!!!" I shouted, jumping up, grinning from ear to ear.
"Yeah, yeah we know, so keep it down." Came a voice from a desk to my left, I looked over to see an old woman sitting there. She had grey hair and twinkling blue eyes, which stared at me through round spectacles, perched on her little button nose. When she spoke it wasn't said unkindly, but in an exasperated voice, as if she had heard it all before. She returned to some paper work.
"So, umm where am I?" I walked over to her, looking curiously around the room where I was currently positioned. There was a large fan on the ceiling which whirred pleasantly, creating a cool breeze. The walls where white and spotless, the tiled floor looking much the same as the walls. She took her glasses off her nose, cleaned them and looked me in the eye.
"You're in the world in between."
"Huh?" I was confused, what did she mean?
"It's between the real world, and the underworld or otherworld, depending on how good you are."
"Say what?" Now she looked annoyed
"It's where you go when you die in the real world. You stay here for a while, so a few tests to determine whether you go to the underworld or the otherworld." She looked at the blank expression on my face, "Heaven and hell." I nodded to show I understood. "You have to register in this office, with me, then get to the brink at the other end. It's a big chasm, you can't miss it."
"So, how do I get there?" She sighed and pulled out a chair for me to sit on, muttering something about a waste of her time explaining to a person like me.
"You go in twos. I pair you up with someone who arrives within a few days of you and you travel down the path to the brink. Mind you, it's not easy, the path isn't always straight, it can twist, have many crossroads, you name it. Not that I've ever been down it."
"So, I can be paired up with anyone who arrives here within a few days of me?"
She sighed, "Sorry dear, your little 'friend' has already started his journey." I was gob smacked, how did she know I knew Riku? And how did she know...I was cut of by her continuing.
"The twos are as follows, one of you is a speaker, and the other a fighter. The speaker talks to people you encounter, while the fighter stands and watches, and they determine your path through communication. The fighter obviously fights the battles when they appear, while the speaker watches. This is important. The speaker and fighter must NOT interfere with each other's business. Is that clear?"
"Yes," I nodded, thinking about what I was going to be.
"Now that's explained, I need to find you a partner. Hmm, people turn up here for many reasons you know." She started flicking though papers, her eyes darting from name to name, "Some just get lost, some give up on living, they're not actually dead, other's die, other's end up here by mistake, but there's no going back now." She was looking at two sheets, as if trying to choose.
I stared at the floor, wondering where Riku was. I missed him. "Here we go," She thrust a piece of paper under my nose, "I looked at a grinning picture on the page. "That's your partner, he's the fighter, and you're the speaker, any questions?"
"What's his name?" I looked at the paper, taking in his features, floppy red fringe; orange, gleaming eyes, a big grin and slightly tanned skin. He looked a bit of a devil really.
"As the speaker, that is your first task. Oh, before I forget, you can choose one thing to take with you, as a speaker, you need to look in this box." She hauled an ordinary cardboard box onto the table, I looked inside. Notebooks, pens, compasses, atlases, maps, and all that sort of junk stared back at me. I rummaged through the box, looking for something, anything that may be of help. At the bottom, I saw a small heart shaped locket on a golden chain. I picked it up, out of the box, just to take a look, but the old woman snatched the box away.
"You made your choice," I was about to open my mouth to protest, but something told me not to, so I put the necklace in my pocket. "Any more questions? I got a lot of people coming through from a war soon, and I want you outta here."
"Umm, where is he?"
"Through that door dear." I turned and noticed a white door with a round, silver handle. I walked up to it, and pushed it open. I took a step into the land outside and the door slammed shut behind me and wouldn't open, I was alone. I looked ahead of me; there was a hill that seemed to stretch up to the heavens. I could see light at the top, perhaps the sunset? So I trudged up it. I took the locket out of my pocket, it wouldn't open, but on the back, there was a small engraving of a dove. I remembered the dive from before and I felt stronger. Although most of the scars were still there, they didn't hurt, they just served as a reminder.
Once I reached the top, I saw the boy from the photo grinning at me. He held a strangely familiar sword; it was a bat's wing...
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ta da! Hope ya lot like it, it took me a while to devise how this works out to be a story, there will be more action/romance stuff next chapter, this was sorta an introduction. I won't write for a while, till I get back from holiday, so don't be surprised if this doesn't get updated.
Please give feedback, thanks
xxx The one-winged Pegasus xxx
Disclaimer- I don't own any Square-Enix copyrighted material, Kingdom Hearts or otherwise.
So, on with the story that was only supposed to be a one-off, but yeah...I change my mind!
~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Oh, my head," I sat up, holding my aching head. Hang on a minute, if I can feel my head, then that means...
"I'm not DEAD!!!!" I shouted, jumping up, grinning from ear to ear.
"Yeah, yeah we know, so keep it down." Came a voice from a desk to my left, I looked over to see an old woman sitting there. She had grey hair and twinkling blue eyes, which stared at me through round spectacles, perched on her little button nose. When she spoke it wasn't said unkindly, but in an exasperated voice, as if she had heard it all before. She returned to some paper work.
"So, umm where am I?" I walked over to her, looking curiously around the room where I was currently positioned. There was a large fan on the ceiling which whirred pleasantly, creating a cool breeze. The walls where white and spotless, the tiled floor looking much the same as the walls. She took her glasses off her nose, cleaned them and looked me in the eye.
"You're in the world in between."
"Huh?" I was confused, what did she mean?
"It's between the real world, and the underworld or otherworld, depending on how good you are."
"Say what?" Now she looked annoyed
"It's where you go when you die in the real world. You stay here for a while, so a few tests to determine whether you go to the underworld or the otherworld." She looked at the blank expression on my face, "Heaven and hell." I nodded to show I understood. "You have to register in this office, with me, then get to the brink at the other end. It's a big chasm, you can't miss it."
"So, how do I get there?" She sighed and pulled out a chair for me to sit on, muttering something about a waste of her time explaining to a person like me.
"You go in twos. I pair you up with someone who arrives within a few days of you and you travel down the path to the brink. Mind you, it's not easy, the path isn't always straight, it can twist, have many crossroads, you name it. Not that I've ever been down it."
"So, I can be paired up with anyone who arrives here within a few days of me?"
She sighed, "Sorry dear, your little 'friend' has already started his journey." I was gob smacked, how did she know I knew Riku? And how did she know...I was cut of by her continuing.
"The twos are as follows, one of you is a speaker, and the other a fighter. The speaker talks to people you encounter, while the fighter stands and watches, and they determine your path through communication. The fighter obviously fights the battles when they appear, while the speaker watches. This is important. The speaker and fighter must NOT interfere with each other's business. Is that clear?"
"Yes," I nodded, thinking about what I was going to be.
"Now that's explained, I need to find you a partner. Hmm, people turn up here for many reasons you know." She started flicking though papers, her eyes darting from name to name, "Some just get lost, some give up on living, they're not actually dead, other's die, other's end up here by mistake, but there's no going back now." She was looking at two sheets, as if trying to choose.
I stared at the floor, wondering where Riku was. I missed him. "Here we go," She thrust a piece of paper under my nose, "I looked at a grinning picture on the page. "That's your partner, he's the fighter, and you're the speaker, any questions?"
"What's his name?" I looked at the paper, taking in his features, floppy red fringe; orange, gleaming eyes, a big grin and slightly tanned skin. He looked a bit of a devil really.
"As the speaker, that is your first task. Oh, before I forget, you can choose one thing to take with you, as a speaker, you need to look in this box." She hauled an ordinary cardboard box onto the table, I looked inside. Notebooks, pens, compasses, atlases, maps, and all that sort of junk stared back at me. I rummaged through the box, looking for something, anything that may be of help. At the bottom, I saw a small heart shaped locket on a golden chain. I picked it up, out of the box, just to take a look, but the old woman snatched the box away.
"You made your choice," I was about to open my mouth to protest, but something told me not to, so I put the necklace in my pocket. "Any more questions? I got a lot of people coming through from a war soon, and I want you outta here."
"Umm, where is he?"
"Through that door dear." I turned and noticed a white door with a round, silver handle. I walked up to it, and pushed it open. I took a step into the land outside and the door slammed shut behind me and wouldn't open, I was alone. I looked ahead of me; there was a hill that seemed to stretch up to the heavens. I could see light at the top, perhaps the sunset? So I trudged up it. I took the locket out of my pocket, it wouldn't open, but on the back, there was a small engraving of a dove. I remembered the dive from before and I felt stronger. Although most of the scars were still there, they didn't hurt, they just served as a reminder.
Once I reached the top, I saw the boy from the photo grinning at me. He held a strangely familiar sword; it was a bat's wing...
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Ta da! Hope ya lot like it, it took me a while to devise how this works out to be a story, there will be more action/romance stuff next chapter, this was sorta an introduction. I won't write for a while, till I get back from holiday, so don't be surprised if this doesn't get updated.
Please give feedback, thanks
xxx The one-winged Pegasus xxx