---Sora53: Yes, new chapter. This one's nice and long, so It'll keep you all happy.
Fans: WHAT HAPPENS ON JUNE 7TH?!
Sora53: Oh, so you ARE interested?
Fans: No...we're just...bored.
Sora53: Well, it's the 1 year mark of when I started writing this ficcy! Yay! I never actually thought I'd make it to Hollow Bastion...---
Disclaimer: I still only own Corita. Kingdom Hearts isn't mine. Meh.
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Waking up again after a short sleep, Corita carefully stood up and tried to look around again, but the darkness hurt her eyes. Feeling with her hands, she bumped into what felt like a small chair and table, and some damp books on the ground. In front of the chair, two soft yellow lights glowed.
Relief washed over her. At least there was some source of light in the room.
Suddenly, Corita felt like her heart had stopped beating. Hadn't she seen eyes like those enough times to reconize them? Reaching for her staff, she lit the wooden chair on fire, and a soft light filled the room. Corita was standing in a small stone room, circular all around. Scattered among it were various objects, such as a small toppled bookcase, the old table in the center of it, and chains attached to the walls. Behind the table, a Shadow Heartless stood there, it's annentea twitching excitedly.
"FIRE!" Corita cried, hurling a large shot of fire across the room towards it. The Heartless vanished in an instant, and Corita was left alone in the room.
"Oh, where am I?" Corita moaned, sitting against a wall.
"I do believe we're in Hollow Bastion, if my memory serves me correctly."
Corita's stretched nerves seemed to snap at the sound of another voice. A familiar voice. However, this one wasn't cruel or evil. It was happy and inviting, full of joy. And she knew the voice well...
"Jiminy?" Corita said, startled. Jiminy hopped up to Corita's knee and stood there as Corita looked at him in disbelief.
"You're here? How did you get here?" Corita asked him.
"Well, I knew you wouldn't want to be in that room on the ship alone, so I hopped into your pocket when you weren't looking. Convenient, eh?"
"Where did you say we were?"
"Well, I believe I heard that creepy silver-haired boy talking about taking you and another girl to Hollow Bastion, so I believe this is the place."
"What do they want with me? I thought Sora was the one they're after!"
"Never trust a silver-headed creep." Jiminy said wisely, hopping off her knee and onto the ground. "Now, I think that if I can find a weak spot in this wall, we can break out."
"What is this place? Some sort of dungeon?"
"Exactly. A creepy, tall lady with a black cloak told that other creepy person to 'put her in the dungeon until we have all of them.' Whatever that means. I'll look around for a weak spot, you just wait there!" Jiminy hopped off towards the other side of the room, leaving Corita deep in thought. Riku had brought her...and another girl? Could it be Kairi?
Something else sat in her mind. In Agrabah, hadn't Jafar said that she could prove useful to them? What did it mean, 'all of them?' Nothing was adding up. Corita picked up one of the books on the ground and started to read it with little interest.
"To cast a 'Stop' spell, first you must concentrate on rendering the target immobile. This is an immensly complex spell that only the greatest mages should ever attempt."
Corita was reading with a much greater interest now.
"In order to do this spell, you must first..."
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"This is driving me crazy!" Sora said, banging on the Gummi Ship's steering wheel.
"Sora, calm down!" Donald cried, tugging him away from the controls.
"None of this is making any sense! Riku used to talk to me, why can't he now? He could at least tell me what's going on!"
"Sora, sometimes things just don't make sense. Sometimes you've just gotta wait and see how things turn out."
"...I guess you're right." Sora said calmly, sitting back in his chair. He decided to interest himself in putting the new keychain Peter Pan had given him onto his Keyblade.
"Ohh, purdy!" Goofy said as the Keyblade changed form.
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"Corita!" Jiminy called as he hopped back to her. "This dungeon is so old, I managed to find a couple of really large cracks! Come with me!"
Corita stepped behind the cricket carefully as he lead her across the dungeon. Next to the bookshelf, there was a large crack in the wall. Some of the stone surrounding it had already started to crumble.
"This is great, Jiminy!" Corita said. "Just one thing. How do we get through it?"
"Well, you can do magic, right? Just cast your strongest spell to break it down!"
"Okay..." Corita said. "Now...which spell is my best...I'm not really the best at black magic..."
"I seem to remember a while back a giant juggling Heartless being hit in the face with a strong blizzard spell." Jiminy said, winking.
"You're right!" Corita said, turning to face the crack perfectly.
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"Gawrsh, look at that!" Goofy said, pointing up to the new world they'd landed at. It appeared to be a giant castle, floating on water. Behind it, the sun was setting, creating a beautiful red glow all over the castle.
"I feel like I know this place..." Sora said softly, staring transfixed at the castle.
"Hmm, that's strange." Goofy said to Sora.
"I wonder why... I feel this warmth inside, right here." Sora said, putting his hand near his heart.
"Aw, you're just hungry." said Donald.
"Hey, I'm serious!" Sora yelled.
Suddenly, a loud roar shattered their conversation. It quickly dimmed, but the three of them were still left in a state of slight shock.
"Let's go." Sora said in a determined voice. "Kairi and Corita are up there, somewhere."
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"What is this place?" Corita muttered, running through a large passageway, holding Jiminy in her hands ahead of her.
"Well, I don't mean to be a burden, but I have no clue where we are, either." Jiminy said as he scribbled in his journal. "By the way, what happened in the ship between you and Riku?"
"Write in the journal later, Jiminy." Corita said through gritted teeth. "Hey, there's a light ahead!"
Turning a corner, they found a large bubble floating in the passageway. It cast a dim light and it gently moved up and down.
Jiminy turned to Corita. "Oh, this is brilliant! I've heard of these bubbles before!"
"Really?" Corita asked.
"Yes! They're really hi-tech teleportation portals! Just jump in one and It'll teleport you somewhere!"
"Teleportation portal?" Corita asked. "Whatever you say...wait, how am I supposed to breathe?"
"Just jump in!" Jiminy said, and Corita obeyed.
At first, Corita thought she hadn't jumped at all. Then, she was jerked forward, under a large gate behind them, and upwards. Looking up, Corita saw the welcoming light of the sun. Reaching the surface, they broke free of the bubble and observed their new surroundings.
"Haha! I told you!" Jiminy said with a triumphant look on his face.
"Jiminy..." Corita said, looking down. "Why are we standing on water?"
Jiminy peered over the edges of Corita's hands. "Hey, you're right! This is so cool!"
They were in a large, open area where they was water all around them. Even the walls were backwards waterfalls ("Amazing! They defy the laws of physics!" Jiminy said, scribbling in his journal.) and various pieces of debris were scattered across the water.
"Let's go over there. There's solid stone to stand on." Corita said, peering uneasily down at the water she was standing on.
"Good idea! Hey, what's this thing?" Jiminy asked as they approached the stone slab.
It was a stone pillar about Corita's height. The top of it was hollowed and pointed, and inside of the hollow area was a bright blue light.
"Ooh...it's beautiful..." Corita said, hypnotized by the light. Slowly, she reached out to touch it.
"Corita, don't do anything stupid!" Jiminy said, scurrying down her arm to her shoulder. Corita's fingers made contact with the light, and they were instantly surrounded by a large glowing platform. They were then being pulled upward by a cable of light, and made their way to a platform high in the sky.
"Huh?" Corita said, tearing her eyes away from the light of the statue. "Where are we now?"
They were standing at a corner of two pathways. One led to an extremly large door at the far end, and the other led to a large steel gate that lay open. Beyond it, another statue sat twinkling in the setting sun.
"Ah, I thought I'd never feel the sun again!" Corita said happily.
"C'mon, let's go!"
"Where exactly are we going, anyway?" Corita asked curiously.
"We're going to find a way out of this castle, even if we die trying!"
"You know..." Corita said slowly. "I haven't seen many Heartless. Where are they all? If Riku's here, I'd guess there'd be a ton of them."
"Got me." Jiminy said, shrugging his shoulders. "Let's go this way." He said, pointing to the large open steel gate. "Maybe that statue will teleport us somewhere else.
Making their way to the statue and touching it again, they found themselves being carried down by another platform. This ride took a longer than the first one, but they eventually crossed a large body of water and landed on a large stone platform.
"Look! We must be above where we were before!" Corita said, pointing to the waterfalls making their way up the slopes.
"Oh my gosh! Corita, look down there!" Jiminy said, pointing to a group of small figures moving up along the platforms that were slowly rising and sinking.
"It's Sora!" Corita cried.
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---Sora53: Yay! Corita and Jiminy escaped the evil dungeon of doom! I tried to make it so you guys would have some kind of idea where they were in the castle...
Fans: We're so confused!
Sora53: Meh. Anyway, I hope you liked the chappie! More coming as soon as I get around to typing it.---
Fans: WHAT HAPPENS ON JUNE 7TH?!
Sora53: Oh, so you ARE interested?
Fans: No...we're just...bored.
Sora53: Well, it's the 1 year mark of when I started writing this ficcy! Yay! I never actually thought I'd make it to Hollow Bastion...---
Disclaimer: I still only own Corita. Kingdom Hearts isn't mine. Meh.
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Waking up again after a short sleep, Corita carefully stood up and tried to look around again, but the darkness hurt her eyes. Feeling with her hands, she bumped into what felt like a small chair and table, and some damp books on the ground. In front of the chair, two soft yellow lights glowed.
Relief washed over her. At least there was some source of light in the room.
Suddenly, Corita felt like her heart had stopped beating. Hadn't she seen eyes like those enough times to reconize them? Reaching for her staff, she lit the wooden chair on fire, and a soft light filled the room. Corita was standing in a small stone room, circular all around. Scattered among it were various objects, such as a small toppled bookcase, the old table in the center of it, and chains attached to the walls. Behind the table, a Shadow Heartless stood there, it's annentea twitching excitedly.
"FIRE!" Corita cried, hurling a large shot of fire across the room towards it. The Heartless vanished in an instant, and Corita was left alone in the room.
"Oh, where am I?" Corita moaned, sitting against a wall.
"I do believe we're in Hollow Bastion, if my memory serves me correctly."
Corita's stretched nerves seemed to snap at the sound of another voice. A familiar voice. However, this one wasn't cruel or evil. It was happy and inviting, full of joy. And she knew the voice well...
"Jiminy?" Corita said, startled. Jiminy hopped up to Corita's knee and stood there as Corita looked at him in disbelief.
"You're here? How did you get here?" Corita asked him.
"Well, I knew you wouldn't want to be in that room on the ship alone, so I hopped into your pocket when you weren't looking. Convenient, eh?"
"Where did you say we were?"
"Well, I believe I heard that creepy silver-haired boy talking about taking you and another girl to Hollow Bastion, so I believe this is the place."
"What do they want with me? I thought Sora was the one they're after!"
"Never trust a silver-headed creep." Jiminy said wisely, hopping off her knee and onto the ground. "Now, I think that if I can find a weak spot in this wall, we can break out."
"What is this place? Some sort of dungeon?"
"Exactly. A creepy, tall lady with a black cloak told that other creepy person to 'put her in the dungeon until we have all of them.' Whatever that means. I'll look around for a weak spot, you just wait there!" Jiminy hopped off towards the other side of the room, leaving Corita deep in thought. Riku had brought her...and another girl? Could it be Kairi?
Something else sat in her mind. In Agrabah, hadn't Jafar said that she could prove useful to them? What did it mean, 'all of them?' Nothing was adding up. Corita picked up one of the books on the ground and started to read it with little interest.
"To cast a 'Stop' spell, first you must concentrate on rendering the target immobile. This is an immensly complex spell that only the greatest mages should ever attempt."
Corita was reading with a much greater interest now.
"In order to do this spell, you must first..."
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"This is driving me crazy!" Sora said, banging on the Gummi Ship's steering wheel.
"Sora, calm down!" Donald cried, tugging him away from the controls.
"None of this is making any sense! Riku used to talk to me, why can't he now? He could at least tell me what's going on!"
"Sora, sometimes things just don't make sense. Sometimes you've just gotta wait and see how things turn out."
"...I guess you're right." Sora said calmly, sitting back in his chair. He decided to interest himself in putting the new keychain Peter Pan had given him onto his Keyblade.
"Ohh, purdy!" Goofy said as the Keyblade changed form.
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"Corita!" Jiminy called as he hopped back to her. "This dungeon is so old, I managed to find a couple of really large cracks! Come with me!"
Corita stepped behind the cricket carefully as he lead her across the dungeon. Next to the bookshelf, there was a large crack in the wall. Some of the stone surrounding it had already started to crumble.
"This is great, Jiminy!" Corita said. "Just one thing. How do we get through it?"
"Well, you can do magic, right? Just cast your strongest spell to break it down!"
"Okay..." Corita said. "Now...which spell is my best...I'm not really the best at black magic..."
"I seem to remember a while back a giant juggling Heartless being hit in the face with a strong blizzard spell." Jiminy said, winking.
"You're right!" Corita said, turning to face the crack perfectly.
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"Gawrsh, look at that!" Goofy said, pointing up to the new world they'd landed at. It appeared to be a giant castle, floating on water. Behind it, the sun was setting, creating a beautiful red glow all over the castle.
"I feel like I know this place..." Sora said softly, staring transfixed at the castle.
"Hmm, that's strange." Goofy said to Sora.
"I wonder why... I feel this warmth inside, right here." Sora said, putting his hand near his heart.
"Aw, you're just hungry." said Donald.
"Hey, I'm serious!" Sora yelled.
Suddenly, a loud roar shattered their conversation. It quickly dimmed, but the three of them were still left in a state of slight shock.
"Let's go." Sora said in a determined voice. "Kairi and Corita are up there, somewhere."
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"What is this place?" Corita muttered, running through a large passageway, holding Jiminy in her hands ahead of her.
"Well, I don't mean to be a burden, but I have no clue where we are, either." Jiminy said as he scribbled in his journal. "By the way, what happened in the ship between you and Riku?"
"Write in the journal later, Jiminy." Corita said through gritted teeth. "Hey, there's a light ahead!"
Turning a corner, they found a large bubble floating in the passageway. It cast a dim light and it gently moved up and down.
Jiminy turned to Corita. "Oh, this is brilliant! I've heard of these bubbles before!"
"Really?" Corita asked.
"Yes! They're really hi-tech teleportation portals! Just jump in one and It'll teleport you somewhere!"
"Teleportation portal?" Corita asked. "Whatever you say...wait, how am I supposed to breathe?"
"Just jump in!" Jiminy said, and Corita obeyed.
At first, Corita thought she hadn't jumped at all. Then, she was jerked forward, under a large gate behind them, and upwards. Looking up, Corita saw the welcoming light of the sun. Reaching the surface, they broke free of the bubble and observed their new surroundings.
"Haha! I told you!" Jiminy said with a triumphant look on his face.
"Jiminy..." Corita said, looking down. "Why are we standing on water?"
Jiminy peered over the edges of Corita's hands. "Hey, you're right! This is so cool!"
They were in a large, open area where they was water all around them. Even the walls were backwards waterfalls ("Amazing! They defy the laws of physics!" Jiminy said, scribbling in his journal.) and various pieces of debris were scattered across the water.
"Let's go over there. There's solid stone to stand on." Corita said, peering uneasily down at the water she was standing on.
"Good idea! Hey, what's this thing?" Jiminy asked as they approached the stone slab.
It was a stone pillar about Corita's height. The top of it was hollowed and pointed, and inside of the hollow area was a bright blue light.
"Ooh...it's beautiful..." Corita said, hypnotized by the light. Slowly, she reached out to touch it.
"Corita, don't do anything stupid!" Jiminy said, scurrying down her arm to her shoulder. Corita's fingers made contact with the light, and they were instantly surrounded by a large glowing platform. They were then being pulled upward by a cable of light, and made their way to a platform high in the sky.
"Huh?" Corita said, tearing her eyes away from the light of the statue. "Where are we now?"
They were standing at a corner of two pathways. One led to an extremly large door at the far end, and the other led to a large steel gate that lay open. Beyond it, another statue sat twinkling in the setting sun.
"Ah, I thought I'd never feel the sun again!" Corita said happily.
"C'mon, let's go!"
"Where exactly are we going, anyway?" Corita asked curiously.
"We're going to find a way out of this castle, even if we die trying!"
"You know..." Corita said slowly. "I haven't seen many Heartless. Where are they all? If Riku's here, I'd guess there'd be a ton of them."
"Got me." Jiminy said, shrugging his shoulders. "Let's go this way." He said, pointing to the large open steel gate. "Maybe that statue will teleport us somewhere else.
Making their way to the statue and touching it again, they found themselves being carried down by another platform. This ride took a longer than the first one, but they eventually crossed a large body of water and landed on a large stone platform.
"Look! We must be above where we were before!" Corita said, pointing to the waterfalls making their way up the slopes.
"Oh my gosh! Corita, look down there!" Jiminy said, pointing to a group of small figures moving up along the platforms that were slowly rising and sinking.
"It's Sora!" Corita cried.
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---Sora53: Yay! Corita and Jiminy escaped the evil dungeon of doom! I tried to make it so you guys would have some kind of idea where they were in the castle...
Fans: We're so confused!
Sora53: Meh. Anyway, I hope you liked the chappie! More coming as soon as I get around to typing it.---