---Sora53: -hands you a balloon- ONE YEAR MARK!!!
Fans: YAY!
Sora53: Wait...you're...happy for me?
Fans: Yep! We might as well be nice one day of the year... :)---
Disclaimer: I still, after a year of writing, don't own Kingdom Hearts. Yet, after a year, I've still managed to keep Corita!
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"We're lost!" Corita moaned as she leaned against a stone wall in the darkness. The three of them, trying to find their way through the castle, had wound up in a large, dark passageway unfamiliar to any of them. Even Corita, who had been in the depths of the castle before, couldn't recall this area.
"No, we're not! We took the bubble down to the bottom of the castle, took another bubble at the left, and-"
"Wound up lost!" Corita said, cutting Sora off.
"We're not lost yet." The Beast said gruffly as he examined a metal gate next to Corita. "I think I can knock this gate down."
"Really?" Corita said, moving away from the gate.
"Back up a bit more." The Beast said to Sora and Corita. After they had backed away, the Beast swung his giant claws towards the rusty gate. The gate collapsed instantly, and the Beast entered the newly opened hallway.
"This way." He said, leading them forward.
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"Okay, Corita. THIS is what we'd call being lost."
Sora, Corita, and the Beast were in another passageway, surrounded by dripping water. They had been walking down the path for what seemed like an hour.
"No, we're not lost!" Corita said brightly as she pushed past her brother and the Beast. "I know where we are! This is the path Jiminy and I took after we escaped the dungeon!"
"Are you sure?" Sora asked.
"Positive!" Corita said, turning a corner. "Look! Here's the dungeon!"
Sora and the Beast turned the corner and saw a large stone wall with a huge hole blown in it. Bits of ice still scattered the ground. Sora looked at Corita in disbelief.
"You did this? With one spell?"
"Yup!" Corita said proudly. "Now, I remember that when Jiminy and I made it out of the depths of the castle, there was a large gate that we didn't take. Maybe we need to go through there!"
"Lead the way!" Sora said merrily.
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"Why did we let you lead the way?" Sora growled to Corita. Corita, having taken a wrong turn, led them down a wrong passageway. They were now stranded in a large room, and a pack of Heartless Shadows were slowly surrounding them.
"Stupid wooden sword." Sora muttered under his breath as he looked at the wooden toy.
"Leave everything to me, little brother!" Corita said as she lifted her staff. "THUNDER!"
Forked bolts of lightning emitted from a large stormcloud that had formed at the ceiling of the room. Several Heartless vanished, but some continued to circle them.
"Allow me." The Beast said as he swept a huge claw across the room, flinging the Heartless back into the darkness. After the Heartless had been defeated, Corita and Sora continued to explore the room, while the Beast looked ahead at them moodily. Suddenly, his gruff voice rang out in the darkness.
"Be on your guard. They're close, I can feel it. Are you ready for them?" The Beast asked. Sora and Corita turned to look at him. It was quiet for a moment, but the Beast suddenly jerked his head away from them.
"Belle?" He cried, looking behind him into the doorway through which they had entered. Standing there was a beautiful young woman dressed in a beautiful yellow dress. However, after Sora and Corita had glimpsed her for only a few seconds, she vanished into darkness, and was replaced with a Shadow Heartless.
The Beast began to tremble with rage. He leaped at the Shadow Heartless, and the door closed behind him with a thud.
"Oh, no...this can't be good..." Corita said, turning to Sora.
"Quit while you can."
As Corita and Sora often did when they met Leon in Traverse Town, the two of them whirled around so fast they had to grab each other's arms to stop themselves from falling over. Behind them, Donald and Goofy were stationed like sentries next to Riku, whose eyes were twinkling with an evil light.
"No. Not without Kairi." Sora said, determined.
"The darkness will destroy you." Riku said. As he spoke, darkness engulfed him and his clothes changed from his normal, Destiny Island clothing into a dark, evil type of clothing. The Heartless symbol shone clearly on them.
"You're wrong, Riku. The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't touch my heart. My heart will stay with my friends. It'll never die!" Sora said boldly.
"Sora..." Corita whispered softly into his ear. "Don't do anything that'll get you blown up!"
"I've got it under control." He whispered back.
"Really..." Riku said softly. "Control this!"
Riku, gathering dark energy in his hands, shot a blast of darkness straight at Sora. Mind racing, Corita reached out to help him, but she couldn't move...the darkness was coming closer...there was nothing she could do...after all they'd been through, this is how it was going to end...
"Sora ain't gonna go nowhere!" rang a friendly, familiar voice. Corita found that she could move again, and suddenly realized what had happened.
"You'd betray your king?" Riku sneered. Goofy's shield was still resting in front of Sora and Corita.
"Not on your life!" Goofy called back to him from across the room. Corita faintly saw Donald roll his eyes. "But I'm not gonna betray Sora or Corita either, 'cause we've become best buddies after all we've been through together!" Goofy said triumphantly. "See ya later, Donald!" Goofy called to Donald. "Could you tell the King I'm really sorry?"
"Hold on, Goofy! We'll tell him together!" Donald said as he ran across the room to them. He stopped right in front of Sora and Corita, and looked them straight in the eyes.
"Well, you know..." Donald said slowly, choosing his words carefully. "All for one, and one for all."
"I guess you two are stuck with us." Goofy said as he turned his head to face the three of them, shield still held in front of them.
"Thanks a lot...Donald, Goofy..." Sora said as he hung his head in sadness.
"How will you fight without a weapon?" Riku called from across the room.
"I know now I don't need the Keyblade." Sora said, jerking his head up to look at Riku. "I've got a better weapon. My heart."
Riku gave a soft chuckle. "Your heart? What good will that weak little thing do for you?"
"Let me at him." Corita growled as she started toward Riku, but Sora held out his arm to stop her.
"Although my heart may be weak, it's not alone." Sora started. "It's grown with each new experience, and it's found a home with all the friends I've made. I've become a part of their heart just as they've become a part of mine. And if they think of me now and then...if they don't forget me...then our hearts will be one." Sora unsheathed his wooden sword, and readied it for battle. "I don't need the Keyblade. My friends are my power!"
In a flash of light, the Keyblade that Riku had been gripping vanished from his grasp. Gasping, Riku saw the wooden sword vanish from Sora's hands, and it was replaced by the Keyblade.
"Fine..." Riku said as he whipped out his sword. "Show me the power of your heart!"
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---Sora53: -with confetti falling around her with giant balloons- And, after a year, I can still write a short chapter and leave it at a cliffhanger!
Fans: Why do we even bother?
Sora53: BE NICE! -hands all the fans a giant slab of chocolate-
Fans: Well...if you insist...
Riku and Sora Fangirls: YAY!!! ONE YEAR MARK OF SORA AND RIKU!!!
Sora53: The Sora and Riku Fangirls are getting along? This is getting creepy...---
Fans: YAY!
Sora53: Wait...you're...happy for me?
Fans: Yep! We might as well be nice one day of the year... :)---
Disclaimer: I still, after a year of writing, don't own Kingdom Hearts. Yet, after a year, I've still managed to keep Corita!
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"We're lost!" Corita moaned as she leaned against a stone wall in the darkness. The three of them, trying to find their way through the castle, had wound up in a large, dark passageway unfamiliar to any of them. Even Corita, who had been in the depths of the castle before, couldn't recall this area.
"No, we're not! We took the bubble down to the bottom of the castle, took another bubble at the left, and-"
"Wound up lost!" Corita said, cutting Sora off.
"We're not lost yet." The Beast said gruffly as he examined a metal gate next to Corita. "I think I can knock this gate down."
"Really?" Corita said, moving away from the gate.
"Back up a bit more." The Beast said to Sora and Corita. After they had backed away, the Beast swung his giant claws towards the rusty gate. The gate collapsed instantly, and the Beast entered the newly opened hallway.
"This way." He said, leading them forward.
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"Okay, Corita. THIS is what we'd call being lost."
Sora, Corita, and the Beast were in another passageway, surrounded by dripping water. They had been walking down the path for what seemed like an hour.
"No, we're not lost!" Corita said brightly as she pushed past her brother and the Beast. "I know where we are! This is the path Jiminy and I took after we escaped the dungeon!"
"Are you sure?" Sora asked.
"Positive!" Corita said, turning a corner. "Look! Here's the dungeon!"
Sora and the Beast turned the corner and saw a large stone wall with a huge hole blown in it. Bits of ice still scattered the ground. Sora looked at Corita in disbelief.
"You did this? With one spell?"
"Yup!" Corita said proudly. "Now, I remember that when Jiminy and I made it out of the depths of the castle, there was a large gate that we didn't take. Maybe we need to go through there!"
"Lead the way!" Sora said merrily.
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"Why did we let you lead the way?" Sora growled to Corita. Corita, having taken a wrong turn, led them down a wrong passageway. They were now stranded in a large room, and a pack of Heartless Shadows were slowly surrounding them.
"Stupid wooden sword." Sora muttered under his breath as he looked at the wooden toy.
"Leave everything to me, little brother!" Corita said as she lifted her staff. "THUNDER!"
Forked bolts of lightning emitted from a large stormcloud that had formed at the ceiling of the room. Several Heartless vanished, but some continued to circle them.
"Allow me." The Beast said as he swept a huge claw across the room, flinging the Heartless back into the darkness. After the Heartless had been defeated, Corita and Sora continued to explore the room, while the Beast looked ahead at them moodily. Suddenly, his gruff voice rang out in the darkness.
"Be on your guard. They're close, I can feel it. Are you ready for them?" The Beast asked. Sora and Corita turned to look at him. It was quiet for a moment, but the Beast suddenly jerked his head away from them.
"Belle?" He cried, looking behind him into the doorway through which they had entered. Standing there was a beautiful young woman dressed in a beautiful yellow dress. However, after Sora and Corita had glimpsed her for only a few seconds, she vanished into darkness, and was replaced with a Shadow Heartless.
The Beast began to tremble with rage. He leaped at the Shadow Heartless, and the door closed behind him with a thud.
"Oh, no...this can't be good..." Corita said, turning to Sora.
"Quit while you can."
As Corita and Sora often did when they met Leon in Traverse Town, the two of them whirled around so fast they had to grab each other's arms to stop themselves from falling over. Behind them, Donald and Goofy were stationed like sentries next to Riku, whose eyes were twinkling with an evil light.
"No. Not without Kairi." Sora said, determined.
"The darkness will destroy you." Riku said. As he spoke, darkness engulfed him and his clothes changed from his normal, Destiny Island clothing into a dark, evil type of clothing. The Heartless symbol shone clearly on them.
"You're wrong, Riku. The darkness may destroy my body, but it can't touch my heart. My heart will stay with my friends. It'll never die!" Sora said boldly.
"Sora..." Corita whispered softly into his ear. "Don't do anything that'll get you blown up!"
"I've got it under control." He whispered back.
"Really..." Riku said softly. "Control this!"
Riku, gathering dark energy in his hands, shot a blast of darkness straight at Sora. Mind racing, Corita reached out to help him, but she couldn't move...the darkness was coming closer...there was nothing she could do...after all they'd been through, this is how it was going to end...
"Sora ain't gonna go nowhere!" rang a friendly, familiar voice. Corita found that she could move again, and suddenly realized what had happened.
"You'd betray your king?" Riku sneered. Goofy's shield was still resting in front of Sora and Corita.
"Not on your life!" Goofy called back to him from across the room. Corita faintly saw Donald roll his eyes. "But I'm not gonna betray Sora or Corita either, 'cause we've become best buddies after all we've been through together!" Goofy said triumphantly. "See ya later, Donald!" Goofy called to Donald. "Could you tell the King I'm really sorry?"
"Hold on, Goofy! We'll tell him together!" Donald said as he ran across the room to them. He stopped right in front of Sora and Corita, and looked them straight in the eyes.
"Well, you know..." Donald said slowly, choosing his words carefully. "All for one, and one for all."
"I guess you two are stuck with us." Goofy said as he turned his head to face the three of them, shield still held in front of them.
"Thanks a lot...Donald, Goofy..." Sora said as he hung his head in sadness.
"How will you fight without a weapon?" Riku called from across the room.
"I know now I don't need the Keyblade." Sora said, jerking his head up to look at Riku. "I've got a better weapon. My heart."
Riku gave a soft chuckle. "Your heart? What good will that weak little thing do for you?"
"Let me at him." Corita growled as she started toward Riku, but Sora held out his arm to stop her.
"Although my heart may be weak, it's not alone." Sora started. "It's grown with each new experience, and it's found a home with all the friends I've made. I've become a part of their heart just as they've become a part of mine. And if they think of me now and then...if they don't forget me...then our hearts will be one." Sora unsheathed his wooden sword, and readied it for battle. "I don't need the Keyblade. My friends are my power!"
In a flash of light, the Keyblade that Riku had been gripping vanished from his grasp. Gasping, Riku saw the wooden sword vanish from Sora's hands, and it was replaced by the Keyblade.
"Fine..." Riku said as he whipped out his sword. "Show me the power of your heart!"
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---Sora53: -with confetti falling around her with giant balloons- And, after a year, I can still write a short chapter and leave it at a cliffhanger!
Fans: Why do we even bother?
Sora53: BE NICE! -hands all the fans a giant slab of chocolate-
Fans: Well...if you insist...
Riku and Sora Fangirls: YAY!!! ONE YEAR MARK OF SORA AND RIKU!!!
Sora53: The Sora and Riku Fangirls are getting along? This is getting creepy...---