---Sora53: -eats popcorn- Good chappie!
Fans: No, this is a boring chapter! I bet you, the reader, would prefer something more interesting! -Turns on the History Channel-
Sora53: -scream- NO! KNOWLEDGE! -faints-
Fans: Ooh, free popcorn! -eats the popcorn----
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Or the History Channel. I do own Corita. And this hairbrush! -holds up hairbrush-
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A loud bang told the four friends that Riku's blade had just hit Goofy's shield. The bang also told them that it was time to move.
"Scatter!" Donald cried as Riku's face appeared from behind the shield.
Riku took a swing at Goofy, knocking him aside, revealing Sora, Corita, and Donald behind. Taking Donald's advice, the three of them ran off in different directions. Riku followed Sora up the winding staircase in the room, while Donald helped Goofy up. Corita, however, was racking her brain for something she'd remembered when they'd re-entered the dungeon she'd been in.
"Let's see...first, I must imagine the target immobile." Corita muttered to herself, closing her eyes and concentrating hard on an immobile Riku, frozen in time. "Now, I must...."
Whatever she was supposed to do next, she didn't have time to remember. At that exact moment, a sharp blade made a swipe inches from her face. Riku and Sora were locked in a duel feet in front of her. Riku was fighting with all his strength, and Sora looked like his strength was waning.
"Sora! Let me help!" Corita called to him as she cast a cure spell her brother. Riku turned to face her with his aqua-tinted eyes.
"Stay out of this." He growled as he turned to face her.
"Oh, but I'm already in it. See, people just don't randomly kidnap me without my consent." Corita said sweetly as she charged a fire spell, and shot it at Riku. He managed to jump partially out of its path, but a bit of his hair was singed.
"You'll pay for that!" Riku cried as he lifted his sword, but his blade was met with Sora's Keyblade, and the two of them continued their duel.
"Gee, it's really just them two, isn't it?" Donald said as he walked up to Corita.
"Well, Sora's got a lot to fight for." Corita said as she watched her brother slice at Riku. "Still, it doesn't mean we can't help..."
Corita turned around and continued to concentrate on rendering Riku immobile. Donald turned and walked back to Goofy, who was counting his munny.
"Concentrate...concentrate...concentrating usually workes..." Corita muttered to herself as she pointed her staff right at Riku. "Immobile..."
Riku looked as if he'd been turned to stone. For a split second, it was as if he was frozen in time. As quickly as it had happened, though, it ended. Riku fell to the floor, allowing Sora to get a few quick attacks in.
"YES!" Corita cried happily as she trotted back over to Donald and Goofy. "Did you see that?"
"See what?" Goofy asked as he put his munny back into his pockets.
Donald and Goofy, however badly they concentrated in the beginning, eventually got into the battle, even though they were still more in Sora's way than helping him. Eventually, Donald drew back, and he cast spells on Riku while Corita healed Sora. Goofy knocked Riku in the head with his shield a few times, but it was Sora who dealt him the finishing blow.
"Now, the score's 47 to 2." Sora growled as he hit Riku with the Keyblade one final time. Riku slouched over in exhaustion, and the four of them drew back. Riku's clothes changed back to his normal clothes, and he ran off through a set of doors at the top of the staircase.
"Hey, get back here, you coward!" Corita called after him, but didn't follow. At that moment, the large doors behind them creaked open, and the Beast emerged from behind them.
"So, you're heart won this battle." The Beast said gruffly to Sora. Sora nodded, and the five of them continued up the stairs towards another large door.
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Riku ran down the long corridor leading to Maleficent's chamber in agony. The cool air swept across his forehead as he raced down the long path.
"Why? It was mine..."
"Know this."
Riku stopped abruptly and turned around to face a tall, cloaked figure about 20 feet away from him.
"The heart that is strong and true shall win the Keyblade." He said, moving slowly towards Riku.
"What? You're saying my heart's weaker than his?" Riku cried out to the mysterious figure.
"For that instant, it was. However, you can become stronger. You showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. It held no terror for you. Plunger deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger." Said the cloaked figure, who was inching towards Riku in the darkness.
"What must I do?" Riku asked slowly after listening to the figure speak.
"It's really quite simple. Open yourself to the darkness. That is all. Let your heart, your being, become darkness itself." The figure stopped in front of Riku, and a strange greenish light began to flow around Riku. Riku fell to the floor...
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"Sora...this place...why does it look so familiar?"
Standing in awe were Sora and Corita, who were standing in the middle of a large library, surrounded by huge shelves and dusty chairs. The books looked like they hadn't been read in ages, and a large spiraling staircase led to another floor of the library.
"I don't know..." Sora said, stepping forward. Behind them, Donald was tapping his foot impatiently.
"C'mon! Get the lead out! We've got to push forward!" He said briskly, pushing them both forward.
They climbed the tall staircase and entered another door near another huge bookcase. Now, they were surrounded by large, old statues, various platforms, and a strange-looking device in the center of the room. Below them, they could see the room in which they'd fought Riku.
"Where are we?" Goofy wondered.
"I dunno..." Corita said, peering uneasily down to the room below and clinging to one of the statues.
"Oh Mighty One...prove your strength by moving me!" Echoed a deep, booming voice in the darkness. With a jolt, Corita lept away from the statue and ran back to Sora.
"Sora...did that statue just speak?" Corita whispered.
"I think it did..." Sora said slowly. Donald rubbed his hands together and began shoving the statue as hard as he could. Goofy, Sora, and Corita soon jointed him, but it was a futile attempt.
"Allow me." The Beast said as he moved to the statue and pushed it to the floor below. The statue shattered as it hit the floor, and stone pieces flew across the floor. However, right where the statue had hit lay a bright, colorful piece that appeared to also be made of stone.
"I'll get it!" Sora said as he jumped off the side of the floor.
"Sora!" Corita cried, but Sora stayed in the air. He floated through the air like a ghost until he reached the floor below them.
"How did you do that?" Corita asked as he picked up the stone piece.
"With just a little bit of pixie dust." He said merrily as he moved back towards the library.
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Corita whimpered slightly as they proceeded farther and farther up the winding castle. Below them were the waterfalls moving backwards, and the area that they had started at was only a tink speck in the distance.
"Sora...couldn't Maleficent live somewhere...closer to the ground?" She moaned as they proceeded up another stone staircase.
"Stay on your guard, Corita. There are worse things here than heights." Sora said simply, as he pulled her along. They had been traveling up the castle for almost an hour, and were very close to the top. Corita's fear of heights, however, had come back to haunt her as they made their way to the very top.
"I'm telling you, though..." Corita said, pulling her eyes away from the steep cliffs they were climbing on.
"This place seems so familiar...do you remember when we were in the Deep Jungle and we were watching that slideshow?"
"Yeah...this place must be that castle!" Sora responded suddenly, nearly knocking Donald, who was in front of him, off the cliff.
"Sora! Must you be so annoying?" Donald asked angrily as he hurried to stable ground.
"You didn't seem to think he was annoying an hour ago." Corita said matter- of-factly to him. After hearing this, Donald was suddenly very quiet.
"C'mon, you guys! We're almost to the top!" Goofy said cheerfully. "Look at this big door!"
They had finished climing the cliffs and were now on a large stone platform. In front of them was a large stone door.
"Goofy, do you remember where this door leads?" Donald asked him. Goofy thought for a moment.
"Hey! This is the place that Riku fellar wouldn't let us into!" He said triumphantly.
"He wouldn't let you in?" Sora asked. Donald and Goofy nodded.
"Too bad for him. We're breaking in!" Corita said as the pulled at the large door's handle. Soon, all five of them were pulling, and the door opened with a groan.
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---Sora53: -Is still unconcious-
Fans: -is eating popcorn- See ya next time!
Sora53: Huh? Where am I?
Fans: LOOK! E=MC SQUARED!
Sora53: AHHH! -faints----
Fans: No, this is a boring chapter! I bet you, the reader, would prefer something more interesting! -Turns on the History Channel-
Sora53: -scream- NO! KNOWLEDGE! -faints-
Fans: Ooh, free popcorn! -eats the popcorn----
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. Or the History Channel. I do own Corita. And this hairbrush! -holds up hairbrush-
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A loud bang told the four friends that Riku's blade had just hit Goofy's shield. The bang also told them that it was time to move.
"Scatter!" Donald cried as Riku's face appeared from behind the shield.
Riku took a swing at Goofy, knocking him aside, revealing Sora, Corita, and Donald behind. Taking Donald's advice, the three of them ran off in different directions. Riku followed Sora up the winding staircase in the room, while Donald helped Goofy up. Corita, however, was racking her brain for something she'd remembered when they'd re-entered the dungeon she'd been in.
"Let's see...first, I must imagine the target immobile." Corita muttered to herself, closing her eyes and concentrating hard on an immobile Riku, frozen in time. "Now, I must...."
Whatever she was supposed to do next, she didn't have time to remember. At that exact moment, a sharp blade made a swipe inches from her face. Riku and Sora were locked in a duel feet in front of her. Riku was fighting with all his strength, and Sora looked like his strength was waning.
"Sora! Let me help!" Corita called to him as she cast a cure spell her brother. Riku turned to face her with his aqua-tinted eyes.
"Stay out of this." He growled as he turned to face her.
"Oh, but I'm already in it. See, people just don't randomly kidnap me without my consent." Corita said sweetly as she charged a fire spell, and shot it at Riku. He managed to jump partially out of its path, but a bit of his hair was singed.
"You'll pay for that!" Riku cried as he lifted his sword, but his blade was met with Sora's Keyblade, and the two of them continued their duel.
"Gee, it's really just them two, isn't it?" Donald said as he walked up to Corita.
"Well, Sora's got a lot to fight for." Corita said as she watched her brother slice at Riku. "Still, it doesn't mean we can't help..."
Corita turned around and continued to concentrate on rendering Riku immobile. Donald turned and walked back to Goofy, who was counting his munny.
"Concentrate...concentrate...concentrating usually workes..." Corita muttered to herself as she pointed her staff right at Riku. "Immobile..."
Riku looked as if he'd been turned to stone. For a split second, it was as if he was frozen in time. As quickly as it had happened, though, it ended. Riku fell to the floor, allowing Sora to get a few quick attacks in.
"YES!" Corita cried happily as she trotted back over to Donald and Goofy. "Did you see that?"
"See what?" Goofy asked as he put his munny back into his pockets.
Donald and Goofy, however badly they concentrated in the beginning, eventually got into the battle, even though they were still more in Sora's way than helping him. Eventually, Donald drew back, and he cast spells on Riku while Corita healed Sora. Goofy knocked Riku in the head with his shield a few times, but it was Sora who dealt him the finishing blow.
"Now, the score's 47 to 2." Sora growled as he hit Riku with the Keyblade one final time. Riku slouched over in exhaustion, and the four of them drew back. Riku's clothes changed back to his normal clothes, and he ran off through a set of doors at the top of the staircase.
"Hey, get back here, you coward!" Corita called after him, but didn't follow. At that moment, the large doors behind them creaked open, and the Beast emerged from behind them.
"So, you're heart won this battle." The Beast said gruffly to Sora. Sora nodded, and the five of them continued up the stairs towards another large door.
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Riku ran down the long corridor leading to Maleficent's chamber in agony. The cool air swept across his forehead as he raced down the long path.
"Why? It was mine..."
"Know this."
Riku stopped abruptly and turned around to face a tall, cloaked figure about 20 feet away from him.
"The heart that is strong and true shall win the Keyblade." He said, moving slowly towards Riku.
"What? You're saying my heart's weaker than his?" Riku cried out to the mysterious figure.
"For that instant, it was. However, you can become stronger. You showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. It held no terror for you. Plunger deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger." Said the cloaked figure, who was inching towards Riku in the darkness.
"What must I do?" Riku asked slowly after listening to the figure speak.
"It's really quite simple. Open yourself to the darkness. That is all. Let your heart, your being, become darkness itself." The figure stopped in front of Riku, and a strange greenish light began to flow around Riku. Riku fell to the floor...
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"Sora...this place...why does it look so familiar?"
Standing in awe were Sora and Corita, who were standing in the middle of a large library, surrounded by huge shelves and dusty chairs. The books looked like they hadn't been read in ages, and a large spiraling staircase led to another floor of the library.
"I don't know..." Sora said, stepping forward. Behind them, Donald was tapping his foot impatiently.
"C'mon! Get the lead out! We've got to push forward!" He said briskly, pushing them both forward.
They climbed the tall staircase and entered another door near another huge bookcase. Now, they were surrounded by large, old statues, various platforms, and a strange-looking device in the center of the room. Below them, they could see the room in which they'd fought Riku.
"Where are we?" Goofy wondered.
"I dunno..." Corita said, peering uneasily down to the room below and clinging to one of the statues.
"Oh Mighty One...prove your strength by moving me!" Echoed a deep, booming voice in the darkness. With a jolt, Corita lept away from the statue and ran back to Sora.
"Sora...did that statue just speak?" Corita whispered.
"I think it did..." Sora said slowly. Donald rubbed his hands together and began shoving the statue as hard as he could. Goofy, Sora, and Corita soon jointed him, but it was a futile attempt.
"Allow me." The Beast said as he moved to the statue and pushed it to the floor below. The statue shattered as it hit the floor, and stone pieces flew across the floor. However, right where the statue had hit lay a bright, colorful piece that appeared to also be made of stone.
"I'll get it!" Sora said as he jumped off the side of the floor.
"Sora!" Corita cried, but Sora stayed in the air. He floated through the air like a ghost until he reached the floor below them.
"How did you do that?" Corita asked as he picked up the stone piece.
"With just a little bit of pixie dust." He said merrily as he moved back towards the library.
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Corita whimpered slightly as they proceeded farther and farther up the winding castle. Below them were the waterfalls moving backwards, and the area that they had started at was only a tink speck in the distance.
"Sora...couldn't Maleficent live somewhere...closer to the ground?" She moaned as they proceeded up another stone staircase.
"Stay on your guard, Corita. There are worse things here than heights." Sora said simply, as he pulled her along. They had been traveling up the castle for almost an hour, and were very close to the top. Corita's fear of heights, however, had come back to haunt her as they made their way to the very top.
"I'm telling you, though..." Corita said, pulling her eyes away from the steep cliffs they were climbing on.
"This place seems so familiar...do you remember when we were in the Deep Jungle and we were watching that slideshow?"
"Yeah...this place must be that castle!" Sora responded suddenly, nearly knocking Donald, who was in front of him, off the cliff.
"Sora! Must you be so annoying?" Donald asked angrily as he hurried to stable ground.
"You didn't seem to think he was annoying an hour ago." Corita said matter- of-factly to him. After hearing this, Donald was suddenly very quiet.
"C'mon, you guys! We're almost to the top!" Goofy said cheerfully. "Look at this big door!"
They had finished climing the cliffs and were now on a large stone platform. In front of them was a large stone door.
"Goofy, do you remember where this door leads?" Donald asked him. Goofy thought for a moment.
"Hey! This is the place that Riku fellar wouldn't let us into!" He said triumphantly.
"He wouldn't let you in?" Sora asked. Donald and Goofy nodded.
"Too bad for him. We're breaking in!" Corita said as the pulled at the large door's handle. Soon, all five of them were pulling, and the door opened with a groan.
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---Sora53: -Is still unconcious-
Fans: -is eating popcorn- See ya next time!
Sora53: Huh? Where am I?
Fans: LOOK! E=MC SQUARED!
Sora53: AHHH! -faints----