Me: Okay, everybody, line up!
Everybody: (lines up)
Me: Okay, there are going to be some changes from now on.
Leon: More torture?
Me: That's the first change. Leon, you've gotta shut the hell up.
Leon: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?
Me: It means you're not supposed to be the kind that talks a lot. Now, Sora and Riku.... you two can no longer get into big fights over the simplest things. You're supposed to be... what is that word? Oh yeah, wiser.
Riku: Umm... Sora's too simple minded.
Sora: And Riku turned to the evil side, how is that wise?
Me: I DON'T CARE! GET WISER. (Turns to short paragraphs.) You're gonna have to go.
Short paragraphs: Why?
Me: Cause people like longer paragraphs. Longer paragraphs?
Longer Paragraphs: PRESENT!
Me: You're in. Oh and by the way, Sora, you're gonna have to die.
Sora: WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?????
Me: Sorry, but no one can survive all of those injuries without dying. It wasn't my original plan, but oh well.
Yuffie: That's it! Where the hell did you get the idea to change your entire fucking writing style?
Me: Err.... a little but of 'constructive critisism'.
Riku: (reads review). That's not a piece of constructive critisism! That's a flame!
Kairi: (screams)Somebody, get the fire estinguisher!
Me: Guys, don't worry. It's just critisism. It is my first fic, after all. But it still hurt. A lot. Especially since it was written by one of my most favorite authors. (teardrop).
Aerieth: (sigh) Fine, as long as you don't get rid of us.
Me: Well.....
All: What is that supposed to mean?
Me: My story is just like everyone else's. And digital's and Arrow's. So, you all are going to have to go.
All: WHAT!
Kairi: You can't fire me, I quit! (bursts into tears).
Me: I'm so sorry. (reaches for the delete button).
All: NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Me: (CLICK!)
POOF!
(room is empty except for Britt and her loyal army of dimented french rabbits and skitzofrantic stuffed squirrels)
Me:Well, I guess it's just me and my army now.
Army: (walks off to Wendy's for some food.)
Me: Well, let me just say this. I have a self confidence problem, I've even talked to my math teacher and school guidance lady about it. So, if you have any 'constructive critisisms' to make, make them gentle. It felt like I got scorched from the last one. And I also already finished the first half of the chapter, so I'm not re-writing it. Deal with it! This is Britt saying... bye.
Outside Hollow Bastion
"Does anyone feel that?" Yuffie asked.
"Yeah," Riku said, nodding. "Sora's in there alright. I can feel it."
Leon pushed open the large gates and walked inside. It was very creepy, even creepier then usual. Something had changed. Darkness seemed to be gathering here, creating large pools of evil. It was unseen, but that didn't make it un-feelable.
"Well, no use just standing around here," piped up Mickey. "Let's go inside and see if the Magician's advice is any use."
They walked through the muck and cobblestones to the doors that led into Hollow Bastion. Of course, the doors were locked.
"Idiots," Leon muttered. He pointed his gunblade at the door and fired large balls of fire at it, sending it flying into the hallway. They walked through the singed hole and looked around.
There was something different alright. The hallways that were usually there no longer existed. They had been changed, making it impossible to tell where to go with your eyes. "Which way?" Yuffie asked. As if answering your question, a little voice spoke in their heads. "The left"
"Did anyone else hear that?" Leon asked. They all nodded. All of them knew what was going on, too; their hearts were guiding them.
Meeting Chamber
Oogie Boogie and Malifecent walked into the room, both looking annoyed; Malifecent was mad about the fact that Sora's friends had gotten inside and Oogie Boogie was mad because he hadn't yet finished his torturing.
"How did they know where to come?" Malifecent snapped.
"Gee, I don't know," Ursula said, rolling her eyes. "Could it be because.... all of the heartless are coming here? Nah, that couldn't possibly give it away."
Malifecent glared at her. "Just because you are in danger of becoming a squid soon, does not mean you can jest of my faults.", Malifecent smirked at the look of anger she saw on the sea witches face. She then turned to the others and said, "They can danger our plans. We need to get rid of them."
"No duh," Hook said.
Malifecent chose to ignore him.
"What's the use?" Boogie asked. "He's not giving in! How can we break him without causing enough pain? And if we do that, he'll just drop dead! We can't win! And the King and the kids are getting closer and closer to us, they'll get him out in no time!
Then, an idea hit her. Malifecents grin grew wider, and she stalked to her crystal globe (I can't think of a better name for it!). She tapped it once with her staff and in it glowed a picture of Goofy, Donald, Kairi, Riku, Leon, Yuffie, and King Mickey. "She is the key," Malifecent said, pointing to Kairi.
Hadies looked at his boss with a raised eyebrow. "Have you finally lost it?"
"No you fools!" she snapped. "Get the princesss of Heart! With her, the keybearer will give in to us easily."
The villains' eyes grew wide. "Can we actually do that? Do you think that will work?" Hadies asked.
"Of course it will work!" barked Malifecent.
"But, how are we supposed to get to her? She is too well protected!" Hook cried.
"But if we can seperate them..." she began, tapping the table and showing a map of the castle. "We will be able to capture her easily."
"Where shall we put them all?" Jafar asked.
"Well.... it would be best if we put them in different towers."
"No!" Ursala spat. "If they can follow the boy's heart, then it will only be a matter of time before they get here anyway!"
"Then where do you suggest we put them?"
Ursala grinned. "Mystic rooms." They all smiled. Everyone knew what mystic rooms were. They were deep chambers where darkness dwelled, feeding off of a person's deepest fears and trapping them away from the light.
"Someone will need to get there and say the incantations." Hook said.
"I'll do that," Hadies said. "I havn't gotten to torture the kid yet, you could at least let me have a little fun."
"Whatever," Malifecent murmered. "Just hurry it up." With that, Hadies burst into flamed and dissapeared.
Wandering the Hallways of Hollow Bastion
They wern't sure how long they had been walking for. All they knew was that they were taking a big gamble. They could feel their hearts pumping faster and faster, pulling them in the right direction.
They rounded another corner, and things started to grow dark. The walls faded from view, and they couldn't see a thing!
"What the hell is going on?" Leon yelled. "Is this a new trap or something?"
"You wish." A blueish light cam from ahead, lighting up there vision; Hadies was here.
(Okay people, I'm going to have to have to type the rest of this dumb chapter later. My mind has gone completely blank. BYE!)
( Next Day: MAJOR BRAIN BLAST! NO MORE WRITERS BLOCK! I CAN TYPE! I'M FREE! NOW IT GETS GOOD, PEOPLE! READ, AND DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!)
"Where the hell is Sora?" Leon roared. "What have you done to him?"
"Well..." Hadies began, getting an evil look on his face. "Everbody else is being unfair. They all got their chances to torture him, and I havn't had my turn yet!"
Hadies laughed when he saw all of their faces drain of color.
"What do you think you'll accomplish by torturing Sora?" King Mickey declared. "His heart is way too strong for you!"
"Well, no duh," Hadies said. "We've already figured out that he's gone past the point where he actually cares if he dies or not. No, we've come up with a new plan..." He fixed his blazing eyes on Kiari and her eyes widened. It was then that the others figured out what the new plans were. They formed a tight circle around Kairi, holding up their weapons.
"If you think that you're seperating us, then you must be out of your mind!" Donald quacked.
"Yeah, you can't break through our rust!" Goofy added.
Hadies raised an eyebrow. "Don't you mean trust?"
"Yeah, what did I say?"
"Rust."
"What 'bout the dust?"
The flames on Hadies grew as did his anger. "TRUST!" he yelled. "I cannot break your TRUST!"
Yuffie smirked. "You've got that right."
It took a few moments for Hadies to realize what he had just said, and then anger was etched on every feature of his face. "Oh yeah, that's real funny... YOU'RE GOING DOWN! DARKNESS WILL HAVE ITS WAY WITH YOU!" (from now on, this is my new writing style.)
His body began to glow black as he muttered the incantation "Mosouyi cappai.... mosouyi cappai... mosouyi cappai..." The ground began to shake and tremble. Bolts of lightning erupted from the skys and sparkled along the ground and staying there. It began to spin quiclky around them all, enfusing them with darkess. "Mosouyi cappai..... mosouyi cappai...." Bolts erupted from the ground, seperating the heroes.
"Somebdy, get to Hadies!" King mickey yelled. "Break his concentration!" But no matter how hard they tried, it was no use; whenever they cast a spell at the God of the Underworld, a bolt of lightning erupted and blocked the attack. The bolts soon formed cages around them, trapping them in. That is, everyone except for Kairi. She desperately tried to break the bars, but they were indestructable; nothing could get them out! They soon began to slowly sink beneath the ground, dragging the prisoners with them. Hadies continued to chant.
Kairi screamed as she watched them dissapear beneath the shadows, all locked away. There was a flash of dark, black energy and then.... there was not a trace of any left. Hadies grinned demonically at the princess of heart, who looked scared out of her mind. "Wh-what have you done to them?" Kairi stuttered, trying and failing to look brave.
Hadies just laughed. "Well, if you must know, they're in spirit rooms. They're not getting out, and they'll be left there to rot!" Kairi's eyes grew in fear, and Hadies just laughed. Kairi threw blizzard spells at him like mad, but he just melted them away easily with his fire. One fire attack got her in the shoulder and she cried out in pain. "Now, you can come quietly or by force, it really dosn't matter to me." Kairi didn't chhose either.... she just ran like hell! "Tsk, tsk...." Hadies murmered. "Teenagers, always doing things the hard way." He snapped his fingers and several large heartless. Kairi wasn't that good of a runner to begin with, so it wasn't much of a challenge. They grabbed her and brought her back to Hadies.
"Let me go! Let me go right now!" Kairi yelled, kicking at them and struggling against them.
Hadies smirked again. He forced her face uo to his and said in a low hiss, "You can have your time of deffiance in a bit. Right now, it's time to meet the end of your life." And they dragged her down the hallway.
Torture Chamber
The other villains were trying their best to wake up the keybearer, who had passed out from the loss of blood. They also had to heal his tongue, so he could actually speak. (There, are you happy, Digital?) But nothing was working.
"Come on, we can think up of plans for world domination, we can sure as hell wake up a teenager!" Hook snapped.
"Do you know what teenagers are like?" Ursula asked. "They're dead lazy. Especially those who have lost several pounds in flesh and blood." The others nodded in agreement.
"So, what do we do?" Oogie Boogie asked. "We've tried freezing cold water, lightining, fire, daggers.... what else is there to try?"
"No wonder we havn't been able to wake him up!" Hook roared. "That will just make him lose more blood! I have a better idea.... something that can torture anyone." He then pulled the Backstreet Boys from the closet (o.O), and put them next to Sora. And then, they started to sing 'Quit playing games with my heart' extremely loudly, Hook joining in.
Sora's eyes popped open in a second. "Ahhh!" He screamed. Well, more like whispered. His neck wound kept him from yelling at the top of his lungs. "Take it away! The torture! Make them stop!" Jafar, also getting annoyed by the singing, threw a fire spell at them, and blew them to smitherines. Sora gasped. "You can't hate me that much..."
"Please don't do that again," Ursula said, massaging her poor ears (Serves you right, you bitch!). "You must have forgotten that that affects all of us!" Hook was quite happy, since he had come prepared with earplugs. He just grinned, and removed them from his eyes, making the others glare at him with jealousy.
"So, are you all going to get me at once now?" Sora asked. He didn't sound scared at all; just worn out and defeated. He felt so tired, just wanting to close his eyes and go to a place where he could forget all of the pain. But Sora knew what that fate was.... it was death. Not that he cared, really. He just didn't want them to see him die, not wanting them to know what they had had the honor of doing. But yet, he could still feel his life slowly ebbing away from him, no matter how much he wanted to deny it.
"No, actually, we had something else in mind." Everyone tuned to look at the door, seeing Hadies standing there, a triumphant grin on his face. His partners only smiled evilly in return, while Sora just frowned in confusion. Hadies stepped into the room, several heartless following him. But the heartless were not what surprised him; it was the girl that they had brought with them.
"KAIRI!"
Mystic Room
Their cages floated around in the cold, black and gray darkness, lightning flashing everynow and then. White shadows swirled around the room, moaning softly. They sometimes passed right through the humans, causing them to shiver from the extremly cold feeling it gave them.
"What is this place?" Yuffie asked, her teeth chattering. Another shadow had just passed through her. Leon desperately wanted to go and comfort her. She was not dressed in warm clothes like they were, and looked like she was going numb all over.
"Don't worry, Yuffie" King mickey said in the most cheerful voice he could muster. "We'll get out of here, one way or the other."
Riku just rolled his eyes. "Okay, we're trapped in an alternate universe surrounded by darkness and dead spirits. And you still think we'll survive? And I'm sure that they have Kairi by now, and Sora will do anything to stop us from getting hurt. He'll give in in a second." King mickey fell silent, thinking. Riku's is right.... wow, have I ever heard those two words used in the same sentance? Well, we do seem to be in another dimension, but he brought us here when we were in the castle.
"Wait a minute, if...." he was cut off by another spirit passing through him. He opened his mouth to say what his plans were, but was cut off by another spirit. And another, and another, and another.
The others looked over at him. "Your majesty...." Donald began. But the spirits kept at him, almost as if they wanted to stop him from saying something. The mouse's breath came out in thick, white wisps as more ghosts passed through him "Hey, leave him alone!" Goofy yelled, but nothing worked. In another moment or so, the king fell limp from the cold and fainted against the bars. "King Mickey!" Donald yelled.
"What did they do that for?" Riku asked. "What the hell is going on here?"
"I know what it is," Leon said. "He wanted to tell us something, how to get out of here. But the spirits went and took him out. We're on our own now." Leon cused under his breath, and fell silent.
"GOD DAMN IT!" Riku screamed. "How the bloody hell can we save those two if we don't even know where they are?" The only response he got was another spirit whooshing through him. "What are these things, anyway?" he asked.
"The king said that all worlds have these spirit rooms," Donals told them. "When the heartless take a persons heart, this is where the rest of the soul goes."
"Gawrsh," Goofy said. ''There sure are a lot of spirits for Hollow Bastion! I wonder where they could possibly fit such a big room." His teeth began to chatter as two souls passed through him once.
"Hold on..." Yuffie began. "If these are the souls of people who have lost their hearts, then why are they attacking us? Don't they know we're the good guys?" There was a moment of silence until an idea hit Riku as fast as the bolts of lightning that rained down from the sky.
"We're giving up!" he exclaimed. They raised their eyebrows at him. "Hadies said something like 'darkness will have its way with you', and the way darkness got into my heart was when I gave up. These souls, they must sence the darkness! That's why they're coming at us, because they think we are some sort of heartless!"
"Then why did they stop King Mickey from telling us how to get out of here?" Donald asked.
Riku thought for a moment, before saying "Maybe they just thought if we were stopped from getting out, then they could spare others from the same fate as them!" I'm a god damn genius.
"That makes sence and all...." Donald said, "But how do we get out?"
"Maybe they can help us," Riku said, motioning his hands torwards the spirits. "Just let them know we good, don't let the darkness in."
Yuffie cleared her throat, and then shouted "Hey, spirit-ghostie-thingys! We are friends! Help us out of here!"
Donald rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah, that'll really work," Donald said with much sarcasim. "Then we'll all join hands and start singing 'koom-by-ya'!"
"Do you think so?" Yuffie asked excitedly. "NO!" Everbody else shouted in unsion. She pouted.
"Alright, we're not getting anywhere!" Riku snapped. "I've got a plan." The others were desperate enough to listen to anything, even Riku. "Well, we know that since we can obviously detect Sora's heart with ours, there must be some trace of it left." The others nodded, even though they didn't completely understand it. "So all we have to do is find it inside of us, maybe it will get rid of the darkness."
"How the hell can we find a heart when we can't even see it?" Leon asked.
"You don't have to see it, silly," Yuffie said, shutting her eyes. "You have to feel it." They all shut their eyes and just sat in silence, the occasional shudder as a shadow passed through them. They thought of Sora, his goofy grin, his stubborness, his 'I can do it too' attitude. Then they all felt it. A wave of warmth, sweeping through their bodies, coming from their hearts and leaving a tingling sensation in its wake. They thought back to Destiny Islands, the sparring matches, late talks into the night, water gun wars.... Another wave of warmth spread through them, heating them up from the inside and pushing out the darkness.The shadows had stopped going through them, and were now spinning it tight circles around them, going very slowly. How they had fought and always made up, they had sliced and diced their way through countless heartless just to save their friends, never giving up.... Sora... The shadows swirled around faster and faster. The coldness had completely left them and was replaced by a comforting heat.
They opened their eyes to see the lightning had stopped, and the blackness was replaced by a bright light. The shadows spun around them, and a portal opened up above them. As they drifted up, they could have sworn the shadows, as one, whispered "Good luck.... the heroes of our time...."
The cages had finally been lifted through the floor, revealing a dingy corridor. The bars of their prison dissolved in a mist of sparkles, allowing them to stand. Their hearts seemed to be pulling them forward.
"Alrighty then...." Yuffie said.
Riku had a determined look on his face. "He's in there," Riku said. "And now it's time to find him." They ran through the hallway, torwards a door that was seeping of darkness. Sora, here we come.
Torture place (Play 'Taking Me Over' by Evanescance if you have it)
"Kairi!" Sora cried. Oh no, she can't be here! Those god damned bastards! How dare.... when I get out of here.... I'm going to kill them! Kairi... "Kairi! Run! Get out of here! You have to leave! Now!"
But she was glued to the spot, seing her frined chained up and bloody. "What have they done to you?" she whispered fearfully. She could barely recognize him. If she had eaten anything during the day, she would have thrown up.
Sora turned to the torture crew. "You bastards," he hissed, "let her go!" he coughed, spitting up more blood. He was so dizzy from blood loss and horror.
"Now, now Sora, don't lose your temper," Malificent sneered. The others cackled evilly.
"You bitch!" Kairi yelled. "Let Sora go!" Everyones jaws dropped.
"Are princesess' allowed to swear?" Jafar asked. They just shrugged their shoulders.
"What do you want with Kairi?" Sora asked in a low voice, already knowing the answer.
Malifecent raised an eyebrow. "Well, since you are no longer able to obtain anymore injuries without dying, we thought we would use her as our next punching bag...." She laughed as Sora's eyes grew in fear. "Unless, you give into us. Then, maybe, we will spare her."
"Sora!'' Kairi yelled, still struggling to get away from her captors. "Don't give in! Don't let them take you!"
Oogie Boogie laughed. "It's you choice, kid," he said to Sora. "You can join us, or have your little girlfrined put through a painful death. Take your time to decide, we're in no rush." They laughed.
"Sora!"
"Kairi, I can't let you be hurt," Sora said sadly, hardly beleiving what he was going to do. Malifecent's evil grin grew.
"Yes you can! Don't worry I'll be fine!"
"I need to protect you...." Sora began.
"Well, who's it going to be?" Jafar asked. "You, or Kairi?"
"How about neither," a voice said from the doorway. They all whipped around to see.... the easter bunnny? Nah, it was Yuffie, Leon, a now awoken King Mickey., Donald, Goofy, and Riku.
"How.... how did you get out of there?" Hadies roared. "It's impossible! Darkness should have taken you!"
King Mickey smirked (can a mouse smirk? o.O). "You seem to have overlooked the fact that we don't have just one heart.... we have more inside." And they charged.
Spells and attacks went through the air, but it really wasn't a challenge; the villains were way outmatched. "Get to the celler!" Malifecent shouted. But they wer'nt making it easy for her. They kept them back from escape, wanting to kill every last one.
"Guys!" Kairi shouted. "Sora!" They looked over to see Sora hanging limply from his chains. At the moment of diversion, the enemy fled.
Everybody, those who are good anyways, rushed to Sora's side. Leon cut his chains and Sora fell, not moving. They turned him over and Sora looked into the faces of his friends one last time. "Glad you could make it," he said. He knew he was dying, eyes begging for eternal slumber.
"Sora, don't give in yet!" Kairi yelled. "Somebody, heal him!" Donald was already attempting a healing spell, but, in his panic, he was fumbling. It didn't really matter, as Sora's chest slowed down.
"Thanks," Sora whispered, "for always being there." He closed his eyes and, after all of the fighting, it had finally come to an end. His heart stopped beating, and he let out his last breath; he was dead.
End Chapter
Me: Done! Did you like it?
Riku: No.
Me: Well, that's too ba.... wait a second.... WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GUYS COME FROM???? I DELETED YOU!
Kairi: We're in your head, you can't delete us!
Yuffie: Yeah, and why have you suddenly let other people tell you how to write?
Leon: Get her!
Me: EEEPP!
(ties me down to a chair with chains.)
Riku: You're not going anywhere.
King Mickey: It's time to get some priorities set straight (pulls out keyblade).
Me: (gulp) This may take a while. Just review, and this is not the last chapter. must try to get away. (Stands up, with the chair still chained to her and runs).
All: GET BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: READ AND REVIEW!