Author's note: Here it is, prompt and ready like I said it would be. Enjoy! (If you don't know already, different scenes in a chapter are marked by a line of x's)
Kingdom Hearts: Return of the Heartless
Chap. 16 Fire and Rain
Snow White came running to where Sora and Riku were, "What happened? I heard someone screaming."
Sora stood up and turned his head, the tears streaking down his face.
"Well," Riku began, "Kairi was taken by a heartless, and we…" he was going to finish, but then he turned to look at Sora. Sora looked Riku straight in the eye, tears still falling. Riku remembered what would happen and couldn't believe he had almost blabbed it out, "…we don't think we'll ever see her again."
"That's terrible…"
Sora didn't know what to do. If he didn't tell, Snow White would be taken by the queen. But if he did, something horrible would happen to Kairi. He was too worried to think about what would happen to the gummi ship, so they went back to the cottage.
The dwarfs were standing outside, wondering where everybody had gone.
"Where were you?" asked Happy.
"And where's that one pretty girl?" Bashful wondered.
"A heartless took her…" Sora said.
"What's that?" Doc was puzzled.
"Who cares!" barked Grumpy.
"Grumpy, stop that!"
"He's right, just…forget about it….." Sora trudged up the stairs.
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Sora and Riku sat on the beds upstairs with the door to the room closed.
"Sora, what are we going to do?"
"I don't know…"
"What do you think would be the best choice?"
"Look, we can't tell Snow White the queen knows where she is, or something will happen to Kairi…"
"The queen knows I'm here?" Snow White asked after she opened the door. She had secretly been listening.
"Ummm…" Riku knew this was not good.
"Well, is it true?"
Sora looked at her and knew what he had to say, "…Yes, it's true…" tears formed in his eyes again, knowing what he just did.
Outside the thunder roared, lightning striked, and the forest began to catch flame. Sora ran out of the house and saw the cliff from his dream. The queen stood there, holding Kairi by the arm. She looked at Sora with a cold stare. Kairi screamed in terror.
"I warned you!" the queen said, and with that, she let go. Kairi fell.
"Kairi!!!" Sora yelled as he ran trying to save her, but the flames from the trees surrounded him. As the fire closed in, he turned all of the flames into ice with his blizzard attack. Tears stung his eyes as he broke through the ice bit by bit. As soon as he was finished, the air was filled with a thick, dense smoke from the fire, "Kairi!" He ran in the cliff's direction, then it started to rain. The smoke cleared, and Sora was surprised to see that Riku had caught Kairi in the nick of time.
"Fools!" cried the queen, "You dare to mess with me?!?" She took a poisonous potion from her pocket and was prepared to throw it on the ground. But then, a lightning strike from the sky struck the edge of the cliff, making her loose her balance and fall. When she hit the ground, a puff of smoke rose from the earth. She was defeated.
"Kairi, I'm so glad you're all right!" exclaimed Sora as they embraced, "I thought I lost you…"
"Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine. Thanks for catching me, Riku. You
saved my life!"
"No problem. What are friends for?"
"We should probably go back to the ship. Donald and Goofy are still missing," Sora reminded them.
They all waved goodbye as they headed to the forest to find the gummi, which miraculously was still unsinged after the fire.
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On the gummi ship, Sora carefully examined the letter again.
"Where to next?" Kairi asked.
Suddenly, a heartless appeared in the ship, and Riku yelled to them, "Sora! Kairi! Come here quick!" When they cane, the creature spoke.
"Don't hurt me! I have some important news!" it said.
"Like what?" Riku pointed his sword at it.
"No! Don't! I know where your friends are!"
They looked at him in anticipation.
"Well, tell us!" Sora commanded.
"At Hollow Bastion…" then it disappeared.
"Guys," Sora said, "I think we owe Maleficant a little visit….."
Author's note: Hope you liked it. Hollow Bastion is next on the list!!! (Also, Maleficant returns!)