Three
"You could have killed him"
"Yes, but I didn't. The darkness inside his heart is even stronger then I thought it would be" I heard them talk in the hallway. I turned my head towards the door, and listened as well as I could.
"He may even be the one whom the book spoke about. The one person, who will accomplish a great feat of evil, and claim all worlds for darkness" I brought my head up off the pillow, and listened closer.
"Perhaps…"
"I shall train the boy as soon as he is well again"
"Just don't kill him again"
"Don't worry, I'll try not to" Their voices died down, and the door to my room creaked open.
"Ah, you're finally up"
"Felling any better?" I sat up slowly, and nodded my head.
"Yeah, a little. What happened?"
"It was a test"
"A test? Of what?"
"To see if you could handle the darkness. You did a lot better then I thought you would. One day, you could even learn how to control the darkness, I'm sure of it"
"Control the darkness? Why would I want to do that?"
"For power to control all life forms at your will; to be the strongest human in all the universe"
"Thanks; but no. All I want to do, is find my friends, and be back home"
"I'm afraid that's not possible"
"Not possible? What do you mean?!"
"Your little island was overrun with darkness, and to put it simply; it got destroyed" My heart stopped suddenly as I pictured everything be destroyed. My family and friends were still on the island, there's no chance that they could have survived…
"However…two of your friends left the island unharmed" I looked up at Maleficent surprised.
"Sora and Kairi! Where are they? I want to see them as soon as possible!"
"Riku, instead of seeing your friends, why don't you stay here for awhile, and train with us?"
"Stay here and train?! I don't want to!"
"I'm afraid you don't have a choice really"
"What do you mean?!"
"Just like you were thrown into a different world, your friends were as well. At the time being, we have no way of telling just exactly where they are. So you see, you're stuck here until we can find them. Why not train in your spare time?"
"Give me one good reason to, and I'll think about it" I said coldly, and got up and left the room. I walked back into the library, and headed up the stairs to where I was before.
"Riku? May I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure" I said, and tried to cover up my annoyance.
"I didn't want to tell you this just yet; but I know where your friend is"
"You do?! Who is it?"
"The boy, Sora was his name?"
"Where is he? Is he ok?"
"He's in a place called Traverse Town. He's doing fine, in fact, I've heard he's made some new friends"
"That's just like Sora. He makes friends quickly"
"I can take you there if you'd like"
"Of course I would!"
"Good then, follow me" I followed here out of the castle to where the little pond was at that we had passed earlier.
"Now then; close your eyes and do not open them until I say so" I followed her instructions and closed my eyes quickly.
"All right, you can open them" I opened my eyes, and quickly noticed that the scenery had changed quite dramatically. We were now standing in the middle of a street of a little town. The houses and different shops that lined the streets looked almost identical. The people that were walking along the sidewalks had huge smiles on their faces; this was without a doubt the calmest town I've ever been to.
"Now Riku, I must tell you something before you find your friend"
"Yes? What is it?"
"You're friend…he's replaced you with his new friends; he's all butt forgotten you"
"Sora would never replace me, we're best friends!"
"If you don't believe, then find him, and see for yourself" Without saying another word, I turned and left. I wandered down streets, and dark alleys thinking about what she had told me. Was it true, had I really been replaced? No, Sora would never forget about me, we're best friends…
A sign that read Third District on a door appeared before me suddenly. I opened the doors easily, and was shocked to see Sora walking around in the street below. Feeling the joy rise inside me, I quickly ran down the steps to where Sora was.
Just then, some shadow creatures appeared in front of Sora blocking his way of escaping. Thinking fast, I jumped at them, and destroyed them all easily.
"There you are. What's going on?
"Riku!" Sora yelled happily, and started to pull at my mouth kid like.
"Hey, hey cut it out"
"I'm not dreaming this time, right?"
"I hope not. Took forever to find you"
"Riku! Wait a second, where's Kairi?"
"Isn't she with you? Well, don't worry. I'm sure she made it off the island, too. We're finally free…hey, she might even be looking for us now" Just then, something behind me caught Sora's eye; whatever it was, he seemed to be afraid of it.
"We'll al be together again soon. Don't worry. Just leave everything to me, I know this-" With that, Sora jumped behind me, pulling out the same exact object he had in my dreams, instantly killing the shadow creature. I turned around just as he was putting the sword on his shoulders, smiling triumphantly.
"Leave it to who?" He said cockily.
"Sora, what did you-" Before I could finish my sentence, two weird creatures walked out of the shadows and stood behind Sora.
"I've been looking for you and Kairi, too, with their help"
"Who are they?"
"Ahem. My name is-" the shortest of the creatures went to say, but was cut off by Sora.
"We visited so many places and worlds, looking for you"
"Really? Well, what do you know? I never would have guessed"
"Oh, and guess what? Sora's the Keyblade master. Who would've thought it" The tallest creature said.
"What's that mean!" Sora said, turning his back to me. I noticed the Keyblade in his hand, and took it from him, looking at it amazedly.
"So, this is called a Keyblade?" Sora turned back around, and stared at me speechlessly.
"Huh? Hey, give it back!"
"Catch" I threw it at him hoping he would miss it, but to my surprise, he caught it perfectly.
"Ok, so, you're coming with us, right? We've got this awesome rocket. Wait 'til you see it!"
"No, he can't come!" The smaller one said.
"What?!"
"Forget it!"
"Oh, come on! He's my friend!"
"I don't care!" Not wanting to listen to Sora and his new creature friends argue, I walked down a nearby alleyway so I could listen to them.
"He's gone" I heard the taller one say"
"Riku? Nice going. Oh, well. At least he's okay. And who knows? Maybe we'll run into Kairi soon, too" Their voices trailed off as they entered one of the nearby shops. I slipped out of the alleyway, and walked up to the window. Sora and his friends were accompanied by three others. They were talking about something important, I'm sure of it. The glass was too thick, and couldn't listen in on the conversation.
Just then, I heard footsteps behind me, and turned to see maleficent walking towards me. She stood by me to my right, and looked through the window, laughing slightly.
"You see? It's just as I told you. While you toiled away trying to find your dear friend, he quite simply replaced you with some new companions. Evidently, now he values them far more then he does you. You're better off without that wretched boy. Now, think no more of him, and come with me. I'll help you find what you're searching for…"