6H:Hey all! I'm back with chapter 11!

Anaretsu: oh darn.

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Kingdom Hearts-Shattered Fragments

Fragment 11-Lady Chain's Sceme and Mr.Wickette's Flying Machine

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Up in high in the castle, a tall women walked back and forth. She had wavy blonde hair that hung around her shoulders and black eyes. Her lips were ruby red. The clicking of her black high heels echoed throughout the room she was in, and she wore grey tights. Her black dress was simple-it had a high neckline and the sleeves were made of a sheer grey material. From her right shoulder hung one sliver chain that hung to her knees, which she loved to twirl and swing. Her slender hands with their long graceful fingers were covered with elegant black gloves that were tight around her hands, but lose at her wrists. This was Lady Chain, and she absolutly delighted in being evil and torturing others.

"Oh, what plot that has unfolded here..."she said. Her four bat servants stood along the one wall, cowering in fear. They were like evil versions of the village people- they wore black and grey, and their wings had holes in them, although it didn't impead their flight.

"My lady...um..."the one trembled. "Are you sure that these brainless won't betray us and...uh..." Lady Chain glared at him.

"First of all, they are HEARTLESS, not 'brainless.' And of course they won't turn on us." she reassured the trembling servants. She continued her delightful pacing as she thought of the rewards of her conquest. "This whole world will be under my control. And think-if we join those other fools, then we can gain control of other worlds as well." she said, invisioning her self on the throne of all the worlds.

"But, my lady...don't the heartless destroy worlds?"asked another servant. Lady Chain glared at him.

"Of course not! Not unless I comand it!" she said, grabbing the chain that hung from her shoulder and moving her hands down it as one might do to a strand of hair. "Yes yes...there is nothing to worry about, fools." she said. She turned on her heel and briskly walked to a nearby balcony across the room that overlooked the town. She sat herself on the railing and looked out at them, crossing her legs and putting a devious smirk on her face. "Soon this will all be mine and I will have all power. Hmm...it's so exciting!" she said, looking at the moon behind her castle. "And those fools will follow my orders no matter what." One servant proceeded onto the blacony. His now sensitive, bloodshot eyes could barly stand the light of the moon now, so he stayed in the shadows casted by the building.

"My lady, what about that brat who tried to break in?"

"Didn't the guards say he was dead?" she asked, stroking her chain lovingly and huffly trying to blow off such a trivial matter.

"Do you honestly believe they spoke the truth? I didn't see any blood on their weapons." Lady Chain stopped playing with her chain and clenched her hands into fists.

"Idiots!" she said, enraged but not exactly yelling. "Those fools think they can outsmart me, do they? Feed them to the heartless. I have no use for liars." She said, waving away the servant while she looked at the town. The servant bowed and walked back into the dark castle. She smirked at the unsupecting village.

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"I knew it." one of them said, enraged. "That runt from that tiny world has no right to call herself one of us."

"Maybesheshould beeliminated?" asked one in a sneering voice. Malificent stepped forward to the glowing orb which had showed them Lady Chain's entire conversation.

"Hold it. She is still useful to us. Once she kills the heartblade master and her friends, then we can get rid of her. Until then, we'll just sit back and watch."

"That's great idea. Before you know it, she'll be using the heartless against us!" bellowed another. Malificent held up her one hand to silence the angry villans.

"Please! We forget the fact that the keyblade master is not with the heartblade master. That means that the world can still be ours until we find the keyhole. Lady Chain won't know what hit her." she smirked.

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Kai lead the group to a house off the main street. He burst through the door, calling for the person who lived there.

"Mr. Wickette! Mr. Wickette! Are you here!" he called, running into the open garage door. The trio followed, walking into the workshop. Random tools hung from the walls of the cramped room-it wasn't a very big workspace. In the center was a strange contraption that looked like a wooden basket. Suddenly from underneath it rolled out an old man. He had on thick glasses and had a long grey, fuzzy beard.

"What do you want, boy?" the old man asked, wiping oil off the leather apron he wore.

"Mr. Wickette, look! I found these three outside the walls after I got away from the soliders!" Kai exclaimed in one breath.

"Boy, did you try to get into the castle again?" Mr. Wickette yelled, wacking Kai over the head. "Your parents told me to watch out for you, not to get ya dead, you hear!"

"Sorry, but I-"

"No buts!" Mr. Wickette said again, giving Kai another good wack. "Now go upstairs and get some tea for our guests! Bring it to the library. I'll be up shortly."

"Yes, Mr. Wickette." Kai said, walking up the stairs beyond a door. The old man sighed as he hung the apron up on a peg and took off the thick gloves, revealing his clawed hands. Cedeile looked at the stairs where Kai had once been.

"Kai's parents aren't around anymore?" she asked. The old man shook his head.

"I'm afraid not. I was friends with them long before the tike was born. They were great people, alright. Don't find to many of them around Nightville no more." he said, heading for the stairs. Cedeile and the others followed him up the rickity stairs to the living space above and into the library, where there were thousands of books up to the ceiling some twenty feet above them. A small spiral staircase led up to a loft where the sleeping quaters were. A small kitchen was tucked in a corner. They entered the library, which had two doorways leading to the hall with the stairs and one leading to some other room. Still, Mr. Wickette lowered his voice so not as to attact Kai's attension.

"What happened to them?" Aru asked queitly.

"One day before the kid could even crawl, they just said they had to leave. No reason why or word if they would return, just that they had to go. They told me to take care of the little bugger, so I have." Cedeile walked along the walls, looking at all the books that were written in some other language.

"So you're like his uncle or something, right?" Ryosuke said.

"Nope. Kai has no other relatives."

"Figures. Typical orphan story." Ryosuke leaned back into the couch he sat on, a mused look on his face.

"Come on Ryosuke. Be nice about it." Cedeile persued, running her hand over the books. Suddenly, her hand knocked into something, that fell over. Cedeile turned back to the shelf to find a picture frame face down. "Whoops." She picked up the frame, looking at the picture inside. Kai entered the room and she quickly set it back down and turned, giving the "I'm not doing anything" look.

"I brought the tea, Mr. Wickette." he said, placing the tray on the small table between the two couches. Cedeile sat down next to Ryosuke.

"So" he began out of the silence. "What's up with this Lady Chain we've been hearing about?"

"She lives in the castle over there. The one in front of the moon. Since it it right in front of the moon, the face of the castle is always in shadow, as well as the grounds. Lady Chain has always lived with us, locked up in that Castle to do as she pleased, but now..." Kai trailed off, looking at the floor.

"Now she intends to overtake this world." Mr. Wickette continued. "Some foul demons called heartless came here one day and ever since Lady Chain has declared herself the queen and we have to do what she says."

"That really sucks." Cedeile remarked.

"That's why I was trying to get in there. If I can stop Lady Chain, the village would-"

"Kai, get me some more sugar. But get the special sugar." Mr. Wickette cut in, handing Kai his cup. He sighed as he went into the kitchen, in search of this 'special sugar.' "Yes, Kai a brave one alright. The other villagers are to afraid to stand up to Lady Chain, so whenever Kai tries to stop her, they become hateful towards him. He just always wants to do the right thing, even if everyone else ends up hating him in the end." The old man sighed.

"Well, why don't we go to the castle and stop Lady Chain."

"Yes yes...WHAT?"

"Yeah, I mean, if everyone else is too scared, then the three of us will just go and beat the crap out of her and then you guys will be safe." Cedeile explained.

"Sounds better than sitting here." Ryosuke agreed, streching his arms out behind his head. Aru nodded.

"And then we can find those fragments." she added.

"You can't take on Lady Chain! Are you nuts? The heartless would eat you kids alive first!" the old man screamed in a panic.

"Hey old man, relax. "Ryosuke said in a layed back attitude. "We have weapons and all. I'm an experinced framgent hunter, Aru knows magic and Cedeile has the heartblade. How tough can they be? We've beaten whole hordes of them before."

"You kids are crazy. You think your toys will stand up to-" Cedeile summoned the heartblade.

"You mean this doesn't stand a chance?" she said, practically shoving the thing in his face. He exaimed it for a few seconds.

"Maybe...just maybe you can..." Kai came back in the room.

"By the way, Mr. Wickettem how is your flying machine coming?" he asked.

"Flying machine?" Aru questioned.

"But you guys have wings. You don't need a flying machine." Cedeile said, confused.

"Ah, but this is a magic flying machine." Mr. Wickette said, standing up and walking over to a book on the shelf. The others followed as he layed it out on a table. "You see, many rumors say that prisoners have tried to escape from Moonlight Castle."

"That's where Lady Chain lives, right?"

"Exactly. You can get in the castle, but getting out is impossible-there's a barrier around it. I am going to build a flying machine to save the prisoners from the castle. You saw it downstairs, I believe."

"Wait a mintue! That wood pile is your flying machine? It'll never fly!"

"Not without the wings I still have to put on." Cedeile shook her head in disbeleif.

"And besides, the other reason for the machine is to go to other worlds." Kai explained. "Mr. Wickette and I want to travel to other worlds that have neverending night like our world, and maybe visit some worlds that have daylight."

"Nightville isn't what it used to be." Mr Wickette sighed. "So maybe we'll go to live in one of these others worlds. That way we can have a better life than here."

"Sounds like a nice dream to have." Cedeile said. "My friends and I were trying to get to other worlds before our island was destoryed."

"Yes, I can tell you weren't from this world. So you all come from another world."

"Actually, we don't even come from the same world." Ryosuke anwsered. "I'm from-"

"It doesn't matter where you come from. Right now, we gotta get into Moonlight Castle." Kai interupted.

"He's right, Ryosuke."Cedeile agreed. Aru nodded.

"I guess I can't stop you kids. Well, then good luck. And don't get yourselves killed, okay?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Wickette. We'll all come back." Kai promised. They walked out of the library and snuck out of the house, going up the main street and to the castle in the moonlight.

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6H:Wow. That was a long chapter. Well, see you in the next chapter, and don't forget to vote for either Tifa or Rinoa!