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Kingdom Hearts-Shattered Fragments
Fragment 54- The Power of 36
"It end's here, heartblade master!" Mindy said as the giant arm crushed Cedeile. The room shook for a moment, and when it died down, the heartless fiend stayed in suspended animation. Mindy laughed. "At last. Now that she's lost, I get to take all of her fragments..." she walked forward to where the crushed form of Cedeile layed under the hand. She bent down, looking for any sign on the glass shards. "What-?"
"Above you!" She looked up to the ceiling. There was Cedeile, crouched on the edge of a small ledge of crown molding near the ceiling. "Who's god now?" she taunted. Mindy gritted her teeth in frustration.
"My beast-attack her! Show her who's controlling god's hands!"
"I don't believe His hands are yours to control, little girl." Cedeile said, jumping from her perch. She forced the sword into the very core of the being. A great light exploded and she was forced back. She wipped out her heartblade and purified the creature. It shierked as it tried to hold onto exisitance, but failed miserably. A pure red and gold heart appeared through the darkness as the doll house fell harmlessly on the floor. The heart flew away and disappeared. Cedeile smiled briefly as it went, but then turned back to Mindy. "Alright, Mindy! You're defeated, so hand over the fragments!" Mindy stepped away, clutching her wrists. "I tried the nice way, but now I'll just do it the hard way!" She made a huge slash with the sword, and the light flew towards her. She blocked with her magic hands.
"You have not yet won!" Mindy yelled.
"Geez." Cedeile said, rolling her eyes to the ceiling. "You certainly are stubborn and persistant, aren't you?"
Back on the other side of the room, the villagers had not yet suceeded in freeing Aru. She sat in the dark orb, watching their efforts.
"I don't think it's going to work, Ryu. Sorry..." she said.
"We tried..." he told her. She nodded.
"I have one last idea." she placed her hands on the orb and closed her eyes, concentrating. Ryu wasn't sure wat she was doing at first, but light began to orginize itself in her hands. It continued to grow, small and beautiful, until it was too much for the darkness and it gave way. She fell to the floor as soon as it broke. "Phew...it worked." The villagers gathered around her.
"Nice work, Aru!" they both looked over to where Cedeile and Mindy were fighting. "They're still at it, huh?"
"I may have and idea, but we'll need the fragments infused in your sword." Aru said.
"But then Cedeile will lose that power!"
"I know, but it will be sacrificed for a greater cause. Just trust me, Ryu. I don't know how I learned this technique, but I know it will work." Ryu nodded.
"Cedeile!" he yelled. "Throw Aru my sword! Do it now!" Cedeile blocked one of Mindy's magic hands with the mentioned blade.
"Are you crazy?" she asked. "I'll get killed!"
"No you won't, stupid! Now give Aru my blade now!" Cedeile rolled her eyes and jumped away from Mindy. She hurled the blade towards Aru.
"There you go!" she called, wipping out the heartblade. Aru caught the sword with ease and pulled the fragments out of it with magic.
"Ryu, hand me the other fragments as well." Ryu complied, handed the now tiny bottle. After a few moment's in Aru's hand, they grew back to normal size. Everyone gawked, but Aru knew what she had to do. She requested a piece of chalk from the villagers, and they found one in Mindy's trunk. On the floor, Aru drew a huge, 12 pointed figure in a circle. Ryu looked at it in question. The others watched in wonder. Then Aru took the fragments and placed three at each point.
"What is that thing?"
"It's called a double hexagram. A hexagram is one star made out of a six sided figure, and a double one has twelve points instead of six. This type of magic works best with groups of amulets-or in our case, fragments- that are divisable by 12 and six. I place three fragments at each point on the double hexagram and let them exchange power with each other through the lines of the figure. When the time it right, Cedeile will use the heartblade to break the seal placed over the power and all the energy will launch at whatever target Cedeile desires." Aru explained to them all. The villagers 'oohed' and 'ahhed' in amazement, while Ryu remained silent, observeing the seal. "Because of your small mass, the powers in this circle may crush you if you get too close. I'd advise you all to move far away from this." Ryu nodded.
"Good luck Aru."
"It's not up to me. It will rely on the strength of Cedeile's heart..." Ryu turned, helping the villagers get away. They all crowded against the wall, hoping they were a safe distance. Aru stood up and exited the circle. The fragments at each point began to light up the lines of the hexagram and move to the other points, transfering their power. "Cedeile! Come here, over by me!" she called. Cedeile looked over to her.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"I'll tell you when you come over here!" Cedeile dashed to her, leaping over the circle to join her.
"Hey, what's this? It's pretty cool looking!" she commented.
"Cedeile, there isn't much time! Listen to me! Within that circle is a double hexagram spell being activated by the fragments. You have to release the seal on the power within that circle and blast Mindy with it. She's been infused with a dark power, and this will hopefully knock it out of her."
"What makes you so sure?"
"When Ryu infused his sword with the fragments before, the blade emmited light when used. It must be some sort of purifiying magic-but different from yours. I'm not completely sure about it all, but I know that we need to get the evil out of Mindy's heart before it completely takes her!" The two girls looked over to where Mindy stood. It appeared she was powering up, for darkness was flaming around her. Her hair blew up gently, and her eyes glowed red with fury. Her hands were clenched into fists. Aru turned back to Cedeile. "Slam your heartblade down onto it! It'll work." Cedeile nodded, moving to the center of the circle and spreading her feet apart. She watched as the darkness around Mindy spread to engulf hallf of the room. It seemed that the dollhouse was partially fueling the fire, as an evil aura was flooding out of it as well. Cedeile raised the heartblade above her head. Power zapped light electricity through the lines of the circle, travelling from point to point. Cedeile watched as Mindy walked forward, darkness spread as she advanced.
"Cedeile!"
"What are you waiting for?" Cedeile closed her eyes, blocking out everything but her and the darkness in front of her. All fell silent for a moment. In her mind, she saw the dream from last night again replay in her mind. She saw all the people from her journey flash by her vision, and that last boy in the background come into view for a moment and then disappear. Her eyes snapped open.
"NOW!" She brought down the heartblade and hit the seal. It burst open, sending a great amount of light at the possessed girl. She shielded herself, but the blast got through the magic hands and hit dead on, killing off all the darkness. A ghostly figure was forced out of the girl as screamed as it was disintgrated in the light. Mindy fell to the ground, her clothes changing to white and pink. The light faded and the circle on the gorund disappeared.
Cedeile picked up the doll house as all the villagers gathered around her. She looked inside of it, exaiming every room.
'What a shame. A toy for a lonely child to be used for such evil...' she looked down at all the villagers. "Everyone watch your heads!" she instructed cheerfully. She threw the house down on the floor, smashing it into pieces. Two fragments popped out of it and landed on the floor. Aru picked them up.
"Look, they have some more of those lines in on them." she said.
"Maybe we're close to completeing the picture." Cedeile said.
"Hey, Cedeile!" Ryu called. She looked down. "Could you help us out?"
"Sure, Ryu." She ran back a few feet to make sure she got everyone in one shot. "Stand still and let yourself be hit by the light, okay?" she told them. She zapped them with a small blast of purifing light. When the light cleared, they each popped up one by one, to their full original size. The miners, the preacher, the old lady, the woman with the baby, Risa, the others, and finally Ryu. Cedeile and Aru ran to him, practically tackling him to the ground.
"Are you okay, Ryu?" Aru asked when they released him.
"Yeah. I'm just glad to be back to my normal size!"
"So, what did she do to you?" Cedeile asked curiously. He scratched the back of his head.
"She tried to get me married!" he admitted.
"WHAT?" the two girls exclaimed.
"Nevermind, it's old stuff! Let's just head down to the village and return these people to their families, okay?"
"Sounds good. I'm sick of this castle anyways." Cedeile said, about to leave.
"Hey, you're forgetting something." Aru told her.
"Wha?" Cedeile asked, turning. That's when she saw Mindy, getting up off the floor. The little girl was alone now, and free of the evil that had controlled her. Cedeile walked over to her."Hey kid-you alright?" she asked her. Mindy looked up at her.
"That doll house the hooded man gave me...it was evil ,wasn't it?" she asked. Cedeile nodded.
"Yeah..."
"What did you do with it?" she asked. Cedeile pointed over to the smashed remains on the floor. "Oh..."
"It sucks to lose your family." Cedeile said. "My brother died a long time ago, when he was just little. He'd be about tweleve now, if it wasn't for me..." Mindy looked up at her, and then got to her feet.
"I want you to have these." she said, holding a closed hand up to her. She opened it to reveal the fragments. Cedeile took them.
"Maybe one day you'll have a family again." Cedeile said. Mindy looked at her for awhile, then slowly smiled.
"Maybe." Cedeile nodded and turned, walking to where Aru and Ryu waited for her.
The ever faithful trio led the captives back to the village, where they all reunited with their families joyfully. Cedeile, Ryu, and Aru smiled at the sight of all the families being back together.
"I have to say, it was kind of lonely without you guys around." Ryu said as a the cool evening wind blew by.
"Well, it wasn't really the same without you either." Aru told him. Cedeile turned back to them.
"So guys...I guess this is our cue to leave?"
"What about the keyhole?"
"Already taken care of!" she said. The two looked at her, confused.
"When?"
"Remember were Aru drew the seal? Well, it was right under that! When I released the seal, the keyhole became purified. And I figured that all out on my own! What do you guys think of my smartness now?" she boasted proudly.
"I think..." Ryu said, hopping off the fence he was sitting on. He grabbed Cedeile in a headlock. "...that you should work on your math!" he joked. She grabbed on his arm.
"Hey, let me go, Ryu! This is no fun! Come on!" she whined. Aru laughed at the sight.
6H: Okay, not too long of a chapter. But it was still pretty good, huh?
Anaretsu: Whatever...
6H:Forget you. Now, I will try reverse psychology on you all! If you hated my story, don't leave me a review! Let's see if that works.
Anaretsu: Feh.
