Chapter 3
"Well, she looks okay, even if she didn't act okay," Aeirth said, not noticing that Kaden was completely ignoring her. "She should be fine in a couple of days."
Kaden was busy looking through his book, trying to find something or someone that even remotely resembled her. There wasn't even anything about any "Fire Dragon" or her magic cards.
"Its just so weird. I feel like I remember her, from long ago, but everyone that was on my home world was recorded in this book, with a brief description of them, and she isn't in here," Kaden said.
"How does all that fit in that little book? Or was your world a small one?" joked Yuffie.
"I told you already, I can't remember. If I had any memory of my past, then we wouldn't be in this mess. I would remember her, and get her back to where she came from," said Kaden defensively.
"Shh, she's coming to..." Aeirth said.
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It seemed to be a council, a meeting of three people. One was a woman looking to be in the mid twenties, dressed in a long dark purple dress. Her raven-black hair was pulled up in a bun. Her grayish purple eyes were cold and shone with great intelligence. On her right was a middle aged man, dressed like a pretty much normal guy, wearing a sweater and slacks, with a long jacket. His pants were black and his jacket was a midnight blue, his sweater a navy blue. His eyes were a bright blue, and shone with confidence. Next to him was a person in a black cloak, and all she could see of them was their blood red eyes, seemingly glowing.
"I see the plan is going as expected..."
"Yes. The Dragon had divided, and we haven't located it's four parts. But we suspect two of them might be in Traverse Town. Jastice is working on finding the others."
"Remind me again, what is this "Dragon"?"
"The Dragon is a immortal life form, with a twisted personality. Certain centuries it will be a symbol of good, and others it will be bent on destroying everything. Years ago, mages from several worlds gathered together to try to seal the Dragon. But the experiment failed, and we lost many valued mages. Every time space and time are influenced by someone, the Dragon will split into four jewels, one for each main element: Water, Fire, Lightning or Light, and Darkness. If all four jewels are owned by one person, that person will be all-powerful, able to control everything and everyone. The stones have their own unique characteristics. Water is a Turquoise and strengthens magic. Fire is a Ruby and strengthens willpower. Lighting/Light is a Topaz, and strengthens the soul and heart, making them nearly invincible to the Heartless. Lastly, Darkness is an Onyx and strengthens strength and the ability to handle weapons."
"And what do the stones strengthen if you gather all of them?"
"I would think it would be obvious. You will be strengthened with all the strengths of the stones, and also with the power of invincibility..."
"Really..."
The woman looked at a small electronic device in her hand. "I've now just located the other two. They reside in..."
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The girl started coughing uncontrollably. Aeirth reached to a glass of water just as the girl slowed down.. "I need... to get..." she said between coughs.
"You need your rest," said Aeirth firmly, "I..."
"I'm fine." she said finally stopping coughing, and when Aeirth looked at her, she added, "really!"
"Let me at least heal up your wounds." Aeirth said.
"You don't need to. I'm fine."
"Just let me take a look!"
"I told you, I'm fine," the girl snapped.
"Last time I checked, you were... ow!" Aeirth said, feeling a shock on her hand.
The door opened, and in came Sora, closely followed by Donald and Goofy. "What's up, guys?" he said, smiling. "Go away, Sora," said Kaden, pushing him right back out the door. "What's the matter?" Sora said, and Kaden slammed the door. He took a key from his pocket, locked it, and sat on a nearby chair.
"Who was that?" asked the girl.
"Tell us your name and I'll tell you." said Yuffie teasingly.
"My name is..."
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Rebecca thought back to both dreams. The village burning, her sending those dark creatures toward Alie. The trio looking for her and someone else, just because of the dragon. And who knows, these people could be sided with the trio. Are there any false names that I can give them? Becca... no, to close. Tanya, the faerie that went off to another world? No... Rhian... my given name...
"..Rhian."
"Okay... Rhian... That was Sora, the great Keyblade Master."
"Um, thanks. And who are you guys?" said Rhian.
"I'm the great ninja Yuffie!" said the girl with short black hair said. "I'm Aeirth. The guy who attacked you," she said, earning a steely glance from a person sitting on a chair, "is Kaden. Nice to meet you."
"Hey, Aeirth, you think it's okay to trust this person? For all we know, she could be sided with Maleficent. Her powers were plenty powerful, and she doesn't seem like one to naturally have so much power."
"Who is this..." Rhian was cut off.
"You really think this is smart? Maleficent's minions could be lurking anywhere." said the purple-clad woman from Rebecca's other dream.
"Our only worry is if Maleficent herself comes out to greet us. Her Heartless are of no threat to us..." boasted the blue-clothed man that was from the same dream.
"Hello. Its nice of you to fly all this way just to see me," said a black robed woman with an extremely pale face and yellowish eyes. "Now since I've personally come out to greet you, what do you want?"
"If you think this is about dibs on your keyblade master, think again. We're here on much more important business. Or, if your mind is so small that you can comprehend that, here's a simpler phrase: Get out of our way. Stay out of our way. You can continue with your petty schemes with your little friends."
"Then may I have one last question?" said Maleficent sourly.
"You may." said the purple woman, her words dripping with venom.
"Why are you here, then?"
"If you must know, a stone of the Dragon rests here in Hollow Bastion. To be more specific, the Fire stone. We need it."
"Search all you want. I assure you, there is no "Fire Stone" residing here."
Just then, a black creature, a Heartless, walked in, carrying a blood red ruby. It went up to the purple woman, and handed her the stone, then went up to Maleficent.
"You foul thing! I told you to keep it secret!" she said, trying to hit the Heartless Shadow with her staff.
"Oh, I wouldn't do that if I were you..." said the blue man confidently. The Heartless morphed into an exact replica of Maleficent, except for the eyes. Basically they looked the same, but around the pupil of the eye it was bright yellow of the Heartless eyes. "That is Jastice, our creation. She can take the shape of anything or anyone she sees, and has all their powers and abilities. She can replicate their voice. And the best thing is, she still has all of her original powers."
"This is bad, really bad!" said Rhian, jumping out of her bed and sprinting out of the door, crashing into Sora on the way. She just kept on running into the second district.
"Do you think she has any idea where she's going?" asked Kaden.
"I doubt it," said Yuffie.
By the door, Aeirth was trying to wake Sora up. "Sora. Sora! Wake up!" she said.
"Hi, guys," said Sora, waking up, "Look at all the pretty stars..." he continued stupidly, then went back to sleep. Yuffie burst out laughing as Kaden looked after Rhian, worried about the Heartless...
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Author's notes: I'm sorry for making Sora so weird in this chapter! It's just that Calypso wanted Sora so much, I just had to put him in. I guess I'm the weird one... Well, onto my thank you's!
Calypso Silverhawk – There, happy? I put Sora in my story!
I may put a bit of Riku in, too... maybe Maleficent sends him on a mission to kill the trio... Possibly... Well, anyway... review! Oh, yeah, Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts is owned by Disney and Square Enix. Sora is owned by both, too. Aeirth, Yuffie, and Leon are owned by Square Enix. This story's plot, Rebecca/Rhian, Kaden, the trio, and Jastice are all creations of mine.
Warning: Rebecca is going to be known as Rhian for the rest of the story for as long as I can tell.