Chapter Eight: The Spell of Destruction (Homeless Heart)

Author's Note:

This is the last chapter for "Kingdom In The Sky." It features Amanda Stott's "Homeless Heart." Enjoy and review please! And look out for the companion novel, "The Winged Castle." Until then, see ya! ;-)

-CelestialTime93


"Let go of me!" Kim growled, struggling to be freed, even if it meant her hair being ripped off.

But Kennedy just led Kim through a chamber, leaving the agents behind. The banged on the doors and pleaded to let them in.

There was a brief silence, until Kim finally protested, "What do you want with me? If you already know the secrets of Chrystallia, then why do you need me?"

Kennedy just smirked evilly.

Lonesome stranger, with a crowd around you
I see who you are.
You joke, they laugh, 'til the show is over
Then you fall so hard.
If you're needing a soul to soul connection
I'll run to your side

"Look!" Kim continued to protest in anger, "Take whatever you want in Chrystallia, just leave me and Ron alone! Same with my family and friends! Hurt them, and you'll have to get past me!"

"Oh?" Kennedy smirked, "And why is that?"

Kim finally said the reason, after six years, "I'm Kim Possible. I can do anything."

Kennedy, had never heard the other side of the real Kim Possible. All he knew was the Kim had the same royal ancestors as he did, and that he was a princess to the floating kingdom of Chrystallia.

When you're lost in the dark
When you're out in the cold
When you're looking for something that resembles your soul
When the wind blows your house across
I'll be a home to your homeless heart

"Ha!" Kennedy scoffed, "That's a laugh! No one can do anything! It's impossible!"

Now it was Kim's turn to smirk. "My father said, 'anything's possible for a Possible.' So, I guess that counts!" Kim broke free of Kennedy's grasp unnoticingly, and threw a blow so fast, and so hard, that Kennedy didn't notice it, and was bashed to the wall. Kim made a break for it, to wherever Kennedy was going to go to. Wherever it was, she had to get there before Kennedy did!

Meanwhile, Ron was using his first bullet for his cannon. He blew a hole in the wall, and crawled through it.

He put the cannon back on his back, and began climbing the vines that grew on the broken ladder that lead to, which he didn't know, where Kim was.

Kim ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She felt her old self returning after six years. Where had she been all those years? Did Kennedy suck the old self out of her body on purpose? Whatever it was, she had to tell Ron that she was back, and get both of them out of here.

She saw an invisible door. She knew it was there. She could do anything.

"Dooramous Okatis!" Kim cried, holding out her hand, not daring to slow down or stop.

The crystal glowed brightly around her neck as a gateway was formed in the wall ahead of Kim for her to enter.

When Kim entered, the door was shut behind her. Not even Kennedy could make it. Because he didn't have the crystal to help him with the spell.

As Kim began running through the room, she heard a voice from the other side of the wall.

"Kim!"

"Ron!" Kim ran to a gap in the wall to see a bit of Ron behind it.

"Kim, stand back!" Ron called, stepping back, "I'm gonna blast through!"

"No!" Kim disaggreed, taking the crystal off of her neck and struggling to give it to Ron across the wall, "Take the crystal and get yourself out of here! If you have to open a locked door, say, 'Dooramous Okatis!' Here! Take it!"

Ron took the crystal as Kim ran away quickly.

Open, close me, leave your secrets with me
I can ease your pain.
And my arms will be just like walls around you
Come in from the rain.
If you're running in the wrong direction
I will lead you back!

But someone else replaced her in the hole.

Ron yelped and dodged a gunshot.

Rufus awoke when he heard the gunshot.

"Hand over the crystal and your friend won't be harmed!" Kennedy threatened.

"Forget it, dude!" Ron retorted, running the same direction as Kim was, only on the opposite wall. He wasn't going to let Kim get hurt.

"Forget it! Pbbbbbbbblt!" Rufus threw a raspberry tauntingly at Kennedy, and went back in Ron's pocket.

When you're lost in the dark
When you're out in the cold
When you're looking for something that resembles your soul
When the wind blows your house across
I'll be a home to your homeless heart

Kim stopped infront of two moss covered thrones, waiting for Kennedy to find her. Kim got fed up with the braids in her hair. She untied every single one, and made her hair into two pigtails, just like how she did when she was four years old.

It didn't take long for Kennedy to find her. He had a gun prepared.

"I know we have the same ancestors from Chrystallia." Kim said, not even quivering her voice a bit.

"How did you find out?" Kennedy demanded, shooting off one of her pigtails. The scrunchie soon fell to the ground, half of her hair becoming shoulder length like her mother's.

"My nana told me when I first learned about the hidden spells of Chrystallia." Kim answered, "But she also told me that Chrystallia was abandoned. At first, I didn't know why. But now I do. If you still listen to old folk songs, or the children songs that you listened to as a little kid, you would hear that they say to protect the enviroment, and not take advantage of it. It's the same with friendship. That's how I first met Ron. Why not do the same yourself and find yourself a friend you can trust in the things to do right!"

"Shut up!" Kennedy demanded, "Now, tell me where the crystal is, so that I can use it!"

"I don't have it." Kim answered, again, not a bit of fear in her voice, "And you know that. I left it with Ron to take it with him back to Earth. Now I know why this place has no more people. My father and mother used to sit in these thrones as small children. Their memories of this place were erased, and they began a new life on Earth. It was the same as my ancestor, Miriam."

"Give me the crystal!" Kennedy snapped, shooting off Kim's other pigtail. Now she looked like her mother.

Then, Kennedy grinned. "Your ears are next, princess."

"Drop the gun, Kennedy!" Ron cried from the entrance of the throne room.

Kim looked to see Ron, holding the cannon that faced towards Kennedy.

"What are going to do?" Kennedy smirked, "Shoot me with a gun you could barely lift? Now tell me where the crystal is!"

"I hid it where you can't find it, Kennedy!" Ron answered, "You will have the crystal, if you let me talk to Kim for a little while."

Kennedy thought about it, then smirked. "Fine. One minute is all you'll have."

As Kennedy stepped back into the shadows, and refilled his gun, Ron dropped his cannon, and ran over to Kim.

Kim wrapped her arms around Ron in a tight embrace.

"Tell me the incantations for the Spell of Destruction." Ron whispered.

"But-" Kim got cut off.

"Kim, it's the only thing that's gonna destroy this place and prevent Kennedy from getting the crystal." Ron whispered, "Just whisper the words in my ear, and I'll say it with you."

Kim whispered the incantation in Ron's ear.

"Time's up." Kennedy said, steading his gun, "What's your say?"

Kim put her hand in Ron's, where the crystal was held. The two faced Kennedy, and held up their hands.

"Deranamous." the two said.

The crystal shone so bright, that it sent the two flying back into the roots of the castle's tree with it, as the walls began to crumble with the walls and floors.

Broken, shattered like a mirror in a million pieces.
Sooner or later you've got to find, something, somone
To find you and save you!

"Shego, step on it now!" Drakken demanded in their jet.

"But-"

"Shego!"

"Fine!" Shego started the engine, and flew out of harms way, as some of the soldiers fell down to Bolivian.

"I can't see!" Kennedy screamed, feeling the walls, only to end up being crumbled.

"Kim, hold on!" Ron cried.

The crystal continued to glow brightly.

When the whole castle crumbled, the tree was the only thing left.

"Oh, poor kids." Duff Killigan murmured.

Jim and Tim looked up. The saw a glimpse of two familiar people.

"Hey!" Jim exclaimed.

"There they are!" Tim added.

When you're lost in the dark
When you're out in the cold
When you're looking for something that resembles your soul
When the wind blows your house across
I'll be a home to your homeless heart---------------------!

"Huh?" Shego looked out the window as the two began to float down towards the jet, with the crystal helping them stay afloat, "Hey! They're right!"

"They're safe!" Duff Killigan cheered.

When you're lost in the dark
When you're out in the cold
When you're looking for something that resembles your soul
When the wind blows your house across
I'll be a home to your homeless heart!

When the allies dropped Kim, Ron, and the twins off at Middleton, the sun was setting.

Kim turned to face Ron. "Thank you." she whispered, "For bringing me back."

Ron smiled, and pulled her into a passionate kiss. Kim kissed back.

The twins just looked at each other and bleched.

As for the couple, well, they just kept their embrace, as the Kingdom of Chrystallia floated to the skies, only to be seen by the ones who experianced the adventures.

I'll be a home to your homeless heart...

The End


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