"Take THAT!" Sora swung his keyblade at full force towards a neoshadow, as it burst into several green orbs that scattered everywhere.
"Hurry, Sora! The Keyhole!" Goofy yelled while holding back about twenty heartless with his shield.
"But the heartless! You'll-ugh!" Sora's sentence was cut off as he took an attack from a dark ball.
"Just lock the keyhole! We'll hold 'em off!" Donald was casting thunder spells all over the scene; it looked as if a horrible storm were taking place.
"O...okay…" Sora dodge rolled an attack, and quickly ran to the cave. Several heartless tried to follow him, but Donald and Goofy stood in front of the entrance. "You'll have to go through us first!" Sora could hear Donald yell, and the beginnings of a fight seemed to follow him through the cave in echoes.
He ran down deeper and deeper… The keyblade's light seemed to be telling him which way to go… Every step he took the temperature seemed to drop…
Finally, he found a room deep under the ground, one that contained only what looked like a small pond, and it contained the most beautiful liquid Sora ever saw… It looked like Sapphires and diamonds made into liquid form.
The keyblade seemed to react, so Sora pointed it towards the substance. Light formed at the end of the keyblade, and shot out towards the water in a fluid motion. The light reflected of the water and made prisms of light dance on the wall. The light was so bright in the small cave that Sora could barley keep his eyes open. But he was able to see the shape of the keyhole deep within the water. The locking sound clicked in Sora's ears, and the light disappeared.
"Phew.." Sora went over to the water, and suddenly got the strange urge to drink some… He reached his hand out to touch it, but when he was within an inch of it, pulled away. "Damn it's cold in here…" He muttered, and ran up the stairs in the cave towards Donald and Goofy.
Once he reached the top, the scorching sun seemed to burn his skin on contact, but maybe that was because he was in a cold cave as long as he was. He was pleasantly surprised to see all the heartless were gone.
"Good job, Sora!" Goofy patted him on the back.
"Yeah, you're lucky you get the easy job…" Donald snorted.
"Shut up." Sora turned to look over the vast amounts of sand, glad to see them Heartless-free.
"Well, we've saved another world!" Sora plopped down on the sand. "Time for a break!"
Donald and Goofy sat down next to him.
"So, how do you feel, Keyblade master?" Donald asked, slightly mockingly.
"Great! We're saving people's lives, how else would I feel?" Sora laid down on the sand and stretched.
"I dunno. Just askin'."
"So... are we going to leave soon..?" Goofy asked.
"Ugh, c'mon Goofy, we just defeated all those heartless, don't we deserve a little time off?" Sora yawned. "I, for one, could go for a nice long vacation.."
"But we can't!" Donald hit Sora upside the head with his staff. "And you know that. We STILL haven't found the King, or Riku for that matter."
"I know..." Sora sighed. They had been to many worlds, and still hadn't found them, not even any clues to point them in the right direction.
"So let's get going." Donald and goofy stood up, and so did Sora, although he was grumbling as he did so.
And just as the three were headed toward their gummy ship, a voice yelled after them.
"Wait!"
So they turned around, only to see a group of about twenty Frenon facing them.
"Young… Keyblade master…" the man said in between gasps of breath, as he had to run to catch up to them.
"Yes..?"
He took a deep breath and swallowed, before saying, "We wish to thank you for saving our Planet, Dune, from those horrible creatures."
The Frenon were the people who lived on the planet that Sora had just sealed, a planet called Dune. Being unbearably hot and covered in sand, Dune was a very unattractive planet to live on. Many knew it as Hell in existence. The Frenon all lived in caves under the sand, where to live they mined for a precious spice. A spice that was so valuable, that it alone made Dune, a horrible god forsaken planet, the most valuable of them all.
This spice was a horribly addictive substance, though to call in a drug was questionable. The spice was very good for, so good for you, in fact, that if you eat it regularly, you can live forever. Thought the longer you live, the more often and larger doses you need.
Also, Dune was a holder of something far more valuable, and far more rare.
The water of life.
"Please, young master, take this as a token of our gratitude." The Frenon took out a small vile, and handed it to Sora as gently as though if he dropped it, it would explode.
"What is it?" Sora said, while looking through the transparent glass vile.
"It is a precious drink, a drink that if consumed by a strong heart, will grant eternal life."
"Whoa!!!" Donald yelled, all of the sudden very interested. "Give it here! Give it here!"
"No way! He gave it to ME!"
Donald and Sora tugged back and forth at the vile, while Goofy just looked at them and shook his head.
"But there's a catch, you see.. if you drink it and are NOT strong enough… you will die instantly.."
Donald and Sora instantly stopped fighting over it.
The Frenon just smirked. "That is why I give it to you… We Frenon do not waste the gift we have, and only give it to those with extraordinarily strong hearts. Please, hold on to that. Your heart may one day be strong enough."
"'May one day'!?!?" Donald yelled. "How long do you have to wait?!?"
"Only your heart and time can tell."
Sora just looked at the vile, deep in thought.
"Thanks." He finally said.
"Oh. No! Thank YOU! You have saved our planet, we owe you many thanks! Please, join us in a banquet in your honor, with our richest and most valuable foods…"
'Food!? Oh I am SO th-"
"We're sorry." Donald interrupted Sora. "But we have to be going, there are other planets out there that need us, just as yours did."
Sora's heart deflated, as he stood looking stupid with his jaw hanging open.
"Ah, of course…" Said the Frenon. "You are truly heroes. May your journey be a safe one."
"Thank you." Donald said, as he and Goofy started towards the ship. Sora didn't move, he was still standing there dumbstruck. Goofy had to turn around and pull him behind him for awhile.
"G'bye!" Goofy yelled, as they all yelled to the Frenon.
"Er… Yeah, Bye!" Sora said, Putting on one last fake smile, before turning to Donald and Goofy and entering the gummy ship.
"What's the big deal!?" Sora yelled at Donald, who had his arms crossed and was looking rather disgruntled. "We coulda gotten free eats! And I'm starving!"
"It would take too long for an entire banquet!" Donald shouted.
"No it wouldn't have! Plus, it would have been in our name! I bet there would be a toast to us and everything… Think of all the chicks we'd get…"
"Sora!!!" Donald zapped him with a thunder spell.
"Ow! You stupid son of a-"
"How could you say that? What about Kairi?" Goofy said with a slightly annoyed face.
"I…I know. I was kidding is all…"
"Yeah… we know you'd never cheat on Kairi…" Goofy sighed.
"I know…" but Sora looked down as he said it, and his voice seemed to crack a little…
"So, where we off to now?'
"Doesn't matter… The heartless are everywhere, so no matter where we go, there will be work to be done…" goofy said sadly.
And he was right. The heartless had returned now more than ever, and occasionally, they would see a star blink out. They just couldn't be in all places at once. This was why Donald was always in a hurry…
The gummi ship took off, leaving behind them a trail of smoke…
(hey, on the upside to all this, Sora got a hott tan!! ; D)
"How about that one..?" Said Sora lazily, pointing to a red star.
"Phht, red? Naw, let's go to that blue one…" Donald argued.
"I like the green one personally…" Goofy spoke up.
"Ugh, we always have this argument. How about we just-"
"Sora! LOOK!" goofy yelled suddenly.
"Huh?" Sora looked out the window to where Goofy was pointing, to be horrorstruck. Another planet began to blink.
"Hurry! Maybe we can still save it! Go! Go! GO!!!"
Donald put the Gummi ship on full speed. They closed in on the planet in seconds. A huge black orb was sucking in all that was around it…
"This place…" They landed the ship on the nearly destroyed planet. The sand from the beaches was being sucked all around them, and there was water... So much water…
"This is so famailiar…."
A huge Tree was being torn apart from a separate island. Sora turned to look. And then a fruit from the tree went flying from one its branches. It swept by Sora and Donald and Goofy… It was shaped like a star….
When the fruit came by Sora, it was like time had stopped.
When shared with someone, your destinies become intertwined…. I know you've been wanting to try it…I can't wait, till we set sail… Let's take the boat, just the two of us! …It'll be great…"
"You're the one who's changed…Kairi…'
Kairi…Kairi… Kairi…
"Sora! Snap out of it! We've got to get out of here-this planet is done for!"
"No…" Sora was whispering. He had grabbed the paupou fruit, and was clutching it. "Kairi…"
"Kairi!!!" he yelled as loud as he was able. "Kairi! I'm here! Please Kairi!" he started to yell and run around randomly.
"Sora! WE'VE- GOT- TO- GO!!!"
"NO! This is Destiny Islands! KAIRI IS HERE DAMMIT!!" Sora turned to see a figure in all black, just in time to see him disappear.
"Who was that!?" Sora yelled, furious. "Did he do this!?!? Kairi! KAIRI!!"
Donald and Goofy had to both pull Sora away, even though he kicked and attacked them. By the time they were in the ship, Goofy had a nose bleed, and Donald had a broken foot. (or flipper…w/e.)
Donald flew the ship away from the planet, while goofy restrained a rampaging Sora, who was saying every curse word he possibly knew.
They had just gotten away from the planet when it collapsed into itself.
The silence that followed was long and awkward.
Goofy released Sora, who was speechless.
"So….Sora…?" Donald said nervously.
Sora chose to ignore him. He walked over to the window, looking at the paupou that he still held in his hands. Goofy and Donald decided to leave him; and they backed into a different room in the gummi ship.
"Kairi…." Sora said, while he felt tears form in his eyes. "I broke my promise… I'm so sorry… Kairi…"
…………………..
Outside the window, small remains from the island were still floating around aimlessly.
"So… he has the water of life…?" A dark voice asked.
"Yes… it appears he does. He has been to Dune."
"Heh… It won't be long now. He'll need us. I assume he's addicted?"
The second voice paused. "Yes, but he doesn't realize it yet. He has no clue that after you've been on Dune too long, you breath in the spice, and are addicted…"
A laugh escaped the other figure's lips. "Good. Oh, and I was just told by one of our new members... the girl that is the Keyblade master's light is alive."
"Hm… This may just work to out great advantage… Inform Riku."
"Precisely what I was thinking…."
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Yay! Another chappie! Oh, and if you've read Dune, then Yes, I know that's not how it is in the book. But SORA doesn't know that….But I did change it a little bit. For those of you who haven't read Dune, then tell me in your review if that was confusing at all. All you need to know is it is another planet….mmyep. Well, R/R!!! pweez??
I don't own KH. Or Dune, for that matter.
