Empire of Heartless
Chapter 4
Through the Portal to Eclipse Village
They stood staring at the portal for a while until Riku started towards the portal.
"Hey you sure we need ta be goin into dat thing Riku", Wakka asked as Riku walked closer and closer to the portal.
Riku didn't answer.
"Yes Wakka we have to go through it", Sora told wakka as he entered the chamber of the cave where the portal was.
"Sora what took ya so long", Kairi ran to him.
Riku then turned around revealing his determined eyes.
"Come on everyone this portal may lead us to someone who can help us"
"Riku's right let's go", Sora added.
"Huh... wait what about all the others on the island who need our help against the heartless", Tidus asked.
"They'll have to wait for us to return then", Kairi told Tidus.
Suddenly a huge wave of darkness poured into the cave.
"Ahhhh... lets go", Kairi screamed.
They all quickly ran to the portal and went through. As soon as they went into the portal it closed to the darkness.
"Good luck Sora I hope you can overcome the heartless", Nanniwuccu's face appeared in Sora's mind.
"Nanniwuccu who are you really. Why did you let us escape? How do you know who I am?"
These questions roamed through Sora's mind as they came through the other side of the portal.
They had been transported to another world.
"Where are we, this place is so different ", Riku looked around the new world in shock.
The sky was darkened by an eclipsed sun, the ground was dry and hard, the grass had all died out, the trees all dead except for one gigantic treein the center of the world's village. The only lights were the lights of the village that stood six feet in the air in front of every house and building.
"Eh this ain't anyting like de islands bras", Wakka peered around the village.
Then a short male villager approached them.
"Oh hello and welcome to Eclipse village young ones", the man pointed to the darkened village.
"Eclipse village I've heard of it before", Kairi murmured.
The man was carrying two buckets of water connected by a long stick of bamboo. He had a short gray beard and had a short sleeved dirty red shirt. He had sweat dripping down his face and his clothes were drenched in it as well.
"Well what be the names of you five travelers", he asked them.
"Sora"
"Kairi'
"Riku"
"Wakka"
"Tidus"
They all told him their names.
"Oh my God it's Kairi", the man gasped at her.
"I'm sorry do I know you"
"You don't remember do you, well I didn't think you would because you were just a child when it happened"
"What happened", Kairi asked him.
"Oh my daughter how I've missed you", he started to cry.
"Daughter, I'm your daughter", she stared at the man.
He pulled out a rolled up slip of paper. On it was a picture of Kairi as a baby surrounded by the man and his family.
"Kairi is that you in that picture", Sora asked her.
She slowly nodded her head as she wiped a tear away.
"You were only a child when they took you away"
"Who was the one who took me away", she asked.
"The heartless took you. It was your 5th birthday when it happened. It was just a regular morning when a giant castle appeared in the sky. The heartless appeared out of no where and took hold of you. I tried to save you but there were too many. They took you to the castle and the castle just disappeared and you were gone", he explained to us as he wiped his tears from his face.
Tears were streaming down Kairi's face now. She quickly ran to him and gave him a hug.
"Daddy it's you"
"Everything's alright now Kairi", he patted her on the back as he embraced her hug.
TIME LAPSE-------------------------------
They followed the man down through the village and into his home. He opened his door and gave us a tour of his humongous house.
"Kairi since you found your dad and all are you gonna stay here with him now", Sora asked sadly.
"Yes Sora I am"
"What", Riku yelled from behind Kairi.
"I want to stay and I'm going to stay and you can't change my mind"
"Kairi there's something strange about the way you're acting. You just met him and now you are gonna stay here. Kairi he might not even really be your dad", Sora told her.
She turned away from him and looked to Riku, "I'm sorry but he is my father and I know he really is and if you don't want me to be happy then go away forever!"
Riku walked away from her and out the door of the house.
"Fine Kairi we'll leave", Sora walked passed her and out the door.
Kairi then started to cry, "I'm so sorry I have to make this choice."
She fell to the floor and sobbed.
"Riku"
"Yes Sora"
"Let's find out how to get out of this damn village", Sora told him.
"Are you sure were really gonna leave Kairi"
"It's the only way she can be happy", Sora answered.
They both walked away from the house and searched for Wakka and Tidus.
Once they found them they went back to Kairi's dad's house.
"So how do we get out of here", Sora asked.
"All you have to do is go tothe mana tree in the center of the village and use the keyblade to open the portal to another world", the man explained.
"Okay let's do it", Sora said.
They then left with a short goodbye to Kairi and her new found father.
"So we gonna just leave Kairi with dat guy", Wakka asked.
"Yes we have to it's what she wants", Sora answered.
"Don't worry Kairi their hearts will be joining yours very soon", her father whispered to her.
"What do you mean", she turned to him.
"I simply mean... that you are all going to lose your heart"
He then pulled out a long sword and stabbed it through her heart.
"Uhh... father why"
"I'm not your father", his body transformed.
He had long dark brown hair and a long black cloak.
Kairi fell to the floor and died. Her heart floated from her dead body and into the man's body.
"Master Zephiel I have stolen the girls heart what do you want me to do next"
"Bring me the keyblade master and kill the rest of them", Zephiel and the man spoke to each other telepathically.
"Yes master"
The man took his sword from Kairi's dead body and walked out the door into the streets of the village.
"Oh Sora here I come", the man licked the blood off the blade and put it in its sheath as he followed Sora to the mana tree.
Authors Note: the next chapter won't come for awhile but is called "Fight Under the Tree of Mana" which is about the fight between Sora and the others against the mysterious bad guy.