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Chapter 16: Enter the Twilight
"Keyblade Mistress…"
May felt a hand touch her forehead. She opened her eyes and laid back. She felt like was lying on water and everything around was white. There was a girl kneeling next to her. She had long silvery hair and blue eyes. She had a white poncho and a light purple dress.
What happened? May thought. Did I die? She couldn't move; she ached too much. She smiled at the girl. "Who are you?" She asked.
"I am Aura," The girl said in a mysterious voice. "Keyblade Mistress, you must listen to me."
"How did you know that I have the keyblade?" May asked. She was able to sit up, now.
"I've know for awhile," Aura said. Aura placed her hands on May's forehead. In a matter a seconds, May was completely healed.
"Oh, thank you," May whispered. "Do you heal everybody?"
Aura shook her head. "Keyblade Mistress, I need your crystal."
"Crystal?" May thought about what she was talking about. "Oh! You mean my key chain! Sure, of course." She reached into her pocket and pulled out the small key chain. She handed it to Aura.
"By the power of light and heart," Aura whispered under her breath, "awaken the Keyblade Mistress's hidden power." The key chain's rock began to glow lightly. Then, it suddenly began to glow so bright that May couldn't see.
"Aura!" May shouted. She stood up and covered her eyes. She felt Aura grab her free hand and some warm was placed in it.
May could barely hear Aura's voice as she said, "Remember, Keyblade Mistress, only use this power when it is needed most, and we'll meet, again."
The light began to fade away. When it was completely gone, May found herself standing in Root Town, again. She glanced down at her and. In it was a key chain with an emerald. "What just happened" May whispered to herself. Shaken, May placed the key chain in her pocket.
"May!" Mew Aracely shouted behind her. May turned around and saw her friends running to her.
"Hey, guys!" May shouted, waving. Suoh was the first to reach her. They stared at each other for what felt like forever, then he hugged her.
"You scared me," he whispered.
"I'm sorry," May said. "I didn't mean to. I'm okay now."
"May, are you okay?" Mew Aracely asked. May slipped away from Suoh.
"Yeah, I'm great," May said. "What about you guys? And the heartless?"
"We're fine," Mereille said.
"And we beat the heartless as you call it," Ouka said, pounding her fists together.
"Where did you go, May?" Shugo asked
"I'm…not sure," May said, rubbing her forehead. "All I remember is that I met Aura."
"You saw my mommy!" Zefie shouted.
"Yeah, she healed me. And she gave me a crystal."
"If you saw Aura," Hotaru thought out loud, "that means you entered the twilight."
"Twilight?" Mew Aracely asked stupidly.
"Where light and dark meets, Stupid," Suoh said.
"Aura lives there," Shugo said. "I went there once, and she gave me this." Shugo held up his bracelet. "It's called 'Kite's Bracelet.'"
"We're trying to get back to the Twilight," Zefie said. "So I can be with my mommy."
"Can we help?" May asked. "We have nothing better to do!"
"Um, May…" Suoh whispered. "What about the Princesses of Heart, the keyholes, the heartless, Melantha…"
"I have a feeling that Aura is a Princess of Heart," May whispered back. "Plus, there has to be a keyhole here."
"If you say so…"
"We could use all the help we can get!" Mereille said. "Welcome to the team!"
"Yay!" Mew Aracely cheered. "This is going to be great!"
"Yeah!" May said.
"Let's go back to the hideout," Shugo said. "We can talk there."
"Good idea," Rena agreed. "Let's go!"
…
"So, how do we get to Twilight?" May asked. They were all sitting in the hideout, thinking out ways to get to Aura.
"We need to get to the Net Slums," Rena said.
"Any idea how?" Suoh asked. Mereille reached in her pocket.
"This is the Helba Key," She explained, holding out what looked like a computer chip. "It's ultra rare!"
"But totally illegal," Ouka whispered.
"We just got it today," Shugo said. "And we plan to use it today. Problem is, we don't know where to go once we get to the Net Slums."
"Hmm…" May thought out loud.
"We'll just have to wait and see," Hotaru said.
"Let's go now!" Ouka cheered, standing up. "I hope there are some baddies there that I can beat up!"
"I agree with Ouka!" Mew Aracely cheered, standing up next to her. "Beating up some heartless sounds great right now!" The girls smiled at each other and high-fived.
"Yeah, let's go find my mom!" Zefie said happily. They ran out of the hideout about back into town.
"Let's find a Chaos Gates," Shugo suggested. "It can transport us to an more open area. There, we'll have more room to transport to the Net Slums."
"Where should we go?" May asked.
"I know!" Mereille bursted out. "How does Scared Zone the Hidden and Forbidd—"
"Look there's the gate!" Rena said, pointing to what looked like a portal. They jumped through and landed in a Church. A screen surprising did not pop up.
"This place is cool!" Mew Aracely gasped.
"You're right, " May said.
"For once," Suoh muttered.
"Be quiet!" Mew Aracely snapped.
"Guys! Focus!" Ouka interrupted.
"Right," Shugo said. "Quick! To the roof!" The team quickly ran up many flights of stairs until the reached the roof. They could see the clear blue sky. Mereille pulled out the Helba Key, again.
"How does this thing work?" Merielle said. She shook it and nothing happened.
"Let me see," May asked. Merielle nodded and gave her the key.
"I think I know how this works," She said, smiling. She closed her eyes and thought hard. The key floated in the air and began to glow.
"How did you do that!" Mereille gasped. "Do you have an ultra rare power!"
May giggled. "No, Silly! It only takes a little heart."
Merielle blinked. "Heart?"
"I looked deep inside of my heat and told the Helba Key where I wanted to go."
"OH!" Mereille gasped. "I wanna try it next! Try out my new heart powers!"
"She doesn't get it," Shugo sighed.
"Like she ever does," Rena sighed as well.
"Let's go," Hotaru said, smiling.
"Right!" May cheered. She tapped the Helba Key and chanted, "To the Net Slums."
…
May and the rest of the gang looked in what looked like a destroyed city.
"This place is creepy," Hotaru whispered, shivering.
"You're telling me," Rena said, shaking. Rena really hated scary and creepy things.
"You want to know what's really creepy?" A voice said behind them. They all spun around and gasped. It was the Phantom. "Me."
"The Phantom!" May growled, pulling out her keyblade.
"Don't bother with the princess," He said. "She's already gone."
"What?" May gasped. "You already…"
"Yes," He smirked. He held out a crystal in front of them. "I the Virus Core to get to her. She's gone and you'll never see her again." Suoh grabbed May before she could run after him.
"We don't stand a chance," Suoh whispered. "Are best bet is to get the Virus Core from him."
"I guess you're right," May sighed. "We need a distraction."
"I'll do it," Mew Aracely whispered.
"Me too," Ouka whispered. "I'm dying for a good fight, and this guy looks tough!" Mew Aracely and Ouka smiled at each other and charged at the Phantom.
"You want to fight?" The Phantom laughed. "Fine. Bring it on!" He pulled out his sword and blocked their attack. When he wasn't looking, Ouka grabbed the Virus Core and threw it to Mereille.
"Good Luck!" Ouka shouted.
"You better come back!" Mew Aracely yelled. "I still want more worlds!" May smiled at them and nodded. Mereille held up the Virus Core.
"Now I can try my new rare heart powers!" She cheered, waving the Virus Core around. "Take us to twilight!" The Virus Core began to glow silver, and they disappeared in a flash of light.
…
They appeared in a forest, and there was a bed sitting in the middle of it. A cute little teddy bear sat on it. "Well?" May said, stepping forward. "Is this Twilight?"
"Yes," Zefie said. "My mother's scent is here, but it's faint." She looked like she was going to cry. "She…she really is gone."
"Oh, Zefie!" Shugo said, hugging her. "I'm sorry!"
"Me too," Hotaru said, hugging her as well. Mereille sighed and ruffled Zefie's hair.
"No, I'm sorry," May said, rubbing her eyes. "This is my fault!"
"May, it's your fault," Suoh said. He grabbed her hands. "You couldn't have stop this."
"Yes I could have!" May snapped, pulling away from him. "If I had beat him the first time, this could have been prevented!" She looked down at her feet and sighed.
"Don't get me wrong, but you didn't stand a chance at the time. You just got the keyblade." He smiled at her.
"I guess you're right." May looked up at everybody else. "I'm sorry about Aura, but I will bring her back. We need to go back now and help our friends."
"Actually, we wanted to stay here until Aura came back," Rena said. "Can you does us a favor, and give Ouka the Virus Core?" May and Suoh were a little surprised but nodded.
"Sure!" May said. "You'll miss you guys."
"Come see us again!" Mereille cheered. "Oh, and bring me a rare item!"
"Uh, sure," Suoh said, taking the Virus Core from her. it glowed silver and the transported back to the Net Slums. They saw Ouka and Mew Aracely happily running around in a circle.
"Let me guess," May teased, "you won?"
"He's gone!" Mew Aracely cheered.
"And he ain't comin' back!" Ouka laughed. She stopped and stared at them. "Where are my friends?"
"They stayed in the Twilight. Oh, and this is for you!" May handed Ouka the Virus Core. "Thanks for all the help."
Ouka smiled. "It was fun! Come back soon!" She disappeared with a wave goodbye.
"We should go, too," May said.
"Yeah," Mew Aracely yawned. "After that battle, I could use a nap." May held up the Helba Key.
"Take us back to the ship," She told it. Then they, too, disappeared.
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Emma: Sorry for taking so long! I had to cram .hack into two chapters, and it happened really fast. Okay! I need people to vote on a title for the next story! Should it be:
The Season of May 2: The Twilight Mirror
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