Before going on to read this chapter, I have somewhat of message for someone who has been posting certain reviews for this story.
(Kind of rant here but it's directed at supposedly one person or maybe they had been using multiple anonymous identities but it's all the same)
It has come to my attention that way back near the beginning of this story I have been getting reviews that have a creative point of view regarding Ozpin or Ozma, depending on how you see it. Creative such as:
Ozpin is Dumbledore 2.0
Ozpin is an idiot.
Ozpin is like Syphilis.
Ozpin has lied to all of his allies and gotten countless people killed.
Ozpin has kept the war going on so long because he didn't use the Relics to their full potential.
And even posted a few lines for the Lost Fable like: "Raven was right about you!"
And it wasn't just on my story but I have heard and seen such reviews on either Kingdom Hearts/RWBY crossover stories with some even worse like saying Ozpin is worse than Xehanort.
Back up right there: Ozpin worse than Xehanort?
I have literally seen such reviews saying or implying that.
And I have a request to the people making such reviews: Please stop.
Reviews are meant to share the thoughts of the readers about the stories they are reading, even offering up ideas to help improve the story if the author is open to it. I have done it and other authors have done it but what I will not stand for is my review section being used as a base to bash a character you seemingly do not like.
Is Ozpin flawed? Of course he is.
But here is the thing: EVERYONE in RWBY is flawed in some way.
Ruby is a young girl who had lost her mother at a young age, grew up with a seemingly naïve view of the world which she had admitted. She also has trouble listening as shown in the fight between Qrow and Tyrian where she did not heed Qrow's wish to stay out of the way and ended up getting protected while leaving Qrow open to getting stung by Tyrian. She also lied to Ironwood, preforming the same actions that led to her and her friends turning against Ozpin that caused Ironwood to lose trust in them and has nearly caved under the pressure of trying to figure out what to do while Atlas is attacked during Volume 8.
Weiss had become a Huntress with good intentions but Jacques' influence and the actions of the White Fang caused her to have a heavy prejudicial view of the Faunus with even her voice actress commenting on that. Not to mention her initial attitude towards Ruby at the beginning of the series but she strove to become better.
Blake wanted to promote equality but she believed in the directions Sienna and Adam had the White Fang going and ran away from her parents, even denouncing them as cowards despite how much they love her. She is quick to point out how humanity as mistreated the Faunus but doesn't seem to be aware or even admits that there Faunus that have been just as bad as humans at times. Not to mention how she made it her personal mission to bring down the White Fang and caused a lot of damage when she and Sun got chased by the Paladin Roman was carrying.
Did you see how many cars got tossed away during that chase?
You got to wonder how they stayed out of jail.
She also had a habit of always running at the Volume 3 which hurt Yang's feelings and she went along with Yang's plan to tell Robyin about the Amity Project that caused Ironwood to lose trust in them.
Yang took her sister with her when they were little to go out searching for clues about Raven and almost got her and sister who was a little kid killed if not for Qrow reaching them in time. She calls Ozpin out for keeping secrets but kept Raven's identity as the Spring Maiden a secret and blabbed to Robyn about the Amity Project and when Ironwood lost trust in them, she initially blamed Ruby for it and deflected any blame away from herself.
Jaune cheated his way into Beacon using fake transcripts because he wanted to be a hero but given how he would nap in class and try to act all tough and suave it is clear at the beginning he didn't understand what it meant to be a Huntsman or the sacrifices that might come with it. That kind of action could have lead to endangering his team, especially when he initially refused Pyrrha's offer to train because he was too stubborn to accept help. He could have ended up slowing him team down because he couldn't keep up and potentially get them killed if he hadn't learned to accept help.
Ren has tried closing off all his emotions throughout the series and if things had gone differently, he would have ended up like Ironwood. Always focused on the next fight and potentially burning his bond with Nora and the rest of his team.
Admittedly Nora and Pyrrha have their flaws too but they both have good heads on their shoulders. Yeah, Pyrrha went off to fight a battle she couldn't win and got killed but she did it to buy time for Jaune and the others to escape with their lives. She believed she was being a Huntress and that she had to try. Nora is attached to Ren because they have been together for so long but she recognized that in Volume 8 when Ren was pulling away from her and she realized she had no idea who she was without him.
And for the lines that have offered potential for the Lost Fable: "Raven was right about you all along!"
Raven is a coward who abandoned her team and her family and even if she knew Salem is immortal that's not an excuse. She went back to a tribe of thieves and murderers, raided villages and killed who know how many people through the years. She knew Yang was looking for her but never came to see her, even after Yang had lost her arm and when Yang finally arrived, Raven simply praised her for being patient enough to finally make it when she could have visited any time she wanted. Then she tried to emotionally manipulate Yang and simply let her go, without so much as an apology for abandoning her or even properly explaining why.
Then when they met at Haven, Raven had set up an ambush that could have gotten Yang, Qrow and everyone else killed but shrugged it off by saying that since they were family she knew they would be strong enough to make it out. She condemned Ozpin for his secrets and lies but had no trouble doing the exact same thing which everyone else would end up doing in Volume 7. And when all this came out, Raven simply turned and ran away from her daughter...again.
Ironwood was a man who needed to be in control of everything. He had two seats on the council, was acting as both general of the military and headmaster of Atlas Academy and kept the Winter Maiden on lockdown, centralizing all the power around himself. When he heard there was trouble in Vale, he showed up with an entire military fleet and when Ozpin protested this, he went behind Ozpin's back to the Council, blaming him for the Breech but supposedly and likely leaving out the fact that the White Fang had been stealing Atlas military equipment with quite a few Paladins. No one ever figured out how they got so many and it was unlikely Ironwood even investigated that properly. His actions endangered Ozpin's position as Headmaster and despite his arguments that his army was needed at Vale they turned on him thanks to Watts' virus and he went as far as to blame Ozpin for that when it was his own fault for not listening when Ozpin and even Qrow argued against it.
He stated that when their enemies would see his army they would tremble in fear but ironically in Volume 8 he was the one trembling in fear when Salem arrived on Monstra and tried to flee. There are people who pointed out he was the only one with a plan when he turned against Team RWBY for their lies but that shouldn't have stopped him from finishing the evacuation of Mantle before he carried out this plan. The truth is he never cared about Mantle or how its people were being neglected and only focused on the war and protecting Atlas and when he learned Salem couldn't be killed he panicked. He believed raising Atlas would save everyone but in truth he was scared of Salem and refused to admit it.
Even if he had finished Amity on time, if word got out he left Mantle to suffer on its own while diverting supplies from it and towards Amity people would still doubt and distrust him as how can they trust a man who wouldn't even look after one half of his own kingdom?
So yeah, all of these people were flawed in their own ways.
Is Ozpin worse than all of them?
Personally, I think not. Is it just my opinion? Yes it is but I will not argue with anyone who thinks otherwise.
Now, I ask again to the reviewers who keep sending the same message regarding Ozpin over and over again to please stop. I have already blocked one author for typing up reviews that served no other purpose thank to character bash Ozpin and deleted several guest reviews with a similar nature and I will do so to any more if if this continues. Reviews are to offer a reader's thoughts, potential criticisms while remaining respectful and potential ideas, not to openly bash a character you seemingly do not like.
Okay my message and rant is over now, Enjoy the chapter.
The Age of Fairy Tales
A Place Called Home
"I saw her, Brother. She was there, waiting in the border between the realms when I summoned Ozma back."
In what could be described as a void, two figures stood out as they conversed.
One was made of pure golden light while the other was seemingly made of shadow.
"How can this be? It has been centuries since we left behind that world." The Dark Brother spoke.
"Her power is not of our world, Brother." The Light Brother replied.
"A power to travel through time? Surely not even she could wield such power." The Dark Brother rubbed his chin. "But if so…"
"Perhaps we truly did underestimate her. We have seen her powers, the power of this Keyblade but only a few times. We could have not gained a complete understanding of its abilities." The Light Brother reasoned.
"So what do we do? We have long since left that world behind…Or at least I have." The Dark Brother muttered. "You summoned back that man, Ozma even though such actions nearly brought us to war when I did it."
"That was different. I summoned back his soul, his heart as Aqua would say and paired with a like-minded individual. We agreed to not outright resurrect our creations, Brother but even our rules can be bent when the time is right." The Light Brother replied.
The Dark Brother gave the impression he was rolling his eyes…if he actually had any eyes. "Of course. Then you created those four Relics to summon us back if mankind supposedly redeems themselves. Speaking for the both of us behind my back, I see."
"They are still our creation, Brother. We should not be so rash to dismiss them as a complete failure." The Light Brother pointed out.
"We gave them so much and they still betrayed us!" The Dark Brother growled. "They disrespected us and our rule! You would expect me to forgive that slight, especially by coming to them when called for?!"
"Brother-"
"Know this, Brother. I am only interested in the news of the Keyblade Wielder we met so long ago somehow appearing before you and then returning to the First World with Ozma, nothing else." The Dark Brother proclaimed. "I will never submit to their will."
The Light Brother was silent but seemingly conceded his brother's statement. "Very well, Brother but we still have the matter of Aqua at hand. Despite the power of her Keyblade, she is as mortal as mankind on our world. So that begs the question…"
"How can she appear after much time has passed?" The Dark Brother finished in agreement. "A sort of power of time?"
"We know she was not made immortal like Ozma or Salem." The Light Brother brought up, ignoring the small growl from his brother for mentioning Salem's name. "She can heal herself with her magic in battle but I doubt it can hold off the ravages of time."
"So she has obtained a new power." The Dark Brother surmised, becoming interested. "How do we find out what this power? Short of returning to the First World?"
"We do not need to return." The Light Brother replied as he waved his hand.
Before the two appeared an image of Aqua, currently fighting against a creature of some kind.
"She has kept the two Relics I gave her and they still show us what is happening around her." The Light Brother stated. "Through them, we shall learn."
Xxx
Poppy had watched from the mainland as the monster swallowed her mentor…and her friend. She wasn't sure she could entirely define what she had with the mysterious woman even knowing her for a few weeks.
Yes, Aqua had saved her life when she had been possessed by the Chill.
Yes, she had allowed Poppy to accompany her as she went on a quest with seemingly no destination in mind.
And yes, they had trained together.
Poppy was looking for redemption, a way to redeem herself for her negligence that had caused the deaths of her family and everyone else in her village. Honestly though, Poppy wasn't sure she would ever be redeemed. This was the only course she had in front of her, the only purpose she had at the moment.
The only thing keeping her from just ending it all and joining her brother and parents in death.
Her eyes picked up a sudden movement and turned over to see the woman she had seen before who come recruiting at the village that she and Aqua had stopped at.
With her was a strange creature, possibly like the one she had shown before only this one was different.
She pointed at the monster and her summon instantly attacked, summoning a fiery light that shot right at the monster when it wasn't looking and actually pierced its armor.
"AQUA!" Poppy screamed for fear of her mentor who was still inside the creature.
Xxx
The creature shot up into the air and its 'eye' began to glow bright blue, gathering energy and preparing for a final attack. Aqua readied herself, knowing this would be the final moment that would decide the fate of the battle.
Winner take all.
She aimed the tip of her Keyblade at the creature and gathered her remaining magical energy into one final strike…
BOOM!
Only something unexpected happened.
Aqua and the creature staggered as the dimension that made up the interior of the beast began to shake…
And collapse.
The creature let out a roar as the sky seemingly began to burn.
Realizing she couldn't stay here, Aqua summoned her armor and transformed her Keyblade into its glider form, taking off without even the slightest hesitation.
'Move it!' Aqua heard a voice shouting at her, causing her to blink from the familiarity she felt.
"Neo?"
'Don't freeze up now! Move!'
Shaking her head, Aqua pushed her glider into moving faster than the speed of light, shooting out of the monster's mouth just in time before it exploded.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Xxx
Poppy had to cover her eyes as the beast exploded in a blast of blinding light that shook the entire land. It was so bad that Poppy ended up falling off her feet and had to hold onto the ground, for fear if the shaking was bad enough she might end up somehow bouncing off the ground and into the water.
Once the explosion subsided there was only silence.
Her body shaking on adrenaline and fear, Poppy opened her eyes and looked up, seeing a shower of golden light where the beast once stood.
They almost looked like fireflies.
She had almost thought Aqua was gone, having been killed with the monster.
Then she heard a strange sound that would be known to people in the future when hover engines were invented.
Eyes widening, Poppy looked up to see Aqua flying out of the aftermath of the blast on her glider. The Keyblade Wielder hovered in the air for a moment, looking at the remains of the monster.
Pyreflies.
She had remembered reading about them as a child while growing up in the Land of Departure.
A book in the library contained myths and legends that claimed that when someone's heart has moved on; the body disappears in a flash of light that separates into orbs of light that float away.
But these pyreflies weren't the only things that appeared in the wake of the monster's death.
Aqua sensed a very familiar power and spotted something falling towards the water, flashing gold as it fell. Aqua narrowed her glider down and shot after it, grabbing it just before it hit the water.
It appeared to be a golden ornate staff with a blue crystal on the top.
And a familiar blue mist.
Aqua flew back over the beach where Poppy was waiting, hovering over the ground for a moment before dismissing her armor and returning her Keyblade to its normal form before dismissing it as well while holding the staff in her other hand.
"You're alive!" Poppy feels so grateful in tears of joy that her mentor was not dead.
She wasn't ready to lose anyone else again.
"No need to worry it's all finally over. That monstrous creature is gone." Aqua told her apprentice. "And you don't have to worry about me."
Poppy stopped at the moment here in that last part. "Not to worry about you... I WAS SCARED TO DEATH!"
Even Aqua was covering her ears and did not like the shouting that Aqua dealing with and being scolded. It is very appreciative that her apprentice worried for her but the raising shout was better without the added effect.
"When you jumped into that monster's mouth I thought that thing what have eaten you," Poppy explains the event she witnessed. "Just do me a favor don't ever, ever, EVER try to jump inside and a monster's mouth again."
"I couldn't agree with her more, Aqua." Aqua recognized Neo's voice again.
Even she was sounding concerned about what had happened to her and for once she heard Neo calling by her name instead of Blue. If she doesn't do any more crazy stunts like that she'll just keep on calling her blue. And if she does that again… it was similar to what happened to her friend Roman.
"I am sorry. My attacks on the creature were wounding it but it was healing itself and using smaller monsters to attacking me. So I decided on a different solution but not the best idea I wanted to try either so I had to go inside to slay it." Aqua explained. "And to be quite honest when I was inside it was not what I was expecting in there like there was a city or some sort of an illusion of it. Although, that wasn't the most surprising part of it when I have seen."
"What do you mean?" Poppy was curious about what her mentor had witnessed.
"The creature had someone inside it…Someone was the very heart of it." Aqua answered, frowning in thought. "I believe that was the person who accidently created the monster but I didn't get the chance to destroy or seal them before something caused it to explode."
"The woman…" Poppy's eyes widened. "The woman from the beach village!"
Aqua looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"That woman we saw in the village…She had a new kind of summon with her and it attacked the monster while you were inside." Poppy explained quickly. "It pierced the monster's skin and went right through its chest!"
Aqua slowly took in this new information before holding the staff. "…I think it's time we have a chat with someone who might know a bit about these people of Yevon."
Before Poppy could ask what she meant, Aqua held up the staff and watched as a blue mist emerged from it.
All around them, time seemed to completely freeze.
The blue mist surrounded the two and soon enough the spirit inside the staff manifested himself into the real world.
"Hel-lo!" Ambrosius greeted enthusiastically. "Another mortal has come to engage my creative-"
The spirit stopped when he saw Aqua and Poppy.
"Well…" Ambrosius leaned down with an intrigued smile. "Look who we have here."
"Hello Ambrosius." Aqua greeted with a small smile and with her free hand over her chest. "You know me?"
Poppy looked back and forth between the two, speechless at what she was seeing.
"I could never forget you, Aqua. The first and only mortal to ever traverse the realm of the spirits." Ambrosius chuckled. "And now you're out here with all the other mortals. Come to engage with me in another creative venture?"
"Not exactly." Aqua answered to which the spirit frowned. "I'm more interested in learning about your last one, likely with whoever created that monster I just fought and is likely tied to a cult called Yevon."
"Oh them." Ambrosius drawled as he 'sat up'. "First time on the job here…Well, here now and here-here from a certain perspective."
Aqua raised an eyebrow, wondering that meant Ambrosius was somehow aware of not just the time she had met him in his realm but also all the other times he was used which included past, present and future.
"I need to know what they used you for." Aqua requested.
"Sweetie, I told them and I'll tell you. I am a Spirit of Creation, not of Knowledge. You want to know so bad, go find Jinn's Lamp." Ambrosius stated dismissively with a wave of his hand.
"I don't know where that is and it'll take too long." Aqua sighed. "Look Ambrosius, we can play this game as much as you want but I need to know what they used you to create if only because I want to undo that creation. It's put lives at stake."
Ambrosius frowned. "Sorry Aqua. I like you, I really do. You are much more intuitive than the average human and you certainly know how come up with a challenge but I was made by the God of Light to create whatever humanity asks with no consideration on the moral implications. I am merely the blacksmith, forging what I am asked to make."
Aqua sighed as she rubbed her head. "Ambrosius…"
"Maybe we can make a deal." Poppy suddenly spoke up.
"Hm?" The Spirit of Creation glanced at the other human girl. "And what deal would that be?"
"You tell us what we want to know and we'll ask you to make something for us." Poppy answered.
Aqua simply looked at Poppy and then back at Ambrosius who rubbed his chin in thought. "And what, pray-tell would that something be?"
"Well, you can make almost anything, right?" Poppy asked.
"To the best of my limits. Once I am asked to make something else, whatever I make previously disappears." Ambrosius answered.
"Unless you use materials or another source of power aside from your own power to make it." Aqua brought up.
"Yes, you found that little loophole and with it, you were able to create the equipment you needed without worrying of it vanishing on you outside of my realm." Ambrosius recalled with an impressed smile.
Aqua glanced at Poppy who simply shrugged and sighed. "All right, in exchange for answering my questions, I request you, the Spirit of Creation to build a…"
What to build?
She didn't need any weapons.
She didn't need a create a portal leading off of Remnant with her original Keyblade, now upgraded and armor returned to her.
If not for the fact she was stuck in the past, she would have taken off back to her former home…
Aqua's eyes widened as the word surfaced to the top of her mind. 'Home.'
Maybe that's what she needed now.
A place to call home on this world.
Aqua looked up at Ambrosius. "I will request you create a home for the two of us."
"That's it?" Ambrosius sighed. "Rather very simple, compared to the last couple of projects you gave me."
"Not just a home for me and Poppy." Aqua replied. "A home…Resembling my old home. The one you saw before."
Ambrosius raised an eyebrow. "Hmm…A little more descriptive but still rather simplistic and pedestrian."
"And it will be built using the materials of this land." Aqua gestured around them. "The stones buried in the land to be used as the foundations…And the same magical protection as the original through the magic of my Keyblade."
"Oh…" Now Ambrosius leaned in, smiling as he brought a finger to his chin. "Now we are getting somewhere."
"I figured you would." Aqua smiled. "Do we have a deal?"
"Hmm…" Ambrosius thought it over before smiling and nodded. "Very well. Since you gave me such a promising project I will share with you what I know of my last project."
"Thank you." Aqua sighed. "Now what did they want?"
"The leader Yevon wanted a power source to restore his family's ability for summoning magic. I was the power source in a very complicated magical rune that covered his entire kingdom. Once activated, it entombed the people, trapping their souls and using them as an alternative power source." Ambrosius began. "He used it to create an illusionary but exact replica of his kingdom during the age of the gods. These people are now called Fayth and their powers come from their dreams which is molded and shaped to become as real as the castor wants. The summons are called Aeons, I might add."
Aqua and Poppy's eyes widened from hearing how this cult's magic was made from sacrificing people, trapping them in stone and using their souls as a source of power to create an illusionary kingdom and those summons called Aeons were the representation of the dreams of the sacrificed people.
That's…
"Insane." Poppy muttered aloud. "What kind of people want to live their lives in a…fantasy?"
"Like I said, I was made to create whatever humanity asks with no consideration on the moral implications." Ambrosius shrugged.
"And the Kingdom Hearts?" Aqua asked.
"Apparently their hearts gathered the location where the Staff that I am bound to was originally at before it got swallowed up by the beast. Yevon had merged himself with that Heart but it was too powerful for him to handle and his mind shattered. That Heart, what you call Kingdom Hearts, acted on his original desire." Ambrosius explained. "To create a beast of impenetrable armor to guard his illusionary kingdom."
"Impenetrable armor?" Poppy raised both eyebrows. "That woman's thing…Her Aeon, pierced that monster's body while Aqua was inside!"
"Yes. Perhaps it wasn't a complete success." Ambrosius shrugged. "Though I am glad my Staff is no longer in that creature's stomach."
Both Aqua and Poppy shared a look, realizing things were more dangerous than they realized.
"Now, about your end of the deal…" Ambrosius reminded the two.
Aqua sighed but nodded. "Right. My home was a temple on top of a mountain."
"No need to describe it to me, Aqua. You know the drill." Ambrosius then morphed into a blue mist that surrounded Aqua.
Poppy stepped back, watching in pure awe as the spirit seemingly entered Aqua's body, causing a misty aura to surround her as she grasped the Staff and summoned her Keyblade. Opening her eyes, Poppy could see them perfectly resembling the eyes of the spirit and realized that the spirit had possessed her! Aqua looked around, taking in the surrounding land before spotting several nearby mountains.
"That will do." She spoke, her voice being a perfect mix of hers and Ambrosius'.
She pointed the Keyblade and the Staff at the mountain and there was a flash of golden light that caused Poppy to cover her eyes. When the flash ended and she opened her eyes, she gasped as she gazed upon the mountains that had been changed greatly. They were grassy now, surrounded by flowing water. At the top was a strange castle, decreasing in length as it reached the ground and tall spires protruding from the roof.
Two golden chains connected the castle to twin peaks and white stone marble floors made the path leading down from the castle towards a courtyard with a circular stone in the center of it. Aqua sighed and fell to her knees as the blue mist exited her body and reformed into Ambrosius who grinned at the sight before him.
"Such artistic flair. I really like the style you put into your work, Aqua." Ambrosius chuckled before vanishing back into the staff.
Poppy knelt down next to Aqua and helped her to her feet.
Xxx
Everything that had happened between Aqua fighting the beast and creating a castle had been observed by the two Brothers who were surprised…and intrigued.
"She found a way to skirt around the rules you gave the spirit of the Staff." The Dark Brother noted and chuckled. "How interesting."
The Light Brother was silent as he simply watched Aqua being helped up the mountain by the other girl to the new castle she had made. Like his brother had said, Aqua had bent the very rules he had set in place for the Relic of Creation but she had only used to create a home for herself. Once again, the Keyblade Master showed a deep wisdom, understanding and creativity that had fascinated both Brothers the last time they had seen her.
"So now what, Brother? Are we to turn our sights back to the First World just for the sake of the Keyblade Wielder?" The Dark Brother asked. "I admit, I find her exploits fascinating enough to watch but we cannot return or intervene until someone gathers the four Relics you made."
The Light Brother knew that simply returning to the First World was not an option, not in light of the task he had given Ozma and his brother's obvious…reluctance to return despite the purpose of the relics he had created and sent there with Ozma.
But then again, perhaps Aqua had already provided him the perfect way around that rule.
The Light Brother stopped as the thought of the Relics entered his mind. "We do not need to return. We can send a watcher for us."
The Dark Brother looked at his brother, watching as he raised his hands. In a flash of light, the surrounding void formed into a grand hall, the kind you would find in a marble palace. The roof was so tall; it almost appeared like there was no roof but rather a starless night sky. Under the feet were organized tiles that appeared old yet polished and fresh as if they had already been cleaned for visitors.
The walls were not marble but instead had a clay design with hieroglyphics streaming along the lower half along with carefully crafted sculptures of monks, giving it an ornate feeling. On either side of the two were two large staircases, leading upwards to a door overhead and on the other side of the room was another door with statues resembling knights guarding it.
"Behold…" The Light Brother lowered his arms. "The Relic of Time."
The Dark Brother glanced around, feeling his brother's power having shaped this entire place but at the same time he knew it was not like the other Relics or the Weapons he had made for the mortals to fight against Aqua.
"An ever-expanding Relic, placed at a point between Time and Space." The Dark Brother mused. "This is more complex than your usual work, Brother."
"The Relic of Time is placed to observe all time, everywhere." The Light Brother stated. "And already the Spirit it holds has been sent back to the First World."
The Dark Brother watched as a series of doors appeared and one of them opened to reveal the First World.
Or rather the Remnant of the First World.
Xxx
After spending a day resting in their new home, Aqua had recovered enough that she was ready to track down the so-called Cult of Yevon. They could not be allowed to carry out their horrific practices any longer, even if they didn't have the Staff of Creation anymore. They could use the fact that they seemingly destroyed the monster to recruit more people into their ranks.
More people…
Meant more sacrifices.
That was something neither the Keyblade Master or her apprentice could allow.
"I saw them over there." After returning to their previous location, Poppy pointed in the direction of where she had seen the woman and the summon she had with her. "They were on the far side of the cliffs from where I was watching. They couldn't have gone far."
Aqua nodded. "Let's go find them."
