Revelation
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
The shaking keyblade plunged into the door, the gold detailing around the door started to fade. Slowly a black mist started to pour from the door, watching in horror, Zashi grabbed the keyblade to pull it out, but it wouldn't budge. Hearing footsteps behind him, he turned around to see Melanie and Kairi, "The ocean has turned purple! The other parts of the island are gone! This place is falling apart!" Melanie shouted to Zashi, who tried to gather his thoughts on how to stop the keyblade from opening the door; however it was already too late as the last few inches of gold around the door faded. Suddenly the burst open, and the dark mist covered the tiny cave, "Melanie! Kairi! Where are you?" Zashi shouted over the darkness, but he heard nothing he took a few steps and used his arms as guides, however he couldn't feel the cave wall, and something started to crawl up his legs. Flailing his arms about, he felt the hand of someone else, and grasped onto it, and pulled himself free; he couldn't see who it was, "Zashi are you all right?" Melanie's voice came over the darkness; he looked around to see where her voice was coming from, but his eyes failed him.
"Don't worry, I've got Kairi with me too." Her voice came again, and he felt a slight tug on his arm and he started walking. "Where are we going!" Zashi shouted, trying to get his voice across the darkness, but there was no response and he kept on walking. Suddenly he couldn't feel Melanie's hand anymore, he stopped dead in his tracks and looked around, "Melanie! Kairi!" Zashi shouted into the abyss, he listened for a response but all he could hear was a cracking noise; suddenly the floor gave way, making Zashi tumble through the darkness. Falling for what seemed like forever, he landed softly on his feet and looked around: Darkness was still all he could see, he took a small step forward, when the floor began to shine with many different colors, however they formed an image. It was Marlena surrounded by both Heartless and Unknown.
Zashi tried to make sense of the stained glass picture on the floor. "Does this mean that both the Heartless and the Unknown are working to stop Marlena?" Just as he had finished his thought, there came a voice that echoed throughout the darkness, "You are the ones to seal the door." He looked around for the source of the voice, but could not find one, "seal the door? You mean Kingdom Hearts?" Zashi asked the darkness, but he received no response, but then pondered what it had said, "you are the ones…" he thought to himself then the voice echoed again, "Light, darkness and non-existence are required to seal the door." Just as Zashi was working on the words that the voice had said, he saw a flight of stairs leading upward to another platform. Walking up the stairs, he found another stained glass floor with an image, it was Iris being surrounded with Heartless and Keyblades. Zashi starred at the floor for a long time, and he put a hand to his chin, "…I am dark…Marlena is light…and Iris is Unknown…" Finishing the thought, a brilliant light took him over, and he lost conscience.
"ZASHI! Wake up!" Melanie screamed at the top of her lungs, trying to wake him up, when he suddenly flashed his eyes open. He put a hand to his head and said, "Ow…How long have I been out?" Melanie looked up at Kairi, who gave a shrug, then turned to Zashi, "I don't know…but we have found a place to crash for the night." Struggling to his feet he leaned on Melanie, they walked to a building just on the other side of the plaza, they passed through the doors and into their rooms. Melanie lay Zashi down on a bed, "This is your room. You can't share with Kairi and me." Since Zashi didn't have a problem, he simply nodded his head and climbed further onto his bed and watched Melanie walk out of his room.
Sleep didn't come easy since Zashi saw the stained glass images of his friends. "What does that mean for me?" he thought intently, trying to answer his question, however no answer came. Hearing a creaking noise come from his door, he looked over to see Melanie, who walked to his bed and said, "I can't sleep since what happened to us on Destiny Islands…" Zashi looked at Melanie, "I can't sleep either…" she crawled onto the bed with him, barely inches from his face, when they heard a scream coming from the other room!
Melanie jumped off the bed and ran toward the room, and forcefully opened the door, to find Kairi standing a few feet away, pointing to a red and blue mound on the floor, which was moving. "Stand back Kairi!" Melanie shouted, and reached into her coat, and found a small cylinder, which extended by a yard in both directions. The figure lifted his face, revealing his blonde hair and ice blue eyes, filled with deep cuts; his red cloak was torn to ribbons, and his blue clothing was turning red from the blood. "I…need…" the man tried to speak, "I need…to speak with Zashi…" Suddenly, the man fell back on the floor…
