The Faint Star
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
Zashi looked at Namine in shock, "you can influence a keyblade?" She gave a nod, and sat down at the table. "You will need it to defeat the darkness now…" Zashi swallowed a lump in his throat and sat down, "There was a book in Hollow Bastion called Project Black…but it disappeared…" Marlena looked at him, "did you try and look for it?" Zashi simply nodded his head, but then noticed Namine was back at her drawing, and within a few moments, she placed the pencil on the table and closed the book, "It's a good thing you found that book, or else it would have fallen into darkness…" by the time she had finished speaking, the black book suddenly appeared and made a loud thump when landing on the table.
Reaching for the book, Namine pulled it to herself and began to thumb through the pages, stopping at one. "This is not good. According to this, Melantha can destroy worlds on a whim, since she is a being with a heart filled with darkness…" A bead of sweat ran down Zashi's face, "ok…so how do we defeat something like that?" Namine shook her head, "I don't know…but you must try…" Suddenly, Marlena got up from the table and walked towards the window, looking out. She gave a great sigh, "I never thought something like this would happen…All we had to do was seal the door…and I did…" Zashi got up from the table and walked to his friend and put a hand on her shoulder, "I guess there is just one last Heartless to take care of…right?" Marlena turned around, "no…I just want to go home…I'm sick of battling the Heartless all the time…I remember when life was simple on our world…" Zashi turned his gaze from his friend, remembering the times that were spent at the ocean side. "If you defeat her, then everything will go back to normal…The worlds will return and you can go back." Marlena whipped around to Namine, "I know that…But its hard…"
"Don't give up hope; it's the only thing we have…" Zashi's voice echoed throughout the room, Marlena turned back to him with tears in her eyes, "where did you hear that from?" Zashi gave a smile, "Cloud told me once…" Marlena raised her hands to wipe away the tears, and extended her right hand, and a golden light came into her hands, forming into a keyblade, "I'm ready to go home; what about you Zashi?" He nodded in agreement, "that's the spirit, you two." Namine gave a smile, and threw a card toward Zashi. "That will take you to Traverse Town, since you will need to prepare for what's ahead." Marlena walked up to Namine, and gave her a hug, "thank you for everything Namine…I hope to see you again." Zashi also walked to Namine, and extended his right hand, "Thanks Namine, you are great." She shook the hand, and the duo stopped at the door, and placed the card onto it.
Slowly changing from pure white, the door started to shape into a wooden door, with massive black hinges. Giving a wave, Zashi and Marlena opened the door and passed through, placing them on the outskirts of the First District of Traverse Town. "I wonder how everyone is doing…" Marlena thought out loud, "I hope Cloud is here to give me a weapon until the keyblade comes…" Zashi said as they walked further into town, but they stopped when they saw Leon and the gang rush towards them, "Both of you are safe!" Aerith was the first to speak, then turned pointed to the sky, "All the worlds have faded, and everyone has felt a deep darkness…What's been going on?" Marlena suggested they explain on the way back to the small house, by the time they had reached the house, the group was up to speed to the events at Hollow Bastion.
"But there is one star that is still in the sky…" Leon pointed to the nearly invisible glimmer of light hanging in the night sky. Everyone turned to look, "That's where she is…" Zashi breathed, and everyone looked at him, "how do you know?" Marlena asked, but he simply pointed to his heart, "the darkness tells me…"
