The Gift
The three were now in the gummi ship and were heading to their next destination, the Coliseum. Amoura had explained to Kaylie and Sean that this was the world where a lot of contests were held. The winners of the contests were rewarded handsomely. They were about an hour away when Sean decided to break the haunting silence that had befallen them.
"So…" Sean began, "Are we going to compete in this contest? Or are we just stopping there for gas?" Sean joked. But neither of the girls found it to be funny. Instead they just glared at him.
"I think that Amoura and I will compete together." Kaylie suggested.
"Yeah." Amoura agreed. "I bet we would make an unstoppable team." The two girls started chatting about all the guys that would adore them for wining the contests. Sean was staring out the window of the ship. 'Since when am I not a part of this team.' He thought. Then he decided to ask the girls a few questions. 'If they are going to do what they want, then so do I.'
"Excuse me?" Sean said, stopping their dull conversation. "Since you two are going to compete in the contest, I figured that I might go off and do some exploring."
"No you're not." Amoura said.
"And why not?" Sean challenged.
"Because Kaylie and I both agreed that you would get to be our official mascot! You get to cheer us on when we win the tournament! Isn't that great?" She asked.
"And why would that be great?" Sean said biting his tongue. He did not want to say what was on his mind at the moment.
"You mean you don't want to cheer your best friends on?" she asked incredulously. "Since when are you so…boring?"
"Since two girls decided that they could run my life." Sean muttered. They were almost there and he was dying to get a good look around. Maybe this world was like an island. 'Probably not.' Sean thought.
There was silence until their ship finally arrived at the Coliseum. It was huge! There was a room with two huge statutes on either side of a huge set of double doors. Another two sets of doors lead to the left and right. It was a wonderful sight.
"Wow…"said Kaylie. "Did you know it was this big?"
"No." answered Amoura. They walked around and examined a huge notice board saying the times of the contests. There was one going on today. But the problem was, you had to try out for it and if you did not make the try outs then you could not be in the contest.
"Lets go! I want to try out for the contest before it starts! I know we can win this."
"Yeah." Agreed Amoura. Kaylie made her Keyblade appear again and Amoura took out her weapon, the Heart Blade. Then they were off to try out. Sean was now left all alone.
"Well, well, well," Sean said aloud, "It looks like I am going to be able to explore after all. I wonder where this door leads…" Sean made his way over to the right doors, then pushed them open. Sean was expecting some kind of arena, but instead he found a store.
"Excuse me young man," the cashier said, "is there anything I can help you with?"
"No…" Sean said. "I am just looking." And so he started wondering around.
'Wow…Sean thought. 'This stuff is amazing! Gold shields, platinum swords, and battling equipment of all sorts. The money I brought with me should be able to buy me something. I mean, all the heartless leave enough to begin with, but I am fine…for now.'
Sean had gone through the whole store and had finally found something he could afford that was pretty cool. It was a pair of shoes that were supposed to increase your speed. Supposedly made by Zeus himself.
He grabbed them and started to walk over to the cashier when he noticed a necklace in an enclosed case. It looked curious so he decided to check it out. 'That would look so pretty around Kaylie's neck. I wonder how much-' but his thoughts were interrupted.
"It's a beauty, isn't it?" It was the cashier again.
"Yeah…" agreed Sean. "But look at the price."
"Yeah…there is always a downfall to beautiful things like these. It just arrived here today. This is the only one of that necklace. When it joins forces with its master, it can create a powerful shield."
"Really?"
"You betcha. Amazing, isn't it?"
"Yeah. I wish I could get this for Kaylie…" Sean said aloud.
"How much do you have?" he cashier asked.
"I am $50 too short. Why?" he looked at the cashier with a curious face.
"Give me your money."
"What?"
"I said give me your money." His voice was calm.
"No way!" Sean said backing away.
"Look, do you want the necklace or not?" he asked. His patience was thinning.
"Uh…yeah."
"Then give me your money." Sean did as he was told and in return the cashier gave him the necklace. "You better take care of that."
"Don't worry, I will." Sean said, slightly bowing. "And here are the shoes I was going to buy." He tried to hand them to the cashier but he would not take them.
"You can have them. They aren't worth a lot anyway. And besides I got plenty more where that came from."
"Thank you. This is very kind of you. Is there anything I can do in return?"
"Yeah, there is." He said handing Sean an envelope. "Since you are a traveler, I want you to take this to a guy named Hercules. He will know what to do with it."
"Okay. Bye! And thank you so much!" he said as he left the store. 'Oh…Kaylie is going to love this! I can't wait to give it to her!' Sean said heading off to watch the rest of the contest.
When he got there, he saw that there was only one battle left. It was Kaylie and Amoura against a guy named none other than Hercules! This was the guy that Sean was supposed to find! 'Man, that was easier then I thought.' Sean thought.
"Wow…those two weren't lying, they are a good team." Sean said as he watched them battle Hercules. This Hercules guy was good, but not good enough. After a short while Kaylie and Amoura had one. They used both of their weapons to create a very powerful attack.
"YAY! GO KAYLIE AND AMOURA!" Sean yelled while standing with the rest of the crowd. With all the rumors that were going around, Sean guessed that not a lot of people were able to defeat Hercules. Sean shoved his way to the battlefield to present Kaylie with the necklace. 'Oh…I hope she likes this.'
Well……….what do you think? I know I didn't explain a lot about the contest, but I will give a lot of details on the next one they go to.
Please read and review! I love to hear what people think. By the way, I updated as soon as I could.
