A/N: I know it may seem unfair for me to write the way I have and drag things out a bit but I think there are some things which just take time to do right. Please read and review this chapter.
Sora and LWN walked ahead of the army in silence. LWN was thinking dark thoughts on how he was responsible for everyone being down here – he should have been able to stop the dark wielder from doing what he'd done (or at least in his mind) – and it cast him into a deep spiraling whirlpool of depression. Sora on the other hand was thinking of Kairi and when he would be able to see her again and also whether Roxas would be able to protect her. On and on they walked for what seemed to be days although in reality it was only three hours. At last LWN stopped and held out his hand to halt Sora.
"What?" Sora asked. As he looked in front of him he could vaguely see the large crater which he had nearly fallen into. "Oh . . ." said Sora. "Thanks."
"No problem," said LWN. "Now," he called out to the army behind him. "Anyone with a weapon capable of defeating heartless – get up here right now!"
After much shuffling and moving other people out of the way there was finally a force which Sora felt would be strong enough to make a difference. There were about 50 people, dark and light followers, with all sorts of weapons, ready to fight. Sora and LWN looked each of them in the eye but Sora saw something which was not to his liking and he quietly told LWN what it was.
LWN nodded and walked over to a little girl about 6 years old and wearing ninja clothes. A silver heart chain hung from her belt along with a leather pouch. Both looked weird on her as they were obviously meant for an adult. She had a cute little face although no-one would be able to tell because she wore a long, hot pink face scarf which covered her face. She had short reddish brown hair but it could have easily been the same as if she was a he. The only thing which gave her away as a little girl were her jade green eyes.
"I'm Alexa," she said, holding her hand out.
LWN shook it saying, "That's a nice name. What are you doing here Alexa?"
"I want to fight," she said.
LWN laughed. "You want to fight? And how do you expect to be doing that?"
"You'll see," said Alexa.
"Trust me," said a tall man with a small nose and sharp ears. "She can fight when she wants to."
"Very well," said LWN. "Show me."
"OK," said Alexa. LWN pulled out his pitch fork shaped weapon while Sora stared in shock. He couldn't believe LWN was serious. Alexa pulled out a two adult sized shirokens and leapt into the air, dodging LWNs attacks before throwing the shirokens straight towards him. LWN held up his weapon and used it to deflect the shirkens back towards Alexa. Alexa looked shocked when her hand started to glow a bright white and when she held her palm out to catch the shirkens they glowed for a second as well before falling to the ground.
"You may come with us," said LWN.
Sora no longer had any doubts that she would be able to protect herself but was curious as to how she did what she did.
"I'm a see-trah," she said.
"Your a Cetra?" Sora turned to LWN. "I thought you said they were an ancient race.
"They are," said LWN. "This little girl must have been born here. Is that right?" he asked Alexa.
"Yeah," she said. "Mummy said that we came here and built a civilisation here but it fell into darkness when the elders left."
"Sounds sad," said Sora. "Where is your mother?"
"She's gone on a trip to a better place," said Alexa. Sora noticed that she was fingering her heart chain as she spoke and assumed it must have been a parting gift from her mother.
"I'm sorry," said Sora.
"Don't be," said Alexa. "I will join her when it's my time."
She's amazingly mature for someone of her age, Sora thought. Apart from her size and the way she pronounced Cetra she could have been mistaken for an adult.
"Let's move people," said LWN. "We don't have very far to go. The dark citadel lies somewhere within this crater and the quicker we find it the quicker we will be able to fix thins around here."
Silence filled the air but it was not from fear or tension. LWN knew that everyone was just preparing themselves for what would most likely be the last battle they would have to fight unless they could find a way out of this place.
Sora summoned the dream sword in preparation and was suddenly seized by a mysterious burst of inspiration. Sora held the dream sword up to the sky and a beam of light shot out from it.at beam of light connected with something high above him and poured off like a fountain would showing a barrior of sorts. The barrior glowed for a moment before stabilizing and giving a clear view of a brightly shining sun (Only in the area of the circle which was very small, about the size a basketball would make.)
Sora gasped. "What is that?"
"It's the sky," said Alexa. "Mummy always said it would come back one day."
"By jove," said the tall man with a small nose and sharp ears. "It really is the sky. I haven't seen it in so long. . ." Then as if remembering something he stopped and held out his hand to Sora. "I'm Elchanan."
Sora shook the hand and said "I'm Sora, pleasure to meet you."
"Oh no the pleasure is mine," said Elchanan. Then he whispered words to one of the others who had a weapon, words which Sora barely heard. "The prophecy is coming true, all the signs are in place."
The guy he'd spoken to answered back, "Are you sure? He doesn't look like much."
"What's that supposed to mean!" Sora shouted forgetting that he was eavesdropping. Both Elchanan and his friend blushed with embarrasment and then slipped away into the back of their ranks.
Sora felt eyes on the back of his head and turned to see LWN grinning.
"What?" Sora asked.
"You'll see Sora, you'll see."
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