Chapter 7: The Unexpected Keyblade
"So now that we're outta that mess, how have you been, Lia?" Mickey asked, getting into the Gummi ship.
"Good, considering I've been stuck with a human family for a year, and the only other real elf I've seen lately has been Nino, and Vlad's been hunting me down. You remember him, right?" Lia turned to Mickey, who nodded. "I thought so."
"How come you don't call Mickey 'The King'?" Sora asked.
"Hahaha! Elves don't usually call any royalty other than an elf royalty by their title. Besides, before those damned elders killed my family and tried to kill me, I was part of the royal family."
"Really?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah. That's why I got the Nareckian Seal on my wrist. Not every elf has if you know. In fact, it's very uncommon to find people with it." Lia held up her wrist and revealed to them a tatoo with a bird and bat wing joined together at the bases, wrapping around her wrist and having the two tips touch at the other side.
"I've never seen that tatoo before," Danny said.
"Of course not, I keep it secret with a simple illusion spell."
"Oh."
"We almost to Amity Park?" Nino asked.
"Yup," Goofy said.
"Uh oh," Sam said.
"What is it now?" Lia asked, a little annoyed.
"Heartless. Lots of them. And if I'm correct, they're all in Amity Park," Sam replied.
"Oh, c'mon, so there's a couple of Heartless roaming your home. What's the worst that could happen?" Sora said acrost the radio, since they were taking two different Gummi Ships.
"There's more than just a couple," Sam said, "There's got to be at least three thousand."
"And where did you come up with this number?" Nino asked.
"Off the top of my head."
"Let's hope the top of your head is wrong," Danny said.
"I don't think it would be," Mickey said.
"I wonder if the key would work..." Lia said to herself. Sam overheard her.
"What key?" she asked.
"This key," Lia said, holding the key with the heart-shaped end, making it look like a Keyblade, that was around her neck.
"Ah. that kinda looks like a Keyblade," Sam noted.
"It is. It was my mom's orriginally, then she disguised it as a charm when she thought I should take care of it. It won't work for me, but mom said that it will work when it's needed again, and that when it's needed to activate, it's owner will know what to say."
"That's kinda lengthy," Danny pointed out.
"My mom was known for giving lengthy speeches."
"Ah."
"Look!" Nino said, Amity Park coming into view. Along with it, a vast horde of Heartless.
"Oh, crap," Riku said.
"Oh crap indeed," Mickey said.
"Let's hope I remembered all I learned from my fencing trainer," Lia said.
"How many Sam?" Donald asked.
"I don't know, more than I can count."
"Double crap," Nino said.
"Yeah," Sora agreed.
"Let's hope nobody's been hurt," Danny said, changing to his ghost form. Lia followed suit.
They landed just outside the town, and went in, leaving Sam, Tucker and Kairi behind. Sam and Kairi weren't happy about this.
"What if Heartless come over here?" Sam challenged.
"Then Shimm'll stay," Lia said. She didn't want to leave them behind, either, but she figured it wasn't her decision.
"'Kay, Lia," Shimmera said, sitting down.
"But we don't want to stay here," Kairi persisted.
Nino interjected. "I think we better get going, or those Heartless can destroy this place. Either one."
"Fine, we'll stay here," Tucker said, not wanting to get into the action. Sam and Kairi gave up.
Before Lia followed the rest of the party, she said to Sam and Kairi, "Sorry you guys can't come. You must always understand that they are guys"-"Hey!" Tucker said. Lia ignored him.- "And they are very stubborn. I think that in one way or another, they really are trying to protect you, but they end up doing more damage than harm. Always remember that if they try to leave you behind, they aren't trying to dump you, but in their own way, saying they love you." And she left.
Meanwhile...
"Danny, behind you!"
"Riku, watch out!"
"There's one!"
"There's a whole bunch, you idiot!"
The sounds of war were raging as Lia landed.
"Where have you been, Lia? We could have used your help," Danny said.
"I was making sure that your friends wouldn't come to join the combat," Lia defended herself.
"Well, I don't think you were that affective," Riku said, pointing to the edge of where the Heartless were. Sam and Kairi were staning there.
"Oh, no. They came to help," Lia said in a mock surprized tone, then continiued, "Maybe we might as well let them help."
Mickey, Nino and Riku looked at her, and knew what she had done; The rest of the party, however, havd not.
"I think you guys need some help," Sam called.
"No we-" Danny started, but Lia cut him off.
"Help would truely be appriciated," she called back.
"We don't want them here, they could get hurt," Sora said, taking the words out of Danny's mouth.
"When you say 'we', do you just mean you and Danny, because, if you notice, we are greatly outnumbered, and both of them are used to combat. The rest of us would love help." Lia said, destroying Heartless while she talked.
Danny and Sora looked at each other, then looked down at the ground, their shame dousing their stuborness.
"I think you owe those two ladies appologies. But not now. We have asses to kick," Lia said, then flew off to greet the backup.
"We do, don't we," Danny said.
"Yeah, I think so," Sora agreed. Riku came up from behind and shoved them in the direction of the two girls, who Lia armed with two barbs of ectoplasmic energy. The two boys fought their way to the girls, the rest of their group covering their backs.
When they finally made it, Sora started, "Kairi, sorry for being such a jerk lately."
Danny started to follow his example, saying, "Sam, I know you know that I-" He got cut off a swarm of Heartless came up and ambushed the two boys, knocking Sora into the ground, and sending Danny into a building. He fell to the ground, and changed back to Fenton. Heartless swarmed over both. Sam's eye's widened, then narrowed, and her hands shook at her sides.
"Those Heartless will pay!" she screamed, her unspoken love for Danny fueling her anger, raising her hands to the heavens.
"Heartkey!" she cried out, "Be my light!" The key charm around Lia's neck flashed and dissapeared, a light appearing around Sam's hand and lengthening, forming into a peculiar Keyblade. It's key-like tip was three sharp spire-lets. On the hilt, where the fancy woodwork went around like Sora's Keyblade, were spikes like that of the blade, pointing out in four directions. The Keychain was a small leaf.
Sam held her new Keyblade in front of her, arms straight. Her eyes were a milky white, and she lifted into the air, her hair rising and her skirt flew in a wind that only afected her. "Bolt Armagedon!" She screamed, the sky above darkening, flashes of light striking down from the sky, waves of light pulsing from Sam's Keyblade, knocking back the Heartless like Danny's Ghostly Wail does ghosts.
After a few minuts, Heartless started decinigrating. First the weaker Shadows, then stronger creatures, like Neoshadows and Defenders. When Sam started to come back to the ground, there were no Heartless left, since she had destroyed them all. As she touched the ground, something rose from Danny's unconcius body. The Fenton Thermos. As it rose, a beam of light shot from it, hitting an invisible something, making a Keyhole appear. A shot of light from Sam's Keyblade went into the Keyhole, locking it with a click. Sam fell to the ground, and passed out, her Keyblade disappearing in another flash of light.
Later in the Time Stream...
"So that was the Keyblade your mom used?" Donald asked. They were all at the Nasty Burger.
"Yup," Lia said.
"And Sam was supposed to get it?" Tucker asked.
"Looks like." Lia turned to Danny. "I think you still owe Sam an appology," she said, nudging him to Sam. He walked reluctantly over.
"Sam, I-I-I'm-" He stuttered.
Sam cut him off, saying, "I understand. And you're forgiven." She hugged him.
"Well, looks like we gotta head out," Sora said.
"And this will definately not be goodbye?" Nino asked, as he had grown fond of Goofy and Donald.
"Never!" Sora, Danny, Sam, Kairi, Tucker and Riku said in unison.
End Chapter 7: The Unexpected Keyblade.
End Story: Amity Hearts.
Author's Notes: Sorry it took forever to get this last chapter up, and sorry it was totally anti-clamatic, but I hope you all liked the ending. If you want to get in touch with me, I'm usually available on WoW, and I have other ways to contact me listed on my site. And as last time, tell me what you thought. I always enjoy critisism, as it helps me with writing. Until next time, this is HP!