||Episode 2 - Part VII: Behind the Scenes||
*Villains of a Sort*...[Hollow Bastion]
Sora, Lu, Donald, and Goofy. The four heroes in the making appeared as a hologram for several eyes to see. Each of them fought bravely to fend off and defeat a mighty foe. To these individuals observing from far away, on the sidelines, it was nothing to be considered good news. They never thought that something so marvelous could take place when it was in their plans to see them fail miserably. It could only mean that they had a challenge ahead of them.
"Those little squirts took down that Heartless like it was nothing!" One man with fiery hair growled, clenching his fists. "Who'd have thought it?"
"Such is the power of the Keyblade," another joined in, gripping his golden staff so tightly that he nearly broke it in two. "Those children possess strength that is not their own. We must be wary."
"Why don't we turn them into one of those Heartless?" inquired a plump woman. She grinned at the idea of Sora and Lu becoming Shadows or perhaps something better. The woman's eye fell on Lu more particularly when she suggested this. "That'd settle things quick enough. I wouldn't mind having that girl as a little pawn."
"Look at that!" A hooked man stepped forward and pointed his finger at Donald and Goofy. He knew very well who they were now that he got a good look. "Those brats' friends are the King's lackeys. Swaggle me eyes, they're all bilge rats by the look of them."
"You're no prize yourself," chuckled a strange man with ragdoll features. "Ha! Get it?"
"Shut up!"
They argued as a thin-faced woman hummed to herself from a throne. This situation playing out before her was intriguing, but it was about the children with Keyblades rather than the insolent fools bickering back and forth. She had enough of their despicable behavior. Now was the time to be discussing important matters, not the value of their outward appearances.
"Enough," she said firmly, rising from her throne. Her strong voice was enough to have them all silenced. In the dim light of the chamber, she stepped forward and revealed her frowning face to those who stood in darkness. "The Keyblade has chosen these peculiar children. Will it be they who conquer the darkness? Or will the darkness swallow them? Either way, they could prove to be quite useful to our plans..."
*Music End*