Of all the toys that these intruders could be scared of; it had to be him. He didn't look threatening or intimidating in the slightest. The size of a cola bottle, he barely came up past her knees. He didn't seem to have any 'special features'. No extendable arms, karate chop action, or even a pull string to talk like she did. Every time she prodded the darkness for answers, she always got the same word. "Keyblade". "Well, he doesn't seem to have it, whatever that is." She thought to herself.
As if they heard her, the shadows ambush the the newcomers along with the hijacked Gigas toys. And for the first time, she caught a glimpse of the guy who was responsible for all of this. She was too far away to hear what he and the newcomers were saying, but she managed to get a name. "Xehanort?" The dark master leaves as soon as he came and unleashed his horde on the other toys. As she watched them fight, she noticed he pulled out that so called 'Keyblade' out of thin air and transform it into other weapons as he moved around the store swift as the wind and even taking over the Gigas himself. "Wow! He must be a really advanced toy. Real top of the line stuff. I bet every kid in the world would want him. ...Everyone...wants him."
Her body started moving against her will again. She started attacking stray toys and imprisoning them in various places hidden around the store. She want to kick herself for being so mean to everyone, but she couldn't so much as wince her face to indicate her will underneath the shadows influence. It wasn't long before that super advanced toy and his friends came into her zone and started finding the other toys she had captured. Apparently, this angered the dark entity that was possessing her; for as soon as the freed the piggy bank from the little dollhouse, she was forced to attack them herself.
The darkness used her body as weapon itself, a conduit for its power to be directed at this toy and amplified by her own misery and self-loathing. She worried that she might seriously break these toys as the space ranger was knocked around into his cowboy friend. The weird dog looking toy could certainly take a lot of punishment. The spiky one seemed to handling things alright...though for some reason he kept yelling at the duck to "Heal me!" The duck just went down in her first attack. It was kind of embarrassing for everyone involved.
The amazing toy struck her down with a final decisive blow. As she drifted into unconsciousness, she swore she saw a green flash around him and heard some strange sound followed by that spiky toy saying sarcastically; "...Thanks Donald." She didn't know for how long, but when she woke up she was alone again. As she pulled herself together, she realized she had control of her body again. The dark entity was gone, but so was everyone else. She tried looking around for everyone as all the empty shelves and broken toys started to weigh heavy on her heart. "If they didn't like me before...they're going to HATE me now."
She followed the trailer of singed carpet, ice shards and other elemental mishaps until she could hear a ruckus from the floor above her. She found the spiky toy fighting alone now as he was being overwhelmed by the Gigas and other possessed toys. He was punched by the Gigas so hard that he flew over the railing and fell into a collection of stuffed toys on the floor she was on. She ran over to check on him as he struggled to pull himself out of the unstable mass of plushies. She reached inside to pull him out, but he immediately jumped out of her hand and took a battle stance.
She waved her arms frantically as she stepped back. "Wait! I'm not here to fight you! I wanted to apologize for my behavior." He relented and relaxed as he waited to hear her story. She explained her predicament to him as he stayed silent throughout, not wanting to interrupt her. "...And then I woke up and the darkness was gone. That's when I found you here." He finally dismissed his Keyblade and gave her a...wait...was that...a smile? Directed at her? She couldn't remember the last time she experienced something so profound.
She was so distracted by the gesture that she didn't register what he said. "Uh...come again?" He shrugged and spoke more clearly. "I said my name is Sora. Nice to meet you." She was embarrassed now for a number of reasons. Mostly because she didn't have a name to give him, so she looked for anything she could use as a name. Then it hit her…"Onyx. That's my name." She hoped he wouldn't catch on that she got it from 'Onyx Toys', the bankrupt company that manufactured her.
Sora thought nothing of it. He was far too focused on getting back to his friends. "Listen. I appreciate you pulling me out of that pile and going out of your way to apologize, but I have to go rescue my friends." She realizes she's been holding him up. "Oh! I'm so sorry! Let me help you. I know where the dark creatures have been collecting...I think. I have a vague memory of it." Sora looks shocked. "They're called Heartless. Hold on. You know where their boss is hiding?" She becomes a little unsure of herself. "I...I think so." Sora excitedly jumps onto her right shoulder and grabs onto one of her bunny ears for stability. "Cool! Lead the way!"
Clearly uncomfortable with his friendly demeanor; she tried to shake off her antisocial tendencies and lead him to the lair as he rode her like a titan. "Uh...of...of course!" She tried to let her feet remember where they've been as she retraced her steps. "What if we run into more mons-...Heartless? I don't have my powers anymore. I won't be much help to you. And I am made of porcelain...very fragile." Sora laughed. "Are you kidding? You're HUGE! You can just step on the little guys. Besides, if we run into someone too big for you...I'll protect you. Don't worry." He gave her a comforting smile which calmed her heart. She muttered to herself. "...Is this what having a friend is like?" Sora leaned in. "Huh? Did you say something?" She become flustered. "No no! Nothing at all!"
*Just a heads up. The next chapter to this will probably be the last one and if not...the one after it will definitelybe. I might revisit this story in the future after the game releases and we get the full story on this character.*
