Like I've said before, it's been years since I've seen this movie, so the lines won't be exactly right. It just didn't seem right that this movie wouldn't eventually be in a Kingdom Hearts game, however, so I decided to use it. We're almost at the halfway point in this fanfic. After this chapter, the story really begins to pick up. Thank goodness this is beginning to get some attention again, I was really ready to give up earlier :) I don't own the KH or Disney characters, only Krissa!
I must say though, I really am excited about this next chapter! The 'Bored' winner will be announced tomorrow! :D
The three keyblade wielders ran as fast as they could towards Pocahontas' screams. As they ran, they noticed that the young man named Thomas came sprinting past them. He held a rifle in his hands that appeared to still be smoking. Once the group caught sight of Pocahontas, they realized that they were currently in a Native American tribe's village, but several horrors caught their eyes. The settlers were taking off in one direction looking angry, one group of Indians were leading away one of their warriors who appeared to be dead, and another group were leading away a bound John Smith. Krissa, Terra, and Ventus had to lay low and hide until both parties disappeared.
"It's WAR," Governor Ratcliffe screamed. "We'll take down those savage animals and get my gold!
At the same time, an older looking Native American was scolding at Pocahontas.
"Can you not see what you've done?! Because of you, Kokoum is dead!"
"But father..."
"You will not go near them again!" the man said. "We've got a war to prepare for," he said walking away. Once he was gone, the three keybladers came out of hiding. They noticed that Pocahontas was visibly shaken.
"Pocahontas," Krissa started, "could you tell us what happened?"
"John and I...we were, well, the man my father arranged for me to marry, Kokoum, saw us and attacked him. One of the men John came here with saw Kokoum attacking, so he killed him, saving John's life. He ran off though, and the rest of the village came out and saw Kokoum dead with John by him. They decided that John was guilty, and declared that he be executed. And now a war has also been declared...and it's all my fault."
"Pocahontas..." Krissa said, not sure of what she could say.
"Look," Terra started, "I don't know about everything that has happened here, but you can't stay here and feel sorry for yourself. Sure you may feel guilty, but if you do this, your heart will be swallowed by the darkness, make no mistake. Not only will your friend be lost, but you could be as well as it is hard to come back. Trust me, I know. But you have the power to make a change."
"Listen to your heart..." Krissa said, Grandmother Willow's words coming to mind.
"And we'll help you," Ven said.
"You guys..." Pocahontas started.
Meeko walked up to Pocahontas and rubbed his head against her leg. He dropped a compass by her foot, and Pocahontas opened it up, staring at the arrow inside spinning. Everything finally made since to the young woman.
"I had a dream about an arrow that kept spinning, over and over. It would not stop spinning, just like this one here! This belongs to John! The arrow leads to him! He is my destiny!"
Meeko looked at his friend and smiled. It looked to be as if he was saying he'd be there for her.
"Looks like he agrees," said Krissa.
Pocahontas looked at Krissa, then back down at Meeko, and then back at the group. She picked up her raccoon friend and pet his head.
"You're right," she answered. "But we'll have to hurry!" The three friends immediately started running through the forest as fast as they could.
The Native Americans and the settlers gathered for war facing each other. The tribe was on top of a cliff with Smith in front of them, and the setters were at the bottom near their ship and supplies. The settlers were ready on one side with their guns drawn, and many of the Native Americans were ready with bows, arrows, and spears drawn. Pocahontas' father, Chief Powhatan, had a club in his hands, ready to strike, until...
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Pocahontas screamed.
"Pocahontas?!" Chief Powhatan exclaimed.
"You can't do this father! If you kill him, you'll have to kill me too!"
"Get up Pocahontas! Stand back!"
"I won't!"
"Why not?!"
"...because I love him..." The three keyblade wielders walked up to the couple and drew their keyblades, ready to defend them.
"We're not with those guys over there by the way," Ventus said, referring to the settlers.
"Ven!" Terra exclaimed.
"This is where the path of hatred as brought us! It will never end as long as this continues! This is the path I choose father! What will yours be?!"
At that moment, the wind picked up. As the leaves began blowing around, the Native American chief appeared to be in deep thought. He then lowered his club.
"My daughter is right! We have come here in hatred in our hearts, but my daughter has come here with courage and understanding! From this point forward, if there is more killing, it will not start here with me."
At that moment, all of the men lowered their weapons, both the Native Americans and the English Settlers. It looked as if Pocahontas' sacrifice was not only going to save Smith, but all of the others as well. Powhatan cut Smith lose as Pocahontas smiled.
"SAVAGES!" Ratcliffe screamed! "I'll show you! I will down all of you AND get my gold!" An aura of darkness was rising from him as he raised his rifle and he aimed it at Chief Powhatan.
"NOOOO!" Smith screamed, pushing the chief out of the way, his sacrifice had saved Pocahontas' father, but Smith himself had been struck down in the process.
"No!" Pocahontas exclaimed, running over to John to comfort him. Krissa, Terra, and Ventus took that moment to jump into action. They jumped off of the cliff while wielding their keyblades. The rest of the settlers raised their weapons, willing to go against their leader as well.
"Hey you oversized grape," Krissa exclaimed, "look around you!"
Ratcliffe looked around him only to see his men turning against me!"
"Fools!" Ratcliffe exclaimed as he summoned a barrier between his men and himself. He then summoned a dozen shadow heartless in front of him.
"Careful," Terra exclaimed, "once you fall that much into darkness, there's almost no turning back!"
"You three runts will be my pawns! I will get my gold and take down all of the savages!"
Objective: Work with Terra and Ventus and defeat Governor Ratcliffe!
Ratcliffe's main form of attack was shooting at the trio, but the keybladers were able to reflect these attacks by summoning their shields. The three worked together to defeat the heartless, leaving Ratcliffe exposed. The three game him one more final blow before he collapsed to the ground.
"Umph," he exclaimed while falling to the ground. As he did, the barrier disappered and a handful of his former men grabbed him, placing him under arrest. The three keyblade wielders made their way back up the cliff. The rest of the settlers were already up there, having placed Smith on a stretcher and bandaged his wound. Smith was weak, but stable.
"It's time to go," Thomas said.
Smith gently touched her face. "Come with me?"
Pocahontas looked at her father. "You must choose your own path."
She looked at the man she loved once more. "I'm needed here," she answered.
"Then I'll stay her," Smith replied.
"No. You have to go back."
"But I can't leave you."
"You never will. No matter what happens, I'll always be with you. Forever."
"I'm so grateful to have known you," Smith said. The two then embraced in a final kiss. This tugged at Krissa's heart as she was sad to see that they had to be separated. Though she had always dreamed about it, she had never been in love. She had been on plenty of dates, but she never found the right person for her. The men then took Smith away as the two waved goodbye.
"Thank you for your help," Pocahontas told the keyblade wielders.
"Our pleasure," Krissa said.
"One question," Chief Powhatan asked, "Why would you help us?"
"Well..." Ven started.
"She said that they were sent to tell the settlers that there were no gold here." Pocahontas said.
"Y-yeah," Krissa stated, "I'm just sorry that I came too late."
"Well you helped us all the same," the chief said.
At that moment, Krissa's keyblade appeared in her hands as a keyhole then appeared in the sky. A beam of light then appeared from her keyblade, and it shined into the hole.
"You just locked away the keyhole for this world!" Ventus exclaimed!
"Huh?" Krissa asked, "I thought that this opened a path to..." Krissa stopped. The Native Americans knew nothing about the other worlds. Terra and Ven knew what she was referring to, however.
"Yes," Terra began, "but it also locks away the world's keyhole. When it isn't locked, the world is vulnerable to darkness. Given the large black shadow that is spreading, it is vital that the keyholes are locked."
"Hmm. Merlin didn't mention anything about a dark shadow. But I guess that's beside the point. I guess it's my time to leave." With that, Krissa summoned her armor and flew off. "Goodbye, everyone!"
"The settlers sure do use some weird tools," Powhatan stated, and the Native Americans walked back to their village.
"Are we going to follow her?" Ventus asked. Before Terra could answer, Meeko sneaked back up behind Terra and grabbed his Wayfinder out of his pocket. He put it in his mouth as he ran off back into the woods.
"Hey, give that back!" Terra exclaimed. The two ran after the raccoon once more.
I just love Meeko! Anyways, Krissa fun facts:
Besides the fact that Krissa loves to sing, she can also play piano. Her favorite place in the world is anything beachy and/or tropical. Her favorite animals are dolphins. And though she's not exactly a big video gamer, she enjoys occasionally playing games with her family, namely Mario Kart and Brawl. She always plays as Yoshi :) If you want to know about anymore facts, just ask! And be sure to review! (Badoooooo *in sing-song voice*).
