Chapter 3
Invaders
It was the night before the big trip, Sora, Riku, and Kairi were still not allowing Mian to come with them. They were going to leave a little before sunrise. Mian said his goodbyes because he probable wasn't going to be awake then. Mian looked up into the night sky and asked himself "Why was I put here and not where I was from"? Maybe once they reached the outside worlds they would find his home. All he knew was that if his only memory of him being elsewhere was true, than he and Kairi came for the same world.
He recalled that memory from when he was five. He was standing in a large room filled with books from top to bottom. He was standing next to a red haired girl who was also five. They were both watching a meteor shower through a large window that reached to the ceiling of the room. He remembered that she said her name was Kairi but Mian couldn't remember the rest of the conversation.
"Mian can you come down here for a minute?" His mom called. "Be just a sec!" Mian called back. He picked up his necklace and let it reflect the dim moonlight on his face. Mian always wondered why his necklace was almost exactly like Sora's except for the jagged heart in the middle. "Does that symbol mean anything?" he thought. "Mian NOW!" his mom called. "Alright I'm coming sheesh!" Mian called back.
He walked downstairs into his kitchen which like all the other houses was ten feet by ten feet. "Mian can you take this package over to Sora's house we got it by mistake." his mom asked. "Sure," Mian replied "What's in it"? "None of our business that's what." his dad answered. "Gotcha." Mian said.
Mian started out towards Sora's house. It was two doors down from his, then Riku's was four houses down from that and Kairi's was dead center of the island. The wind started to pick up so Mian had to shield his eyes from the sand blowing everywhere. "Geez it's getting kind of cold out here" Mian said to himself. He came up to Sora's house and knocked on the door. Sora's mom opened the door "Oh hello Mian, what are you doing out here"? "Oh um we got this package by mistake and it was supposed to come here." Mian answered. "Oh well thank you Mian, do you want to me to tell Sora that you're here"? Mian hesitated. "No thanks but can you tell him to look for my home for me if he actually gets out there"? "Alright Mian, good to see you again." she said and closed the door. Mian started back home as Sora's Mom was calling him down for dinner. The sky started to get dark, real dark. "What gives it's not even seven yet." Mian said aloud. Mian heard someone running and turned around. It was Sora; he was running for the docks. Mian was about to call out to him when Mian heard a scream. It was coming from his house. Mian dashed back and busted through the door. He was met by some small black creature. It had yellow eyes, was hunched over and had two twisted antennas. Five of them were surrounding his Mom. One of them jammed its fist into where His Mom's heart was. "You get away from her!" Mian yelled. He grabbed a chair and started smashing them away. One the black creatures was about to retaliate when it suddenly stopped. It started to look at Mian strangely turning its head back and forth like it was examining him.
……My Liege
The voice felt like it was inside Mian's head. The creature that had attacked Mian's Mom pulled its hand out of her. It was holding a heart. Then a black mist formed around it and the heart vanished. Mian was couldn't move as his Mom began to fade away, and in her place came to be another one of the creatures. Just then Mian's Dad burst through the ceiling. He too was fading. Mian ran out of the house and headed toward the docks. As Mian jumped into his boat and rowed away from the shore he looked back. The screams of all the other citizens filled the air. The creatures swarmed all over the island continuing to grow in numbers. A vast vortex hung over head in the blacked sky. As it grew in size the more and more these creatures appeared. Mian finally made it ashore the second island. Riku and Kairi's boat were already here along with Sora's. Mian headed toward the secret place by the base of a large tree. A silver door that had never been there before blocked the entrance. It burst open and Sora came flying past Mian. He tried to grab him but missed and Sora was swept up into the great vortex. Mian saw more creatures headed towards him so he dashed inside the cave. The island began to rubble and crack. As a child he Sora and Riku had found this place and discovered and round wooden door at the end of the cave. Now it was open and darkness was spewing out of it. Mian felt the world began to fall apart. Suddenly he felt a strange force pulling him towards the door. Mian tried to hold back but realized that if he didn't do something he would die along with his world. So he stopped fighting the pull and he was swept into the black abyss.