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Chapter 3 - Ominous Foreshadowing
"So...," I said, eyeing the black and red blade in my hand. "This is a Keyblade, huh?" The girl named Aerith nodded. We were at a place called Traverse Town, where Sora said he had woken up when the island was destroyed. There I had met the "Grand Ninja" Yuffie, Leon, Cid, and Aerith. I was talking to Aerith currently, about the Heartless and Keyblades and miscellaneous junk like that. I had been fascinated to hear all of this (who wouldn't be?) And was now gazing at my Keyblade fondly.
"But it's strange...," Aerith continued. "The legend says there's only one Keyblade Master, and that he's a boy." I blinked, looking interested. "Legend?" "Well, more like two different legends with the same subject. The first states that the Keyblade Master saved the world, and the other says that he wrought chaos and ruin upon it." I frowned, eyeing my Keyblade again. "You have the Dark Keyblade... and Sora wields the Light Keyblade, or the Kingdom Key." My lips twitched slightly in a smile. "That makes sense...," I said absently, eying the black Keyblade. Sighing quietly, I stood, the Dark Keyblade disappearing in a flash of light. "I'm gonna go find Sora, Donald, and Goody. It's probably time to go." With that, I walked out of the room and into the Second District.
I walked for several minutes, not really knowing where I was going until I reached a dead end. Snapping out of it, I looked around and realized I was in an alley. I looked warily about, rather scared but not sure why. Without warning, I collapsed. My eyes went blank, and my mind was gone.
I opened my eyes and looked around anxiously. One look at where I was told me I wasn't in Traverse Town anymore. I committed the sight to memory, taking in every detail of the place. Then, I was gone again, in darkness, seeing things in flashes. Things I soon realized would come in the future. Flash, someone battling a purple-robed beast, flash the Keyblade disappearing from Sora's hands and appearing in the someone's hands, flash, the Keyblade returning to Sora, flash, heavy black chains wrapping themselves around my body in front of...someone (dun dun dun). Flash, the Dark Keyblade falling from my hand to the ground as the life left my eyes... There were no voices, no noises of any kinda at all. Even my blade hitting the floor was silent. Then everything went blank once more and I woke up to someone calling my name.
"Rhia..." The voice was far away, but increasing in volume and intensity rapidly as I slowly returned to my body. "Rhia! Wake up!" Is that...Sora...?" I thought hazily, "Is he calling me back?" Finally, I opened my eyes. The someone who had been calling to me said happily, "She's awake!" My eyes shifted to the person's face and I realized it was Sora. "So...ra...?" I murmured, calling his attention back to me.
He smiled happily when he saw me awake. But that smile soon turned to a frown when he saw my eyes. They were blank, emotionless, cold as a sheet of ice, almost dead. He looked at me with concern, then turned and called, "Hey, Leon... Com look at this. Something's wrong with her eyes." He turned back to me. My blank eyes bored into his blue ones, as if they could see straight into and through his soul. Out of the corner of my eyes, I could see goose bumps appear of his skin, like my piercing gaze had instantly make his blood run cold. He looked away with a shiver as Leon came into view.
Leon peered at my eyes with no hesitation at all, and frowned as he asked me, "What happened?" I realized with a jolt that I was lying on my back in the alley and probably had been for quite a while. My eyes finally turned to their normal color as I realized where I was and what was going on. I sat up quickly, gasping at the cold numbness of my body. Sora immediately was by my side, looking concerned. "Don't move." I turned to him, eyes wide. "What's going on? Why am I all numb an' stuff? How come I'm lying in the middle of a weird alleyway? Why-?" Leon cut me off, looking annoyed. "Stop. You're fine." I opened my mouth to protest but shut it again as he gave me a warning glance.
"First we need to know what happened to you," he stated calmly. "I...," I stated, frowning in confusion as I tried to remember. After a moment, I whispered pathetically, "I don't know..." Leon stared at me skeptically. "What do you mean, you don't know?" I transferred my gaze from the ground to his face. "I can't remember." He sighed impatiently and walked away, arms crossed in frustration.
I buried my face in my hands, trying to at least feel something. I realized with satisfaction that the feeling was slowly coming back to my body. I sighed, face still buried in my hands, frantically trying to remember what had happened. But then I paused, remembering the phrase that a friend on mine had once said: "Don't ever try too hard to remember something, or it'll slip away and fade. Just let whatever you forgot come back to you on its own. Then it'll stay instead of falling apart." I took my hands from my face and cleared my throat. Sora turned his attention back to me. I turned to him and said, "Help me up."
He started to say something like, "You should just stay were you are for now," but instead, at my death glare, he said rather meekly, "Okay..." He walked over to me quickly, lest I try to kill him if he was too slow, and put on of my arms over his head and pulled me to my feet. I wobbled slightly and he steadied me hurriedly. As soon as I gained my balance, I motioned for him to let go of me. Hesitating, he paused for a moment, then let go. I stood up straight and grinned. "Alrighty..." I turned and took a step toward the group of people who Sora had been talking to and saw a sulking Leon, happy (as usual..) Aerith, hyper Yuffie, impatient Donald, and goofy, well, Goofy.
They all stopped talking amongst themselves when they saw me standing and gazed at me expectantly, all except for Leon. He just glared. I glared back, then glanced at Sora as he stood beside me. After a moment, Aerith burst out with, "You're ok!" I raised an eyebrow at her. "Well, yeah..." She responded with a soft, happy smile. Shaking my head, I turned back to Sora, and asked quietly, "Where to next?" "I'm not sure.." he answered, crossing his arms over his head in a carefree fashion. "Whatever world we come across, I guess." Donald and Goofy walked up to us, looking ready to go, and Sora grinned for a moment. Then his face fell.
"But... Are you going to be okay RHia?" he asked me with concern. I nodded stiffly. "Of course.. It takes a lot more than that to keep me down. Now let's go! To the Gummi Ship!" I yelled, pointing a finger into the air, and charged off. Laughing, Sora waved goodbye to Aerith, Yuffie, and Leon, and he, Donald, and Goofy ran after me.
Of course, I had no idea whatsoever where the ship was, due to my terrible sense of direction, and stopped in the middle of the Second District, arm still raised, looking around in confusion. As the others got nearer, I yelled to Sora, "Which way!" He laughed loudly and pointed in the direction we were supposed to be going, and I charged ahead again, knowing that this would happen several times.
Eventually, we made it to the Gummi Ship, and climbed aboard, me still ahead of everyone. Grinning, I sat in "my" seat, the copilot's, and hugged it happily. "Did you miss me, Cushy?" Sora stared at me like I was insane (I don't blame him), then took the pilot's seat. Donald stomped all flat-footed an' stuff up to me and barked, "That's my seat!" I blinked down at him innocently. "No it isn't... I claimed it, remember?" I swear I could see puffs of smoke escape his nostrils.
"No, as a matter of fact, I don't!" he snarled, glaring at me. "Well, I do," I answered, "Go find another seat. "Grumbling, he stalked to another seat and plopped down, looking extremely grumpy. I turned and hugged my seat agin. "Don't, Cush! I won't let the mean ol' duck get you!" All the while, I was grinning wickedly at Donald, who just ignored me. Sora laughed, grinning, then turned his attention to the controls.