This thing.
This white… monster looking thing.
It flew over my head and into my face. Luckily, it stopped mid-air before it could hit me.
I shrieked from the top of my lungs
Twenty minutes since summer vacation has ended.
Chapter VI: New Faces
This whole thing started out as a normal week. The last week of summer vacation, and it was great; the beach, the festival, and so much more. And look at me now. It's the end of summer vacation and the start of school, it was supposed to be an exciting, new experience for me. I was going to go back with friends that I haven't talk to since the last school day and meet new people. Oh, and did I tell you? I'm now being chased by unknown creatures.
"No, no, nooo……!!" I kept repeating to myself. It was just a dream, a bad nightmare. I will soon wake up. I hope to wake up. But the fear of them seems so real. The pain I feel each time I stomp my feet to the ground. The feel of getting weary and breathless. It seems too real to be any kind of dream. I kept my pace up, running around the Twilight Market Place. I yelled for help when she got the chance, but soon stopped when I noticed that no one would come to help me. Plus, it's a waste of energy calling out for nobody. So I ran to the place where anybody would easily get lost: the haunted mansion. I ran straight through the forest in order to quickly get to the mansion, and then hide myself behind one of the broken posts. Tried calming myself down, tried to get deep breaths, but the beat of my heart is pounding so hard, it might even reach those creatures ears (if they have ears). I look at my surroundings: bushes, broken walls and structures, and no sign of life but them and me.
What could be worse than this?
"You okay?" A voice asks me.
"Haha, yeah…" I answer back with a bitter laugh. I kept my eyes closed, I need some sleep… "How about you? Are you okay?"
"Mmm, in a better condition than you are," he laughs. I like his laugh, although it's a bit insulting to me… But I laugh along quietly, "Hey Olette,"
"Hmm…?"
"Don't sleep just yet, okay?" He says in a worried tone, "If you sleep… there's a chance that… well, you know, um……… die…"
Now that's a shocker. I open my eyes to see this person whom I am talking to. My vision is blurred, I must be really tired, "I'm so tired, though…" I started closing my eyes again.
"Olette," He called again, but by that time, I was already resting my head in my arms, "Olette,"
Who was he?
Why did I respond to him?
Why did he care about me so much……?
I awake, this time with a huge headache, ready to explode my whole mind. I hiss at the pain, and clutch my head in my arms.
"She's awake," A voice says from a distance. I open my eyes, and try to adjust my vision with the bright light. Actually, I notice that the light isn't even that bright, it's just that the whole room is washed with white, making the room brighter and me blind. I blink a few more times and look up. I see two people in long black coats, like the one that the red haired guy had on. But one was fairly short, about two or three feet tall at least. The short one looked over at me. I couldn't see the person's face, the hood covered his features. The short one started edging closer to me, but then the other grabbed his shoulder, "What are you doing?" He said a bit harshly.
The short one grabbed the other's hand away from his shoulder, "Greeting her," Seeing that the other man can't stop the shorty, he sighed. The shorty was coming closer, and I was backing away. Seeing that, the short one flinched, then said, "Hey there. There's no reason to fear us," Yeah right. No reason to fear the mysterious black coated men, yes I'm totally not scared of this. The short one took off his hood and revealed a face that I could have never imagined. He looked like something that would pop up in a cartoon show. It was a mouse, a talking one at that. His eyes didn't show any harm, for he was too cute to show that off, "I'm Mickey, nice to meet ya!" He gave a hand. I guessed it was either to shake or help get off of my butt. I took it as a gesture to help me up, "And over there is Riku, he's a very good friend of mine," He pointed to the other cloaked man. He also revealed his face. Unlike Mickey's cuddly looking face, he had a very… evil looking face. His very dark, tanned skin and his silver hair. It just looks like he may be a final boss from an RPG game that Hayner and Pence would play…
I got up from my spot with Mickey's help and bit my lip, "Umm…" I exactly didn't know what to say, what is there to say? Actually, there's a lot of questions to be asked, but where do I start? I begin the conversation with this, "What… am I doing here… umm, Mickey?"
"King Mickey," The man named Riku corrected me. Well he's obnoxious. 'King' Mickey hissed at his name and Riku averted his eyes away.
"We're here to finish some business, Olette," Wow, he knows my name. Weird.
"What kind of business?"
"Well… it's a bit hard to explain… and very long… Let's just say that we're here to help a dear friend," He ended with a smile, "And you're going to help us,"
What?
Help them? But I don't even know these people, let alone the friend they're trying to help, "How… am I supposed to help you when I don't even know you, or the friend of yours?"
King Mickey looked over at Riku, "Mmm… Well, you may not remember now, but this friend of ours… is your friend, too," Okay, now this is crazy, "I presume that you're thinking of us as crazy, but it's all true, you gotta believe it," Another smile. I kind of smiled, too, just to be nice. Riku stood next to King Mickey and whispered something into his large ears. The King nodded, "Come on Olette, we gotta show you around!"
We walked through endless halls that had countless doors leading to countless rooms. I don't know why these guys need so much space though… I think they can happily manage with only one room together… Oh… That reminds me, "Um, what's going to happen to me? What if the police in Twilight Town start suspecting something. My parents and my friends are going to be upset!" King Mickey looked back and smiled. Not even a word. I asked some other questions, but they never responded back. I gave up shortly after that. We soon came across a door that was different from all others. It had a tag, a symbol that I cannot understand. We entered the room. When Riku closed the door, the room became dark, but several TV screens started popping up in front of us. I saw images of Twilight Town. I even saw a clip of Hayner and Pence talking. They were laughing. Just then, I felt my heart sink. I wasn't there with them to enjoy the laughter…
As I got homesick, King Mickey pointed out to one screen, "There, look at that one!" He said. I turned my head to see what was being played. It was different from all the other ones. Unlike the other ones, this place looked dark. It seemed like no life form lived there. But the signs of each building gave out bright lights to stand out. Then I saw two figures very much like King Mickey and Riku walking down that street. They also had long length black coats, and their hoods were on their heads to cover. It was a bit scary. Them roaming around a lifeless place. What was their purpose there? What's the purpose of me watching this, anyways? As if King Mickey read my thoughts, he answered, "Those are the Organization XII, and they have part of our friend," Part of their friend? What did that mean? Does that mean that their friend was cut into pieces? Oh god, that's terrifying! My whole body trembled with fear, and King Mickey saw this, "Are you cold? …Ah, you must be with that uniform you're wearing," He scanned my school uniform up and down, "Here, let me get you something to wear!" A moment later, he came back with the same looking coat that he had on, except it was in a bigger size. Oh great, now I have to wear this… I thanked the mouse and dressed the cloak on on top of my uniform. To my surprise, the coat fit me pretty well. It wasn't the best thing to move around with, but I can get used to it. And yes, this did help me get a bit warmer…
Riku stopped the video that had those two mystery guys on it, "We need to get THAT one," He emphasized his words when he pointed to the right man. That one was shorter than the other, and he hardly said anything.
"Who is he?" I ask.
King Mickey and Riku then said in unison, "Our friend,"
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A/N: Her school uniform is similar to that of the one Kairi was wearing in the game, and now, she's wearing Roxas's coat! Gosh Olette, stop stealing other people's clothing!!