Tane wasn't sure how to react to the green woman stood infront of her and Riku. As they'd stepped through the portal, Riku had positioned himself infront of Tane, so he was half blocking her view from the green woman. She couldn't figure out why he'd done this, probably so he'd get to see first and appear all superior. That was just like him. Frowning, she stood on her toes, pulling her hand out of his and trying to lift herself up and peer over his shoulders. The woman looked strange, no one Tane new had green skin, maybe she was sick? Riku pushed her backwards slightly, so she couldn't see the woman again, but his voice wasn't proud or superior. It sounded strange, and she couldn't put her finger on it,
"Who are you?" 'Cause that wasn't an obvious question. Tane tried not to roll her eyes and looked at the older boys' back, giving up on trying to see the woman. But he had a good question. Who was she? And had she been the reason for what had happened on the island? Still frowning she decided to pay attention to the conversation,
"Someone who can help you, and the power you need" Her voice wasn't friendly, and had an eerie tint to it. She wasn't sure what the green woman did next, but it caused Riku to move backwards, putting himself closer to Tane and more in the way than before,
"She stays out of this" He hissed, and she realised the woman must have tried to look at her. She was starting to get annoyed with Riku standing infront of her. Why was he so determined to treat her like a baby. Apparently the green faced woman was starting to get annoyed too, as her voice sounded harsher than before.
"I was only expecting one, but I can have another room set up. Providing you coopperate, darkness can be a very valuable allie" Tane wasn't sure how darkness could be an 'allie', but she wasn't about to ask. The idea of a room, which she hoped would include a bed and shower, was definitely enticing. Riku seemed to agree as he gave a small nod, and started walking forwards. Before he'd taken more than two steps though, he seemed to realise Tane wasn't following him. To solve this, rather than ask her, he grabbed her arm and pulled her behind him. The green woman, that Tane later learnt was called Maleficent, opened up another portal and stepped through. Had these people never heard of doors? Riku seemed fine with the black hole portals though, and decided to step right through after her. This left Tane with no choice of what to do, as he'd still been roughly gripping her arm and she nearly went head over heals after him.
She hadn't known what to expect, but for some reason she hadn't expected so much darkness. They were stood in a long hallway, with doors leading off in every direction. Maleficent pointed towards one of the doors slightly down the hallway, and looked towards Tane. It was the first time she'd seen the green woman properly thanks to Riku's arrogance of wanting to be infront. But part of her was thankful to him. She didn't think she'd ever be able to describe Maleficent, even with her stood infront of her. Hideous, Green, Traumatic.. Were just several words that entered her head.
"Hers' Maleficent said to Riku, gesturing from the room again to Tane. 'I guess that's mine' she thought, hoping it was lighter than the corridor. Shrugging to herself, she'd just be happy with a bed right now, Tane took a step towards the door, but was stopped by Riku's firm grip on her arm still. She turned her head to give him a questioning look, but he was looking at Maleficent. What on earth was the point in stopping her if he wasn't even looking at her to say why.
"She'll be fine" The sickly green woman said, and Tane pulled her arm free from Riku. Did he always have to treat her like she needed looking after? Throwing a scowl over her shoulder at him, she carried on to her room.
Well, it was just as dark as the corridor, she was starting to think that was the theme in this place. But on a small table in the corner of the room, there was a candle. A small smile flickered across her lips as she shut the door and walked over to the dark red candle. There was a pack of matches beside it, which she promptly lit the candle with. The room wasn't filled with a bright glowing light or a relaxing scent, but there was a faint glow surrounding the table. Her smile grew as she watched the candle, the flames enticing her. Fire had always interested her, like it was dancing across the hot wax.
She spent the rest of the night mesmerised by the flame until the candle finally burnt out, and that was her cue to get some rest. Standing up from the floor, and shaking her foot awake, she trundled into the bathroom, amazed that there was actually a shower and turned it on, not bothering to take her clothes off before stepping into the hot water. After a few days of not showing, it was relaxing to feel the water against her skin. Unfortunately, it gave her time to think. And she started to realise just how much she missed Kairi again. Why couldn't she have been stuck with her sister instead of Mr I'm-so-perfect-and-calm-and-going-to-treat-you-like-a-baby. But there was nothing she could do about that right now. She'd just have to wait and find Kairi with Riku. Or as he'd said earlier, find Sora, who he was so sure Kairi would be with. Even though she was tired, Tane easily spent over 2 hours standing in the shower. Once she decided she was too tired to stand any longer, she grabbed a towel and wrapped it around herself, kicking her clothes that she'd discarded halfway through the shower to the side of the floor. Walking into the bedroom, she found her bag again and opened it up, taking out a hair bobble and tying her hair up into a loose bun so it wouldn't dry completely messily, before pulling on a clean set of underwear and lying on the bed. She had no idea why she cared about how she looked right now. There was no one around her that she wanted to impress. Riku was.. well, an arrogant ass, and the only other person she'd seen around here was Maleficent who was.. creepy and green. Even though she'd know she was tired, she hadn't realised just how tired. As soon as her head touched the pillow- that wasn't exactly comfy, she felt herself slipping off to sleep.
A/N: Ok so chapter 4 is up. Thanks to everyone who's reading this and reviewing, please carry on I'll have more up soon Z-Nugget xx