Twilight's Destiny: Chapter Two

Remembrance of Times Past

"Ring around the rosies; pocket's full of posies; ashes, ashes, we all fall down!"

Destiny was staring out of the Gummi ship's window. Cid, in his hurry to reach Radiant Garden, stalled his ship and didn't know what had happened to make it do so. Things were going slow because Cid never let Desi help work on his ship. So she was sitting there, quite bored. She had been singing, rather loudly, Ring Around The Rosies going on 15 minutes. Suddenly, there was a yell from the engine room.

"Damn it, Destiny! Would you quit singing!?"

Destiny scowled unhappily and began singing even louder, to annoy Cid. He had to yell a few more times before she would finally stop singing. Once again, Destiny was left to her own devices. She looked out of the glass window, her faint reflection gazing intently back at her. She peered at herself, scrutinizing herself rather closely. She began slowly muttering under her breath.

"I'm rather small, aren't I? Dainty, even. I'm awfully pale skinned, too. And I'm really short...I have long silver-blond hair and layered bangs. My hair shimmers some-what, too. My eyes are sapphire blue and are rather bright. My nose is small. No freckles or marks like freckles. I also tend to wear a lot of black...Man...I can't be normal."

Desi sighed, shaking her head. She continued to stare at her reflection as her mind began to wonder. She was thinking about her past…

.-.-.-.-.-.

Destiny giggled softly, swinging her legs back and forth. She decided she like Traverse Town. It was dark, but had pretty starlight. Neon signs and flashing lights. Like a city, but a town. And she loved her new friends. Especially--

"DESI-CHAAAAAAAAN!!"

Yuffie squealed delightedly, charging into Desi's room with little concern to how she would reacted.

"Yes, Yuff-chan?"

Destiny blinked curiously. Yuffie was such a spazz.

"Well, okay, so, I was talking to Squall, right? Right? Well, he said he saw this really super awesome thing poking out of the ground, but he couldn't get it out!! It's was all key looking and was shiny and glittered and shimmered and there was this heart chain attached. So I was gonna check it out but this weird mouse dude said I couldn't go and see!! Stupid Squall went and told Cid! MADE ME SO FLIPPING MAAAAAAD!"

Yuffie stomped up and down angrily.

"So I was wondering if you would come with me. Maybe help me sink in or charm the mouse with your cute personality and silky hair."

"Um…"

Destiny paused, thinking carefully. She knew what Yuffie had described had to be. That key sword she had gotten. She had wondered where it went. Now she had a chance to get it. She needed to take it, but Yuffie couldn't know why she was really going…

"Okay. I'll go. I was getting bored anyway. Let's get rolling, Yuff-chan."

"WOO, WOO!"

Yuffie grabbed Desi's hand and pulled her out her bedroom door. Dragging her down the hallway, Yuffie pulled her into the street. She let go of Destiny's hand.

"C'mon, we gotta head to our training area. That's where it is!!"

"Right!"

Together, the two of them ran towards the Second District, pushing the wooden doors blocking there way open. Yuffie hopped over the fountain while Destiny to a route down the stairs, both arriving at the door the alleyway around the same time.

"Okay. We gotta be quiet Destiny. We'll probably have to sneak in."

"Okay."

Slowly, the pushed the door open and tip-toed through the passage leading to the alleyway. At the end of the passage, they cracked the door open.

"Cid."

Destiny blinked, hearing a small, squeaky voice.

"I'm positive that's a Keyblade, no doubt about!"

"Really…?"

"Yup…shucks, I wonder how it got here. It wasn't here before."

"I know."

Destiny sighed softly, then almost screamed, hearing and giggling not belonging to Yuffie.

'Wow. What a pickle. What to do, what to do…'

'It's that girl…'

Destiny thought to herself.

'Yup. 'tis I!'

'YOU CAN HEAR MY THOUGHTS!?'

'Yes. I can. Shall I introduce myself?'

'Yeah. Please.'

'You can call me Lexis. Or better, how about Lexi?'

'Doesn't sound like you're telling me your real name…'

'You find it out soon enough, but now…it's not a safe time.'

'Okay…'

'You can trust me, Destiny. I swear. And believe. I am not one who came jeopardize her honor so easily as to lie.'

'Sound like your royalty or something…'

'Hehe. How cute.'

'What?'

'Nothing, dearie. Now listen carefully. That Keyblade in the training area, you must retrieve it. It's rightfully yours, but you won't be able to get past Cid or the king. So--'

'King?'

'Yes, King Mickey. Now, listen. I'm going to take control of your body for a few minutes. Don't resist. It will only make it harder for the both of us. I'll get the keyblade for you.'

'Okay…'

Destiny gasped as she slowly felt control over herself fade.

'Remember! Don't resist!'

Destiny relaxed and let Lexi take over herself. She felt herself being pulled away from her body. The next thing she knew, she was staring at herself, except for darker eyes and her hair was a shade darker.

Just then, Yuffie tripped a little and the door creaked.

"Who's there!?"

"Cid. Damn it."

"Destiny! You cursed!"

Yuffie whispered in a hushed voice, but Lexi didn't hear her. In a flash she was gone and Cid appeared at the door. Not waiting to see what would happen to Yuffie, Destiny flew after Lexi, getting the her just in time to see her pull the Keyblade out. Then, suddenly, the King was there, staring at Lexi.

"You're Destiny…right…?"

Lexi giggled.

"You could say that."

.-.-.-.-.-.

"DESTINY!!"

"Huh!?"

Destiny was brought back to reality by Cid's yell. She turned from the window and gazed at him.

"I've fixed the Gummi ship, so we can get under way again, Desi...What were you thinking about, anyways?"

"Oh...Just...About how my hair really does feel like silk!"