Dark and Light

Again, Riku stumbled out of the door and landed flat on his face, cursing to himself he slowly got to his feet and looked around the room, it was damp and creepy, owing to the fact that there was hardly any sunlight. Riku looked at the walls; there were no window, that's why it was so dark. He turned around to leave through the door but it had vanished, it looked like he was tuck here. Trying to think of a way out he was interrupted by a voice he knew all to well.

"I knew you'd return, Riku." Riku turned around so quickly that he almost lost he balance. Standing in front of him was Maleficent, the one person in this world he never thought he would run into.

"Maleficent?! You're alive?!" He said taking a few steps backwards and looking at the figure in horror.

"You haven't been paying attention. I am but a figment of your memory." She said in a sickly voice that sent a shiver down Riku's spine.

"Of all the people I could run into, it had to be you…" He said, finally regaining his confidence and staring at the witch.

"Who else? Your heart is steeped in darkness. You can only see people who exist in that same darkness-people like me." She said with what looked like a satisfied look on her face, Riku's face fell.

"No…" He looked down at the floor, wishing that he was not here but back home with his friends, not in a dark and creepy castle standing before the witch who had given him all the darkness he once desired.

"Be grateful you have someone to keep you company. Your heart is empty. Were it not for the darkness in your heart…you would be completely alone."

"That's sounding pretty good right about now." Riku's eyes were still glued to the floor; he couldn't bare to look at her, not even for a second.

"Come, now. You once clung to me to sate your hunger for darkness. You want me here. Who else but I can give you the darkness you long for." Riku flinched at this last sentence, she was right, he did cling to her for the darkness and he did sacrifice everything for her, how he regretted that now.

"There was a time I did want you around. I surrendered my heart to the dark. But never again. You and your darkness have nothing to offer. All I did was lose myself…empty myself! I'm finished with all that. If I'm stuck seeing people like you, people of the dark…" At this moment Riku's head shot up from the floor and he stared at her with such determination, he shot his hand out into mid-air and at once his blade appeared in his hand, he then turned to Maleficent.

"I'll take you out one by one!" Maleficent smirked at the sight of the boy holding his weapon to her; she was not frightened by him.

"Then don't forget to take yourself out last. Because you, like me, are one of the dark."

"That's fine with me. I turned to the darkness because my heart was weak. I hate that weakness. It's like I'm my only enemy. And seeing people like you embrace the darkness just makes it worse! Enough talk, Maleficent." Riku drew his blade up to eye level and stood in his fighting stance. He felt so comfortable when he stood like this and knowing that he might take down Maleficent filled him with hope and determination…that must be how Sora feels.

"So you hate the darkness enough to fight it…oh, the agony you must feel! Let me end your pain, Riku-end it forever with the wondrous power of darkness!" And with that Maleficent raised her staff high into the air. Her body began to glow and was engulfed in green flames; Riku shielded his eyes from the light, when he lowered his arms hi found himself face to face with a dragon.

He had completely forgotten that she had the power the transform into a dragon, but at this exact moment in time, he realised that thinking about it would probably end up getting him killed. He looked up at the dragons head, he knew that was her weak spot but he had to figure out how to reach it. The dragon lunged forward and Riku only just managed to get out of the way. He hit the floor hard; he didn't have time to recover as the dragon went for him again. He rolled out of the way this time; he got to his feet and took this as his chance to hit her on the head. He ran forward and struck her hard with his blade, the dragon shook its head in pain and Riku took this as a cue to run, he wasn't fast enough as the dragon caught him. Riku hit the wall with a thud, winded he got to his feet. How was he supposed to hit it if he couldn't get close without taking a one way ride to the wall?

The dragons head shot down and the room was surrounded in green flames, Riku knew they were real as he had seen people who had failed Maleficent in the past burned to a pile of ash, Riku gulped as he thought about that. Again, the dragon went for him, Riku ducked at the dragon hit the wall. Riku ran to the other side of the room, in other words as far away as he could. Riku stared at his blade, he needed help, and he couldn't do this by himself. Then it clicked, he was alone, the voice was right, he had no one. Riku's focus then shifted to his hands as a single tear fell onto his open palm. His hand began to glow; the light was bright but at the same time was friendly. Riku looked at the card that had no appeared in his hand, it had the king's face on it! Riku closed his eyes and prayed that something-someone would help him.

The room then began to shake and a large amount of stone fell from the ceiling, Riku looked up, was it a sign? Whatever it was he wasn't complaining. The fallen rocks had not only pushed the dragon back but had created a small raised area, meaning he could now strike Maleficents-the dragons head. Wiping his eyes, Riku headed straight for the raised area, avoiding flames as he went. The dragon realised that she was in trouble and tried to stop him by any means necessary. Riku reached the raised area and stared at the dragon. He was level with it, for once.

Riku raised his blade above his head and struck the dragon hard; he hit it again and again. All his hatred for Maleficent came flooding out, all the feelings that he had kept hidden for so long were released through his blade. When Riku finally stopped, the dragon swayed before it fell to the floor with an almighty crash. Riku jumped down from the platform and walked over to the dragon, he poked it with his blade just to be sure. It was dead, Maleficent was gone. Riku sighed, sure he destroyed this maleficent but whats to say another one won't appear.

Riku looked over his shoulder, another door had appeared but it wasn't locked, it was open. Riku walked over to the door, his blade vanished in a beam of light and he put his hands out to touch the door, it was real. Riku closed his eyes and stepped through the door. This was not his favourite way to travel.

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Hiya. Okay this is the newest chapter.

So tell me what you think.

Crystal-demon