Will You Save Me From The Darkness?
Key. 2
"Jack!"
I ran in the door of Doctor Finkelstein's lab, still holding on to the boy Sora's hand. Once I had let go, I ran up to the Skellington man, grinning widely.
"I think I found a key to unlock the container!"I cheered.
"That is good, Takara!"Jack ruffled my hair in appreciation and I smiled even wider. Turning to Sora, I held my hand's up, palms together. "Do think you can do it, Sora?" I asked. Sora looked at the container beating on the table and nodded.
Summoning his keyblade in a bright light, he pointed it toward the lock of the heart container and a thin light flew into the lock, a sound of something unlocking echoing throughout the lab.
"My, that was amazing! Uh, and you are..?"Jack said, giving a confused glance at Sora, Donald, and Goofy, making Sora point to himself in question.
"Sora." he said nodding to Jack.
"Well done, Sora!"Jack said, walking up to him in long strides. "I'd like you to be part of this year's Halloween."
"What are the Heartless doing here?"Sora asked, pointing at the motionless heartless that was laying on the table. "Oh, the Heartless came to town just recently," Jack replied, looking at the motionless heartless. "What's frustrating me is I can't get them to dance! the Doctor, Takara and I are trying to improve the guidance system."
With that explanation Sora, Donald, and Goofy looked in the direction of Dr. Finkelstein who was sitting in front of his large book, reading.
"He's quite a genius!"Jack boasted.
"-Okay doctor, let's continue." I hurried back up to the doctor's book to read the ingredients where I had left off.
"The Ingredients For A Heart: Pulse, Emotion, Terror, Fear, Hope and Despair," I read.
Jack rummaged through the doctor's cabinets and laid down a Frog, Spider, and other things on the table. "Mix them all together, and we have a heart."
Jack finished, walking over to the large switch and pulling it, initiating the experiment. It was going good, until the Heartless went from standing up, to suddenly going limp.
"It Failed!"The Doctor said, Jack falling on his knees in despair.
"Maybe we're missing some ingredients..." Dr. Finkelstein thought aloud.
"..Let's try adding memory." He suggested. Opening his head, showing his brain, he looked around. "Sally, Sally!" He called out, receiving nothing but silence.
"Good-For-Nothing girl! I don't know why I created her!" He fumed, closing his head."Sally's got the memory we need, see if you can track her down." he said, looking up at Jack.
Watching them discuss, I slowly backed up and slipped out the door, tip-toeing down the stairs and exiting the building. " I might as well get a head start." I said to myself, running through the square and into the night.
"Where can Sally be?" I mumbled to myself, looking around my surroundings as I ran. "I know! The Graveyard!" I took a sharp turn, running through the streets and back towards the town square, where the alleyway to the graveyard would be. Again I suddenly crashed into someone, us both fall to the ground.
"What is wrong with me today, I'm so clumsy!"I thought, sitting up. The person I ran into looked older than Sora did, so he must have been my about my age. He was another person I didn't recognize, so I wondered if he was with Sora's group. The boy had Silver hair, and bright Aqua-Green eyes.
"I'm so sorry, are you okay?"I asked, grabbing his hands and pulling him up with me. I looked down ashamed. I should really watch where I was going.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Are you?"He replied. I was glad my hair was blocking my face because I was really flustered. "Yes, thank you for asking." taking a quiet breath to calm myself down, I looked up, holding out my hand in a handshake. "I'm Takara,"
The boy opened his mouth to tell you his name but was interrupted by the sound of barking. I looked in the direction of the sound and saw Zero flying toward us, his red nose glowing. I turned around to say something to the unknown boy but he was no where in sight. I blinked and looked around in confusion before Zero flew around me in circles, his red nose flashing. I couldn't help but giggle at the cheerful ghost, patting his head. "Hello, Zero."
"Takara!" Jack called out,
"Yes Jack?"I asked, turning around to see he was in the company of Sora, Donald and Goofy.
"Where were you?" Sora asked.
"Well, when the Doctor said he needed Sally's memory, being Jacks assistant I decided to take a head start. I was heading to the Graveyard just now."I explained to them, not mentioning the mysterious boy I ran into. I didn't want to worry them, for the boy didn't seem to be of any harm.
"Well, now we can go together!"Goofy chimed in. I smiled at the four
"Okay." We all walked toward the Graveyard. It was quiet between all of us, before Donald broke the ice.
"So Takara, what are you supposed to be?"Donald looked at my pinstripe suit, trying to figure out what scary creature I was supposed to be. I didn't look anything like the other citizens of Halloween town, I looked just as human as Sora was.
"Other than being Jack's assistant, I'm a barber."I said, whipping out my pair of long scissors and making the scariest face I could think of. Donald squabbled in fight, glaring once I burst out laughing. "Cool." Sora replied.
We approached the gates of the Graveyard and walked inside, seeing Sally standing by some tombstones. Jack called out to her as he walked over, us following behind his long strides.
"Is something wrong, Jack?"Sally asked. "No, everything's going great. We're going to have the best Halloween ever. All we need now is your memory." Jack replied. Sally gave a questioning look.
"Memory? You mean this?"Sally held up her hand, showing she has holding a flower which you recognized as a Forget-Me-Not. After receiving the flower Sally gave Jack a concerned look.
"Jack, I have a bad feeling about this. Why don't you try something else? There's still time."Sally said trying to convince Jack to give up on his plans with the Heartless. I gave a sympathetic look towards Sally. She really liked Jack, even though he has some crazy ideas that can cause so much trouble.
"Nothing could beat what I've got planned! Once we give the Heartless a heart, they'll dance just as I envision it. Trust me. You're going to love it!"Jack said. Sally sighed, giving up.
Jack walked out of the Graveyard with the flower and I placed my hand on her shoulder, giving her a nod.
"I'll watch over Jack, don't get too worried."
I followed behind Jack with Sora and his friends and when arriving back at the Research Lab, Sora showed Dr. Finkelstein the Forget-Me-Not.
"Yes. This is it. Now, one last ingredient. We need 'surprise' to complete the heart. The mayor should know where it is." he said. I sighed, this heart business was taking forever.
I headed out again with the group and searched for the Mayor.
"Well, He's not at the hall." I said to Jack.
"He must be at the Bone yard!" Jack replied. I nodded in agreement, following the pumpkin king in the direction of the Bone yard, making sure Sora and his friends wouldn't get lost following. Luckily, the Mayor was there when we arrived.
"Mayor!" I called, catching his attention.
"Jack, Takara, the decorations are going great!" The Mayor said cheerfully.
"That's great Mayor. By the way, do you know of where we can get 'suprise'?"
"Ghosts rise from those tombstones. Check the tombstones in the order the ghosts appear. If you get it wrong, you're in for a surprise!"The Mayor replied.
We approached the tombstones and started the puzzle. It was hard, but when we figured it out an explosion was heard from behind.
"Splendid! Now go look at the pumpkin."The Mayor cheered.
Sora's group examined the destroyed pumpkin and found a Jack-in-the-Box.
" Now, let's head back to Dr. Finkelstein." I said, picking up the item. We all took the long walk back to the lab. I handed the Jack-in-the-Box the the Doctor and he looked it over, nodding in satisfaction.
"Yes. This is it." The doctor said taking the item.
"That's good." I replied. Jack, Sora and the others waited as Dr. Finkelstein gathered all the other ingredients.
"There you go. This time it's sure to work." He said looking at the Heart he made.
"Ya!" A kid yelled, appearing out of nowhere. The kid pushed Dr. Finkelstein's electric wheelchair, making it tip over and fall to the ground. I saw it was Barrel, and before I could grab him, Lock and Shock appeared next to his side as they grabbed the heart and ran.
"We have to get the heart!" I ran out of the lab, Jack already passing me with his long strides.
"Aw! We lost them!"Sora said looking around the empty courtyard once we stepped out the door of Finkelsteins lab and into the courtyard. I whistled, and within a few minutes Zero appeared, flying in circles around me.
"Zero, after them!" Jack said. Zero faded away, only leaving the light from his nose while he flew in the direction Lock, Shock, and Barrel went.
Zero lead us all to the Graveyard and immediately I spotted Lock, Shock, and Barrel getting away in a walking tub. "We have to follow them." Sora said.
"Knowing those three, they are heading to Oogie Boogie's Manor." I replied.
"I knew Oogie Boogie was behind this!" Jack commented.
Sora and Jack lead the way in the direction the three trickster's went. We approached the gates of Oogie Boogies manor.
"Here we are." I said. Sora saw the gate was locked, so with the point of his keyblade at the lock, it clicked, falling off.
"Neat."I said. Sora grinned.
We stepped through the gates and approached the manor, going in and finding the Evil Playroom. As soon as we stepped in immediately Lock, Shock, and Barrel attacked. I dodged one of Lock's attacks while Shock and Barrels attacks were aimed at the others, Sora, Donald, Goofy and Jack soon fought back.
I never used my shears to fight, so it wasn't long before they were out of my reach, leaving me defenseless. My eyes wandered around in panic, looking around for something to use. I didn't know how to fight at all. Donald, Goofy, and Jack were on the floor dazed, leaving Sora and I the only ones still standing.
"Lock! Barrel! she doesn't have a weapon!"Shock said to her two friends. "This will be easy, get her!" Lock yelled. The three charged towards me.
"Takara!" Sora called out. I looked around, searching for my scissors and once I located them, I leaped towards them, flopping on the ground and grabbing them, turning sharply and swiping at the three flying towards me. There was a sudden flash of light and Lock, Shock, and Barrel flew back. I shielded my eyes with my arm and once the light died down I pulled back and blinked in confusion, looking in Sora's direction, thinking it was him. He was only standing there in the middle of the room, gawking at me.
"Sora?" I went to lift a hand towards his but noticed one of my shears were really heavy. "What the…" Looked at my hand to see I possessed a keyblade in my hands. "Oh, my.." You saw it had the same key shape as Sora's but it was a different color, and the design was a bit more complicated with a heart handle and curved, sharp edges.
LureBreaker… A echo whispered in my head.
"Come on, Takara!" Sora said, replacing his look of shock with a grin. "Oh, okay Sora!" I got up ran to his side and followed his example, continuing to fight Lock, Shock, and Barrel once they came out from their dazed state. I wasn't as skilled as Sora, but I was glad when the final blow from Sora defeated the prankster trio.
"We were just following orders! Oogie Boogie told us to steal the heart. It's all Barrel's fault! It was his idea to tell Oogie Boogie about the heart." Shock whined
"Yeah, that's right!"Lock said
"B-But you guys said-"Barrel stared to say but was interrupted.
"You should be ashamed!"Shock Yelled
While the three were arguing Sora approached and hit a lever to reveal the entrance to the Torture Chamber.
"Oogie Boogie must be in there." I said while giving Donald, Goofy, and Jack a potion. Sora nodded and headed in the door, us following behind.
"Oogie Boogie, give me back the heart!"Jack yelled once the bug filled creature made his appearance. I glared at Oogie Boogie.
"You want it? well, then come on over and get it!"Oogie Boogie said tossing the heart in the air and tilting his head back, the heart falling in his open mouth.
"He swallowed the heart!"
"Now, let's see if I can get their attention. Oh, Heartless!" Oogie Boogie cooed.
In two spheres of darkness, two Heartless arrived. Oogie twitched.
"This is it? two? Nobody disrespects me! Nobody!" Oogie Boogie yelled furiously. The room started spinning and I looked down, catching my balance and seeing the room wasn't spinning, it was the ground.
The ground was designed like a game board, meaning we had to do something to get to the platform Oogie Boogie was on. He threw a pair of huge dice and Sora whacked them, making them fly back and strike Oogie.
Sora and I were able to get to the platform where Oogie Boogie was standing when the gates sunk into the ground. Jack and the others were fighting off the Heartless which were summoned. "It ends here Ooogie Boogie!"I yelled. Sora started fighting Oogie Boogie with Jack once he caught up while I helped Donald and Goofy get up onto the platform.
After a bunch of strikes to Oogie Boogie, he screamed as a tear appeared on him and Bugs fell out of his body at a rapid pace until he soon flattened into nothing.
"So, that heart was a failure after all."Jack said to me. "Yeah, sorry Jack." I replied, looking down as we all exited the manor. We arrived at the gates of Oogies manor, but before we could leave the ground started to shake."What?" I turned along with the others to see Oogie's Manor had turned into a big giant fighting enemy that looked exactly like Oogie Boogie.
"Whoa! How did he get so big?"Sora asked looking at the manor that blended with Oogie Boogie.
"Look! It's brimming with the power of darkness! Oogie Boogie is drawing power from those dark globs!"Jack said, pointing at one of the globs on Oogies body.
"So we just have to destroy those things, right?" Sora asked. "I guess so Sora."I said, running off toward the manor. We fought loads of heartless here and there, and destroying the dark globs on Oogie's body, luckily Oogie didn't put up much of a fight and Manor collapsed dramatically. A Keyhole appeared on the ground and Sora approached it, using his Keyblade to emit beams to seal The Keyhole from Heartless forever.
We had met up with Dr. Finkelstein and Sally who went to Jack's side, trying to cheer him up. I stood next to Sora as we watched Jack look down at the rag dolled woman in disappointment.
"Sally, why didn't I listen to you?"Jack said sadly. "Don't feel bad, Jack. We'll come up with another plan for Halloween."Sally replied grabbing Jacks hand " Next time, we'll do it together."she added. I smiled at the two, and so did Sora.
"I guess we have no choice. We'll have to cancel the Heartless Halloween festival for now. Here, I want you to have this."Jack said given Sora a Pumpkinhead key chain."Visit us any time, Sora. Next year's Halloween will be the scariest ever!"Jack said cheerfully to Sora.
"Emotion, memory... we put in all the necessary ingredients. What else do you need to make a heart? What is a heart anyway? I can't figure it out." Dr. Finkelstein said depressingly.
"Takara," said Jack looking down at me. "Yes Jack?"I asked, looking up at him, my pinkish eyes holding concern. "I had a talk with Sora and his friends, why don't you go with them?" I blinked in surprise, looking at Sora who smiled sheepishly. "You might make lots of friends!"Jack said ruffling my hair. I looked down and sniffled. Jack was so nice and understanding. "Thank you so much Jack, I'll miss you!" I cried wrapping my arms around Jack's thin form. "Who knows? You might learn what is in a heart and we can finally use the heartless for Halloween!"Jack said throwing his hands up in the air.
I nodded eagerly in agreement. "Yeah, I will for sure! and when I come back, you can finally dance with the heartless like you envisioned!"I said in excitement. "So you're coming with us Takara?" Sora asked. I hugged Sora next with a grin of my own. "Of course Sora!" I ruffled his hair almost like a older sister would do to their little brother. Goofy cheered and brought me into a hug while Donald grumbled to himself. He must have not liked the idea so much.I smirked and picked up Donald, hugging him while he struggled and screamed at me. "Bye Jack! I'll see you soon! Same to you Sally!"I called out, waving at Jack and Sally who did the same.
I boarded the Gummiship with my new friends, and my adventures with Sora, Donald and Goofy began.