Will You Save Me From The Darkness? Key 8
With a lot of warping and heartless ship battles we landed in a strange new world. When we stepped off we were in awe.
It was just...nothingness. The sky was a dark purple,with clouds of lighter shades of purple and it looked like a huge sea of clear water. You weren't even sure if it was water. You thought it was because of the small ripples underneath the small platforms of land. Up ahead was a bright light, as if it was a sunset, or maybe a portal
"Gawrsh, is that all that's left of the worlds taken by the Heartless?" Goofy asked looking at the unknown light and Sora, Donald, stared also. "Those worlds will be restored if we beat Ansem, right?"Sora asked everyone.
"You Betcha."Donald said
"-but if we do beat him and all these worlds become restored and disconnected, what's gonna happen to this place? And to us?"Sora Said Sadly
"Well, uh..."Donald Said sheepishly
"This is a Heartless world, so maybe it'll just disappear."Goofy said
"Huh?"Donald and Sora chimed together having a confused expression.
"But no worries. Even if this place goes poof, our hearts ain't goin' nowhere. I'm sure we'll find our pals again. Yup, I just know that we will."Goofy said grinning. You Never Knew That Goofy was so...Wise
"Yeah, you're right."You Said Nodding at that..speech Goofy made.
Sora reached into his pocket and looked at the lucky charm made out of Thalassa shells that Kairi gave him.
"I'll return this. I promise."Sora Said To The Kairi Faced Charm.
"Well, I guess we should head out." you said staring at the empty abyss that was the End Of The World. You, Sora, And the Others Jumped onto the floating platforms towards a glowing area.
"I wonder where that Ansem feller went?"Goofy said looking around.
"Dive into the most dangerous place and we'll find him!"Donald spat out. You proceeded to an area. It seemed peaceful till portals of darkness appeared and a series of Heartless from previous worlds appeared ready for battle.
"There So Many!"Donald called.
"Just keep fighting!"you said slashing another heartless.
Finally all the heartless of many shapes and sizes were all defeated and you leaded the party to more areas. They were all of different worlds! you even recognized some like Halloween Town and Hallow Bastion. Then you and the party arrived to a very big area. "Whoa!"You said when a heartless appeared.
Chernabog.. The voice again stated the heartless' name to you.
You and Sora Slashed at the heartless while getting cured by Donald, and Goofy using his Goofy tornado and other Combos.
Finally Chernabog was defeated and you felt more powerful and floaty. Sora then told you how you had learned along with him,Donald,and Goofy, Superglide. After that, the party reached a Rest area. You were sitting by some sort of glowing crater and Donald and Goofy were walking around..inspecting things. You saw Sora walking towards the Big Door that was awaiting for us. Before Sora could open the door he stopped in his tracks.
"Huh?" Sora said now catching Donald And Goofy's attention.
"What's wrong?" Donald asked
"Don't you hear something? There!"Sora said You listened carefully ignoring Donald and Goofy as they tried to listen and then Donald was giving Sora dirty looks. You then heard a faint voice.
"Careful. This is the last haven you'll find here. Beyond, there is no light to protect you. But don't be afraid. Your heart is the mightiest weapon of all. Remember, you are the one who will open the door to the light."
"I don't hear anything." Donald said Goofy nodded in agreement.
"Well..I heard it."You Said slowly
"Strange... That voice was so familiar."Sora said
"Maybe you'd better take a rest!"Donald quacked at Sora and you. Donald must have felt left out so he was pouting but..that was what you thought. Sora of course reached for the door again, and since neither you OR Sora heard the voice again, he grabbed the knobs of the door and pushed. hearing the 'Creak' Of The Door you saw a bright light.
The Light died down to show a beautiful island. Your eyes widened seeing the clear blue sky, and those huge trees that had wood all over them, showing ladders and bridges there.
"Is this... Is this my island?"Sora said making you look at him.
This is...this is Sora's Island? So That Means....Ansem is waiting for us...here in Sora's World.
Sora lead you,Donald,And Goofy to an area where he said the 'Secret Area' used to be.
"This world has been connected."A voice rang out You,Sora,Donald,And Goofy Looked around.
The objects on the island started to disappear.
"What was that?" Goofy said worried
"Tied to the darkness...soon to be completely eclipsed. There is so very much to learn."
The ocean turned purple.
"Ansem."You said quietly.
"You understand so little. A meaningless effort. One who knows nothing can understand nothing."Ansem's voice said
The island changed. You felt a presence behind you. Sora and you turned to see Riku's powerful form. You approached closer.
"Take a look at this tiny place. To the heart seeking freedom this island is a prison surrounded by water. And so this boy sought to escape from his prison. He sought a way to cross over into other worlds, and he opened his heart to darkness."
Riku's image changed and became Ansem.
"Riku!"Sora Called in despair. You felt a pang in your heart.
"Don't bother. Your voice can no longer reach him where he is. His heart belongs again to darkness. All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it, grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came."Ansem said laughing
You growled, Ansem was completely Toying with you,Sora and the others and it really ticked you off. He put Riku's heart into the darkness and it's his fault that all the worlds were dissapearing.
Ansem appeared in midair floating behind the group.
"You see, darkness is the heart's true essence."Ansem said clutching his hand into a fist
"Lies!"You yelled
"That's not true! The heart may be weak. And sometimes it may even give in. But I've learned that deep down, there's a light that never goes out!"Sora said summoning his keyblade for battle.
Ansem rises up a little in reply.
"So, you have come this far and still you understand nothing. Every light must fade, every heart return to darkness!"Ansem yelled furiously. A Portal opened and a heartless was standing behind Ansem.
He attacked.
While fighting you saw he had this shadow spirit helping him in battle. "Cheater."You whispered swinging your keyblade at him. The Shadow most likely a heartless, did an attack making you fly back. "Ouch" You whimpered when you fell on your back painfully. "Stupid heartless."You then realized.
There was the Princess, that was the purest of all hearts, then the other...Who was the Princess of Darkness.."
"Mommy! if she is Darkness then how can she be a princess?!"
"Well, she was nice to others, like the other princesses, but she just had the power of darkness."
"How?"
"Well, she had control..of the Heartless.."
"-And the princess of darkness.."You whispered closing your eyes seeing darkness.
"Takara!"Sora yelled.
"Watch out!"You heard Donald yell.
"is.." You saw through the darkness little yellow dots resembling millions of heartless' eyes.
"Die!"Ansem yelled furiously. You Snapped your eyes open to see your eyes changed to a glowing gold color, One Resembling.....
A Heartless.
Me!
The guardian helping Ansem and battle started to freak. "What Is this!?" Ansem said trying to control his heartless companion but failed when the Guardian heartless thrashed around eventually attacking Ansem. "Sora, He now has a weakness!" Sora realized this and He started attacking along with Donald and Goofy again. Sora delivered the final attack defeating Ansem. He Disappeared.
You closed your eyes shut tightly and when you felt a slight pain fade away you opened your eyes.
"Now What do we do?" You asked picking yourself up and looking at The party. Sora,Donald,And Goofy shrugged.
"Well, we can look around for him,"Goofy suggested.
"-or we can rest for a bit."Sora said.
"I agree with Sora, we need to be prepared."Donald said. "I agree, we need to make sure we got all the necessities we need for battle." You all sat in a circle looking through things. "OK, Do we have enough potions, Hi-Potions,And Elixirs?" You asked. Sora nodded. "OK, well you took them and handed some to Sora, Donald, and Goofy. "We will all need these, we will never know what could happen. especially if we run out of Magic and we cant cure ourselves."You stated.
They nodded in agreement. you all finished with your plans and now were just sitting there, enjoying each others company. "So.."you said catching the trio's attention. "Yes?"Sora said. "This is your island...right?" "Yep!"Sora said proudly "It's beautiful.."You said looking out at the ocean. It was strange that it was still daylight out.
"Your lucky."You said staring at Sora. "What do you mean?" Sora asked. "OK,You know there are many other worlds out there.."You said looking up at the sky. "Well, out of all those worlds....I don't remember mine." The kingdom trio face held shock. "So, Do don't remember your parents, your home, not even..Your friends?" Sora asked. "No...I don't remember anything...There is only one thing I remember. you said "Everything else is only bits and pieces. "What is it..you do remember?"
You sighed and pulled your knees to your chest. "I remember my mother telling me a story, about the Princesses of the Heart..and the heartless. "Really?"Sora said. "Yea, but I didn't remember it until I was sent into the darkness in Hallow Bastion. Sora, Donald, and Goofy were completely interested, They never knew of your past and thought of this as a chance to know you a bit better. "Other things I remember are three kids That I possibly knew when I was a kid. You looked at Sora, "One of them..reminds me of you Sora.."
"Me?" Sora asked pointing to himself.
"Yes, same hair, same eyes..same everything. Makes me wonder if maybe... The Destiny Islands really was my home; but, I doubt it. The darkness, or Maleficent could have messed with my memories."
"That is weird, if you did live on the Destiny Islands..Why can't I remember you?"Asked Sora. You Got up from your comfortable position and sighed. "I don't know Sora,"You Looked out at the broken sea,with the many cracks at it surface."Like I said,it probably wasn't true." You said. "I guess we should start moving. Ansem Is waiting..." Sora Nodded and also got up from his sitting position and stood beside you. "Yea, we should." Donald And Goofy were walking around the island looking for Ansem and you looked around. "Hey Sora, Whats that?" You pointed. "That's the Secret Place." hmm, you walked towards it then screamed making Sora,Donald,and Goofy run over. "What happened?"
The tree shakes and splits apart revealing Ansem.
"Well, at least we found Ansem."Sora said. After calming yourself down you followed the trio to where Ansem was. Sora jumped down, but when you Donald and Goofy tried, you guys were reflected off a invisible wall.
"Sora!" You called. Then you heard a rumble coming from behind you. There was a rumble that made the ground shake and you Donald, and Goofy tried to keep balance. You saw a Huge Shadow heartless representing Sora. Your mouth dropped. "HOLY-" You covered your mouth. Sora started to fight Darkside. You watched still amazed by this huge creature. Donald and Goofy started to cheer Sora on. The Shadow that you heard was 'Darkside' shoved his hand into the ground making a puddle of Darkness And soon Heartless were emerging from started to attack Darkside's hand. You saw the heartless coming up from the huge portal the Darkside created. Sora swung his keyblade, defeating the small heartless and then attacked Darkside. Darkside soon disappeared, Defeated. After Darkside completely disappeared Amsem appears again the guardian assisting him again. "Sora! you have the upper hand!" You called. Sora nodded in agreement. Ansem started to attack-the guardian heartless using more powerful attacks. Sora fought the Guardian, gliding around and deflecting some of it's blows. With a final swing,Sora defeated the guardian heartless, following by Ansem. Ansem disappeared again after defeat. You knew perfectly well that the fight was certainly Not Over. The scenery changed and you saw nothing but darkness.