Kingdom Eds: Rise Of Darkness.
Chapter 3. Date With Destiny.
Donald and Goofy were walking through the dark alleyway, as Goofy had his left hand next to his mouth as he had a scared looking face, while Donald had simply strode ahead of his companion, with a brave, almost smug, facial expression.
" Gawrsh, there's nobody here. Sure is spooky!" Goofy said with a scared tone.
" Aw, phooey, I'm not scared." Donald said boastfully. A hand had tapped Donald on his shoulder as he had stopped and screamed, causing himself to latch on Goofy's neck.
" Excuse me. Did the king send you?" A voice asked. Donald and Goofy turned around to see a woman who looked to be in her early twenties. She wore a pink dress with a purple belt around it, brown boots, bangles on her wrists and a necklace tied around her neck. She had brown, long hair which had a ribbon in it, emerald green eyes, and rosy pink lips.
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" Come on lazy bum. Wake up." A female voice said. Sora had shook his head as he looked around him to see a girl wearing a white, purple and black tank top, a pink skirt with a pouch next to it, a necklace and a black band around her neck. She had sported white and pink trainers. She had auburn hair and dark blue eyes.
" You okay?" She asked. Sora had gotten a closer look of the girl.
" I guess..." Sora said.
" Those creatures that attacked you are after the Keyblade." She said.
" But it's your heart they really want, because you wield the Keyblade." She concluded.
" I'm so glad you're okay Kairi." Sora said. The girl had looked at him with a funny look.
" Kairi? Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie." The girl said.
" Huh?" Sora asked. Sora had regained his true vision as the girl from the square was leaning down towards him.
" I think you might've overdone it Squall." Yuffie said. She looked at Leon, who had walked to look at her.
" That's Leon." He said. Sora had looked at the Keyblade next to Leon.
" The Keyblade..." Sora said. Yuffie was walking towards Leon with her finger in the air while shaking it.
" Yeah, we had to get it away from you to shake off those creatures." Yuffie said. She stopped quickly and turned around to look at Sora.
" It turns out, that's how they were tracking you." Yuffie concluded. Leon had folded his arms across his chest.
" It was the only way to conceal your heart from them." Leon said.
" But it won't work for long." Leon said. The next sentence Leon said made Sora look up at him.
" Still hard to believe that you of all people are the chosen one." Leon said. He picked up the Keyblade with his left hand and swung it as hard as he could, but it vanished out of Leon's hand, and into Sora's. This caused Sora to gasp out of surprise. Leon was walking to Sora as he began to speak.
" Well, i suppose beggars can't be choosers." Leon said. Sora looked sharply at Leon.
" Why don't you start making sense! What's going on here?" Sora asked.
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The woman Donald and Goofy met was in a room with them, named Aerith, but there were also four weird kids with them, one was tall, one was small, one had a sock hat, and another was a girl. They were Ed, Eddy, Double D and Nazz.
" Okay, you know there are many other worlds out there besides yours, right?" Aerith asked.
" Yeah." Donald answered. Goofy used his hands to cover his mouth.
" But they're supposed to be a secret." Goofy said.
" They've been secret because they have never been connected." She said.
" Until now." Aerith said. Everyone in the room opened their ears up to her.
" When the heartless came, everything changed." She muttered.
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" The heartless?" Sora asked.
" The ones who attacked you, remember?" Yuffie asked.
" Those without hearts." Leon said.
" The darkness in people's hearts-- that's what attracts them." Yuffie said. Sora had held the Keyblade up.
" And there is darkness within every heart." Leon said.
" Hey, have your ever heard of someone named Ansem?" Yuffie asked.
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" Ansem?" Everyone in the room asked.
" He was studying the heartless." Aerith said.
" He recorded all of his findings in a very detailed report." She said.
" May we see the report?" Double D asked. Aerith had shook her head.
" It's pages are scattered everywhere, to many worlds." She said.
" Scattered?" Donald asked. Goofy had put his fist in his hand.
" Oh, then maybe the king went to find 'em." Goofy said. Donald had nodded, while the Eds and Nazz were pretty clueless as to what was going on.
" Yes, those were my thoughts exactly." Aerith said.
" We gotta find him quick!" Goofy shouted.
" Wait, we've gotta find that key." Donald said.
" That's right. The Keyblade." She said.
" Hang on a minute!" Eddy shouted. Everyone turned to look at him.
" Tell me, what's going on." Eddy said. Everyone in the room groaned, as Eddy looked at them with a funny look.
" What?" Eddy asked.
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" So...this is the key?" Sora asked.
" Exactly!" Yuffie answered.
" The heartless have great fear of the Keyblade." Leon said. Leon had walked to the door.
" That's why they'll keep coming after you no matter what." He said.
" Well, I didn't ask for this." Sora said.
" The Keyblade chooses it's master." Yuffie said. She looked at Sora.
" And it chose you." She said.
" So tough luck." Leon said as he leaned against the door.
" How did all this happen?" Sora asked.
" I remember being in my room..." Sora trailed off. He gasped as he stood up.
" Wait a minute! What happened to my home? My island?" Sora asked. He had looked down on the floor.
" Riku! Kairi!" Sora shouted.
" You know what? I really don't know." Leon said half sarcastically, half sympathetically. Sora had hung his head as he had thought of his friends, meanwhile...
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Since Alex wasn't ready to utilise the power of darkness to use it to travel through the corridors of darkness, he had a black chrome gummi ship, with the heartless insignia at the top of it. He wasn't driving it, as it was one of the heartless that Maleficent created job. Alex was actually looking out of the window to see space, or what looked like it. Alex had sighed, he missed his three friends, Ed, Double D and Eddy, but then he remembered that they left him for the light, and he became angry again.
" Man, this is boring." Alex said. He walked to the heartless steering the ship, it looked like Sora, except it was black and grey.
" When are we landing?" Alex asked. The creature turned around and looked at Alex, and looked back to what it was looking at again.
" Whatever..." Alex said. Alex had turned around and sat on one of the chairs, as he rested on of his fists onto his chin, as he began to drift off to sleep, and begin to dream of the cul-de-sac. His last words were this.
" I will save you... I will save you all... I... promise..." Alex muttered as he went to sleep.
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Sora had jumped on the table and tapped the Keyblade on the chest , causing it to open. Sora had rummaged through the treasure chest, as he found out it was an elixir, and put it in his pocket.
" Keep it for later..." Sora muttered. Sora had jumped off of it and walked up to Leon.
" Are you ready?" Leon asked.
" What?" Sora asked.
" Are you ready to fight for your life?" Leon asked. Sora nodded. Yuffie had suddenly screamed.
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" What the-" Eddy was interrupted by Aerith.
" Yuffie?" She asked. Yuffie had suddenly ran past the group, as Donald was squished by the door that Yuffie opened, causing Eddy to laugh at him while running after Yuffie and Aerith as Double D, Nazz and Ed, did the same. Goofy looked at his friend in despair.
" So Yuffie, what now?" Eddy asked.
" You four need to go to the third district, pronto!" Yuffie shouted. Aerith had put her hands together as she began to chant.
" I know times are tough but we don't need to pray." Eddy said. The Eds and Nazz were enveloped in a green light, as they were transported to a part of Traverse Town, probably the third district.
" Well, guess she's got us here quick eh?" Eddy asked. The group had murmured as Sora had ran into them.
" Hey watch it! Oh, it's you." Eddy said. Sora nodded as the five had walked to the middle of the square, four of them with Keyblades in hand. Donald Duck and Goofy had suddenly crash landed into them, as they looked at the quartets Keyblades.
" The... Keys!" Donald shouted. Then, various armoured heartless had appeared before the group as Donald and Goofy helped Sora and the Eds dispatch them. Suddenly a purple coloured monster with the heartless insignia had appeared from the air, as it had assembled the parts of its body, and was ready to battle the young fighters.
" Uh oh..." Eddy murmured. The battle had started as the monster had walked towards Ed and kicked him, causing Ed to go flying and hit a wall. Eddy had ran at the heartless at full speed and jumped up into the air to bash it with his Keyblade, but got struck back by the hands. Double D took a sneakier attempt, and got a hit at its legs, but got kicked by them, causing him to be knocked out. Sora was protecting Nazz while Donald and Goofy were getting kicked around... literally.
" Ow!" Donald shouted.
" Donald!" Goofy shouted as he threw a potion at Donald, healing him.
" Thank you!" Donald shouted.
" Thunder!" Donald exclaimed as a thunder bolt hit the heartless. Ed had tried another go at the monster, and was successful, as he had destroyed both of the heartless feet, causing green balls to fall out of it and land on Ed, causing Ed's injuries to be healed. Ed had next destroyed the hands, and then went after the head. Double D and Eddy helped destroy the head, as well as Donald and Goofy, with Sora protecting Nazz from any damage, seeing as she was defenceless. The Eds and Sora had combined their Keyblade strikes on the monster, ultimately killing it, as the whole group except for Nazz sat on the floor. Nazz was absolutely left speechless, she had never seen the Eds fight like that, she thought ' If the Eds can fight like that, imagine what Alex could do.'. She cheered the Eds for the victory, as Eddy had stood up and smiled boastfully.
" All in a days work!" Eddy shouted.
" As if you did anything..." A voice said. Eddy was about to tell the person off, but when he turned around and saw Leon, he kept his mouth shut.
" Great work, but why did the boy with one eyebrow have to weaken it?" Leon asked.
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Alex was in a strange world, he didn't have control over the heartless, but he knew how to wield the darkness, and could destroy anything with it. Alex kept on floating down, until he landed on the ground, though as soon as he did, heartless had appeared around him, some were small, some were large, and some could fly. Alex looked at them all with a cocky grin and brandished his sword, as he got into a stance similar to Riku's, except he used his right arm to wield his weapon. Suddenly he dashed at one of the large heartless, as a slash was heard...
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" Well, you see-" That was all Sora could manage, as he was interrupted by Leon.
" Never mind, I'm glad to see that you're okay." Leon said. Yuffie and Aerith had walked to Leon as they stood at each side of him.
" Looks like those two need help to find their king." Yuffie said as she pointed towards Donald and Goofy.
" And you five need to find your friends." Leon said, pointing towards the Eds and Nazz.
" That's the problem, how will we find our friends?" Double D asked.
" We could help find your friends." Donald said. Goofy had given Donald a funny look.
" You sure Donald?" Goofy whispered. Donald had shushed Goofy, as Ed had immediately rushed towards Donald and Goofy.
" Ed, what are you doing?" Nazz asked.
" We must traverse with them to find our friend!" Ed exclaimed. Eddy had walked to Ed as well.
" I guess going with them couldn't hurt..." Eddy said. Double D had walked forward, leaving Nazz behind.
" You coming Nazz?" Double D asked.
" How can I? I don't have a weapon." Nazz said. Leon had walked off to a shop, and came out a second later with a sword that had the colour white. It looked like it was in similar design to Alex and Riku's swords, but there was an odd aura surrounding it.
" Here." Leon said. Nazz took it and grasped it in one hand.
" Is it heavy?" Double D asked.
" No, light as a feather." Nazz said. Nazz looked at the group of Donald, Goofy, Ed, Eddy and Double D. Sora was still unsure.
" Well, what if i can't find them?" Sora asked. Sora had then frowned, as Donald had given Sora a stern look.
" Ah ah ah, this boat runs on happy faces." Donald said.
" You gotta smile, like this." Goofy said as he made a goofy smile. Sora had looked at the two with an unsure look, closed his eyes, and then smiled awkwardly. Donald and Goofy laughed at him, causing the Eds and Nazz to laugh at him to. Sora had smiled normally, as he rubbed the back of his head bashfully.
" Alright, I'll go with you." Sora said.
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The Eds, Goofy, Donald, Nazz and Sora were in the town square, as Donald and Goofy were teaching them about abilities and magic.
" Ed, you will get the ability, ''Guard''." Donald said as he gave Ed an orange sphere.
" Sora, you get ''Dodge roll''." Goofy said as he gave Sora a blue sphere.
" Eddy, you get ''Strike raid''." Donald said as he gave Eddy a purple sphere.
" Double D gets ''Ragnarok''." Goofy said as he gave Double D a green sphere.
" Sorry Nazz, we couldn't find any abilities for ya." Goofy said.
" That's okay, as long as i have something to defend myself with, I'll be fine." Nazz said. Donald and Goofy had nodded. Donald had handed out fire spells to the Eds, Nazz and Sora. Donald and Goofy had walked towards the large double doors, with the five children looking at the two with funny looks.
" How will we get around?" Sora asked.
" By our gummi." Goofy said.
" You travel around using a certain candy?" Double D asked. Donald and Goofy had shook their heads as they laughed.
" Come on, lets show ya." Goofy offered.
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Sora, Nazz and the Eds were inside the gummi ship that Donald and Goofy had talked about. It was pretty large, big enough to fit eight people, not including the cockpit. The five had looked around and awed at the masterpiece, it had a red interior, with fluffy chairs, and two single beds for resting.
" Nice place you got here!" Eddy shouted as he jumped on a chair.
" Snazzy!" Nazz exclaimed as she had sat on the bed.
" Cool!" Ed bolted happily. Double D and Sora were speechless, as Goofy and Donald snapped them out of their trance.
" We have found coordinates and ended up finding a place called Wonderland." Donald said.
" We will arrive in about, 20 minutes if possible." Goofy said.
" So sit on your seats and fasten your seatbelts..." Donald said as he sat on the chair in the cockpit.
" Because its gonna be a bumpy ride!" Goofy said as he sat in the drivers seat, fired the ignition, and started the ship forward, as the ship had driven at light speeds. The Eds, Sora and Nazz were shocked at the speed of the gummi ship, but more shocked as they looked out of the window.
" What... no it can't be..." Double D muttered.
" But... how?" Nazz asked.
" Whoa..." Ed uttered.
" Huh?" Eddy asked.
" Are we in..." Sora trailed off.
" We're in SPACE!?" The five asked. They had seen an environment that resembled space, except it had strange coloured rocks, and was very colourful. There were ships coming towards them, but Donald destroyed them using his machine gun rays. They noticed they were near a planet that had the same shaped as the Earth, but saw strange things coming from it, they also saw a black gummi ship at the top of it, however, they didn't know who's it was.
" Who's gummi is that Goofy?" Donald asked.
" I don't know, I've never seen it before." Goofy said as he shuddered. Eddy had walked to the two.
" Come on lets go!" Eddy shouted impatiently. Donald looked at Eddy with an irate stare.
" Hold your horses!" Donald shouted.
" We're landing!" Goofy shouted.
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The Eds, Donald, Goofy, Sora and Nazz were floating down this strange hole, as they landed in a strange area, Nazz, Goofy and Ed landing on their faces while Double D, Donald, Eddy and Sora had landed on their feet. They looked around the place before being confused.
" What is this place?" Eddy asked.
" Wonderland!" Goofy answered.
" Lets go, we might find Alex here!" Nazz shouted. Double D looked at Nazz.
" Speaking of Alex, who was that gummi ship, I remember Alex being very fond of black..." Double D muttered.
" Alex driving? Pfft, yeah right." Eddy said jokingly.
" Your right Eddy... for once." Double D muttered.
" Hey!" Eddy shouted.
" Lets go." Donald said. Everyone nodded as they followed the duck to a door, which opened to reveal many other doors, as they entered through.
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" Check out this place!" Eddy shouted. Everyone looked around the room, it looked like a bedroom, kitchen and living room packed together. Double D noticed two potions on a table, and also a strand of hair.
" Oh, what's this?" Double D asked as he picked up the hair. The hair was black, as Double D had put it in a plastic wallet so he could examine it later. Eddy walked up to Double D.
" Hey Double D, if Alex was here, how would he get here?" Eddy asked.
" I don't know Eddy, to be honest, he could be anywhere." Double D answered.
" I hope he doesn't lead us on some wild goose chase." Eddy said. Double D had shook his head as he walked to a door that looked like it was sleeping. Double D tried opening it, but the door yawned, causing Double D to jump back from the amount of shock.
" It talks!?" Double D asked.
" Of course, you just woke me up!" The door exclaimed.
" Good morning!" Ed shouted.
" Good night, I'm going back to sleep." The door said.
" How do we get past?" Double D asked.
" The shrinking potion on the table." The door answered. Double D looked at one of the potions, Ed had drank one, and he ended up the size of a giant, as he was as taller than the roof. 'Twit' Double D thought. Ed drank the other potion, as he had shrunk to the size of a pea, as did the others except for Double D, who pushed the bed to one side so they could go through the hole in the wall. Double D had drank the shrinking potion, as he had followed the rest of the group through the dark hole.
TBC...