Finally updated! Sorry for keeping you all waiting!
Shout outs to...
Guest (TerraKH): Thank you! writing about Xehanort being nice is entirely new territory for me! But it's fun!
AngelamongtheStars: :) Thank you! There is hardly any Terqua in the KH series right now! Am I right?
xXellesmeraXx: Glad you are! It makes my happy to hear that!
TWI1IGHTMA3TER: There's a little dramatic fluff for you at the end my friend!
Guest: I agree completely. Yikes.
Now presenting... Chapter 25!
It took all of Terra's strength not to question the younger girl about what she had claimed. It was a long stretch not to even ask Aqua. But he kept silent until he reached Watcher's Tower. But he had forgotten his questions when he saw the place. It was huge, spectacular. The intricate decorations on the walls and colorful theme made Terra smile. It was as if Ven had some input on the Tower.
Sadness tried to force its way upward, but Terra pushed it down. There never is nor was a place for that emotion. One will tell them how to save Ventus. He just knew it.
Soon, they were up at the pinnacle of the Tower, with two other girls and a boy with a blue eye and a golden one. Curious, Terra tried to ask the boy something, but then One got the attention of the group with a whistle. She was standing right next to Master Xehanort, holding his wrinkled hand.
"I've gathered the Lights here, to this special place, to tell you our true enemy is not the man you see next to me." One moved her eyes toward the old man. He kept his head lowered, as if embarrassed by the Watcher. But One just gave a faint ghost of a smile, and continued.
"Xehanort has been the scapegoat for a notorious enemy of the Watchers. That said man wiped all of the guardians, except for me. His name," One paused dramatically, "is Fatigo."
As if the very name of the terrible man was cursed, a hoarse voice chuckled. One could imagine the owner's smirk. You called, fabled Watcher? The walls seemed to creak and groan, like the uneasy stuttering had terrified them to wits end. But One was not cowering in fear. That would be an insult to the Watchers' honor. She stood up bravely and called out in rage.
"Fatigo! Once again you hide like a coward! Can you not even fight me?" but then One clasped her hand over her mouth. She never knew where that hatred or the words she had spoken had come from.
Then the voice laughed, its echoes bouncing off the walls. Xehanort and Sora-Xehanort fell to the floor, grabbing their heads in extreme pain. Yowling, the spiky haired brunette called out, "What's happening? My… chest… ARGH!"
Sora-Xehanort felt the pain in his chest like it was a collision with a train. Pain racked every breath he took, every move he made. Xehanort's labored breathing suggested that he had fared no better.
One was kneeling beside Xehanort, cradling his head into her arms. For the first time since Sora-Xehanort had come to be, she didn't know what was happening.
The voice of the dark incarnate took One away from her body, leaving her companions behind in another place.
She fell into endless night. Except there were no stars that hold other worlds. No light, no sound. Nothingness was everywhere. The feeling the Watcher had was not really falling, but gliding. Down and down…
A tile pillar stood beneath her, which she landed on like how a cat does. One didn't know what happened, but she knew where she was. After all, one of the many tasks the Watchers had to do was to send new wielders to this place to earn their keyblades.
One was in the Chamber of Awakening.
She looked down at the floor and saw the picture that reflected her life. On the right side, there were her friends. Sora, Kairi, Riku, and everyone that she held so dearly. On the left, there was only a picture of swirling darkness, with the man Fatigo grinning with evil radiance.
And as if he had been called by thinking about him, Fatigo's voice started to speak into the otherwise empty void.
It seems that the high and mighty Watcher is now at the bottom.
"What are you talking about?!" One called out. She looked from side to side to see if she could find the dark incarnate. But then the Watcher noticed something. The tile floor dividing the light and dark side was no longer a line. It was a keyblade.
Her own keyblade.
What I mean is, that you are now a part of this…
"Part of what?!" the Watcher snapped, "Stop speaking in riddles!"
You are a part of my plan to summon the Master… Fatigo's voice was full of seemingly admiration. It sickened One to her stomach.
"Who is your Master!?" One was tired of small answers. She wanted to know now!
A booming laugh made its way across the Chamber. Then it eased itself down to a chuckle, and then it stopped. And finally, Fatigo explained what he meant
I'm going to use you to summon the Master of all Darkness!
Terra and Aqua ran up to the Watcher after she slumped to the floor. She was unconscious, and nothing they did could wake her up. Xehanort also fell into a sort of uneasy slumber. But it seemed to be a nightmare. Xion also sat beside the Watcher, now trying to see if there was anything she could do to help One.
But the Princess never even noticed it. She was seeing the one she held so dear flailing in painful spasms.
Kairi ran up to her boyfriend, grasping his hand with hers. She cried softly. She was afraid that since she had finally gotten the one she loved back, but now he was being ripped from her arms once again.
"Sora! Sora, don't leave me!" she choked out. The said keyblade wielder lifted his heavy head to look Kairi in her eyes. Pain was inside those ocean blue orbs, but so was some other emotion. Then Kairi realized it was acceptance.
With seemingly great inner turmoil, Sora lifted his hand and placed it upon the side of his girlfriend's face, wiping away the rain that fell from her eyes. He smiled, as his vision became blurry.
"This… is my fight… now…"
Dun Dun DUNNNN! Cliffies! Gotta love 'em!
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Dragon Out!