Chapter Thirty Eight: The White Knight

I sighed, staring at the roof of my cell. They didn't give me much to eat, but there was plenty to drink. All they ever gave me was gruel, and very little of it...

Damn. I'm getting bored.

The only thing that was keeping me sane was being able to train with my Keyblade.

Serenity... Sora... Roy... I hope you guys are all right.

ONE WEEK LATER

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I sighed, staring at the roof of my cell. I was still seriously hungry... and seriously wet. The floor was water, so no matter what I did, I got wet, except if I stood on my rock or slept on it.

I began singing incoherent songs to myself, then puttered around the cell, rattling my Keyblade against the bars.

"Hey, shut up!" one of the patrolling guards shouted.

"No way! You can't jes' expect me to sit here all day every day! What the hell'd I do?!" I shouted at the guard.

"Just shut up and stay down!" the guard yelled.

There's no way to make them see reason...

I puttered around my cell for a few more minutes, then was surprised when one of the black-clad guards was thrown back against a wall. Guards swarmed toward the exit, though they were all thrown back. A loud clanking then echoed through the halls, screeching and reverberating against the cell bars.

A heavily-armored White Knight came in. His blue cape was a bit bloodstained, but otherwise clean, and he carried a large purple sword. Using it, he tore apart the prisoners' cells, releasing them. He got to my cell, then sliced the bars like they were warm butter. I ran out, but didn't flee; I followed the White Knight.

After watching him tear apart a few more prisoners' cells, he began to walk toward the exit. I followed him from a distance. He simply kept walking toward the Dark Depths, though his armor was no longer clanking loudly. He made it, while I followed, then opened a dark corridor. After looking around to make sure nobody was there, he walked into it; I followed him.

I seemed to lose my way in that dark corridor, but found myself in a dark and starless realm. There was something here, though; a long track supported by a series of poles. The White Knight was climbing a ladder to a small station, and I could hear something approaching. I climbed the ladder, then waited on the top rung for something to happen.

After a couple minutes, a long monorail train approached. A door wooshed open, and the White Knight slowly walked through. I dashed up the ladder and into the train car, just barely managing to worm through before it wooshed closed.

I dashed behind some nearby boxes to avoid the White Knight, who turned around after hearing my footsteps. He shook his head, then went into the next car.

"Whoo..." I muttered, breathing heavily from excitement. "Wonder what that was all about? Ah, it don't matter. He busted me outta jail, that's what matters!"

I sighed, no longer a sigh of boredom but a sigh of relief.

After the White Knight had gone into the next car, I came out from behind the box. I went into the car behind us, as opposed to the White Knight. Before I could even get through the door, though, my wrist was grabbed by cold steel.

"Hey, lemme go!" I shouted as the White Knight dragged me off with one hand...