Chapter Fourty Seven: The Chamber of Ages

"Okay... to find a Keychain, where would I go?" I asked.

"Keychains are ALWAYS given to you by other people," Serenity said. "Well... besides one, but that doesn't really count. If I recall correctly... a Keyblade usually starts out as a Kingdom Key, then changes when you slap other Keychains on."

"Okay... but where would a special Keychain be?" I asked.

"Well... the only Keychains that people got not from other people are the Oblivion, Way to the Dawn, and Kairi's keychain," Serenity said. "So... no idea."

I sighed.

"A special Keychain... a special armament for a special weapon... where could it be?" I asked aloud.

We began searching the worlds, but to no avail. Finally we reached Port Royal, and I could feel something... different.

"It must be here... in this world, the one that most closely reflects our home," I muttered.

"How do you know?" Serenity asked skeptically.

"I can't explain it... but it's like there's more light here than ever," I said. "Could it be..."

I heard the familiar clanking noise of the Black Knight's armor. Serenity and I dashed behind a cannon to avoid catching his glimpse, as the Black Knight walked out soon. He stood out, looked over the sea, then walked back to where he came from.

"I need to get Hope before I take him on again," I muttered. "It should give me the strength I need to take him down."

"I thought you were good enough to beat him as you are?" Serenity asked as we stood up.

"I thought so, too... but apparently not," I muttered, looking out over the dark sea. A small tugboat was sailing into the sea.

"Follow him?" Serenity asked.

"No... no way," I said. "We have to look through Port Royal first, then look on the islands at sea."

After scouring the empty town high and low, we found nothing.

"So... search the islands?" she asked.

"Yeah..." I muttered, going to board the Dauntless, which was still in excellent condition. I struggled to learn the controls, but after an hour or two of ramming into rocks and reefs, I got the hang of it. We sailed into the dark horizon, never stopping.

After a day or two of eating stale biscuits, drinking distilled seawater, and generally nothing, we came upon a long island chain. At the end was a stone building floating in the now-still waters. The sky was dusk.

"Could that be... where Hope is?" I asked.

"Maybe... it's not like we've seen anything else as of late," Serenity sighed. We stopped the ship, then jumped out into a lifeboat, paddling over to the stone building. It was sealed by a massive stone slab.

"Hm... a key indentation. This must be..." I muttered. "Maybe... Atlantis? A sacred relic?"

I summoned my Keyblade, then held it up and the stone slab crumbled into the ground. I walked in to the antechamber, tripping on a couple of rocks, then went up to a dais in the center.

The entire floor was covered in a light bit of seawater. The scent was beautiful after spending so much time around the scent of blood in the future.

I looked on top of the dais. On it rested a cross-shaped Keychain with several rays of light coming out of it. I picked it up, and the stone slab reappeared.

"So... how do we get out with this?" I asked.

"Simple," Serenity replied, beaming up to our Gummi Ship.

I stared at the Keychain for a few moments before putting it on my Keyblade. It became white with a cross for the key grooves, and rays of light beaming diagonally back from the grooves.

"The Keychain Oryx was looking for... the divine weapon that can take him down!" I shouted, then beamed up.