T: This is the seventh chapter to my story, I hope it's good.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or its characters, worlds etc.
2 days remaining, and those creatures return. My fellow council members say that I should turn Kairi over to these aliens to save the lives of everyone and our world. Makes sense, one life for an entire population but, how can I when the one person they need happens to by most beloved niece.
Ansem sat in his chair, staring at the wall. No one had seen the great leader in a state such as this, but how would they know how he felt? What it was like to make decisions that endangered your youngest family member.
"My lord Ansem?" Ansem looked up at the person who called his name to see one of his apprentices, Even.
"You have a guest." Even pointed to Ansem's guest.
"Mickey!" Ansem smiled at his friend as he entered the room with a smile on his face.
"Hiya Ansem. I heard what happened." Mickey said with a serious face.
"You heard the news hmm?"
"Yes, if there's any way I can help at all let me know." Mickey said with his hand on his chest, showing that he would help his friend.
For several hours Mickey and Ansem walked though the vast halls of Radiant Garden's castle, discussing ways they could defeat this new enemy. Several were considered, using a small portion of the Cornerstone of Light's power to ward off the enemy, fighting back with both Disney Castle's army with that of Radiant Gardens but casualties would be enormous.
"...Can you think of anything Ansem?" Mickey asked, several ideas were thought of but none would help at all.
"...sigh, I can't think of anything." Ansem had replied with an expression that showed he had abandoned all hope of driving away these invaders and keeping his niece from their hands.
Silence arrived and both leaders were out of ideas. But then Mickey remembered something, one of the strange objects he found on one of his journeys.
Flashback
A young Mickey Mouse was exploring a cave he found hidden deep underneath the ruins of the ancient civilisation Atlantis. He was a young treasure hunter and agreed to go on an expedition with Donald and Goofy to find ancient relics or treasures for their world's museum.
"Well fellas, find anything?" Asked a Mickey to his two best friends.
"Aww, nothing at all. I'm surprised there would be anything left that can be salvaged." Donald replied in his usual stressed out voice.
"...What about you Goofy?" Mickey looked around for any sign of Goofy.
"...Goofy? GOOFY!?" Mickey replied in a worried tone.
"Aw phooey! Where's that big palooka wandered off too this time" Donald replied.
Mickey and Donald began to search for their missing friend, they looked behind any rocks they could see, at one point Donald lifted a 1000 ton boulder with one hand with ease, this resulted in a surprised look from Mickey as he looked at his scrawny friend.
Donald sensed Mickey's eyes upon him and looked at what Mickey was looking at.
"What? Everyone can do this." Donald then threw the rock with one hand without any difficulties. After the boulder flew a few feet, Mickey and Donald heard a very familiar yell of pain.
"OWOWOWOW!! My head." The voice belonged to none other than Goofy, who had survived the 1000 ton boulder landing on his small head.
"Goofy!!" Donald and Mickey were overjoyed to see their friend safe and sound, despite the fact he survived a boulder to the head.
"Hey guys! Look at what I found!" Both Mickey and Donald were amazed that Goofy found something.
"What is it?" Mickey replied.
"IS IT RICHES!!" Donald said with gold in his eyes.
As Donald and Mickey made their way over to Goofy he showed them his finding. It was a red stone, in the shape of a sphere. It glowed a brilliant red in Goofy's hand.
"AW! It's just a useless rock! Throw it away." Donald said in disgust as he looked upon the rock.
"Don't, that's a materia!" Mickey replied looking at the small piece of materia.
"Material?" Donald replied in a confused tone.
"No not 'Material' Donald, 'Materia'." Mickey had read about the various Materia that were forged in a planets lifestream from the memories of the departed souls that flew in the lifestream.
"That's a summon materia that. Let's take it home and examine it" Mickey suggested.
End flashback
Mickey had kept the materia as a good luck charm and never used it. The king reached into his pocket and pulled the stone out and showed it to Ansem.
"Is that a summon materia?" Ansem had seen a few summon materia in his life and he was always amazed by it, since summon materia was one of the rarest materia to find.
"Yep! I've kept it as a good luck charm ever since I found it. Maybe you will be able to use it." Mickey offered Ansem the materia.
"...You...would give this to me?" Ansem said with a smile on his face.
"Yep! Besides I could never use it. Only those with the purest of heart can use it." Mickey said looking at the stone that rested in his hands.
It was at that moment, Ansem had thought of a great idea.
"You said, only the 'purest of heart' could use it." Ansem said hoping that this materia could help save his niece and his people.
"Yeah...I tried using it on several occasions, but it just never worked. Minnie told me after she looked at it that this materia would only work for those of a pure heart." Mickey said looking at his friend now.
"I think this materia could save us my friend." Ansem replied smiling at his friend.
Don't worry Kairi, I'll protect you.
Meanwhile on the capital ship of the creatures armada that attacked Radiant Garden the other day, deep inside the ship was the same knight who possessed the glowing armour. He walked down the corridors of his mighty battleship he named "Zodiark".
He walked into the bridge and was greeted by the fleet general. The two looked at each other for a moment; the general wore similar armour but lacked the helmet and shoulder pads, the armour that covered his legs were not as protective as the other knight.
"So, you decided to pay us a visit huh, my lord?" the general asked with a faint smile.
"...Just remember that this is 'my' ship, general. Don't get too comfortable, they're plenty of other major warships that would be glad to have you on board." The knight couldn't stand the general; to him he was a parasite, nothing more.
"I know, but remember that 'I' am the fleet commander, I could turn this whole fleet around if I wanted to." The general replied smugly.
"So, you would be willing to tell his majesty as to why we returned home without the princess of heart? You think he will be pleased with that?" The knight knew he had won this argument by the look of horror on the general's face after mentioning their king.
"Humph." Was all the general replied, he and the king were not on the best of terms since an incident thousands of years ago.
The knight smiled at the general through his helmet, he loved it when he won these arguments.
"Anyway...has our scout ship returned?" The knight asked getting back to the matter at hand.
"Yes, it delivered the message and reinforced it with the destruction of two villages." The general replied smiling evilly, he loved destruction which wasn't one of his better qualities.
"...Two villages?" The knight replied in an emotionless voice.
"Indeed, impressive huh?" The general asked the knight hoping to make himself worthy of his praise.
"...Tell me general. What did I say before you ordered your ship to leave?" The knight asked getting slightly annoyed.
"Um, only destroy what's needed?" The general said getting a little scared, he knew the knight well and knew if anyone angered him, they will meet a painful end.
"So tell me. Why did you destroy two villages!? Only one was needed!!" The knight was now yelling at the general with his sword materialising in his hand. It appeared in a similar fashion to the Oblivion Keyblade but was more intense, the blade was long and at the front of the blade possessed serrated edges and in the middle of the blade, it curved up and back down for more pain upon impact with the victim. All the pilots turned their attention towards the knight and the fleet commander.
"Uh, if we didn't...they would...have...had...more people they could use to...form an army!" The general was backing up into the corner scared of the knight's slow approach towards with him with his sword resting in his right hand.
"In a way...I did us a favour...plus we scared them...hehehe." The general was now petrified of the knight as his dark armour was now radiating a dark red light, those who knew the knight well knew what this meant.
"I asked you...to do one simple task. And what do I get in return, this! Did you ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe, the princess of heart might have been in one of those villages!!" The knight was now furious at the commander, he had failed to carry out his orders and now his powers were starting to show.
"Please, my lord!! I won't make the same mistake aga-" The general was cut off by the knight's sword against his throat.
"..." The knight was silent; he was staring at the general with anger burning in his eyes.
"If you ever disobey me again, the next time you see this sword, it will be going right through you. Am I understood?" The knight then dismissed his weapon back to the dark abyss it came from and turned around to leave the bridge when he faced the general one last time.
"Remember general. There are plenty of fleet cadets who will be more than happy to take your place if anything should happen to you." The knight replied in a dark tone before proceeding back to his personal quarters.
The general was shocked and at the same time relived that the knight had spared him. It was rare that the knight spared anyone; he usually strikes down any who fail to follow the kings or his orders.
The general turned to see the faces of the pilots that had observed the scene.
"Well what do you think you're looking at!? Get this ship to that miserable rock now!!" The general yelled to the pilots as he swore he wouldn't ever act weak again.
T: There it is, if you think it can be improved in any way, leave a helpful review or just say if you enjoyed it. All reviews are welcome and greatly appreciated.
T: Next update, coming soon.