The Return of Tyrannil
Alan, Nadia and Tyrannil soon arrived back in Castle Darkhand among its radiant forests, it's clear skies and the shining sun that stretched across the land with ease right at the top balcony of the Castle where Alan did battle with Tyra and unlocked his heart: the Heart of Castle Darkhand. Alan then laid Tyrannil down on the ground and collected water from the castle's moat to give to the poor knight. He drunk it with ease and Nadia gave him some spare blankets she found in some of the rooms of the castle as well as a pillow to lie down on. "Such kindness…I could never imagine such a thing being a Knight of the Realm. In my day as a youth we had to train hard, endure constant pressures, take whatever our master told us to do, and what's more we had to work, work, and work.", the knight said. Nadia patted the knight's head as she asked, "Why do you guys not take off your helmets? Are you scared of your appearances or something like that?" "Child, my brethren and I are millennia years old. We couldn't even survive the elements without our suits. Although we live, our bodies are physically shriveled away. I would fall to pieces on the spot. That is what centuries of revenge thinking, hardwork and battles will do to you.", Tyrannil continued. Alan then returned with a bag of ice for his head and said, "Here. This will keep your head cool and free from fever."
Then after they got comfortable, Alan asked, "So what was the purpose of coming back to Castle Darkhand anyway? We already freed it from you guys a little over three days ago." "Because, we need to plan out our next attack on Obeion boy. We only have one shot to do this and believe me he'll be expecting you two the moment you two return. I also hold in my spell book the key to his destruction, but it is in an ancient Aragon riddle writing." He opened the book and showed Alan and Nadia the page where only four single lines were on a single page. The words were a cross between Hebrew, French and German all into one language and Tyrannil began to translate: "When two gather together, the skies turn and dust blows, a glowing entity is present and attainable, but to reach it one must hold the rose." Nadia then said, "Well that made little to no sense." "Wait a second, its talking about two right? That must be us right Tyrannil?", Alan asked. "The riddle said two, but it did not mention it of being people or beings at all.", Tyrannil added. "Maybe it has to do with keyblades perhaps?", Nadia said. "Yes yes, go on.", Tyrannil added. "The skies turn and dust blows…maybe it's a special event, like an explosion, or an attack.", Alan also added. Tyrannil noticed his book begin to glow and he said, "Keep going you two, the book is glowing. This may be our ticket to saving this universe."
"I also saw a glowing entity. It was blue and humungous. It was also heart shaped too. Oh what did Aranse call it? King of Hearts, no. Spade of King? No. Wait…Kingdom…Kingdom Hearts!! The Heart of all Worlds is the next part of the clue. Kingdom Hearts is our glowing entity present and attainable.", Alan added. The book's lines were slowly fading away as Tyrannil said, "One more line children and we will have the key to Obeion's destruction." Then Nadia asked, "What does it mean, 'but to reach it one must hold the rose'?" "Maybe it has to do with something bigger than a flower. It'd be too easy if it were a rose. Maybe it has to do with a person's heart. After all a person's heart has that power to bring people together like roses.", Alan said. "That would also be too simple. Aragon riddles never contain the same element twice. Kingdom Hearts was already mentioned so something else must be present instead.", Tyrannil said before coughing. "A rose symbolizes love. So that must be it then. After all, how does the saying go, 'True love conquers all.'?", Nadia stated. Then the riddle disappeared and formed into a crystal ball just as Tyrannil miraculously healed from its powers and he looked at it with fear, anguish and worry.
Alan then asked as he did so, "What happened?" "Once an Aragon Riddle is solved it can make predictions about one's future. This was written just a month before you two made it to the African world some time ago. It has predicted the final battle between you three: Alan, Nadia and Obeion. The battle will be long, it will involve a questioning of one's abilities, sacrifice, destiny, and the future of all life as we know it…whether the universe has a future…whether life is saved or not…and whether Earth will be where it was and is now…is all up to you two: the keyblade wielders. Although Tyra and the Bronze Knight as well as my master Obeion and Aranse and many others after those two wielded similar weapons, they infact were ordinary swords like any other. Regardless of what has been told to you, you two are in possession of the first ever Keyblades.", Tyrannil said. Alan and Nadia looked at the newly recovered knight in awe and worriment as Alan asked, "May I ask then this: where will this final battle be at and do you know the outcome?" "The outcome is very evenly matched. Either side could win or lose. Everyone has everything to gain and lose and everyone has their futures on the line. Yet I saw something even more troubling though as well. I saw a land that was out of reach from any star's shine. My brethren and I travelled to this place many times before long before we were the Knights of the Realm and long before the Great War of Wars. The last time we were there was just a week before the start of the Great War of Wars and we told each other our goals in life. I cannot say why, but I feel that it may be important. Whether it is your final battling area I do not know.", Tyrannil said.
A brief silence occurred as the crystal ball disappeared and Nadia asked, "So what do we do now then?" "We shall spend the next three days training. If anything Obeion will be waiting patiently until you two arrive.", Tyrannil added again. "What makes you so sure he won't come looking for us?", Alan asked. "He is all powerful. His goal is that of this Heart of all worlds you spoke of.", Tyrannil said. "Kingdom Hearts?", Alan asked. "Yes. He was initially after the Doors of the Heart for its power. He promised to bring back our fallen people, but deep down wanted their power for his lustrous greed. He knew we would obey without fail and did whatever it would take to ensure his absolute plan would come into action. Now that the power is inside a heart, he knows that can just wait until you two arrive and he can simply use your keyblades to unlock it himself. Since he has wielded a similar weapon in years past, using the keyblades won't be any different." Alan then snapped his fingers and said, "That gives me a great idea. If we able to, we could launch a full scale attack on him before he could even get his hands on Kingdom Hearts. We could unlock his heart and then he would be destroyed forever." Tyrannil then said, "Yes that could work. He wouldn't know it was coming, but you'd both have to act fast and efficiently to do it." Then Alan and Nadia stood up as Alan said, "Not a problem. We'll train together and work towards this goal, won't we Nadia?" Nadia nodded and then they took out their keyblades, and clashed together in a harmonic way. They slashed Alan's left to Nadia's right, vice versa and then Nadia began floating into the air to which Alan figured out he could do as well. Tyrannil then thought to himself as he saw both of them do this, 'You two will have a lot more to lose in this fight should you lose your faith. You may be strong, but you're only human.' With that Tyrannil looked up to the youths determined to train and fight to meet and defeat Obeion in the next three days to come.
(A very odd chapter I have to say. As Tyrannil said he survived from the power of Kingdom Hearts eliminating his virus. Also what he said near the end is very significant since the next few chapters will be a very sad portion for Alan (dun dun dun!!). I know it wouldn't make sense since if he does have a virus killing him at that moment, how could he just be resurrected like that? Since it ha so much power within itself, Kingdom Hearts could likely be able to bring people back from the dead, course I could be wrong, but you never know right? The final battle with Obeion is coming up in the next little while, so stay tuned.)
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