THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS CHAPTER 7 THE REVIVAL OF AZRAEL
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Sora rubbed his forehead gingerly "aw man, what happened, why do I feel so weak?"
Master Yen Sid crouched down to have a good look at Sora, "I released the sleeping heart within you, the pain you felt was his keyblade ripping away from your heart, which is one of the most excruciating pains in the universe. It would have killed you, if not for the darkness in your heart, that Anti character, who took control of your heart and saved it."
Sora bolted upright, horrified, "ANTI TOOK CONTROL! Are you all alright? Did he do anything to you?" Sora was basically hyper-ventilating.
"it's alright, Anti draws from your strength and amplifies it, and with you almost dead, he barely had any power to amplify, so we drew out the battle until you could stay alive without Anti's help, then purged him from your body forever. As for the weakness, when Ventus's heart separated from yours it took a significant amount of power from you so he could return to his body, and Ventus is probably awake by now, and trying to find his way out of Castle Oblivion. You are much weaker, but this power boost in the first stage of keyblade master will more than make up for it. Now, we must show Ventus the way. Everyone, summon your Keyblades." Everyone summoned their Keyblades, and raised them in a circle in the air, like when they opened the final door at The World That Never Was. A light shone from the middle of the Keyblades, shooting out the window and into space. "there, now Ventus knows where to go. Let us make way to the basement of the tower: I have something to show you." They dismissed their Keyblades, and followed him out the door and down the stairs, until they reached the base of the tower. "wait," Sora said. "how come we've never seen the door to the basement before? Me, Donald and Goofy searched this place top to bottom for treasure chests, and we didn't find any sort of door."
Master Yen Sid raised his keyblade: "that's because it only shows itself when I summon it, and there is really nothing down there I could ever need, besides a few forbidden magicks, a couple priceless armours, a few incredibly powerful keychains, nothing I really have any use for." He saw the faces of everyone and smiled at their shock. "before you ask why I didn't give them to you in the first place, they are all protected by ancient arcane protections, and legendary guardians, we don't have the strength to obtain them... but after we have the strength of Azrael on our side, we can get all that and more. So, are you ready for this?" a beam of purple light shot from his Keyblade, hitting a spot in the wall. A summoning circle* appeared on the wall, and a solid white door that looked suspiciously like the door to darkness seemingly washed out of it like a picture spreading on a blank canvas.
"That was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen," Kairi breathed in wonder.
"Yes, magicians could accomplish great feats of sorcery before The Great Forgetting." Master Yen Sid replied casually, dismissing his Keyblade
"What is this Great Forgetting you keep referring to?" Riku asked curiously.
"well if we knew what it was then it wouldn't be the Great Forgetting now would it?" Master Yen Sid said smiling. "all we know is that Keyblade wielders were making more and more powerful spells, so powerful that they could take down a planet easily, some maybe half a solar system. All the Keybearer's leader's sealed the knowledge of those spells away, and stopped younger Keybearer's from creating more by editing out their memory of the spell."
"well couldn't you just write it down?" Kairi asked.
Sora shook his head, "Kairi, spells can't just be read and spoken aloud, or everyone would be a top notch wizard by the end of the month. Spells have to be felt, and when you can replicate and amplify these feelings, your spells gain a "tier" like thunder to thundara, and such. It takes weeks to make a spell, maybe months! If I could have written them down for you, don't you think you could have all the spells mastered and enough prowess to take down Master Yen Sid in under a week?"
Kairi studied the floor, "well, when you put it that way..." she said, embarrassed.
Cautiously, they all entered the door, trying to step quietly, and cringed at the massive echoes of their footsteps.
"Gosh, this place sure is big." Mickey commented. Amazed at the size of the basement "this must encircle the entire world!"
"Yes, and we must reach the very heart of the world, for that is where he is contained." Yen Sid said, swishing his robes as he walked past them.
"And cue for The Heartless to appear and pitifully attempt to stop us," Riku said, looking around warily.
"Aw Dammit Riku why'd you have to jinx it?" Sora whined as he whipped around to find... absolutely nothing. "Well, that's a first."
"See Sora, your just being superstitious, that only happens in movies." Right as the words came out of his mouth; the party got encircled by about two dozen shadows and soldiers. Riku gave Sora's smug grin a look that said 'shut up'
"Yea, I was getting bored here!" Donald shouted with glee, charging towards The Heartless.
"FATED CIRCLE!" explosions erupted around the party, vanquishing The Heartless before you could say "heart."
"Aw c'mon Sora, I wanted at least three!" Donald whined.
"sorry Donald, I just saw Leon do it once, and I really wanted to try it..." Sora slumped to the ground, unconscious,
Master Yen Sid sighed. "Sora is not used to the lack of power; we'll have to carry him, Riku do you mind?"
Riku shouldered Sora like he weighed nothing, "sure thing."
For the rest of the descent, all was suspiciously calm. As they came to a door Master Yen Sid halted, "this is the room he is kept in, at the center of the world." He tapped the door four times with his Keyblade. The door radiated Darkness, and then disappeared, as if prompting them in. "woah," was all that could be said. There were no lights but everyone could see as if it were broad daylight. The room was about three times the size of Beast's ballroom, and much creepier: there were images of a demonic entity all over the wall, millions of different scenes of a million different tragedies, all centered around this vile being. They all realized they were referring to Azrael, and suddenly freeing him didn't seem like a good idea. In the center of the room, a black box stood perfectly still, with a strange circular design on all sides. "That's all that's keeping him in there? I thought this guy was supposed to be all powerful." Donald quacked in disappointment and shot a firaga spell at it, with no effect "ok it's pretty solid, but Master Yen Sid could destroy it easily right?"
"Donald, that is the most powerful prison ever created, a memento leaving behind a legacy of the Great Ones of Old. This, younglings, is The Pandorica!" Master Yen Sid's voice echoed throughout the room.
"The Pandorica? It sounds familiar, but I don't remember it having anything to do with housing Azrael." Riku said, moving cautiously towards the center of the room.
"Riku, don't you remember the legend of Pandora's box? The box that when opened, released all the evil into the worlds? I guess the creators of the prison had a sense of humour." Kairi said nervously, getting a bad feeling about the whole idea. "hey isn't now the time where we all fight an incredibly tough enemy before we get near the box?"
"Kairi don't jinx it." Mickey said as four Chernabogs appeared all around them.
Everyone stared at Kairi in hate.
"Sorry?" she offered weakly.
"Everyone pick a target!" Mickey yelled, dodging a fireball from one and leaping onto its arm.
Sora tried to raise his Keyblade, but after fourteen seconds of trying, he slumped down, defeated, "Kairi, show them your ready to be a Keybearer!" he shouted encouragingly.
"Hey, where's my encouragement?" Riku whined mockingly at his best friend, making a long gash on his Chernabog's torso.
"Riku, she's a noob, so she gets encouragement."
"I heard that, Sora. You better hope that you get most of your strength back soon cause when I'm done with this son of a-AW CRAP!" Kairi barely had enough time to roll out of the way of a Chernabog's fist, "THAT'S IT! ROCKSEAL!"
The hole the Chernabog's torso was coming from started to close around it, sending it thrashing into spasms of agony.
"GUNGIR!" Kairi aimed her Keyblade at the thrashing Chernabog, and a spear of light shot out towards the center of its chest. She wasn't sure if it was the Rockseal trick that finished it, or the Gungir spell, but it shuddered several times, then exploded, and a giant heart flew towards the ceiling. She slumped on the ground next to Sora, completely exhausted.
"Neat trick Gorgeous," Sora said, but his exhaustion covered up any hint of playfulness in his voice.
"Yeah well, don't mess with me, or your butt gets kicked, Keyblade Wielder style." And with that, she fell into unconsciousness.
"Ok guys, Kairi is down for the count," Sora called out to everyone else, as they all finished up the rest of the Chernabog's.
Riku gloated, "And let it be known that Riku beat his first Chernabog with no help whatsoever, and in about five minutes, while it took Sora, Donald and Goofy combined ten minutes to take their first one down. Oh yeah, Riku's got the moves."
Sora grinned at Riku almost in sympathy. "Riku, your Chernabog didn't use his giant, all area fire moved that would have left you royally screwed, no questions asked."
"Yeah well, you're skinny." Said Riku, flexing his muscles, mostly for his own enjoyment.
"Cough, tool, cough cough" Sora grinned, summoning his keyblade and using it to prop himself up. The room felt eerily quiet now that the fighting was done, and you could feel the anticipation and nervousness pervading the air. "Well, it's now or never, how do we open it?"
Master Yen Sid cracked his knuckles, "stand back, the release incantation has never been tested, so I am unsure as to what will happen." He stood before The Pandorica, put his hand in its center, and began the incantation that changed everything.
"EN NIKS ONEDELS NIE DEMOON VRYGELAAT WORD UIT HIERDIE GEVANGENIS WAT JOU SALIGHEID IS, EN BID DAT JY EENDAG SAL VERGEWE WORD VIR JOU DADE VAN ONTHEILIGING, EN LAAT DIE SKANDE VAN JOU DADE LEEF VIR EWIG IN JOU SIEL!"
The room shook, and the Pandorica's side's shot out towards each side of the room. A quick reflectga spell stopped Riku being smashed flatter a pancake against a side of the Pandorica and the wall. Whatever magic that kept the room lit stopped, leaving the room pitch black. "Firaga," Sora whispered, giving light to the room. The flame cast an eerie glow and ominous shadows around the wall pictures of The Prince of Darkness. They suddenly remembered what they had just done. All eyes slowly went to the middle of the room.
It was hard to get a good look at him in the firelight, which only added to the suspence of the moment. He was crouched down, looking at his surroundings in wonder, not quite accepting that he was finally out of his prison. He stood up slowly, looked around for his rescuers, until his eyes finally found Yen Sid.
"you... freed... me?" he said weakly, his voice failing him after eons of silence. he laughed quietly, "Gods, that means the World's are in reeeally deep sh*t."
With that, he fell unconscious.
Summoning circle: imagine the mundala thingy's in final fantasy 12, the ones at the end of quickening chains.
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