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Ch.4 Enchanted Dominion, Part 1

I flew through the Lanes Between on my Keyblade Glider, intent on finding another world to reach first. For a while I didn't see one, until the end of the lane I was on glowed with a white light. I flew toward the light and into it. Then a portal opened and I flew threw, ending in on a stone bridge in front of a large castle. I turned my Glider back into my Keyblade and dismissed my armor. I looked up at the castle, it had to be huge, but then movement at its doors caught my eye.

I only caught a glimpse, but I saw a figure with brown hair and armor on his shoulder. I blinked and said "Terra?" I began to run forward when a monster jumped out the ground. It had a pointed red eyes and a small blue body, and it glared at me with anger. I stopped and tightened my grip on Ultimatum, and more appeared around me. "Monsters… and they aren't like the ones born of darkness. So these things are the Unversed!"

They fell back in the ground and rushed toward me, but when they jumped out I cast Zero Gravity, sending them all into the air. They flailed around while I picked them off, but when they disappeared another batch appeared, this one with a pair of fat Unversed that had a crest on their stomachs. That two jumped up and landed back on the ground, the impact sending shock waves at me. I jumped to dodge and used Strike Raid, the two of them both getting hit before my Keyblade came back.

The other Unversed took a swipe at me with their claws, and I had to jump back again to dodge. They came after me, and I waited until they were closer before a cast Zero Gravity again and sent them into the air, catching one of the Bruisers as well. I jumped up and used Quick Blitz, but then my body started glowing. It was surrounded by a yellow light, which meant I had activated my Command Style Critical Impact. The Bruiser came back down to the ground, and it gave it a devastating blow to its exposed back.

It fell forward on its face, but before I could take advantage the other Bruiser managed to punch me in the stomach, knocking the wind out of me. The other Floods took a swipe at me and managed to give me a cut on my left arm, which spurred me to counterattack. I jumped and up spun around with My Keyblade, thing all the Unversed around me and sending them back. Then I cast Zero Gravity to lift them one more time, where I used my Shotlock to bring them all down to their last legs. I jumped up and used the move Critical Impact, slamming my Keyblade down on the ground and sending out a shockwave large enough to hit all the Unversed, who disappeared in burst of darkness.

Now that that wave of Unversed was finished, I ran toward the castle and after the figure that looked like Terra. Along the bridge were several more waves of Unversed that I had to fight against, as well as in the castle grand hall. Once I reached the staircase I ran up and was greeted with a long hallway, a door at the end slightly ajar. Wary, I slowly walked along the hallway, with surprisingly no Unversed in this corridor.

Once I reached the door and I leaned, hearing a female voice that was giving orders to someone else. I pushed it open and was greeted with the most shocking sight I had seen yet. I was in a royal bedroom, with a woman in a black cloak with a staff standing to the side. On the bed was a beautiful young woman with golden hair, and standing next to her was Terra his body surrounded by black and green light. As I watched he raised his Keyblade over the sleeping woman her chest glowed. Then a sphere of light came out of it, and I gasped. It was her heart.

"Terra! What are you doing?!" I yelled. He acted like he didn't hear me, and I saw that the pupils from his eyes had disappeared. "Humph, and just who are you?" The woman with the staff asked, turning to look at me. I summoned my Keyblade and pointed it at her. "You! What have you done with Terra?" I said. "Now, is that any way to be polite to a woman?" she asked mockingly. The sphere of light flew out the window of the room, toward a castle I saw on the other edge of the forest. "What are you doing with that girl's heart?" I asked.

"If you must know, I merely intend to keep it from coming back to this young girl's body. To make the separation would have been impossible, if not for your friend here," the woman said. I turned to Terra and ran in front of him, grabbing his arms and shaking him. "Terra! Terra, wake up!" I called. Slowly he blinked the pupils in his eyes returning to normal and he shook his head. He looked at me. "Dexal? What are you doing here?"

Before I could answer he noticed the woman behind me, and that her breathing stopped. He gasped and pushed me out of the way to look at her. "What did I do?" he asked, and then his expression angered and he turned, summoning his Keyblade and pointing it at the woman "What did you do?" he demanded. "You speak as if I pulled some invisible strings. No, you couldn't be further from the truth, child. I simply whispered to the darkness you already held inside."

I pointed my Keyblade at her as well and said "My foot you did! You possessed him so you could get this girl's heart! Why?" "Hmm, I see no reason to divulge any secrets to you, boy. But you, young Terra, you wanted to know where Xehanort went, correct?" Both of us gasped at this, and she continued "I don't know where he is, he disappeared into the darkness. But he did say something about imprisoning 'the light'.

"But that no longer matters to me, for now I know it is the Keyblade that has the power to gather hearts. The both of you join me. Collect six more hearts of pure light. Then we shall rule all worlds together!" "You seem to have us confused. We're peacekeepers, not tyrants," Terra said, and I nodded. Then the room rumbled, and dust fell from the rafters. The woman frowned. "Hmm... For a peacekeeper, you're off to an exceptionally poor start. Remember this-the darkness in your heart cannot be held back by force or strength. Now...my work here is done, as is yours. Wasn't there someone you needed to chase?" she asked, before disappearing.

"Wait!" Terra called, but he hit just air, the woman's laughter ringing through the air. "Who was that witch?" I asked. "She said her name was Maleficent, and-" Terra began, but then another tremor passed through the room. "The Unversed are gonna bring down this whole castle!" I called. "Then we had better stop them!" Terra said, and I agreed. We ran back out the room and through the hall, battling the Unversed that tried to stop us along the way.

When we ran down the stairs into the great hall to see a giant Unversed there. Its body was similar in shape to a spinning wheel, with an actual wheel and a pointed arm. It glared at us as we drew our Keyblades, and then it jumped into the air. At its highest point it was right above us, and then it dropped straight downward. Both Terra and I dodged to the side, just missing both its fall and the resulting shockwave.

Then it spun around and the wheel attached to it came off, spinning through the air and fling towards Terra. He blocked the hit and the wheel changed course, flying towards me. I didn't move quickly enough, and hit it me hard enough in the chest to send me flying. I hit the floor and skidded across until I hit the wall, my head pounding and the wheel turning around for a second hit.

I jumped up and waited for a moment before using Poison Edge to hit the wheel just before it hit me. It falter and fell to the ground, and I stuck my Keyblade between the spokes and yelled "Terra! Get back!" He did, and I spun myself along with the wheel around before throwing it at the Wheel Master. The Unversed was too focused on Terra and him having stopped his assault to notice the wheel flying toward it, until it him the Unversed on the side of the head.

I fell to the ground and slumped, dazed, and I said "Now! Get it!" Terra nodded, and paused for a second, focusing before unleashing the Shotlock Ragnorak. I fired Pulse Bomb, and together we dealt a very substantial amount of damage to the arm and wheel of the Unversed. Then I cast Blizzara on the wheel and it exploded in burst of shadows. Instantly the Wheel Master awoke and stood up, rearing its legs in rage before charging at me, just barely missing me as I dodged to the side. It kept on me however, and pinned me between itself and a wall.

It pushed harder, and I could barely breathe. "Terra!" I gasped. "Help!" Luckily I didn't need to ask, as he was already attacking it with Fire and Poison. It let me go and turned to Terra, who wailed away on its arm. The monster reared its legs again, and its arm glowed before firing a laser, the beam capturing Terra and binding him. I stood to help and ran up to the Unversed, casting Zero Gravira. The spell didn't deal a lot of damage, but it did draw away its attention enough for Terra to cast Fire one more time and destroy its arm.

The Wheel Master roared and its body burned black with energy and it kicked its feet. It reared its legs before charging again, this time at Terra. He dashed around the field to avoid it, but the Unversed was enraged and in no hurry to stop. As it passed me I cast Blizzara again, and it stopped to turn and chase me. I blocked the assault and used Poison Edge to knock it off balance, but while the hit dealt damage it didn't stop the Unversed, who charged at me again.

Then I cast Zero Gravira to knock the Unversed off-balance and dashed away to stand next to Terra. "This thing's gotten pretty tickled off. Any ideas on how to beat it?" terra was silent for a moment, before he said "I have an idea. Fire your Shotlock at the same time as me, and make sure it's a full load." I looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "How will that help?" I asked. He smiled. "Trust me."

I did, and so I pointed Ultimatum at the Wheel Master while it roared and began to charge at us. I was still until I felt my focus reach its highest point, and fired Pulse Bomb. Terra unleashed Ragnorak a second before me, and so the explosions went off just as the projectiles hit the Wheel Master, they combined hits creating a chain of large explosions. The monster flailed around under from the attack until Terra used Fire one more time, and it slumped before fading into darkness.

For a moment Terra and I stood there, our breathing heavy and adrenaline running through us. Eventually it receded, and I dismissed my Keyblade. Well, that takes care of that," I said. Terra nodded, his expression ashamed, and I placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, you had no control over you when Maleficent made you take her heart. There was nothing you could do," I said.

"That's what I hate- the fact I lost control. I've been training to fight the darkness all my life, how could I lose to it so easily?" he asked. I honestly didn't know what to say, and Terra began walking back toward the girl's room. "I'm going to take a good look at her, and then I'm going to get her heart back." I shook my head. "No, you keep going forward, and find Master Xehanort. I'll stay here and get her heart back; you go and fight the darkness."

Terra looked uncertain, but he nodded and said "I'll do that. Thank you." He walked out the door, and I went to head for the girls room. My time here wasn't done.

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Ah, the first world Dexal visits turns out to be the Enchanted Dominion, and it looks like there's more of it to come.

Riilustra –Your Sweetest SIN, thank you for helping me decide which world to start with. And since I'm sure you know the storyline, you can guess which of your two favorite characters is going to show up next!

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