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Chapter 3: Goodbye Sora, Hello Core
The next day, Sora was up early. She remembered how Finn would've filled her shoes with toothpaste the night before. Stupid Finn.
'How I hate you, Finn' Sora thought. She scowled at the memory of the Storm Hawks.
" They completely took advantage of me. They thought I was weak so they could push me around. Well, the next time I see them it will not be like that. I swear it" Sora whispered to herself. She changed into Talon clothes, to promise herself it was where she belonged. " This is where I want to be, so this is where I belong" she told herself.
Sora then noticed that none of the Cyclonians ever called her by her name. She wondered why. Then she thought that maybe it was because the Storm Hawks called her that.
'Ugh, thinking about THEM again. Gah, stop it Sora... I never liked my name. I hate it now more than ever... I should change it' Sora thought, but she couldn't think of any names she really liked.
She left her room, still thinking, and had breakfast. She couldn't stop thinking about what her new name should be. She was so busy concentrating on that, that she didn't notice the Dark Ace come up behind her. He tapped her shoulder, and she turned.
" Oh. You" Sora muttered.
" Who did you think it would be? The Easter Bunny?" the Dark Ace asked sarcasticly.
" Hmph. Can we just get started with training?" she asked. He smirked.
" Fine. One of these days, I'm just going to make you sit still all day, until I tell you you can move though" the Dark Ace said. Sora ignored that, she just wanted to find out what she would be doing today, so she asked.
" More combat... Unless you want to learn to use a Switchblade" the Dark Ace said, sort of giving Sora the choice.
" I wanna kick your butt today, the Switchblade driving can wait!" Sora exclaimed, earning another smirk. " Stop that, you smirk way too much" she said.
They went back to the room they fought in the previous day, and got their training weapons out.
" Now, don't hold back on me today" the Dark Ace reminded her. Sora gripped her training axe a little bit more firmly, and rushed forward. Ace waited patiently for a swing. Then, Sora delibrately dropped to the floor, but made it look like she just slipped. She shifted all her weight to her arms, and swept Ace's feet out from under him, and he hit the floor hard. He grunted as Sora jumped up and put the axe blade to his throat. The Dark Ace put his arms above his head, and pushed into the back of Sora's knee, causing her to fall and allowing him to roll to the side and get up. Sora got up, scowling. She ran at Ace, pulling the axe back. The Dark Ace waited a moment, and timed a kick perfectly, knocking Sora back. Sora tried to calm down, because she knew fighting when she was angry wouldn't be helpful, and it would be a waste of time. She calmed down, and waited for Ace this time.
A couple of hours later, it was dinner time. The Dark Ace was gone out on a mission, and since Sora couldn't fly a Talon Switchblade yet, she was stuck here. She didn't mind though. She was just biding her time, waiting for when she could go out and attack the Storm Hawks.
She began to think about her name. She really did want to change it, because Sora just didn't seem like a name for a Talon. Her appearance, she thought, didn't seem intimidating either. She decided she'd change her appearance, along with her name. The more she thought about it, the more she was sure it was what she wanted to do. Sora went to look for Ravess. A couple of minutes later, she found her.
" Hey.. Um, Ravess, right?" Sora asked. Ravess looked at her.
" What do you want?" she asked.
" I was wondering if you could help me, um, with my hair..? I think I would like to dye it..." Sora explained.
" Oh. Well then, I think I could help" Ravess answered. The two went to Sora's room.
The Storm Hawks were going about a normal day. They had gotten over the absence of Sora, but they still wished they had done something to save her, to have at least tried.
The Dark Ace got back while Ravess and Sora were still in Sora's room. He wandered around, trying to find his apprentice. He asked a passing Talon if he had seen her, and the Talon told Ace that he had seen Sora and Ravess going to Sora's room. The Dark Ace scowled, wondering why Sora and Ravess were together. He marched off to Sora's room, and opened the door without hesitating.
" Aw, Dark Ace, you wrecked my surprise. How dare you!" Sora exclaimed. She had dyed her hair a dark purple, with some help from Ravess. The man blinked in surprise.
" So, you mean that Ravess was only helping you dye your hair?" Ace asked. Sora looked at him strangely.
" What did you think she would be doing?" Sora asked. The Dark Ace had had an idea, but he just grunted, unwilling to say what he had thought.
"..Not helping you with this, that's for sure" he replied, then turned and marched out of the room stiffly.
" Dirty thoughts, that's what he was thinking" Sora stated, assuming. Ravess left the room, leaving Sora to ponder alone. She once again drifted back to thinking of her new name. She began to say names aloud, pondering over each one. She suddenly thought of something. A name, and what was different about this name was that she liked it. She liked it enough to take it for her own.
" I will never be called Sora again. My new name... is Core".
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