"Terra? I thought you were dead."
"You 'thought' I was dead." he said. "No keyblade master ever really dies, he just comes here."
"But... but I'm not dead."
"You micket as well be. The only way you can return is to escape this Hell hole. That's what Ansem did.
"Ansem the Wise? He escaped.?"
"Yep. He got the plans to this building from the builders apprentice. That's why he was always talking about him."
"So Ansem's still alive out there."
"Well if I know Ansem, he's in hiding anyway, but yeah, he's alive."
This news was great. I could finally ask Ansem about his journal.
"So did ya get the notebook, kid." Terra wlked away and turned a lantern on.
"Yeah. It turns out that it's causing some trouble."
"Yeah, gifts from him do that. So how'd you die?"
"I'm not dead. The notebook told me..." I thought about how it said never to share the information with anyone. "To find you."
"Strange. Why would he say that you had to find me when he knew I'd be dead. Ah well, it's okay if you don't want to tell me the truth. So how's Aqua."
"She's better. She was a little depresed when you died though."
"I hope. It'd be bad if she wasn't since we dated for 10 years."
"Wait? 10 years? Why didn't you just get married?"
"Well, there was a war. Did you ever hear of that coulple that got pregnant and then got turned into heartless. Ansem ended up taking the baby. He said it had great potential and will someday end the war if tought right."
"Yeah... I... I've heard." I couldn't help but think of the fact that he was talking about my parents. "Terra, did you ever hear something that could change you life forever."
"Yeah. Once. But things like that don't come by often."
"What was it?"
"When Ansem told me that I was supposed to die. He said I shouldn't have been born because I had a heart to strong to be given through a person, but he also said that I had the power to defeat destiny. So he trained me."
"Yeah. That's sounds life-changing..."
"Something buggin ya."
"Yeah, but don't worry about it. It's just this girl."
"Girl trouble?"
"Yeah, but what do you know about that? You dated a girl for 10 years."
"True, but I also had trouble with that relationship and previous ones. Besides, Ansem said that the only way to find the secret of life is to die. I saw the secret. Maybe it can help you."
"What is it?"
"You have to see for yourself. So who is she."
"Kairi. You should see her. She has beautiful eyes. She's gorgeous, perfect really. She smart and independent. She's even a princess of heart."
"So what's the deal? You afraid to talk to her?"
"No. She loves someone else."
"Who?"
"My best friend."
"Ow. Dude that's gotta hurt."
"Tell me aobut it."
Within that conversation, I felt like I knew Terra for so long. I mean, I only knew him for 10 minutes, but I felt more comfortable talking to him than I did Mickey.
"So, you just need to show her that you care for her more."
"Really? Sora saved her life though."
"Riku, you've been talkin to me for a hour now, and if there is one thing I learned from it is that you are stronger that Sora."
"Then why does she love him?"
"Well, she doesn't even know that you did all that."
I blushed a little. "Well, I don't mean to change the subject, but we need to find a way out."
"I agree."
"Then why aren't you moving?"
"Kid, I looked all over this place and couldn't find a single exit. There's no way you can find one."
"Oh yeah?" I stuck my nose in the air and sniffed. The whole place smelled of light. But one place smeel even better. It was to my right, up some stairs. "Up there."
Terra and I followed the scent til we reached a stone wall. "The smell stops here."
"That's quite the gift. Where'd ya get it?"
"Castle Oblivion. It was never clear why, though. But that's not important now. Now I know that the exit is behind these doors."
"Allow me." He summoned his great keyblde and pointed it at the door and let a beam of light at it. Then, he brought it back and swung as hard as he could at the wall. The brick fell out to reveal a keyhole. "So that's the way out." Terra stuck his keyblade in and turned it. "Hold on it's jammed."
"How can a keyblade get jammed?"
"I don't know, but it is."
Try the darkness, Riku
"You again?"
"What?" said Terra.
Just try it
"Terra, move." I shot a dark aura at the keyhole, it let Terra's keyblade out but didn't open the door.
"Ansem said that the best way to open a way to a new world is to balance the dark and the light. Meybe we should shoot together." said Terra.
Terra shot a light beam simultaniously as I did my dark aura. Then he tried to unlock it again. He turned his key and pulled it out. The door opened.
We stepped out into the ouside world, but it wasn't Sunset Horizons. In fact, I had no idea where we were.
"Stop, thief." said a voice from behind us.
We turned around, the temple was gone. There was a walking card with three hearts one it. "You are trespassing on the Queen of Herats kingdom of Wonderland. You trial awaits.
"Not likely." said Terra as he sliced the card in half with a swing of the keyblade.
"Help! Help!" In a matter of seconds, 51 other cards came and pointed spears at us.
"Okay. Maybe that was a mistake." said Terra.