"Alright. I can take the pirate ship and whale in space. I can even tolerate the fact that Goofy is a dog, but I can't accept that this water is running up!" Wanessa yelled. She let out a loud scream afterwards and it echoed all around us. She then took a deep breath and composed herself. "Not to mention the fact that Sora has gone gallivanting ahead only to have the keyblade taken away from him and to team up with a beast!"
"Donald and Goofy also abandoned him," I chimed in.
"THAT TOO!" she shouted. I just looked at her sadly. We had watched as Riku had taken the keyblade from Sora, changing the fates of the world as well as our own. Sora without the keyblade was just a kind hearted and determined boy, but he didn't have the power to get to the King.
I was a little scared. Wanessa hardly ever had tantrums and only did when she was scared or has realized that we are totally screwed. I just walked up and gave her a hug. "Come on, since Riku's here and the heartless are pretty much swarming everywhere I believe we are at the head honchos house." We started forward.
"MEGGAN! NESSA!" We both looked up. Rachel was standing at the top platform waving happily to us. We looked at each other and then back at her. I started running and reached her first. I wrapped my arms around her. Except for being dirty and a little run down looking she was our Rachel.
"RACHEL! You're okay." She nodded happily. Once I let go she reached out to hug Nessa.
"What's been going on?" Nessa asked. Rachel smiled sheepishly.
"I'm sorry about all that stuff before. Especially attacking you at the Coliseum I didn't want to but they were threatening me with an undetermined amount of time in the Underworld and Maleficent promised a way home if I helped her out. So I did," She explained. "I realize it seemed like I abandoned you guys but it was worth it! I have a way home for us. Follow me!" She raised her hand and a portal rose up from the ground. Darkness seeping from it. I hesitated and Nessa didn't bother to move. As I took a step forward she grabbed my hand and stopped me.
"Rachel…" She said slowly.
"What?" She asked. "We have to go through here. Ansem's going to get us home!"
"We can't go through there," Nessa answered, using her stern but soft voice. Rachel's face went from curious to deeply hurt.
"Why not?" This time Nessa faltered.
"Because we can't trust the darkness! There's too many unknown things lurking in it and we don't know what will happen once this Ansem sends us home. What if it's a plot to steal our hearts and find a way to Kingdom Hearts? What if he's using you Rachel?" I asked, my voice raising. The hurt in Rachel's face turned to rage. "Rachel all we want to do is help you and once we find the King we'll go home."
"You don't want to help me! You want to destroy me! You're jealous of my power!" She screamed. Rage twisted her face into an ugly thing. I took a step closer. The darkness in the portal grew and Rachel turned towards it.
"I will get us home! You'll see!" She jumped through and disappeared.
"Well…SHIT!" I screamed. I kicked a rock off the side of the platform. It went flying across the water and smacked into a heartless, destroying it instantly. Nessa sat, thinking hard. "What now?" After a brief pause;
"We release her from whatever she's under, or figure out what's fueling her and destroy it," she said.
"Alright lets go." We rode the lift to the castle. It was absolutely huge. The doors were nearly thirty feet tall and we could tell by the dark residue Sora and the Beast had already been in this direction. We followed them into a chamber with several doors and a fountain at the foot of two spiraling stairs.