How to Train Your Keyblade
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Lesson 5: Dragons Worry… A Lot.
I can hear people moving and lungs being filled with air and expelling it into my hair, making it brush against the top of my head and across my forehead. The sound of talking is starting to reach me and I think I'm blinking, I'm know I'm trying to make myself blink.
"He's not in trouble for this too is he? God, he was missing for two weeks, who knows how long he's been knocked out! He's as thin as a bone and I want to torch whoever did this to him! That welt on his head should have killed him! The fact he's still here is a fucking miracle!" I can hear Axel yelling and I wonder how long he's been yelling for, I hope he hasn't been yelling for these last two weeks like he just mentioned.
"Axel, will you shut up? We get it… someone has to pay for this, but we have to ask Roxas what happened. Isn't that the way these things work where the two of you are from?"
"No. We can get away with murder as long as there is no evidence- hell there can be as much evidence as you can give and we'll still get away with it! I'm not going to lie, it's hell where we come from. It's why Roxas left… and if I'd just been smart enough to leave with him then these stupid emotions would be-"
"How's Roxas doing?" Axel has been cut off my Stoick now, and since he stopped I'm supposing that Axel knows about having to at least tread carefully.
"Uh… he's still unconscious dad… I'm not sure when he's going to wake up though."
No, I'm here, I'm awake aren't I? Why the hell cant I move? I can feel my body here like a ton of lead is blanketing me. Lethargy is the only word I can use to describe how I feel right now… and what were they talking about? What happened with that stupid moment with Snotlout in the forest? Is that why I can't move, and why do I apparently have a welt in my head? Is it a welt or a bump? So I have a concussion, or amnesia? No, not amnesia… I can remember small and large details.
"Oh… well let me know once he's awake. I have to ask him who did this and what he remembers." Stoick sounds angered, or stressed? I'm not sure because I haven't spent that much time with him to know his tones of voice.
"Yeah, whatever. How about we just wake him up and give him some food first." that's Axel, shit, he sounds worried. I must have scared him, dammit, now I feel bad for doing that.
I hear Stoick crossing the room again, his footfalls are like thunder, and the sound of the door slamming shut like lightning. A few more minutes pass and I can hear the sound of Hiccup whispering with Astrid in the corner about their own plans in a few nights to take a flight and just leave Berk behind for a few hours, in all reality I think it sounds nice.
"Common Roxas. I need you to wake up. I cant take another minute of their kissy-faces while your just lying here looking like a corpse." I look that bad huh, isn't he supposed to lie to me, or does that rule only apply to girls? I try and move again but nothing happens, I want to blink, just to show him I'm listening. I try and take a deeper breath and that works so I let it out in a half groan half sigh, my pain increasing the reason for the groan.
"Roxas? Are you awake?" I try to at least groan again but it only comes out as a huff. "Are you awake Roxas?" I constrict my throat a bit and let out another breath so it sounds like a groan again.
"Alright, I'll go get Stoick so he can-"
"No!" both Axel and Hiccup yell at the same time and I find myself wanting to flinch at the sound. "No… don't get him just yet. Give Roxas some time to actually wake up will you?" I'm trying Axel, I really am, but it hurts so much. Why does it hurt so much? Am I paralyzed?"
I want to cry, having this stupid burier between Axel and I feels like it's killing me, I can hear him breathing, I can hear him whispering small little comments in my ear. I can feel his breath ghosting over my ear and moving my hair, and I want to kiss him so badly, to see him, I want to be with him and I cant!
"Roxie… your crying, what's the matter?" I hear shuffling and I know that Astrid and Hiccup have left the room, but the sound of four fairly heavy feet and a growl catch my attention and I know it's Winner.
Oh god… don't make him leave, please Winner, if you've ever been able to hear my thoughts hear these ones and don't make Axel leave. He's not making me cry, he's not… it's just that I cant stand to be this close yet this far away from him! I want to see him and feel him again Winner, please don't make him leave… he might be the only thing keeping me here now!
My chest is feeling so constricted, am I still breathing? Am I having a panic attack? Oh god… please don't let me go out like this, I haven't seen all the worlds yet, I have to kiss Axel just one more time… I have to tell him I never cared for Demyx and that it's always been him!
I feel a hand suddenly on my forehead, it's so hot and I'm relieved I can feel it. The feel of someone breathing on the skin by my ear hits me and because it's so hot I know it's Axel. "Relax Roxas… you're freaking out… everything is fine. I don't really know if your sleeping or not, but you should know that Astrid's mom gave you some stuff that makes your body unresponsive. So just relax alright? Your face doesn't look pretty when you scowl like that… besides, your making Winner worried." I don't really care how worried Winner is right now, I just want to see Axel again.
The same lips that'd been whispering in my ear gently press against it and I force my breathing to show that I appreciate it by sighing since my lungs are the only thing I have control over right now. I feel his lips pressed against my temple now and feel a slight amount of pain, but I ignore it since I know he's not trying to hurt me.
A growl catches my attention and the lips on my temple are removed even though his hand stays on my forehead. "Fine Winner… but I swear to Kingdom Hearts that if you tackle him when he opens his eyes I'll take you into the forest and clip those pretty black wings of yours." that makes me upset, but I know it's an empty threat… you cant exactly clip dragon wings.
Axel starts massaging my head and I can feel that heavy sleep wall wanting to come back down again. "Don't fight it Roxie… just go back to sleep, I promise I'll be here when you wake up." the only thing I can hear as I doze off again is the sound of Winner making that soothing purring, almost chirping sound beside me and Axel whispering 'promise' over and over in my ear, I'm not even sure if he really is whispering that. But it makes me feel better to think he is.
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I open my eyes and right away I can see Axel's face. He's smiling sweeter then I've ever seen before, I try and push myself up but he stops me with a hand on my chest again and lowers himself so his lips are pressed against mine.
I raise my left hand, ignoring the searing pain and weave my fingers into his hair to keep him there. The sound of shuffling catches my attention again and I break the kiss to both breathe and check what made the shuffling.
I see bright blue eyes before anything else, the fact that it's nighttime reaches my brain as Winner slinks over and timidly sniffs me. He licks my cheek and I smile at him, raising my right hand and patting his head. "Good boy Winner."
"You know… we found him with you, he had you held up in a cave, keeping you warm and away from danger. To be honest I don't think he would have given you to anyone but me that day." Axel's voice sounds so smooth, even though I know he must be tired as hell from worrying and staying awake until I woke.
"Axel… what day is it?" wow… my throat is dry and swore.
"Don't worry about that now. I'll be back in a minute with some soup for you, need to get some meat back on those bones." I notice just how thin I am as Axel stands up and my arm falls back down to my side even though I tried to keep it up. I turn my head and my right hand looks to be in the same condition: thin to the point where my joints are obviously visible and little flesh is really there, my hands literally look like skin and bones.
Once Axel comes back he is followed by Hiccup and Astrid, her mother trailing in behind her to move me into a sitting position without breaking anything apparently.
"Alright Roxas, I'm going to help you drink the soup, just tell me if you need me to stop alright?" I nod my head and close my eyes as Axel maneuvers so he's against the wall behind me and my back is leaning against his chest. I can feel how hot his skin in through his shirt and realize that I'm not wearing one. I look down and see that my ribs are visible.
"Axel… tell me what happened… how'd you find me?" Axel gently moves my head so the back of my skull is leaning against his shoulder so the pathway of my throat is fairly straight. I look like a fucking skeleton and I hate having Axel see me like this, a cure spell probably doesn't even help with situations like this.
"Alright… well, when you left with Snotlout we were all suspicious of course, I didn't want to let you go, but another hot headed blonde thought it'd be best for the two of you to just talk it out. An hour later Snotlout came into the great hall with his Monstrous Nightmare, both were badly wounded and close to death. He accused you and Winner, so a search started right away.
"A group of us got to where you'd been, but there was no sign of either you or Winner. So most of us started searching the woods on foot while a few took their dragons to the skies. Ryo found Winner first, I was in the sky with Fyr so he headed right there. But Hiccup was closer and Ryo caught his attention first.
"Once Hiccup and Toothless got there, Winner just about went ballistic. He was spewing fire and hissing at everything until I got there. His fire has a harder time burning me or my dragons so we were actually able to get in there. You were laid out on a bed of light coals, they were burning just enough to keep you warm and not burn you. Several dead animals were placed around you as if they'd been offerings of food. You looked no better then you do now, all sunken and hollow… it's not a sight I like seeing Roxie." I can feel his hand running through my bangs as he stops gently pouring broth into my mouth so I can swallow and take a moment to breathe.
I can feel as he takes a hankie and dabs the stray drops of broth from the corners of my mouth before he picks up the bowl again. I feel so helpless and decrepit that I hate it, but I'm glad that everyone else has given me the privacy of leaving the room again so it's just me and Axel.
"Axel… once I'm done eating… can we have a nap?"
"Nah, I've still got a bunch of stuff to do. Hiccup is going to stay here with you though. And promised me he'd protect you with both his and Toothless' lives."
"Why? Is something-"
"Don't worry about it… I'm just over protective, like Winner." I don't really believe him but he presses a kiss to my temple and I can feel myself relaxing despite my worry now. Axel motions to the broth again but I shake my head, I don't feel like anymore food, and I'm starting to feel the weight of my splinted arm and like the food I've already eaten has hit my stomach more like a brick then broth.
I move my arm and glare down at the bulky heavy splint, wondering how I managed to lift it and grab Axel's hair with that hand. "Yeah… when we found you the bone had begun to reset itself… so they uh, had to re-break it."
"Really? Sounds painful, I'm glad I was out for that." Axel scoffs and it jars my body causing pain to shoot through me. "Ow!"
"Oh shit! Sorry Roxie." Axel supports my back and holds me forward slightly as he keeps chuckling. "I-I just find that funny since they had to literally tie Winner and me down. The only thing that kept me from stopping them is the fact that it takes a lot longer to melt through chain then it does rope." Axel lowers me back onto his chest and I let out a sigh, just wishing I was better and didn't need to be coddled.
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Three more weeks and I'm perfectly fine again, I'm even back in training with Winner now that things have calmed down. Stoick still hasn't asked me what happened with vanishing for two weeks, but from what I've gathered he figures it was just me running away and not knowing how to survive on my own. As for Snotlout, well… Axel and Astrid took care of that when they head out, when Axel left me with Hiccup and Toothless for the day.
"So Roxie… what're your plans for tonight?"
"Sleep. I'm bushed. How can you still have so much energy?" I look over at Axel's smirking face and he just shrugs before walking behind me and curving his body around mine to whisper in my ear.
"Easy: I didn't just get back from over a month of not training. Now I got somewhere I wanna take you. So go jump in a river or something so you don't smell like sweat." things have just been like this, kisses stolen in dark corners of the great hall, saying sweet things to each other only when we're positive that no one else is listening. But it's all just in a teasing manner, like Axel knows my feelings and is just playing along so he's not stuck in Berk without another person from his old life in the Organization.
"Alright, I guess I can-" I'm cut off as Axel pushes me forward and I fall into Winner's side. I turn around to yell at Axel but as I open my mouth another voice cuts in.
"Roxas! Axel! I need to see the two of you back at the house. Now." Stoick sounds pissed, oh god please tell me that Axel pushed me away quick enough. I look at him and see that his face is contorted in thought again- not something I like to see. I hop on Winners back and start making sure that my shirt isn't too rumpled as we start heading towards Hiccups house. I can hear Axel behind me on either Ryo or Fyr and notice that instead of standing on the dragon like he usually does, he's seated criss-cross between its wings and is still pondering.
I bite my lip as we get to the house and I see Hiccup, Astrid and Stoick all sitting around the table. The two teens from this world look shamed and I know that something is wrong right away. I keep myself close to the door, taking the seat with the direct root out as Axel sits beside me, half between Stoick and myself.
"So… Axel, Roxas. I think it's time you finally explain something fairly important to me- and don't bother lying." right away I know that I should talk because I can lie through my teeth where Axel just says the truth in a sarcastic way to make people believe it's not real.
"Alright… the truth is always a good thing." I cross my right leg over my left and poke Axel in his lower back so he wont speak as I cross my arms over my chest to make myself look smaller but still confident- something I've found helps me when I lie.
"What is your relationship with Axel exactly, Roxas?"
"We were both employees where we came from. A selection of thirteen highly trained personnel who were pretty much just the lackeys to the head of the company." it wasn't lying outright it just wasn't the truth.
"Really? So, your just acquaintances?"
"Nope! We're friends. Have been for a while, I ran away from home and Axel followed… I guess in retrospect I should have waited for him as it was. It probably would have saved me some trouble." I give Stoick a sweet child kind of smile, the kind of smile only a completely innocent five year old can give when they make their parents proud.
Stoick glares for a moment, his thick eyebrows down over his eyes, casting half of his face into darker shadows since the room was only lit by a large fire.
"You see Roxas. I don't believe you, some members of the village- and myself have seen you and Axel much… closer then 'just friends' and I want to know why the two of you are so affectionate to one another."
I pause for a moment, giving a light laugh that is in no way mocking or ignorant of the situation and look at him. "Stoick, I'm sorry. It's just that, where we come from showing emotions and being 'overly affectionate' is just in our nature. We kiss as a greeting and we hug like, every five minutes. So I'm sorry if our culture is making the members of Berk uncomfortable, because we didn't know."
"You kiss as a greeting?"
"Yes, on the cheek." I know I've heard about this from someone. I'm sure Xigbar wanted to take me there because of it, at one point when he was being an overly stimulated pervert.
I wait a moment and notice that Stoick doesn't look any better then he did a moment ago and I know that no amount of talking could get us out of whatever trouble we're in. "Alright… well, no matter the reasons… due to several contributing factors I have to request that you and Axel leave Berk. The people in the village have noticed that those things started showing up about the same time you did and their starting to get worried. Especially with Roxas' faster then normal recovery. An arm doesn't usually heal for a few weeks, yet his arm is healed and he's already back to normal."
I scowl slightly and take a deep breath, trying to understand what's going on exactly: Axel and I are being kicked out of Berk for exactly no viable reason. It's the Organization all over again, isn't it?
"And if we don't want to leave?" This times it's Axel who's spoken, I was scared to ask really… I didn't want to hear what was coming next.
"A few of the men from the Village have voiced that if the two of you don't leave Berk with your dragons right away, they will drive you out. And the last time that happened was fifty years ago, the people didn't actually get out of Berk before they caught them and had the 'witches' burned." Stoick looks less the joyous, but I can see the glint in his eyes from the previous life Hiccup had described of hunting and killing dragons, being classic Vikings from story books I'd heard about in my many world travels.
"So… your banishing us from Berk… well, I have to admit, I thought this would go right to burning at the stake. Alright, I can live with this." Axel stands up and I watch with wide eyes as he moves over to the corner of the room where both our normal clothes are folded in a neat pile.
Axel tosses me my clothes and coat, leaving my shoes where they are for right now. "Axel… what are you-"
"We're heading off. Common, we both knew that we wouldn't be able to hang around forever as it is." I don't want to leave, but I know where he's coming from: it's in a Nobody's nature to keep moving. We've been going to different worlds like their different kinds of clothes we try on for all of the life I can remember for sure.
I take the clothes from my lap and head up to Hiccup's room to change. My muscles are suddenly feeling stiff as I pull off these clothes that I actually bought along with a game bag and my very own bow and arrow.
I don't want to leave, I don't feel like leaving Berk. What'll happen to Winner, or Hiccup and Astrid? God, I stop all thoughts as I realize I'm caring again… it's not a good idea to have emotions when it comes to things like this, and why all of a sudden as it is? I never had emotions in the Organization- at least I don't think I did.
Once I'm dressed back in my normal clothes with my coat buttoned and zipped up I open Hiccup's bedroom door to see Winner there, his eyes wide and his head tilted in what I know is a silent question. "Common boy. Let's go find Axel." He's warmed up to Axel a lot recently, since I've been sick actually… but I wish we didn't have to leave, that we didn't have to go because we're making an entire village 'uncomfortable' with the way we treat one another.
It's not even like we're fucking dating! It's just innocent flirting and a few pecks! We haven't even kissed on the lips since I woke up! I grind my teeth together and go down the stairs and I see Hiccup and Astrid speaking with Axel.
"I hope you don't mind Axel, but I'm bringing my bow and arrow with me. I've grown accustomed to shooting arrows to be honest." Axel shrugs his shoulders and Hiccup motions for the window at the back of the house that works as the back door for everyone but Stoick and Gobber.
"Common… Astrid and I will walk you out."
"As per your fathers orders." Hiccup nods his head with a bit of an ashamed expression and we all follow Astrid out. I want to smack Axel for being rude about it, but he's right; Hiccup is just following orders- like Vikings do.
"I hope you know I did all I could, my father is just-Vikings, we have… stubbornness issues. But hey, I got it un-public and you guys aren't being put in the stockades, so I think we're ahead of the game." I look at Hiccup as he looks over his shoulder with a sad smile, his eyes downcast and the smile not really being there.
"Don't worry about it Hiccup… like I said: it's about time we head out as it is… staying in once place really isn't my thing as it is." even if I want it to be mine. I don't voice what I'm thinking and just follow Axel, Hiccup and Astrid further and further into the woods.
"The Cove should be a good place for us as it is… don't you think Roxie? Pitch a tent before we can figure out a move from there." my eyes go wide as I look at Axel's smirk as his hand grabs mine. "After all… we don't have to, always be on the move. Right Roxas?" he didn't use the nickname, but I know he meant it as he's not trying to skirt around the subject.
"A-Axel, y-you mean it? We don't have to leave?" I can see Winner perk his head slightly but I don't bother to pay him any mind. "Y-your being serious?"
"When am I not serious Roxie?" I don't bother to answer that as I wrap my arms around his neck and practically tackle him. He stumbles a bit and I wrap my legs around his waist since I don't really know where else to put them since he's so tall.
"Thank you! I'm so happy we don't have to leave!" Axel falls over onto his back in a thick fern and we start laughing our faces off.
"Well… you know, I kinda figured you were attached to Winner." I nod my head a few times and hug him tighter, hiding my face in his shoulder so the other two cant see- even though I doubt their paying attention to us now.
"Actually Axel, I don't think that the Cove will be a safe place really… my dad might not have banished you publicly… but be aware that he enjoys a hunt, and that includes hunting banished people. Berk is the entire Island, people just think it's the village because we all use it in that tense, the point is: this entire island isn't safe for you."
"Well, then where are we supposed to go?"
"You left once through that dark hole didn't you? The one you made show up?"
Axel looks thoughtful for a moment and I see him turn his head in my direction before looking away again, even though I'm still sitting on his stomach. "We can try that… but I have a bad feeling that we're not going to be able to use it, we'll try once we get there though." Axel motions politely for me to get off of him but I keep my position while scrutinizing his face, seeing nothing but his blank mask that allows no emotions to come through.
Axel turns his eyes to me again and the glare is so harsh I almost flinch before I get off of him and sit down on the ground as he stands up and walks away with Ryo and Fyr.
"Roxas?" I start at the fact that I'd forgotten all about Hiccup and Astrid for a moment. Axel's sudden behavioral change has me worried and I can tell that they've noticed.
"I'm fine! Heh, I'm just a bit of a space-case. I was a zombie at one point in behavior, so I guess I kinda just revert back sometimes." I give a smile and scratch the back of my head once I realize that they haven't fallen for it.
"Winner! Common boy! I'll race you to the Cove!" I hop up and start running right away, not bothering to see if Winner is following me or not as I rush passed Axel and his two Nightmares.
I hear Axel yelling something behind me but cant really pay much attention if I don't want to fall on my face as I keep running down the rough terrain on the hill. "Roxas! Get back here, where the hell are you going!"
"Crazy!" my voice must carry to him because I hear feet behind me almost right away and I know it's not Winner because he doesn't tread that lightly when he's running.
An arm is snaked around my waist and I'm tackled into a thick patch of ferns almost right away and all I can catch is a flash of blonde before my head is held to a chest as we roll. I'm laughing my ass off even though I can tell that the person who tackled me isn't having as much fun.
The flash must have been my own hair because when we stop rolling and I open my eyes again Axel is hovering over me, panting and looking crazed with bits of greenery stuck in his hair. "What was that for Axel?"
"What did you mean 'crazy'?" I shrug and relax my arms so my hands are over my head and I take a few deep breaths to try and stop the hysterical laughter.
"I don't know… I just wanted to run, why?"
"Because you were running into a net Roxas… weren't you looking where you were going?" my eyes go wide and I look around until I see the path we made as we rolled and I notice the large net only feet away from where the path starts.
"Oh… I'm sorry, I didn't. I was paying too much attention to where I was putting my feet." I look down so I don't have to face his disapproving expression. I feel a finger on my chin and fight turning for a minute until I give in and allow Axel to turn my head so look at him.
"I wish I could be clueless like you Roxas. Life would be so much easier." he leans down and I feel a kiss pressed to my cheek. I open my mouth to ask him what he means by 'clueless' but another voice cuts me off.
"Axel, Roxas! Are the two of you alright? H-here, hold on a minute! I'll come down and help you!"
"See? Like Hiccup." Axel sits up off of me and he turns his head. "Don't bother Hiccup! We're fine!" I look up to see Hiccup's trying to make his way down to us.
"But Roxas! He doesn't look too-" Hiccup's mouth is covered by Astrid's hand and she starts pulling him back towards the trail to take down the net.
"Hey, I'm not clueless… I'm less clueless then you in a lot of ways as it is." one of Axel's legs is still over my lap so I'm not sitting up, and I doubt he notices.
"So Roxie… care to tell me how I'm being clueless?" he leans forward so his face is close to mine and he's doing that annoying joking flirt again.
"N-no. I'd rather let you figure it out yourself. Now get off me you big oaf so I can start walking again." I give Axel a glare but he does nothing about moving.
Ever since I woke up and he kissed me he's done nothing of the sort if it wasn't joking or just playing with me. Stolen kisses were given with a smirk and the hugs would just be to tease some sort of reaction out of me.
"I find you're a really annoying person sometimes Axel. And I'm much less clueless then you are, so I'd shut that mouth before I shut if for you!" I don't really know what caused the spike in my anger but I feel like I want to kick Axel's ass into next month.
I get up and follow Hiccup and Astrid to the Cove on Winner's back, not wanting to walk on my own anymore since the mishap with the net since I know that Winner wont make a stupid mistake like that.
The cove was still quiet, as if it's never been disturbed at all. Hiccup looks at peace here but I don't feel the same since I'm apparently about to be hunted off the island by Hiccup's own father.
"So, I… guess this is goodbye, Hiccup." Hiccup nods his head and I let out a sigh as Axel walks up.
"So, we're actually leaving Roxas?"
"Yeah, at least for a little while… give me a minute, I want to try and make a Dark Corridor by myself." Axel nods his head with his hands on his hips and I hold out my left hand and try to concentrate that power into a palpable dark corridor. Trying is starting to hurt my hand though and there is still no dark corridor so I give up once again and shake my head. "Nah… it's still not working."
Axel nods his head and holds out his right hand and the large Dark Corridor comes up just as effortlessly as I've always seen. I watch as Axel steps into the Dark Corridor and for a moment I hesitate, seeing his outline just beyond being perfectly visible and I let out a sigh.
"I guess we'll see you again." I turn to Hiccup as he speaks and I give a weak smile.
"I doubt it Hiccup… I never really come back once I leave. It's, what Nobody's do." he looks hurt for a moment and I know I need to fix it, even if it's just faulse hope. "But I promise I'll try. Maybe in a little bit when the Heartless problem calms down and your dad realizes that Axel and I are helping with the problem instead of hindering it." his forest green eyes brighten and we share a friendly hug for a moment.
I turn to Astrid and give her a hug as well, noticing that the hug is much tighter and emotional then I thought it'd be. "Be safe Roxas… you stupid, stupid clueless boy." before I can really retort to what she's said I feel her hands slide to my shoulders and she pushes me back towards the Dark Corridor. My feet aren't under me correctly and I know I'm going to fall on my ass once I get into the corridor, but as I close my eyes and wait for the impact I hit something and bounce forward again and slam into Astrid at full force.
I obviously throw her off balance despite the fact that she's normally so planted and her feet are usually so firmly on the ground, because we both go tumbling to the ground. Her dragon training kicks in now and I'm being spun so my back will hit the ground and she'll fall on me, most likely pinning me, waist and shoulders to the ground while allowing her to keep in a semi-comfortable sitting position.
My breath escapes me as my back hit's the ground and Astrid lands on my stomach, her braid falling half over her shoulder and her eyes hard as she let herself go to the fight for a moment.
"Roxas? What the hell happened?" I look over her shoulder as Axel comes back out of the Dark Corridor and I shake my head for a moment as Astrid gets up and dusts herself off before both she and Axel are offering me a hand up.
"I have no fucking idea… did you hit me or something?"
"No! Why would I do that?" he made it sound like I was insane and it was my fault, but I felt nothing before I flew back at Astrid- nothing but the force.
"I don't know Axel, it was just a freaking question." I grind my teeth together and look back at the Dark Corridor, wondering what the hell had happened.
"Alright, then lets go." Axel motions for me to follow him into the Dark Corridor and he vanishes again. I walk over, much more cautious this time and stop right before I touch the Dark Corridor. Axel is already inside and I shiver before raising my left hand, looking to the side at Winner, seeing that both Ryo and Fyr look perfectly fine, though a bit upset looking.
I raise my hand slightly more and move so my finger is closer to the Dark Corridor, my heart is racing and I'm sure that something bad is going to happen again, I can feel it… but I ignore that as I close my eyes and touch the Dark Corridor.
AN:
Me: Alright! Thank you for reading this chapter, and yes, I know I left it at a cliffhanger, but I think it's going to be effective.
Roxas: what did you do to me? Because I swear to god if you don't explain this Elizabeth and I'm going to-
Axel: Shut it Roxie. You know what they say: there is method to her madness.
Me: thank you Axel. Now do me a favor and ask the question they're all asking.
Hiccup: I'll do that! What is the overall plot of this fic? Because it obviously hasn't been given yet.
Me: it's a surprise! O.- but it'll be good! (As soon as I figure it out myself ;P)
Axel: You're a horrible author… how the hell have you managed to write an entire novel series?
Me: I winged it… and stop reminding me of that horrible computer crash! Bring it up one more time and I'll stop writing all fics!
Gaara: please review… they make Elizabeth smile and forget all about her poor dinosaur crashing. (it was a bad day for her) have a good morning/afternoon/evening and as Elizabeth wants me to say: Stay Frosty.
Me: I'll take requests for Gaara's final word form now on… just send in a review with what you want him to say and I'll put it in! XD