Marie's casual wear:
www[dot]swirl3y[dot]deviantart[dot]com/art/I-bring-you-peace-214094964?q=gallery%3Aswirl3y%2F29599925&qo=5
Ryan:
www.swirl3y.deviantart.com/art/That-s-his-name-286861562
Marie's timeless River outfit:
www.swirl3y.deviantart.com/gallery/29599925#/d41gx9m
A\N:
I'm very sorry about the late reply. I'm in a terrible slump, and I literally have no writing creativity or motivation. I will still be trying to get every chapter of this story up, just because I am dedicated to this since it is the first story series I have. Please be patient with me, this is the first time I've ever experienced a slump like this.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
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Oh, how the river flows
"Anybody home?"
We reached Hollow Bastion, and entered Merlin's house. Sora and Donald shouted out his name, but when we didn't get a response, Sora just started asking for anybody. But a big puff of smoke appeared, and we turned around to see that it was good ole' Merlin. "What is that entire racket?" he asked, stroking his beard.
Sora and Donald rushed to his side, and explained what had happened, Maleficent…the heartless…everything that had been going on at King Mickey's castle. Donald babbled on and on, it was hard to understand what with his duck talk, so I closed my eyes and sighed.
When I opened them, they widened, since we were instantly brought back to the castle. I saw bits of Merlin's smoke, and I figured he brought us here with his magic. "Perhaps I'd better see for myself," he said, trying not to offend Donald.
"Oh, this is not good! In fact, this is quite serious!" he said. I was afraid he'd say it was bad, but seriously bad? Man, maleficent never lets up. He turned around, and took out his wand. He chanted a spell, and a white door appeared in the shape of a crown. He cleared his throat, and explained that the door lead to a 'special world'. "Someone in that world is responsible for what's going on in this castle," he said.
"Then we should get going!" Sora said as he touched the door handle. Merlin cleared his throat again, and told him to wait a moment. He explained that we needed to find a door that looked like the one in the room and lock it.
"Be aware though, the nature of that world may tempt you to do something dark, so you must resist that temptation at all cost!" Merlin explained. Uh oh, well that doesn't sound good. I sighed, and wondered what he meant, but he just told us that we'll know soon enough. That wasn't really comforting, but I guess I had to place faith in Merlin.
Sora walked towards the door, and struggled to open it. He pulled a little harder, and it eventually opened. We all huddled behind him, and a flash of light blinded up for a moment. I covered my eyes, but then I felt something draw me into the world. I screamed, and the next thing I know, I fell on my stomach. I groaned a bit, and I touched the ground. It was grassy, and when I lifted my face, I looked around and immediately got up.
"Y-you guys…I think I'm coloured blind!" I shouted waving my hand in front of my face. I looked over to the other guys, and Sora looked around. He wasn't freaking out like I was, and the other two were out of it.
"I see it two," Sora replied. "I think it's the world."
I sighed in relief, and both Donald and Goofy started laughing. I was freaking out for nothing I guess, but it would have been terrifying if I couldn't see colours anymore. We looked around and Donald mentioned something about Déjà vu, and I wondered if maybe he and Goofy visited this world before. Before I could say anything, we saw someone running past us. When we all looked at each other, he stopped, and ran towards us. "You guys haven't seen any bad people around, have you?"
Sora, Donald and Goofy all placed a finger in their chins, and almost immediately, they pointed at him. The guy in question was Pete, but he looked different somehow. I looked down to the floor, and noticed a different pair of shoes. I looked down at my pants, and then my shirt. I was wearing the clothes from last year's adventure! Whoa, I never really noticed just how plain my outfit was back then. In fact, everyone looked different. Sora was also wearing his outfit from last year, and both Donald and Goofy looked different, too.
Well, back to the situation at hand, Pete grew angry and was about to fight us, but he stopped. He had more important things to do apparently, and didn't waste any time with us. I crossed my arms and thought it was weird for him not to fight us, but Sora jumped on the idea of chasing after him. They started walking ahead of me, and I followed close behind.
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Ryan
"Now, how the heck do you remind someone…?" he said as he paced back and forth thinking. He was always great with the women, he was suave and much more. However, working on something like Sora and Marie was a little hard, and he didn't know where to start.
Ever since joining Marie and Sora, he felt like his life took a turn into fairy-tale world, what with all the magic and weapons and saving worlds. Maybe he had to think fairy-tale, and in fairy-tales, kissing always made everything better!
How was he going to get those two to kiss? Even the thought of his cousin kissing made him want to throw up. It still wasn't worse than seeing his dad dance around the house with a tower around his waist, though. He continued to pace back and forth, and started thinking up a plan for them. He was mischievous while back on the islands, and he always pulled pranks on everyone. Maybe his scheming ways would prove useful. Either way, he needed to think of something. He was sure that Sora didn't know that he knew about Marie's memories, and he didn't want to explain how he knew. He had to be sneaky about that, but the question was how?
He continued to pace back and forth, and tried to figure out a plan.
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Marie
You know, this place felt nice, minus the villain we're trying to capture. It was homey even though everything was black and white, to which still rather bugged me. I'm so used to colour, after all. The place was like a small village, almost like Destiny Islands, but not exactly. There weren't any children nearby, but it was still a cheerful place.
Then again, the only thing I can actually find similar between the two was the fact that there was water. Speaking of which, we actually followed along the water until we saw Pete. He was standing by a pier and looking out into the water. Sora, Donald and Goofy immediately ran over to him. I followed close behind, and I could tell Pete was angry. A few words were exchanged, and all I heard from Pete was, "them's fighting words."
He raised his fists, but then we heard the tooting of a boat. He stopped, and walked towards the noise. Sora, Donald and Goofy ran up to stop him with their weapons, and prevented him from going any further. I took out my keyblade and stood behind Pete, so that he wouldn't run away. He growled, and prepared to fight us.
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Aura
She sat atop the clock tower like usual, and stared into the town. She had been busy scouting out the different worlds, and some she liked—while others she dreadfully hated. She sighed as she picked up a rock and threw it. She slouched over and placed her chin in her palms.
"Well, I didn't think you'd still go to this place."
Aura quickly jumped up when she heard that voice, the voice belonging to the redheaded pyromaniac. She got up slowly, and turned to face Axel. Their eyes met, and when she looked at him more closely, she felt like crying. She was doing well without him and Roxas, but seeing him made her weak in the knees.
"Axel…," she said with a weak voice. He smiled, and chuckled lightly at her sight. He noticed that her face was brighter, and there was a different air about her. He missed her too much, and their time apart was killing him.
"I know you said we shouldn't talk to each other, but what kind of lame talk is that?" he said as he placed his hands on his hips. He walked closer to the edge of the tower, and Aura stayed on her guard. When he sat in his usual spot, he looked over the town, and smirked. "This is my favourite place to be."
Aura maintained where she was, and only watched as Axel chuckled and looked at the town. She closed her eyes, and remembered the times where the three of them sat at the clock tower. They were great memories, and only great memories. She thought for a while, and slowly made her way beside Axel. They didn't speak, and only stared towards the sun.
"Axel, you should really—"
"Should what? Not talk to you?" he said as he continued to stare out into the town. "Look, whatever happens, happens. If you don't want me fighting you, I won't."
"What happens if they tell you to?" Aura asked, not convinced with his words.
"Then you'll just have to pretend like your dead," he chuckled. Aura shook her head, and wondered how simple-minded Axel could be. Still, she really missed talking to him, even after all that has happened. She wouldn't mind, but they needed to keep it on the down low.
"Then you're welcomed to talk to me whenever, but don't overdo it. I don't want anything happening to you," she said as she brought her knees towards her chest. Axel looked at the young brunette, and smirked. Somehow, their scared place atop the clock tower always made things better.
If only it lasted.
Sorry for the late update.
Shadow 1n2:
Haha, as a rule you must eat sea-salt ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner! He would say that. XD
Well, Marie is 15 right now, and if Axel was 18 that wouldn't be a problem. I see many 15 year olds with older men. Plus, since they knew each other it would make for a better relationship since they understand each other. The colours red and pink look good together too. XD
Lvl-ZeR0:
Ah, yes. The interesting blue lollipops. XD
Evil Marie will be appearing soon, but she'll be out of the story soon as well. I kinda lost the reason why she was supposed to be in it, but I've gotta take her out so that there are no hanging characters.
grapejuice101:
I shall try to make more Marie/Sora moments later on. I'm pretty sure she's close to remembering!
Dracula X:
Haha, sorry for the misinterpretation. Aura actually respects and likes Naminé a lot, so you'll never ever see her say anything even remotely insulting about her. Ryan is also dense, so it'll take a while before he actually sees it.
starlightmint72:
Yup, I'm thinking of having Ryan get his own chapter, because I want it to be an important part of the story. At least a little. Haha, I have a bad habit of biting my nails too, but it's not like your sister. I usually just paint my nails, and it helps prevent me from biting them.
Trubeque:
B-but the cake is a lieee!
dracula-key:
Indeed, it will be interesting. He sucks at getting a girl himself, but he'll try his best to make his cousin happy!
CiaraisaTomatoe:
Aw, thank you very much! I try my best to make sure it's not just about Marie/Sora. I love Donald and Goofy, so I try to make them have more airtime, too! As well as everyone else!
Yes, she does get it back, but it'll be later on in the story. As for meeting her real parents…I can't say where or how, but I plan for it to happen in KH3, if it comes out. If not, I'll arrange for it in the last game for KH.