Chapter 8
Slumber

I stood proudly over the shadow wolf and marveled at my work. With my blade and my black book in hand I defeated the beast that plagued my nightmares. The only problem now was getting out of this strange place.

Aside from the floor and me, the only other thing left of interest in this place was this shadow wolf. There was no way out, which confused me as to how I got inside in the first place.

"Your heart is strong Fenrir. I am impressed, although I was not expecting a keyblade to manifest, in hind sight i should've expected it. Truly you have exceeded all of my expectations bravo Fenrir bravo." It was the voice spewing nonsense again.

I had my blade at the ready. "You again. Are you the one doing this? Tell me where I am and how I get out." I scanned the everlasting darkness and found no trace for the voice's origin. It only seemed to echo from all sides

"Oh no Fenrir you are too valuable to me now that you have shown me exactly how strong your heart is." I couldn't make sense of what he was saying. Keyblade? Heart? There's something he isn't telling me.

"Let me out!" I demanded already fed up with his mysteriousness "What could you possibly want with me?"

"Now that would be telling." I shook; the voice was right behind me.

With a vice like grip on my blade I swung it horizontally hoping to catch him with the blade's range. The figure that owned the voice was now gone, and nowhere to be seen.

How could he just appear then disappear? "Up here Fenrir."

Following his voice I saw him mid air; he was wearing the exact same coat I was wearing with the hood up so I couldn't see his face. He also had it zipped up so I couldn't see anything other than the cloak and his hands. I made a mental note; they were covered in red fur.

"Now, now Fenrir," he scolded with a pointed finger raised "be a good dog and just accept what I have planned out for you. Trust me your life would be much easier if you do." I replied with my blade at the ready and a snarl from my muzzle

Who was I kidding? After that last battle I was in no condition to fight. My breaths were shaky at best, my legs were near the point of exhaustion and the pain coming from my feet was almost unbearable but I had to make him think I could still take him on. I had to make him think that if I could beat that shadow wolf, then he had no chance against me.

To my deadly serious face he only laughed "Alright that's fine too. I admire your courage Fenrir; your owner was right to name you after the savage demon wolf. I see the ferocity in your eyes," he stopped laughing and adopted a fatal tone "but that is easily extinguished."

The hooded figure lowered himself to the shadow wolf that I had just defeated and touched its forehead. He stood up, snapped his fingers then the wolf had gotten up like it had taken no damage from our previous battle against one another. I watched with eyes widened in horror; I was going to fight the wolf again and the hooded figure together in my completely exhausted state.

I needed another way out, a back door solution some way to defeat both of them without fighting them. The only problem was that there was nothing here that would serve that purpose; I had no choice but to prepare myself for a second round. Unfortunately my body couldn't take much more; I was pushing it already by just holding my blade up.

When my arm gave out and dropped my blade the figure laughed once more "There you see Fenrir. Even your body betrays you. Surrender your heart to me and this will be less painful."

As I tried to reach for my blade a noticed something; a small indent in the center of the stain glass floor. Leaning in a bit closer I noticed that it was in the shape of a keyhole. That hooded figure said that my weapon was called a keyblade. If my hunch was right I would survive this but if I was wrong I was dead. What choice do I have? I almost giggled it was funny how I keep asking myself that question.

I grabbed my blade once more and raised it up high then prayed to what ever forces that it would work. The figure noticed my actions and raced together with the wolf to strike me down.

"Wait don't do it!" he yelled as he made a mad dash towards me

However my blade reached the keyhole first and when I twisted my keyblade a mini quake shook the tower. Thanks to my keyblade I had something to hang on to, but the hooded figure and the wolf were helplessly thrown around as they still tried to reach me.

Out of the corner of my eyes I saw the stain glass floors fold up and retract towards the center. After seeing this, the shadow wolf and the hooded figure pushed all their efforts to reaching the center. However it was quick enough to over take both of them, dropping the two carelessly into the pit inside the tower.

Once both were inside I twisted the keyblade back and immediately the stain glass floor was putting itself back into its place. Now that both threats were gone I could no longer hold up my facade and collapsed with raspy breaths for air. There was a strong surging pain coming from my chest that overshadowed the pain that had occurred else where on my body.

Before long the entire area had gone from shrouded by an eternity of darkness to a being showered with endless light. Was I dying? Well at least I went out fighting. If this was going to be the end I could at least pass on knowing that I went down with a fight instead of accepting it till the very end.

"You idiot." What? The voice, he hasn't left yet? "Do you even realize what you've done? This will set me back, but a heart like yours; I still need it. Though in hindsight you may have actually done me a favor. Its hard to move around when you've got so many eyes in one place. So I will wait for the day when you wake up."

End of Chapter 8