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Part 2
Natsu found himself at the bottom of the Rising Falls. What is this place? he thought wondering where he was. He looks up and catches a glimpse of something dark. Looking for a way up, he sees what look to be floating glaciers. Leaping from glacier to glacier he makes his way to the top and finds himself facing dark creatures. They swarm around him and he attacks them with his fire.
He gets to the door of the castle and with a fist of fire, he breaks them down.
I wake up to find myself in the Grand Hall. I see what looks to be the embodiment of Riku possessed by Ansem and know that it is not but darkness itself. It turns to me and smiles evilly. "Soon the keyhole will be complete and the door to darkness will be opened." It said.
I scoff at it, obviously annoyed at what it just said. "I thought your goal was to get my heart." I said. It closes its eyes and folds its arms across its chest.
"You misunderstand me. Taking your heart is all too easy. It's the waiting for you to give in to darkness that's hard." It said. While it wasn't looking, I turned and ran for the exit. Once it opened its eyes, it saw her running out of the room. It decided not to chase me, for it had other plans, especially involving Sora.
Sora sat up with a hand to his head. "Where am I?" he asked no one in particular. He looks around and finds himself in a familiar place underneath Hollow Bastion. Jagged rocks jutted out of the glossy floor that seemed to be water. Sora found himself sitting in the water and when he stood up, water dripped from his pants. Gliding all the way over here from that building had landed him in the Waterway. Dripping wet, he makes his way to the dungeon and from there he rises up on a platform, and then makes his way to the lift stop. No Heartless appeared to stop him. Why isn't there any Heartless? What am I here for and who's hogging all the bad guys? he thought, heading further into the castle.
In the entrance of the castle Natsu looks around since everything about this place was new to him. He walks to the center of the room and suddenly his dragon senses pick up a strange scent. He looks up and sees a large-bodied creature appear right above him. Natsu avoids being squished by this big fat enemy and hurls a fireball at it, which hits its big fat belly and does no damage. Natsu stares at it in shock. It comes charging at him, knocking him a few paces away and then it jumps up and down making the ground shake. Natsu stands firmly, keeping his balance. He turns and runs up the nearest pillar, flips in midair, and shoots fire at the creature's head. He shoots one more fireball at the creature's back and it fades away, defeated. Natsu lands in the center of the room and thought that if it ever got worse than that, his friends would be here to back him up.
Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Happy grew tired of waiting for Natsu to come back so they find themselves in the ruined tower of the Phantom Lord guild where Natsu, Sarah, and Sora were before they flew off toward the mountains. They found Gajeel asleep against the wall cradling his arm. Erza walked up to the big hole in the wall and looked out toward the mountains. Pointing to the mountains she tells the others, "There. They must be in that castle." The others walk over to see what Erza's pointing at. Once they see the castle they exit the Phantom Lord building and head for the mountains.
I run into the chapel and Gargoyles appear, surrounding me. I wipe them out in one circular swing with Oblivion and kept running. I had to find my friends.
Sora ran into the High Tower and stopped. He couldn't believe what he saw. Xehanort was standing in the center of the room. "Xehanort! What are you doing here?!" said Sora in an unkind way. Xehanort smiled at him.
"Why, I'm here for you, Sora. You'll make an excellent vessel." he said. Sora stands back, offended.
"Yeah, well not for you!" he said before attacking Xehanort. His blade swings right through Xehanort, doing no damage. Sora stands back, shocked.
"What's the matter, boy? You can't fight?" asked Xehanort. Sora just stares and starts shaking his head.
"Y-you're not Xehanort." Sora said, nervously. The fake Xehanort smiled.
"You've known me all too well unless it's Riku who does." said the fake Xehanort. Sora steps forward, fists clenched.
"You better keep Riku out of this!" said Sora, angrily.
Someone enters the High Tower through the entryway right behind Sora. "Why would you want to keep me out of this, Sora?" said a familiar voice. Sora turned around to see-
"Riku!" said Sora, surprised, "What are you doing here?"
"I'd ask you the same thing. Kairi and I are worried. You took off without us knowing where you'd be and when you'd be back. Explain yourself." said Riku. Sora took a deep breath and told Riku his story. Riku stood by the entryway facing Sora while listening with interest. When Sora was finished Riku started speaking, "So you'd rather spend time with your friends from other worlds than with me and Kairi. Fine, Kairi and I don't need a friend like you."
"Riku, don't be like this. It isn't you." said Sora soon realizing the truth in his words, "Wha-? You're not Riku! What's going on here!?"
Fake Riku smiled warmly at Sora. "It's called revenge." said fake Riku, smile turning into an evil grin. Sora stood shocked at realizing what he truly faced.
I ran out to the High Tower and was going to continue to the next floor below, when I heard a familiar voice. I jumped down the steps to find Sora lying on the ground. I run over and kneel next to him. Lifting half his body off the ground, I pull him close in a tight hug. Sora wakes up taking deep, slow breaths. Tears streamed from my eyes and dripped onto Sora's face. He pulled away from me and put a reassuring hand on my cheek. I smile at him, eyes wet with tears. "D-darkness…" Sora began but was cut off when something entered the tower. I looked up to see darkness staring me in the face.
"What did you do to him?" I asked regarding Sora. Darkness smiles in a kind way, which is odd for something so dark to do.
"I was teaching him a lesson on respecting those that are greater than him." It said. I glared at it angrily.
"You're just mad because he defeated you twice and you didn't defeat him at all." I said.
"I was close once, but those friends of his helped him in the end." It said.
"Now it is my turn to exact revenge upon him. I will not let anyone stand in my way."
While fighting off a bunch of Darkballs, Natsu crashes down a few floors, and ends up in a secret area of Waterway. He gets up to find the room a mess of some kind of metal fencing and crumbled walls. Seeing a treasure chest in the corner of the place he goes over to it and tries to open it. When that fails, he stops trying and thinks of another way. He thought to himself, maybe there's a secret knock that will open it. He taps with a fist and nothing happens. Picking up a metal rod out of the mess, he uses it to tap on the chest. It opens and he takes a look inside. A few elixirs and potions were inside. He digs through the chest until he finds a moon shard. The glossy crystallized crescent had a warm glow to it. Natsu wondered what it was used for. Quickly wrapping it in his scarf he puts it in his pocket, and then heads back to the castle gates.
Lucy found her way to the castle door and turned to call the others who then came up behind her. Erza takes one look at the castle's doors and knew that Natsu was somewhere in there. Happy flew toward the entrance with a big smile on his face. He knew he'd find his friend here. As soon as Gray made his presence known, they all made their way into the castle.
Their search for their friend began without them even realizing the situation that would endanger themselves.
Will Natsu save his friends? Will Sarah defeat the Darkness?
End of Part 2