Chapter 6: Twilight Town part 4
(Day 5)
It has been five days now since Tommy came to Twilight Town, he has been worried about everyone he knew and not even once did he find anyone. The only one he saw was Kimi Finster, but one minuet she's there, next she's not. But little did he know, today he will be reunited with one of them and it will lead him an adventure greater than the ones he's had even as a baby.
Tommy was getting up after a peaceful sleep he had that night. "Man, as lumpy as this bed is, I still got comfortable enough to….. what's going on out there?" Tommy said when he heard what sounded like an argument outside his room and left to see what's going on.
"Oh come on Olette!" Hayner said annoyed. "We barely even started our summer vacation and your already bugging us about it?!" "About what?" The Twilight gang turn to see that Tommy has emerged from the small hall leading to his room. "Good timing Tommy. Could you tell Olette off with this?" Hayner said hopefully. "I won't be able to without knowing what's going on." Tommy said as Olette said, "We all happen to have been given assignments for the summer that we need to do." She said as she glared at Hayner. "Well I admit, starting early on a summer doesn't make one glad, but she is right Hayner." Tommy admitted. "Even YOU agree with this? Come on Pence please talk some sense to them." Hayner said looking at Pence hopefully. "They are right Hayner. We do need to get started the project even if it is a little early." Pence said taking Olette and Tommy's side. "Fine, will get on to it. Stupid independent studies, let's just get over it." Hayner said defeated. "Kind of sounded like Phil when it came to homework." Tommy said with a laugh. "Are you going to help us out Tommy?" Olette said. "Of course, you guys have been helping me out to look for my friends. It's the least I can do for you." Tommy said giving them a smile. "That sounded like a friend of ours that came here a few times before would do." Hayner said. "Anyway, I happen to have an idea for the assignment." Pence said and continued. "How about we explore the seven wonders. That could really get us a great grade." "I don't know what they are, but that sounds good to me." Tommy said. "Alright, will go investigate those rumors." Hayner said, and with that, they left their hangout to the station to Sunset Terrace.
"So what is the 'seven wonders' anyway?" Tommy asked them when the train started its departure. "Well," said Pence. "they happen to be a total of seven rumors that is unusual. They happen to be: the spooky steps, friend beyond the wall, moans from the tunnel, a doppelganger, an animated bag, alternate town, and the ghost train mystery." Pence told him looking at his list of wonders. "Wow! And I thought Dil's theory on aliens sounded weird." Tommy said after hearing that. "I know, I've been investigating them a few times before and didn't find a clue about their mysteries." Pence said. "Well, with the four of us, we might find their secrets and get a good score on the assignment." Olette said. And so they wait as the train takes them to sunset terrace.
Pretty soon, they finally got to sunset terrace as they can be seen coming out of the train. "Okay guys, let's start off with the spooky steps." Pence said as they came across some steps. "Are they the steps you was talking about Pence?" Tommy asked. "That's right. According to the rumors, they count different going up and down. You see, Rai's the one who counted them. He's like, 'Every time I count, it's different, Y'KNOW?'" Pence said. "Let me see about that." Tommy said as he walked down the steps along with counting and then going back up and counting. "When I counted them, it was the same number as I went up and down. I may not know Rai much, but I do know that he's not very bright." Tommy told them. "He's definitely right. So that means he just counted wrong." Hayner said with a snicker. "Well, we still have the others to investigate, so let's go." Olette said as they continued with their investigation.
Tommy and the Twilight gang are right now walking down an alley going for wonder #2. "This is where the second rumor happens to be." Pence said looking at a brick wall. "Well what does it mean with… WHOA!" Tommy said as a ball came right out of nowhere. "That ball came out of nowhere! We need a closer look." Hayner said as they head to the wall. As they got close, they see something dark forming. "Move!" Tommy said as a dark portal appeared and out came another ball. "A dark portal? That must explain where those balls came from. Let's check out the others." Pence said as they continued on and has reached a tunnel and walked in. "Now as it has been told, there has been moaning coming from this tunnel. But where they look, they don't see anyone else." Pence informed Tommy. Suddenly, they all hear the moaning Pence was talking about. As Tommy was looking, he spots an air vent at the corner. "I think I found out where that moaning came from. From that air vent over there." Tommy said as he points out the vent for them. "No wonder no one didn't find out where it came from. The wind going threw it was the cause." Olette said as they leave to investigate #4. They soon head over to a waterfall. "So how is everyone seeing doppelgangers of themselves?" Tommy asked Pence. "Well, around here, people keep seeing a double of themselves from the corner of their eyes, but as they look, the double is gone." He said. As Tommy looks at the water in thought, he notices that it has his reflection. "I think the 'double' is actually the reflection on the waterfall." He said as the twilight gang checks it out. "He's right! We got tricked by a waterfall. It seems so far some of the rumors are bogus." Hayner said. "Well, our next stop is Sunset Hill, where the animated bag is sometimes at. Let's go guys." Pence said as they leafed for Sunset Hill.
They made it to the hill and see what looks like a garbage bag in the middle. "According to the rumors, when someone looks away, they see that the bag went from one spot to another. Even when they are alone hear." Pence said and they all keep a sharp eye on the bag. After a few moments, Tommy spoke up, "Nothing's happening." All of a sudden, the bag started moving around. "NOW it moves?! Let's get it!" Hayner said as they all spread out to stop it. "I got it. I got it." Pence said getting close to the bag, but instead he trips. "I don't got it." He said getting back up. "That bag is mine!" Hayner said getting in front of it, but without striking quick enough, he instead gets ran over. "I can't believe I got ran over by a BAG!" Hayner said upset. "Almost got it!" Tommy said reaching out to the bag. As the bag slowed down, Tommy managed to get a hold of the top. "I got it!" he said keeping a hold of it. "Good going Tommy." Olette said walking up to him. "Let's see what's in that bag." Pence said. As Tommy opened up the bag, what came out surprised him. "Spike!?" What came out was his old pet dog, who looked like he lost some weight and somehow looks younger. "You know that dog Tommy?" Hayner asked him. "Yea, he's my family's pet. I have known him my whole life. But a few months ago, he has mysteriously vanished." Tommy said as he came over to Spike. "Where have you been Spike? Our friends and family was worried about you. And how did you managed to age down like this? It shouldn't be possible." Tommy said just as Spike licked him on the face. "Okay, okay. I guess what matters is that you're okay after all this time." Tommy said as the Twilight gang watches. "That's so sweat. He and Spike have finally reunited." Olette said. Suddenly, one of Spikes ears went up and runs off. "Hey Spike! Where are you going?" Tommy said as he and the gang ran after him. But they soon lose track of him as they see bits of darkness on the path. "I found him after so long and now he's gone." Tommy said really down. "It'll be okay Tommy." Olette told him. "For all we know, he might have followed that hooded girl, after all we saw some bits of darkness on the ground." "Yea, you're probably right." Tommy said a little beater. "How about we continue with that assignment for the seven wonders, our next rumor is at that old mansion." Pence said. "Okay." Tommy said. So they head on over to the train and head back to town to go to the old mansion.
As the gang was walking across the woods, they made their way to the mansions front gate. "What is the rumor with this mansion again?" Tommy asked. "Well, many people has mysteriously appeared from this mansion. Everyone in town believed that this mansion leads to an Alternate Twilight Town. We did a little searching hear before with some friends of ours. So now, we should check it out ourselves." Pence told him. "'Alternate Twilight Town'? If Dil was hear, he would be excited." Tommy said chuckling a bit. With that, they went in the mansion as Tommy follows the Twilight gang in there. "Man, this place must have been abandoned for a long time." Tommy said as they walked in one of the rooms. "Whoa! Someone must have built some laboratory here." Tommy said. "That's right." Olette said. "Some friends of ours says that a man named Ansem is the one who built that laboratory. He even has a computer that takes you to that other town." She continued as they came across a sliding door and behind it is the computer Olette was talking about. "Alright, it's still here!" Pence said as he sat in front of it and typed in a few keys. "Okay, let's see now, looks like I need to put the password in again." So he typed in the password and then a portal opens up. "Wow! What password did you use Pence?" Tommy said. "I happen to have put in 'sea-salt ice cream' because it was Ansem's favorite." "Come on let's go." Hayner said walking to the portal along with the rest of the gang. As they came out they look around. "It looks like wear at the same place." Olette said. "I don't think so, look." Tommy said showing them the computer, only it was busted up. "This must be that alternate town. Let's look outside." Pence said heading to the door. "Huh? It won't open." He said trying to push it open. "I think something out there is causing that door to stay closed. I think we should head back now." Tommy said as he and the Twilight gang gets back to their town and leaves the mansion.
After they left the old mansion, they started talking in front of their hangout. "Well, those six are now solved. Some were bogus, and some very interesting." Hayner said as he leaned on the wall. "All that's left is the ghost train, but we haven't heard about it coming today." Pence said, just then Tommy spots something. "Wait! Is that it?" He said pointing out what looks like a train but it was purple and the windows were shaped like stars. "It is! And it's heading to the station. Let's go!" Olette said as they all run to the station as fast as they can. They soon made it to the station, until….
Tension Rising: KH2
"LOOK OUT!" Hayner shouted out as several shadows came from the ground, as well as some soldiers like things out of nowhere. "WHAT?! There the same things that attacked my home!" Tommy exclaimed in shock. "NO WAY! Forget about the train for now, let's get out of here!" Pence said they all run off, but then an invisible barrier appeared and separated Tommy from the Twilight gang. "GUYS! HELP!" Tommy yelled out to them. "TOMMY!" The gang running to him, only to get bounced off from it. The shadows and soldiers came up to Tommy to attack him, when suddenly, a flash of light appeared and out came the same key like weapon from before. "Again with this thing? Well, it helped me before and it will help me again!" Tommy said getting ready to fight.
Tommy starts to attack the shadows first a couple at a time, making three hits as the shadows vanish into darkness. But then, a couple more attacks with their claws but Tommy moved out of the way but the last one got him from the back and made him stager. Then another one was sliding up to him and made him trip and fell on the ground. He gets back up and then he got back to fighting them and wiped out the shadows and the soldiers remaining. One soldier ran up to him used its right hand and clawed him on the arm, the others made some spinning attacks, but Tommy moved out of the way and attack them. One by one, the soldiers have been wiped out and only one was left. Right as it was about to spin, Tommy held the weapon in front of him and blocked the attack. With one more strike, the soldier was no more.
End Tension Rising
Tommy was a little exhausted after fighting those things. "Well… I'm glad… that's over." Tommy said panting a little.
Shrouding Dark Cloud: KH1
"Tommy, look out, above you!" Olette shouted. As he looked up he moves as some pieces of armor fell from the sky and formed together just as the head came. "First a giant shadow, and now some armor?! Me and my big mouth." Tommy said as he keeps his guard up.
Quickly, he runs up to the armor and made some strikes on the legs. Shortly, the gauntlets started to spin around and sent Tommy flying to the stations wall hard. As he got up, he quickly ran up and instead fought off the gauntlets. A while later, the legs started to stomp around, but Tommy dodged out of the way. And now, he attacks all four of them as quick as possible. Then suddenly, the armor jumps into the air and slams into the ground and barley missed Tommy. Then all the pieces fall to the ground, which gave him the opportunity to attack. Quickly, the gauntlets and legs have been destroyed, but the torso got back up and then started spinning around, but Tommy was running as fast as he can to avoid it. Just as it stops, Tommy ran up, jumped and delivered the final blow.
End Shrouding Dark Cloud
The torso then started to shake around violently and then, the head drops and a big heart came out and floated to the sky and the torso vanished. All of a sudden, some more shadows appeared. "Oh come ON! Give me a break!" Tommy said annoyed, but all of a sudden, lightning bolts appeared and eliminated the shadows. "Where did that lightning come from?" "It came from me Tommy." A familiar voice said. Quickly, Tommy turned to see that it was his best friend, Chuckie Finster. What he was holding was some sort of staff witch its handle is blue and the tip is green, as the top is round and has five short spikes with a star in the middle. "Chuckie?!" Tommy exclaimed as he tried to get up, but grunted and got back down. "Hang on T, I'll help you. HEAL!" Chuckie shouted out and raised his staff and a green glow appeared around Tommy. "Whoa! How'd you do that?" Tommy said getting back up. "After our world vanished, I ended up at a tower where a sorcerer named Yen Sid lives. He taught me the ways of magic and sent me here to find you. One of his reasons is because you weld the Keyblade." Chuckie told him. "'Keyblade'? This is what it's called?" Tommy said looking at his Keyblade. That is, until something struck him, "Wait! What do you mean by 'our world'?" Chuckie was about to answer, until… "Tommy!" some voices called out as Tommy and Chuckie turn to see the Twilight gang run up to them after the barrier went down. "I'm glad you're okay and… hey, you must be Chuckie right? I'm Pence." "I barely recognized you from the photos we found, names Hayner." "I'm Olette. We happen to have been helping Tommy look for you and your friends." She said, but then Tommy remembered something. "Oh yea, was the others with you Chuck?" Tommy said hopefully. "Sorry dude, they weren't." Chuckie said sadly. "Oh man. I thought they would…. OH! I almost forgot. I'll be right back guys." Tommy said leaving Chuckie and the Twilight gang at the station.
After Tommy left, Chuckie was having a conversation with the Twilight gang. "So you guys found him at this station after our wor… home was attacked?" Chuckie asked them. "That's right, and by the way," Hayner said as he took one of the photos they found. "Do you happen to know who took this?" Hayner hands the pic to Chuckie and then looks at it. "'TP+KF'? I have no idea. Where did you find this?" "We found them in front of an old mansion along with some others of you, Tommy, and your friends like, Tommy's first birthday, his film competitions, him and Rachel…" Pence said until Hayner cut him off. "Oh, speaking of Rachel, why would you and your friends think that he was depressed after she moved?" "He told you about her, right?" Chuckie said regrettably. "Well, I guess it was from the fact that we heard about some other breakups we heard, we just jumped to conclusion that he was upset. We just weren't thinking twice even from the amount of times he told us he was okay." He told them. "Well you should of, and I'd say YOU GUYS where the real jerks." Hayner said crossly to him. "I don't even need to ask where you got that from. We already felt guilty after that. I did give him some comfort a few times, and as I think of it, Kimi looked the guiltiest out of all of us." Chuckie said in thought. "REALLY? From that photo I handed you, does she have crush on Tommy. After all…. Ow." Hayner said after Olette hit him on the head. "I thought you were over that Hayner. And I doubt he would even want to talk about that." She scowled at him. "It's alright Olette. I don't know if he told you, but she did say that she only had that crush on him for a second a few years ago." Chuckie told them. "Well I doubt she meant that. You even said she was the 'guiltiest' out of you and your friends after what you guys did to him." Hayner said a bit crossly. "Well, as much as I hate to admit it, you might be right Hayner." Chuckie said as they continue talking.
Pretty soon, Tommy came back with an ice cream bar in his hand. "I'm back guys. I see that you were getting to know each other beater. Oh chuck, you should try this out." Tommy said handing the bar to him. "What kind is this?" Chuckie asked him. "It's called sea-salt ice cream. There really famous around town." So Chuckie decides to try it and took a bite. "Ack… salty, but sweat as well." Chuckie said taking more bites. "I had a similar reaction to it as well." Tommy said. "You used the WINER stick for it, right?" Pence ask him. "Yes I did. I did say I would save it of one of my friends." Tommy said. Suddenly, Chuckie remembers something. "Oh, I almost forgot. We have to take the train Tommy. We need to go really quickly." "What? Wait, do you mean we have to leave town to where you were at?" Tommy asked him. "That's right Tommy." Chuckie said. "Mined if we see you guys off?" Pence said. "Okay. Let's go you guys, me and Tommy need to go." So now they all went into the station.
Friends in My Heart: KH1
"So that's the train you took Chuckie?" Tommy asked him as they came across the ghost train. "That's right T." Chuckie said. "You know, this is just like the time we had to say goodbye to some friends of ours when they first came to town." Pence said thinking about it. "I remember that. I wonder how they are doing right now." Olette said. "Well, if we ever meet up with them, will tell them how you guys are doing." Tommy said. "Thanks Tommy." Hayner said. "That's what friends are for you guy. If it weren't for you, I don't know where I'd be right now." Tommy said. "Will we ever see you again Tommy?" Olette said a little sad. "Of course, and next time, will bring the hold gang." Tommy said to them. "Grate idea Tommy." Hayner said bringing his arm up and Tommy doing the same. "It's a promise." Tommy said. "Come on Tommy, It's time to go!" Chuckie told him. "I'm coming Chuckie!" Tommy told him and turns back to the twilight gang. "Well, see ya guys later." And with that, Tommy got on the train until… "Hold on! Don't forget these." Pence said handing him the photos they got. "Thanks Pence." And with that, Tommy closes the door as the train takes off with the Twilight gang watches. "I'm going to miss him." Olette said sadly. "I know, he did remind me of him." Pence said. "Yea, he does kind of remind us of Sora." Hayner said as they see the train go out of sight.
On the train, we see Tommy and Chuckie in there as the train moves to their destination. As that was going on, Tommy was going over they got, when he came across one in particular. "They even gave me this one as well." Tommy said out loud. "What?" Chuckie asked. Tommy hands it over to him and sees it was the one of his victory at the struggle tournament with the twilight gang at his side. "Wow. You must have become close to them." "Yea. It was like when it was usually you, me, Phil and Lil when we were little." Tommy said as a tear falls from his eye. "Yea. We may not remember much, but they were great times." Chuckie said. Then the background outside the train changes as they go on through some magical tunnel.
End Friends in My Heart