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Prompt 65: Want

"I knew you were going to teleport," Neb sighed. "Then again, I'm the author. I know everything."

Kitty groaned in pain as she managed to get to her feet. "Neb… I need… the locket…" Kitty wheezed.

"Need it? Or want it?" Neb asked her.

Kitty shook her head. "I don't have… time for riddles," she said.

"And I don't have time to waste," he said. "Do you want to know why your teleports keep failing?"

Kitty was shocked to hear Neb knew about the other teleport attempts, but dismissed it as Neb knowing pretty much everything anyway. "Later. I need… my locket…" she said.

Neb scowled. "Kitty, you might not want to hear this now, but you need to hear this now," Neb said, no sarcasm in his voice. "Your teleports fail because of the darkness inside your heart. So long as you let fear and doubt have control over your heart, you will fail not only at teleportation, but other things as well."

Kitty looked anxiously around for Alistair. "Please, tell me later! I need the locket before Alistair find me!" Kitty hissed urgently.

"Listen," Neb growled. "The Dark Kitty inside you knows how to worm her way into your heart. She knows what strings to pull and what to take away from you. So long as you let her do this, you will lose everything you have and gain nothing back."

Kitty stomped her foot. "Neb! I don't want to hear this right now! I need my locket!"

"AND I TOLD YOU TO LISTEN!" Neb growled angrily, making Kitty jump in surprise. Neb never raised his voice. He was sarcastic sometimes, sure, but he never seemed to get angry. "Want and need are two different things. You don't want this now, but you need it now."

Kitty sighed and shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I can't. I need my locket," she said firmly.

Neb sighed, shaking his head. He reached into his pocket and pulled out Kitty's locket. "You want this. You don't need it," he said. "Here's the deal. I'll give this to you know, but be warned you will have to suffer through this darkness inside you without my help. Understood?"

Kitty nodded furiously. "Yes, just please give me my locket," she said.

"One more thing. I'm the best man at your wedding."

Kitty scowled. "It's not even a sure thing… oh what the heck, fine!" Kitty said. "Please, just give it to me!"

Neb looked at Kitty with sad eyes. "You're a good friend Kitty," he said. "And I'm sorry I have to make you suffer more." With no warning, Neb raised the locket into the air, and threw it on the ground.

"No!" Kitty screamed and dove to catch it. However, much to her horror, she didn't reach it in time. The locket fell to the ground and shattered into a million pieces.

BN: Ok, before I get complaints, let me explain some things. Neb isn't the villain here. Sure, he did something bad… but he did warn Kitty the differences between want and need. The fact Kitty blatantly ignored him show Neb that the only way to teach her the difference was to take something she held dear.

The other thing you need to realize is that Neb doesn't like doing things like this. He does a lot of things you might have noticed in the Kidnapping Arc that he didn't really enjoy doing. Thing is, to move the story along, he has to do them. It's what he's required to do. His destiny, in a sense.

The third and final thing is the darkness in Kitty's heart. I'm coming off a Kingdom Hearts high, but it fits with the story, so I added it. Dark Kitty controls all of Kitty's doubts and fear. She knows how to manipulate Kitty's emotions and take things away from her. You might have not connected the dots, but the reason Dark Kitty showed up in the Kidnapping Arc was to take away Kitty's teleportation, because she knew it would cripple Kitty later on if Kitty failed to be killed. Dark Kitty knows Kitty better than Kitty knows herself, and while Neb was trying to tell Kitty that, Kitty refused to listen.

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