Chapter 47: Aggression

-April 17, 2009-

Hazel's POV

Sylvia crossed her arms, slouching back into one of the chairs Merlin had conjured for us in the training loft, "Okay so apparently you're tapping into your power or some shit?"

Elena clawed at the floor with a pained expression, "This can't be fucking happening this is getting too real I can't-

"HEY!" Sylvia snarled the word, causing her to pause, "Pull yourself together, idiot! You're supposed to be the one who's keeping track and shit. Aren't you the logical one?"

Kassy took in a small breath, leaning forward slightly in her own chair with a quick glare to the angry brunette, "What she means 'Lena… Is that you just gotta calm yourself down. We know you're a very logical person. You'll be able to figure everything out!"

I nodded, bouncing over and dragging Elena up and onto a chair. I sat on the last chair, "She's right, Na-Na. Merlin said we're all on the way to tapping into our power. And because of that-"

Sylvia interrupted me, "Excuse me. We? No, no, honey. You don't get a say in this. It sounds to me like Kassy, Janele, and I are the important ones here. We all know a Princess of Heart has a heart of pure light. Well, now that we've discovered there is such thing as an Anti-Princess of Heart, it extends to pure darkness. Or at least what I've been getting the impression of here. But a Half-Princess? You're literally just a person. That ain't special."

Slowly I stood, clenching my fists, tears gathering in the corners of my eyes, "If there's a title there's gotta be something more to it…"

Kassy fiddled with her hands in her lap, refusing to meet anyone's gaze, "I think she's right, Zelly… Kingdom Hearts is known for it's depiction of light and darkness. And it's adamant on everyone having both light and darkness in their hearts. Only the princesses have a pure of heart. All this time we thought it was only light. But now darkness? That sounds really bad. A heart of pure darkness… Oh 'Lena…"

Elena ran a shaking hand through her hair with an equally shaking breath, "You should be thankful, Haze."

"I'm not thankful! None of us should be thankful!" I couldn't stop the words out of my mouth or the tears that escaped.

"That's not what I meant." Elena groaned, burying her face in her hands, "This is a nightmare…"

Sylvia propped crossed ankles on top of the table, "This is ridiculous. We should be figuring out what happened. How we got here. Why we're here."

Elena looked up from her hands with a weak smile, "I'm so proud…"

"Yeah, yeah." She snorted, putting her hands behind her head, "So, anyone have paper? Or something?"

Elena shook her head, "I think I left my bag near Merlin's chalkboard."

Kassy hopped to her feet, "Be right back then!" She took the small black box from Sylvia's lap, tapping her palm against the button in the middle.

A large tile lowered below and Merlin rose up, "Finished already?"

Kassy shook her head with a small frown, "No, sorry. We need some paper and something to write with. Elena left her bag downstairs."

Merlin's eyes twinkled and he held out said bag, "I thought so. Good luck, girls."

With a symphony of gratitude, he lowered back down before sealing the floor once again.

Elena ruffled through her bag with a shaking hand for a few moments before muttering curses and dumping the bag upside down onto the table. She snatched one each of the many pencils and notebooks.

She scribbled furiously for a few moments. No one dared interrupt. Finally, our ravenette friend's head shot up with a furious look on her face, "Okay first things first. Recount before we fell into a coma. Any weird feelings or whatever. Don't leave out anything. I don't care if it's embarrassing or if you think it doesn't matter. Say it anyway."

Both Kassy and Elena were not happy Sylvia had lied about the dreams. I wasn't surprised. I wasn't happy either, but definitely not surprised. Elena sighed angrily, "Okay whatever. Fine. It's done. We're here anyway. I doubt it matters now. Let's go over after we woke up from the coma. Same thing: don't leave anything out."

Now the anger was directed at Kassy for lying about the incidents with the Heartless. She clutched her hands in her lap, tears gathering in her eyes, head down, refusing to make eye contact with any of us, "I was scared!"

"You should have fucking said something!" Sylvia hissed, slamming both feet on the ground and fist on the table, "Open your eyes, Kassy!"

Kassy sobbed, "I didn't think it would be a repeated thing!"

I had had enough, "Knock it off, Vy-Vy!"

Sylvia's blazing eyes snapped in my direction, "Shut the fuck up. You don't get to say anything to me right now."

"Yes I fucking will!" I screamed, standing abruptly. My chair fell behind me.

She stomped to her feet, "Fuck off!"

Kassy continued sobbing in her chair. Elena scribbled furiously, angry tears starting to leak from her eyes. I couldn't take it anymore. I grasped the chair behind me and threw it at Sylvia.

Sylvia fell in slow motion to the ground with a loud thud that echoed in the suddenly silent room.

Sora's POV

I paced in the room. What were they talking about? Was everything okay? I frowned up at Merlin, voicing my worries.

Merlin shook his head with a grim expression, "It's not for me to say. And they can't say either."

"I was afraid of that…" I sighed quietly. I sat back on Merlin's bed, staring down at my hands in my lap.

It remained silent for the next hour. Finally, Merlin received the signal to bring them back down. I gasped jumping to my feet.

Sylvia had one eye swollen shut, the other with a nasty bruise. Blood dripped down her nostrils and mouth. She held her stomach with a wince. She was limping as well. Her clothes were covered in tears, some spots soaked with blood from various cuts. Elena was limping as well. She held one arm to her chest with the other, wincing. Her breathing was ragged. Her cheeks were red with obvious signs of assault. Hazel looked to be in a very similar condition to Sylvia, but a bit less severe. Kasandra was limping, holding her wrist to her chest, wincing. Her breathing was ragged. Her cheeks were also red with signs of assault.

I rushed to Kasandra's side, catching her just in time as she lost balance. Sylvia spat a scary amount of blood onto the floor. Her voice was slurred, "Miscalculated… May have punctured her lung…"

She proceeded to collapse, her cheek landing in her blood on the floor. Hazel grasped the wall for support, taking a shaking breath in. Elena collapsed on the floor as well, but was still conscious. Cloud rushed to her side.

Merlin let out a breath, "Alright, help me take them back upstairs each onto a bed. I'll be able to heal them there."