Clouded Advisor
Chapter 1: City Lights
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters involved except Guardian T. Twilight
Sora, Donald, and Goofy made their way through the streets of The World That Never Was, batting away Shadow Heartless as they went. As they rounded a corner they saw a swarm was waiting for them.
"Well, looks like we're on the right track," Sora said as he adjusted the grip on his keyblade.
His companions readied their weapons before the trio dove into the cloud of Heartless. They hacked and slashed their way through, dispersing the Heartless in droves. As the swarm began to noticeably thin the trio gave one final push. Sora brought his keyblade down on a Shadow and it dispersed into black tendrils, but he had not noticed a new figure sneaking along the ground behind him. Suddenly a Neoshadow erupted from the ground, its clawed hand ready to strike.
"Sora!" Donald shouted.
As the young keyblade wielder turned to face this new threat a flash of light cleaved the Heartless in half, dispersing it and revealing a figure crouching in front of Sora.
"What the?"
The figure stood, twirling their weapon so that it rested butt-first on the ground. It was a large white-metal blade mounted on the end of a two-meter shaft of black metal. The figure wielding it had cropped gray hair and wore a gray robe that concealed most of their features, a raised collar hid the lower half of their face.
"You are Sora, are you not?" they asked.
"Uh… yeah. Who are you?" Sora asked.
"My name is Guardian T. Twilight. I have been sent to this World to seek you out."
Twilight glared before lifting their glaive and skewering a Shadow that attempted to attack Sora from behind.
"Perhaps we can finish this conversation later?"
Sora nodded before readying his keyblade and turning on the remaining Heartless. The group dispatched them quickly, and as the last Shadow was crushed under Goofy's shield, the group relaxed.
"So about earlier. You came here looking for me?" Sora asked.
Twilight nodded as they let their glaive drop. The weapon disappeared in a flash of light, and Sora's keyblade did the same.
"My people, the Guardians, are going to war in three months. Our enemies have been gathering powerful allies and we realized that we would need to do the same if we hoped to stand a chance against them."
Sora nodded before putting a hand on his chin as he thought, "I'd love to help, really. But I've got other things going on here that I need to see through first."
Twilight nodded, "I thought you might say that. If you'll allow me, I'd be happy to accompany you until such time as Organization XIII is dealt with."
"You know about the Organization?" Sora asked.
Twilight nodded again, "I came to this World with knowledge of recent goings on. How King Mickey is here too, and that you have come here to rescue Kairi as well."
Sora gave Twilight a shrewd look, "How do you know all this?" he asked.
"My people do thorough research whenever we travel to a World. You see, while we are not keyblade wielders, we protect the Worlds just as adamantly. And as you've no doubt experienced, travelers like us are often not welcome meddling in 'local' affairs. Throughout the centuries my people have made it a point to have our presence be as seamless as possible. In other words, we show up, fix the problem without making a scene, and leave."
"Sounds like what we try to do," Sora said.
"Except we're not very good at it sometimes," Goofy added jokingly.
Twilight gave him a small smile, "With that out of the way, I'd be happy to join you. If you'll have me?"
Sora nodded before extending his hand. Twilight took it and the two shook.
"Welcome to the team."
"A pleasure to fight alongside you all."
The two released their hands before looking up at the castle looming ahead of them.
"What's our plan?" Twilight asked.
"We need to get to the castle. We've been trying to make our way there, but we're getting stopped by Heartless and Nobodies," Sora explained, "Honestly, I'm surprised we haven't been attacked by anyone from the Organization yet."
As he said that, a figure materialized out of a portal of darkness just ahead of them.
"You just had to say something," Twilight said as they summoned their Glaive.
The others readied their weapons as Sora sighed, "Sorry."
"So… you're Sora," The figure said.
Twilight's eyes widened as they heard the figure speak.
"Who are you?" Sora asked.
The figure shrugged before holding out a hand. A black keyblade appeared in it, which made the group tense.
"A keyblade…" Donald said.
They stared each other down before the figure sighed. He lifted a hand and snapped his fingers, and two Samurai Nobodies slithered out of nearby alleys to attack Donald, Goofy, and Twilight.
"What- Hey!" Sora shouted as he saw their attackers.
Before he could move he disappeared in a flash of light. Twilight noticed as they blocked an attack with the haft of their glaive.
"So it's begun."
They shrugged off the nobody before spinning their glaive over their head. They lowered it point-first at the Samurai in front of them. The two stood, patiently waiting for the other to make a move. Twilight moved quickly, darting forward and skewering the Samurai before it had a chance to move.
As they stood up from the attack they looked over their shoulder to see Donald and Goofy dispatching their enemies.
"Where's Sora?" Donald asked.
Twilight shook their head, "He disappeared. I don't know where to."
"Gawrsh, well I hope he's alright," Goofy said.
The trio looked around, expecting Sora to appear any moment.
"What do we do now?" Donald asked.
"We wait. Sora's bound to return soon, and as soon as he does we need to keep moving."
