//------------------------------// // Onward to Adventure! // Story: Foretellers // by Fear Ripper //------------------------------// The day was December 21, 2012. The Day that the Mayan's had predicted the world would end. The most world had been thrown into chaos an violence, but few have just brushed this matter off and treated it like any normal day, such as the a ragtag group of friends that happened to be hanging out atop of the roof of their high school. “Oh no! The world is gonna end! Ahhhhh!” One of the males in the group yelled, quite sarcastically. He was about average height, blonde with green eyes. He wore a white sleeveless shirt and black pants with a chain on the side. “Cut it out Alex! It’s dangerous to mess around up here!” Yelled a strong female voice. She was tall, taller than the rest of the group. Her eyes and hair were brown, cut short, and she always wore a black jacket over a white T-shirt with blue jeans. Alex stopped his act and stood up strait. “Ah, lighten up Jenny. It’s fine. Besides, if the world is ending then me falling will be the least of our problems. Hehehe.” He said, bearing his signature devilish smile. “You shouldn’t talk like that Alex. Of course we would care if you fell. We’re family after all!” The youngest girl in the group pouted. She had black hair and blue eyes and was much younger than the others around her, and showed it by her My Little Pony shirt and pants, both showing Rainbow Dash on them. But still looked to be around her teen years. Alex’s smile faltered a bit, before throwing his arm around the younger girl's shoulders. “Hah~ I’m sorry Kira. Don’t worry, I’ll be careful.” “Hey guys, I’m back!” Came a voice from behind. He had red hair and yellow eyes. He wore grey jeans and a blue jacket. He walked up to the group with a plastic back in his arms. “Guys! Guess what! When I went to the convenient store they had a new flavor of ice cream. Check it out!” He pulled out a wrapped popsicle, and on the wrapper it said Sea Salt. “Whoa! Cool! It actually exists! You’re the best Dan!” Kira said grabbing the popsicle out of his hands. Dan went around passing the ice cream to each of his friends. The last one going to the one who has yet to speak. His hair and eye color were similar to that of Kira’s and he wore a blue jeans jacket with black pants. “Thanks Dan.” He he said folly. The five of them Sat on the edge while eating their sweet treat. “You haven't really said anything for a while Lan. What do you think about this whole end of the world thing?” Alex asked. “Dunno. Honestly I think people are just gonna panic and make it look worse than it is.” Lan said as he took a bit of ice cream. “Yeah, I agree with bro. It sounds unlikely that the would would just end so suddenly.” Kira agreed. “Totally with you on that. Tomorrow everything will be just the same and today is just a normal Friday. Can you believe that some kids actually believed in that bomb threat rumor against the school? ” Dan said. The rested agreed with the three, and silence took over for a moment. “Hey guys.” Alex called to them, “You know what this reminds me of? Kingdom Hearts!” They looked confused, before they understood “Oh yeah, Roxas and them always ate ice cream on the clock tower didn't they?” Jenny mused. “Yeah! I can’t wait for Unchained X!” Kira said with glee. “Yeah. Looks like another DS game from the leaked pics. But it’s weird, Dream Drop Distance was amazing in graphics, the pics made it look like a Gameboy game.” Dan said. “I don’t know guys. Can a mobile game really be as good as a whole series?” Alex asked “Chain of memories was a Gameboy release, and it was popular. Didn’t really get noticed as much until it came out for PS2 as RE:Chain of Memories though.” Lan said. “Was still good though.” *Rumble* “What was that?” Jenny asked. *Boom* Suddenly, the whole school started to shake. “What’s going on?!” Kira said. “Earthquake?” Alex said. “Quick, take cover under Jenny’s chest!” Jenny punched Alex til he fell down on his side, cursing at him while she hit. “You little perv!” Just then, the ground beneath Alex. Slowly it began to crumble away as he began to fall off the school. “Crap!” Was all Alex could say before falling to the ground below. “Alex!” Lan yelled, trying to reach out to his friend. He was able to grab his hand, but not without being dragged down with him. The others formed a human chain, leaving Kira the one trying to hold onto all of them. “I, I can’t keep up!” She cried as her grip was quickly failing, eventually being dragged down with them. Their inevitable death was at hand. As they fell, they closed their eyes waiting for the immense pain. . .. … But it never came. Lan was the first to open his eyes, seeing his little sister and friends all surrounded by nothing but white for what appeared to me miles. “What the?” Lan spoke. “Were… weren’t we just falling?” The others opened their eyes slowly, and looked at the void in confusion. “Are we floating?” Dan asked. Lan touched the, what he guesses, was the ground beneath him. “No, solid ground… I think?” “Then shouldn’t we be falling?” Jenny said. As if on cue, the group fell on the ground. “Ouch!” They said in unison. “Where are we?” Jenny said. “This is giving me flashbacks to RE:Chain of Memories.” “I don’t know, but everybody stay close. We don’t know what could be here.” Lan said. ”Not what, who.” A voice spoke, seemingly from everywhere at once. Which startled the group. “I’m scared.” Kira cried, as she clung to her older brother. Suddenly, an orb of light approached the group. Lan and Jenny stood in front of the rest protectively. Ready to fight if necessary. “Who are you!? Where is this place?” Jenny demanded. ”Oh, right. This form usually scares most people.” The orb took a human shape. And soon turned into an elderly man dressed in white… golf clothes? “Better?” He asked. The group started at the old man for a moment, before relaxing their guard. “So are you the one who brought us here?” Lan asked, still keeping his guard up. “Yes children. I was actually really eager to meet you five. Not many groups of people stayed together this day, and passed.” Their eyes widened in shock. “P-p-passed?!” Kira yelled. “That means, we died! Is this heaven?!” tears started to well up her eyes. The others expressions became very depressed and disappointed. “Well, no, this place isn’t heaven. I like to call this place The Void, or The Gateway. Both sound nice to me personally. Now, I managed to grab you kids before impact, usually I wait til people fall asleep before picking them up, but in your case I had to hurry. Before I say anything else, guess who I am?” “Considering the knowledge you seem to have about this place and us, along with the power you showed in bringing us here. I’d say it's a safe assumption to guess, you’re god?” Dan said. “That you are right kid. You really are the smart one. Now, guess what all this end-of-the-world junk was about.” “Wasn’t it just about the Mayan Calendar?” Jenny asked. “No, it couldn’t be.” Dan interrupted. “It was a test for humanity to see how they’d react… granted I did that in my younger years… I had a really sick sense of humor back then… anyway, as you can tell since a bomb exploded in the building you were in, people failed in millions.” “You mean the bomb threat was real?!” Alex yelled. “Indeed. So you can see how humanity has reacted to my test. With chaos and violence. I do take responsibility for this, it’s why I picked up people like you. You didn’t do any violence this day, in fact, I’d go and say that you all did amazingly. All five of you stayed together and treated this as any other day. You ate ice cream on a roof just for the heck of it!” “So, what are you gonna do with us now? Send us back?” Lan asked. “Only if you wish. I am offering you all powers, abilities, items, and the chance to see worlds you only ever dreamed of. It’s my reward for those who pass the test.” “So we can go back?” Dan asked. “Yeah, but would we really want to?” Lan asked. This caught the whole group's attention. “Guy’s let’s be real. Even if we did choose to go back there isn’t anything left for us on earth. If we disappeared, would anyone really notice?” The others said nothing, because they all knew very well that what he said was the absolute truth. “He’s right.” Jenny agreed. “This is an opportunity to escape that miserable world.” “And we get to do it together!” Kira added. “If it were only just me here, I would choose to go back because i wouldn't have any of you.” “I agree too. Even if I was offered all the riches in the world, it wouldn’t mean anything without my best friends to be there.” Alex said. “Hah~ I guess if I don’t agree then I’d look like an asshole huh?” Dan said. “Well then,” God said. “What do you wish? This is a group thing, and depending on what you ask you might be able to squeeze more out of me.” The group all looked to each other, and smiled. They were all thinking the exact same thing. “What’s the story for Unchained X!” They all yelled simultaneously. “... Eh?” God said, looking confused. “Well we're all looking forward to this new game before this whole thing. And since we won’t be able to play it, could you at least tell us the story?” Lan said sheepishly. “Hmm…” God thought for a moment. “I’ll do you one better.” With the snap of his fingers, six theater style chairs and a flat screen T.V appeared out of nowhere. “What’s this?” Kira asked. “Well, a little further in the future they made an animated movie about the game, so this should be more entertaining.” God said as he took a seat. The group soon followed suit without hesitation. “Is it in 3D?” Alex asked. *Snap* “Now it is.” God said, placing a pair of Imax 3D glasses over his eyes. (One Movie Later) “WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!” Alex screamed in self inflicted mental agony as the movie ended. “They cut that whisper out…” He said as he pounded his fist onto the ground in frustration. “That had more questions than answers.” Jenny said. “The Spirits looked so cute!” Rika said. “What Ira did was foolish, but I can understand why he did it. He understood that they needed to know about the traitor and brought it to them instead of keeping it a secret. Unlike Gula. But accusing his comrades...” Lan muttered to himself. “Well, now that that’s done.” God spoke, looking at the group. “I take it you will ask for Keyblades?” “Yes” Lan said as the others nodded. “But, I am sure we can all agree with this. We want the powers of the Foretellers.” God rolled his eyes. “I guessed. Sorry if I was rude, let’s just say you aren’t the first, and probably not the last, people to ask for such powers and abilities.” God snapped his fingers, everyone in the group was now dressed as one of the Foretellers. Lan wore Ira’s clothing, Jenny wore Aced’s, Rika wore Ava’s, Alex wore Gula’s, and Dan wore Invi’s (A/N: A male version of Invi's). “Keyblade go with the clothes. Powers you’ll have to find out for yourselves, and you don’t know any spells, but you can learn them… probably should have told that last guy that.” “What guy?” Lan asked. “You might run into him… he’s made a talent of that. So, all that’s left is the world you wish to go.” “Can I chose?” Rika asked, giving her puppy eyes to everyone in the group. “Yes, just keep those deadly weapons away!” Alex joked. Rika walked up to God and whispered wherever it was she wanted to go to him. “Same as the others than. Good enough. When you all awake, you will be where Rika asked for, though it’s not the same as the one you might know.” “Anything we should be worried about?” Lan asked. “Many things. But you’ll find out. Just a warning, everyone who has asked for a Keyblade has gotten themselves into some strange scenarios. Just keep that in mind.” God snapped his fingers, and the group blacked out. Each dreaming about what the new worlds they will see might hold. “May your hearts be your guiding key.”