//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: backstory // Story: When Runes Come // by deathisupon //------------------------------// It was around dinner time when I got to see my family again. Though it wasn't for the sisters that were chasing me. It was because after the chase I went back to training. Taking on heartless is easy enough. But when the heartless is coming from all angles its hard to keep up. It's also hard to keep the fact I'm worried about my family being here a secret. After all if they came here and have keyblades then I'll have to train them while keeping the royal sisters away from keyblades. so it'll be near impossible and I will most likely have to teach five people at once. When I finally notice everyone was staring at me I asked "What?". "We wanted to hear about the Heartless situation from you since you knew the game better than us." My sister re asked. I was confused but went with it. "Well so far every week there has been an attack. either on me or someone with..." I said when I came to a realization that they are here because of the fact that I brought this world the way to defend it from Heartless. They have been attacking everyone with the ability to wield the weapon. When I froze the sisters looked around. "It's nothing. I just found a connection to the attacks. So I'll take my leave now." I said. When I Stood up my Mom followed, leaving everyone confused. We reached the training room where I summoned my keyblade and swung at the Dummy in front. when I finished swinging and took a deep breath. Mom came to me and hugged me. I almost cried then, but it's hard to cry when you've mostly cried so I just hugged her back. "What's wrong Jake? And don't say it's nothing cause I know better." She stated. I chuckled and looked at her. "I realized that I brought the heartless here to this world. They wouldn't have appeared if i ignored that stupid email." I said. I wanted to cry so much right now. but it became hard to do. "What are you talking about? How could you bring them here when you yourself couldn't predict something like this. Would you rather someone else come in your stead?" She asked. "No! I don't want anyone else here at the moment." I replied. thinking about who might have replaced me. "Then prove that you don't want to leave. show me that you want to stay." She said as she pulls out two wooden swords from her bag. the thing about us was our mom taught us how to sword fight. while our dad showed us how to fence. when she threw me a wooden sword, I catch it and begin circling Mom. While mom is circling me as well. We analyze each other to see how much of a difference in our experience changed us. While Mom is still a fully inexperienced fighter for her life. I grew accustomed to the lifestyle of survival. She knew I was better than before. She was more wary than before my arrival here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.O.V. Jaine (Mother) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I saw the Stance of my son lower I realized he has a chance to beat me now. No one could stand a chance against me before all this happened. Now my son is able to stand a chance against me. And to not feel proud of him would mean you are dead. Especially when you are the mother that trains the kids. "3." We tense up. "2" we circle each other. "1" The look in his eyes change. "Begin!" And he appears in front of me. he swings his sword in a downward stroke. I prairie as fast as possible. I stun him for a second. Which is enough time to hit him two times before he blocks the third. He knees me in the gut and I fall. When I stood up he goes behind me and uses the flat end to almost knock me out. since he did more damage he won. "Good job bro!" My daughter yelled to him while running at him and tackling him to the floor while laughing. "So I take this is a regular thing?" Celestia asks while watching the kids. "yep. only problem is his friends aren't here to celebrate with them. His friends loved to come and get into sword play." I said while smiling fondly at the memories. "They were so attached that if you found one friend then you would see the others not far away." The smile disappeared. "When Jake disappeared they called immediately. When I checked my emails I noticed a strange Email. my Husband and daughter told me to check it out. so I did, Behold what happened later that day. we were brought here, all together again. I bet his friends are worried about us as well. I was pretty much their second mother." I said. I was starting to cry when I looked up at the group of arms surrounding me. it was my whole family.