//------------------------------// // Chapter 20: The Relic of Morality, trial 2 part 2 // Story: When Runes Come // by deathisupon //------------------------------// After falling a few seconds I see the floor quickly coming towards me. I quickly summon my keyblade and stab the wall. making me stop 3 feet or something like that above the floor. I quickly jump down and think to myself 'Now where am I?'. I look around the room to see a Medieval type of gladiatorial arena with some modernized tech like light bulbs. And one end of the room has a giant gate/door, While on the opposite end is a tiny door. "You awake yet?" The mysterious figure calls out to me. "Yeah, I'm awake. Can't you tell since I'm standing?" I mock back. "Cute kid. but this isn't about me, this is about you." the figure says while approaching the controls. "So I'm gonna give you a choice. You can choose the big door, Or you can choose the small door. And The door you chooses will release what you're supposed to fight." He yells. 'If I choose the big door then I might en up fight something fierce. But the small door could send out a family member.' I think. Then a thought appears. "I choose the big door!" I yell. The figure opens the door out came a drake. 'Shit... why is Monster Hunter World a thing in this universe?' I face palm. When I look up I noticed the drake isn't moving at all. Like it's trying to protect something. When I look behind it I see a baby drake. 'The drake isn't attacking because it's trying to protect the baby!' "Whoever you are, I'm gonna kill you! You hear me idiot!"I yell towards the figure. The figure starts laughing. "What makes you think you can get past the drake?" The figure asks. I look towards the drake and see a look of concern and fear. 'I need to earn her trust. but how do I do that?' I start to think of multiple ways to earn her trust but one comes to mind the most. I slowly walk towards it. taking careful steps and trying to get closer without scaring her off. I then reach a hand out and try to calm her down more. "Hey, it's ok. I won't let anyone hurt you anymore. But I need you're help. So will you help me?" I ask gently. After a little bit she puts her head into my hand. "Okay, Now the plan is you fly up to the ceiling and try to break it as much as possible. I will go through the door and head up the stairs. We will end up surrounding our captor, Then you can do whatever it is after he gives us the key/password." I tell the drake and see it get this glint of evilness in her eyes. 'Things are about to get wild.'. "Now!" I yell to the mother. Sending her into action and started breaking the ceiling. I ran towards the door and opened it to see stairs and a elevator. I quickly rush up the stairs and by the time I reach the control room the drake is already staring through the window. The figure runs into me, Making the figure fall and look at me. "Please let me live! I'll do whatever you want just let me live!" The figure yells in terror. "Okay tell us where the key/password for the place is. and where other rings like this one are held?" I asked the figure. "The keys are in the office and as far as I know this is the only arena." The figure said. I smiled and turned. "I said I would let you live not me And the drake. Have fun with him." I say to the drake before I shut and lock the door. The last thing he heard from the figure was a scream of agony. I quickly find the office and get the key. I walk back to the control room where the drake and her baby is. "I will be real quick but there is another door down there that might just be worth checking out." I tell them and press the button. What came out surprised me more than anything. What came out of the room is a couple of humans. "Uhhh. Did not expect them." I say stunned. people exited them and from left to right is Kairi, Axel, Roxas, and Xion. I see them look around confused so I jump down to them. When I hit the ground the all summoned their keyblades and got into battle stance. "Easy there guys. I don't want to fight any of you." I tell them Kairi lowers her guard and walks up to talk. "And how can we trust you aren't working for the one that kidnapped us?" Axel asks. "Well me and the drake just finished toasting him Axel." I say. Getting them all on edge. "How do you know us?" Kairi asks. "Well Kairi, I'm from a different universe obviously. And no Roxas, I'm not gonna say what universe." I tell them. They chuckle at the whole predicting what was gonna be asked next. "Well if you know us then you should probably introduce yourself." Xion says. "Nice point Xion. I'm Jake, The 'self-taught' Keyblade Master." I say as I bow. When I look up to meet their faces their expressions were so good I started laughing. "Boy you guys should see your faces. You guys are fun to hang around. Now if you excuse me I got a drake and her baby to guide out. If you want your freedom back then come with me." I say as i turn and walk away. I hear their footsteps behind me and one of them is catching up. "So Jake why are you here?" Roxas asks. "My BBEG is a jerk and trying to kill me for a reason unknown." I say and he looks at me confused. "BBEG stands for big bad evil guy. And he's probably the reason you four are here." I tell him. A look of understanding crosses his face as he nods. "We were looking for Sora when all of a sudden we were knocked out. So any clue on who this guy is?" Roxas asks me. I shake my head and think. "Sorry but no. But I've beat all his goons he sent me to kill me. I've even got them on my side." I say and turn the corner where the drakes are. I wave at them when I see them. I heard the footsteps from everyone stop. I guess seeing a drake is still scary. I pet the snout of the mothers and say "Let's get a move on. and don't worry about our new friends guess they didn't believe me in the whole drake situation.". I then turned to face the others. "Come on. The way out is up ahead." I yell to them. When they got close enough I turned to the hall way and started going through it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Hour Later -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ah it's nice to be outside again. When I got outside I noticed the surrounding area felt off. I noticed the others also noticed it and started looking around. My instincts kicked in and jumped back as a tiny crater became visible where I was. "Stealth sneaks!" I yell as I was knocked a mile away from the rest. before the others could check on me a little dome appeared around me. Then a DTD opened up and out came a cloaked figure. "So you finally made it Jake." The figure says and I noticed the others are perfectly fine now. As an invisible thing hit me again. sending me into the dome. "You really shouldn't take your eyes off the enemy now." The cloaked figure said as he swung his arm. I then jumped as I see wind slash where I was. So we weren't attacked by a stealth sneak. "Ok who are you?" I ask the cloaked figure. he chuckled and shook his head. "That's a question i'm not answering. Especially to someone like you working for the enemies.". The figure then swung at me again. I dodged and threw my keyblade at him. The battle is on. He dodged my keyblade and swung at me again. I dodged it but he swung again and sent me into the wall. I saw the others banging on the dome to try and help me. I quickly get up and charge at him, swinging multiple times. He dodged them all so easily then he swung his arm at me. the wind hitting me since I was close. I quickly searched through my mind for something to sway the battle. Then it clicked I haven't tried magic. "Lucidity!" The guy in the cloak blew up and his hood flew off. The person I was fighting is my friend Tracy. "Well then... This isn't unexpected." I say looking at Tracy. He reached his hand up and noticed the hood off. "Damn. I didn't expect you to find me out so easily. Especially since I knew me sources for this info I got was wrong. But seriously? You caused me to explode? Well guess I wasn't going easy on you." Tracy said. I laugh and put my arm around his shoulders. He's a little shorted than me so it's cool. In fact I did this all the time with him. "So why did you team up with the BBEG? trying to find us and was sent to 'assassinate' me?" I asked he nodded and laughed. "Well I knew you would be stronger by the fact that when I was given a question to ask for free I asked where you went and what universe. When I read KH I rolled my eyes." Tracy said as the dome vanished. I could feel the confusion radiating off the others. "Oh yeah, Tracy meet the people that was trapped in the arena where we were meant to fight each other but broke out instead. guys and drakes This is my friend Tracy. He's a friend from before the multiverse kidnapped us into it." I say. They are still confused on some parts but they nodded. "Good job Jake. You passed the trial." Says a voice behind me. I chuckle and turn. "Thanks for the fun trial Light." I could feel the eye's of everyone on me. "So what are you gonna do now?" Light asks as they appear before me. "Well I'm gonna continue going after the evil mastermind that keeps sending his pawns after me. Then I'll try to find the other relics after relaxing with my new and old family." I say. They nod at me and smile. "You are worthy of both of both parts of the relic of morality. if you need me pray to me and i'm Apollo." They said as the disappear. "Whelp let's get everyone home I guess. And by home I mean my home. there's people waiting for you there." I say and equip the lunar blade keychain. and turn it into a glider of six. When everyone got on I turned to the drakes and say my goodbye then leave to Equestria.