Chapter 12: Part 2, The Darkest Nigthmare
In the middle of the night one shadowy figure was standing alone at the top of a skyscraper looking down at the city below silently, it was none other than Young Xehanort watching with a cold and dark glare at the city, ready to implement a new strategy...Making his enemies suffer from their dreams... It was more a matter of pleasure than duty, he would make them suffer the darkest nightmares of their lives and he would be watching at the distance enjoying the torment of his enemies. Before proceeding he was still thinking about the gathering he had with his comrades after the defeat of Saix and his near death by the hands of Sora…
Flashback…
Back at the gathering place of the organization, the rest of it’s members (excluding Vanitas and the hooded boy) were waiting in silence for the return of their two fellows, then a corridor of darkness opened and from it Young Xehanort and Saix came out, once the corridor closed Saix kneeled down very injured from the battle, then the other seekers of darkness approached.
“Well, Well, Well, look who’s here?” One of the men said with a cocky tone mocking Saix “You really messed up big time, heh as if, I thought you were more professional” He continued mocking Saix looking down at him.
“Silence!” Saix responded angry at him standing up, but he could barely kept himself on his feet.
“Don’t blame me for telling you the truth man, you really disappointed us tonight” He said as he took two steps back raising his hands in defence.
“Your display tonight was unacceptable, you acted by pure impulse and let your anger loose” Xemnas said to Saix with a serious face which only made Saix even more angrier.
“Don’t talk to me like you’re still my leader Xemnas” Saix said to him trying to suppress his anger, then Young Xehanort stepped in.
“I agree with Xemnas, you should've thought twice before jumping in like that, we all know that Sora and Riku became a more dangerous threat for us with their new powers, I expected more from you, next time it would be best for you to control your emotions” Young Xehanort said with an authoritarian voice scolding him by his lacking control of his anger “Are we clear, Saix?”
“Yes, sir…” He looked down understanding feeling humiliated, not just by how he was defeated but also by the repercussion it had to him.
“Good, now go to recovery, you’ll need to have your full strength back as soon as possible” Young Xehanort said to Saix and he nodded in understanding and he walked away, but with problems, on his way he saw the man who mocked him still with his typical cocky smile still mocking him, Saix could done nothing but glare at him with anger as he took off.
“Hah boy even Saix has his bad days huh?” The men said keeping his tone.
“Even though we suffered another loss tonight, this wasn’t a complete failure, we discovered even more things of Sora and Riku, related with their new powers” Young Xehanort declared to the rest of his men.
“Yes, apparently Riku acquired a kind of sensorial ability that tells him of the whereabouts of his friends, since there was no way he would be able to return to them so fast as well as knowing where to go, we must have to take this into consideration for our next tactic” Xehanort’s heartless said to the time traveler which he nodded in agreement.
“And their powers surpassed our expectations, Sora alone was able to defeat Saix using minimum effort, he was already our greatest threat, but now he getting out of our reach, we can’t let this go on any longer” Young Xehanort said to his fellows.
“Welp, we can simply use the power of darkness to be more equal, can’t we?” The man said to him with his arms crossed.
“Of course we will, but as a way to ensure success in our mission we must do something about their equestrian magic, it might not change a thing at the fated time, but still Sora and Riku are growing stronger than our master foretold” Young Xehanort explained himself clearer to his men, it was then that a corridor of darkness opened and from it Vanitas and his ‘friend’ the hooded boy appeared.
“Sorry for taking long ‘young master’ we were dealing with other stuff” Vanitas apologized in his own way to him.
“Heh wonder what were you two doing” The man said to the dark boys with a sarcastic tone.
“We saw what happened back there, i’m not surprised that Saix would mess up” Vanitas said with his arms crossed with a blunt face “That guy really has rage troubles”
“Sir we have something to inform” The hooded boy said to Young Xehanort.
“Continue then” He said to him in response.
“I’m sure you must have already noticed, but we saw a display of darkness coming from Twilight Sparkle, she nearly killed Flash Sentry” The boy said to him.
“Yes, I was aware that Twilight was still holding a great darkness deep within the shadows of her heart, one that even Sora can’t wipe out completely” The time traveler said to him having knowledge beforehand.
“However we cannot precipitate to use that in our favor just yet” Ansem said stepping in “Her inner demon it’s like a wild beast of nature, even for us it might be difficult for us to control”
“And she almost broke reality so nope, better not use her” The man in black said giving his opinion of the topic.
“Yeah, the Dazzlings suggested that but we said the same” Vanitas said to his superiors.
“Still if we have no other choice we’ll use it against Sora and his friends, but for now we shall leave that alone” Young Xehanort said and his men nodded in understanding.
“And another thing ‘young master’” Vanitas said to him “Replica and I learned something interesting from the Dazzlings, it’s about Twilight Sparkle, I’m sure you would like to hear this” He concluded with an evil smile as well as his partner.
“Is that so? Well then tell me” Young Xehanort said with his arms crossed interested.
Flashback end…
Dark clouds were merging in the sky of the dark night as lightning began to fall from the sky meaning their short-living light behind the skyscraper where the younger Xehanort was standing up looking down the city below keeping the terrifying gaze he was wearing, this act is not just rejoice for himself and his companions in the suffering of their enemies but also as a punishment them for the pitiful defeat of Saix.
“Before continuing on with our mission I shall punish these insolent youths for getting in the way, starting with their beloved ones…” He said in his usual dark tone referring to Sora and Riku “Their beloved girls shall be submerged into the worst, darkest nightmare of them all…” he then snapped his fingers calling forth two orbs of darkness floating to each side of him “...Go” He ordered and the orbs of darkness flew at hight away going into different directions as Young Xehanort watched pleased smiling darkly and laughing in a dark way…
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Sunset and Twilight were sleeping tranquil and happy in their dreams in which anyone can say that their most beloved person is in it...However that would live shortly because the orbs of darkness passed through their windows and dived right into their head leaving a dark aura around their heads, their faces were showing discomfort as the dark orbs began to alter their dreams…
Okay, fun’s over…
An unknown voice was heard by the two of them interrupting their dreams and would only be the beginning…(Music Stops)
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Twilight and Sunset suddenly opened their eyes while lying on the ground, and then they got up from the ground as they wiped off the dust from their clothes, they noticed that they were alone in a completely unknown place without a sign of anyone around, while looking to the surrounding area they noticed that they were in a wasteland with rocky formations in the distance, the sky was completely cloudy and dark, by just standing there they began to feel anxious, scared and stirr.
“Where...am I?” Twilight asked looking around the empty desert just seeing formations of rock in the distance with no sign of other people or civilization for miles and miles, just pure desert, she was completely alone and very scared…
“What is this place? How did I get here?” Sunset asked herself looking around at the badland just to notice that there was no sign of life, just the desert and rocky formations in any direction she was looking at, she was lost in that empty wasteland, alone and scared…
“There’s no one in sight or even a sign of civilization, just desert for miles and miles” Twilight said seeing nothing but the desolated wasteland “And i’m here...alone” She said looking down, but then she clenched her fists and raised her face with a determined frown “No… I won’t give up just yet, there’s gotta be a way back” She said determined tone in her voice and then she began to walk forward trying to find a way back home, from wherever the desert is.
“Nothing in miles, just desert in all directions” Sunset said trying to find something but with no luck at all and she sighed in defeat lowering her face “No people or any sign of life...I am alone” She said keeping her eyes looking at the ground but then she raised her head with a determined frown with her fists clenched “No… This can’t be it. I know there’s a way back home, somewhere” She said keeping her spirit high walking forward for a way back home.
The two girls were walking through the desolated wasteland still not finding any sign of people or civilization but they still kept trying to not lose heart, they knew sooner or later they would find a way back home if they just kept going on, even if they would have to walk miles they still weren’t willing to give up, it was then that they noticed something peculiar on a mountain in the distance, they saw that it was a really big hole on the hillside, they were surprised by this, since they knew there was no way it would come to be like that, something artifical would be what created that hole, but they shook off those thoughts of what would be and they just kept going. On their way back through the badlands they saw something weird once again, it was a crater that was ahead of them the girls approached it to see it closer, it was something very peculiar and unusual that there was a crater around a desolated place like this. Did a meteor fall from the sky or something? They were wondering that, but they could be distracted by this kind of stuff they gotta keep going but it was then that they saw something that shocked them, they found more and more craters in the distance as well as cracks on the ground and rocky formations torn apart, that was something kinda scary to see…
“What the-?” Sunset asked shocked “What is all of this? What happened here? This place is desolated so how come that there a lot of damages to the surroundings?” She couldn’t help but wonder while walking and seeing the scars done at the desert then something picks up her mind “Wait is this some sort of battlefield? Could it be that a huge battle waged here?” She asked to herself wondering that, it makes sense that a place like that would use to be a battlefield now abandoned and desolated with huge damages to the environment, what kind of battle waged here? Who fought here and why? One thing is for sure, on a place like that she could feel the aftermath of the great and violent conflict, the sense of death in the air…
“Damages anywhere…” She said looking in shock at her surroundings seeing great damages made to the wasteland “What happened here? There was some sort of war here? This place sure look like an aftermath of a great war” Twilight said while walking and looking at the damages of this scarred wasteland, she deduced that this place used to be a battlefield of a war that seems to be fought long ago but the question is...Who fought in this so called war? and Why? She couldn’t help but wonder what were the events that transpired here now abandoned and lonely battleground, what kind of destructive and great war was waged here? But still there was one thing clear, by only looking at this horrible scenario she could feel the cold and empty sense of death in the air that was emanating from the ground…
The girls then continued of their way in hopes to find a way back trying to not let the glooming place bring their wills down. However there was still no luck finding any sign of an exit or well anything that tell them that they’re on their way back, just wasteland on and on with no end apparently, but the girls didn’t care, they would not give up just yet even if they would have to walk for hours, the desert sure was huge though. Then a burst of wind brushed in their direction, one that was dragging the dust from the ground creating small clouds of sand, the wind was strong it was pushing the girl back, but they weren’t gonna stop, they raised their arms to cover themselves from the sand, then they continued walking but with difficulty trying to go against the wind’s stream trying to fight back being pushed by the strong wind trying to open their eyes to see where they were walking but it was hard due to the sand that was being taken along the wind it was then that the burst of wind and sand suddenly halted in a mere second making them fall into the ground raising a bit of dust from it.
“*Cough* Cough* Ou…” Twilight moaned hurtful while getting up from the ground wiping off the dust from her clothes.
“Auch…” Sunset moaned by the pain and then she coughed by the poof of sand that was fading around her, then she get up once again wiping off the dirty from herself.
Then from the pitch black sky the sound of loud thunder was heard which made the girls look up to it seeing lightning fall from the sky following by another loud thunder. Then a drop of water fell from the sky and along with it, slowly more drops of water began to fall in continuation as so it began to rain over them, to their annoyance, of course it was a soft rain but it still made the girls irritated.
“Oh great…” Sunset said very irritated seeing that she’s now completely soaked and she then shook by the chills and grabbed her two arms trying to preserve warmth and kept on walking.
“Last thing I need now…” Twilight said very irritated now being all wet, the cold water gave her chills so she grabbed both of her arms trying to keep herself warm and then she kept moving forward.
Then after a few steps ahead something happened... The nightmare started... Right in front of them something that fell from the sky landing a few meters in front of them, in reaction the girls took a few steps back letting out a small yell, they could’ve been struck by that object or even worse, but then they saw clearly (Despite the rain) the object and judging by its shape and size there’s no doubt it was…
“A keyblade?” Sunset said looking at the keyblade that was nailed into the ground.
“Is that a keyblade?” Twilight said staring at the keyblade that almost fell on her.
The two girls were confused by this, a keyblade that just fell from the sky out of nowhere, but more so the looks of the keyblade, it looked uncolored as if it was abandoned long long ago.
“What’s the meaning of this?” Twilight said confused looking at the keyblade that looked to be very ancient.
“I don’t get it, this keyblade seems like it hasn’t been used in a long time” Sunset said confused by this strange event.
However it didn’t stop there…The two girls heard the sound of something that fell from the sky and to their shock more and more keyblades fell from the sky at some distance from them.
“More?” Sunset asked both shocked and confused seeing that the keyblades seem uncolored and abandoned.
“Wh-what?” Twilight asked shocked and confused seeing that the keyblades are at the same state that the first one she just saw.
Both girls were beginning to feel really scared and then they looked up to the rainy black sky above only to see something that would made them gasp in fear and shock making them take more steps back...A rain of keyblades fell from the sky all landing into the ground of the wasteland under the rain, the two of them could only see them falling and landing into the ground with no end in sight feeling shock and scared. Countless keyblades had fallen from the sky to meet up on the ground being nailed in it until it finally stopped the rain of keyblades, even though the drops of water haven’t stopped at all, the girls now saw how different the place was now from before, still it was remaining the same vibe seeing the countless keyblades that just fell from the sky like rain, all uncolored and abandoned state, it had formed a crosspath with the fell of lightning and the sound of a mighty thunder in the background, the girls were completely shocked by this and they walked now into the field of leftover keyblades watching the keyblades both, confused and scared.
“All of these keyblades...there’re so many of them” Twilight said confused and yet afraid at the same time turning her head several times looking into the countless keyblades that were there without an owner at all “What’s happening here?”
“These keyblades are all... abandoned” Sunset said examining the field of masterless keyblades scattered around while feeling confused and scared by watching this place at a moment like this “What’s going on?”
Then both girls remembered the story of the origin of the current universe and they realized where they are gasping in shock and fear…
“This...This must be...Where the keyblade war was fought” Sunset said being even more shocked and scared at the field of countless and lifeless keyblade that once were wielded by keyblade warriors that lived in the age of fairy tales but tragically perished in the keyblade war…
“The keyblade war...must’ve been fought here in this wasteland” Twilight said feeling both shocked and scared by the scene in front of her, the aftermath of the ancient keyblade war that caused the end of the world long long ago in the age of fairy tales, where kingdom hearts was lost to the darkness and the lives of countless keyblade wielders…
“So many keyblade wielders lost their lives here…What a horrible tragedy” Sunset said looking at the lifeless keyblades with her hands near her mouth.
“Too many people perished here and the world saw its end here and this is all that remains of the old world, a scarred wasteland...and a keyblade graveyard” Twilight said looking at the graveyard of lifeless keyblades.(Music Stops)
Then the sound of a thunder made Sunset and Twilight look up to the rainy sky and then suddenly the rain stopped and the clouds above the center of the graveyard dispelled to reveal a heart-shaped moon emitting a light that shone down right at the center of the graveyard, they were surprised by seeing that moon in the sky.
“That moon...could it be…?” Sunset asked remembering the story about the keyblade war and why it was fought over.
“Is that...Kingdom Hearts?” Twilight said remembering what kingdom hearts is while looking at the heart-shaped moon and the light it was emitting.
It was then that before walking into the divine light of Kingdom Hearts something at the corner of their eyes and they turned to see what it was and it turned out to be…
“A heart…? Sunset asked confused seeing that it was indeed a crystalline heart like the ones released by the emblem heartless once they are defeated that appeared out of nowhere.
“Where did that heart came from?” Twilight asked seeing the heart flying into the sky, it was true, there was no one in sight, the place was pretty much lifeless. So how come a heart appeared out of nowhere?
Then the crystalline heart flew into the sky going into the light of kingdom hearts in the sky vanishing into the light of the heart-shaped moon, the girls only watched confused and then they saw more and more hearts flying towards kingdom hearts which shocked them.
“More hearts?” Sunset asked shocked by this as she watched the hearts disappearing into kingdom hearts.
“Where are they coming from?” Twilight asked shocked by this as she witnessed how the hearts vanished into the light.
The girls looked at their surroundings looking for wherever this many hearts are coming from, it was then when they saw it...From one of the lifeless keyblades a crystalline heart popped out and flew out into light to vanish, this shocked them seeing how a heart could be kept in a keyblade...But it didn’t stop there...Soon more hearts began to come out from all the countless keyblades of the graveyard and began to set out to the sky, the girls were really shocked by this as they turned their heads side to side to watch this happening in front of their eyes as the countless hearts began to rise into the sky where the heart-shaped moon was.
“These hearts…” Sunset said being completely shocked of what she was seeing with her own eyes.
“...They must’ve been from all those keyblade wielders that perished here” Twilight said being shocked of what was happening in front of her.
They couldn’t believe their eyes, the hearts from all those who lost their lives here were appearing in front of them as they watched being in total shock at all of this transpiring then a burst of wind brushed from behind them and the countless hearts began to drag along with the wind as if the heart-shaped moon was absorbing them and so it was, all of the hearts then vanished into the light, the girls raised their hands into the sky but then they stopped and lowered them and just stood there watching wishing they could’ve done something to save all those who were lost in the endless oblivion, their sad faces were showing it. Once the last heart disappeared into the light the burst of wind stopped and slowly the black clouds began to cover the moon that was kingdom hearts as it was disappearing into the blackness of the sky, the girls couldn’t do nothing but to watch this and then once the moon disappeared from the sky they looked down in sadness of this lamentable fate.(Music Stops)
“It’s not fair…” Sunset said in a sad tone keeping her gaze at the ground.
“Why…? Why did it have to came to this?” Twilight said feeling sad as she kept looking down.
Both girls stopped for a moment feeling sorry for such a horrible ending for a race of warriors now reduced to just a few-on the edge of extinction. then they sighed and decided to stop feeling sorry for the past, then they raised their heads ready to keep on moving. However they saw something now lying in the center of the graveyard, they couldn’t see clearly what it was, it was just a shadowy silhouette, curious they began to walk towards the center, not knowing that they would regret it… By each step they were giving the object it began to become clearer and clearer to the point that they could almost see something clearly...They saw someone lying on the ground. They walked a bit faster wanting to help whoever that was lying on the ground...But once they were beginning to approach them they halted in total shock paralyzing their bodies because they saw clearly who they were… Their eyes were wide open as their hearts for a moment stopped beating as they were beginning to hear voices in their heads that belonged to their most precious memories…
"...I’ll protect you, nothing will hurt you as long as i’m here, even if I have to use my life to shield you, I swear I’ll protect you"
"Don’t worry Twilight, I won’t go until you get better, I promise"
The girls then began to walk slowly as if they were zombies keeping the same expression on their faces while the voices of their memories kept sounding in their heads…
"...I feel that you’re one of the most special people in my life"”
“...I think I can also think of you as one of my best friends in the universe”
Then the girls began to walk faster and faster by each step until they began to run as fast as they could with their hearts beating really fast until they reach the center of the graveyard where they reached them...it was Sora and Riku lying on the ground with their bodies full of scratches and hits, they were completely injured with their keyblades being nailed into the earth right beside them…
“Sora!!” Twilight said being in total shock as she ran to his side and once she reached him she kneeled down and grabbed him by the back trying to help him “Sora, can you hear my voice? Please wake up!!” She said being terrified by this as she saw that he wasn’t responding.
“Riku!!” Sunset said as the fear in her heart took over her as she approached him as fast as she could and then she kneeled down once she was right beside him and she held the upper part of his body in her arms trying to help him “Riku?! Riku!!” She said completely scared to death seeing he wasn’t responding at all.
It was then that they realized something after seeing none of them were responding at all, they brought their heads right beside their chests to hear their hearts beat to see if they were okay...But(Music Stops)...There was no beat at all… It was then that after not hearing any sound at all their eyes got widened in total shock as their hearts stopped for a moment and their eyes began to be flooded by tears and lightning fell from the sky followed by the roar of a thunder it began to rain once again…
“N-no… This can’t be…” Twilight said as she raised her head once again as she was crying and panting with her voice being broken seeing her beloved still being held in her arms.
“N-no way… No…” Sunset said as tears fell from her eyes under the rain that was above her and her beloved with a broken tone in her voice as tears fell over Riku’s face.
They were seeing right in front of their very own eyes their worst nightmare...Their beloveds were gone… The girls crying out loud embracing as hard as they could at the now lifeless bodies of the boys as their tears kept falling from their eyes being under the rain feeling the worst tragedy in their entire lives.
Do you get it now?
An unknown voice spoken up with a dark and cold tone as the girls kept embracing the bodies of their beloved once still crying under the rain.
Without him you are…
The voice said keeping the same tone.
...In a pitch black hell.
The voice concluded still with the same tone as the lightning followed by thunder falling from the sky as the girls kept the corpses of the boys in their arms with their grip being as tight as possible still crying over them, but then a powerful burst of wind threw the girls away of what was left of their beloved ones falling several meters away from them, they got up still crying and ran toward them once again as fast as possible but things were changing in the graveyard around, everything was being disintegrated as the sky was turning into a blue sea color, the girls didn’t care anything about it they just wanted to get to what was left of their beloveds but then right before they were able to get to them the ground below their feet suddenly disappeared as everything else as well, suddenly everything in the blink of an eye changed from the Keyblade Graveyard to being below the water of the sea. The girls as well as the lifeless boys were suspended into the water, being at just few centimeters from them the girls tried their best to grab them but it was all useless, no matter how hard they were fighting to get to them they weren’t getting any closer, in fact they were being set back by some sort of invisible force, the girls were still crying as they were still trying to get to them fighting with all they got so they could just grab them, but they were still getting farther and farther by every second that passes.
“NO!!” Both girls shouted at the same time still crying out loud trying to get to their loved ones but all in vain as they were kept getting farther and farther from each other.
“SORA!!” Twilight yelled out loud still with tears over her eyes trying to get closer to him but all in vain as she was kept being set back unable to even go near him.
“RIKU!!” Sunset shouted trying her best effort to reach him with her eyes still crying, she tried to get closer to him but all in vain as they were kept being set back from each other.
And so the lifeless bodies of the boys were beginning to dive into the dark depths of the endless sea, the girls tried to prevent it but they weren’t even able to get near them and then to their horror they disappeared into the dark depths of the sea being lost from sight as the girls only watched panting still crying, then they saw a small light shining from the depths that was growing by every second that passed until they saw what it was… It was orbs of light that turned out to be the hearts that belonged to Sora and Riku, they were ascending right at the girls and they tried to grab them with their two hands but right before they could hold them in their hands… The hearts just simply vanished into tiny sparks of light that died down which made the girls cry but this time sounding softer.
“Sora…” Twilight said crying feeling her heart tearing up inside her with a broken tone in her voice.
“Riku…” Sunset said crying as with her heart breaking up inside her with her voice being broken.
The two girls feeling broken inside got into a fetal position letting themselves drift into the sea, but that didn’t last long as they turned around and to their shock and horror behind them there was Young Xehanort glaring at them with his dark gaze, seeing him made them gasp in terror as he extended his hand towards them as he got closer to them, the girls tried to get away but in vain, he was right in front of them unable to escape his clutches, it was then that right before he grabbed them everything turned black…
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Sunset woke up gasping being completely terrified sitting down in her bed, her eyes were full of tears as she was breathing faster as her heart was beating extremely fast, she looked that she was back at her room, it was all a really horrible and dark nightmare, she turned her head seeing her plushy that Riku gave to her the other night, one of her most precious treasures, then she grabbed it and embraced it as tight as possible letting her tears fall over it…
***
Twilight opened her eyes being full of tears gasping completely in horror, then she sat down in her bed seeing that she was back in her room, everything that just happened was just the worst nightmare she could ever have in her life, she then turned towards Sora’s hoodie that was strung up on her coat rack, she was panting as her heart was beating extremely fast, she then got in a fetal position but then she heard the sound of her door being knocked she turned towards her door.
“C-come in” She said as she wiped her tears from her eyes and grabbed her glasses, then the door opened seeing it was her parents and older brother entered in her room as her talking dog was being held by her mother, all of them were wearing worried faces.
“Twily, are you okay?” Her brother asked her being worried about her as Spike jumped on her bed and walked to her side.
“W-what’s going on?” Twilight asked her family confused.
“I woke up hearing your noise and I saw you were having a nightmare, I was very worried for you so I went to them” Spike said to his owner with a worried face.
“Is everything okay dear?” Twilight Velvet asked her daughter worried for her, then Twilight looked down and started to cry once again.
“No…” She began as the tears began to fall from her eyes and this made her family more worried for her seeing her crying “It was horrible”
“What happened?” Night Light asked his daughter very worried for her as he and the rest of the family took seat on Twilight’s bed getting close to her.
“I… I saw Sora dead…” She said to her family with her voice broken still crying and looking down, hearing this shocked her family, mostly Spike and Shining.
“No, it can’t be” Spike said to his owner keeping his worried face.
“Are you sure about it?” Shining asked his sister really worried for her and in response she nodded her head silently which made her parents look at each other with concern in their eyes.
“Listen Twi, that was just a nightmare, it wasn’t real” Spike said to her trying to comfort her.
“But it felt too real for me, seeing him gone… It crushed me inside” Twilight said as more and more tears began to fall from her eyes still sounding broken, seeing her like this made her family feel really bad.
“I get sis, it’s just you’re afraid of losing him forever, right?” Shining said to her with a comforting tone in his voice “I know that you must be really scared of that, i’m also scared that him or Riku would be gone to never come back but we can’t do anything about that, sooner or later they would have to go to fight”
“But I don’t want to lose him!” Twilight said to her brother expressing her fear for Sora which made her brother’s eyes widen a bit but then he regained his composure.
“I know, but you gotta understand, it’s his destiny, it’s his war and you know it” He began keeping the same tone as he put his hand over her shoulder “We can’t do anything but support him and be with him in spirit”
“But, it scares me to death just to think of it” Twilight said to her older brother while bringing her left hand to her chest.
Shining sighed “Well I feel the same here Twily, I also fear that something would happen to Sora and Riku, but their strong, they won’t die, I know for sure” He said to his sister keeping the tone but at the same time sounding serious.
“He’s right Twi, Sora can’t be taken down, if he falls he would rise again, there’s nothing that can’t stop him” Spike said with a frown to her sounding serious too.
“I know but, I’m still scared I would lose him, he means everything to me, more than my own life, I would feel empty and incomplete without him” Twilight said looking at her hands and bringing them to her chest as she lowered her head.
“We understand how much he means to you, but you can’t hold him back and you can’t ask him to not go away because he would have to” Her mother said to her daughter in a compressive tone knowing how much was over Sora’s shoulders and his duty as well as how special he is to Twilight.
“And besides he’ll be just fine, his quest is to go find allies to fight back the darkness so he won’t be alone when that time comes. Remember he promised you that he’ll come back and i know he didn’t just said it to make you feel better, he said it ‘cause he meant it” Shining said to his younger sister keeping his tone knowing that Sora never breaks his promises.
“But still… I don’t want him to go, I just want to be by his side because I would feel alone without him” She said to her brother still feeling the heartaches within her with her eyes still watery.
“Yes I know that, but the reason why he would want you to not go with him is because he wants to protect you, he cares a lot for you, he doesn’t want you to get more involved in his struggle more than you already are” Shining said to his sister putting his hand on her shoulder once again.
“And besides Twi, you won’t be alone even if he’s not around, it’s just like he says, he’ll always be with you when it matters the most, in your heart, as long as he’s in there you won’t be alone, he’ll be by your side no matter how distant you are from each other” Spike said with a determined frown reminding her of Sora’s words.
“I know… I know but, it’s still not enough for me…” She said with a sorrowful tone in her voice “I want to see his smile… And hear his voice…” She said through the tears of sadness that fell from her eyes as she brought her hands to her chest once more looking down once again. Her family couldn’t help but feel sad about her seeing her like this like the dark days she has been through before.
“It’s alright dear, it’s okay that you feel like that about Sora, but you have to accept it if you want to be at peace with it, that way Sora will know that you are okay, it might be hard for him as well that’s why he wants to see you okay before going” Night Light said to his daughter trying to console her.
“We’ll be here to get you through this, after all that’s what family are for, right” Twilight Velvet said to her daughter with a soft smile trying to make her feel better.
“Right” Twilight said to her mother still with tears in her eyes but trying to get over it.
“Please, don’t cry sis, we don’t want you to see you like this” Shining said to his sister with a consoling tone and a worried expression.
“A-alright” Twilight said as she wipe out the tears of her eyes “Thank you for coming” She thanked her family glaring at them.
“You’re welcome and if you need something we’ll be here for you, okay?” Her father said to her with a soft smile on his face.
“Okay” She said in response with a nod and then her parents and brother left her room with soft smiles on their faces showing her their support and they exited the room closing her door leaving her and Spike.
“Just try to forget about that Twi and go back to bed, okay?” Spike said to his owner still showing concern for her.
“I’ll try but I think I won’t be able to sleep for now” She said to her pet still with the same face.
“It’s alright, I won’t go anywhere, I’ll be here until you feel better” Spike said to her with a consoling tone.
“Thanks Spike” She thanked him while petting him and then Spike closed his eyes still being right beside her and fell asleep as Twilight could just stare at Sora’s hoodie and then once again got into a fetal position.
Under the blackness of the sky, there was still Young Xehanort standing over the skyscraper looking down at the city with his dark expression that suddenly changed into an evil smile somehow knowing now that their enemies were suffering making his task of pleasure and then he left laughing darkly in a corridor of darkness.
Back at the Gummi Ship were Sora and Riku sleeping tranquilly but suddenly they turned in their bunks showing nonconformity as if they were feeling something was wrong.(Music Stops)
***
The next day arrived really early in the morning in Sweet Apple Acres. The Apple family was working on the farm with their usual chores like collecting apples or feeding the animals, ect. As the sun was rising higher in the sky the others were arriving, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo came along with them wanting to play with Applebloom. Around an hour passed as the girls were helping the family to help Applejack finish up with her duties faster they were also talking while waiting for Twilight, Sunset, Sora and Riku who haven't arrived yet. The five girls decided to take a little break at the shed besides the house of the farm, where they usually gather when they meet there.
On the road towards the farm there was Twilight and her dog walking silently that was making feel Spike a little awkward seeing that Twilight was having her face with an off look while she was holding Sora’s sweater in her arms.
“Hey Twi… Uh how are ya feelin’?” Spike said to his owner trying to make conversation trying to lighten up her mood seeing that she was still affected by what happened last night.
“Huh? Oh yeah i’m okay” Twilight said to her pet looking down at him sounding off having her head in one place which made him worried for her.
“C’mon Twilight, get over it, it was just a nightmare it wasn’t real no matter how much it felt, you can’t make a whole deal about it” Spike said to her trying to help her sounding comforting but at the same time firm seeing that she couldn’t stop thinking about it.
“I’m trying Spike, really. I just need to keep my head busy that’s all” Twilight said to him still sounding off but she was right, maybe a day with friends is just what she needs to forget about it. Then the two of them arrived at the farm and the first thing they do was going straight to the shed where their friends were waiting for them, they got to know them well enough to know they would be there, when they entered the others greeted them with a smile on their faces and in response they did the same however Twilight was still feeling blue but she hid it under a fake smile on her face, but her friend noticed there was something off about her.
“Hey Twi, are you okay?” Rainbow asked her seeing there was something weird with her.
“Yes dear, you seem like you didn’t sleep well at all” Rarity said to her with a concerned face.
“Oh yeah, just a bad night, that’s all, don’t mind it I’m okay, really” Twilight said in response not wanting to tell them about the nightmare or to worry them, but Spike stared at her with a worried face.
“Well if you say so” Fluttershy said to her as she picked Spike up into her arms.
“Hey isn’t that Sora’s hoodie?” Pinkie asked her seeing it in her arms.
“Oh right, Sora loaned it to me last night and well I forgot to return it” Twilight said slightly blushed feeling a little shy.
“Ah I see, looks like things are going smoothly with him, huh?” Rainbow teased her with a sly smile on her face which made her look to the other side timidly more blushed with a soft smile, this time being sincere then Spike smiled by seeing this.
“Y-yeah, sorta” She said still keeping the expression playing with her hair.
“Huh, she seems better if she thinks about Sora. That’s it, she just needs to talk to him to get that dream out of her mind” Spike thought having an idea of what might help her feel better, but then she stared back at her friends seeing that Sora wasn’t there with a worried face.
“A-and Sora? Isn’t here yet?” Twilight asked sounding a bit worried.
“Nope, he’s not, but ya shouldn’t be surprised since ya know he’s not a mornin’ person” Applejack answered her.
“Yeah, Riku is probably trying to wake him up by now” Rainbow said to her with her arms crossed.
“Alright, guess i’ll just wait for him” Twilight said to her friends as she then took a seat.
“Look dear, I know you love him a lot but you must give him his space at times, trust me boys also need their space” Rarity said to her giving her advice which in response she just nodded still with her face being off which her friends were beginning to be worried about
“Say Twi, did you see Sunset on your way here? She’s not here yet either” Pinkie asked her trying to make conversation with her.
“No, I didn’t” Twilight responded shaking her head.
“That’s weird, she tends to not be late, hope nothing bad could’ve happened to her” Fluttershy said feeling worried about Sunset. It was then Sunset just arrived but her face was looking just like Twilight’s off and with not much of a mood to do anything.
“Hey girls…” She greeted them keeping the same expression but they all, including Twilight looked at her with concern she seems worse than Twilight.
“Hey, you okay Sunset? You seem like you haven’t slept the whole night” Rainbow asked her with a worried face.
“I’m okay, I just had a bad night, that’s all, i’m fine don’t worry” Sunset said to them not wanting to worry them.
“So you too, huh?” Twilight said to her “Well I also couldn’t sleep well last night”
“Yeah, but I don’t want to talk about it” Sunset said waving her hand, then she noticed that Riku was nowhere to be found which made her worried.
“And Riku? Where is he?” She asked her friends sounding slightly worried for him.
“He and Sora haven’t arrived yet, but knowing them they must be close” Rainbow answered her.
“Oh okay” Sunset said to her “Then I’ll sit down and wait for him” She concluded as she took a seat as well.
“Gee, What’s gotten into you two? Both of you are acting weird about the guys” Rainbow said with her arms crossed to both Twilight and Sunset feeling a bit bothered by the way their acting about Sora and Riku.
“Yeah, looks like love is beginning to affect you in the head or something” Pinkie said to them feeling the same.
“Listen Sunset dear, boys also need their space sometimes, I said to Twilight here” Rarity repeated the same advice to Sunset, but she just looked down without responding, the girls were beginning to get worried for them and Spike began to think if Sunset had the same kind of nightmare that Twilight had with a worried face.
Back on the main road towards the farm of the Apple family Sora and Riku were walking with their usual clothing, Riku was wearing a smile on his face and he was feeling very cheerful today, more than he usually does, he was very happy about his dream last night and wishful to see Sunset again, Sora on the contrary he was having his head somewhere else, he was having his hands in the pockets with a thinkful face still confused about his dream last night and his feelings still being all mixed up.
“Hey Sora” Riku called his attention still keeping the smile on his face.
“Hm? What’s up?” He asked him.
“Still thinking about your feelings for Twilight and Kairi? I told you man, you have to let it be for now, you’ll find the answer later on, I’m sure of it” Riku said to him sounding positive still wearing the smile on his face which made Sora chuckle.
“This is weird, ya know?” Sora said with a smile on his face.
“What do you mean?” Riku asked him not getting what he was saying.
“Well I’m usually who's feeling cheerful all the time and with a good mood and you being serious almost all the time and just now the roles are inverted, it’s kinda funny” Sora said still with the smile on his face and that made Riku chuckle as well, it was true that it was a little odd to see them acting like the other would usually act.
“Welp I’ve been becoming more cheerful lately with all of this and I guess I feel in a good mood today ‘cause I got a good night of sleep” Riku said back to him keeping the smile.
“Well I sure know why you’ve been feeling that, eh?” Sora said with a sly smile elbowing him which made him chuckle a bit.
“Nah, knock it off” Riku said still smiling and then the two best friends laughed for a bit still walking.
“It’s good to see that you’re getting that way man, even you still sounded positive when you woke me up, you sure were in a hurry to see Sunset again” Sora said keeping the smile with his arms crossed.
“Well I can’t say you’re not right and besides we promised we would come here, you know that farmers woke up with the sun so you knew we would have to come at this hour of the morning” Riku reminded him still smiling.
“Yeah, but you know how I am” Sora said keeping the smile as he shrugged.
“But seriously Sora, you gotta stop thinking about that stuff of your feelings for the girls, you know what your heart will want, trust me, don’t let yourself get lost with that kind of stuff, that’s not you at all, you must keep yourself in reality” Riku said to him with a smile and a brotherly tone as he put his hand on his shoulder.
“Yeah…” Sora said to Riku looking at the sky smiling “You’re right man, it’s not my thing to think too much about stuff, it gives me headaches, I won’t let that mess up another good day”
“Now that’s my best friend, just a bit of work at the farm and then another day of fun with the girls and Spike of course” Riku said to Sora giving him a pat on his back which made him chuckle.
“Ya know man, thinking about it now it’s a bit weird that we’ve been hanging out with the girls and it isn’t awkward or weird at all” Sora said to him looking back at all the this them hanging out with their friends.
“I guess, but I suppose they do their girl stuff when we’re not around” Riku said still smiling as he shrugged.
“You might be right” He said in response then they both arrived at the main entrance of the farm “Guess this is the place” He said as both of them looked at the farm, the barn the house, the animals and its huge orchard of apples.
“Welp let’s go meet the others” Riku said as both him and Sora proceed it was then they saw the three little girls playing around like they usually do, not know where to go they approached them.
“Hey there kiddies, it’s been a bit” Sora greeting them with his usual smile as Riku was following suit.
“Oh hey there guys, how ya been?” Applebloom asked them with a smile.
“Everything’s fine, what are you doing?” Riku asked them with a smile.
“Just playing around, you here to help out the Apple family?” Sweetie asked them.
“Yup, that’s right” Sora responded with a nod “So where’s the others?”
“At their usual stop, the shed over there” Scootaloo said to them pointing towards the shed of the house.
“Alright, thank you, see ya later” Sora said to them with a smile as he began to walk toward the shed.
“Don’t get in trouble now you three” Riku said with a smile as he rubbed Applebloom’s head and then he began to walk to the shed.
“We won’t” She said in response keeping the smile on her face “You two have fun with you know who” She concluded with a teasing tone which made both of the boys confused.
“Hey do you think those three know about your thing with Sunset?” Sora asked him wondering what did the little girl meant.
“Guess the others must’ve told them” Riku suggested as he shrugged.
“What would she mean about me?” Sora said confused of who would she might be referring too and Riku gave him a blunt face seeing he’ll be dense about the obviousness of Twilight’s feelings for him.
“It’s a real mystery” Riku said in a sarcastic tone as he rolled his eyes to the other side. Then they entered the shed with smiles on their faces.
“Hey everyone, good morning” Sora greeted the girls and the dog with a smile.
“Mornin'” Riku greeted them with a smile as well, but before the others would say hello to them Twilight and Sunset rushed to them with worried faces.
“Sora!” Twilight said getting near him which surprised him.
“Riku!” Sunset said quickly approaching him which he wasn’t expecting.
“Are you okay?” Twilight asked him looking if he wasn’t injured sounding really worried.
“Are you hurt?” Sunset asked him looking for any sort of wound on him very worried.
“Whoa whoa, easy there” Sora said taking a step back feeling uncomfortable.
“We’re okay, why wouldn’t we?” Riku asked feeling confused at their suddenly over worried acting.
“Oh um, no nothing, never mind that” Twilight said regaining her composure as well as Sunset both feeling ashamed.
“What’s gotten into you two now?” Sora asked both girls seeing that their acting weird which Riku was aware of as well, the others were just looking silently not wanting to meddle in this.
“Nothing, really” Sunset answered once again sounding off which made Riku worried for her, he knew that there was something wrong with her as for Twilight she just looked down with her face being off once again which made Sora worried for her, then Sora and Riku looked at each other feeling concerned about this.
“The real question here is, are YOU TWO okay?” Riku asked worried for both girls as well as Sora.
“Yeah, now looking at you, you seem like you haven’t slept at all” Sora said worried for them as well.
“It’s nothing guys, just a bad night, that’s all, please don’t worry” Twilight said to both boys trying to hide what was happening to both herself and Sunset but the boys knew there was something really wrong with them mostly Riku that through his sensorial powers he was able to sense how there were actually feeling.
“They’re...scared to death, but why? There’s nothing bad going on around as far as I know” Riku thought sensing their great fear and yet not understanding why they were feeling like this.
“Anyway, let’s start off again” Sora began “Sorry for being late girls”
“Right, it took me time to wake up this slack off” Riku said with a smile as he gave him an elbow which made him chuckle in response.
“Well yeah, you all know how I am” Sora said as he shrugged with a smile which made the others giggled a bit and even Sunset and Twilight gave soft smiles.
“Um Sora?” Twilight called his attention which made him turn to her “Here” She then extended her two hands that were holding his sweater.
“Oh right, my hoodie. Heh I guess I forgot to take it back last night” Sora said as he rubbed the back of his head with a smile slightly blushed.
“Oh n-no, no at all Sora, I was the one who forgot to return it to you” Twilight said a bit blushed as she shook her head.
“Welp, next time i’ll make sure to not forget it” Sora said keeping his smile as he took back his sweater from her and then proceeded to tie it up around his waist “Thanks for returning it Twily”
“No worries” She said to him with a soft smile a bit blushed, then Riku walked towards the others.
“Hey” He called out to them in a low tone “What’s with Sunny and Twilight today?”
“I dunno man, there’s something wrong with them, I just know it” Rainbow answered him with the same tone.
“But you shouldn’t worry, maybe they just need to pass the day with us and I think they’ll be fine” Spike said to him being in Fluttershy’s arms.
“Let’s hope so” Riku said now staring at Sunset that was sitting looking down still with her face being off. Then Applejack stood up ready to speak up.
“Alright everyone, we’re all here so let’s get ta work so we can finish this quick” Applejack said to her friends and in response everyone nodded to say yes.
Then everyone moved out of the shed and began to go back to work as for Twilight, Sunset, Sora and Riku they were given their chores of the farm: Head to the orchard and help recollecting apples, Twilight and Sunset were following suit of Sora and Riku being no more than 1 step behind as Spike was walking right beside his owner, Sora and Riku were feeling like they were invading their personal space a bit, it was weird for them to wanting to be really close to them, and they didn’t even want to be separated from them, not even one single step due to their nightmares they left them really affected, they only wanted to be as close to them as possible and make sure their safe and sound, Sora was confused at this but Riku was trying to figure out why they're suddenly beginning to act like this, but still he felt that maybe being around them was making them feel better. Before proceeding into the orchard the two boys had the chance to meet the other relatives of Applejack and Applebloom, their Granny Smith, which surprised a bit them seeing that she was also the lunch lady back at the school, and their older brother Big Macintosh which wasn’t much of a talker but the two boys saw that he was a nice guy. The four teenagers and the dog arrived to the orchard with baskets to recollect apples, one per teenager, even Spike was dragging a wooden cart that was tied to his tail to help out.
“Alright, time to work a bit of magic” Sora said with a smile as he held the basket in his underarm while rubbing both of his palms against each other.
“Let’s get this over with” Riku said as both him and Sora got ready to use their powers to finish things off quickly but then they were cut off by the sound of a voice behind them.
“Eenope” The teenagers turned around and saw that the one who said just that was Big Macintosh and the rest of the apple family was with him.
“I’m sorry but if ya two are gonna work here, you ain’t use yer fancy tricks” Granny Smith said to the two boys in a very serious tone, to be an old lady she sometimes can be a little scary.
“Yeah, you have to collect the apples with nothin’ more then the g’ ol efford” Applebloom said to them wanting to make clear what her Granny said as for Applejack she was rubbing the back of her neck a little ashamed with the two boys.
“Sorry guys, I didn’t tell ya ‘cause I thought you wouldn’t come here” She said to them as she shrugged “But that’s how things work ‘round here so you gotta do the same”
“Alright, if that’s how the game is, then we’ll play by the rules” Riku said to the Apple family understanding their custom.
“Yeah, we have no trouble with that” Sora said with his usual smile agreeing with the farmers.
“Good, now you two get to work, ya have a lot of apples to harvest” The old lady said to the two boys as she began to walk back to the house “And better don’t catch cha using your tricks!” She said to the two of them sound very serious again pointing at them with her finger which made them feel a bit of precision, they wouldn’t like to get in any sort of troubles.
“Don’t worry, we won’t” Riku assured her keeping the cool.
“Yep, just the good old effort” Sora said sounding a bit nervous, he really dislikes to get in trouble with old people, like anyone would actually. Then the old lady nodded in confirmation and then she took off.
“Good luck” It was the only thing that Big Macintosh said before he took off to his own duties.
“Geez, not to offend you girls, your granny is nice and stuff, but sometimes she can be a little... Well ya know” Sora said to the two sisters trying to not sound mean.
“I know, but trust me, she’s a sweet lady” Applejack said to him with a smile.
“At least when she’s not mad” Applebloom said to him as she shrugged.
“Welp guys, you heard her, get to work, the faster you work the sooner we can hang out” Applejack said to them.
“Yeah, and remember: No magic” Applebloom said to the two boys pointing at them wanting to sound serious but then her older sister grabbed her by the hand.
“You also have work to do young lady” Applejack said to her little sister as she was dragging her by the hand.
“Alright alright!” She responded to her sister as the others saw them took off, both Sora and Riku couldn’t help but chuckle a bit by seeing the way the two sister interacted with each other.
“Heh what a colorful family” Sora said with a smile.
“That sure is AJ’s family alright” Riku said with a smile as well.
“Yep, that’s the Apple family for ya” Spike said with a smile as well, however both Sunset and Twilight only remained with neutral faces in silence but one of them decide to break it.
“I agree that you two don’t use your powers, you might get hurt or cause a disaster” Sunset said to them, to be more exact to Riku sounding worried.
“‘Get hurt’?” Riku repeated what Sunset just told him sounding confused “Since when you’re worried of us getting hurt? Especially at this point when you know what we’re against” Riku was noticing something was wrong with Sunset as well as Twilight, even if she didn’t say a word.
“...N-no, never mind all that” Sunset said to him sounding sad which made Riku get worried for her.
“Uh guys?” Sora called his friends seeing that apparently something delicate was going on “Can we work now? I want to finish this up quickly”
“Yeah, good idea” Spike said agreeing with him seeing that the two girls are not fine, but maybe passing the day would help them get those thoughts out of their mind.
“Welp, if we can’t use our powers then we’ll simply collect apples the old fashioned way” Riku said to Sora then he made a high jump towards the cup of the tree in front of them and he sat on one of the branches and began to pick up the apples and gathered them in his basket.
“Right” Sora said with a nod then jumped to another tree doing the same and began to recollect apples in his own basket.
“Just be careful Sora” Twilight said to him being below him with a worried face.
“Uuh… Alright?” Sora said feeling a bit confused by the way she was acting while gathering apples.
“Seriously, what’s with you two today?” Spike asked to both girls “You two are not yourselves today”
“It’s nothing Spike, really” Sunset said to him but he knew she was lying as for Twilight she just looked in other direction not wanting to respond which made him worried for her. A while passed and both Sora and Riku finished collecting apples in their respectives baskets as for the two girls, they were just staring at them without moving afraid they might fall from the trees and get injured, it was something really unusual seeing them act this way, then both boys got down from the trees with their baskets full of apples that they deposited in the cart that Spike was dragging.
“Okay guys, keep it up until this cart here is full” Spike said to them reminding them their chore and so the boys nodded in response, then Sora noticed that both girls haven’t gotten to work at all they were just simply staring at them.
“Uh you girls know that you can also collect apples, right?” Sora said to them sounding a little awkward.
“Yeah, why don’t you two get to work so we can finish faster?” Riku suggested them wanting to finish with their chores.
“Um alright” Twilight said to them feeling a bit embarrassed.
“Yeah, be right back” Sunset said feeling the same then both girls walked towards nearby trees and began to recollect apples but sometimes turning their heads to watch the boys, they didn’t want to be separated from them, despite being a few meters away, not after their traumatic experience.
“Hey Spike, any idea of what’s with the girls today? They are acting very weird, and not the usual kind of weird” Sora asked to the talking dog being worried for the girls.
“Sorry, no idea, I’m also worried for them” Spike said to him with a worried face “Let’s just try to pass the day, maybe they need just that to get off whatever is with them”
“Alright then” Sora said to him, but he couldn’t stop but still feeling worried of the girls.
“Let’s just keep working, okay?” Riku said to him putting his hand on his shoulder trying to not make him think about that and Sora nodded in response but Riku was sensing the still existing fear that was in the hearts of the girls, he could only hope that it might go away by itself or else he would have to speak with them later. A bit of time later the teenagers finished the harvest of apples filling up the wooden cart and then they began to walk back the farm, but the girls were still acting weird, the boys and the dog were getting worried for them but they tried to not mind it hoping it’s really nothing like they said. Once they returned to the farm they saw the others there as well, they thought that they also finished with their chores as well.
“Oh hey guys, I see that y’all finished yer chores” Applejack said with a smile to her friends” Ya did good, how ‘bout a snack before we hang out?” She kindly offered pointing towards a basket with apples and a cooler with their famous fizzy apple cider.
“Cool, thanks AJ” Sora said with a smile accepting her offer as he walked towards the snacks.
“Yeah thanks” Riku said with a smile doing the same. Each boy picked one apple and a drink, they actually enjoyed the apples from Sweet Apple Acres, those were the best apples they ever tasted as for the cider they found it really tasty as well as very fizzy. Applejack turned her head to see that neither Sunset or Twilight moved.
“Hey, don’t you wanna eat?” She asked them.
“No thanks” Sunset responded to her shaking her head.
“Me neither” Twilight said denying her friend’s offer which Applejack found really weird, they usually say yes to take a snack. Ten minutes later everyone finished their snack and now after they finished the farm chores the group of friends was ready to hang out.
“Seriously guys, thanks for helping me today, Ah’ wouldn’t have finished my chores this fast if it weren’t for y’all” Applejacked thanked her friends with a smile on her face.
“Heh no worries AJ, happy to help” Sora said to her with a smile as well and the rest of her friends excluding Sunset and Twilight agreed with him smiling.
“That’s what friends are for after all” Riku said to her keeping the smile.
“Alright everybody, time to hang out!” Pinkie declared with her usual big smile.
“Yeah!” The others except for Twilight and Sunset said in agreement with smiles on their faces and so the gang began to make their way back at the city but then while walking Sora, Riku and Spike noticed that both Twilight and Sunset were still with a gloomy look on their faces and being lost in thought. The little dog looked with worried eyes at his owner as Sora and Riku looked at each other both confused and worried for them seeing their attitude hasn't changed at all, but all the same the gang moved out from the farm into the city.
***
The group of friends where now at the city park where there was a lot of people walking, children playing, ect. The teenagers were talking amongst themselves in a bench, everything pretty casual and normal, however Twilight and Sunset weren’t talking too much, almost nothing which was concerning their friends but tried to ignore it hoping later that would wear off, even though Spike, Sora and Riku were more concerned than the others, if they don’t get any better they would have to do something.
“Hey girls, now that I think about it, how were the last games?” Sora asked to the girls wondering what exactly happened back then as Riku nodded in agreement.
“Oh right, you guys didn’t see any of that crazy stuff” Rainbow said to the boys.
“Yeah, it all was pretty crazy and weirder than usual” Applejack said them as well.
“So what happened?” Riku asked the girls.
“Well these reaally creepy vines began to pop outta nowhere causing the people to get scared, it was really scary” Pinkie said to them remembering what happened back then but the two boys seems confused about it.
“Vines that pop out of nowhere?” Sora repeated confused, both him and Riku saw a lot of things weird in their journeys but they don’t recall seeing something like that.
“Yeah guys, you see when Twilight began to extract the magic from the girls here and used it to cheat it began to make holes in reality, creating small portals to Equestria, the vines came from there” Spike being in Fluttershy’s lap explained better to the two boys.
“Oh right, makes sense” Riku said getting it but Sora had a serious expression on his face remembering that the cause of the damage to reality were made by Cinch in the first place “But don’t worry that won’t happen again, since there’s no longer that device it’s impossible to make any more damage to reality anymore, or at least I hope so”
“Say guys, since the organization is having their sights on us, what do you think they might do at the games?” Fluttershy asked being scared just thinking about the organization that was hunting them.
“Anything pretty much” Sora said as he shrugged “Maybe heartless and nobodies will attack during the games, so Riku and I will keep our eyes open and if we see some enemy’s nearby we have to get rid of them on the spot”
“We can’t let other people know of their presence, that’s what the organization wants, chaos so they might do all they want and we won’t be able to be aware of that, also it’s a fact that they might use people on the side of darkness, we now know that the dazzlings are working with them so it’s not out of the table that most likely they might also convinced Cinch to work with them” Riku said to them as well.
“That wouldn’t be surprising at all, the women’s insane” Spike said with a frown on his face.
“Yeah, you’re right there” Sora said with a frown on his face as well. Then he turned to see Twilight who was right beside him, she didn’t seem too much concerned by the mention of Cinch, rather she was lost in her thoughts but of course enough aware to know when Sora’s close of her, the same goes for Sunset being near Riku, none of them talked unless someone does talk to them, they were still off and melancholic, Riku was still able to feel their inner fear but also he could see there was something in their heads that was bothering them from everything else except for himself and Sora.
“Anyway guys, the next days will be very important but also very critical” Riku began “What just happened the last few times was just the beginning and we have to be ready for anything that the organization will do” He concluded with a determined frown on his face and his friends nodded in understanding, even Twilight and Sunset.
“But as longs as you two are around we know that you’ll save the day” Spike said to the boys with a smile and they nodded in agreement smiling as well as the rest of the girls, except for Twilight and Sunset once again smiled as well then Sora looked concerned at Twilight seeing that she’s still melancholic.
“Hey Twily, you okay?” He kindly asked her “You still seems outer space”
“Huh? Oh yeah Sora, don’t worry I’m just thinking about something, please don’t worry” Twilight answered him turning at him wanting to not be worried about her since she was caring more for him, however he knew she was lying. Seeing this Riku turned to Sunset looking the same then he sighed in defeat knowing that even if she asked her what is wrong she won’t just tell him, the others were worried for them as well, the boys knew they have to do something about this since this wasn’t right at all.
***
On the roof of a building overlooking the park there was Vanitas and Young Xehanort watching over the teenagers with cold and dark gazes.
“Heh look at those two girls, you really gave them the nightmares of their lives, you really are turning more and more into the master I know” Vanitas said to him with a dark which made the younger Xehanort draw a dark smile on his face.
“I’m just following my predestined path” He said to him in response keeping the smile but then it turned into a serious expression “In any case I hope you’re right about your theory”
“‘Course I am ‘young master’” Vanitas assured him with a serious face as well “After what the Dazzlings told me and replica, it’s the only thing that made sense, I wouldn’t have brought you here if I haven’t thought of it very well”
“Very well then” Young Xehanort said to him keeping the expression in his face expecting nonetheless that he was right with his conjecture.
“Don’t worry, we just have to wait for Sunset Shimmer to say something about her, and I know she will, after all she’s her friend after all” Vanitas said with a dark smile on his face.
“And if that’s the case, then all pieces would be gathered” Young Xehanort said to him with a dark tone in his voice.
“Yeah, no more plot holes” Vanitas said keeping the dark smile. The two seekers of darkness just stood there and watched the teenagers awareness of being spied on wanting answers of a certain someone…
To be Continued...
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I have a feeling i know where this is going, but I won't jump to conclusions yet. Awesome chapter, can wait to see what's next.
8033772 heh thanks
and trust next chapter is a very special one, look forward for it
8033946 but in this chapter would appeared Luxu, because in the 0.2, he show the Master the event after the Keyblade war
So Xehanort and Friends are hijacking people's dreams and doing some Freddy Krueger'ish shit
What's next
Sending Xigbar to shoot at them while Sunset and Twi lie helpless in their knees
Okay too dark
8050418 i got something sorta close, not to dark of course
8050839
I can't wait
Since all the other KH fics are on a long hiatus
8051064 doing it the best i can but i'm busy with the collage so it might take a bit
8051766
No prob
I've been Patient for Kingdom Hearts III, so a fic like yours can wait
8052202 I am from Perú, and I am making crossovers with kingdom Hearts, MLP and EG, a Equestria Saga, i was begined in Equestria Girls at Legend of Everfree and the last 2 episodes of season 6 and I am Making a fanfic with Kingdom Hearts X [Chi] with MLP G1, but is connected with G4 and EG in 2 volumes and i am making fanfic related with KH 2.8, but in spanish
8063977
Excellent
The more kingdom hearts fics there is
The more I can kill time to wait for Kingdom Hearts III
When Sci Twilight met a boy, her darkness will shine by a light that she never seen,the emptiness of her heart will be fill and a brand-new feeling will be born within it...
Uh...
8103758 what?
8104314 The short description has typos.
8108219 got it, i tend to get at writting, care to correct them for me?
8108791 I don't want to seem rude, but you're a writer. That's your job.
8109323 yeah, but i'm new, i have an editor to fix the mistakes
8112077 Then get him to do it.
By the way, I'm thinking of getting KH:3582 Days on my PC and running through that game while using the "Play as mission mode characters" code. Do you think anyone would be interested in that?
8112669 doesn't sound bad
8113178 Got the game today, got it all set up, and remembered why I never touched this game again after beating it once.
Want to see Yu-gi-oh videos instead?
8113204 nerver like it
8114199 I know, right? The combat in that game is MINDLESS. You're just hitting the attack button over and over. You don't even get the Y-Attack stuff until the late game. Say what you will about Kingdom Hearts 2, but the Triangle Button made things so much better. Just like the recharging mana bar makes magic use so much better, and also forces you to be somewhat careful with Cure spell usage. And the panel system COULD be good, but it's not. The panel configurations don't mean anywhere near as much as they should, unless 3/9/12/whatever points in a certain stat counts as "Meaningful" in a game where stats barely matter because too many enemies are massive health bars with none of the depth Dark Souls has. And the magic, if it's not named Cure, why bother with it?
At least in Yu-gi-oh games, even when you're just starting out and you have a terrible starter deck, you can still pull off SOME kind of strategy.