Chapter X: Nightfall and The Keyblade’s Chosen One.
“Listen to my story. It may be our only chance”-Tidus
It was now night fall at Tipa Cavern’s campsite a ten miles from River Bell’s Path. Mina, Zero, Lee-Roy, and Fuzz, were sitting by a campfire eating some salmon Mina, Lanydx, and Fuzz caught a few hours ago. Lanydx was sitting alone away from everyone, which was demanded by Lee-Roy.
Zero raised his jug of rum.
“Okay everyone tonight we take shifts on standing guard for the camp site.” He stated.
Mina had raised her hand and asked.
“Um why do we need to stand guard?”
He looked at her in disbelief.
“In case of Monster attack, I mean just because we took out the ones at River Bell’s Path doesn’t mean we weren’t followed.” He muttered
“Well if that’s the case I want, no I demand the last watch.” Lee-Roy said as he bit into his fish.
Zero chuckled
“I’ll draw straws so until that time rest up. I need to do some thinking, so be good while I’m gone.” The Yuke ordered as he vanished in thin air.
Lee-Roy gave him a raspberry.
“Good reddens to that pest. Where ever he may be.” Lee-Roy muttered with a yawn and fell asleep.
Mina looked around to find Fuzz also asleep. Mina looked up at the sky covered with bright multi colored stars. She remembered once L told her that stars were actually other worlds. She thought
“I wonder if in another world there is some space girl who’s looking down at the sky and wondering if the same thing I am?”
She heard Lee-Roy mumble in his sleep.
“I’m the greatest Blitzball player ever! Ha take that sis, now who’s the short one!?”
Mina rolled her eyes and walked away from him.
“Jeez he’s loud even when asleep. Oh well at least he’s not dreaming about killing all Selkies.” Mina thought.
Mina found Lanydx sitting on a log hugging his knees. She got behind him and tapped him on the shoulders which made him jump.
“Hey Crystal Bearer, calm down I just thought you could use some company. Being alone isn’t very fun huh?” She asked.
Lanydx looked at her.
“No it’s not..f.fun. T Thank you for not hitting me Mina.” She said with a smile.
She gave him an angry look and put her hands on her hips.
“Why do you assume I would come here just to hit you?” Mina asked.
“You hate me. It’s okay, everyone hates me.” He muttered looking at the ground.
“Well I don’t hate you and, hey look at me when I’m talking to you! It’s rude to look at your feet when someone is talking to you” Mina ordered.
Lanydx quickly looked at her.
“I’m sorry! Wait you….you don’t hate me?” He quietly asked not sure if he heard that right.
“How could I hate someone I know so little about? How about we change that?”Mina asked.
“Um h how do we do that?” He asked.
The Selkie got up grabbed his hand, pulled him up and started to walk to the fire.
“Well for starters you could tell me about yourself.” Mina.
Lanydx gave her a confused look. Mina sighed.
“Ya know. Tell me your name, what you like, don’t like, where you live, what your hopes and dreams are. Anything you can think of really.” Mina said.
Lanydx thought for a while, sighed for a bit and finally said.
“Um Okay, I’m Lanydx. I like um cats, Moogles, outside, stars, stories like the ones my Dad told me, watching sunsets and um water.” He stated.
Mina was actually surprised.
“So he’s an animal lover, shame he didn’t say dogs. Sunsets and stars, aw that’s so cute. I’d have to disagree on the outside, give me a good library than this any day. I wonder if Teacher told him the same stories he told me.” Mina thought to herself.
“I don’t like, well I don’t being locked up, I’m so glad I’m free. I also don’t like mean people like my master. As for my hopes and dreams, I don’t really have them. I just want to stay alive.” Lan said.
Mina gave him an odd look.
“Locked up? You were some kind of prisoner?” She asked
The Crystal Bearer nodded.
“So um I think it’s your turn Mina.” Lanydx said while looking at the fire and warming his hands near it trying to get away from the topic.
Mina chewed her lip hoping to get more out of him.
“Okay fine I’m Mina Hawking. I like books, music, plays, swimming, art, dogs, my Teddy Bear, nice dresses, and stripped applies. I don’t like Lee-Roy, jerks, Ibluis or anyone from his Church, bugs and Selkie haters. My dreams are to become the World’s most famous Play Composer.
Lee-Roy got up and raised his hand.
“Questions: Why are you such and nerd, and what’s the Crystal Bearer doing here, and not buried six feet deep?” Lee-Roy mumbled sheepishly.
Mina gave Lee-Roy a scowling look.
“Lanydx hit him for me.” She ordered.
“Yes ma’am” Lanydx said.
The Crystal Bearer lifted a small rock and threw it at Lee-Roy’s head.
“Ouch, that hurts you dumbass!” Lee-Roy whined as he rubbed his forehead.
“I’m Sorry.” Lanydx apologized
“Well now that you’re up sleeping beauty, way not tell us your story Rich Boy?” The Selkie writer asked content with Lee-Roy’s injury.
He turned away from the two.
“Oh so two strangers: One and stealing whore, and the other a murderous dumbass hit me and then ask me to tell my life story. Well you both can piss off. I have nothing in common with such trash.” He yelled.
Mina was now fuming mad.
“Well excuse me your highness. I was just trying to make this trip a little bit better for all of us, and the only reason I had Lan throw that rock at you is because you’re a total jerk. Where do you get off anyway? Calling me a thief and a whore, I’ll have you know I’ve never stolen a thing in my life, and I’m not a whore. Also quit picking on Fuzz and Lanydx. They haven’t done a thing to you, heck most of the time they have been fighting monsters and holding on to the Chalice, while you’re lazy butt has done nothing to help. I at least caught dinner and cooked it. You think you’re so great because you have money? Well I learned from a great man that money to God isn’t worth jack, and that the real riches are good people, kindness, love, friends and family.
Lee-Roy huffed.
“Oh please that’s just what poor people tell their dirty brats so they can keep going in their worthless lives. Also yeah you were real helpful with the crab today. Oh wait no you just got kidnapped and had to have the Crystal Bearer save you’re useless hide. Face it Selkie, it’s Gill that makes the world go round and the rich rule it. You’re just mad because you can’t take it that you’re place in life is to serve us. The best anyone of you’re kind could be is a slave, and anyone who told you any different must be dumber than Dumbass here or as crazy as that L guy. Lee-Roy said with a smug grin.
Mina got up and made a fist out her hands, her blood was boiling, and she was about ready to kill this kid. Lanydx now the other hand had a doleful expression on his face.
“How dare you insult Teacher like that? Take this you little troll. Mina screamed as she punched Lee-Roy in the face, wanting to be nothing more than the bane of Lee-Roy’s face.
The rich Lilty was about to punch her back, when they both saw Zero pop out of nowhere and punch them away from each other.
“Alright that’s enough! I don’t give a damn about who started it but now I’m, ending it.” Zero yelled
“Where the heck did you come from!!?” The three asked their leader while forgetting the fight they were about to have.
The Yuke folded his arms
“A place I’d like to call Sub-Space. It’s a spell my friend Eve made a few years ago. It’s sort of like another plain of existence. ” Zero explained.
Mina looked like she was drooling over the thought of such a thing, while Lee-Roy had a bored look on his face, and Lanydx was trying figure out what existence meant.
“Okay now I want everyone but Lanydx asleep. We got a busy day tomorrow. Kid you take the first watch.” Zero ordered while repeatingly padding Lan on the back.
Lee-Roy just stormed off from the rest, which was fine by all of them. Zero put his hand on Mina shoulder.
“I think you better go to bed Mina, wouldn’t want you tired tomorrow.” Zero advised
Mina bowed and muttered.
“Oh um okay, I mean I was gonna write a bit but, I am a little sleepy.”
She turned her head at Lanydx.
“Well goodnight you guys.” She said with a yawn and slept next to Fuzz.
Zero was about to walk to a nearby palm tree to finally rest, Lanydx tugged on his jacket.
“Wait Mister Zero what happens if I see any monsters?”He asked.
“Blow them away with your Caster or throw them around with your powers. This is your story. Write it however you want to. Whatever you wish make it happen. Long live C.Y.A.N.” Zero mumbled as he vanished into thin air. Zero was grinning, if anyone could see his face.
“I hope my little mark will work on him. Hopefully he’ll have the same marksmen skills from The Boss.” He said to himself.
Lanydx now sat there, alone while looking at the stars. After a few hours he walked almost to the barrier’s edge in case of a monster attack, and he didn’t want to wake the others. The boy started to feel his eyes get heavy, and quickly felt his chest hurt again. That was never a good sign for him.
“No, I must stay up. I can’t let that monster get in.” He mumbled, but his body not used to the fighting and exercise gave up on him. He had fallen asleep.
In Lanydx’s mind, the boy could see nothing but angry looking eyes. Shadows looking at him with disgust, fear, rage. A few even pointed at him. He closed his eyes and hugged his knees.
After that day people always had something mean to say and every time he would fall asleep he would hear their voices mocking him or yelling something harsh.
“He’s a monster. Don’t even look at it.” A girl muttered to her friend.
“The Cids are keeping it? They must have a death wish. If it were me I’d kill it in a heartbeat.” A man said.
“Freak, why don’t you just die?” Yelled a random kid he had once tried to make friends with.
“Thanks to you the Selkie Tribe’s future here is dead! Why didn’t you die instead of the High Minster?” A Selkie woman yelled
“Give it to us! The Crystal Bearer has spilled Yuke blood!!” A male Yuke roared with rage.
“First Lady Lucy dead by giving birth to the thing, than the High Minster and all those Yukes, I bet The Cid’s kid is next.” Whispered a farmer to his wife he remembered passing by.
“Get away from us Crystal Bearer.” Said another child with a group of other kids he once tired to befriend.
“You will pay for your sins you wicked child!! Take your punishment slave!” His Master Ibluis screamed as Lanydx felt even more pain.
“Dumbass.” Lee-Roy said.
Three Voices hit him the hardest. It was the night when things got even worse. He was having a sound flashback.
“Lany come on forget what they say. Come on my friend will be waiting. She’ll love you, and you need to get out of the house. It’s been a week! Lany do hear music? Wait why are your eyes Red? Lany what are you do- AAHHAAHH!” Screamed his six year old cousin Ten-Ten, when he had forced her to crash into a wall using his powers.
“Oh my goodness, Ten-Ten!! Ten-Ten please, speak to me Ten-Ten! Lany what did you do?” His Aunt Tabby babbled hysterically a few minutes after she heard the scream.
“Is she breathing? Damn it boy you killed her. You killed Ten-Ten….Get out!! Get out now before I kill you!!” Roared his Uncle Tim as the small boy ran out the door.
He felt a lance being jabbed in his heart. He got up and ran but he felt pain all over his body.
“Give me your heart!!”
Lanydx opened his eyes to find a small, black yellow eyed monster looking at him. The Crystal Bearer tried to run away but his arms and legs were chained to the two large and long black pillars. Soon more shadowy demons appeared. They circled around him attacking from all side with their claws chanting.
“Give us your heart. Submit to the Darkness. Submit!!” The demons roared.
“No.” The only thing he could muster. The first few times this had happened to him. He would try to fight it off but now his heart was getting weaker and weaker. The pain and guilt he carried was killing him. Soon he wouldn’t even have the option.
“WAKE UP KUPO!!!” Fuzz yelled as woke up The Clavat boy up with a head butt to the stomach.
“Fuzz I’m so glad you’re here!! I so glad you saved…Ouch, why did you hit me?” Lanydx asked while holding on to his stomach.
The Moogle floated up and down. “You fell asleep and then black and purple smoke was coming out of your body. You looked like you were in a lot of pain, heck you’re face looked paler than normal. I had to do something Kupo.” Fuzz explained.
The two sat down.
“Aren’t you tired? Why don’t you sleep with Mina?” He asked
“I thought my buddy would be lonely and I was asleep with Mina, until that hot babe started to snore kupo.” Fuzz said.
“Mina snores? No way, I don’t believe it!” The Crystal Bearer chuckled.
“Yep I think I’m gonna hang out with my other buddy at nighttime kupo.” Fuzz said.
“Who’s you’re other buddy?” Lanydx asked while turning his head.
“You silly, it’s just you and Mina.”He explained.
“Really you want me to be your friend?”The Crystal Bearer asked.
“Its Moogle tradition to befriend anyone who helps us, plus I like you.” Fuzz explained.
The Crystal Bearer quickly hugged his new best friend with joy.
“Oh Fuzz I promise I’ll be the best friend you ever had!!” He shouted with glee.
“Thanks Lanydx, now could you scratch the top of my head? I can never reach it and it’s itchy.” The Moogle asked.
“I guess having no arms would make it hard to.” Lanydx joked.
The boy did as his friend wished. The two looked at the stars. After a few more hours the Moogle looked at his new friend dead tired.
“Lanydx why don’t you sleep and get someone else to stand guard, I mean you must be sleepy.” Fuzz said with giving a small yawn.
“I’m fine, it hasn’t been that long.” The Crystal Bearer said.
“Are you kidding me its past midnight! No human could stay up this late.” Fuzz argued.
Lanydx got up.
“How can you tell? You don’t have a clock on you.” He mumbled.
“Actually I do smarty pants.” The stated while summoning a clock out of thin air that showed it was 2:00AM.
The Crystal Bearer rubbed his eyes not believing what he was seeing.
“How did you just do that?” He asked.
Fuzz just stuck out his tongue while showing his cute little fangs.
“Moogle Magic, but that’s not important to you right now. You need sleep kupo.” Fuzz said not dropping the subject.
“I can’t sleep Fuzz! He shouted while waving his arms in the air.
“Sure you can its easy. Just count sheep in your head. That’s what I do.” The moogle said trying to be helpful.
Lanydx paced back and forth.
“No what I mean is that every time I go to sleep you see me in that way you found me.”
Fuzz looked down.
“All smoky and dying like?” He asked.
“Yep, it’s been that way since…Oh never mind.” Lanydx said with a fake smile trying not to make Fuzz worry. He turned around to look at the full red moon.
The Moogle’s ears started to flicker up and down. He heard shaking coming from the bushes across the barrier’s edge. A small black rabbit jumped out of the bushes and into the Chalice’s barrier. He was followed by five green goblins holding wooden clubs. One of the goblins grabbed the poor bunny while the other four were fighting over who got to hit it.
“Kupo Lan, we got Goblin trouble and there gonna kill a poor bunny.” Fuzz yelled at his friend’s back.
Lan quickly turned around, pulled his Caster gun and pulled the trigger blasting a blizzard spell out, freezing the Goblin holding the bunny. Lanydx then blasted a thunder spell that made the goblin release the bunny that ran off.
“Pick on someone your own size.” He yelled to the surprised monsters in an oddly badass manner.
Fuzz looked at Lanydx to find he seemed different.
The four Goblins charged at the boy with his clubs only to be pushed back by the Crystal Bearer’s power. One tried to throw his club at Lanydx but he shot it down with a fire spell. He tried to shoot his gun again, but nothing happened. The boy kept pulling on the trigger and still nothing would happen.
“Wait why isn’t the gun making the bad guys go away?” He asked returning back to his usual self.
“You mean you have had that thing this whole time and you just broke it?” Fuzz yelled.
“Hey I just took it from that one guy.” He said trying to defend himself.
The Goblins charged at the two again.
Okay time for you all to go away!” Lanydx said as he lifted up the Goblins from the ground and threw them miles from their campsite.
“Wow I didn’t even know I could lift all of them. That was cool huh Fuzz?” Lanydx admitted.
The boy notched his Moogle friend was fast asleep. Lan put his red robe on the Moogle as a blanket. He noticed two sliver Ss on the back of his robe.
“Huh never saw that before. I think Lee-Roy should help out. I mean Mina’s asleep, and Mister Zero went to that Sub-way thing.” He said to himself.
The boy walked back to the campsite, tip-toed past a sleeping and snoring Mina.
He heard tussling in the brushes to find a half-asleep Lee-Roy.
He walked to the Lilty notching his eyes looked red and puffy.
“Um hey Lee-Roy, um what’s up?” He asked.
Lee-Roy looked up at the nervous Lanydx looking like he was trying to think of what words to use.
“Oh it’s only you Crystal Bearer. What do you want?”
Lanydx mumbled.
“Well um you need to take your shift, I’m all done.”
The rich Lilty looked at him dead in the eye
“Okay sure, I’ll do it.” He stated.
The Crystal Bearer was surprised. He was expecting a fight or in insult from the small boy.
“Wow um thanks.” Lanydx said not really sure what was gonna happen next. The only time he talked to Lee-Roy was when he was being a jerk.
Lee-Roy then took a gulp of air like he was swallowing something.
“This is gonna kill me, but um Crystal Bearer can...I….ask…you…something?” The young Lilty slowly said trying to force the words out.
Lanydx could tell there was something eating him. To him this was a new side to Lee-Roy he along with a lot of people never saw. Finally he said
“Sure um ask me away.” While sitting down on the ground.
Lee-Roy paced the floor, back and forth.
“Wait a moment, Never mind this is stupid. Why am I coming to you the Crystal Bearer for help? I’ll stand guard just leave me alone Dumbass.” He yelled as he walked away.
Lanydx followed him to the waterfall. He watched the small Lilty swing his lance at a large rock, like he was attacking a monster. Lee-Roy fake swung his lance a few more times until he threw it to the ground out of frustration.
“Dang it, what am I gonna do? At this rate I’ll never get strong enough to save her!” He screamed.
Lanydx almost saw tears come out of Lee-Roy’s face as he punched the sand.
“Why did they have to take Mother away? Stupid Church, she didn’t even do anything wrong.” Lee-Roy said.
Lanydx walked from his hiding spot, grabbed Lee-Roy’s lance, and poked the small boy. Lee-Roy turned around to see Lanydx holding his lance smiling
“Um you dropped this.” Lanydx said.
Lee-Roy punched Lanydx in the face sending the Crystal Bearer flying three feet, while taking his lance back.
“Didn’t I tell you to leave me alone Crystal Bearer? Yeah I think I did. How much did you hear? What you want?” an enraged Lee-Roy yelled.
It took Lanydx a minute to pull his head out of the sand. Finally he answered.
“I want to know what’s bothering you, and if you don’t tell me I’ll tell Zero, Mina, and Fuzz that you cried the first thing in the morning.” Lanydx threatened
“You wouldn’t dare!” Lee-Roy said.
“Try me. Mina, Fuzz, and Zero trust me way more than you so I win. Start talking.” The Crystal Bearer proud he did something clever for once.
Lee-Roy chewed his lip. The Dumbass had a point. The Selkie girl trusted him more and Zero would never let Lee-Roy live it down.
He finally said.
“Outwitted by a dumbass, fine I’ll you what’s wrong. I got a letter today. My Father, Lord Azian Jenkins wrote to me that a few of Ibluis’s hired goons took my Mother away. She was furious how two of our servant’s daughter was taken. It happened after a few hours after we left.”
“Oh, I’m so sorry. What are you gonna do?” Lanydx asked.
“I, well I really don’t know. I wanna leave and get her out, but if I do that, I can’t finish the trip and become a real man. Even if I go home, I’m still a weakling. I wouldn’t be able to help if I wanted to and no one is gonna help me. Damn it this sucks!!” Lee-Roy yelled.
Lanydx thought for a few minutes and finally got an idea.
“Lee-Roy your wrong, someone is going to help you. I’m going to help you. Since I don’t sleep I’ll help you train at night and help you get your mom back.” Lanydx said.
Lee-Roy looked at the Crystal Bearer in total shock.
Are you an idiot or something, why the heck would you want to help me? I mean, I call you names, tried to light you on fire, punched you in the face, and made you eat from everybody else, what have I done that made you want to help me?” The rich Lilty asked as he waved his arms in the air.
Lanydx stated.
“You don’t need a reason to help someone.”
Lee-Roy asked
“So how much Gill do you want for the training?”
Lanydx just stared at Lee-Roy blankly.
“What’s Gill?” He asked.
Lee-Roy fell to the ground in the way an anime character would.
“Okay now I know you’re an idiot for not knowing what that it. It’s Gill, money. You can buy things with it.” He explained.
“Oh, well I don’t care about that.” Lanydx said.
“What, then what do you want?!” Lee-Roy asked as he was struggling with the fact that Lanydx couldn’t be bought with money.
“Well I want you to be my friend, and to be nicer to Mina and Fuzz from now on.”He stated.
“Are you sure you don’t want the money because there is no way I’m being nice to that Selkie girl or your pet.” Lee-Roy barked.
“Sorry that’s what I want. I think you say take it or leave it right?” Lanydx asked.
Lee-Roy was fuming.
“Great, this is just great. I’m not gonna lose my pride, but I heard a lot of rumors that the Crystal Bearer had been spotted around the Church. Maybe he knows where they keep the prisoners. Still being nice to that Selkie and that puff-ball, my sister would never let me live it down. Also the dumbass wants me to be his friend? Yeah right, like that’s gonna happen. Still he could be useful.” Lee-Roy thought to himself.
“Could I think about this first?” He asked Lanydx.
Lanydx smiled
“Sure take as much time as you need.” He said.
The Crystal Bearer walked away from Lee-Roy smiling that he did something nice for someone.
Suddenly Lanydx started to get a headache he heard a very familiar voice.
“Lanydx, go to Mina. She needs you son.” The voice commanded.
“Dad is that you?” He asked himself as ran back to the campsite.
He found the campsite and saw Mina, or saw her hand as the rest of her body was being sucked into a black hole of darkness. The boy ran past the purple and black smoke, ignoring the pain his chest was giving him, Lanydx grabbed Mina’s hand and used his gravity powers to pull the girl from the gluttonous abyss.
“Don’t worry Mina I got you. Question is who’s got me?” He asked noticing that he too was being sucked into the darkness.
In Mina’s mind a few hours before this event happened.
The girl awoke from what felt like to her a deep slumber. Her eyes adjusted to the smoky gray sky, then lifted her body from the hard, smooth, glass like floor.
“What the heck? Did I hit my head on something, where am I?” She asked herself out loud.
Mina walked around to find she had been standing on a long, tail, multi-colored glass cylinder.
“Okay what kind of freaky dream am I having? The Selkie asked.
“So much to do and so little time, you have taken your first steps. Now it is time for you to face your destiny, choose your own path, and don’t fear failure.” A calm and familiar voice said.
“What?” She asked, before the Selkie girl noticed a small crack appearing on the center of the glass floor.
Soon the small crack grew larger until the whole floor suddenly shattered, dropping the girl into a dark abyss.
“AAHHH!” Mina screamed as she fell.
All she could see was darkness, until in a flash of light she saw a new glass floor, but it now had a picture of her sleeping, around a blue ring. Mina landed on the new floor on her feet. The girl was now shacking with fear, afraid of what might happen next.
“Come on Mina, wake up girl. Wake up from this crazy dream.” She muttered to herself while slapping her face.
Suddenly near her, four marble pillars appeared. Each of them had on them two weapons. To the south, the first pillar had on it a long steel sword, and an iron shield. To the East the second pillar had on it a golden lance, and blue rod. To the West, the third pillar had on it a silver hammer, and red long staff. Finally to the north, was the final pillar which had on it a crystal racket and an old wooden crossbow.
“Choose one of these items and give something up in return.” The same voice commanded her.
Mina immediately recognized the weapons in front of her. They were the main weapons used by the four tribes. She went to the north which was obviously the Selkie Tribe’s choice. She grabbed the Crystal Racket since she lost her last one. The girl swing it around a few times, satisfied with her pick.
“I think I’ll give up the crossbow.” She said out loud.
The Pillars quickly sank to the floor. Then her racket started became engulfed in a glowing light. After a few minutes the light died down the revel that Mina’s racket had transformed into a Crystal Key. The same Key that came to her when she was a small child.
“What, wait what’s this? Is this the key from before?” Mina asked.
Suddenly from the ground shadows started to appear then change into small, yellow eyed monsters with antennas, small arms with claws, and small legs. They whispered in fear and hate.
“Keyblade.”
They circled around Mina and jumped on top of her and others scratched her legs. Mina blocked a few claws with her new odd weapon, but was having a hard time getting a hold of the handle. With her right hand she swung the Keyblade smacking a few away from her. She repeated this until they all came off of her. Mina quickly got up, used both her hands to hold on to the orange handle treating it like a sword instead of a racket. She remembered what Zero told her.
“Mina you’re a Selkie your body is built for hit and run tactics. Use your speed to keep yourself out of harms reach and the enemy off balance.”
Mina began to run at nearby shadow, swung her key on the teeth side hitting it on the head, yet the monster head was stuck on the jagged teeth.
“Oh that’s just gross, get it off.” She screamed as she tried to shake off the shadow, who was pouring black blood from its head.
She turned around to find a few more shadows were about attack, Mina dodged by turning to the left and hitting them with their dying comrade, who finally vanished into black smoke.
“Maybe I should fight with the dull side from now on.” She thought to herself.
More Shadows came to attack the Selkie. Mina threw her Keyblade like a baton, while also hurting her hand in the process. The spinning key cut the beings of darkness in half.
The rest of the Shadows vanished.
“Ouch that last trick is gonna need some practice, but I can’t believe I won. That ought to show that jerk Lee-Roy, I’m no damsel in distress. I Mina Hawking am invincible!” Mina roared with pride.
As soon as she finished that sentence her very own shadow grew larger and larger, then it began to change. Its body became what Mina feared most: A giant spider, and soon one by one each of its eight legs started to appear. The shadow started to raise and become real. She noticed each of its four eyes was soulless yellow, the same as the shadows she had fought before. Its fangs were ready to chew her and spit her out. Out of terror the girl ran.
“Okay I’m not invincible. I’m a writer not a fighter. Oh no!” She yelled as soon as she saw that she was about to run off the circle.
Mina turned around to see the spider charging after her. Mina quickly threw her Keyblade like a baton causing the key to spin around until it jabbed the spider in one of its eyes, the blade in a flash of light, came back in her hands. Realizing she had no other choice. She ran at the blinded beast and smashed one of the legs. Mina was smacked by the rest of the legs. The spider then opened its mouth and shot out multiple dark energy blasts. Two hit the Selkie girl, but she dodged a few and even sent the rest back at the demon.
It now fully blind, Mina jumped on its back and started to slash at the spider’s head. It ran around trying to shake Mina off. It finally did causing her to fall to the ground. The spider than turned around to shoot a black web out of its rear, it hit Mina’s Key. The Selkie ran in a few circles as the monster swung at her with its claws. Mina kept running with the Keyblade connected to the spider’s web line until she trapped the spider’s legs with its own web. Mina than ripped her Keyblade off the line, jumped back on the spider’s body and repeated slashing. The Spider Heartless tried to once again shake the young Keyblade Welder off, but she kept slashing until Mina chopped off its head, causing the rest of the body to slowly vanish into black and purple smoke.
In the corner of the Selkie’s eye she noticed a black hooded figure vanishing from the scene. Whoever that was had a good reason. The Smoke from the dead spider had started to create more smoke, which turned into a black hole. It started to suck Mina into the abyss.
“No Miasma, I can’t breathe. Someone anyone help me.” She weakly said as the darkness was covering her, till only her hand was visible. Then she felt a warm hand, lighting the darkness and pulling her out.
“Don’t worry Mina I got you. Question is who’s got me? The Crystal Bearer asked.
“Lanydx?” Mina thought.
“Hey leave them alone!” Yelled a new younger and comforting voice.
“Who are you?” Mina asked.
“I’m Sora.” The voice said as everything started to become bright.
The Selkie had awoken from her dream. She noticed the sun was starting to rise, in her hand was her blue Crystal Keyblade, and on her lap was a peacefully sleeping Lanydx.
“Who is this Sora person and why do I feel like this Keyblade thing may be important later?” She asked herself.
End.