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Chapter 16
~The Mystery Begins~
Suello's POV
I don't know how I got here. It's been a month since I left the chateau. A lot of things have happened and I still haven't ran into either Master Sven, Xia or Vi. This is really scary, especially since there is this overgrown pooch going into the castle. I don't know if he is inside yet, but he seems to have his eye on the lady with the light blonde hair and light blue dress. How am I going to warn her since I am only eleven inches tall?!
Her hair is up and he seems to have some little, red-haired girl that looks like a humanoid cat with him. She has pig-tails with the rest of her orange-red hair all the way to her back. The girl is quite attractive unlike the bulldog next to her who is an eyesore. Princess Cinderella is with her husband, Prince Charming out on the balcony overlooking the town below while I am sneaking my way inside.
Oh boy, here comes a cat! GOTTA RUN! Hopefully, that mouse hole will hide me from that kitty cat or else I am lunch.
Viento's POV
It has been a month since I have left. The cottage is a mess and I better clean it up before Grumpy has my head. Sure, he is a midget, but his temper rivals the devil himself. I can barely get any work done since those seven have been for over a week. When, they get back; I am gonna quit! But, for now I need a roof over my head. I may despise being the dwarves' maid since the woman that was living with them before-Snow White moved away and married a prince.
Happy, the leader of the group told me that they had went to her wedding. It was 'one the most divine things I ever did see', Happy had said. He even went on about the bachelor's party they had afterwards. I want get into much detail, because if I did I might just castrate myself, because of how drunk Dopey was. When Happy told me the story I lost my lunch.
Anyways, I better get back to my chores. There's no telling how pissed Grumpy is going to be, especially with the stink coming from Sleepy's bed sheets. Gee for a guy that spends most of his time napping, he sure has a lot of accidents. It's even worst that they don't even have a restroom in this small shack. So, you guessed right, if you're a boy or a girl you have to use the restroom outside in the forest.
Xia's POV
Dear Journal, it's been a month since I've left in search of my two idiot friends; Viento and Suello. I hope they haven't gotten into too much trouble, especially with all the disasters I've seen so far. The creatures, I think they are called Heartless if my dad's stories are correct. He said that grandpa made him battle them everyday, but that's aside from that. I've seen so many lives devastated. It's not even funny.
I returned to the chateau for clues regarding my brother's disappearance. It was strange, because the place was completely empty. I heard screams coming upstairs. A maid was running, but she fell to her knees and something, I think her heart flew out of her chest. The bright, magenta light turned into some kind of Heartless. I don't know what type, but I can tell you what it was based on it's bug-like amber eyes and it's dark, shadowy face. The Heartless disappeared in a fog of black smoke.
I couldn't bother as I heard a scream coming from the third floor, "HELP!"
I recognized that voice. It belonged to Royce, the head butler. I headed to the servants' quarters and found two of those Heartless clawing at his chest due to the condition he was in. He could barely fight. His face was pale and there was so much blood everywhere. Royce used his hands to crawl away from the small monsters and I rushed into action. Royce was behind me, my fists were now bleeding and bruised badly. The creatures tried to swipe at my chest, but I backed away. Protecting Royce from their dirty, little clutches. I recalled what my father used-his keyblade. The creatures backed away as they saw that I summoned my keyblade to my side, they disappeared.
I looked to Royce and the plump man with the tufts of silver hair could barely move. I found a room and placed him on the bed, even though it was one of the servants' beds. "Royce, what happened?" I asked.
The man that I had been like a second father to me glanced at me. His gray eyes were pained and red. "Water," he said with his dry, cracked voice.
I went to the bathroom and grabbed a porcelain mug. Filling it to the brim with water as I entered the bedroom. I placed it close to Royce's lips, so that he could drink. He couldn't hold it down and vomited up the contents of his previous meal and the water on my sleeveless, light blue blouse.
"Royce...what...happened...?" I asked once more.
"Sven, he brought a strange woman here. She brought these things here and everything went-" Royce's voice stopped and I tried shaking him. His gray eyes stared into mine unblinking. His arm hanged from the cot. My second father was gone. He could no longer he hear me, so I closed his eyelids shut with my index finger of my right hand. "I'll find out what happened, Royce-dono!" I said in a light whisper as I left the room.
Present Day
Traverse Town
A thirteen-year-old boy with jet-blue hair searched the contents of an old chest that sat in the attic. His childhood friend that he tried a room with, Eli was outside exploring the second district. Their nanny or Ms. Fuego told the boys repeatedly to stay away from that side of town. It was too dangerous as the Heartless lurked in that side of town.
Of course, Iz cast his worries to the back of his mind and searched the chest until he pulled something heavy out. It was an ancient, yellow knapsack of some kind. Iz searched the contents of the bag and pulled out something. It was a letter; the envelope was covered in smudged and looked like it had a few rips in it. Iz's curiosity got the best of him and he opened the letter.
He read, "DEAR IZ AND ELI, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ME OR RADIANT GARDENS!"
"Radiant Gardens, what's that?"
"I HOPE YOU ARE READING THIS LETTER, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU REALIZE WHAT'S GOING ON. THE APPRENTICES OF KING ANSEM HAVE CAUSED HAVOC IN THE CITY AND KIDS AND GROWN-UPS ARE VANISHING LEFT AND RIGHT. AT FIRST, IT WAS THE ORPHANED IENZO AND THE QUIET GUARD, AELEUS. BUT, I FEAR IT'S GOTTEN WORST, IZ. YOUR OLDER BROTHER, IZ THE OTHER DAY WENT TO THE CASTLE TO LOOK FOR ELI. THE BRAT SOMEHOW GOT OUT OF MY SIGHT. ELI TURNED OUT TO BE SAFE, BUT YOUR BROTHER, HE NEVER RETURNED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT ELI AND YOUR AND ISA'S PARENTS ARE HEADING TO THE CASTLE. I AM HEADING THERE LATER ONCE THE ANGRY MOB QUIETS DOWN TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON! IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE, BE CAREFUL! SIGN LEA THE HOTHEAD!"