Kingdom Hearts: SfE Part 2 - The Final Keyhole and the Mark of Mastery

"So lets go ahead and find the others before he comes ba-"Valerie gasped in suprise as Sora collapsed. Sora was exhausted, the baby in a panic. "I've never felt this exhausted since I fought against Sephiroth...."Sora groaned. "Oh boy...."Valerie looked at the brunette close to passing out on the group.

 

Jeffrey rushed over and put Sora's arm over his shoulders. "We better find somewhere to rest," he said. "Quickly," he added.

 

"I'll be fine..."Sora shook his head. "oooh, no you're not, preggers. C'mon, we got ya."Valerie joined Jeffrey in carrying Sora. "Heh. Foward, oh faithful bodygaurds."Sora teased with a small chuckle. "Oh, don't be such so stubborn, princess."Valerie smirked. "Princess?"Sora didn't look amused at first. "yeah...you know- 'Well excuuuuse me, princess.'"Valerie said. Sora just laughed. "We have gotta do that with Riku sometimes...."

 

Jeffrey laughed at Valerie's reference. He scanned around the area. "I don't see any trees, or anything," he said. He squinted a bit. "Is it just me, or is there something black all along the horizon over there?"

 

"Oh I don't like the looks of that..."Valerie groaned. Sora was doing his best to staying awake. taking an elixir would probably be bad for the baby, so he couldn't use that.

 

Eden breathed. "I'm going to heat up this sludge, to make it like a sort of lava, and if we cool it quickly, then maybe we can make it solid!" She tried to conjure the fiery inferno, feeling some warmth but she wasn't sure from where. It was harder to perform magic then she realized, then again, it came easy to the other Keybearers. She looked upon her memories, recalling that scorching rage that triggered the flames. "And this was a nice pair of clothes...." she muttered lightly, for this would probably put her clothes into the submission of fire, though her undergarments always safe. She apparently was fire-proof, to her own flames at least.

 

"Great Idea... at least we won't have to trudge through this stuff anymore..."Riku sighed.

 

Eden could barely summon a bit of flame, it was hard, and her pressed lungs were still making it hard to breathe. She recalled the rage, the anger, the power, the fury, and yet nothing came forth. She could only panic, not knowing what to do.
"I see the child is having problems." A bright force descended to the main floor, like his sister, not bothering to notice Riku. His brilliance of majesty was so bright, it was hard to look straight at him. "I will have to push you, child. You WILL succeed."

 

Riku saw the being, wondering who the hell this guy was. But he stayed quiet for now, wanting to join back with Sora.

 

Eden coughed, concentrating once more. Heat! She could feel heat! Like a tiny, live coal, but it was there."Am I... doing good?" She almost craved the gratification, or maybe the attention, of anything.
The blinding figure seemingly sneered. "Pathetic! As my host, you shall do better! You shall create infernos without so much as batting an eyelash! YOU ARE TO HOLD GLORIOUS FURY AS YOU HAD BEFORE!"
Eden winced, but her tiny little coal flame was all she could muster.
The cruelly bright figure snarled. "Fine, my pathetically weak child. Here, I lend you my power." And the flame grew, consuming the body and heating up all the darkness around her.

 

Riku was suprised at the persons attitude. Ambition, Pride...perhaps a bit too much of it though.

 

And so, Darkness veiled her small form next to Riku, repeating her words. "He is everything I am not. He is her offense."
And so, as this phrase is repeated once more, the flames lick the skin, and heat the surrounding sludge, which was almost fleeing in the warmth of light. The flame grew, until land was felt beneath the feet, and the heat became almost a beacon.

 

"That explains it... He's getting a bit carried away though..."Riku could see what was happening, growing a bit fearful.

 

Gexln nearly jumped back at the immense heat. "Eden, what the hell are you doing?!" he exclaimed. "If you solidify this stuff we'll be trapped in it!" he yelled.

 

Eden didn't listen, with the dazed look in her eyes, you could never be sure if she was all there at the time. With each step, the dirt scorched, the sand almost melted into glass. Her ashen garments were barely spared, just covering her undergarments. And so, she walked, keeping the darkness at bay, and her light pleased.

 

Gexln followed Eden, uncertain of darkness. "Hope you know what you're doing.." he said.

 

Sora and Valerie could faintly see the flames, suprised. "What the Discord was that?!"Valerie was shocked. "I don't know, it was too far away to be sure...."Sora frowned.

 

ooc: Trying something odd
bic: It's funny, really, when you're engulfed in flames and trying to please something you don't even know truly exists. Maybe it's just something I made up? I dunno, could be, considering how many things I make up. To wake while not thinking, just moving, just in this blissful state, makes you think. Then again, I'm not thinking at all, but, certain things come to mind.
My family. Yes, I miss them, I miss making their food when mother wasn't home, I miss sleeping in a bed. I miss smelling winter nights, where it always smelled like burnt wood.
My friends. I miss them a bit more then my broken up little family, and I will keep their memory within my head to preserve them, like pickles.... Mmm, I like pickles.
My life. It wasn't hard, Drawing, tumbling, doing what I love before I worried about the worst. I didn't worry much, I didn't fear a lot, I didn't care for the most part.
Odd how it all changes. This is even odd too, feeling like I'm talking to some sort of fourth wall me, or maybe, just myself as usual, imagining what's going on out there. It's just me, and what I want to be here. No other voices in my head, unless I choose them. Weird, huh? Yeah, but I'm not a weird person, just a glitch, like MissingNo. Maybe that's why I can see past others, read their eyes, feel their pain... or maybe I am overthinking it. Okay, I need to stop this inner monologue. Gotta focus to reality. Gotta...

And soon, the flames, once roaring their majesty, sputtered out. The candle had been melted. But the child had not collapsed, no, she kept up, keeping what little strength she had to presume her tiny flame once more.

 

OOC:I made NO sense of that.XD
BIC:
Oh boy, Eden's gone off the deep end... Riku heard the little rant, confused.

 

"It is but her trying to understand a few things, while being covered in flames anyway. She likes to just... Think, sometimes too much." The Darkness crooned, trying to understand the odd therapeutic session as well.