A Second Chance

The Quiet Before The Storm

This chapter is long af but also the end of the "prologue"

Next chapter will have all new stuff, and I predict updates will  be a lot faster as well because now we're getting to the ACTUAL plot!!

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<3 Alex

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The sky above quickly grows dark as clouds begin to gather, coating the entire canyon in shadows as the sun hides behind thick fog and the world grows completely silent. You can't hear anything, not the blowing of the wind in the air or the sound of feet crunching on the hard dirt of the ground as you watch Terra charge towards Xehanort and Vanitas.

Xehanort raises a hand out in front of him just as Terra leaps up into the air, his Keyblade raised above his head. The ground shakes as Xehanort's fingers move, the earth shooting up into the air like a platform and causing Terra to stumble head-first onto it. He loses his balance and slides forward on his stomach along the rocks, glancing up just in time to see a second platform of rocks flying up, high into the sky and well past where he lies.

Xehanort's golden eyes are staring down at Terra, a small smirk on his face as he watches him lying there momentarily stunned. The boy in the mask is at his side, as usual, both of them taken far away from the four Keybearers below as the formation of rocks soars up in the air.

In the middle of the desolate graveyard, there now rests a sudden mountain whose peak lies just below the dark clouds above.

"How is that even possible?" you ask as you stare in awe at the mountain.

"Xehanort's extremely powerful and dangerous. This is why we wanted you both to stay behind," Aqua states forcefully as she glances down towards you and Ven, her face hidden by her helmet. "Can you handle this?"

"Yes!" you and Ven simultaneously snap, thoroughly annoyed at being doubted even in this desperate hour, before the ground starts to shake.

"Oh, what now?" Ven adds just as the dirt covering the ground begins to swirl around, violent winds like a tornado suddenly ripping around the graveyard.

Discarded Keyblades are swept up in the winds, which are sent flying through the air in a swirling tendril. The winds dance through the sky, weaving seamlessly as if on an invisible track. Just past the winds and the mess of weapons, you can make out a figure wearing black, standing at attention with his Keyblade clutched in his hand. Behind him, the wave of Keyblades turn in his direction and rush towards him. He leaps up into the air, riding the winds and Keyblades like a board as they race straight for the three of you.

In that single moment, everything becomes real.

"Ven, [Name]!" Aqua calls out as she hops out of the way of the incoming storm.

Ven tries to run away in time, but he fails to. He's taken under by the powerful tornado, sent flying back as the Keyblades slam into him and throw him onto the ground. You manage to miss the worst of the attack as you toss yourself on the ground like a rag doll, covering your head as the screaming winds rush past you. You glance up, watching as Vanitas and the Keyblades soar through the sky, right towards Terra as he runs towards the side of the mountain.

"No," you mutter under your breath, starting to hurry towards him when a second group of Keyblades rush towards the ground, straight to where Aqua's standing. "No!"

You don't even have time to warn her; the girl suffers a hit, the Keyblades hitting the ground under her feet and sending her flying in the air before she plummets into the dirt. She hits the ground so hard that it cracks, creating a small, jagged crevice where her crumbled body falls. The collision causes Aqua's helmet to fall off and reveal her sweaty, shocked face, you notice as you and Ven run towards her.