Legend of the Seven Lights

B-31. When Fate is Decided

Well, I put this off long enough. Ready to find two more Darknesses? I am. :P This chapter comes before Chapter 68.

Chapter B-31: When Fate is Decided

Portal Chamber

Medusa approached the scanner and presented a Keyblade with a light-blue bar and a clock design for teeth, composed of intricate designs. The Multiverse Portal targeted a dimension marked with a Heartless emblem. "Destination set for: 'Kingdom Hearts.'"

Nerehc played the Ocarina of Time, and Fi instructed the instrument to warp back 55 years. Medusa stared at the spinning blue portal before turning to her chosen candidate. "You remember why I brought you, correct?"

"Yeah." Kimaya Heartly answered, still wearing her cowgirl uniform. "You said you would tell me about this Seven Lights stuff and why I got these keys. You said the 'other Keeper of Keys' was in that portal?"

"Yes, Kimaya. One of the Thirteen Darknesses, Master Xehanort resides in that dimension. Based on his information, Kingdom Hearts is the center of a Dimensional Fusion just like ours. His role in the prophecy is similar to yours, I presume. It's only fitting you two should learn it together."

"A'ight, then. This portal better not stretch me all funny." Kimaya hopped on her skateboard and surfed through the Dimensional Byway.

"After she finds the Darkness, we don't need this portal, anymore?" Nerehc asked for clarification.

"That's right. Granted, it would be fun to explore the Multiverse, but... I have more important matters." Medusa answered. "We still have one more Darkness to awaken after this."

"But counting Xehanort, we only awakened 10 Darknesses. Were some of them already awakened?"

"Yes, two of them were, and I didn't need to interfere. However, there's another dilemma at hand: rescuing the Darknesses from Underworld Prison. I only succeeded in rescuing Teach... saving the others will require special help. We need the Firstborn."

Dimension "Kingdom Hearts"

Kimaya skated through a sea of bubbles, some of which depicted a blonde-haired man with a goatee, a brown-haired girl with blue eyes, and what looked like Donald Duck and Goofy. She vanished in a gateway of light shaped like a keyhole. (Play "Hollow Bastion" from Kingdom Hearts II!)

Kimaya landed on the base of a blue gorge where water seemed to flow upward along the walls. She gazed at the towering castle in the distance – pink smoke emitted from its towers, and it was marked with the Heartless emblem. Kimaya held up her key ring, then faced the castle again. "Whoever made up this prophecy... why'd they pick me, anyway?"

Stage B-27: Radiant Garden

Mission: Find Xehanort's Pyrameglyph.

When Kimaya stepped on the water, it was unusually solid. Kimaya jumped three platforms to a higher level of the gorge, but there was nowhere else to jump to. Kimaya entered a large bubble on the water's surface and was carried down underneath. Kimaya struck a pile of rocks clogging a drain, erupting a water spout that blew her up to a platform. From here, she faced a series of water spouts of varying height, but since they were several feet apart, Kimaya rode her skateboard into the first one, flew up, and could fly to the next ones thanks to the momentum.

At the end of the gorge, Kimaya landed on a solid laser rail, grinding it as it carried her over the misty plain and to the great castle. "This place is like major sci-fi. Am I gonna see any floating bikes? I'mma get me one of them. Whoa!" There were electric sparks traveling along the rail, forcing Kimaya to jump them. Eventually, she could land on a walkway near the base of the castle, gazing up at its marvel.