In the morning, I was forcibly rolled out of my bed and thrown on the floor.
“Get up, red hair.” I heard someone say harshly. I looked up and saw that it was my ‘fiancée’, Vanitas. He looked harsher than usual, and I got up, looking around to see that neither Vanille or Reno were around.
“Where’s-”
“I already woke their lazy asses up. It’s 7:30, breakfast time. We’re getting damn tired of waiting for you damn redheads.” He said. I blinked. Normally, back in Destiny Islands where everything was pretty easygoing, since it was something of an ideal vacation spot, we’d have breakfast at around 11:30. But, I have heard that Hollow Bastion was much more strict than Destiny Islands. After all, they had their armies trained to the fullest extent. And, if it weren’t for our mages, we probably would’ve lost all the wars. I got up and nodded.
“Alright, I’ll be right down…” He stared and turned to walk away.
“I’m rushing you.” He said, closing the door behind him. I sighed and looked in my drawers. I frowned. I’m guessing that, sometime during the night, they replaced all my old clothes from Destiny Islands with clothes from here. But, looking at them, they seemed a little bit big on me. Meaning, they weren’t as tight as most of the clothes from here were. I decided on a plain white shirt, which wasn’t too big on me, thankfully, and some black shorts that stopped halfway around my knees. These were guy’s clothing, I knew, meaning whoever switched them out seemed to know that I preferred comfort over anything else. I opened the door, seeing that Vanitas was waiting for me. He looked up and down at me, then back at my face.
“What the hell are you wearing, red hair?” I was about to tell him that I had no idea where the clothes came from, until he scoffed.
“Forget it…Zack probably gave you those. At least they’re none of those stupid colorful clothes from Destiny Islands.” He said, walking away from me. I looked at him, and followed. So it was that Zack guy from earlier who gave me these clothes…
……
When we made it down, Vanitas took his spot between Zack and the black haired girl I saw yesterday. Sitting on the other side of her was a somewhat pale man with pink hair and blue eyes, the one standing next to her yesterday, which meant that he was probably her servant.
“I see you got the clothes I got Marly to put in your room last night, {Name}.” I looked up at Zack, who smiled at me. I heard the pink haired man sigh irritably.
“It’s Marluxia…” He said, while that girl next to him giggled a little at his misfortune. I looked to see Vanille to the right of Marluxia and Reno right net to her. I decided to sit next to him. I looked to see Reno with his goggles on, meaning he was probably taking a nap. I chuckled a little, seeing as how he probably wasn’t used to waking up this early yet.
“So, {Name}, you excited for the tournament today?” I heard Zack ask, causing me to turn toward him. I had no idea what he was talking about, and he turned to Vanitas.
“Didn’t you tell her about the tournament?” He shrugged, a forkful of eggs near his face.
“Must’ve slipped my mind.” Zack sighed, then turned to me with a smile on his face.
“Today’s the day of the tournament for Hollow Bastion. Knights from around the kingdom, and sometimes even servants when we don’t have enough contestants, compete with whatever weapon they choose and fight each other until a winner is decided. It’s divided into two different brackets, and the two finalists from each bracket compete for a chance to fight against Vanitas,” His grin then got a little wider after this.
