Video Game: Kingdom Hearts SOS: The Road To Light

Luna summoned her keyblade and spoke to the rest of the keybladers that were to go after Cinderella. "Guys, try to summon your key-gliders! If all of us manage to get our key-gliders then we can catch up to Cinderella!" Luna threw her keyblade and a key-glider had appeared before her. She jumped onto her glider and grabbed her satchel. She rode off toward Cinderella's carriage.

 

Beuce was ready as ever to get a mission in. "Yeah! Let's do this! I've been waitin' forever to get in a mission. Even equipped my new fancy keyblade for it." He said, summoning sweet memories. "Might not look like much, but the effect is badass. Plus i had to kill the freaking dark lord of hundred acre woods to get this. Do you know what it's like to go up against Chistopher Robin? Seeing as you aren't dead, that's probably a no." He said to everyone in his group. Anyway, enough chitchat! He was enveloped in a bright flash of light as he transformed the keyblade into it's glider form. He was ready to do this. However, he was a little close to the ground...What? He looked down at his glider. The glider changed depending on the keychain equipped to it, but was always more or less the same concept. For example, sweet memories had given him a small wooden bicycle, meant for a child. It was entirely made of wood, even the wheels. Beuce was about twice the size that it was intended for. "...Well then..."

No going back now. He placed his feet against the pedals and began turning them with all his might. He raced off after the girl he was meant to be protecting. Racing faster and faster, going faster than one would have believed it possible to go on a bicycle. He began gaining on a carriage. Inside were two NPCs deemed not important enough to be given names. They looked to the side and saw something vaguely resembling this staring them down:

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"Overtaken by a strawberry?!" one of the passengers called out.
"What does that even mean?"
"I DON'T KNOW! I WAS MAKING A REFERENCE!"
"A what?"
"AAAAAGGH!"
The conversation ended with the first passenger, who had been the driver, losing his sanity in confusion and steering sharply to the side and crashing into a wall, which for some odd reason caused the carriage to catch fire and the sounds of glass breaking was heard, despite there being none nearby.
"Well that happened." Beuce said to himself before looking back in front of him and resuming his intense face and unimaginable biking speed.

 

"Demon?" Base was brushed by a fleeing reveler shrieking what he asked at the top of their lungs. He was surely dumbstruck when Krowley called him to look for the cause of the grand royal exodus, since he had no idea where to start, given the confusion. All the same, he felt honored to be included in the masked personage's group, as more than a few of the newer people to him seemed to regard him as some sort of leader, which he had guessed loosely back on the previous world. "As much as I like the new weaponry, I think I might need something that'll cover me entirely." Base said to himself as he struggled with the decision to change to his Unbound keyblade or stick with the Ferris Gear. In the end he opted to not switch, wanting to try out the colorful circus keyblade he'd acquired first after the original Kingdom Key. "Where to start?" He asked his group.

 

"Ananta is mine." Only able to mutter these words, she turned towards the screams behind her. Guests at the ball were running in a panic, trying to escape from whatever was in there. She kept hearing 'Monster!' from many of the people. Among the rag tag group around her, she watched as one yelled out orders for others to follow. Turning back, having not heard her own name or even something that was remotely close to what she looked like, she turned in time to see Cinderella gone and Vanitas flying away.

"Anyone who wasn't called, follow after Cinderella!" Ananta called out. The light in her was strong, the darkness in Vanitas was just as strong. She felt like these were connected and somehow, Cinderella was in trouble.

Gritting her teeth, Ananta leaned down to the ground and held her jewel necklace in her hands. Kissing it, she began to pray. "Great stone of those passed, give me the speed to chase the darkness away." Glowing in her hand, a yellow energy poured over her. "Sixty seconds, starting now." she muttered to herself. Holding onto her keyblade in her left hand, she rushed towards where Cinderella had gone off to. Dust kicked up as she ran. "Fifty-nine, fifty-eight, fifty-seven, fifty-six...." she counted to herself. She wanted this enchantment to not be wasted.

 

"It's nice to meet you Ananta. He replied as they continued to wait. Steel merely continued tapping his fingers in what seemed to be a ceremonial tune to him as multiple of his allies began chaotically running about in their attempts to contain the threat that apparently lay both behind and before them. The only thing that changed about his demeanor was that his eyes gave off a blank stare; Vanitas had completely blown him off. "You would think people with Latin names would listen to each other." He thought. Then he remembered that he had not told anyone his real name. So he put that thought aside with plans to come back to it later. "Good luck." He said to Ananta as she ran off to protect Cinderella. When Karina started yelling about not having to follow Krowley's orders, he wanted to use his full power right there; It was such an idiotic accusation that he wanted to pummel her and bring her to the Professor for his experiments. He hadn't really tried to make her do anything; He mumbled something about asking them to make the effort and then said what they could do if they wished to oblige. Obviously, she didn't. "Lazy, self centered." He whispered under his breath. When Kel made his marvelous joke about fainting, Steel once more smiled beneath his mask like scarf; though this time it was somewhat genuine. He thought it was funny; Faint one time when you're new with the power and they mark you a failure for life. Even more funny considering he kind of
-was- a failure for life. "But I faint with such wondrous style!" he said with sarcasm before he ran up the stairs after Krowley. As he did he summoned his keyblade and switched the keyblade to his newer one. It offered stronger capabilities and as he soon found out, had a form more to his liking. It was thinner, more lightweight, yet still strong. it could help the speed of his blows. "This is my kinda sword." He said as he ran on.

 

"A marvelous and Insightful speech." Steel said to Krowley as he ran next him. The two were headed to the ballroom as it was the most likely place for the monster to be. His logic was following the fact that it was the biggest room and all the guest seemed to notice the threat at once. He didn't need to guide Krowley; the path to the ballroom was very linear. So he decided to spend the little time they had to ask a question. "It was great and all, but.... aren't you mad at him? Because of Vanitas, you're friend left, right? He's one of the bad guys now. So I have to ask, How can you stand it?" Steel Honestly didn't expect an answer; he would probably get something like: "How do you know about that?!" But he had to ask because he didn't know Krowley yet and for him the fastest way to learn about someone was to look at the darkness in their hearts. That is, so long as it was an answer offered up willingly and not taken by force. He awaited The answer to his question, hoping he heard the right one.

 

Flora twirled her Keyblade and tossed it, summoning her Glider. "Alright! Let's go!" She said, jumping on and following Luna. "Come on guys, don't get left behind! We got a mission to do!" She giggled and kept going. She wasn't gonna slow down for anything, especially since she had already hindered progress at the Outback.

 

Hearing Krowleys words, Kel stopped in his place and went into thought. While he had no set grudge against Vanitas in any way, the fact that he was trying to keep someone else from running off just might play right into his hands. It was just like what had happened back on his home. His intention were completely peaceful and look what happened. He swore that he wouldn't let something like that happen again and he meant it. Kel gave Karina a quick nod before heading off. He felt confident that the ones going could handle themselves, beside it would have his chance to shine soon enough. Whether it be now defending the people or at some later time.

As he got back to the others, he looked to Krowley and said. "Well then, these beast aren't going to take themselves out are they." It was his way of saying that he was ready for whatever may face them. Unlike what those words used to mean, he now had the strength to back them up.

 

Base looked first to Karina and Steel as Krowley spoke considering why Vanitas had acted as the masked boy had; Base had to assume Krowley knew who the masked boy was, and that the masked boy was Vanitas. From what Krowley surmised, Base presumed this other masked figure, the darker one, was more odious and manipulative than Base was accustomed to dealing with; even for a boy from a well-populated city. So far, everyone else, including Kel and himself, had been silent as Krowley continued to point out what Base supposed should have been obvious to anyone not coming late to the party, because even he felt like he could wrap his young mind around what Krowley expounded upon. “Makes sense to me.” Base managed to fit in during a pause after Krowley had said “willing to risk their lives to see if I’m right.” “I don’t know if I’m already in that count, but consider me indebted to the cause in whatever way I can be of use.” Base continued, but Krowley continued to speak, no doubt trying to finish the full thought. What the final words said before the blue suited young man darted off for the ballroom doors one last time struck Base deeply; at last, he found someone who understand what was worth fighting for, and Base felt more willing to fight by Krowley’s side more than ever.

Swiftly, Base caught up to Krowley and another boy, Steel, as the latter asked questions that made nearly no sense to Base, but likely because it involved someone he was not yet acquainted with more than anything else. “You have the blade of Sebastian Noble, Krowley.” Base gave the two others a curt nod as they ran, once the other accompaniment had finished asking questions. Base knew he was waxing poetic and maybe now was not the time for fancy words, but he could not help it. He had faced much worse, cataclysmic events before even arriving in Pachyderm Parade so he was accustomed to the danger, but this… this felt like it was so much bigger than anything Base had previously been a part of. This entire fiasco spoke of repercussions that went on for how long Base didn’t exactly know, all he did know was that this was something much bigger than him. “There are still a lot of things I don’t really know. If I make it out of this alive, someone’s going to have to catch me up.” He chuckled lightly. “Who knows, I might just open up with my own story.” His Keyblade still in hand, Base concentrated on the door leading onwards; the door he felt would lead to many more doors later on. The questions was that he asked himself was: how many will I be opening and where will they all lead? Base turned to Steel. “I hope you’re ready.” He huffed and breathed as harshly as possible; the recent strains and tribulations had certainly increased his athleticism, which was nearly non-existent all throughout his previous life. All so many changes, and all so many changes for the better still.

Base received 26 EXP.

 

It was quite the powerful speech that the man said. Eon knew nothing of him or even his side until now. He was clearly on their side and confirmed Vanitas's allegiance. Eon grinned widely and charged at the door into the ball room. They needed to stop Vanitas and help get the keyblade masters back to the World of Departure, Vanitas would be their clue if they could get him to talk.

 

Raisor kept going forward on his keyblade glider, trying to keep the masked boy from getting in their way. As they tried to enlarge the distance between the masked boy and them, he saw another carriage pass by. Inside it was an old lady, who Raisor found somewhat disgusting, since he could easily tell she was one of those people that thought she was above others and could do anything she wanted, and two other ugly girls, and this time he meant that one literally. They passed right by and just after a barrier formed right in front of them.

He tried to stop, but He, Eon, and two others ended up slamming into the barrier. It had formed so suddenly that they didn't have time to react. He got off his keyblade glider and noticed the other four taking the girl around, while the other three inside the barrier steadied themselves as well. Just then a new enemy appeared before them; a giant, thorny pumpkin, with a strange insignia on it that Raisor had never seen before. He knew it wasn't going to be easy, but he formed his keyblade and got ready for a fight.

 

Eon ran forward. He knew some of the others were left behind but now wasn't the time to look back. He had to keep moving forward into the fight ahead. At least Raisor and Glen were with him on the charge. As he ran, he witnessed the change of everything around him. Riches turned into dust, life turned into death, beauty turned into disgust: the world was reverting to what Eon believed to be its original state. Magic must have aided in this.

It then came to the point where he and three others smacked face first into a magical barrier. As he thought, magic was responsible. He hated magic to death. It was the reason for his birthplace, for why his parents were forced into the Asylum. Then the next threat came, an Unversed sprout from the ground like a pumpkin. Another boss fight was ahead of them. Luckily, Raisor was with them, he knew Raisor was one of the strongest people he had seen. This fight was surely in their hands. The other two he knew nothing about and had to put blind faith in them. Surely they could be trusted if they had Keyblades.

One question though, what is an Unversed? Eon was so used to fighting the Heartless he had never seen such an enemy. He even recalled beings called Nobodies back in his days locked up but Unversed were never mentioned. He prayed they were weaker than the Heartless threat.

He needed to introduce himself to the others. "Hey, the name is Eon, I am a Guardian of the Keyblade. Lets work together to defeat this enemy quickly and catch up to the others." He said with confidence. Hopefully they took him seriously. He was 12 after all.

 

Beuce smacked into the barrier rather un-gracefully. His face was pressed up against the invisible wall for those ahead to see as he gradually slid down, missing the other carriage go by. "Ow." He said simply. He was glad he'd boosted his defense, or else that would've been even less pleasant. He steadied himself to his feet and turned around to see their new opponent. It was a large pumpkin-like creature, covered in thorns. "Wouldn't wanna get stuck by him..." He said to himself, shortly before the child introduced himself. He turned his head to the one referring to himself as "the guardian of the keyblade." He had to admit, it was a cool title. And he probably picked it due to his ungodly defense stat.

"Hey kid, nice to make your acquaintance." Beuce said with a bow. He didn't even know what acquaintance meant, but he saw it on tv somewhere and always wanted to do it. "The name's Beuce. People call me the Crimson Scourge." He said, making up a title on the spot. No one really called him that, but it would be cool if they did. so he decided to try it out and see how it caught on. It was only now he noticed he didn't know what kind of enemy they were facing. So naturally doing what one would when in search of information, he googled it. "Let's see...take picture...search by image...click result..." He muttered under his breath to himself. "Ah! There we go. It's called the cursed coach apparently. 'least that's what it's wiki page says." In any case, they were going to have to fight it. Beuce didn't take it too seriously, as he never did. He summoned Ferris Gear in hopes Krowley had let him equip it between missions and prepared himself to face down the enemy.

 

Steel knew Krowley had not answered his question, but he decided to give him awhile to mull it over; even if it was more important then the Musical Menace twice his size staring down at him and the others. He decided to guard to ensure that it would do little damage to him. "If Tyson were here, he would kick your but a whole lot more than six feet under." It wasn't hard for the circling instruments to remind him of his red eyed friend; Tyson loved Music.

 

Luna went in front of Cinderella's carriage. "Since we have no time for introductions, the name's Luna Kiatespira! Two of you, go on one side of the carriage and one goes on the other side. One of you guys guard the back of the carriage!" She looked at the other three who were to guard Cinderella's carriage. She looked frontwards once more.

 

Kel looked at the strange enemy in front of them. It was unique to say the least, especially with all the instruments floating around it. It was for that exact reason that he didn't rush in and attack like he normally would, instead he place his keyblade in front of him in a defense position. He figured that that would be good enough for now. His eyes carefully scanned the enemy, looking for any future problem, weak points or anything like that. If he's learn anything from fighting the Guard Armor back in Nottingham, multiple part to an enemy could be a real problem, especially when they defend the main body.