Thump!
A dart stuck dead center of a target pinned to a palm tree.
Thwunk!
Another dart struck the center of the previous one.
Throok!
A third dart landed directly atop the last.
Kyte walked over to the tree and drew out the darts. She turned to her friend, Peter Pan and grinned roguishly. "Beat that, fly boy."
She was a Tomboy through and through. She was also the second-in-command over all Neverland, and with good reason! She had a strategical mind and an affinity for rough play.
A small white figure dropped into existence nearly forty feet away and watched the girl. After a moment it vanished without a trace.
Kyte snapped her head around and glared. Something had been there.
"Peter..." She began.
"Yeah." came his quick response.
The pair split up. After so long together they didn't need to say much to get a point across.
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The World that Never Was
Rorrim appeared in The World that Never Was, clutching her mirror close to her chest. She didn't remember waking up, only where she was going and why. But where was she now, and how was she going to find a way out?
"Why, hello, little witch. I've been expecting you." A voice rang out through the shadows.
With that, she was surrounded by nobodies, their white bodies twisting and turning in a sort of eerie dance.
The dark form of the nobody, Xykte, emerged from a portal onto a rooftop. She looked around as it closed behind her. In a nearby street was Rorrim, surrounded by nobodies. Xykte jumped down and landed lightly in front of the girl. "Hiya, witch. Fancy meeting you here."
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Neverland
A figure appeared basically out of nowhere on the beaches of Neverland, a determined look on her face. "Now where to start?" Kyxtan asked herself, looking around a bit before walking around, searching for a keyblade weilder.
Peter had realized by now that whatever had been there was gone now. But it had seemed a little...familiar. He scratched his head as he re-approached the beach. Then he froze in his tracks. There was someone there, and no one that he recognized. But it was something that he recognized. A dark, hooded cloak...No doubt about it, those things had showed up before, although they hadn't hung around long, he knew they were bad. He spun around and soared off to find Kyte.
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Haru had seen the strange figure from where she was in the tree. She was about to chase after it when it disappeared. "Shoot." she mumbled to herself and climbed down. Her sword and dagger knocked against her side as she made the final leap to the floor of the island.
She was just dusting herself off when she heard movement in the bushes around her. She placed her hand on her sword in case something popped out at her.
Kyte emerged from the bushes with a wince. She had scared a rabbit part way through. Normally she could go through bushes without making a sound. She glanced momentarily at the tree, then back to the trail. Wait... Kyte did a double take and hissed. "What are you doing here?"
Haru narrowed her eyes. "I was about to tell you and Peter something." she responded. She moved her hand ever-so slightly to her dagger, just above her sword's hilt.
Kyte looked around and sighed. "Well, be more careful. If we get seen by pirates we're both toast, especially you." She looked in the direction of whatever had appeared again and shook her head. "Ah, well. It's gone, I guess...But what in heck was it?"
Haru relaxed and shook her head. "I don't know... but it has a strange feeling to it." She looked back at the Hook's ship, anchored in the middle of the bay.
"As far as I can tell, I'm the only one here until a few more hours. And that is what I need to tell you and Peter." She turned back to Kyte. "The pirates are coming ashore to look for you all again. They seem more confident this time." If that thing was what I think it was... there is going to be a lot of trouble coming. she added to herself
Kyte nodded. "Alright, thanks for the heads-up. I'll tell Peter when I see him, although He'll probably be on his way over here by..." Her voice trailed off. Peter was indeed coming this way, but something about his expression worried her. Something was wrong.
Peter stopped when He saw Kyte and Haru. He took a few second to catch his breath before looking at both girls very seriously. "We've got trouble."
Haru frowned. "What's wrong, Peter?" she asked whilst thinking, This can't be good... first the Nobody, now Peter's freaked out... that's not normal for him.
Peter grabbed Kyte's arm, then Haru's. He dragged them after him as he dashed down a nearby hole. The three slid down a long slide and tumbled into a small room. Peter was up again and peering out of a peek-hole in the ceiling. "There is a person out there wearing a black cloak with silver tassels." He narrowed his almond eyes as he looked out of their hiding place. "I think that that organization has come back."
Kyte blinked. What was he talking about? Organization? What organization? She stared at the red haired boy. "What..?"
Haru stood up and fixed her sword as Peter talked. She froze at the mention of the Organization. She looked at Peter, her eyes wide. "If they are here... then that means..." she covered her mouth as if the Organization would hear her if she spoke another word.
Peter nodded. "Yeah. I know." He gave Kyte a furtive glance.
She saw it. "Okay, are you two going to tell me what's going on or what? It seems to me that we're in some sort of danger, but I have no idea what that danger is!" She was becoming rather annoyed.
Haru gave Peter a look that said, Should we tell her? It looks like they're after one of the Lost Boys... perhaps even Kyte. she thought nervously.
Peter sighed and avoided Kyte's gaze. "You know, Kyte, you haven't always lived here. I mean, with me and the lost boys. You know that, right?"
Kyte nodded slowly. He hadn't ever talked about this before.
"Well.." He paused. "We found you on the beach, wet and weak. With no past at all, so we figured you would fit in well."
Kyte nodded again. She knew this much. The farthest part of her memory was opening her eyes to see a large number of worried boys staring down at her.
Peter continued cautiously. "And..one thing you don't know is that..." He pulled something out of his pocket. It was a pendant shaped like a flower with white and black petals. "..You were wearing this. No, wait!" She had been about to touch it. "Don't touch it unless you are ready to accept whatever fate it brings with it." He had such a serious look on his face. Kyte had rarely, if ever, seen him like this.
"Kyte, you need to know. If you accept this, your life will take a drastic turn. There's no telling if this will be a good thing or not for you. Or if your life will be like this again." Haru warned her.
"The fate and destiny that comes with this necklace is dark and confusing. But, if you are ready, take the necklace." Peter continued.
Kyte hesitated. Was she really ready? She set her jaw decisively. Yes. She stretched out her hand and took the charm. The small group stared at it for a minute. Two. Five. Kyte stood up roughly. "What is this? Nothing's happened?"
Just then, several nobodies appeared, surrounding them. Peter shouted in alarm. "They've found us!"
Haru pulled out her sword as the Nobodies started to appear. "Are you ready, Kyte? This is your first test I suppose." she mused, not taking her eyes of the constantly moving Nobodies.
One of them attacked right then and there, and the battle began.
Kyte attacked the monsters ferociously for a few minutes with her twin daggers, then fell back. "It's not affecting them at all! What the heck are they?"
Peter was holding the creatures off rather well. "They're called Nobodies, I believe. But they haven't been seen around here since the last Keybearer."
"You mean that Sora guy? I remember you talking about him. But why are they here now?" She shouted back.
"Well..." He was cut off as several nobodies charged at him. He shielded himself with his hand.
"Peter!" Kyte shouted.
Clang!
Peter opened his eyes slowly. He was alive. He looked up and saw something amazing.
Kyte stood with her back turned to him. She was facing one of the nobodies. Everything was still. Kyte had blocked its attack with a glorious weapon: a keyblade a little more than half her height, forever shimmering between gold and black, with a keychain dangling from the hilt that exactly matched the charm that now hung around her neck. Her golden eyes were hard and determined. "Sorry, but you picked the wrong person to mess with." She told the nobody. And then it was gone, dissolved into pieces of darkness.
Haru had just knocked a Nobody back when Kyte had summoned the keyblade. She stared at it. "Amazing..." was all she could say before dodging an attack from another.
As for Peter, he stared speechlessly as Kyte lifted her keyblade so that it was held in both hands and pointing up. A grin tilted the edge of her mouth. She loved a good fight, but one short phrase ended the skirmish. "Happa No Kage!"
A blast ring of shadow shot out from the keyblade and demolished the few remaining nobodies.
"Wow!" Haru gasped as they all disappeared. "That's incredible." She looked at Kyte and at the keyblade. She sheathed her sword and walked over to Peter. "Are you okay?" she asked offering her hand.
Peter took the preferred hand. "Woah." was all he could say at first. He stared at Kyte in disbelief for a bit before his normal grin returned. "Well, you sure picked up on that fast, didn't you?"
Kyte examined the beautiful keyblade in her hand. "Interesting." She watched it as it's color faded from black to gold to black again. "Any more surprises?" She finally asked her two friends.
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Kyxan stood outside the tunnel and watched the first Keyblader, Peter Pan and some others finish off the nobodies. "I am too late" she said before walking away. She stopped and looked behind her into the tunnel. "They look so pathetic, I wonder what the threat is". she said before walking into the darkness.
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The World that Never Was
Rorrim blinked. Her mirrored eyes reflected the nobodies in all their twisting glory, and that, for lack of the better word, scared the life out of the little nobody witch. It really didn’t take much to scare Rorrim. She backed up a couple of steps, then without a sound turned and started running in the other direction in hopes of escape.
But Xykte reappeared in front of her. "Ah-ah. No running away, now. And here I took the time to say hello." She shook a finger and clicked her tongue in mock severity.
Rorrim was quite the twitchy little witch, as her behavior for the most part displayed. She must have been shaking as she pulled her mirror from her cloak.
“Copy…!” She said to it, and from it came…
…an exact replica of the nobody woman.
“Attack!” She commanded. The clone snapped to attention, and dove at the woman.
Momentarily surprised, Xykte blocked an attack from the doppleganger. How odd it was to be staring into her own face. Familiar and yet so unfamiliar. She hated it. Xykte furiously attacked the clone, which blocked her onslaught. Of course. It was a replica. But it was only a shadow of herself, and since she herself was a shadow of a human, it could not be very stable. The nobody woman held out her hand. The keyblade of Oblivion appeared in it. She raised the tip of the keyblade into the air and held onto the hilt with both hands. "Happa No Kage!" She shouted. Instantly a blast ring of shadow spread from the keyblade and out. The Doppleganger gave a silent cry and was gone.
Xykte raced after the witch once more.
Rorrim gave a tiny squeak of surprise and, for the lack of a better defense, threw her mirror up in front of her as a shield. The mirror could not break, it was her heart.
Well, it was the closest thing to a heart she had, anyway, the only thing that kept her from being in-league with the Organization.
That, and being a witch.
Another organization member called Xolen appeared behind the girl and, smiling, said "Now now. Lets try to be polite, shall we?" He put a hand on her shoulder and felt her skin grow cold from his touch. The nobody seemed to have that effect on people.
At that moment Xykte's keyblade came down on the mirror. The moment the two objects connected, something odd happened. Xykte fell to the ground clutching her chest. She gritted her teeth together. "What's happening to me?" She gasped. She looked up at the witch and for a moment her slit pupils widened and gave her eyes an almost normal appearance, except for that permanent gold color.
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Neverland
All of a sudden Kyte fell to her knees clutching her chest. She gritted her teeth. "What's happening to me?" She gasped. She looked up at Peter and Haru and for a moment her pupils turned to slits, causing her to look inhuman.
Kyte grimaced. Her chest felt empty. Someone else was in her mind. She wanted to scream. She felt nothing but a lack of emotion. "Get out of my head!" She shouted at the other entity. It seemed only too ready to comply.
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The World that Never Was
The witch stared. She backed up again, holding the mirror to her chest, yet she was unable to run due to the now crowding nobodies. What had the mirror done? It had a strange way of working, especially around other nobodies, but it had never done this before.
Kyxtan appeared behind Xykte. She looked down at her, a half surprised look on her face. The woman turned to Rorrim, "What have you done??" she asked, not yelling, but with a great deal of agitation in her voice.
Xykte grimaced. Her chest felt heavy. Someone else was in her mind. She felt like screaming. She felt pain. She felt...an emotion? Fear? "Get out of my head!" She shouted at the other entity. It seemed only too ready to comply.
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Neverland
Haru was at a loss for words. She didn't know what was going on. She knelt down in front of her friend.
"Kyte. Kyte. Look at me. Try to control it." she told her, it seemed like the right thing to do.
Kyte did. It seemed like the person...or whatever, on the other end wanted to be free of her as much as she did them. She managed to straighten up to where she was sitting on her knees. She breathed heavily. The empty feeling in her chest left her. "Thanks..I think I'm fine now." She said.
"Are you okay? Do you need some water?" Haru asked gently.
She thought, 'This is getting worse by the mintue. Whatever just happened to Kyte could happen again, and that would be bad if it was in the middle of a battle.... Whatever that was needs to stop.' Haru grew more worried with each thought that flashed through her mind.
Kyte stood up. "I'm fine. It's passed now. It was sort of like my mind and someone else's got tangled up in some sort of electrical shock." She shook her head as if to clear it better.
Haru gave a sigh of relief. At least she can stand ok. Then she remembered something. "Peter. You said that you saw someone in a black cloak by the beach?" she asked turning to him.
Peter nodded. "Yeah, but I don't think that she's here anymore." He said. then, all of a sudden, a small spot of light shot through the tunnel and into the cave. It spiraled around Peter rapidly until he held out his hands. "Woah, hold on, Tink. What's up?" The faerie made an urgent noise. "Really? He fell through the trees?" More bell sounds. "Where?" A response. "Alright then. Kyte!" The girl looked up. "Some kid just appeared in Neverland. He fell through the trees. We had better go get him."
Kyte nodded and exited the cave.
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The World that Never Was
At last Xykte began to recover. It seemed like the person on the other end wanted to be free of her as much as she did them. She managed to straighten up to where she was sitting on her knees. She breathed heavily. The heavy feeling in her chest left her. She realized then how empty it really felt without it.
Kyxtan looked around a bit before looking back at Xykte. "What happened??" she asked, raising an eyebrow. What had just happened was rally weird, it was something that she had never seen before.
Xykte rose to her feet and glared murderously at Rorrim. "I don't know..but whatever it was, that little witch is going to pay dearly for it!" Instantaneously the nobody's hands flared with shadow fire, the purple luminance flickering in her serpentine eyes.
The other nobody looked from Xykte to the witch. "It was her?? This will be easy" she said, stretching her arm out in front of her. A scythe appeared hovering underneath her hand. Kyxtan grabbed it and looked down at the witch.
Xykte bared her teeth in a snarl. she seemed more fierce than ever. Almost beast-like. Her blood boiled, an odd thing to happen to a nobody, but she was furious, either because of what had happened to her or because she had come so close to having a heart it seemed, and it had been taken away from her again. "I'm gonna tear you apart!" She growled just before lunging at Rorrim.
Rorrim had to think quick. She suddenly tossed her mirror into the air, and it expanded to a size large enough to allow a person in. In a split second it slammed down over it’s owner…and then disappeared.
Rorrim was gone, and so was the mirror.
Xykte shouted as the witch disappeared. "No!" She reached the spot which Rorrim had previously occupied and slashed at the ground with her keyblade continuously until she gave up and threw it, after which faded away.
At last she relaxed. The effects of the mind tangle seemed to have worn off. She sighed. "We have wasted time here. We have work to do."
Kyxtan thought for a moment. "It's going to be hard, since one of those stupid keyblades has been revealed...in Neverland!" she said, getting angry at how she was so slow.
Xykte blinked and grunted. "Two. One has somehow moved from the Pride lands." She swore under her breath then sighed. "I guess we have to keep trying to collect them anyway. We may have to do battle with the awakened ones. Knock them out and drag them here to a cell, or something."
"Two?? Woah, we really need to get these unawakened ones quickly then" Kyxtan said, letting go of her scythe so it would disappear. "Have you found any unawakened ones??" she asked, walking up Xykte.
The nobody sighed. "Yes, but I got rudely interrupted on account of that witch. The girl is in Twilight Town. Can you head over there after her? I think I will be going after the awakened ones. But..." She turned around and headed for the castle. "I think I need to talk to the Superior for a bit." Xykte was the second in command, so she was the only one who had audiences with the Superior anymore. She nodded to Kyxtan and began to walk toward the large building, disappearing around the street corner.
