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Twisted Hearts 1 Chapter 8: Relief

Story Summary: When an unknown incident lands the students of NRC in a strange new world, they have to travel across worlds to find each other as well as trying to vanquish the darkness. Sounds.... easier than most of what they've been through this school year at least, but nothing is ever that simple, and a pair or adopted siblings will once again find themselves at odds.

Chapter Summary: With Ursula defeated for now, the group continues on their way, and a phone call gives them a good idea of where to go next.

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“Is everyone okay?!” Ariel asks frantically as we all try to catch our bearings as she swims back over with the still slightly out of it but thankfully awake Jade.

“We’re fine,” Cater assures her, “though I think we’re gonna have to take a page out of Silver’s book and have a #power nap after that one.”

“Well, if you’re cracking jokes then it can’t be too serious then,” Jade jokes with a weaker version of his usual smile, “apologises that I couldn’t be of more assistance.”

“Trust me when I say I’d rather you sit that out then dead,” Azul tells Jade as he becomes frustrated, “why in the name of the Seven you do that you had us all worried half to death!!”

“Teehee…,” Jade weakly laughs, “well, I hardly had much reaction time and it was better myself than you. Knowing you there’s a very real chance you may of died from that.”

“I would’ve been fine and it’s not like you were much better-! Whoa!!” Azul refutes before getting cut off as Floyd pulls him and Jade into a hug.

“You’re both idiots,” Floyd tells the pair, “but you’re my idiots. So don’t fucking scare me like that, got it?”

“Oh my, I didn’t realise how much you cared” Jade teases, making Floyd end the hug as he messes with his twins hair while Azul rolls his eyes but based on the fact he’s smiling he can’t be that annoyed.

“Aww!!” Sora coos, smiling at the cuteness…. Meanwhile based on Ace’s expression he’s planning on how to use this for blackmail, oh no.

“I’m not used to seeing them like this,” Riddle says, “being so affectionate I mean. I know in principle they care about each other but I just haven’t seen it like this.”

“Everyone shows how they feel in their own way,” I tell him, “I very much speak from experience there. Sometimes it can seem weird to others, but that’s no reason to change how you act.”

“… Heh, I suppose you’re right,” Riddle admits with a small smile, “and I suppose I still have a long way to go when it comes to ‘people’, especially compared to you it seems like.”

“Don’t give me too much credit for that one, I had to have that lesson drilled into me first.” I tell him as I can’t help but think back to that moment.

“I see, so they were the ones you were talking about. Heh! I thought if they all saw you while you were training, they wouldn’t be able to say you’re expressionless….. HAHAHAHAHA!!! BASED ON THEIR REACTIONS, IT APPEARS MY PLAN WAS A SUCESS!!!”

“Your plan? Was that your intention when you suggested we train in the courtyard?”

“You fool, did you only realise now? If anyone appears before you, throwing out nonsensical accusations like they did this time, you just need to show them your true abilities. And then when you force them into submission, to the point where they can’t possibly keep complaining! For the most part, you’re not equipped to think too hard, so if you have the time to do that, you should train your body instead.”

“I do not appreciate how you’re speaking to me there, but…. What you’re saying is that there’s no reason for me to change?”

“Hmph, I was only showing you that it’s ridiculous to bend yourself to the nonsensical whims of others.”

“…. I see. Thank you, Sebek.”

“Sebek…” I mumble as I try to keep myself together. I know he’s fine, he’s strong enough to handle anything but…. I miss him, even more than I realised-

“Daddy, you’re okay!!” Ariel says in relief, snapping me out of my thoughts as I see Triton reclaim his crown and trident before swimming over to us.

“Heh, it’ll take more than that to keep me down,” Triton laughs as the two hug before he turns to us, “now, as for you lot…”

“Your majesty, before you say anything, I know there is no excusing what we did, but we are all so sorry.” Trey apologises profusely with a bow, which most of us follow suit with, and the two that don’t (Ace and Floyd) at least have the common sense to look like they have some shame on their face.

“That is correct…,” Triton agrees before turning to a now worried Ariel and sighing, “but, you did fix it, as well as vanquishing the Sea Witch for good so… I suppose I can let it slide this once. But if I catch you all doing anything like that again, know that I will not be as merciful. Do I make myself perfectly clear?”

“Crystal!” Goofy agrees as we all nod in agreement… as well as sigh in relief.

“Thank you so much your majesty.” Sora says to the King.

“Don’t go thanking me yet Key Bearer,” Triton says firmly, “I’m still not taking any chances, especially now that Ursula is gone. Do what you need to do, but then I would kindly ask you all to leave.”

“…. Yeah that’s fair.” Deuce admits because we kinda have caused a lot of trouble.

“Mind if we tag along too?,” Floyd asks, “I mean, our reason for sticking around is kinda gone now and hanging out with you guys sounds a lot more interesting.”

“Sure thing, welcome aboard you three!!” Goofy agrees with a smile.

“The Gumi Ship is going to be way too crowded, they’re lucky they have a Key Bearer otherwise I wouldn’t agree to this…” Donald grumbles getting a barely stifled laugh out of Ace.

“Speaking of which,” Azul says as he summons his Keyblade again and I can now see that the handle looks like a whale’s mouth, “what in the name of the Seven is this?”

“A Keyblade,” I explains as I summon mine to demonstrate, “they’re for killing Heartless…. And…. Going down….”

“When was the last time Silver had a nap?” I vaguely hear Jade ask before I black out.

??? Time Later:

“Ugh….” What…. Where… where am I….? I’m on…. A beach? Wait, weren’t we underwater- oh, right I passed out, this is probably a dream then. Well, time to either wait this out or try to wake up-!

“You can’t catch me!!” A young voice shouts and when I turn I see it’s a young boy with brown hair who’s being playfully chased by a boy with the same shade of silver hair as mine.

“Betcha I can Sora!!” The other boy shouts back- oh… I guess I used my unique magic on Sora by mistake and I’m seeing one of his dreams, and by process of elimination that means the other boy is Riku.

I’m about to try leave so I don’t disturb, but a familiar chill creeps up my spine, and I know this is about to turn into a nightmare so I run after the two to keep them safe, and I catch up right as they make it to a tree.

“Huh? Hi there mister, who are you?” Sora asks as he and Riku turn to me.

“I’m-!,” I say before getting cut off by a sharp wind as the sky goes dark, “never mind, not important, you two get down!”

“Wait, what-?!” Riku asks before I pull the two out of the way of a lightning strike, and once I look up afterwards I see the sky has been turned into a swirling black void-!!

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!” !!! Screaming, that, that was a lot of people screaming. What’s happening?!

“Do you see? This is what you sought, this is the price of your freedom.” A new voice says in a taunting tone, and when I turn to see them it’s just a figure in a black robe who’s face I can’t see.

“What the hell are you talking about-?!” I ask as I draw my Keyblade to protect Sora and Riku…. Only to notice that Sora is gone and a horrified looking Riku has now grown to teenager size and okay I can now see why Sora got us mixed up when we first met.

“I… I didn’t want this…. You never said this would happen….” Riku mumbles in horror and disbelief.

“Hey, calm down!,” I say as I get between Riku and the figure and grip his shoulders, “this is just a nightmare, and none of this is real, so just take a deep breathe and this will all be okay? I know it’s not easy, but just try. In, out. In, out.”

“In…. Out…. In… out….,” Riku mumbles as he tries to calm down and after a minute he does so and while the storm is still going the figure does vanish, “it’s not real… it’s not… hah… never thought dreaming you up would be the thing that would calm me down.”

“About that,” I admit as I try to ignore how similar our voices sound on top of the appearance thing, “my magic, it lets me hop into other people’s dreams. Sometimes I just trigger it by accident though so… sorry for eavesdropping, though at least I’ll be able to tell Sora you’re okay now.”

“!! You’re with Sora?,” Riku asks and I nod to confirm, “heh, ironic that he ended up with you of all people. More importantly, is he alright?”

“He’s okay, don’t worry,” I assure him making him sigh in relief, “but, why is it ironic that he’s with me? Besides the… very weird fact we look so similar.”

“Well there’s that,” Riku quips, “but there’s also the fact that I got kidnapped by a guy who thought I was you. Don’t worry, I got out, but I’d be careful in case he comes looking for you Silver.”

“Noted…,” I say wondering what the hell is my life coming to, “but, who is the one looking for me?”

“M- What’s happening?!” Riku is about to answer but cuts himself off when everything starts going white.

“Don’t worry, that just means you’re waking up.” I say to assure him-

“Hey, Silver? You awake yet? We’re about to take off.”

“Huh?! Oh... yeah, I’m awake…sorry….” I mumble as I wake myself up and see Ace poking me on the cheek before he gets dragged away by Trey.

“It’s alright, I suppose it’s to be expected when you didn’t have much rest on the flight here,” Riddle admits as I wake up properly and see we’re all human again and back on the Gumi Ship, “we took care of the Keyhole while you were asleep before you ask. Turns out it was in Ariel’s grotto which, I wish we found it earlier, would’ve saved us all a lot of bloody time.”

“Aww, don’t be so pouty Goldfishie, we got a lot of fun out of it,” Floyd points out as he comes over though I notice his legs are ever so slightly shaky, “but yeah, you’re one hell of a deep sleeper Jellyfish. No wonder Crocodile is so loud if he always has to wake you up-!!”

*BONK*

“Oh what now…?” Donald groans as we all turn around to look at what the heck that was, and as it turns out ‘what that was’ was Azul falling flat on his face while Jade attempts to pull him, key word being attempt as due to Jade holding onto a chair for dear life with one arm it’s not going well.

“I’m okay! Just… need to get used to having legs again….!” Azul assures us all as he finally makes it to his feet before putting his glasses on and using his cane to balance.

“Maybe you fellas should sit down for a bit.” Goofy tells them and Jade and Azul quickly take him up on that, though Jade sits down on the arm rest of Trey’s chair instead of the empty one.

“!! Ehe, sure you don’t want an actual seat?” Trey asks with a nervous chuckle.

“Once we take off, but for now I’m happy here.” Jade answers with a smirk, making Trey smile slightly awkwardly…. meanwhile Cater takes pictures while poorly hiding his giggles. Wait, what’s so funny about this?

“Gee, they’re so weird, right Goldfishie?” Floyd asks Riddle while leaning on the latter’s seat.

“I doubt you’re one to talk there…” Riddle mumbles while going as red as his hair but not in an angry way- oh right, what Floyd said earlier…. If we find Jamil should I tell him about the other part or not?

“Ehe, well before anyone dies of embarrassment, where are we heading to next?” Deuce asks mercifully changing the topic-

“Hello, is this thing working? Can you guys on the Gumi Ship hear me?” !!!

“Uh, did someone butt dial anybody?” Cater asks in confusion.

“What’s a butt dial?” Sora asks just as confused.

“I’ll tell ya later,” Ace tells him with a smirk- oh no, “but for now maybe try hitting the red button, I think this is a radio and someone is talking on the other end.”

“The first good idea you’ve had all day,” Donald tells him making Ace pout before the duck hits the button, “hello?”

“Okay good, this is working, Cid told me he installed a radio but I was worried it wouldn’t work.” The voice replies and I can now tell that it’s a guy with a stern but somewhat tired voice. The tone actually reminds me of Leona a little bit.

“Wait…. Oh!! Hey Leon!!” Sora says excitedly as he recognises the voice.

“Hey Sora, you doing alright?” The man, Leon, replies and while I can’t see his face I can tell by the lighter tone that he’s in a good mood.

“Yup! Pretty tired and no leads on Riku or Kairi yet but doing okay! Even made some new friends!” Sora answers with a bittersweet smile- Zooterkins I almost forgot to tell him!

“Actually, about Riku,” I say before I forget, “my Unique Magic, it lets me hop into others dreams, and I accidentally jumped into Riku’s while I was having my… nap. He woke up before I could ask where he was but he did tell me that he’s okay.”

“Oh thank goodness,” Sora sighs in relief before getting an idea face, “do you think you can try doing the same for Kairi the next time you fall asleep, or is that not how that works?”

“Heh, no promises it’ll work but I’ll try.” I tell him making Sora look the happiest he’s been since we met. Well, fingers crossed this works then.

“I always forget how handy your Unique Magic can be, even outside of… very specific Overblot circumstances,” Azul quips before turning to the radio, “now, Mr Leon, is there something specific you wanted to call us about, or did you just wanna make sure we’re not dead?”

“I was getting to that whoever you are,” Leon says dismissively making Azul look appalled and getting a snigger out of Ace and Floyd, “obviously I wanted to make sure everyone is okay, but I also was calling you to let you know that I have something that I think will help for the rest of your adventure.”

“Looks like the good news is finally coming in!,” Cater says as I do feel some excitement starting to brew, “what is it?”

“It’s hard to explain so just come back to Traverse Town first chance you get and I’ll show you but…. how many people did you guys pick up…?” Leon answers before sounding really confused.

“Counting Silver who we found in Traverse Town after we met ya…. One, two… nine!” Goofy answers after doing a quick head count.

“…… We’ll handle introductions when you get here, I’ll see you guys when I see you.” Leon says after a moment of stunned silence.

“Bye Leon!,” Sora says to the radio as the call ends, “guess it’s back to Traverse Town then!”

“The timing’s pretty good too, I think we all need a break after…. That” I add because yeah, I still have no idea how we’re going to tell the others we fought and probably killed Ursula.

“I couldn’t agree more.” Jade agrees as he shoots Trey a wink before somewhat shakily sitting at his own seat…. Did I miss something or…?

“Yeah let’s get a move on before Jade and Sea Turtle spread their cooties-ow!” Floyd teases, getting him a bonk from Riddle and making Trey turn redder than Riddle’s hair.

“No kissing or fighting mid flight please, we don’t want a repeat of the jungle crash.” Donald scolds as he takes off.

“The… jungle crash?” Azul asks suddenly looking concerned.

“Short version, Ace and to a lesser extent Sora made us crash,” Deuce answers with a small sigh as he tells the story, “long version, on the last world we visited Sora REALLY wanted to drive….”

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