Fan Fiction ❯ Dreams ❯ Hollow Bastion 2 ( Chapter 22 )

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Dreams.

By Callisto

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A little frightened for what could come, they walked trough the huge door opening. They arrived in an amazing huge chamber and here and there stood some old statues against the wall, and they looked somehow a little threatening.

Daimon could feel its heart beating in its throat, and drops of sweat flowed down his face. He was appalling nervous. He had no idea that Odieyan's castle was this large. If it continued this way they were assassinated before they had even been close to Odieyan. But of course they could count on bad guys to live always in an absurd huge castle.

But Riku started to get it difficult too. What if he lost to Odieyan? Then what would happen to Sora? And what would happen with the other worlds? Would Odieyan destroy the complete universe? But why would he do that? He would gain nothing out of it. Eventually he would destroy itself. Therefore why would he do this? It can be that he is angry on Aereon and the rest of his family, but to go this far…
pure revenge and hate must be it. But it is not fair to involve innocent people!! Especially Sora. He doesn't deserve this…this hell he's going through.

Riku bit on his lower lip and clenched his hands in fists. He looked at the confused eyes of his friend, and gave a nod. He received a nod back and together they walked to the staircase, not knowing that the heartless appeared from the walls and ground.


" Riku " shouted Daimon. They turned around and stood eye in eye with million of heartless.


" What shall we do? "


They could never beat all this heartless, that was certain. So they did the first thing that came into their minds; RUN!

Even though their Keyblades protested like hell, they continued to run.
It was one big maze here! They had to enter elevators, new chambers, elevators and even more chambers.

Riku began to wonder if they were running around in circles. Every elevator room looked the same as the one they entered before. And the most annoying was that the heartless kept attacking them. But they kept avoiding and dodging the attacks, and finally they entered a new looking chamber.

There were books, a lot of them. The duo walked carefully and with high caution past some book cupboards, but to their relief there didn't show up any heartless.


" I guess we are safe here for the time being " Wheezed Daimon when he sat down on the ground, while his back rested against the cupboard.


" It seems like it… "


Riku walked to the book cupboard where Daimon was sitting against and picked a book from the bookshelf. He flipped a few pages and began to read it.

Day one,

it's been a week since I left my home planet. Even though I would never admit it to anyone, I will miss it. But even then I have no regrets. I know that Odieyan has much to offer me. Because his heart is full of darkness, he attracts heartless. And those creatures are the whole reason why I am here, who are they? Why are they here?

Every day I'm struggling with those questions, but there is no one that can answer those for me. Not even the magician Odieyan can help me. So when he wasn't watching me, I've began my own little research….( Pages are missing )


Day five,

Odieyan is getting a little restless. I know that he hates reading ( that's why I'm writing my thoughts down, because I know he would never read them ) But for some strange reason he started to read every book in this doomed castle. Yesterday I joined him. I sat down next to him and asked him what he was doing. He muttered something about a `Keyblade' and a `certain boy' but then he ignored me again. Can it be that Odieyan had finally lost it? That the darkness finally took over?

It is hard to understand that such a powerful youth ( He's even younger than me! ) will submit to the darkness. I thought that I could use my magic very well, but his surpasses me in every way. ( Pages are missing )


Day eight,

I can't believe what happened today. I was taking a little break of my Heartless investigation and headed to the library. Suddenly I heard some strange voices coming from the library, so I peeked through the keyhole to see what was going on. There was a heartless standing on the table and it looked like it was `talking' to Odieyan. I tried to listen what they were talking about, but they used a language that was very unknown to me. I backed away and stood with my back against the wall; it was unbelievable. This was actually the very first time in my life that I saw a heartless! I've been investigating those creatures for a while, but I've never actually seen one! I always imagined that they were flesh-eating monsters, but in fact they are highly intelligent.

Just when I turned around to leave, I saw a little Heartless standing next to me. He was staring at me with its little light yellow eyes. I wanted to look the other way but somehow I couldn't. He was…oddly beautiful. I reached out my hand to touch it, but it backed away and it seemed like it screamed in pain. He blinked a few times with its yellow eyes and then he disappeared… ( Pages are missing )


Day fourteen,

I haven't seen Odieyan in days. I have no idea if he is here, or that he have left the castle. But to be honest, it doesn't bother me that much. I managed to capture a heartless yesterday! I tricked him into a cage and then a cast a spell that he couldn't disappear.

But when I started to write down his behaviors, I got a little shocked. The way it looked at me, the way it thought… I saw something human in him. I know that I'm probably seeing things but I've been having these weird thoughts lately… What if heartless were humans long ago? Just like you and me? But that the darkness in their hearts began to consume them, and that they turned into these strange little creatures? ( Pages are missing )


" Are you deaf Riku?! I asked when we could go and beat Odieyan! "


" Huh? Oh sorry, I found an…interesting book "


" Who cares! We are here to beat that white haired disaster, not to read books! "


" I know that very well, however this book may come in handy "


" What do you mean? "


" This book is in fact a dairy. It belongs to someone that stayed here in this castle together with Odieyan. He wrote down his thoughts about him, and some strange investigation about heartless. This is bad… really bad… "


" Huh? "


" Think about it " Began Riku when he flipped some more pages. " What if that person is still in Hollow Bastion and what if he still works for the white haired youth? "


Daimon got the clue. " That means we have another enemy to worry about "


" Exactly. The reason why I'm reading this book to understand those two a little more. Knowing your enemy can me a huge advance in battle. Why don't you make yourself useful and try to find some information about Odieyan? "


" Hmpf… all right! "


Riku didn't even see anymore how the blue haired stood up and headed for another cupboard. This book was so interesting!
He was killing all those heartless, but to think that it may be human creatures sometime ago, that was just downright weird. Those black creatures were nothing more than murderers by trying to steal your heart. Wait a minute… they tried to steal your heart. That meant that they lost their own… argh! All those theories.

The platinum haired placed the book back on the bookshelf. He picked his Keyblade off the ground and walked up a staircase, were there were even more books.


" I think it's a waste of time trying to find information about Odieyan. But I really found some funny looking books! Hear these titles: The Heartless And Me, How To Treat Your Heartless Well, What Do Heartless Eat? Do Heartless Mate? "


Riku looked over the shoulder from his friend and snickered softly.

" The ones that created those books had one sick and twisted mind "


" My thoughts exactly! " Laughed Daimon when he returned the books.


Suddenly there was a soft click, and next to them disappeared a wall and showing a wooden door.

" Hey, I found a secret door. It will probably take us closer to our `big friend' "


the duo opened the door and walked into another chamber… with elevators… a lot of them.



To Be Continued…

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