Kingdom Hearts: Destati

[Merlin326]

Originally Posted by Xuan

Ya' know, that voice was supposed to be King Arthur's soul (Or whatever) speaking instead of some red hair and... who he is again?

Anyway, nice one.

as far as Bowen was concerned, that is exactly what it was.

*grins mischieviously*

yes, i remember that part of the movie very well (its one of my favorite scenes in the whole movie, and of all time). i figured i would try something... unique and see how it worked out. i decided it would be a fairly acceptable way of diverging from the actual movie slightly (there are worse occasions, in my experience, when a game based on a movie or book, usually both, breaks off from the actual events).

this is what i meant when i said that there would be a prank somewhere in the chapter (and the spoony bard thing was a reference to Final Fantasy IV).

with all due respect,
Merlin326

[Zero Inferno]

Another scene well transposed into literature. Keep up the good job Merlin!

Edit - To Merlin: I'm about to have five weeks off school, on account of mid-year holidays and work expericence. That should finally give me the spare time I need to write the first five chapters and the basic overview to show you.

Edit Again: Why have I got rep on this post from mileycirus?

[Xuan]

Suddenly Kurix sounds all serious. What happened?

Anyway, Merlin, did you... watch them?

*evil grins*

Wanna play some... dodge balls?

[Davy Jones]

A great scene from the movie again transformed into a great chapter. Merlin, you have some great writing and poeming skills (the word "poeming" comes from a Get Fuzzy strip.)

[mileycyrus13]

ya nice one. oh ya, i copied the story to my USB.is it ok?

[Ban Mido]

Originally Posted by mileycyrus13

ya nice one. oh ya, i copied the story to my USB.is it ok?

I don't think it wise myself.

[mileycyrus13]

awwwww.my friends all love it . they want me to show it to them. but i give all the credit to merlin of course

[Aqua13]

hmm...i heard this alot seems a bit far fetch for sora to say that. anyways it looks good, when are u going to put kh destati part 2?

[Merlin326]

Originally Posted by mileycyrus13

awwwww.my friends all love it . they want me to show it to them. but i give all the credit to merlin of course

personally, i dont mind if anyone makes a copy of my story and keeps in on their computer. two reasons: 1 i can understand why most of the time (keep a copy of a good story) and 2 there isnt really a way to police that kind of thing. just make sure you so the proper respect (dont try to pass it off as your own, dont post it anywhere, etc.)

Originally Posted by Aqua13

hmm...i heard this alot seems a bit far fetch for sora to say that. anyways it looks good, when are u going to put kh destati part 2?

i work better with origional characters (most authors do, in my opinion) because then they can mold them to their own personal flair. I'm trying to get the point accros while still keeping true to both the KH characters and the Dragonheart movie.

as for Destati 2 (a tenative name), i have a basic idea for a sequel in my head, and some major plot points worked out. when Destati finishes (i estimate mid summer) i will probably take a short break to relax (depending on the timing, maybe as much as a month), and then i will start working on the story. i hope to have a special preview chapter posted in this thread shortly after the main story is complete.

another chapter will be up this weekend. chapters may start coming with increasing frequency, as i get out of school this friday and will have a lot more time on my hands (im not doing too much this summer).

with all due respect,
Merlin326

[mileycyrus13]

wow, my school already ended on the 6th. but still we need the story merlin. Rock on!

[Xuan]

Hopefully Sora will get stronger, he always seemed useless against any enemy. >_>

[mileycyrus13]

ya sorta..................................

[Zero Inferno]

Indeed. He's supposed to have the Kingdom Key (The Key to a Kingdom, in Destati and near-undoubtedly in the real Kingdom Hearts Series), plus it was the first Keyblade we find out about, yet he's a twig compared to Riku who he continrually rivals with. How does he manage to beat him then?

I thought with five days of internet problems there would be a new chapter or two, but I guess not. Oh well...

There's a two PM's in your inbox Merlin, with the basic overview contained and elaborated.

[Merlin326]

im leaving on vacation today, and might not have internet access until wednesday. so i am posting this next chapter up now.
*******************

Chapter 7
His wrath undoes the wicked

“Now I know you’re completely mad,” Hewe said, “You want us to follow you, some kids, and a priest against Einon?”

“Yes,” Cara said, “but this time we can win. You don’t understand…”

“I don’t want to understand!” Hewe shouted, and then pointed to his eye patch, “I understand this! I understand six years in a quarry! That’s all I need to understand!”

“Believe me, I know what you’ve been through, Hewe,” Kara said, “But this time we’ve been joined…”

“Only a fool would join you!” Hewe shouted.

“You’re not listening to what I’m saying,” Kara shouted back.

“I don’t want to listen! I’ve had enough of your mischief!”
and he was about to threaten her with the shovel he carried but it suddenly had an arrow in it, courtesy of Bowen, Knight of the Old Code. Bowen rode forth and said, “Save your strength for the fight against Einon.”

“There isn’t any fight against Einon,” Hewe said.

“We’re going to start one,” Sora replied, smiling.

“You and what army?” Hewe replied.

Bowen merely smiled and rode to the hill. He raised his bow as a dragon came into sight. That was all the convincing Hewe, or anyone else, needed.

The rest of the day was spent making supplies needed for the upcoming fight. During this time, it was discovered that, although he never fired one in his life, Brother Gilbert was a natural with a bow and arrow. His very first shot landed right in the target dummy’s forehead, the second right between the legs. Kara trained with a small hand axe, and Sora and his friends sparred with each other in preparation and gave pointers to the peasants.

From a nearby hill, the lord of the village, an elderly man named Brok, saw the villagers preparing for combat, and a dragon roaring. In fear, Brok ran to King Einon’s castle for help.
---------
“I need more men!” Brok yelled. He was meeting with King Einon and all of the advisors and lords.

“It’s just a few peasants waving pitchforks,” said one advisor, “I noticed they’re all on your land. You’re not too busy hawking in your old age to keep control of your minions, are you?”

Einon rushed between the two men before a fight started.

“I’m just saying,” The advisor continued, “that any one of us is worth a hundred of them.”

“Ah, the brave Felton,” said the advisor that was Aloz in disguise, “an army unto himself.”

“Well…” Felton began, but could not find the words. The point was well made.

Einon pushed Felton’s head to the table, screaming, “Fool! I know this man who leads them, and I will not underestimate him! Him or the dragon!”

“Don’t be afraid of the dragon, my son,” Queen Aislinn said, coming into the room.

“I’m afraid of nothing!” Einon replied, “Nothing! You understand?”

Queen Aislinn gestured outside, saying, “A mother’s gift to her son. The finest to be had.”

“The finest what?” Einon asked.

“Dragonslayers.”
-----------
As night approached, they were all ready. Tomorrow, they would fight. Bowen and Draco walked alone, just talking.

“Have you thought beyond tomorrow?” Draco asked.

“It’s hard to see that far,” Bowen replied.

Draco gestured to the camp below, “Look at the camp. What do you see? What do you hear?”

Bowen thought for a moment, and then answered, “Hope.”

“Exactly,” Draco said, as he lay down next to Bowen, “down there you have life, songs and courage. You
have everything you’ll ever need,” and then, to himself, he added “And now, so do I.”
----------
Down below, Sora, Riku and Kairi talked about tomorrow as well.

“Tomorrow,” Kairi said, “we fight to stop Aloz from gaining more Quintessence. And after that…”

“We return to Radiant Garden,” Sora finished, “and continue the battle there.

“Do you think,” Kairi asked, “that Draco may know something about the Heartless? It’s hard to tell, but it seems like dragons know much about the heart.”

“It’s possible,” Sora answered, “after tomorrow’s battle, we’ll ask him. A little more knowledge could only help us now.”
--------
The next day, the peasants came through the forest and to the castle where Einon dwelled, Bowen at the lead. Einon was already prepared for combat, dressed in his chain mail and ready for battle.

As the peasant army came out, Bowen rode among the ready to fight. He had replaced his old shield, with the dragon horns on it, with a small, circular shield, with a golden dragon’s head painted on it.

“He dares defy me at my own gates,” Einon said, “Look at him! Well, today his Code dies once and for all!”
He prepared to charge down, but one of his soldiers stopped him, “No! We’re safe here, Your Majesty! That rabble couldn’t possibly storm the castle! By tonight they’ll be cold and wet and tired. They’ll probably just limp off home. We’re safe here, Einon! Remember your father!”

Broc gasped as he saw the dragon charge right at them, sending to fireballs at their line of archers on the walls. The Dragonslayers shouted in a foreign language as they started their preparations.

Two loaded a ballista and prepared to fire it, but a fireball burned the ramparts above them and sent debris flying down on them. One fell on the trigger, launching the giant arrow right into one of the Dragonslayers.

Another Dragonslayer prepared to launch three arrows, ropes tied to them, in one shot, but Draco caught one of them and pulled on the rope. The ballista and it broke free of its chain and slammed right into the Dragonslayer.

By now, Einon was fed up, and charged into battle with his soldiers and the Heartless. From the trees, Gilbert and all the archers launched volleys of arrows, felling many before the army even reached the peasants. Sora and Kairi worked together with magic, flash freezing and burning Heartless and soldiers alike. Riku used his dark powers to crush several foes with only a handful of attacks. Bowen jumped off his horse and easily felled both man and Heartless with swipes of his blade.

From a nearby hilltop, out of sight, Axel and Spoiler watched.

“Shall we join the battle?” Axel asked.

Spoiler chuckled and drew her quarterstaff, “Try and keep up.”
---------
“Sora,” Riku shouted while engaging a Heartless, “we got reinforcements coming!”

Sora turned just in time to see Axel cut through a small battalion of Heartless on his own, and nearly laughed. Some things never changed.

Suddenly a new figure appeared. He tossed his swords in the air, threw two daggers at Heartless, and grabbed his blades as they came down. The two Heartless vanished as soon as the dagger’s pierced their chests.

“I thought you didn’t like playing the hero?” Axel jibed, though he was truthfully glad to see his boss there.

“Don’t get used to it,” Phantasm replied, and they joined up and felled more Heartless immediately, “I still don’t like playing the hero. But that doesn’t mean I don’t know how. I’ve made my choice.”

“The right one,” Spoiler smiled behind her bandana.

Brother Gilbert launched an arrow to a special trap, and a log came down and clotheslined some soldiers, who fell off their horses.

“Pride goeth before the fall,” Gilbert muttered to himself.

Bowen, who had managed to pick up a second sword by now, easily felled two more soldiers. Einon, seeing the battle going against them, ordered for a retreat. But as he shouted, Brother Gilbert readied an arrow and fired.

The arrow hit him directly in the heart, but he did not die. At the same moment the arrow pierced his skin, Draco felt a huge pain in his chest and fell into the castle. Bowen saw this and feared the worst, and then he saw that Einon was still alive. Einon pulled the arrow from himself, almost as surprised at Bowen was.
“The Dragonslayers,” Einon gasped, realizing the truth, and charged back to the castle.
--------
The remaining Dragonslayers began to tie Draco down with chains, making sure he could not escape. They were prepared to kill, but Einon stopped them.

“Stop! I want it alive! Alive and safe. Safe for all eternity.
-------
“I got to save the dragon!” Bowen shouted, “Who will go with me?”

He was dismayed, however, that only Sora, Riku, Kairi, Kara, and Gilbert stepped forward, the peasants standing back, motionless. With a shake of his head, he started for the castle, the five others behind him.
-----------------
It was nighttime now. As Draco waited for something to happen, a figure came and stabbed the guard watching over Draco. Draco heard the thud and said, “Come from the shadows, Aislinn. Come where I can see you.”

Queen Aislinn came out of her hiding spot and kneeled before Draco, saying, “You know why I’ve come.”

“I know. In giving my heart, I’ve taken on every poison stirring in his evil chest. Even the pain of his death must be mine.”

“You cannot blame yourself,” Queen Aislinn said, “Death without immortality?”

“That was not the only reason. I had to wait for a time when mankind would not repeat my mistake and let tyranny thrive. When there would be those who remembered the Once-ways, remembered that even in the darkness there is still light,” he then tried to lift his head up, but the chains would not let him, “I cannot see. Are the stars shining tonight?”

Aislinn looked up and then said, “Brightly, my lord. Brightly.”

“Then let us end it,” Draco said, and Aislinn took the spear the fallen Dragonslayer wielded.

She took it in her arms, ready to strike, and said, “Forgive me!”

But before she could strike, Einon stopped her, grabbed the spear out of her hands.

“I know why you brought me the Dragonslayers,” Einon said simply, “You wanted them to kill him because you wanted me dead.”

“I wanted to correct a mistake made years ago,” Aislinn said, “when I saved a creature not worth saving.”

“How un-motherly of you,” Einon said, and without another word, Aislinn walked away. Einon snapped his fingers, and a Heartless appeared. He pointed at where his mother had gone, and the Heartless went. Moments later, a women’s scream could be heard, and then the roar of a dragon.
---------
This roar got the attention of the infiltrators of the castle, using the passage the now late Queen Aislinn had used to free Kara some nights ago. They turned and saw the rebels, lead by Hewe, enter behind them.

“We have to open the gates,” Hewe said, “The rest of us are waiting outside. Go save your dragon, Bowen.”

Bowen and the group turned and continued through the castle, coming up in the dungeon as before. From there, they would ransack the place until they found Draco.

Unfortunately, Einon was waiting for them.

“Well, well, well, what a pleasant surprise,” Einon said, “I expected you, Bowen, but with my bride-to-be as well? And a bunch of children? And with a priest to wed us.”

“To bury you,” Sora grumbled.

“Well, to bury one of us,” Einon said, and jumped to his feet. Heartless appeared in the room, and Einon drew his blade. He swung at Bowen, but he stepped back and Einon only cut through a chair. The group spread out, Bowen engaging Einon and Sora and his friends quickly dispatching the Heartless.

“Kara,” Sora shouted, joining with Bowen to fight Einon, “the door, quickly!”

Kara and Gilbert quickly shut the door before any more enemies could enter. Einon quickly dodged blade, fireball, thunder, and darkness as he engaged the swordsmen (and swordswomen). Bowen sidestepped a swing and Einon fell down the stairs of the hidden passage, onto the stone floor below. He should not have survived. Bowen, Sora, Riku and Kairi jumped down and closed the passage behind them.

Bowen stared down at Einon, his body unmoving. He quickly made his way down the stairs to see if he was dead, but Einon’s blade came up and the 4 on 1 dual began again. They clashed blades as they moved through the catacombs beneath the castle.

[Zero Inferno]

Aaaah. I love scenes like that! A seemingly hopelss battle, then the heroic reinforcements arrive. Just like Gandalf riding in at Helm's Deep.
Your work still fails to suffer. I await another chapter and hopefully a sequel story down the line.