Kingdom Hearts: Keys of Equestria

Chapter X: An Unexpected Surprise

Perspective: Sora

"Empty creature from Ventus riven... to you, the name Vanitas shall be given."

Lyra & I had gone out to an empty field so that I could try to show her one of my less dangerous skills. When we made it to the field, I noticed that there were already six other ponies there. I recognized one of them as Fluttershy, but the others... they just felt familiar.

Finally, the memory flashed into my mind. I didn`t even notice that I was speaking out loud.

"Those... those are the ponies from the dream..."

"You dreamt about them, Sora?"

"Listen, Lyra. Im about to tell you something that you might not believe, but its true. Those ponies... theyre Keyblade wielders. Theres obviously a reason why, & thats what I need to figure out. Im going to have to talk to them, but you CANNOT, & I mean CAN NOT tell them what I just told you. Understood?"

"Cross my heart & hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!"

"I`ll take that as a yes."

We continued on to meet them, & Fluttershy was the first to notice us. She wasn`t the first to speak, though. Instead, the pink earth pony bounced-& I mean, literally bounced, over to me.

"Hellooo! Im Pinkie Pie, who are you? I dont think Ive seen you here before, or anywhere, for that matter, & I dont think Ive seen anything that even looks like you & whats that thing on your back, & oh my gosh! I forgot to throw you a "Welcome To Ponyville" party!"

"Uhhh... Im Sora. Nice to meet you! Ill assume that you guys are friends of Lyra`s?"

"Of course we are! Lyra`s one of my best friends, even though I consider everypony my best friends! Good to meet you, Sora! How about I introduce you to my friends?"

"Sure..."

She led me to the white unicorn first, who obviously had a problem with the ground, since unlike the rest of them, she was sitting on a small sofa. She stood up & came to meet me, & held her hoof out in a gesture of friendliness, which I promptly returned.

"I`m Rarity. Quite the occasion to meet you, sir. You are a male, correct?"

"Yes. My name`s Sora. Nice to meet you, Rarity!"

"Your outfit is absolutely magnificent! Tell me, who designed it? I dont think Ive seen any clothes like those before!"

"Uhhh... I kinda... forgot who it was. But, as soon as were done with the introductions, theres something about these clothes that I want to show all of you."

Pinkie led me over to the lavender unicorn, who seemed to be almost studying me.

"I believe I heard your name before. Sora, right? Twilight Sparkle. I`d like to ask you a question, Sora."

"Shoot."

"Do you think you could meet me sometime later today? I`d love to learn a bit about you."

"Sure. I don`t mind at all."

A small smile grew on Twilight`s face, which quickly turned into a massive grin as she began hopping in a circle around me repeatedly screaming "YES!".  She realized what she was doing & quickly sat back down next to Rarity. This time, Pinkie brought me over to the rainbow maned pegasus.

"Names Rainbow Dash. Fastest flyer in Equestria! Hows it hangin`, Sora?"

"Just fine. How about you?"

"Awesome as always. You seem like a pretty cool guy yourself. You get the Rainbow Dash Seal of Approval!"

The orange earth pony came to see me for herself.

"Applejack. Good to meet ya, Sora! Fluttershy told us plenty about ya. Ya seem a bit young to be runninaround with a weapon like that, fightin monsters. At least that`s how Ah see it."

"Back where Im from, I am fairly young, but that was never a problem. If the Organization cant stop me, then no one can!"

"Organization?"

"Oh, right. Organization XIII. They were this huge group of really powerful people that had some seriously evil goals. So, me & my friends took them down. & apparently when me & my friend Riku defeated their leader, Xemnas, he wasnt completely destroyed, & he was trying to reform the Organization. We tried to stop him, but he... Im pretty sure he killed my friends, & he sent me here."

"Wow. That seems like quite a lot for somepony yer age to be goin` through."

"Well, Ive got you all now. As long as I have friends, everythingll be all right! Now, how would you guys like to see some really powerful magic?"

The entire crowd of ponies began cheering in agreement as Twilight levitated a scroll & quill from wherever, & Pinkie pulled a chair & a bag of popcorn out of her mane. How she did it, I had no idea.

I pulled my Keyblade from the scabbard & focused my energy. It was hard to do this without my friends, but it wasn`t impossible. I could feel the power overflowing inside me.

That was where everything went wrong.

My clothes had started to change into the familiar red & black scheme of Valor Form, but quickly stopped & turned to pitch black. I was now standing in front of the ponies in AntiForm, as Fluttershy ran behind a tree & Rainbow Dash prepared to buck me into next week. My voice was distorted, but still audible.

"Wait, wait! Its okay. Its still me, Sora. In fact, this is a part of what I wanted to show you. You see, my clothes have a special magic that allows me to change my form, & gain new powers along with it. But all of the light generated by my other forms leaves behind a lot of darkness, & this is just its manifestation. It`s called AntiForm."

Fluttershy came back after finding out that it was still me, & Rainbow Dash stopped her preparations. The dark coloration drained from my body as I returned to my normal form.

"Sorry guys. I guess it would just be easier if I told you everything."

This possibility caused Rainbow`s eyes to shrink to the size of pinpricks.

"No, please don`t! Do you think you could try again?"

"Fine."

My Keyblade began to emit a white light as I focused my power once again. My clothes slowly changed to those of my indisputably powerful Final Form. My Keyblades, Oathkeeper & Oblivion were floating behind me as I began to levitate.

"This is called Final Form. It`s my most powerful Form, & it represents the Keyblade showing its hidden powers. In this Form, I can do all kinds of things; fly, teleport, & the best part: my combat abilities increase substantially."

Twilight was absolutely shocked that I had magic this powerful, Rainbow was only paying attention to my "cool factor", Rarity was stunned by the style & luminescensce of my clothes, & Fluttershy, Applejack, Pinkie & Lyra had no idea what to think.

Slowly, my body fell to the ground, my Keyblade returned to its normal form, & my clothes did the same.

Finally, Twilight spoke up.

"Well, girls, if you dont mind, I have some things to do, so Ill be seeing you later. It was nice meeting you, Sora."

"Wait, Twilight. Didn`t you say you wanted to talk to me?"

"Oh. I almost forgot! Just come by whenever you have the time. Lyra can show you to my house."

"Okay. See you later!

So, do you guys know anything about the Running of The Leaves?"

My question seemed to ignite a spark between Applejack & Rainbow Dash, as if it meant something important to them. Rainbow spoke up first.

"Well, Sora, the Running of The Leaves, which Im obviously going to win this year, is a Ponyville tradition, where we run through the forest to make the leaves fall from the trees. Its a pretty big deal around here!"

"Hmmm. A big event. I`m starting to get an idea. Something always happens to me after really big events, so maybe it might happen if I enter the Running of The Leaves!"

"What exactly happens to you after these events?"

"Usually, I get a new Keychain for my Keyblade. But I get all kinds of things. Keychains, items, lots of stuff. When is the Running?"

Applejack cut in this time.

"Well, if Ahm correct, the Runnin should be in just two days. Ah`d sign up quick if Ah were you!"

"Thanks! Ill do it as soon as I can. Ill see you girls later. I`m gonna go talk to Twilight. Bye!

Hey Lyra? Where exactly does Twilight live?"