Kingdom Hearts: Keys of Equestria

Chapter XXIII: Gathering The Elements - Roxas

Perspective: Roxas

"Sea Salt Ice Cream... it`s salty, but sweet at the same time."

I was just a few minutes away from Las Pegasus, & I had realized that flying came to me naturally for some reason, like jumping to a grasshopper.

Wow, that was one of the suckiest metaphors ever.

I arrived in the heart of the city, right next to the Marage hotel. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a pink blur whipping past me, followed by a strangely familiar orange earth pony with a blonde mane & a cowboy hat. I saw that her 'cutie mark', as Sora had called it, was a trio of apples forming a triangle. That mare was probably Applejack, if her cutie mark was anything to go by.

& that pink blur must`ve been Pinkie Pie...

I galloped after them, making sure that no more pedestrians were in the way, & raised my Oathkeeper to cast a spell.

"Pull!"

A string of blue light shot from my Keyblade & wrapped around Pinkie`s hindlegs, stopping her right where she stood. Applejack turned around, clearly shocked by my accuracy.

"Ah donthink Ahve ever seen anypony catch Pinkie Pie that quick after she ate that many cupcakes. Who are ya, anyway?"

"The names Roxas. Im sure that Sora said something about me. Im his Nobody, & he sent me here to find you two. Youre Applejack, right?"

"The one nonly. Now, if Ahm correct, Sora told us that Nobodies cant exist until their original selves die. How are you here? Last Ah checked, Sora was aliven kickin`."

"Well, Im kind of a special case, compared with other Nobodies. I have some semblance of my own heart, so Im not completely a Nobody. I`m more like... half Nobody."

"Huh. Well, would ya look at that. Wait, what the hay are those? They don`t look like performers."

"What? Who?"

Applejack pointed behind me, where a group of Nobodies were attacking some tourists. There weren`t very many of them, but they were very high level Nobodies. At least three Sorcerers, two Berserkers, a Samurai, & a Dancer. I turned back to the mares, & gave them a quick rundown of what was happening.

"Ill be right back. Those Nobodies are about to slaughter that group of tourists, & Im the only Keyblade wielder here."

I turned to attack, but I felt a set of teeth clamp down on my tail & saw that Applejack had grabbed onto me & wasn`t about to let go. I stopped moving, & she let go of me.

"Now wait just an applebuckinminute! You aint gonna fight them alone."

"But only Keyblade wielders can- wait a minute. Applejack, Pinkie, stand still."

The two of them stood almost like statues, & I stepped forward, touching my Keyblade to their foreheads. Applejack simply gave me a look of suspicion, & Pinkie Pie looked as if she was using every bit of strength she had just not to burst into a fit of giggles where she stood. I moved my Keyblades back, creating that same flash of white light. The light left behind nothing. The two mares were just standing there like nothing had happened.

That shouldve awakened their Keyblades! Whats gong on here? They had Keyblades in the Dive!

"Whats wrong, Rox? You look like somethings going on! You know, other than Discord & Xemnas trying to destroy the world."

"Pinkie, first of all, please dont call me 'Rox'. Roxas is fine. Second, that process shouldve awakened your-"

I cut myself off before I could finish. Sora had said something about how if they knew they were wielders, the Heartless & Nobodies would pick up on their knowledge & start attacking them. They werent ready yet. I needed to give them some form of training first, but then again, what better time to train than while youre preventing the destruction of everything in existence?

"Sorry. As I was saying, that process shouldve let you two wield the Keyblade, but it didnt do anything."

I stood there for a second, before I realized that a group of tourists was about to die. I summoned my Oathkeeper & Oblivion, & took out all of them with a single attack.

"Cosmic Raid!"

I flung both of my Keyblades towards the Nobodies as they became wreathed in both lightning & fire, obliterating the entire group. The Keyblades dissipated in midair as the energies did the same, & they reappeared in my magic grip once again.

"Well, that takes care of that. Now, theres one more inportant question: Why in Sids name did that not work? It shouldve brought your Keyblades into- wait just a minute! I think that I just figured it out! All of our Keyblades didnt appear until we truly needed them. Soras was created when the Destiny Islands was attacked, & he wouldve died without it. Mine was first summoned when a Nobody found its way into the virtual Twilight Town. Once again, it was a life & death situation. Sora brought forth Shining Armor & Cadances Keyblades when the Crystal Empire was attacked by Heartless! In order for a Keyblade to be summoned for the first time, the wielder has to be in a situation where lives are on the line, whether it be theirs of someone elses. So we just have to wait until someones going to die if you dont have the Keyblade."

Applejack was clearly distraught by this revelation, & decided to give me her input.

"Now Roxas, yer tellinme that for us t use our Keyblades, someponys gotta be about to die? Ah dont know what yer thinkinhere, but Ahm not gonna put somepony else`s life in danger just so that Ah can use some glorified skeleton key!"

"Look, AJ."

"Don`t call me that. Only mah friends call me that, & at the moment, ya don`t seem like much of a friend."

"Whatever. Now, if this situation occurs, then that person will survive without a doubt, as long as you can use the Keyblade to save them. Most of the time, itll be something pretty easy to do. For example, the first time I used my Keyblade was when I had to fight a Dusk. Theyre the second weakest type of Nobody around, so obviously it was a quick battle."

"Okay, but if somepony gets hurt because of me, Ah`m gonna have a bone ta pick with you."

"Sounds fair. But just remember, Im the one with two extremely deadly weapons. Now lets go. Follow me!"

I ran off into the distance, the two mares following me.