Kingdom Hearts: Keys of Equestria

Chapter VI: The First Equestrian Dive, Part I

Perspective: Sora

"As long as I have my friends, I don`t need the Keyblade."

I was back in the Dive To The Heart, but it was different. I was standing at the base of the Station of Calling, but instead of the image of me holding the Kingdom Key with my eyes closed, it was now an image of me & four ponies. The first one I immediately recognized. It was Lyra, levitating a Keyblade with her magic. It wasn`t a Kingdom Key, though. The guard was made from what looked almost like a miniature harp.

No, it wasn`t a harp. It was a lyre. The shaft of the Keyblade was made from a white staff with black musical notes across it, & the teeth of the key was made from a pair of eighth notes hanging from the bottom of the staff.

Now I got what her name meant.

The rest of the ponies I had never seen before. One was a light purple unicorn with a pink & purple mane & tail, who was levitating two Keyblades. One was a Kingdom Key, while the other was much different.

The guard was a dark pink circular shape, with a shaft that looked almost like a very narrow bookshelf. The teeth of the key were made from half of an open book, & the Keychain was a light pink star.

The other two were a bright blue pegasus with a rainbow colored mane holding a Keyblade in her mouth, & a light orange earth pony with a blonde mane & tail that were both tied back with red ribbons, most of her mane obscured by a cowboy hat. Like the pegasus, she was holding a Keyblade in her mouth. I was beginning to wonder how these ponies could stand holding metal objects like this in their mouths.

The pegasus` Keyblade almost reminded me of one I would see Riku using, as it was designed like a normal sword instead of a key. The guard covered only one half of the handle, & looked as if it was made from a small cloud. The blade was very intricately designed, looking like it was coated in cyan feathers, just like her own, & the Keychain was a rainbow colored lightning bolt.

The earth pony`s was quite unusual. The guard was made from a small tree branch, whereas the shaft was made from a trunk. the teeth of the key were made from a large leaf, & the Keychain was a small, bright red apple.

I noticed that all of the ponies had a strange marking on their flanks. Lyras, of course, was a lyre, & the other unicorns was a bright pink star surrounded by a few white ones. The pegasuswas a rainbow colored lightning bolt, & the earth ponys was a triangle made from three apples.

Apparently, their Keychains had something to do with these markings. But what?

Before I had a chance to observe the image any longer, a small group of Nobodies appeared. Nothing much, just a few Dusks & a Creeper or two.

I summoned Oathkeeper & Oblivion, & threw both Keyblades at the Nobodies. They destroyed all of them except one Dusk.

It spasmed wildly for a moment before morphing into something I`d never seen before.

It was a massive Nobody that closely resembled their sigil, even with its impressive size. I charged at the Nobody, & sunk my Oblivion into its ankle. The beast fell to the ground, as I ran up its body & began rapidly hacking away at its face.

Five large blue tentacles flew up from its neck & swatted me onto the ground. I jumped back up, charging the Nobody, until it jumped off of the Station. I waited, standing in a defensive position, until the creature returned.

It had turned the entire Station on its side, & was about to throw a massive orb of dark energy at me. I dropped off of the Station, & flung my Oathkeeper as hard as I could at the orb, which exploded, knocking the Station back into position as the Nobody & I fell to the ground.

My Keyblades embedded themselves in the ground beside me as I stood up, pulled them from the ground, & buried my Oathkeeper into the Nobody`s head as it disappeared in a cloud of white fire.

I continued along the Station, noticing that the pillars had that same modified design, but with different coloration. I reached the end, where the door to the next Station awaited. Carefully, I stepped through.