Phantom Monsters

by Dawn Darkness

Battling the Heartless and Aftermath

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I charged the large horde of Heartless with my Keyblade ready for attacking them. I ran up to the closest Heartless near me and gave it no time to strike back as I swung the Keyblade down and struck it on the head, causing it to disappear into nothingness.

I took out another Heartless as the fight continued on between me and the horde. I sliced, hacked, cut, and swung my Keyblade around at the Heartless and took them out one by one. I blocked some of them with my only weapon, and I jumped away from an incoming Heartless as it tried to jump at me from the side. I smirked as I cut it down with my weapon, and it disappeared into nothingness.

As I continued to battle against the horde, I could see that more of them appeared from the black portals. I gave a disbelief sigh.

They never quit, do they?

Now there’s got to be over a thousand of them. Still, I attacked them with what I got. Once I got into the center of the Heartless around me, I uttered: “Thunder!” Bolts of thunder came shooting down from the black clouds above the Heartless and struck them as they were paralyzed for a few moments. I took my chance and destroyed the Heartless that were paralyzed before time was out.

“Fire!” I called out as a burst of flames came from my Keyblade’s swinging form at the Heartless, and they were burned to a crisp when the flames collided with their bodies.

I continued to block, jump, attack, and repeat when the Heartless were planning on surrounding me with their black bodies. I did not allow it, as my Light was stronger than their Darkness.

I sliced across a Heartless’s head when it disappeared from the view into nothing but darkness. I quickly reacted when I sensed another one jump from behind me, and jumped to the side as I struck it down with my Keyblade.

My fight continued on with the Heartless as I cut through one of them with my Keyblade, which I had decided to name Oathbringer for my internal promise to protect Equestria, as the battle went on for a long period of time.

I realized I was in need of a second weapon if I were to defeat the horde. I saw a gleaming silver blade that was laying on the ground near a staircase of a building. I grinned, taking the risk as I ran through the horde of Heartless, cutting some of those that stood in my way with Oathbringer as I managed to get near the blade on the ground and grabbed it in my free hand.

I now had two blades as I faced the horde again, and I was madly grinning with anticipation and excitement rushing through my entire body.

“C’mon, and bring it!” I called out bravely to the Heartless, holding my weapons ready as I charged the following enemies.

I slashed my second blade at a Heartless, while my Oathbringer was cutting another one down with its blade. I continued to slash, slice, cut, and repeat at the endless horde of Heartless that were trying to get in Canterlot.

I jumped into the air as the Heartless followed, a mad smile on my expression as I whirled around and threw my two weapons in a circular way, cutting the Heartless monsters and destroyed them before landing on the ground safely as the weapons returned to my hands.

I just did a Roxas move there, from the game 358/2 Days. Now THAT was wicked.

I continued to destroy the Heartless with my two blades as I ran through the horde, cutting them down one by one as I skidded to a stop in the center of the horde.

“Take this, you black monsters!” I called out as lightning surged through my body. “Lightning Strike!”

A booming sound of lightning came from above as lightning bolts were shooting down at the Heartless that looked unfazed at the attack before they were destroyed.

I smiled madly at the horde, shouting: “Fire Burst!” A line of roaring flames burst from my Keyblade as the flames scorched the Heartless to ashes while I continued to call out attacks. “Storming Blizzard!”

A harsh storm of blizzard came as well and froze the Heartless, and some sides of the buildings before I took the frozen Heartless out manually with my blades, shattering them to pieces as I cut through them.

“Now...Howling Wind!” I shouted as a powerful wind came from my body, spinning in a tornado and sucked the Heartless up in it while spitting them out into the air while they disappeared to nothingness.

Oh yeah, now that’s what I’m talkin’ about!

I continued to attack the horde as my Mana was about to get critically low for my Magic. I felt it since I used those four Magic abilities. So, now I’m just relying on close combat with my weapons.

I slashed at a Heartless, making it turn to nothingness as I stabbed a Heartless from behind by whirling only my Oathbringer around and not my head. I smirked, and then I slashed continuously at the Heartless that was getting low on numbers at last.

I made a series of cuts and slashes again with my blades at the Heartless, and I could feel my energy is about to get low just like my Mana.

I needed to finish this. And quickly before I get taken down by the Heartless and be turned into one.

I am about to use my last remaining Mana on one final, big attack as I wanted this to be done with. I felt my energy burst from my body, and I grunted for a bit while feeling the low Mana within me being let out.

Here we go…

“Fiery Explosion!” I shouted loudly as a burning roar of flames burst from my body, catching any nearby Heartless in its merciless flaming form as while the buildings were barely away from the explosion, being out of reach.

The Heartless was destroyed in a matter of seconds, and there was now none of them left after the smoke cleared.

I panted heavily while standing on the ground, my Keyblade disappearing from my hand as I felt my Mana was gone from my Magic usage.

I, however, saw some Mana orbs and decided to absorb them into my body, feeling my Mana being re-energized from the orbs. I also saw some Munny orbs, which I took as well.

Looks like I can buy some items once I get to one of the town worlds from the game series. That must’ve been over a thousand Munny from the orbs.

“Daniel!” I heard somepony call for me, and I looked back to find Green-Wing rushing up to me. “Are you alright, sir?”

“Yeah, a bit low on energy, though,” I nodded. “But, aside from that, I’m fine.”

Green-Wing sighed in relief. She then looked at me with widened eyes. “You sure know how to fight a large scale battle, huh, sir?”

“That, I do,” I chuckled, but then felt a sting of pain in my body as I fell to one knee. I groaned as a result of that. I saw Green-Wing trot up to me. I held a hand up to stop her. “I’m fine...I just need to rest for a while.”

I then saw the citizens of Canterlot looking at me with either frightened or happy expressions. “Is everypony alright?” I called out to them.

They simply nodded to me.

“Good, then we need to stay that way,” I said, trying to stand but almost fell if Green-Wing hadn’t been there for me. “Thanks,” I thanked her, holding onto the Pegasus for support.

“I’m just doing my job, sir,” she smiled at me.

“Well now, that was a clear show of determination!” A voice called out.

I looked back in surprise, and saw a black coated man with his face hidden by the hood he wore. “You’re…”

“That’s right,” the man clapped his hands to me. “I’m a member of Organization XIII. You’ve heard of us, Earthling.”

“Well, I did watch Sora kick your ass from a monitor,” I told him as he chuckled.

“Ah, that Sora, always the kind-hearted man with a warm heart,” the man spoke.

“Just tell me what you want,” I growled at him.

“Hey now, don’t give me that,” the Organization member raised his hands up in defense. “I’m just here to congratulate you for taking on that horde while putting others’ safety first. I guess that’s one way to say you’re a well made fighter, hmm?”

“I did get it from Sora’s fighting skills,” I said, unfazed by his comments. “What is it you want?”

“Why, to simply tell you that you’ve entered an inevitable battle, of course,” the man smiled under his hood. “Your Light is strong, don’t get me wrong. Friendship is a powerful force to be reckoned with, but that friendship will eventually be turned against you.”

“Yeah right,” I scowled at him. “My friends are not like that. They’re my power, but I’m not using them for any greedy things.”

“So you say,” the member chuckled. “I wish you luck with finding your heart’s inner strength, Daniel. Your heart is our connection towards others, as you may know. Farewell, dear boy of the light.”

He then vanished into his black portal as I watched him leave. Then I sighed.

“Who was that?” Green-Wing asked me.

“I...don’t know,” I shook my head. “He’s just a member of some Organization who is after the hearts of others. I haven’t seen them being that cheerful of my victory.”

“Well, whatever they’ve planned, you can pull through,” my guide told me with a warm smile. “I just saw you take on that horde of monsters for saving us with your bravery and courage. That was some heroic act, sir.”

“I guess,” I sighed, looking at the crowd watching with confused expressions while I could see Princess Celestia and my friends near them. “I must better go back to the castle,” I told her. “Are you coming?” I smiled at her as she returned it with a nod.

We made our way to Celestia as she smiled thankfully to me. “That was something of a display of heroic deeds, Daniel,” she told me.

“That you had, darling,” Rarity agreed, her eyes sparkling with brightness.

“Eh, just doing my job in saving you all,” I shrugged. “They were nothing compared to me. They were simply just idiots.” I had my second blade on my belt as my next weapon choice if I were to lose Oathbringer.

“But, that was wickedly awesome!” Rainbow said in admiration as we made our way to the castle while the crowd dispersed. “You doing all of those moves was just so cool. You must let me know your secret fighting skills!”

“Uh, I just watched from a monitor,” I replied unsure. “Nothing as exciting as this.”

“Still though,” Rainbow continued. “You were just great out there in the fight.”

“Alright Rainbow, give our friend some space,” Twilight finally spoke to the Pegasus as Rainbow sighed.

Celestia turned to me, and I expected her to say something regarding the Organization XIII member. But, she didn’t say a word about it and just kept her mouth closed while we were finally at the castle gates.

This was some of a tired day...I’d better get some decent sleep after all that fighting.


Author's Note

Alright, short fight, but they don't need to be dragged on for too long, right? Besides...I might get some longer fighting going on in the future as I get a refreshment for doing them over the course of the story.

Ten chapters left and Act 1 will be finished...exciting to get to the last chapter of the act before moving on with Act 2 where the adventure truly begins. Almost there, guys.

Also, about those moves Daniel used...let's just say they are upgrades to Sora's Magic attacks from the games. Who needs to have similar attacks for a KH protagonist if I want to do something different?

Lightning Strike - An upgraded version of Thunder and an attack in Thundaga.
Fiery Explosion - An upgraded version of Fire and an attack in Firaga.
Howling Wind - An upgraded version of Aero and is another attack in Aeroga.
Storming Blizzard - Upgraded version of Blizzard from Blizzaga.

There, I hope that cleared something from the attacks my character used. See you in Chapter 6!

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