The High School

[Dante Sparda]

"Yeah," Victor replied. "Could you feel it in -" he was cut off when he felt something in his own hand. He looked down immediately and saw yet another of those sword things. This one was different, however, as was the keychain hanging from the tip of the handle.

At that point, Victor became aware of an extra weight on his back. He reached around with his left hand and touched something metallic, a handle of some sort. Gripping it tightly, Victor brought his hand around and was met with a third sword. This one had a shorter and thicker blade, as well as a different keychain. Victor's eyes opened wide in shock, he blinked just once - and they were gone. His head shot up and he fixed his eyes upon Taz. "Did you see that...?"

[Elario Luminus]

((C'mon guys, we need to start wrapping this up soon. Last subject, then home time.))

Kayle stood still on the rooftop, looking down and watching the students mill around for lunch, or what remained of it. He groaned and wiped his face with his hand.
'Great....Math last. Fantastic....'
He jumped off the roof shortly, which was fine because it wasn't all that high up anyway, and headed to his last class, whistling a tune only he knew.

[Cloud Strife]

Meanwhile, Shu had canted his head to the side as the girl stated that she was fine. "You sure about that?" He inquired absently, before lifting an eyebrow to accentuate his doubt. Of course, after such a simple maneuver, this pain suddenly jolted him - forcing him to stumble and grip at his head. "Aggh!" He groaned, only to suddenly realize that it disappeared just as suddenly as it came. "W-what the hell was that..?" Shu murmered under his breath. He could swear that he saw two objects - long and..uh...weirdly key-like... - being gripped by his own hands. It had only been for a split second...but geez, it was bizarre! He needed to seriously clear his head. "D-did you see that?" He asked, glancing towards the girl again. What was wrong with him?

[Tifa Lockhart]

The silent girl blinked as the boy staggered and tilted her own head.
"Are YOU ok?" She then blinked in confusion at his question and shook her head.
"See what?" No sooner had she finished these words, then a cold yet loving voice spoke to her.

I can make you whole again... She turned to look down the hall, as if searching for the speaker.

[Yuffie Kisaragi]

Nallina wandered down the hall as she headed to her locker, she remained un-noticed, people liked her, but as they all know she prefers to stay by herself and read a good book, its always fantasies like unicorns and fairies with her. she reached the row of locked doors, lined neatly against the wall, she counted them as usual and on reaching locker 49, she stopped and walked over, turning the dial until it clicked open. her locker was neat and tidy, her books neatly stacked, her bag placed generously in the bottom and her door almost photo-less, the only this that was stuck to the door of her locker was a small photo of her old dog, who had passed about 2 months ago. Nallina looked at the picture and smiled, she had loved her dog, dearly, she turned and neatly placed her books next to the rest and knelt down to put some homework into her bag. she grabbed her last books, for her maths lesson, and closed the locker seeing a familiar, red haired girl standing near a wall.

Shiella was standing impatiently against the wall, she had no class to go to this section of the day because she had been banned from the music room for banging instruments violently against the wall the moment she made a wrong note. she saw a familiar girl standing at her locker, the girl was Nallina, though Shiella always called her by her last name, Kathe, as she did to Shiella, her last name was Orrah. She found herself getting the urge to walk away to her own locker, as much of a deathtrap as it was, so she did as her intuition...or what she had of one, told her to do. Shiella clicked the Dial and opened the door, what a smart little chooka she was as she took a few steps back to allow room for her books to come crashing to the floor. Stacking her books, precariously close to the edge, she grabbed out a ball from her bag and began throwing it at the wall, catching it easily as it flew back to her. she remained invisible to Kathe over there at the other set of lockers. thinking to herself she remembered that it was time to head to the English room, so she turned around, dropped the ball in her bag and grabbed her English books, slamming the locker shut and lazily flicking the dial.

[Sparkles]

"Yeah.... i did" Aliarn said absently as she looked around,
If you hurry you can catch him
"What?... Who said that?" she looked around, trying to keep her composure. No one knew of her brother. No one at all!
"What did you just say?" she demanded of Victor; ignoring the bell as it rang out.

[azura]

kiyo sighed as she walked around the school aimlessly. everyone seemed to have a few friends or was talking to people. she sighed and kept walking until she ended up outside, coming to a old tree with huge sprawling branches. she sat comfortably under the tree, leaning against its ancient trunk and pulled out her english book once more to examine the... sword thingy. she flicked to a blank page at the back of her book and reached down to the stack beside her for her pencil case. as she did so, an odd sensation overcame her and she jerked back, bringing her hand to her head and closing her eyes. in her minds eye she could see the sword thing, it was infront of her, she reached down to pick it up and as soon as she touched it... her eyes shot open. she was now standing up, but reaching down. the sword thing Kiyo had been convinced was a figment of her imagination was now no longer in her minds eye, but in her hand! she brought it closer to examine it but it seemed to fade into nothingness as she brought her hand closer. staring wide-eyed at her hand she picked up her books and turned to go as the bell rang.

[Cloud Strife]

Shu looked around again, still completely and totally perplexed by the weird events that had just taken place. "I-I'm not sure. I think I'm still sane..." He stated cautiously, only to shake his head. "Bizarre...Eh, anyways. If you're sure you're alright, I'll just head off to -" He was cut off when the bell rang. Crap! "-Class! I'll seee you later!" Shu continued, only to dash off to said class. Aw man....he hated being late!

[Dante Sparda]

Victor's brow furrowed. Taz seemed to be hearing things as well.
"Nothing," he replied, looking up and down the corridor. Suddenly, a cold, corrupt voice echoed in his head.

"Vandregas... Master of the darkfire..."

Victor clutched his head once again and stumbled into a locker.
"Argh... What the hell-?" He looked at Taz with an expression that clearly said he was freaking out. "Perfect. Now I'm hearing things..."

[Elario Luminus]

Kayle wandered into his last class late, despite the fact that he had left for class early. The teacher glared at him while he sat down, leaned back and put his feet on the desk. Said teacher stalked up to him, and forcefully knocked his feet off the table.
'THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL STAND FOR YOUR INSULTING BEHAVIOUR, PRIORI!'
The class instantly stopped their work to watch what happened here. Kayle, aware of this, slowly, let his feet back up to the desk, and used them as a spring to jump to his feet. Turning to look at the teacher, he walked right up to him, their noses almost touching.
'Then ya just gonna have to get used to my "insulting behaviour", ain't ya? Coz I, for one, don't think the rest of the school gives a flying shit. Nor do the students, for that matter. Now shut up and get out of my sight.'

[Cloud Strife]

Aaand, Shu entered the class in time to spot Priori telling off the teacher. Oh brother. Canting his head to the side, he wandered over to an empty seat, only to turn towards a girl in the class and sending her a flirtacious wink. Tch, foolish and petty girls. As he sat, he suddenly felt that same, weird headache come back again. Hissing, he reached up and grasped the sides of his head...and then he heard a voice.

'Katsu....the darkness summons you...'

In an instant, the voice had disappeared and the headache ceased... 'What the hell's happening to me?!' He thought anxiously...hoping that this all would end.

[Elario Luminus]

The teacher recoiled at Kayle's words and walked away, leaving Kayle to his eventual goal of sleep. Before he did so, though, he needed a better place to sleep, with a wall to lean back on or something. He found one at the back and got up, glaring at the teacher, as if daring him to complain. Sitting dowm, he put his head in his arms and had fallen asleep quite quickly...

His dream was the most twisted one he had ever had....

He walked the hallways of his school, heading towards the area where he could climb up to the roof. As he neared his goal, Kayle was surrounded by these small black.....things that didn't exactly look pleasant. So he ran towards the wall and rapidly climbed it. Then he stopped.

Even up here they were swarming around. Groaning slightly, he ran past them all and jumped off the edge in a dive. Just before he was about to his the ground, everything exploded into a pillar of fire, leaving nothing but darkness, and his descent was slowed. He heard that confounded voice again, this time everywhere.

It is time, Keybearer, to take a hold of your destiny.

Kayle saw a platform of sorts kind of rising out of the darkness, and as he landed on it, small birds flew away from his point of impact, revealing a picture of some spiky haired kid holding a
'Keyblade? Is that it?'
A shimmering sound was heard, and Kayle looked up. A sword glinted in the centre of the platform, flanked on the sides by a shield and a staff. Cocking his eybrow, Kayle walked forwards toward the sword.

Do not be too hasty, Keybearer. Think about your choices before choosing.

Kayle nodded and put his hand out to the sword. It shined once and floated towards him. Gripping it tightly, its form changed. It was now a Keyblade, and although the slightest bit shocked, Kayle held it with confidence. There was another shine, and one exactly the same shape and colour appeared in his other hand.
Two? Sweet!
A door seemingly made of light showed up in front of him and he walked through it.....

And woke up. He had changed since last time he remembered being awake. His eyes were now a bright shimmering red, with bright orange moving streaks though them. That was the only thing, but he could feel it.

Now, to find out where he was.
'Coz it sure ain't school. Somehow feels familiar, though.'
Still holding both his Keyblades, Kayle Priori walked the stretts of Radiant Garden, but he didn't know that yet.

[Dante Sparda]

"Argh, screw it, I'm going to class." Sighing in resignation, Victor turned to leave... and was confronted by something even freakier than those swords. Several small, black creatures were advancing up the corridor towards him. Startled, Victor took a step backwards as more of these things appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. He turned his head to look at Taz. "Err... Taz, can you see this...?" Turning back, Victor returned his gaze just in time to spot one of the creatures leaping at him. Giving a yelp of shock, Victor sidestepped the monster. As his eyes followed it, Victor noticed more of them coming from the other end of the corridor. "Where the hell are these things coming from?"

The critters rushed forward without warning, straight at Victor. The boy released a sharp yell and stumbled as he attempted to run. The monsters swarmed all over him, muffling his shouts and stopping his movement. All that Victor could see was a glimpse of Taz' confused face before his eyes were plunged into darkness...

The first thing Victor noticed when he finally opened his eyes again was a strange falling sensation. Looking downwards, he noticed a platform of some sort seeming to rise up through the darkness. He landed softly upon this surface and birds scattered as he touched down, revealing a stained-glass portrait of a teenage boy wielding one of those strange swords. Victor looked around for a second or two. There was nothing around him. All was darkness. The only thing present was this platform.
"Where... Where am I?"

"This is where you will choose," echoed the same voice that had plagued Victor before. The boy looked around feverishly, searching for the source of the voice.
"Choose what?" he asked, now getting over the initial shock.
"Your destiny," the voice answered, as if there was somebody watching from the shadows. A bright light glared in Victor's eyes. It seemed to come from the centre of the platform. When it subsided, three objects had appeared; a sword, a shield and a staff. "Choose wisely."

Narrowing his eyes, Victor stepped forward, glancing from one object to another. Each was set on a raised pedestal. For some reason, he was drawn to the sword. Choosing this, Victor hopped up onto the pedestal and gripped the weapon by its handle, yanking it free and swinging it for a few seconds. The blade shined with an alluring aura that soon engulfed the whole weapon and hid it from view. After a while, the glow receded, and in the place of the sword was one of the blades that Victor had seen in the High School. A small smile stole across his lips for a while before his attention was caught by a familiar weight on his back. Instinctively, he reached around, gripped the handle and swung the second sword around. This time, they showed no sign of vanishing. The smile returned, and it was there to stay.
"Cool... Slightly freaky, but cool..." The pedestals vanished, as did the shield and staff, and a pair of doors, seemingly made of light, appeared at the far end of the platform. Eyeballing them for a second, Victor sheathed his new weapons; the first at his waist, on the left, and the second on his back. The disembodied voice echoed all around him as he strode towards the doors and crossed into The World That Never Was.

"Keyblade... Keyblade... Keyblade..."

[azura]

kiyo turned her head slightly after kale had taken a seat behind her. soon she could hear his breathing even out as he fell asleep. her lips twitched into a small smile as she felt the warm late afternoon sun from the window warming her up. lazily she closed her eyes and felt the old sensation of falling as she drifted into a light snooze. however when her eyes opened into the dream, she really was falling. she put her hands out infront of her and opened her mouth to scream, but no noise came out. she felt wracked with fear as she plummeted into nothing-ness
'but you cannot feel fear can you? you cant feel anything... your nothing... nothing at all'
the distant voice seemed to come from all around her as her falling slowed. Kiyo closed her mouth, realising it was a stupid thing to do. her feet found a hard surface as her weight was returned and she stopped falling. a flurry of white flew from her feet and she looked at them, realising they were doves. she stepped backwards and put her hands up to shield herself as they flew away, revealing an odd floor of stained glass, with a picture of a boy wielding something similar to that odd sketch in her english book. she looked down and obseved it for awhile before the voice caught her attention again "so what will it be?" kiyo looked up to three platforms. a shield a sword and a staff stood in three seperate points of the floor. the staff seemed to capture all her interest as she stepped towards it slowly, putting her hand out to it. "very well then, have this... keyblade" the voice hissed as the weapon she had drawn was in her hands, the staff was gone. she tensed her hand around it and this time it didnt dissappear. she smiled at the weapon and gave it a few flicks. it cut through the air like a knife through butter. "wow" she muttered to herself, turning it in her hands to observe it further. "very well then, it is decided!" the voice echoed. she heard a series of cracking noises and looked down just in time to see the glass shatter beneath her feet. once more she was falling through nothingness. this time she didnt scream however. she wasnt afraid, she wasnt anything.

[Cloud Strife]

Meanwhile, Shu was having a similar problem! Passing out, quite literally, at his desk, the weirdest dream imaginable came into fruition.

He was alone, in the school, with nobody around. By himself after hours? How did that happen? "Hello?! Anyone here?!" He called out, an attempt to find anyone that had been left here like himself. However, there was no response. Turning around, he began to walk down one of the corridors, only to suddenly sense someone was observing him. He felt like he was being watched. It creeped him out. And then, out of the corner of his eye, he thought something moved. It was dark though, and so what he thought he saw was already gone.

"This is too freaky..." He murmered, before suddenly....darkness clouded his vision. Yes, some of those little black creatures from everyone elses dreams were starting to encase him as well. Instantly, he screamed - not knowing a better reaction at the time. "What the hell?! Get away from me!" Shu yelled, instantly shaking it off of him and running in the opposite direction. He was unfortunate, however, because they were at both ends of the hallway. He was trapped...trapped like a rat. And then, all at once, those black shadow creatures lunged, enveloping him in darkness so complete it was almost suffocating. He tried to scream, yet no voices could be heard, he tried to run but it didn't seem like he was moving. Just darkness. Darkness all around. 'What's...going on...? This is too bizarre to be just a dream..' And then, once again, something odd happened. Three different types of objects appeared in front of him.

'Choose carefully....' A small voice murmered.

A sword, a shield, and a staff. Which to choose? Naturally, he reached for the sword - seeing as how he preferred power over anything else. Taking the sword subconsciously, not really knowing why he did it, he swung it around for the briefest of moments..only to have it disappear. Eh?

Then...it changed...though instead of one blade, it became two...keys? No, they were different somehow. They, too, were weapons. "Keyblades.." He murmered, the word coming to him before he could think something else. "Is that what these are? I'd say they were cool, but...this is all really really weird." Shu muttered, waving the blades around for a moment.

'Keybearer...you've chosen the fate of a sword....now go.'

A door appeared, and Shu blinked. "Okay, I am officially weirded out. How the hell do all of these random objects keep appearing out of nowhere?!" He stated, before sighing and admitting his defeat. Fine, he'll go on with this weird ass dream. So, he entered through the door...