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KHOC Week 2020 ~ Day 3

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While her ability to use a keyblade was inherited from her grandmother, many of Kalai’s powers are inherited from her father. When she’s still a teenager, Dilan teaches her how to use a lance but she really doesn’t tap into her affinity with the wind until she becomes a Nobody.

Alixka wields several types of spears and staffs and can create and control storms. She’s called the Maiden of Tempests because her powers are extremely volatile and it takes her a while to really take control of her abilities.

Below is an excerpt from the rewritten second installment of her story, showing Alixka using her powers to take down some pretty powerful Heartless. By this point in the story she’s had trouble grasping her abilities without harming herself and has been knocked to critical health afew times already. This is the first time she’s used her powers successfully. Also, can you guess the Disney character she’s interacting with?

Merciless Storm (Excerpt) ~ 966 Word Count

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The sound of a cracking piece of driftwood brought Alixka’s mind back to reality. She wasn’t alone anymore and that’s when she noticed the girl from the village, watching her. Despite knowing that she should not be interacting with Somebodies, Alixka found herself curious about her. And clearly she was curious about Alixka.

“I...I don’t know where you came from.” she began hesitantly. “But thank you, for destroying that monster.”

The Maiden of Tempests smiled; she seemed nice and not afraid or suspicious of her. She was about to say something to her when they felt a strong gust of wind coming from the ocean. The waves rose to dangerous heights and the girl ran off, back into the direction of the village.

“Oh no, not again!”

“Has this happened before?!” Alixka asked. “What is it?!”

“Another one! Another monster!”

And with these words, the skies went dark, clouded by the wings of two large winged Heartless. Dustfliers!

Damnit, Saix! You didn’t tell me I’d be dealing with THESE bastards too!

Her weapon was drawn as she watched them fly out to the sea. The way they glided along the water caused more high waves and Alixka began to understand why the houses behind her had been abandoned. The tidal waves caused by the Dustfliers must have made it impossible to live so close to the sea. But Alixka would take care of them now.

It didn’t matter at that moment that Alixka did not have a keyblade, she would take down these monsters and prevent them from terrorizing the inhabitants a moment longer. This time, fighting them proved easier than in Dwarf Woodlands, now that she understood how they moved and how they attacked. One of the Dustfliers returned to the shore, charging at Alixka but she managed to avoid an inevitable collision with a gale that pushed the monster back to sea. She ran into the water and slashed at the creature, finishing it off with a flurry of hail.

There was only one left, it circled above her, spitting fireballs that Alixka dodged with ease before it swooped back down into the waves. The resulting gale pushed her back to the shore and before she could stand again, it created a shockwave that covered the beach and the sea. Temporarily stunned, she glared up at the monster. And for the briefest moments, she thought about using her Limit.

No. I can’t! Not after I promised Xaldin that I wouldn’t! Not until I’m stronger.

The monster was lunging for her again, she had to stop it before it returned to the shore. She summoned another gale that pushed the monster back to sea long enough for her to think about her next course of action when a soft, natural wind passed through her hair. This gave her an idea.

Alixka returned the waves, her eyes not leaving the monster for a single moment. It took a few moments longer but finally, another natural wind came and she closed her eyes, focusing on it. At the right moment, her eyes snapped open as she manipulated the wind to accelerate her body towards the monster. Her spear drawn, she slashed at the creature's neck in a swift and critical blow. It wailed and began to fall back into the waves but it was still alive, though not for long.

The wind answered her call once more and propelled her back into the sky she summoned hail that mercilessly pelted the Heartless and finally, with it’s attention away from her, she plunged downward, running her spear through the Dustflier and destroying it.

Breathless and exhilarated, Alixka returned to the shore and fell back into the sand. Gazing up at the sky and marveling to herself that she had actually managed to fight off three large Heartless without help or without the use of her Limit power. She closed her eyes and smiled, feeling herself drift off to sleep before being interrupted by the sound of footsteps. She got up but found herself not surprised anymore to see the young girl watching her with admiration.

“Those monsters won’t trouble you or your people again.” Alixka smiled.

“That was AMAZING!” the girl rushed towards her and took her hands excitedly. “The way you took down those creatures! How the wind carried you! It was incredible! YOU’RE incredible!”

The older girl laughed. Keyblade or not, she had destroyed the monsters and earned this young girls reverence. It felt odd to her, that a Somebody could think so highly of her as a Nobody but it was endearing to her nevertheless. Alixka thought of her most recent dream, of the person who had defended her against monsters, and how much she wanted to be strong just like that person. This girl’s admiration reminded her of that.

“Thank you,” she said. “But your praise is not necessary. Fighting those creatures, it’s what I do.”

“But what you do is wonderful! You truly have the heart of a warrior!” Alixka bit back a little scoff in spite of herself. Clearly this girl was not aware of the nature of Nobodies and in the next moment, she began to pull Alixka towards her village. “You have no idea how much trouble those monsters were giving my people! Please! Allow us to thank you properly!”

Alixka knew that what the girl was suggesting was against every rule in the Organization’s handbook, but at the same time, she found herself not really caring. The praise was moving her in a way she did not understand nor could she describe, but she was enjoying it. And there was something about this girl that she enjoyed as well, so much so that she felt it wouldn’t be so bad to break the rules a little while longer.

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BONUS: I’m still in the process of designing Kalai’s post KH3 keyblade but I imagine it to be a long reach silver blade called Graceful Destiny. Below is an excerpt from the fifth installment of her story. After a few months of training together, she and Kairi have their skills tested. The path of training has not been an easy one, will they succeed? Let’s find out!

First Test of Strength ~ 1176 Word Count

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The rest of the day was spent in preparation for the night to come. Soon after the last bit of sunlight had fallen behind the mountains, Aqua summoned Kairi and Kalai to the mountain path to begin what they had been training for. The others watched on in the distance.

“Now, while this is not an examination for the Mark of Mastery.” She said to them. “ Nevertheless I expect you both to perform to the best of your ability. Look into your hearts to find the power you need. And it will surely lead to triumph.”

“Yes, Master!” They said in unison.

Behind their master stood a large set of gold rings attached to chains, Aqua motioned toward them.

“Strike the rings to make them spin, keep them spinning in the air for five minutes.”

This was the first part of three in their test. Between the two of them, they managed it with ease. When the rings had been spinning for the specified time, Aqua told them to shoot at them with streams of light, which they did easily.

For the second part of their test, she summoned an invisible wall in front of her and instructed them to shoot more light at the barrier. When the light bounced back they guarded it easily. Then Aqua told them to do the same as she summoned a stream of light directed to them. They guarded it again with ease, passing their second trial.

“Two down, one more to go!” Ventus beamed.

“They got this!” Terra grinned.

Finally, Aqua extended her hand and summoned Brightcrest, her own keyblade. She smiled as she took up a fighting stance. Kalai and Kairi glanced at each other; they had already known what the first trials of the exam would be beforehand, but not this.

“For your final trial, you will both take me on.”

“HUH?!” Kairi jumped. “At the same time?!”

“How is that fair?” Kalai asked.

“It’s not!” Kairi answered her. But Aqua continued to smile and Elrena giggled.

“Aqua is a Keyblade Master!” She said. “So if you’re worried about hurting her, don’t! Be more worried she’ll hurt you!”

“Gee, thanks!” Kalai laughed. “But very well, Aqua. If that is what you expect of us.”

Without another word, their master charged at them. At once, Kalai jumped out of the way while Brightcrest clashed with Destiny’s Embrace. The older girl took a moment to smile at how Kairi managed to hold off Aqua’s attack before lunging at her from behind. It was as though the master had eyes in the back of her head because although she seemed focused on the younger girl, she swiftly spun around and summoned a rainbow of energy that Kalai quickly guarded before clashing her blade with Aqua's.

They traded blows for a few minutes with Kairi moving beside Kalai, her senses on high alert but unsure of what to do next. Then an idea came to her.

“Get down!”

Kalai assumed that was directed at her and did so. Kairi then summoned several pearls of light while her friend summoned a gale. This time Aqua was not fast enough to dodge both attacks but she regained her footing almost immediately. Her blade clashed with Kairi’s once more and Kalai watched their movements just as the younger girl had done for her moments ago.

“Now, Kairi!”

When the time came, Kairi spun out of the way, she stumbled but Kalai jumped in front of her. Neither were sure they could defeat Aqua but neither would back down. The older girl managed to disarm their master briefly, and she took the opportunity to spin around her and deliver a blow from behind. Aqua fell forward and Kairi was about to point her blade at her in victory but she surprised her by cartwheeling forward and making Brighcrest reappear in her hand.

“Not bad, you two.” She grinned. “But…”

She pointed her blade at Kairi, and in the next moment, she was ensnared with chains of light. Kalai pointed Graceful Destiny and summoned another gale that Aqua blocked with ease while charging at her. The older girl tried to get behind her master again but was unsuccessful. Their weapons clashed but Aqua pushed her away before preparing to trap her in the same chains of light. Kairi could see this and with all her might, tried to break free from her trap and surprised both herself and her friends watching when she managed to do it.

“Amazing!” gasped Lauriam.

“I got ya, Kalai!”

Kairi was so quick running to her friend that she did not even see it coming when her master thrashed her blade at her, and in the next moment, she was on her knees, Brightcrest pointed at her nose.

“Oh no!”

At once Kalai worried about what this would do for her friend’s confidence. She had been doing so well until that moment. But when she rushed to help her friend up, she did not see sadness or disappointment. Quite the opposite. She was breathless, but strangely enough, laughing. Aqua made her blade vanish and smiled at her pupils.

“Well done, girls.” She said. “Hope I didn’t go too hard on you.”

“Too hard?” Kalai suppressed a giggle. “No way! Right, Kairi?”

“Yeah…”

In truth, fighting Aqua had been very hard, but neither would say so aloud. Her skill was on a whole different level compared even to Lauriam and Elrena. It could easily be seen why she was considered a Master.

“Kalai, your strength is without question.” Aqua went on. “But you attack from behind too much.”

Kalai bit her lip to keep from smiling, that was something her father had often chided her for. It had been a good trait in her Organization days but not as an honorable keyblade wielder. That would be something she would have to unlearn.

“And Kairi, your skills have improved immensely. But you hesitate too much. Stop being so afraid; there is nothing to fear. Your heart is strong. Let it guide you.”

Kairi lowered her head in modesty and felt when her older friend put her arm around her. It was still hard for her to believe that she was anything but weak, but today had helped her see that she would not always be weak if she kept training and had faith in herself.

“In the end, you two fought best when you worked together. That is ultimately what is expected of you, as the newest generation of keyblade wielders.” Aqua turned to Lauriam, Elrena and Ventus who were still watching from the side with Terra. “We are all on the same side and fight for the same goal. Remember that. Kalai, Kairi, you both pass. Tomorrow I will give you your new armor.”

How their hearts swelled with joy at this! They embraced each other and then embraced their master. It had been difficult, but they had done it. This would be the first step forward in their new journey with their three other companions. Together, as warriors of the keyblade.

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