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Character(s): Kiara and...?
Content: Kiara tries to finally visit her home, and it kinda all backfires. Thanks Scar.
Setting: The Pride Lands, then Spira.
Time: Around her journal post/after.
Warnings: Uh... none I think. XD

She'd just wanted to see her home, even if it wasn't really her home, but still, it was comforting to see Pride Rock in the distance. She'd been so lonely since her fight with Kovu...

Unfortunately, she never did make it to Pride Rock. She'd suddenly found herself surrounded by the creatures that had attacked Simba, Kovu and herself when they'd been on that island. She found herself chased back in the direction she'd come. Managing to get ahead of them briefly, she attempted to get help, but they suddenly had caught up. She tried to fight them off, but there were just too many of them. Overwhelmed she once more was back on the run, her journal left behind in the grass.

Finally, she was back at the door which she'd entered from. With the creatures appearing to be showing no signs of stopping, Kiara through herself through the doorway. It seemed like they were hot on her tail, so she made no attempts to stop by the thing that had got her there so quickly before, and instead went for the other door.

She wasn't sure she'd be able to find her way back if she'd even tried, by the time she'd slowed down, taking a few moments to finally take heed of her surroundings. It seemed she was somewhere that had been destroyed, and quite some time ago. She didn't stop long to take it all in however, not till she was outside the stone ruins, did she pause again to look back. She couldn't see the creatures behind her, but she'd thought she was safe the last time she stopped too.

Kiara, took the chance to sit for a moment, desperate to catch her breath and try to figure out what to do next. Should she wait to try to get back to the hallway? Assuming she could find her way back, or head the other way? This was another of the 'floors', right? There had to be another door... right? It would be going the long way, but it could be safer, couldn't it?

Not wanting to risk sitting any longer, Kiara turned to look at where the path would next take her, which appeared to be heading towards a large mountain. Maybe the door would be up there, somewhere?

Well, sitting here was just dangerous, so rising to her paws, she began to make her way along the path.

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It had taken Kovu a lot longer than he wanted to find Kiara's scent in the Pride Lands. The smell of the monsters was overwhelming almost everything else, and it was getting worse the closer he got to Pride Rock. What was going on?

"Finally!" he said to himself when he finally caught a whiff of it. He got back on the journal just for a second, then took off at full speed. He wasn't going to let anything happen to her! "Kiara, I'm coming!" he said as he ran, outpacing the Heartless as they tried to spring up behind him. Why had they been able to keep pace with Kiara so easily if he was outrunning them?

He spotted something sitting in the grass, something that definitely didn't belong. He ran over to it, and recognized it as her journal. "...Kiara..." he whispered, eyes wide with fear. He picked it up in his mouth, and started running again. He couldn't stop to think about this, he had to find her!!

Not long after, he saw the door in the distance. And there were Heartless in the way.

Edited 2011-08-20 06:04 (UTC)

Sora didn't even bother to reply to Kovu again, he knew Kiara was in trouble. Heartless were involved, and Kovu was going to rescue her. That was enough for him. So he closed his journal and bolted for the door to the next floor.

Getting to the Pride Lands wasn't hard, Sora just took the Warp Sphere up to the proper floor. He braced himself for the transformation that would happen when he entered the world. Sora was surprised to find a swarm of Heartless right as he entered. He summoned his Keyblade (in his mouth) and started slashing away at the Heartless.

Kovu didn't take even a moment to think about who it was who'd just shown up. The cub was helping, whatever else was going on right now didn't matter. He tore through the swarms of shadows just like he had on the island, and it wasn't any different from then, though this cub was just...incredible. All the Heartless were gone in what felt like seconds.

"Thanks," Kovu said once they had a spare moment to breathe. That was when he noticed the cub's scent, and he saw the chain around his neck. "...Wait, Sora?"

"Where's Kiara?" He cut right to the chase, and voice would confirm that, yes, it was indeed Sora. There wasn't time for explanations, not when someone was in very real danger.

"I don't know, but I have her scent. She went through the door." Sora could explain how he turned into a lion cub later. Kiara was far more important right now.

The door he had just been through? So she wasn't in the Pride Lands? "Then let's find her!"

"Way ahead of you." Kovu was already running through the door past Sora.

What he saw on the other side wasn't anything out of the ordinary for those white hallways, but the scents were definitely off. More Heartless...and Kiara too. He turned around, waiting impatiently for Sora to come out.

"She came through here," he called.

A deep roar announced Mufasa's arrival. As Kovu exited the Pridelands, he jumped in front of the younger lion's path.

"She's here?!" he snarled at the Heartless, slashing at them with his paw, "Who are you waiting for?"

In his mind, his granddaughter was in trouble. There was no time to waste. Fur bristling and ears perked, Mufasa looked around sharply.

It didn't take her long to think that this had been a very bad idea. It had only gotten colder the further she went, and the cold white stuff just got deeper and deeper. Kiara was tempted to turn back, but then where would she go? Could she even find her way back? The snow falling snow was blowing about behind her, slowly erasing her path.

She just didn't know what to do, but she had to keep moving, didn't she? Just the question was, which way?

Riku was a ways behind the others, having been further away in Paixao when he received word through the journals. From there he bolted, catching transportation when he could and using that time to fire back a reply on the journals. He was quick to use the warp point when he reached it, having barely stopped before finding himself whisked to another floor.

The moment he appeared on the floor he took off in a run... Only to stop almost immediately. They were all there in the hallway. Sora, Kovu, and an intimidatingly large adult lion stood on edge. Though Riku had already met Kovu some time ago, he wasn’t quite so familiar with the other. For now, he'd have to assume they were all together.

Riku’s eyes locked instantly on Kovu. “What leads do we got?”

Edited 2011-09-18 07:06 (UTC)

Sora looked back at Kovu, he would have a better answer to Riku's question than Sora did.

"She's not in the Pride Lands," Sora offered, though that was a fact that was fairly obvious.

"M-Mufasa?!" Kovu backed down immediately. That roar alone was enough to send shivers up his spine, and the tone wasn't really helping anything. The idea of meeting Mufasa had him anxious already, much less meeting him like this.

Riku and Sora showing up gave him a bit of a confidence, though, and he rose back up to his full height. "I think the Heartless chased her through there," he said, gesturing toward the doorway at the end of the hall with an incline of his head.

Upon finding Sora, Riku and Kovu, Mufasa closed the space between them and tried to calm himself. While he still looked quite ferocious, there was very real pain in his eyes. He would not allow Kiara to die.

"Kovu... Show us." he ordered, his voice rumbling in his throat, "She cannot fight them on her own."

His heart ached when he looked at Kovu. It was hard not to snap at the younger lion, but Mufasa knew better. Kovu was not Scar. And he never would be if Mufasa had any say in the matter.

In this, he would - for the time being - trust Kiara's judgment.

Riku could feel the tension in the air. Though silent, his shoulders rose with a deep breath. Whether it was Heartless in the area or a very large angry lion, the teen was not one to let fear control him.

He looked briefly to Sora then to Kovu. His shoulders rose again as he tried to sniff the air, but it was no use. No longer a part of the dark realm, his ability to track darkness through scent had been greatly diminished. However, the white floors did give one thing away.

Though the trail didn't lead far into the area, the hint of dusty foot and pawprints could be made out, slightly tan against the bleached ivory. Riku knew he couldn't tell the difference between the pawprints of the various lions... Though Mufasa's hugs paws, he might. However, one set of tracks seemed to be more distantly spaced. It could have been Kiara's but for all Riku knew, Kovu had burst into the area after searching the Pridelands.

Riku could offer nothing more than his help, and as such, said nothing. However, his gaze did go to those tracks in gesture and support for Kovu's lead.

"Then what are we doing standing around here, for? Let's go!" Sora said, trying to break the tension in the room and prompt everyone to go find Kiara.

"Follow me!" Kovu shouted, breaking into a run down the hallway. The stink of the Heartless was almost overpowering Kiara, but he wasn't going to lose he scent. He couldn't afford that.

Saying nothing more, Mufasa slipped around the humans and ran, shoulder to shoulder with Kovu. Any Heartless that came their way would meet a set of powerful, unforgiving jaws lined with sharp teeth. For Kiara's sake, he would not show anyone who got in their way mercy - especially if they were purposefully impeding their search.

"Hang on, Kiara!" he called, hoping his voice would carry to her.

"Sora!" Riku dashed to the warp sphere, his sneakers squeaking on the ivory castle floors. "Let the guys with the speed and the noses track them from this side. We'll sweep across from the other end. That way the Heartless can't chase Kiara to another floor!" This made sense. The lions were faster than they were, and they couldn't afford to slow anyone down. Every second passing would weaken Kiara, and she'd need every ounce of strength to flight and flee from the Heartless.

Riku activated the warp sphere, ready to start from the previous floor and start heading up. ...He'd haul Sora in by the collar if he needed to just to keep them going.

"Right!"

Riku wouldn't have to haul Sora behind by the collar since he was right behind his best friend when he headed to the next floor.

Kovu rushed through the door, not sure what he would find on the other side. But there wasn't time. He only took a second to stop and look around, seeing ruined buildings and strange floating streaks of fire.

He sniffed to get Kiara's scent again now that their surroundings had changed, and threw himself forward with renewed vigor.

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