The New Dawn 4: Attack of the Final Star

It seemed that Raven and Siah were not going to stop. The two of them were far out beyond the lines of the battle now. They were alone all that Siah could hear were her feet on the ground as she ran and the occasional direction from Raven. "Raven whats going on!? Why was Voltiar so angry earlier? Where are we going! I have to go back at help Calder!"

Raven shook her head "This IS helping Calder, Siah. We have to get far enough away from the others or we will hurt them."

Siah glared "What are you talking about! Raven I need answers if I'm going to be able to do anything!" she pointed out. She nearly ran smack into Raven when Raven suddenly stopped. In attempt to stop on time to not run into her, Siah took a step back, slipped on the dirt and fell over. Raven didn't turn to help her up she just stood there, thinking. Siah stood up, dusting the dirt and rocks off of her clothes.

Raven heard Siah speak in a low whisper, "Raven.... please tell me I dont have to kill you." she said, finally putting two and two together. Thats why Voltiar was so upset earlier... why Raven looked so different now... why Voltiar said he couldn't watch when the door to light was unlocked. "...you are the light... aren't you." she said, mortified.

Raven nodded "I'm sorry, Siah. I would never ask you to do this if there was annother option but the keyhole to light... it's in my heart. Just like the keyhole to darkness is in Voltiar's. Once it is unlocked, I will die."

Siah shook her head "No! No! I cant do that to you! I cant take you away from Voltiar. I cant take your life away from you. I cant kill my friend! Raven I just cant do that!"

A tear ran down Raven's cheek, she was glad she was facing away from Siah "There isn't any other way. Siah if you dont do this then the darkness will come back wether or not Nerazza and Coldex and Brakdern are defeated today. It will always keep comming back because the balance of good and evil is turned to evil. Do you want to risk the lives of everyone else we love because you couldn't get the courage to put your keyblade through my heart?"

Siah was silent for a long time "... when I lost Calder I thought I was going to go insane. I couldn't eat or sleep or think about anything else but what I could have done to save him. I dont want to put Voltiar through that same thing. I know what it's like to lose the one I love."

Raven sighed "I'm sorry Siah. But you aren't going to change my mind on this. Think about it from my side. Picture a world where Calder is immortal and you know that some day you are going to die without him anyway. Not only that but it is on a day when everyone you care about is in danger and you are the only one who has the power to stop it. Would you deny the power you have to save them because you fear death? Would you save yourself and watch as every living soul out there continues to live under tyrany and evil?"

Siah sighed and looked down, she knew that not even Destiny Island could hold against the darkness forever. She was also aware that just because Brakdern's evil bloodline was defeated that more evil was waiting in the wings to make its move. Thats just how the darkness has always worked, leaving peace for a short time and then striking again stronger than the first. She could see things the way Raven did now and though she didn't want to she agreed. This was the only way. Siah spoke in a broken, soft, toneless voice "What do I have to do?"

Raven turned to face Siah "Same as you would with any situation. Follow your heart." she said cautiously. She took a step back and a beam of bright light shot from the ground behind her. "Oh... and Siah I have one thing I need to ask you."

A tear ran down Siah's cheek, mirroring Raven's. "Anything." she said, feeling like she was about to kill her own sister.

Raven pretended not to notice the shaking of her hands "After all of this is over, everyone who once lived on this world will come back. Find a woman named Amelia and tell her that I am sorry... for everything."

Siah glared, unsure what Raven was talking about. Was this some kind of hystaria that happens to everyone when they know they are about to die?

Raven saw the puzzled look on Siah's face and smiled a little "Dont worry, she will understand."

Siah nodded "Right." she said.

Raven took annother step back toward the beam of light. As she stepped into it, she was lifted up into the air. Her eyes closed though she was still fully concious, she didn't want to have to watch Siah do what had to be done. She didn't want to see the blade that killed her being held by her friend. Raven hovered in the air a ways above how tall she usually would have stood if she were on the ground. She felt a sharp pain in her heart that made her flinch, her eyes closed tighter.

Siah watched Raven rase into the air and thought to herself that she had never seen anyone so beautiful in her life. She felt like she was breaking her own heart into little pieces by helping Raven destroy herself. She watched as a much thinner beam of light came from Raven's heart and shot forward, stopping very suddenly a few inches in front of Raven as if it ran into an invisible wall. The light grew from there, growing more as more light was drained from her friend's heart and into the keyhole it was creating. Soon, a large, transparent, bright keyhole was formeda few yards over Siah's head and directly in front of Raven.

Raven was concious, she could feel the keyhole eating away at her heart. She knew that she should have felt tired, worn out, or even weakened but she felt none of these things. Actually, a strange exhillaration hit her as she knew it was almost the end. She almost couldn't wait to get this over with and explore whatever was on the other side of death.

Siah pointed her keyblade at the keyhole, at Raven, and followed her instincts as keyblade bearer and as princess of heart. She tried to pretend that she was just unlocking any old keyblade and not becomming a murderer and a savior at the same time. "I'm sorry..." Siah whispered before she could feel the keyblade react to the keyhole. It got hot in Siah's hand but she was still able to hold on to it easily. She could feel the power from her heart surge through the keyblade and then from the tip toward the keyhole and Raven.

 

Raven felt it once Siah's key unlocked her heart. Raven felt a strange feeling in her heart. She knew it should have hurt, the strange hot jerking feeling that had taken place in her heart. She felt it and it was mildly uncomfortable but after that, Raven felt absolutely nothing at all. It was then that her body seemed to catch up to what happened. Her eyes flew open and an alarmed gasp stopped her breath. The last thing she saw was Siah's horrified face, and a serge of light travel across the land, healing everything it touched. The last thing she saw before she lost conciousness was her home returning to what it looked like in her childhood. Then, her eyes slowly closed again. The pillar of light faided and Raven lowered to the ground and lay there not moving.

"Raven!" Siah yelled, she ran over to Raven's side and knelt down next to her but there was nothing she could do. Raven's face was pale and her lips had no color. Siah pushed a lock of hair away from Raven's cold, colorless face and began to cry.

The light traveled all the way across the City of Dawn, everything changed in it's path. The heartless turned into people at the approach of the light and everything that it touched changed from ruins to the parts of the beautiful city this world use to be. Raven looked around, awestruck. She stood up, "Thank you... Raven." she said before she ran back toward the city, back to Calder.

Back where Jaxx had opened the black hole, just about everything had been taken away within it but Voltiar. There was a flash of light within the black hole and it dissapeared. The room transformed so that Voltiar could for the first time see where he was; the hall of the Cornerstone on Disney Castle. Dont forget, I promised I would see you again... had that been the wind or had someone really spoken?

 

Siah shook her head, she felt guilty that she was partly doing this to avoid the subject of Raven but she changed the subject anyway "Don't bother. I think I can handle Calder's injuries. Could you guys do me a favor? I left Raven's body out there. I couldn't carry her but it isn't right to just leave her out there. She at least desrves a proper buryal for what she's done for all of us." she said before she turned back to Calder. She was glad to see him alive and she felt guilty for leaving him when he needed her before. "Hold still Calder I'll heal you." she said, she was still pretty shaken up from what she had to do so she wasn't really herself at the moment.

Go home for now Voltiar. The others need your help still. whoever had spoken was now gone. The cornerstone of light shone a little brighter, but only slightly.

 

Siah shook her head, Calder was stressed and troubled enough. She would tell him what had happened in the outskirts of the city on a later date. For now, she didn't want to add more worry on him even if it was worry for her sanity. "Dont worry about it, hun. I'll be fine. I'm just a little stressed from all the fighting is all." she said attempting a smile. She used magic to heal Calder as much as she could mostly getting rid of the injuries that needed the most attention such as internal bleeding, broken bones, and injured tissue inside of him. As for the bruses and sore spots, Siah didn't have the energy to take care of them. She gave Calder an appologectic look "I took care of all of the really dangerous wounds but I'm not sure if you can walk Calder... not for a little while anyway."
It was only now that Siah got to really look around at their surroundings. The City, now that it was restored, was more beautiful than Siah had ever imagined. Raven hadn't been kidding when she use to tell Siah and Calder about her childhood home it truly was spectacular.
It looked like this: except without the people in pointy hats and the japanese writing. Plus it's nearing dusk so the sun is casting gold on everything. As her eyes explored her surroundings Siah was suprised to see Voltiar. She quickly looked away before she would have had the chance to make eye contact with him. She looked down at her hands, hoping that no one had noticed her reaction. "...I still cant believe all of this is really over."