Kingdom Hearts fic: Fractured Moments - Day 12 - "Dragon"
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museficSummary: Kairi, Riku, and Sora did not expect a literal dragon.
[Set after the fic-that-isn't-yet-written, sometime after "Bait" and before "Build".]
Kairi plastered herself against the wall to the side of the entrance to the deeper cave.
She met Riku and Sora’s eyes across the passage, and was at least a little bit gratified that theirs were as wide as hers were.
‘Are you serious?’ she mouthed. ‘A LITERAL dragon?’
Riku gave an expressive shrug, only somewhat limited by the amount of space available.
Kairi gave a sharp gesture and a whispered “Freeze” and a wall of ice sealed the opening down into the lower tunnel. The dragon could probably melt it in one or two breaths, but ever since her exposure to the Snow Queen’s castle, her ice spells were extremely effective. At the very least, it bought them a moment of time in which they could talk.
“This is a literal dragon,” Kairi repeated.
“I didn’t know that,” Riku protested. “They said ‘the dragon’ was terrifying the locals. I thought that was like, a title or something.”
“You are so lucky I love you.”
This wasn’t even their world, they’d just volunteered to help out. Kind of a… good will diplomacy mission. Maybe not usually the kind of thing you sent your ruler-and-consorts to do, but it had been pretty effective at getting people to stop underestimating them. Besides, they got bored.
“So, what does a dragon want?” Sora asked.
“Should we… should we ask?” Kairi asked. “I’ve never met a dragon before.”
“I’ve met… one,” Sora said hesitantly. “He could talk. But I don’t know if this is quite the same thing. He was… smaller.”
Kairi shrugged. “What’s the worst that can happen?” Then she snapped her fingers and said, “Fire.”
Her fire spells weren’t nearly as impressive as her ice ones, but the ice still responded to her will and dutifully melted.
“CAN… CAN YOU DO THAT AGAIN?” the voice rumbled the cave itself.
Kairi stared at the other two, hoping her wide eyes and pressed-thin lips conveyed just how out of control this day was starting to feel before answering: “Hello? Do what?”
“MAKE FIRE.”
“Uh… sure. Fire.” She made a small one, a little self-powered flame.
The contented sigh that followed still rattled the stones on the cave floor. “VERY GOOD.”
“So, uh… Dragon. Do you have a name?” she asked.
“NO NAME HAS BEEN GIVEN EXCEPT DRAGON.”
“All right. Dragon. So, it sounds like there’s some tension with the locals...”
“TOOK FIRE. COLD. NEED FOOD OR FIRE.”
“So uh… maybe relevant to mention,” Riku said. “But the mayor was really excited to show off this magic firestone he had that was heating the entire town.”
Sora clunked his head against the cave wall. “Seriously?”
“He uh, definitely failed to mention that he’d stolen that.”
Kairi took a deep breath. And then another. “All right, Dragon. We’ll try to get your stone back. If we leave you with another fire, will you stay here until we come back?”
“YES.”
All three of them cast a fira spell together, with enough energy behind it that it should keep going for a good long while.
Things with the mayor did not go as smoothly as could have been hoped. It took some polite asking, moving into angry accusations, to outright threats. And then finally, compromise.
In order to keep the dragon from coming out to attack the countryside, they’d return the firestone. In exchange, and further serving the diplomatic goal of the mission, Kairi, Sora, and Riku would return with one of the fire-materia that Cid had been working with. He’d made a couple prototypes for a machine, but none had worked out yet. However, one of them had created a low-grade fire spell that anyone could cast every few hours. It wasn’t as powerful as the firestone, but would help with what the mayor wanted for the town.
It felt much, much too late by the time the three of them got to collapse into bed. The day hadn’t been terribly physically tiring, but it had still been draining and long.
“At least we met a dragon,” Kairi sighed, already half asleep.
“And they definitely have the people beat for who was nicer,” Riku grumbled into his pillow.
Sora was already snoring.
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[Set after the fic-that-isn't-yet-written, sometime after "Bait" and before "Build".]
Kairi plastered herself against the wall to the side of the entrance to the deeper cave.
She met Riku and Sora’s eyes across the passage, and was at least a little bit gratified that theirs were as wide as hers were.
‘Are you serious?’ she mouthed. ‘A LITERAL dragon?’
Riku gave an expressive shrug, only somewhat limited by the amount of space available.
Kairi gave a sharp gesture and a whispered “Freeze” and a wall of ice sealed the opening down into the lower tunnel. The dragon could probably melt it in one or two breaths, but ever since her exposure to the Snow Queen’s castle, her ice spells were extremely effective. At the very least, it bought them a moment of time in which they could talk.
“This is a literal dragon,” Kairi repeated.
“I didn’t know that,” Riku protested. “They said ‘the dragon’ was terrifying the locals. I thought that was like, a title or something.”
“You are so lucky I love you.”
This wasn’t even their world, they’d just volunteered to help out. Kind of a… good will diplomacy mission. Maybe not usually the kind of thing you sent your ruler-and-consorts to do, but it had been pretty effective at getting people to stop underestimating them. Besides, they got bored.
“So, what does a dragon want?” Sora asked.
“Should we… should we ask?” Kairi asked. “I’ve never met a dragon before.”
“I’ve met… one,” Sora said hesitantly. “He could talk. But I don’t know if this is quite the same thing. He was… smaller.”
Kairi shrugged. “What’s the worst that can happen?” Then she snapped her fingers and said, “Fire.”
Her fire spells weren’t nearly as impressive as her ice ones, but the ice still responded to her will and dutifully melted.
“CAN… CAN YOU DO THAT AGAIN?” the voice rumbled the cave itself.
Kairi stared at the other two, hoping her wide eyes and pressed-thin lips conveyed just how out of control this day was starting to feel before answering: “Hello? Do what?”
“MAKE FIRE.”
“Uh… sure. Fire.” She made a small one, a little self-powered flame.
The contented sigh that followed still rattled the stones on the cave floor. “VERY GOOD.”
“So, uh… Dragon. Do you have a name?” she asked.
“NO NAME HAS BEEN GIVEN EXCEPT DRAGON.”
“All right. Dragon. So, it sounds like there’s some tension with the locals...”
“TOOK FIRE. COLD. NEED FOOD OR FIRE.”
“So uh… maybe relevant to mention,” Riku said. “But the mayor was really excited to show off this magic firestone he had that was heating the entire town.”
Sora clunked his head against the cave wall. “Seriously?”
“He uh, definitely failed to mention that he’d stolen that.”
Kairi took a deep breath. And then another. “All right, Dragon. We’ll try to get your stone back. If we leave you with another fire, will you stay here until we come back?”
“YES.”
All three of them cast a fira spell together, with enough energy behind it that it should keep going for a good long while.
Things with the mayor did not go as smoothly as could have been hoped. It took some polite asking, moving into angry accusations, to outright threats. And then finally, compromise.
In order to keep the dragon from coming out to attack the countryside, they’d return the firestone. In exchange, and further serving the diplomatic goal of the mission, Kairi, Sora, and Riku would return with one of the fire-materia that Cid had been working with. He’d made a couple prototypes for a machine, but none had worked out yet. However, one of them had created a low-grade fire spell that anyone could cast every few hours. It wasn’t as powerful as the firestone, but would help with what the mayor wanted for the town.
It felt much, much too late by the time the three of them got to collapse into bed. The day hadn’t been terribly physically tiring, but it had still been draining and long.
“At least we met a dragon,” Kairi sighed, already half asleep.
“And they definitely have the people beat for who was nicer,” Riku grumbled into his pillow.
Sora was already snoring.
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