End Of Our Worlds? Not today Chapter 09

Story by DiceVolti on SoFurry

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#9 of EOOW? NT


After catching up with others on everything happened since he left, Mickey leaves to his room with the enchant book and his squad's weapons. It is late into the night already but he is not tired at all, in fact, the adrenaline rush from his training is still there. His room is really simple, a bed, a study composed of a small, wooden table with several books, notes scattered all over the table. He sits in front of the table and opens the book to the appropriate chapter of guns enchantment. He summons a fire ball and places it on a small 'altar' and starts working.

The whole night is a nightmare for Mickey, enchanting the guns takes him a lot more time then he ever thought it would take and he suddenly understand why enchanters offers such high prices in exchange of their services. It's a long, repetitive and irritating process because it requires enchantments upon enchantments to ensure that the weapon does not break under the pressure of magic. He had to do it one step at the time and it quickly infuriate him.

Goofy wakes up during the night to get a drink, and notices the light slipping under Mickey's door as he walks by. He stops and stops himself from knocking on the door. He too wants to learn a bit about magic but he knows he will never get to experience what Mickey experienced when he stumbled upon that enchantment book. He finally knocks at the door, hears Mickey's positive respond and enters the room slowly, trying not make a lot of noises.

"Hey Mickey, what are you up to right now? I'm surprised you are not sleeping right now after such an intense training session." Goofy comments

"Well first of all, I'm still under adrenaline rush right now, second of all, I'm still use to this type of training so I'm actually fine, surprisingly. Yen Sid wanted me to enchant your weapons so this is what I'm currently doing. It's a bit of a pain the ass to do because I have to enchant layers on top of layers."

"Can't you just do it once?"

"Nope because it will break the weapon apart. It's...complicated, basically, it would fry your weapon completely. Shame, because It would have been much faster."

"And how long do you think you still have?"

"About three or four hours."

"I want to talk about magic. I still remember when you found that book in the library, something happened to you, or in you. I want to learn about some basics in magic, when you have some free time of course." Goofy sits on the bed right next to Mickey.

"Well, I've never thought about being a teacher hahaha. I surely can teach some of the basics but then I think beyond the basics, I would suggest you to read a lot and see a real teacher." Mickey concentrates on his duty. "It's time consuming, I've never ever invested that much time as a swordsman and yet I easily tripled my practice and study time as a mage and enchanter."

"Yeah, I must imagine this must be really time consuming." Goofy smiles. "Well, I couldn't sleep and I was about to get something to drink when I walked by your door. So, what do you think about Maleficent and The Horned King turning upon each other?"

"I think they played a very dangerous game by opening the gate. The way I see it, they had a plan, tried to double cross each other and it backfired monumentally." Mickey speaks thoughtfully. "They are now attacking each other and helping us in the process. I'm willing to bet that the plan from our side is to close the gate first and then take care of the rest."

"That can be a risky process though." Goofy wonders out loud.

"Yeah that's true."

The duo keeps on chatting as Mickey finishes enchanting the weapons. The light of day is slowly fading in and loud, frantic, knocks on the door can be heard.

"MICKEY! GET UP! You guys have to go RIGHT NOW!!" Yen Sid opens the door with a loud kick. "The squads that were suppose to go today actually left a day earlier and apparently, it's a flipping mess over there. You guys needs to go and help them NOW!!!"

"WHAT? I've just finished enchanting the weapons. I'm worn out." Mickey protests.

Goofy grabs the weapons and runs to the others. "I'll warn them!" he yells back.

"I'll give you some mana, don't worry but you have to go now. Prepare what you need. I'll give you money for the teleporter and then, you are on your own. My advice, join the group to get some information." Yen Sid toss a bag of money to his apprentice.

"Thank you, we will do our best." Mickey promises.

"I have no doubt you guys will."

"And here's an enchanted bag for you bro." Oswald tosses a bag to Mickey who grabs it and starts packing everything he thinks he will need.

The group is quickly brought to speed by Yen Sid in full details and about an hour later, the squad are walking to the teleporter which will bring them to End Of Sea. At the teleporter, they cross path with young teenage boy with spiky brown hair blue eyes, tanned skin, and lanky build wielding a keyblade saying that he is looking some a friend named Riku and he thinks he may find him here. The boy also comments that he will join the fight later before running away in the town toward the marketplace. The group pay up and jumps in the teleporter.