Jer shut his eyes, preparing for the water to crush him... It didn't happen. He opened his eyes as he heard Ky giggle. He looked around, he couldn't see her. He heard the girlish giggle again.
"Cha miss me?" Ky asked, flipping upside down. Her braid swayed from her head and into his face. Ky giggled again.
"When did you wear your hair back?" Jer asked. Ky looked at her braid.
"Huh... I guess the shells did more..." she pulled herself up and sat on top of the cave. Jer realized they were still in the water.
"Kyy?" he called.
"Yup?" Ky asked, her head falling to face him again. Jer tilted his head.
"What's going on?" Ky giggled and flipped herself down. Jer gapped as she flipped her tail. "Whoaaaaaa..." Jer breathed. Ky flipped in a circle. Jer studied her tail, it had several colors and many Halloween markings. He just noticed the necklace around her neck. It was a periwinkle shell on a thin string.
Jer examined his own tail, it had several shades of blue and similar markings to those under his eyes. He looked up at Ky she had a big smile on her face.
"C'mon," Ky said, grabbing his wrist and swimming to the surface.
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Jack set his hands on his eye sockets. Oogie laughed. "How does it feel to lose your daughter...? AGAIN?!?!"
"Hey, Marcus!" a female voice said from the screen. Maddie looked up from Will's shoulder. Ky was in the water, waving wildly to Marcus.
"KY!!!"
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"Better luck next time!" Ky called to Marcus. Marcus screamed in outrage as Jer popped up next to her.
"WE'RE THE KINGS OF THE CASTLE! YOU'RE A DIRTY RASCAL!" they sang.
They gave him one last wave before diving back in the water. Ky smiled to herself as they swam.
"What do we do, now?" Jer asked. Ky frowned and twiddled with her necklace.
"Um... I dunno... What was that?" Ky asked, as a blur rushed by. Jer shrugged and looked around. Ky turned her head forward and squealed. She found herself staring face to face with a point.
"What do you want here?" the creature holding it asked. It had long, kelpie hair, long spindly fingers which were wrapped around a trident weapon. It too had a tail, a dark green one. Its navy eyes were narrowed.
"N-nothing," Ky stuttered.
"That's what they all say!" it said. Ky's shoulder's shook.
"C'mon, Ky," Jer said, taking her wrist and steering around the merman. It smacked Jer's right arm with its weapon, making him push it behind his back to keep Ky from questioning it again. Ky pushed Jer behind her and gave a deadly glare to the merman.
"What'd he do?!" Ky asked. He jumped back, then narrowed his eyes and leaned into her face.
"You never answered my question..." he hissed. Jer set a hand on Ky's shoulder.
"Ky, come on, we're losing time," Jer said. She looked at him, and nodded.
"Yeah, who knows what he could have done to them..." Ky flicked her tail and the two began swimming away. "HEY!" Ky shouted, she turned to face the merman. He had a tight grip on her wrist. "LET GO!!! We need to find my town."
"Likely story." This was finally too much for Jer's patience. He pulled out his sword.
"Let. Her. Go." Jer said, through his gritted teeth.
"Oh ho! Boyfriend's come to save the day!"
"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" Ky shouted, clenching her fist. Jer's sword dropped a few inches. (I love this joke, can't ya tell?)
"Why does everyone say that?" he asked, turning his head to Ky.
"I dunno," Ky said, in a rather annoyed tone. "But it's all ready annoying." The merman stared at the two.
"Okaaaaaaay." Ky pulled her hand away. They both glared at him, Ky's was the worst. If looks could kill, he would've fallen dead in less than half a second.
He was about to open his mouth to say some thing when a sharp scream reached their ears. Ky and Jer slapped their hands over their ears and closed their eyes. The merman took this as his chance to swim away. Ky and Jer sighed as the sound died out.
"What was that?" Jer asked. Ky shook her head and shrugged. He suddenly smirked. "Wanna go check it out?"
"Heck yes!" Ky said, flicking her tail and following Jer. She looked at her necklace. "But... We don't have much time." The shell turned a shade darker.
"Okay..." Jer said, grabbing her hand and pulling her along with him.
--
Ky and Jer stuck their heads in the cave. "Hello?" Ky called, listening to it echo. A deep growl was her reply.
"I-I think it's time to go now..." Jer said. Ky nodded and started to move backwards. Jer had all ready started to swim away.
"JEREMY!" Jer flipped around in time to see Ky's hand disappear into the cave.
"Ky!" he flicked his tail and high tailed (*giggles* tailed... *falls backwards in hysteric laughter*) towards the cave. "Ky! Answer me! KYYYYYY!"
"JER!"
Hhhhhhhiiiiiiiiisssssssssssssssss....
"That can't be good..." Jer whispered. He pulled his sword out and swam into the darkness.
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Yeah... You're all gonna hate me for this but... INTERMISSION!!
Sora: Ky! Just finish your story!
Ky: Nuh huh. I'm a gonna sing a song! HEY MR. WONDERFUL, OH YOUR SO INCREDI-!
Sora: *smacks her with Keyblade*
Ky: Okay, sheesh... Lemme see... *starts typing*
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Jer heard the low growl again. 'I'm coming for you beasty...' He turned the corner and had to stop himself from screaming.
Ky was lying unconscious in a tangle of tentacles. The stitch under her left eye was undone and her hair had fallen out of her braid. Jer slowly swam in and looked at the monster holding his friend captive. It looked somewhat dragon like. It hissed at him as he swam towards It.
"What do you want?" it growled.
"I-I want Ky back!" he shouted back, sounding braver than he felt. It growled and tightened his grip on Ky.
"The Key? The Keeeeeyyy? She is my Key!"
"Not Key... Ky! I want her back!" Jer said,
It hissed at him again. "You want the Key?"
"Yes! I want her back!" It narrowed its eyes and moved closer to Jer.
"Do you know what power this child holds?"
"Excuse me?" Jer asked, cocking an eyebrow and tilting his head. He was getting really sick of the games the creatures played here. It let out a cold, cruel laugh.
"You know not of her power, but you want her? That's a good one!" It laughed harder and threw Ky to him. "Take her then!" Jer gently caught her and swam as fast as he could out of the cave.
Ky shuddered and moaned as Jer left the cave. He gently shook her shoulder. "Ky? Ky... C'mon, Ky! Wake up!"
Ky moaned again and her eyes slowly opened. Jer sighed in relief. He let her go and she just kind of floated there.
"My face hurts..." Ky said. Her hand flew to her left cheek. "Shoot..." She clasped her hands together, and pulled them apart, revealing a needle and thread.
Jer watched as Ky painfully stitched her face back up. She pushed the needle in her hair like her mother often did and flinched. "I always hated when Mom had to sew me back up. I think my least favorite time was when I tore my whole knee open..."
Jer gagged at the thought of tearing your knee. Ky looked at him. "It didn't hurt that much... except when my knee cap had to be fixed."
"Wait, you're a rag doll! You don't have bones!"
"Oh? I'm half skeleton half rag doll. I have a skeleton like Dad."
"Ah."
"Come on, let's go back to Grandma's place... This place is starting to freak me out."
"Thanks a billion. I'm beginning to hate this place more by every second."
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Ky pushed the front door opened and muttered, "No way..." Jer pushed in next to her.
"THAT JERK!" he shouted. The vases were smashed, windows were broken, things were scattered everywhere. Ky bent down and picked up the photo album. "How can anyone be that mean?!" Jer shouted.
"Someone that killed my dad, tried to marry my mom and tried to kill me in the process," Ky said, hate dripping from her words.
"That's a bit harsh."
"It's the cold truth and I ain't taking it back," Ky said, folding her arms and glaring at the wall. Jer sat by her.
"Well... what do we do now?"
"I don't know... We still need to find Oogie and Marcus. Hey, if we're lucky we'll run into the fairies again."
"That would be cool."
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Uhh.... I'm brain dead now!
