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Destiny Falls - Chapter two

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I woke up in a room that was so white, it hurt my eyes. “Wh. . .Wha?” I groaned and sat up, feeling as though I had been by a truck. Oh, wait. “How the hell am I still alive?” I shrieked, immediately regretting it. I grabbed my head, whimpering from the pain.

“Could you please be so kind as to shut up? We’re trying to figure out what to do with you, the least you could do is give us some peace and quiet.” A woman (she looked like she was in her early twenties) had walked in, with a very annoyed expression.

I gulped, This lady’s demeanor screamed ‘mess with me and die’ “Err. . . could you please explain what happened to me? I’m wondering why I’m still alive, seeing as the last thing I remember is a giant semi-truck rushing towards me.” I looked at her quizzically. “Who are you, anyways?”

Her face softened. “I am Fate, and—“

“Wait, you’re Fate? As in ‘fortune’ and—”

Yes. Fate. Now if you’ll let me finish. . .” She – Fate – was starting to look irritable again. “You were hit by that truck, due to a mistake on our part.” I was starting to look a little lost, so she explained a bit further. “Destiny and I, we’re siblings.”

“Oh.”

“Anyways, you weren’t supposed to die. Destiny tripped over my loom, twisted and pulled a couple of the wrong strings, and one of them was yours.”

“Okay.” I was taking this surprisingly well, and I wondered when I’d faint or whatever. “Who was supposed to die? I’m curious.” I asked, not really expecting much of an answer.

“A girl named Emily Jackson; she was a few minutes behind you on the sidewalk. Unfortunately, it was your string that was pulled instead of hers.” Fate said quietly.

“Well then, if you’re Fate, and the other. . .”

“. . . Guy.”

“Okay, Destiny’s a guy. Well, if you’re Fate and he’s Destiny, then can’t you just fix it and we’ll go on our merry ways?” I asked.

“I’m afraid not. There are certain rules regarding situations like these, and one of them is that we can’t simply ‘send you back’ I’m sorry.” She really did look sad when she said that.

“Well then, why are you keeping me here, if that’s the case?” I questioned, confused.

“That’s just it. Our mistake caused you to die in the place of someone else, instead of just dying, which will have a big impact on the future of all the people that you and that girl were connected to. That’s only ever happened once before, so Father Time came over to assist us in trying to either find a loophole and possibly send you back, and if that doesn’t work, then we can cause you to be reborn in a different time and place of your choosing, to make up for the life we took.” Fate answered, a bit irritated at having to explain everything.

While Fate had been talking, two men had walked into the room. One of them looked to be about the same age a Fate, but he seemed more tolerant then her. The other was much older, and he held a staff with an intricate hourglass balanced at the top. I guessed the one with the staff was Father Time, and the younger one was Destiny.

Destiny spoke. “Fate, we still haven’t been able to find a loophole. I’m afraid we have to give her The Choice.”

At this, I piped up, “Uhm, couldn’t you just give me The Choice and then I’ll just choose the time and place I was born originally?”

“Afraid not. That’s one of the rules of The Choice.” Destiny answered, “You have to be reborn in a completely different world, universe, or multiverse than the one you originated from.” He rolled his eyes, continuing, “Also, you won’t remember your past unless you meet certain conditions, but it’d take another life to explain all of those rules and regulations and crap to you.”

“Oh.” I felt like my head was spinning. “In that case, why don’t I just give you a vague idea of where I want to be reborn, and you surprise me?”

Fate and Destiny glanced at each other, and then back at me, confused. “So. . . we choose for you?” they asked in unison.

“Yeah, as long as whichever universe or multiverse that you choose has a great deal to do with one of my fandoms from my eighth grade year. Everything else is your choice.” I grinned. “Whether or not I remember it doesn’t matter, it’d still be a cool surprise!”

Destiny continued to stare at me, bewildered. “You do realize that you’re passing up the chance of two lifetimes, right?”

“No, not really,” I answered, “I set up guidelines for you to follow, It’s just that I don’t handle making decisions like this very well, and besides, I don’t like living a completely planned life.”

Fate smirked. “I like that idea. I know exactly what we’re going to do with you!”

“Erm., well. . . I’m not so sure that I like that smile of yours right now.” I muttered.

Fate just grinned even more, while Destiny seemed to catch on to what she was thinking. “No! Do you have any idea of the problems it would cause if she just happened to visit Earth under those circumstances?”

“I thought I couldn’t go back to where I came from?” I whispered to myself.

Destiny was still reprimanding Fate. “I suggest you choose something different for her, Sis.”

“But that would completely take all the fun out of it.” She whined, and then turned towards me. “Okay, we’ve –”

“We?"

Fate glared at her brother. “Yes, we have decided on a time and a world. You’ll find out which one eventually, but we do have to warn you, the only way you’ll be able to remember your past and this conversation is if we make you a ‘Child of Fate’.”

“. . . In English, please?” I asked. –So maybe I’m not the brightest person in the world. Sue me.-

“Basically, You’ll be reborn, but you’ll still remember ‘Ariadne’s’ life.” Destiny answered for Fate.

“So. . . wait, it’ll be like a fourteen-year-old in a newborn’s body?” I was even more confused now.

“No. You won’t remember at first, and just live a normal life. Then eventually, you’ll start ‘remembering’ Ari’s life at night, like watching a movie in your dream.”

I still had no idea what he was talking about, but I had a feeling that if I questioned further, my head would implode.

“You’ll also need to meet the people you knew in past lives as well, and –”
“Wait. I thought I only had one past life so far?” I cut in.

Destiny sighed, and continued. “As you, yes that’s true. However, as Fate’s ‘Chosen’ all of the other Chosen of the past are also past lives. In addition, you’re most recent past life, excluding Ari, will awaken in your mind when you finally remember everything, triggering the start of your ‘adventure’.”

“See you in seventeen years!” Fate sang, grinning, “Have a nice life until then, ‘cause Lord knows you won’t afterwards!”

“Wait, what? But –” I was cut off as everything went black. Again.
A/N: Whee! The reasoning behind the title is revealed! (If you don’t get it, reread how she died, the part with Fate’s loom.) And yeah, yeah, I know. Lame and ‘oh so convenient’ but hey, at least I get to introduce some Kingdom Hearts characters next chapter. Oh, and just to let you know, I intentionally left Fate and Destiny with very little description, so that you could imagine them looking however you want.(and to avoid purpley prose, but let’s not mention that.)

Axel: Am I the only one imagining two of the three Fates from The Olympus Coliseum?

Roxas: Nope. That’s what I’m thinking too.

A/N: This Chapter’s long, explanatory, and you guessed it! No KH Characters yet. And yes, I do realize that my main Character is a self-insert Mary-Sue; at least, I know for sure she’s a self insert, and at least partially a Mary-Sue?
Disclaimer: Still not in ownership of the KH Characters. *pout* And donald&Goofy belong to Disney. (When they come in.)
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Heartless-Eyes's avatar
This is really interesting so far...I've never read anything with this sort of 'twist', for lack of a better word, in it.