Hey people! Welcome to CoH!

Disclaimer: Christie and Kia are mine, everything else is Square/Disney. (Kia will make her appearence later)

Our Journey began six months ago, with some simple days and weeks. It was folloed by a not so simple week and a half, then once again followed by simplicity. This time, it was six months in darkness with the man I love, and a little mouse king.

My name is Christie, and I'm 16.

Ha, you thought I'd use Tidus' line, didn't you?

I digress.

Like I said, it's been six months since Sora and the King shut the Door out of here. Six months of walking, talking and sleeping with Riku.

Not like that you perverts. Not like that at all.

Again, I'm getting off topic.

The Realm of Darkness is behind me now, we made it out somehow.

At least, I did.

We are all connected, by an invisible Chain of Hearts.

I groaned, opening my eyes slightly. It was bright here, not dark like it should have been. I was still half asleep when I shoved my way up onto my knees, so when I saw the grey walls instead of Darkness, it didn't register that I wasn't in the Dark Realm.

"Finally awake?" I yelped in surprise, falling back onto my rear at the sound of a male voice that wasn't Riku's or the Kings.

"Sorry Squirt, didn't mean to scare you." I shook my head as I took Axel's hand, dusting myself off.

"It's ok. Where are we?" Axel sighed, stretching slightly like a cat.

"Floor 39 of Castle Oblivion. The 13th floor of the Attic to be exact." He laughed at my expression, digging into a pocket of his cloak and handing me a deck of cards.

"Since you can't portal around on your own, and I have to be somewhere, these'll get you through here." He stepped back, a Dark Portal appearing beneath his feet as he saluted.

"Good luck Squirt!" He disappeared before I could say anything else, and I pouted.

"Thanks for running away on me again Ax. Thanks so much." I lifted one card from the deck, put the rest in my short's pocket, and walked down to the door. I took a deep breath, and held up the card. I shielded my eyes against the light, before dropping my arm and letting my shoulders sag when I saw where this card had taken me.

"Traverse Town."

Basement Level 13: Riku
Riku twitched, floating in the grey ether. Aqua eyes cracked open, and he looked around.

"Where...?" He closed his eyes again, trying to regain his thoughts. The last thing he remembered was going to sleep with Christie in his arms, then...nothing.

"You've been sleeping." Riku shot upright, eyes wide as he cried out.

"Who's there?!" The voice responded, but not to his question.

"You've been sleeping. Here, between light and dark." Riku scanned the area, but saw nothing but the grey fog.

"Between light and dark?" It was then he realized he was alone.

"Hold on, where's Christie?! And the King?! We all closed the door together, but after that..." The voice's tone was annoyed.

"You're the only one who washed up here. Christina is alive, as is the King. But you, you didn't have the power to prevail over the Darkness. No, you should have embraced the Darkness." Riku scoffed, lips curling upward in a half snarl.

"Hmph. You talk like I'm some kind of demon of the dark."

"You turned your back to the light, before you closed your eyes. Here, blanketed by Darkness, sleep is safety. Sleep is eternal. But..." Riku closed his eyes as a ball of light appeared in front of his face, the light turning into a card. Said card floated around him in a slow, lazy circle.

"Is this...?"

"It is a door to truth. Take it, and your sleep ends. Take it, and take the first step towards the truth. But, the truth will bring you pain. Will you still go?"

The card came to a stop in front of Riku's face.

"There can be no returning to the sweet security of sleep." Riku closed his eyes, before grabbing the card. A smug smile flitting on his face.

"Seems like a boring place to take a nap anyway." The voice laughed.

"As I expected from you, Riku Takemaru." The card lit up in a bright flare, and a sound of pain ecaped Riku's throat as he clamped his eyes shut. when he opened them again, he was no longer floating in the ether, but rather had his feet on solid ground. White walls and floor greeting his as he looked around, before looking bak over the card.

"A door to the truth, huh? If it takes me to Chris, I couldn't care less."

My apologies that it's so short, but it's a Prologue.