WARNING: The following contains OCs, crossover of different worlds, violence, character death and language. If you are uncomfortable by such, then you are free to hit the back button.

The Second War of Light and Darkness

Prologue

Fourteen years ago...

Within the abyss that housed the Door to Darkness, the sounds of panting and struggling could be heard. The constant throbbing from Sora's wounds as well as his exhaustion made it hard for him to stand. He was pretty sure that his comrades and friends, Riku, Aqua, Ventus, Donald, Goofy and King Mickey were all feeling the same way, as they too took quite a beating. Their opponent was more powerful than the now-adult Keyblade master could have comprehended; there was hardly a scratch on him. But Sora wasn't ready to give up and let this new menace, Strax, win this fight. Every world was at stake, including his homeworld of Destiny Islands.

"Do you now see?" asked the masked man, known as Strax. "Even with your combined powers, you are all simply mere wasps in my face. Your efforts were all for naught."

The masked man turned around to face the towering door.

"Now! Door to Darkness! Grant me access to the ultimate power! Grant me access to Kingdom Hearts!"

"That's not gonna happen..." muttered Sora, who finally managed to get back on his feet. "As long as I'm still breathing... I won't let it end like this!"

With that, Sora pointed his Kingdom Key at Strax and a beam of light shot out from the tip and penetrated the area of his back where his heart should have been. Strax screamed in pain and clutched his heart, collapsing to his knees in the process. But that wasn't enough to stop the masked man from opening the Door to Darkness. With whisps of black smoke pouring through the cracks, the door slowly opened, revealing the dimly lit Realm of Darkness inside. There, thousands of Heartless were waiting and preparing to charge out of the door to feast on their enemies' hearts. Strax chuckled weakly and slowly stood up, almost losing his balance a couple of times.

"You may have managed to injure my heart," he said. "But you are too late... the door has been opened."

Strax then disappeared from sight. Sora blinked in confusion. Why was he retreating? The man was so close to killing them all off and getting what he wanted. That was when he realized that it was part of his plan: Strax wanted the Heartless to devour their hearts so that he would have nobody to stop him from going to Kingdom Hearts. Sora started limping towards the door.

"Come on, guys!" he said. "We have to close it!"

"But the only way the door can close is if..." started King Mickey whose voice then trailed off. "Wait, you're not really gonna..."

"Someone has to," said Sora. "But I can't close it on my own. I need you to stand on the outside of the door and seal it while I lock it from the inside."

"What?" asked Riku. "You moron! You'll be killed in there!"

But Sora kept walking.

"I know," he said softly. "But it has to be done."

Soon, Sora was past the doors and began using whatever strength he had left to try and move the heavy and enormous doors. Aqua then started walking over to him.

"Aqua?" asked Ventus.

"It's the only way, Ven," said Aqua. "Even though I don't want to see any more of my friends die... I... Sora and the King are the only ones with the keys to close the door. I can't just stand by and do nothing!"

"But... dammit!" snapped Ven, walking after Aqua.

"Gawrsh," said Goofy. "Guess we don't have a choice."

"Yeah..." muttered Donald sadly.

Donald and Goofy started walking too, as did Mickey, but not before turning to Riku.

"Riku?" he asked.

Riku gave the king a sad and weak smile.

"I'm fine." he said. "Let's go..."

With that, everyone walked to the door and started helping Sora close it. Sora could hear the Heartless growing restless as everyone pushed (or in his case, pulled) the colossal doors shut with all of their might. It was only a matter of time before they got real hungry and attacked. Soon, one of the doors was closed all the way. But before the second door was closed Sora stopped pulling for a second, catching Riku, Mickey and Donald off guard.

"What's wrong, Sora?" asked Riku.

Sora smiled sadly.

"Just like old times, huh...?" he reminisced. "Only it was you on this side and me on the other."

He then looked to his old friend.

"Riku... take care of them."

With teary eyes, Riku nodded and helped Sora close the last door. Once his friends were out of view, Sora pointed the Kingdom Key high into the dark sky shooting out another beam of light. But as the Heartless stirred, he grew impatient.

"Come on, Your Majesty," he murmured. "Hurry up."

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, the Door to Darkness disappeared on his side; King Mickey successfully helped him seal the door away. Relieved, Sora dropped his keyblade and collapsed to the ground, his strength fully drained. The Heartless then began to descend upon him like wild rabid hungry pack animals. He was so tired that he couldn't bring himself to fight them.

"So this is how it ends, hmm?" asked Sora with a smile.

As the Heartless got closer and closer Sora laughed... and did so even when they began to eat his heart.

Author's notes: I've always wanted to write a next generation Kingdom Hearts fic, so here it is! Terra, Eraqus, Xehanort and Kairi's absence from the prologue will be explained later in the story. As for my other fics, I'm working on the first chapter of my Sengoku Basara fic, The Tale of Gyoda's Blooming Lotus, and should be finished with it soon. As for my Transformers fic, Transformers: Ignition, I'm working out the kinks to the next chapter as we speak. So no, not all of my fics are dead. I've just been busy lately. Hope you enjoyed this prologue!