"Okay then, first solo mission as a Keyblade Master with nobody but me heading the mission." Sora muttered to himself as he sailed through the Lanes Between in his new Gummi ship. He'd made it exactly for this, and as a exact (but improved- what could he say the original wasn't fit for sailing nowadays and was pretty outdated) replica of the original model of the Highwind he'd started all his crazy journeys in. He even kept the moniker, except he added a Mark 2 on the end so no one got confused.

Sora's fingers drummed on the steering mechanism anxiously. He was completely alone. No Roxas, no Ven, no Xion, no Riku, no Kairi, no Terra, no Aqua, no Donald, no Goofy, no King Mickey. Still, he whistled the march he'd picked up from Donald and Goofy during longer trips, smiling.

He didn't know where he was heading besides "somewhere new". In fact, Yen Sid had promoted this, saying Keyblade Masters of old would go out and see all the worlds they could if they decided against staying in one and training students. Sora's smile faltered slightly when he realized Xehanort had taken that approach, but he shook his head. He wasn't going to become corrupted like that old and wicked man.

He saw a world he didn't recognize, and sped off towards it "That place looks nice."

...

Sora's eyes widened at the plains that unfolded in front of him "Wow... This place is bigger than the pride lands!" He spun around with a grin "Man, more diverse too! Got a mountain, a river, and..." He trailed off, then began running "A castle under attack...!"

It didn't take terribly long to rush through the gates to the surrounding town, but each second felt like a full minute to Sora. People needed him, people were in trouble! He pushed through the crowd, calming down when he realized that most of the damage going on was in the castle itself. Still, the clouds of smoke and flickers of flame weren't reassuring in the least. He pushed through the heavy gates and opening the next set was a little harder. "Jeez people!" He sighed under his breath "Glad to have security but this is getting cumbersome!"

He took a moment to assess the burning courtyard with their own small battalions of monsters, then headed for the doors into the castle where most of the fires seemed to be-

An orange cloud of twilight flecked with black descended onto the world. Sora paused- this wasn't an ordinary sunset. This felt... Skin crawling and unnatural. A little thick like someone had poured heavy fog into the atmosphere. He looked at his hands, his eyes wincing slightly. Everything had a diffused glow to it now, too, one that was a little hard to look at. The coloring was also unlike a typical sunset-

His hand suddenly went to his throat, which was constricting. No, no, actually it felt like something was building up inside of him. He coughed into his free hand as his head began exploding with almost delirious pain. When he pulled his hand back, there was a dark liquid on it. He wasn't entirely sure thanks to the suddenly odd sepia toned colors in this new world, but it could have passed for blood. His legs buckled underneath him, and he coughed again. It hurt. Everything hurt and felt like it was trying to kill him. He tried keeping himself conscious, but he toppled to the ground and succumbed to the darkness.

The depths of unconsciousness was welcoming compared to the earlier pain. Sora felt calmer as he floated around in blissful ignorance. But then he heard a mournful sound, like a woman wailing a sad and ethereal lullaby. He blearily opened his eyes, seeing what looked like a gigantic snake made of light staring intently at him. It wasn't threatening, just observing as it began fading away into the darkness with a keening cry that made Sora tear up.

Sora felt himself slip into sleep just as he heard the barest whisper: "Warrior... Of another world... Of another Destiny... Help... Us..."

...

The first thing Sora registered was stone beneath him and a burning feeling all over his body. He slowly opened his eyes, and noted dismally he was in a dungeon or jail or something. He sat up, gasping and groaning as his body resisted. It felt like his muscles had cramped up everywhere. He tried to rub his face, but ended up staring confusedly at a chain attached to his wrist.

He sighed "Not very bright are they...?" He held out his freed hand to summon his Keyblade-

He shrieked. The Kingdom Key coalesced for only a second in his hand before it felt like his whole body was burning. He writhed on the ground for a few minutes after, almost sobbing from the torture of it.

After he got himself to calm down, he sat back up, "Okay, no Keyblade." He tugged at his chain "...too strong to break with just my hands." He looked around for a rock or something similar, but to no avail. He tugged at the chain with a small scoff, relinquishing his ideas to the situation and realizing that maybe tugging was all he could do.

Sora paused when he heard a small, high pitched laugh. He looked around in the orange tinted dimness "Who's there?" He clenched his fists as the voice laughed again. It was inhuman laughter. "I said who's there?!" Sora yelled.

"Boo!" Sora yelled in surprise as an odd little creature sprung from the darkness "I found you!"

Sora looked it- perhaps her -over. An odd little imp of a creature with an odd mask covering one eye and most of her drawn back hair, her body curvy and tattooed with black and white and glowing electric blue lines. She leaned back from her excited spring with a yawn, and Sora finally noticed she was floating around "Oh come on, I was joking."

Sora glared at her "Wasn't very fu-"

"Well it was to me! Especially your face!" The imp replied with a giggle. Sora felt a little squeamish seeing that smile she wore.

He shook his head and waved his hand to try and get her away "Leave me alone I'm trying to esca- HEY!" He stopped himself as the imp began pooling energy between her hands "I-I'm defenseless against that don't-" the moment he held out his chained hand was the moment the imp released the energy, and the chain snapped.

Sora pulled his hand in "Woah." He blinked, picking up the broken chain "Um... Thank you?" He looked up. No one was there. Then he felt something heavy fall into his hoodie and a familiar giggle.

He stood up and began wildly scrambling at his back "HEY! YOU GET OUT OF THERE!"

The imp held onto his hood for dear life, saying "Well I saved your life! You're under my rules no-" Sora pulled his hood on, effectively trapping the imp against his head "Hey! What's the big idea?!"

Sora shut his eyes so they would hopefully not get scratched out in anger "You be quiet and let me get on my way." He found himself pulling his hood against his head soon after, then opened his eyes and looked around in confusion. He stopped and stared at the imp, who was now glaring right in front of him.

"Listen here, spiky." She began, poking his nose "I could've let you waste away in here, so you owe me big time!"

Sora lowered his hood "Excuse me but I don't have to listen to you." He smiled, proud and smug "I'm a Keyblade Master!"

The imp only flew right over him and back into his hood "Dunno what that is." Sora yelped when she tugged at his hair "Now get a move on and find us a way outta here. That's the only way I'm gonna let you repay your debt to me."

Sora turned to look at her over his shoulder, realizing she wasn't gonna quit "Okay fine! Gosh!" He shook his head while muttering "Don't even know your name."

"It's Midna, sweetie." She yawned "Do get your mistress's name memorized."

Sora looked around, sighing at the reminder of a certain redhead's annoying catchphrase "Yeah, yeah, I got it memorized." He found that the gate was rusted enough to break down, but the exit to elsewhere in the castle was completely locked.

"Well? Can't go that way." Midna quipped.

Sora inspected the cell next to his, kicking aside a box. He smiled "Hey! A crawlspace!" He crouched over "This has gotta lead somewhere..."

DA DA DA DAAAAAAAAAA congrats another stupid thing to pile on top of my massive list of abandoned and writer-blocked projects