The sky is falling, Mama. The sky is falling…
-=- Hush now; this is for your own protection.
I'm sinking, mama. I'm sinking…
-=- You'll find your way back to me, my child.
-=-=-=- Even if you have to tear the worlds apart.
-=-=-=-=-=- Even if you have to thrust Kingdom Hearts into chaos.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You'll find your way.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I promise.
I promise, too, Mama. I promise, too…
"Did you feel that, Master Yen Sid?" A plump blue fairy tentatively fluttered into a large round study. Her hands were clasped at her front and her eyes were anxious and alert.
The old man was sitting at a solid wooden desk at the center of the room, his old, frail hands flipping through the pages of a large book slowly and deliberately. He looked up at his fairy assistant, Merryweather, with his usual placid stare. She was alone, so her sisters must have been elsewhere in the tower. He nodded in recognition. "Indeed; I did. The darkness is stirring again."
"Do you think it's Master Xehanort? Do you think he's back?" she asked, flitting from side to side in her worry, leaving behind small deposits of fairy dust as she did, coming out of her body like sweat.
He shook his head surely, eyes shut, and then replied, "No, I believe that when Sora and his friends defeated him last year, he was defeated for good. This disturbance -it is not the same darkness I felt before." He opened his eyes to see that the other two good fairies, Flora in red and Fauna in green, were now flying into the room. "Xehanort was a familiar darkness, albeit a complicated one. This darkness stems from a very young place -inexperienced and lost."
The good fairies nodded dutifully as the Master spoke. "Should we tell the King?" Flora asked uncertainly.
"There is no need. It is likely he is already on his way here," Yen Sid assured them. "However, not knowing the source of this darkness is quite troubling. We are treading into uncharted waters…" He trailed off, standing up and stepping towards the crescent shaped window overlooking his bureau, hands interlocked against his back.
"Do you need us to do anything, sir?" Merryweather asked, floating slightly ahead of her sisters.
With a shake of his head, he replied in a quiet but firm voice. "Thank you. I would like to be alone now. I must meditate on this news."
The fairies each gave a nod of their own, in spite of the fact that they would go unseen, and then disappeared into puffs of dust, one by one. When Flora was the only one left, she cast a lingering stare at the perpetual night sky through the window. She knew they would be seeing Sora, Donald, and Goofy quite soon -too soon. She felt sorry for the boy; he had barely a year's worth of rest after his two and a half year long journey to defeat Xehanort. Would they really have to call him back into battle? What about his friends? Kairi and Riku were also experienced keyblade warriors now, although Kairi had not nearly enough training for the Mastery exam yet. Would they have to thrust those three young ones back into the fray -the eternal struggle between light and dark? Haven't they suffered enough?
With a long sigh, she ruffled her crimson skirts slightly before disappearing herself, leaving Yen Sid to contemplate alone.
Traverse Town was as dark as ever, with volunteers dashing from refugee to refugee, offering food and drinks. There hadn't had such a great influx of displaced individuals in a few years -and none at all since Master Xehanort was defeated by the Hero of the Light. Every building, every shop, every house was filled with people who had no place to go. Not only that, but the Heartless were back, terrorizing the second and third districts -not to mention the fact that the back streets were simply impassable.
A young woman with long platinum blonde hair stepped tentatively out of an alleyway, her skirts ruffled and her heart pounding. As she looked on into the vast courtyard, she realized she was long way from home. She looked around frantically, trying to spot a small head of auburn hair among the masses of people standing around.
"Sira? Sira, darling? Are you here?" she called out anxiously, attracting some attention from the loitering crowd.
Then it dawned on her what had happened prior to waking up. The sky had suddenly turned dark above her palace and black creatures, the likes of which she hadn't seen in over a decade, began to seep out of the ground like liquid made solid. They were everywhere… She recalled being unable to escape the swarm, sinking into them instead, nearly suffocating. Still, she remembered that she was holding on to something, something important.
"My Sira… My precious darling Sira…" She looked into her hand, examining the small ribbon that she had found herself clutching upon regaining consciousness. It was the one her girl used to wear everyday. "You were safe in my arms, and now you're gone." She sighed sadly, biting her lip to keep herself composed.
"Excuse me, miss?"
She felt a hand rest upon her shoulder and looked up abruptly at the person before her. He was a boy, no older than fifteen perhaps, with ashy blonde hair. He looked at her with worried azure eyes, waiting calmly for her answer. "I'm sorry?" she uttered uncertainly.
"Do you need help?" he asked her calmly, taking his hand off of the woman's shoulder and stepping away slightly to give her space. "Are you looking for someone?"
The woman stared at the boy for a moment before giving him a curt nod. "I -Yes. Yes, I am. My daughter… I was just -The sky turned black. And then those monsters were everywhere and then -"
He gave her a nod of understanding. "The Heartless," he explained. "They must have taken your world as well. This world is called Traverse Town. I woke up here when my world was swallowed by the darkness…" The boy's face twitched slightly when he spoke, the memory still vivid in his mind, but it was gone as quickly as it appeared. "Your daughter must be here somewhere if the Heartless haven't taken her."
The thought of Sira, that small, beautiful girl, being taken by the Heartless… She wanted to object at the idea of it, but that boy told her there was a possibility of Sira being in this… Traverse Town. She had to hold on to that hope and try her best to find her little girl.
"What's your name?" she asked him quickly.
"Hope," he replied with a sheepish grin. "What about you?"
"My name is Aurora," she told him with a grateful smile.
He wiped the bashful grin off of his face when he said, "Well, Aurora. It's nice to meet you. How about we try and find your daughter, alright?"
She nodded graciously and replied, "Thank you, Hope."
Hello~ sooo I've always wanted to delve into KH fanfiction -especially because I never really redeemed myself after the erm... KH Mary-Sues I made in middle-school [shudders] Anyhoo, I've been sitting on this fic idea for literally years and finally, I've decided it's ready for public consumption. So, with that, PLEASE leave a review if you can. It would mean so much to me. I know the prologue doesn't give you much to chew on for now since it's so short, but still...
Anyway -heads up that this will have quite a few OC's, though they won't take the spotlight off of our main trio, so you don't have to worry your little heads about the "Sues" taking over ;) Oooh and I've planned so many cool worlds and awesome Disney cameos and I'm so excited haha okay I'll shut up now.
