Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Disney, or any of the characters from either. Oh, but if I did…

A/N: Just an idea I had using some OC's in the Kingdom Hearts universe. This all takes place around the same time as the events in the first game and might go on after that.


A shadow of existence,

Born from darkness;

Just as the heart was consumed by it,

And doomed to fall back into it.

A mere shell of a former self,

That never truly exists,

As Nobody is ever really anybody.

Twilight Town…

Deep in Twilight Town's woods, a young male, no more than 15, is lying on the ground fast asleep. A soft breeze blows through the trees, causing the leaves to rustle and stirring the boy awake. He sits up, leaning back on his elbows. He looks around the dim woodland area, seeing that it isn't very big with a stone wall several feet ahead of him and a mansion a ways to his right.

"Where am I? What happened? Better, who am I?"

Seiki…The name fills the boy's head.

"Seiki, is that my name? It feels like it is, but like it isn't at the same time. It'll have to be good enough to go by until I can remember more."

Seiki, as he is choosing to go by for now, stands up and brushes the leaves and dirt from his jeans. He looks around the dim forest. Nothing there but trees, as expected. Leaves gently fall from the trees in the late-afternoon day. He spots a hole through the wall ahead of him. Civilization can be seen through it.

Seiki picks up his soft, blue bucket hat which had fallen off while he'd been asleep and puts it over his brown hair. He walks to the large crack wide enough to walk through and peeks through. The town seems at peace. The sky is a beautiful orange color from the sunset. As the tram passes by, Seiki takes a step back, a bit startled by it, but sees it as harmless and proceeds further into the Tram Common to explore. A few people walk about the streets, but not many.

"What is this place? It all feels so unfamiliar. Have I even been here before? I just wish I could remember…"

He wanders around, not really paying attention to where he is going and walks down into an underground passageway. This tunnel system is void of people and seems rather unused. He wanders about rather aimlessly through this passage. He ends up in an open area with running water going along one corner of the room. A path winds off in the back. Seiki stops in the middle of this space, and looks around, having zoned-out as he walked down there.

"Now where am I?" He wonders aloud.

The shadows along the floor of the room slowly creep towards the young man. The shadows grow into little creatures with beady, glowing, yellow eyes. As they move, their bodies twitch. Seiki slowly backs away as more and more of these creatures appear. The creatures move towards him with sharpened claws at the ready. Seiki turns and runs from this room going back up through the passage. The shadow creatures chase after him. After a few twists and turns, Seiki heads through an exit, coming out near a train station with a large clock tower over it.

He runs out and sees nothing but a balcony before him. There is a path to his right, but it is blocked by a large wheelbarrow filled with a pile of junk. He tries the doors to the train station, but they are locked. Seiki turns and faces the shadows as they emerge from the tunnel to come after him. As the shadows draw closer, a flash appears in Seiki's hand. He looks to it to see a sword resembling a giant key is in his hand, and a very odd one at that which seems to be made up of musical instruments.

The shadows charge at Seiki, lunging for him with their claws. Seiki uses the key in his hand to bat the creatures away. As each his hit with the blade it disappears in a little puff of smoke. However, due to their numbers the creatures keep the upper hand in the battle, scratching at Seiki. A boy about Seiki's age falls from the sky, landing perfectly on his feet. He is holding a pair of light green lances.

"Saw you here and though you might need a little help." The boy smiled, getting to work slashing away at the creatures with his lances.

The two young men work together and in no time defeat the little black creatures that had spawned deep within the tunnels. When the last of the creatures is defeated, the boy turns to Seiki.

"The name's Akira by the way." the boy smiles.

"Seiki… What were those things?"

"Heartless. They're creatures born from the darkness in people's hearts. Their only goal is to consume other people's hearts. They probably attacked you because of that Keyblade you have."

"Keyblade?"

"Yeah, that thing you have. Didn't you know that's what it was?"

"I can't seem to remember much."

"Well, the Keyblade is a very powerful tool. Only certain people can wield them. It's the only thing that can truly defeat the Heartless. 'Cause of that, they fear it and go after anyone who has one."

Seiki thinks for a moment, taking this information in. "What is this place anyway?"

"This place is called Twilight Town."

"It feels so unfamiliar. Even if I could remember, it just seems so strange here."

Akira leaned in closer to Seiki. "I'm gonna let you in on a little secret, but you have to promise not to tell anyone." Seiki nods. "There are other worlds out there. A lot of them in fact; they say each star in the sky is a different world. I've lived here most of my life and I don't recall ever seeing you before, you could be from a different one."

"How do you know all of this?"

"I found out about a year ago and have been traveling around exploring other worlds, seeing what all's out there."

"Then the question is how did I get here?" Seiki asks, mostly just thinking aloud.

"Beats me, just about anything's possible. Well, I'll be going, hope I see you around."

Akira walks to the balcony and stands up on the ledge. He waves to Seiki, taking a step back, falling from the edge. Seiki runs over to the edge and looks down to see a boat rather looking like a pirate ship rise up over the balcony with Akira standing on part of the mast. He salutes Seiki as the ship floats up higher and higher, flying away.

Seiki turns, thinking what he'll do next, where he'll go next. He had a whole world to explore, and if he were to believe Akira, many more out there. Seiki starts walking back towards the tunnel, hoping not to run into more of those creatures, the Heartless. Before he could head for the tunnel though, a boy wearing a long black coat walks out from it. He is carrying a white book. The hood of the coat it raised, leaving his face hidden. The boy walks towards Seiki. Seiki's Keyblade appears in hand.

"Who are you?" Seiki asks.

"Your memory is gone, but you'll remember, in time. In the meantime, relax; I'm not here to hurt you; merely to warn you."

"Warn me? About what?"

"Now that you've awakened, they're going to come for you. She'll try to trick you into thinking they'll help you; just as she did to the others, to all of us. It's up to you now. Defeat the Heartless, find a way to set things right."

"What're you talking about?"

"There isn't much time, I'm sorry. You'll need to go into hiding and stay on the move to try and evade them, but hopefully we'll meet again. Then I may be able to explain things better."

A black and bluish portal swirling with darkness appears near the door into the train station. A female wearing a similar black coat as the young man, also with the hood up, walks out from it, the door of darkness closing behind her. Darkness flows from her hand, forming into a scythe.

"She's here. You have to go, now. I'll open a Dark Corridor." the boy says to Seiki.

He waves his hand creating a dark portal the same as the one the female came through behind Seiki. The boy pushes Seiki through it, after which the Dark Corridor closes.

"You've been very bad, stop this nonsense and come back to us." the young woman says.

The teenage boy lets go of his book. It floats in front of him and flips open. He glides his hand over it causing the pages to flip wildly. An ice shard flies from the book at the girl. She swings her scythe through the ice, blocking it.