Disclaimer: this fanfic is a collaboration between myself and a friend. At the end of each chapter, I will post who wrote that chapter. Please do not copy any of our original work; such as our original characters or worlds. Thank You. I will be adding chapters to this story as time passes. We are not done writing it yet so bear with me. Feel free to post any comments! Enjoy!
PROLOGUE
Their evil laughs filled the room. The echo across the empty room made it seem louder than what it actually was. The two people dressed in long black cloaks glared down upon their bystanders from one of the many balconies that occupied the room. The black spiked haired man stepped forward. With his bright red eyes, he gazed down upon the teenagers. They all looked up at the two tall figures with looks of anticipation, worry, and fear.
"Why proceed? If you hurt us…you hurt him," he said pointing toward his colleague. Her catlike features made the teenagers wince as she pulled down her hood. Her small nose twitched as the man gave her a nod. Her yellow eyes stared back directly into his own. He gave another quick nod, and with a swipe of her yellowish hair, she pounced onto another balcony in the large room.
"Is this what you're looking for?" she asked as she held up the limp body of King Mickey. He looked as if he had been beaten and deprived of any food, water, or proper living arrangements in days. His clothes were tattered and torn and his whole torso was covered in a mixture of sweat and dirt. He swayed back and forth as the woman held his foot in one hand.
"Let him go! Stop it!" yelled a blond haired girl. Her snow white dress waved as she ran, tears were also forming in her crystal blue eyes.
Running after her a silver haired boy, dressed in yellow and black, yelled, "Namine wait!" as he grabbed her arm.
"Riku, let go!" Namine hollered at him.
"You can't do this!" Riku added.
"Oh…but we can," replied the man.
"In fact…we plan to do way more than this," she stated as she dropped the King.
"NO!" shrieked an auburn haired girl. She shook and her pink tube top dress did the same. She watched with her light brown eyes as King Mickey plummeted to his death. He dropped until he was about five feet from the ground until the hooded man snapped his fingers. Just like that, the King vanished.
"Why are you doing this?" sobbed a spiky, brown haired boy dressed in black.
"Because we need something form you Sora…you three too," she answered.
She snapped her fingers and a little poof of smoke appeared in Riku and Namine's hands. All four of the teenagers jumped, but as the smoke began to fade away, an object began to form. After the smoke was gone, there remained a photograph in each of their hands.
"If you ever want to see your King…alive…ever again, you'll bring these two to us," the man bellowed.
"Why do you want them?" Sora questioned.
"It does not matter! Unless…you want your King dead…then…"
"No!" yelled the two girls.
"We'll do it, but where are they?"
"The boy is in Twilight Town," the female said.
"The girl is in Traverse Town," the male said. "Now go!"
All four of the teenagers remained in place. They continued to look over the photos with a puzzled look upon their faces.
"I said go!" yelled the man.
"Now!" the woman cackled.
They watched as the four teens ran out of the hall. They waited until the sound of their footsteps was out of hearing distance, then the woman glanced at the man.
"You better be right about this, Xtmat."
"Remain calm, Chelesax. Do not worry. The reason why we failed before is because we did not have the proper key."
"What does that mean? What does that have to do with claiming Kingdom Hearts?"
He held out his left hand as he gently whispered, "The true key to darkness…"
He then held out his right hand as he added, "Is light," he explained as he clapped his hands together.
"And these two…children possess this light?"
"Of course…after all…they are the Lightbearers."
A collaboration between myself and my friend Matt.