The Begining... at the End
"It's... a message... from the king!"
Sora quickly pulled out the letter that had King Mickey's insignia on it and pulled it out of the bottle. He unfolded the paper as Kairi and Riku looked on. Sora and Riku had been sitting in their usual spot near the paopu tree looking out at the ocean when their friend Kairi ran up to them breathing heavily and a bottle in hand. As it turned out the bottle contained a letter from King Mickey himself.
"What's it say?"asked Kairi as she and Riku tried to read the message over their friend's shoulder, who did not acknowledge her question and simply began to read.
"Dear Sora, Riku, and Kairi..."
King Mickey was troubled to say the least. The forces of darkness had just been defeated by Sora and company but yet some worlds were still plunged in darkness. Not to mention that he had just been given a visit by a somewhat unsettling visitor.
The king was sitting in his office with his trusty pet Pluto sitting at his feet. He was going through some paperwork when Pluto started to bark, it wasn't an angry bark more like a bark a dog would make when someone familiar entered the room. Expecting to see Queen Minnie or Donald and Goofy he put down his papers and looked up but was quite shocked by what he saw.
Out of nowhere a figure wearing an Organization XIII cloak which covered his face appeared in front of Mickey's desk. Said mouse quickly jumped up and summoned his keyblade jumping into a defensive position. Pluto however just smiled at the figure and wagged his tail.
"Who are you? And how did you get in here?" asked the slightly startled king in his normal squeaky voice. The figure only put his hand up seemingly not intimidated by Mickey's keyblade.
"Who I am is not important at this moment. And as for how I got here... well you see I'm not really here." the figure said in an oddly familiar deep voice. Mickey on lt looked at him incredulously.
"I'm afraid you're the only one who can see me at this moment your majesty. I am projecting myself into your mind to deliver a very important message." Mickey dismissed his keyblade and crossed his little arms.
"Okay I'm all ears."
"Along with myself there are three other individuals who souls have been trapped for far too long now. 2 of them are trapped in the realm of darkness, one has lost his body, and the last..." he paused as if having trouble talking about the last person.
"... has lost his heart."
"How can I help?" asked a now focused King.
"There is nothing that you can do by yourself... the only one who can help them is the young keyblade wielder... Sora."
"Sora... I should have expected that, but how? And how can I help him?"
"All that I can tell you is that the secret to freeing us all lies within him. And how he can free us will be revealed at the appropriate time."
"I see."
"But he can't do it alone. You must assemble an army of sorts from allies from other worlds to combat the ever growing darkness."
"But wouldn't that be meddling in the affairs of other worlds?".
"I think it's too late to worry about that. You will need all the help you can get but be aware of this, sacrifices will be made, sacrifices that will never be able to be reversed. And I'm afraid Sora will never be the same because of it."
"How! What's going to happen to Sora!"
"I'm afraid I can't tell you. And there's nothing you'll be able to do to stop you won't be able to stop the darkness... not completely but you will be able to balance it."
"How!"
"You're an intelligent person your majesty, you should be able to figure it out... good luck."
"Wait what..." But it was too late, as suddenly as the figure appeared, he was gone.
After the figure visited him, Mickey visited Chip and Dale and told them to prepare a gummi ship to pick up Sora and his friends and to prep his own as he would have to do some visiting of his own.
Mickey closed his eyes for a minute and the opened his desk drawer and pulled out a piece of paper and a pen. He sat silent for a moment before he picked the pen up and started to write.
"Dear Sora, Riku, and Kairi,
I hope you guys have enjoyed your peace and quiet because I'm afraid we're going to need your help once again. I have recently learned that the worlds are still plunged into darkness, and it's come to my attention that it's only a matter of time before the darkness consumes them completely. Now for safety reasons I can't tell you everything(you never know who may read this) but I will explain more to you three and everyone else when you arrive here. On that note in a couple of days a gummi ship will be sent to pick you up and bring you here to the castle. Once again I apologize and we are once again in your debt."
Mickey finished writing the letter and put his seal on it and placed it in a bottle. He then went out to find Donald and Goofy.
"... sincerely King Mickey." finished Sora as he looked up from the letter. The trio stood silent for a moment before Riku spoke up.
"What did he mean by ... and everyone else?" Sora shrugged his shoulders.
"Who knows, Donald and Goofy maybe... what's important is that it seems we're going on another adventure." He then put his hands behind his head as he smiled.
"Looks like it." Riku smiled back. Kairi however stomped in front of her two male companions with a menacingly determined look on her face.
"You two bums better not think for one minute that you two are going to go on ANOTHER adventure and leave behind again. I am going on this adventure!" Her face soon turned red as her look didn't leave her face causing Sora and Riku to nervously scratch the back of their necks.
"Of course we're going to take you Kairi... hehe... what would make you think something crazy like that." Sora said with a nervous laugh.
Riku's face however soon turned serious as he turned to his two friends.
"We better train while we can though... and no offense Kairi but your combat skills could definitely improve." Kairi and Sora nodded at him both realizing that the silver-haired 16 year old was correct.
"Well then we better get to it."said Sora in his usually happy go lucky attitude. The poor boy had no idea what exactly he was going to face this time around.
Yeah yeah I know it's kinda short not that great and not that original but hey it's the first chapter. This is also my first kingdom hearts story but I've been a fan of the game since it came out so I know my stuff... well at least for the most part. This is also un-beta'd but it'd sure be useful if anyone would be willing to beta it. Anyway be sure to review so I know what you liked and didn't like so I know how to improve. I have this story for the most part figured out I just have to fill in the holes so to speak. Oh and by the way if I don't get more than 3 reviews I tend not to update so REVIEW! Thank you.