*Note: Break is a combination of Kingdom Hearts, various animes, RL people, and my own imagination. Thus, this is a fanfic.*

Enjoy.

Chapter 1

Break Through

She lay in the grass of nearby park, listening to one of the orchestrated songs she had on her iPod as the afternoon sun warmed her honey-glow skin; a slight breeze flowed through her long, brown hair. She hummed a bit; enjoying the bliss of the peaceful atmosphere before her eyes unenthusiastically fluttered open. She stared at the clear blue sky for a moment as she felt the vibration of her phone in her pocket as it finally ceased. Sitting up in a slight daze, she pulled out her cell phone and stared at the text message on the phone's screen.

To: Rina

From: Erin

Subject: Hey!

We should hangout over the summer! :P Kthnxbye.

Rina sighed, smiling. Something about Erin made her happy. They always had a good time together. Her fingers quickly tapped against the phone's keys and sent her reply before her gaze returned to the sky; wishing that the peaceful atmosphere would never end. Rina had just finished high school and had no general idea what she was going to do with her life now. She had so many interests that she loved but didn't know which one she wanted to pursue as a career. She plopped back onto the grass and shut her eyes, exhaling.

Come to me child[1]...

Rina jolted up and examined her surroundings to assure herself that she was alone. Was she going insane? She had just heard a deep, raspy set voice of a man that she's never heard before in her life echo around her. She tried to brush it off, putting it to the back of her mind, and was about to lay back down when she heard the voice once more.

No... You're not mad… Come to me…

A zipper-like sound screeched behind her[2]. She whipped herself around and saw what she thought was space tearing itself open. She slowly pulled herself up to her feet and took a step forward to the strange hole. She hesitated, unsure whether or not to trust a voice in her head, before looking back to look at the world she was actually considering leaving behind with a somber expression. Suddenly, two shadowy arms lashed out from the hole and grabbed her; yanking her in like a rag doll. Her cries went unheard as the hole zippered itself up until it was no more. It was as if she hadn't been there at the park at all.

Erin laid on his bed, staring at the ceiling while he was lost in thought. The room was lit with shades of red and orange from the setting sun that poured out from his bedroom window. He simply couldn't believe that his friend had gone missing without a trace of evidence left behind. He exhaled as he hummed to himself as he wondered where she could have gone. None of their friends had the slightest idea where Rina was or could be. She had been missing for a few days now and he was getting more concerned by the hour. He ran his fingers through his slightly spiked black hair as he sighed; his emerald eyes seemed to glow in the dimming room. He raised one of his caramel-colored hands above his head, looking at his hand. Suddenly, there came a small clacking sound followed by something rolling along the hardwood floor. It sounded like a marble that was tossed gently.

Erin sat up in his bed, swinging his legs over the side and sat there; examining the floor to see the item in question. He didn't see anything at first and when he was about to give up when a blue marble-like ball rolled out and bumped into his toe. His face pressed into a confused expression as he picked it up and studied it. The marble was only a little bit smaller than his big toe and while studying it, he noticed a strange symbol encrusted with gold. It looked like a heart with a crown and on each side of the heart were flames reaching out[3]. For some reason that was unknown to him, it looked vaguely familiar. As he held it in his hand, it began to melt into his skin with a burning sensation. Erin let out a cry as he grabbed his hand, holding it close to him until the feeling of being burned went away. Once the pain subsided, he hesitantly looked at his hand. The golden symbol was sizzling in his reddened flesh on the part of his palm that was close to his thumb.

"W-what the hell..?" He grunted.

When the mark finally cooled, it was no longer gold. It had turned black as if it were a tattoo. Erin felt a jolt of panic and quickly ran to the bathroom. He turned on the faucet and let the cold water pour onto his right hand; the one that held the mark. He tried to scrub the symbol off his hand but it was nowhere near coming off. His heart started to race as he returned to his room, staring at his hand. He paused for a moment. Something had crossed his mind. What if this had to do with Rina's disappearance?

Do you wish to find your friend..?

Erin froze. He knew he was alone in his room and yet he heard a deep, raspy voice. The very same Rina had. Whether or not he was going crazy, he wasn't sure but he saw no harm in answering the voice. What did he have to lose?

"Of course I do!" He said as he tried to hide the fact that his voice wavered.

Then enter my world...

The voice seemed to say the last part darkly; as if sinister. But Erin wasn't given the time to think about that. A zipper-like sound screeched and the hole in space appeared as it had before. Erin tried to act unfazed by this and walked through the hole between universes. Before he knew it, he was floating in a white, abysmal void until his feet touched the ground, though, it seemed like there wasn't any. The only thing with him was a giant, white Victorian-framed mirror[4].

"Is this some kind of sick joke?" Erin hissed as looked around the void.

Go to the mirror...

"Geez... What a bossy, ominous voice..." Erin mumbled.

He huffed and stood before the mirror but what he saw was not his reflection. Not exactly anyway. In the mirror he was wearing a skin-tight black turtle-neck tank, black belted armlets with metal-plated leather gloves, black jeans and biker boots, and a black, puffy vest with a white faux fur trim around the hood and collar instead of his white t-shirt and blue jeans that he was wearing. He also noticed that he had a black beanie on and his gauges were no longer a plain black, but now of the symbol that was on his hand. He also noticed that he no longer was wearing his glasses. He gazed at this reflection and much to his surprise; it seemed to be gazing back at him. Erin gently placed his hand on the mirror. The reflection did the same. Exactly when their hands were aligned and touching, the mirror cracked. Erin was taken aback by the suddenness of the mirror cracking. The crack grew and spread throughout the entire mirror and in the gleam between the cracks, he saw for a split second what looked like an island. An island that he recognized but couldn't believe he was actually seeing it.

A flash of blinding light had consumed everything and when he opened her eyes, there he stood. On the very island he had seen in the mirror, and not only that, but he had taken the image of the reflection in the mirror! He spun around frantically, unable to process how this could have happened. It was all so sudden; so much to take in at once.

"Wha-what's going on? What happened to me?" Erin cried as his head began to grow faintly dizzy and his legs grew weak beneath him. "And why am I on Destiny Islands?!"

"H-how is this possible..? How can it be?" Erin started hysterically. "I'm on Destiny Islands… But that can't be right! It's just a video game!"

Erin felt that the world, whichever he may be in, was spinning. His legs gave way and he collapsed onto the sandy shore of the beach. He began to hyperventilate and tried to take deep breaths in an attempt to slow his heart rate so he wouldn't have a heart attack or anything worse. Shortly after, he heaved. Once he settled down, he crossed his legs like a child and tried to find a reasonable explanation for why and how all of the events had happened. Was it all a dream? Was he drugged and hallucinating? He wasn't certain of either possibility.

So is this the reason why Rina went missing..? Does she look different, too? Erin pondered.

He stared out at the ocean while his mind began to drift away; lost in the numerous questions and theories he had come up with. He was so lost in thought that he didn't notice the sound of sand crunching under two pairs of feet was getting closer to him.

"Hellooooooo? Anyone there?" said a voice, its owner waving a hand in front of his face.

Erin automatically and instinctively did what he always did when he was startled. He accidentally punched the young man who had been kneeling beside him in the jaw, sending him flying backwards. He only managed to see the large yellow and black shoes and the boy flew backwards.

Notes:

1. The voice was like the one that you never get to hear in the Stations of Serenity from Kingdom Hearts l & ll.

2. The zipper-like hole was based off of the Arrancars from Bleach.

3. The heart and crown is the logo for Kingdom Hearts. The flames are based off of Sora's wisdom form from Kingdom Hearts ll. The flames are at the bottom of his pants.

4. The void and mirror was inspired by Namine's room in Kingdom Hearts ll as well as in Chain of Memories.