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Kingdom Hearts: The Keyblade of Dreams

Chapter 1: A new Journey

On the relatively Peaceful world of Destiny Islands, The three teenagers and keybladers, Sora, Riku, and Kairi were on the small island connected to the larger island by a bridge. They huddled around the message that held King Mickey's seal. What it said sent dread down their spines.

Dear Sora, Riku, and Kairi.

Hey guys! Sorry to cut your vacation short but there's trouble brewing again. Maleficent's back and she's already assembled a new group of villains more powerful and demented than her previous one. If that's not enough there's … Something else. I don't know what it is yet but I have this bad feeling that something as bad as Maleficent and Xehanort is on the horizon. A gummi ship is going to be here in a couple of days with Donald and Goofy. I'll meet you at Radiant Garden. Leon and the others have something planned for you. See ya in a few days!

King Mickey

"Well what now?" Kairi asked.

"We'd better go tell our parents and pack up." Sora answered,

"Man six months and that witch is at is again." Riku moaned as they left to get their boats and travel to the main island.

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"So you're going off on another dangerous quest like before?" Sora's mom, Tabitha asked. Tabitha, or Tabi and most people call her was a kind woman in her thirties. She didn't have any wrinkles on her face and not a single gray hair on her semi-long light blue hair. She had a decent figure, and eyes that glowed like the stars.

"Yeah.." Sora said hesitantly. He was afraid of his mom's reaction of leaving her again after only six months. She was in a frenzy of joy when he and Riku returned to the islands after defeating Xemnas. He had waited a couple of days to talk to her about it. She was also amazed by his keyblade…….along with the odd trio of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy. "Look mom, I know I haven't been here long enough to make up a year, but I have to do this."

"I know." She said calmly. "I can't mother you forever, but At least I can whish you luck this time." She said, latching onto her son in a maternal embrace a tear going down her eye. "You're father would be proud Sora."

"I know." Sora said, returning the hug. He looked over at a table that had a picture of him as a baby with a younger Tabitha and a young man with messy black hair and yellow eyes, grinning like a madman. "I miss him."

"I do to." She said, kissing her son on the cheek. "Please be careful Sora."

"I will mom. I promise." He said smiling.

"Also, don't do anything adult with Kairi or I'll ground you till you're twenty one." She laughed, smiling wickedly.

"MOM!" Sora yelled blushing. Tabitha laughed for a good five seconds before she kissed him again. "You better get going Sora. That gummi ship should be here any time now."

"Okay, bye mom!" Sora yelled, grabbing his pack and running out the door. I'll be back I promise!"

Tabitha smiled and waved. When Sora was out the door the smile faded and she looked at her hands. A blast of white energy erupted from her hands and in it was a silver keyblade that had a curved shield for a keychain. " I should have told him, John." She whispered, looking at the family portrait before breaking into tears.

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Sora walked toward the familiar red gummi ship he had used so many times before. Waiting for him were Riku, Kairi, and the lovable Goofy and the short-tempered Donald. "Sora!" Donald and Goofy yelled, toppling Sora over with a colossal group hug.

"He-yuck! Boy are we glad to see you! We haven't seen you in like forever!" Goofy laughed.

"It's been six months." Donald sighed rolling his eyes.

"Oh yeah!" Goofy said laughing.

"It's great to see you guys too!" Sora laughed as well getting off the ground.

"So we're heading for Radiant Garden huh?" Riku asked.

"Didn't that used to be Hollow Bastion?" Kairi asked.

"Yeah but they changed it back to it's original name. It's a lot better since Maleficent was booted out." Sora said.

"Well come on! The king is waiting for us!" Donald quacked. With that said, they entered the red gummi ship, setting off for their next adventure.

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"Hmm, full of energy as ever I see." Maleficent sniffed, watching the gummi ship leave Destiny Islands on the giant monitor in the large hall decorated in black with gothic design, pipes poping up in certain areas, and green fire lighting the place up.

"This is the boy who defeated Xehanort's Heartless and the Organization? This must be some kind of joke." A figure garbed in a white baboon pelt muttered.

" Don't judge a book by it's cover Naraku. Especially a book as dangerous as this." A woman with semi-long black hair combed neatly and dressed in a elegant ballroom gown. "His determination surpasses that of my young enemy Edward."

"Yes, but his power does come from the keyblade. Without it he would be powerless." Replied a sinister figure with albino white skin, long black hair, and yellow snake-like eyes. He wore a brown tunic with a purple rope sash. " How I wish to disvoer the secret to getting a keyblade." He chuckled, licking his lips with his sickeningly long, snake-like tongue.

"Im afraid that is out of any of our reaches Orochimaru." Said a green-hooded man with metallic skin, his face hidden by a sleek silver mask. "The keyblade chooses those with pure hearts… but there have been exceptions."

"Like that kid of yours Maleficent." The hot headed Hades said. "How did a brat that sadistic get one of those bad boys anyway?"

You'll have to ask him. He prefers to keep it a secret." She answered.

"Keep your secrets." The green hooded figure scoffed. "We should be focusing on Sora."

"A capitol idea Victor." A woman in a purple dress with short black hair and a pointed crown on her head. She had a look that creamed vain all over her.

"He will become a problem." A man in red robes hissed in a warped voice. His face was a disgusting skull with horns jutting out of his forehead. Two beady red dots could be seen in his sockets. "But all heroes are doomed to fail at one point. He is no exception."

"I agree with the corpse here." A tall man with long black hair added. He had a smug smile on his face and stitches forming horizontally across his nose and cheeks. He had a orange checkered collared shirt with a black furry coat over it, his arms out of the sleeves making it a cape, and instead of a right hand he had a large golden oval shaped device with an equally large and sharp golden hook at the end. " He doesn't know what he's getting into when he fights me and the new Baroque Works."

"Don't worry Maleficent! We'll take care of that kid, no sweat!" Pete chuckled arrogantly as he and a figure that was taller than anyone there walked in. The person next to him was a bi-pedal whale-like alien in a black body suit with red trimmings and had a yellow plasma pistol holstered in it's sheath attached to his belt.

"I highly doubt that." Malefcient sniffed. "Where has Osborn run off to?"

"the nut-job on the glider?" The whale-alien asked. "He's heading for Radiant Garden. He said he had something special planned for Sora and a old friend."

"Hmm, Norman is smart and powerful, but he is unpredictable." Maleficent said. "Pete, Gantu. Go to Radiant Garden and watch him. Norman is too insane for my taste but he's a powerful ally."

"At once my queen." Gantu saluted and the two marched out of the hallway.

"How will you fare now Sora?" Maleficent crackled as she watched Sora from the monitor.

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"Well Al, here it is." A young man with blond hair tied in a pony-tail said. He had yellow eyes and wore a black shirt with black pants, a red coat with a hood and an odd symbol on the back, black shoes, and white gloves.

"Yes, we finally made it brother." The person replied next to the teenager. He was incredibly tall and covered head to toe in odd bulky armor with an equally odd helmet. Despite his size he sounded like a young man in his early teens. The brothers looked at the site of Radiant Garden on the horizon.

"Come on we got to find this King Mickey guy plus that keysword." The blonde boy said.

"Keyblade." The armored figure, named Al corrected.

"whatever." The blonde boy said waving his hand. "We have to find out what's going on. We weren't sent here for no reason. So let's start are next quest!" the boy said, loosing his footing on the top of the hill. He yelled as he rolled down the lush green path, stopping at the bottom.

"Brother! Are you okay!" Al yelled as he slid down the hill. He unfortunately was going too fast to stop. "Uh-oh!"

"why me?" The blonde boy moaned as his armored brother crashed into him.

Just another typical day for Edward and Alphonse Elric.

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On a forgotten world of unknown origin, A figure garbed in a brown cloak walked through the desert night. He walked by the ruins of a temple, already decaying. He walked up the steps to the main area of the temple, the moon shining an eerie glow on the area. "Soon all of them will know true evil." The figure remarked coolly. "Sora, Maleficent, all of them will fear your name, and the so-called King, Mickey shall fear you once again. He dug into his cloak and pulled out a statue that was once housed in a cave in the Land of Dragons. He placed it in a slot and a large black door began to appear. It was almost transparent, but still visible. "The Nightmares shall rise again my Lord, and you shall exact your revenge." The man laughed, his pale skin and soulless black eyes glowing from the moon's beam, his pointed imp-like ears popping out of the hood. Out of the crack of the transparent door, a large glowing yellow eye jutted out, a sinister laugh bellowed through the dessert……

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Mickey jerked his head up, sweat pouring all over him. He was in his room on radiant Garden. His face was pale with fear. "It can't be…" He whispered, remembering a man who even today causes him to wake up at night, sweating all over and his heart racing. "If he's back then we're all in trouble." He sighed, his hand shaking at the thought of that intimidating enemy from so long ago. All the king could think was this….

'The Nightmare is about to begin again…….. and Sora will need all of the help he can find this time around.'

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Phantom64: Yes shorter than Im used to but I promise they will be longer. This is just and opening chapter. Any better? Review please!