Kingdom Hearts: Oblivion Beckons

Their back, Dav Strife, Ashura Dragoon and Terri Sky are back and this time the worlds are restored but still they are not satisfied. Dav wants to find his friends Riku and Sora, Terri and Ashura are coming along for the ride! This chapter is written in the 1st person perspective (Dav's P.O.V) but the actual story will be in 3rd unless otherwise stated.

This however is merely the prologue, the story is coming soon…….

Prologue:

You know you get that feeling that your helpless, where something big is happening that threatens your very way of life and you can't do a thing to prevent it…… That's what I have felt everyday since the worlds returned and the barriers were restored, preventing me from going anywhere. Knowing that the fate of the world is hanging in the balance and only one boy, a duck and a dog are the only things in between destruction of the worlds and their freedom. Its not just me though Ashura who became stranded on my Island home feels the same, a great warrior who loves the thrill of the fight forced to live in an island paradise.

Its been about three weeks and I'm still stuck here but finally excepting that my part in the fight against darkness is over and that I just have to sit it out and hope for the best. I have whiled away the days by hanging around on the Island occasionally sparring with either Ashura or the old gang. Ashura however goes off to explore the Islands a bit better and he disappears a week at a time which is no surprise to me but where he is going is a mystery. Tidus and Wakka have grown really powerful compared to before because they now don't just spar for fun but in case anything happens with the Heartless in the future.

I had just about settled back into my Island home when I had a weird dream that at first made no sense but eventually did. A mighty castle stood in all its glory with the mightiest towers breaking through the thick white cloud that obscured the view of the sky. At first I thought it may have been Hallow Bastion before the Heartless took over but it just looked too different but it is the only castle I knew. A deep ringing voice kept repeating a phrase over and over which confirmed that it was not Hallow Bastion. "The further you progress, the more you lose". I could not even begin to know what that meant so I let it slide but the dreams continued, the same one repeatedly…….

About two days after the most recent rendition of the dream Ashura returned to my house where he was staying but he looked bothered, as if he was thinking about something. I asked him and he told me of a strange dream in which a magnificent castle stood amid a rocky landscape, the sky filled with thick white clouds and it continued more or less the same as mine. I told him that I had a similar dream and we became more confused still when both Kairi and Tidus reported the same thing.

I was not really surprised at Kairi having the dream being a Princess of Heartand all that, but Tidus it didn't make sense. We decided to think on it further and so we did but nothing came as a result. I took a trip to the Secret Place where this had all began with the keyhole. The air in there was as it used to be damp but some how relaxing, I examined the scrawl covered walls and found all the same drawings that we had done as kids, mostly Sora and Kairi but an odd one here and there done by me in extreme juvenile boredom. One caught my eye though, it was new to me but it looked as old as the others. It was of a castle, kind of a crude version but a castle none the less. Concealed behind a small boulder that was lodged firmly in place but I managed to move it with a rather swift kick, which resulted in a painful moment.

I brushed my hand slowly over the picture and felt where the chalk lump had scored into the rock face and left an indentation of the picture with the chalk powder filling it. What happened next you'd think I'd be expecting but I didn't. As I touched the middle of the picture I threw my head back violently as a wave of extreme cold washed over me followed by darkness for only a second. The vision if you will that I got was like what a bird flying quickly across the sea would see, everything rushing by quickly. The castle I now knew only to well flew quickly into view and straight to the front door and through it, revealing a white corridor with white pillars that were half the height of the room. They were at either side of a path way as it were, this lead up to a large set of doors which were also white. Two figures stood before the doors facing each other as if in combat, one holding a Kunai Assault Star and the other a long bladed sword that reached almost its owners height. The sword wielder launched himself toward the other who disappeared suddenly. The mans sword crashed against the door but did not make a sound just like the whole dream, silent. The doors when flew open and then all I could see was the watcher fly straight through the doors and darkness returned to me.

No more than a moment later I regained myself and realised I was sat on the floor of the Secret Place, in the middle of the room with sweat glistening on my forehead and drenching my spiky blonde hair. Looking around I saw that everything was the same including the drawing that still remained on the wall looking almost innocent. I decided to call it a day and headed home for the night, not bothering to tell anyone of what transpired in the Secret Place that seemed to be the centre of everything weird that happened on the Islands.

The next morning I woke up to banging at my front door, it was obviously loud because my room was at the back of the house. After crawling out of bed and pulling on a loose pair of shorts and a black shirt I headed to the source of the head splitting noise. I felt like punching whoever was knocking so loud because of the early hour, the sun had not even rose. I looked around for the door key but found nothing so Igrowled in groggy frustration as I looked for it. Giving up I entered the living room and retrieved my KeyBlade that had been for the last month behind the Settee and returned to the hall. Pointing to the lock the tip of the blade glowed slightly and then the lock clicked as it unlocked.

Still feeling frustrated at being woke I pulled open the door and felt like bashing the knocker's head in with the blunt side of the key blade but I decided against it. I looked out and standing there was a very tired looking Tidus who also was dripping wet. Before I could ask why he was looking like he had run miles and then jumped into a bath with his clothes on he spoke between heavy long drawn breaths.

"The…. The picture….. In the….cave is……"

"Thereare dozens of pictures Tidus, which one is doing what?"

"..the castle.. thing…..is glowing!"

"What happened to you?"

"I swam…. Your friend is already there, he said to bring your weapons……"

"Yeah.. ok fine, go into the kitchen and get something to drink while I change"

Tidus nodded and seemed quite weary as he headed toward my kitchen tiredly. I ran upstairs and dressed inclothes that were of a similar design to the ones I wore on my journey, holstered my guns, grabbed my Great Blade from my wall and attached the Keyblade to my hip. As I met Tidus in the entrance hall he seemed shocked at what I now carried, he had not seen the weapons up until now. We both set off in one of the rowing boats and made our way to the Island, the sun just starting to creep over the horizon to signal the start of a new day. Ashura was stood outside the entrance with his Gauntlets equipped and a new edition, arm guards that looked the same design as his gauntlets. He motioned inside with a nod of the head and we went in, Tidus first with me behind and Ashura last.

As Tidus had said the picture was glowing, the light emanating from the lines of the picture which gave the whole thing a light glow. Ashura had the idea that we all touch it at the same time to see what happens and that was only idea we had so we did. On the count of three we each touched one third of the picture and the same icy cold feeling spread through out my body, the same happening to both my companions as well. I blacked out and knew nothing of what was about to happen, once again thrust into the midst of fighting.