Hey everyone. this is my first fanfic ever! Don't be too harsh if it isn't very good. I'm not a big Disney fan, so don't expect too many of those worlds. Enough talking, time for the disclaimer!

I do not in any way, shape or form own anything except this plot and an OC or two.

Sora wasn't even aware of the fact he was falling until he hit the ocean. When the Door To Light took them out of the Dark Realm, he wished it would at least take them to somewhere at ground level. But no, it had to lead them right in to the sky, falling like meteors in to the ocean.

Sora looked around, and saw that Riku wasn't swimming to the surface. In fact, he seemed unconscious. Why was that? He dealt with worse stuff than this.

Sora found the problem when he saw the gaping wound in Riku's side. Of course, that wound Riku got fighting Xemnas! Riku hid it well enough during the fight, but that army of Dusks was just too much. And for some reason, nothing would heal it.

Sora quickly swam over to Riku and cast a curaga spell on him. It was the only thing he could do. and surprisingly, it worked. Riku came to his senses and swam to the surface. Sora realized that he needed to breath, and quickly followed.

When they broke the surface, Sora was greeted with an amazing sight.

"Is this a dream?" Sora asked.

"Well, there's only one way to find out." Riku said.

He summoned his keyblade, Way to Dawn, and hit Sora on the head with the flat end.

"Ow! You know, a pinch is more traditional!" Said Sora.

"Fine." Riku said, and pinched him.

Sora yelled in a way that would have made Goofy jealous, and jumped five feet out of the water.

"So, this isn't a dream." Sora said in wonder.

"So if it isn't, lets go!" Riku said and started swimming as well as he could towards the shore.

Because right in front of them was the island that they played on as kids...they were on Destiny Island.

The moment he was on solid ground a certain bipedal dog and duck tackled him to the ground and were hugging him. Sora did not put up much of a struggle, and waited for them to remember he needed to breath.

they eventually let go of him, and he fell to the ground. When he looked up, he saw Kairi. He wasn't even surprised to see her, and quickly reached in to one of his giant pockets to get her good luck charm that he used so many times on his keyblade. When he got it, he held it out to her.

Kairi took it with a smile...and whacked him on the head with the star shaped charm.

"Sora, what the hell happened! Why didn't you follow us? If you wanted to chat with Riku, you could have waited! I was so worried about you," she said, using a softer tone of voice once she saw his kicked puppy look that worked so well on her.

"I'm sorry for worrying you, Kairi, but we were only missing for about a hour, how worried could you be?"

Kairi looked at Sora as though he was insane. "Are you insane, you were gone for a week! We waited for you every day at the island, but we never expected you to return in such a flashy way."

Sora was shocked. "Thats impossible, we were only gone for an hour at most!"

"It must have been the Dark Realm," Riku said, comeing over to them after being reunited with the king. "We fought Xemnas for about 45 minutes in neutral territory, but the Dark Realm probably had different time."

Sora thought about this, than said, "The space time continuum is really, really confusing."

"Yeah I know. Don't you just hate not knowing the time on a new world."

"Yeah, especcaly-"

"Excuse me," said Kairi, who was annoyed at being left out of the conversation, "I'm sorry, my ears must have swelled from being so close to the Darkness, I thought you said that you were in the Dark Realm! Just what have you two been doing."

Sora and Riku both glanced at each other, than at Kairi.

"Well..." they said in perfect unison.

"And thats what happened," Sora said, finishing the story. He was sure to leave out the part about his feelings for Kairi apperantly being what summoned the Door to Light, and Riku, being the good friend that he was, chose to let it be.

Kairi was silent for a moment, than said, "Well, if you guys killed the biggest threat to the worlds by falling behind, I guse I could forgive you."

Sora was relieved to be let off the hook on this one, but Riku wasn't so lucky, and had to suffer the wrath of Kairi.

"Why did you hide that wound in your side all that time! You should have Let Sora know so he could heal you. What were you thinking!"

"But thats the disturbing thing," Sora said, deciding to save Riku. "It just won't heal. I tried everything, but nothings working on the wound itself."

"Really? Let me take a look at that," Kairi said, and instantly regretted looking. The wound was not too deep, but it was bleeding badly, and you could see some intestines and organs in there. The visible insides looked like they were burned. Both Sora and Kairi were shocked. They didn't expect it to be that bad.

"We have to get to the Mainland NOW! Someone help get Riku to the dock," Kairi shouted.

Sora and Kairi both helped Riku to the docks, despite his protests, and Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey followed. Once they got in the boats and started rowing, Sora asked Kairi a question.

"Hey, Kairi. You said that the Darkness made you swell? What do you mean by that?"

"Well, I'm a princess of light, so I'm immune to almost anything darkness can throw at me," Kairi said from her position by Riku. "But when the darkness I incounter is stronger than my light, it works against me, and apperantly starts slowly killing me from the inside."

"What! Are you ok? You've been that close to the Darkness for so long, you could-"

"Sora, clam down," Riku said, sounding slightly weaker than normal.

"Yah, the Darkness is a little stronger than me...but only a little," Kairi said.

That made Sora wonder just how strong she was.

Sora was about to respond, when they finally reached the Mainland. When they got off the boats and on to the large dock, they didn't even bother to tie up the boat. Riku seemed to be getting weaker by the minute. and eventually, Kairi, Sora, and Goofy had to carry him. They got a lot of strange looks from people, but they ignored them. Soon they got to where they wanted to be, Sora's house.

Sora hesitated when they got to the front door. He had been gone for so long, and so much had changed. How would he explain things to his mom?

But Kairi gave him no time for that, and practically knocked down the front door.

Sora saw that the living room was exactly the same as he remembered it. There were the lamps, the chairs, and the cabinet. There was also the TV, and in front was the coffee table. Sitting in one of the seats was Sora's mom.

She had orangish hair that fell in small curls to her shoulders. She had green eyes and a small face, as well as a body that was thin and tall, but had some muscle. When Kairi and Sora entered carrying a bloody and wounded Riku, she barely seemed surprised.

"Kairi, its good to see you again. I was wondering when you would get back. Oh and hi, Sora. Its good to see you again too after two years."

Sora was about to start explaining what happened, and why they were here again, but before he could, His mom started talking again.

"And don't worry, Kairi explained everything to me. I was a little skeptical at first, but the fact that the heartless attack reached the Mainland too, and that I went on a little journy of my own too helped."

"Enough!" Kairi said, sounding angry that Riku was beeing ignored in his currnet state. "Riku was hurt by Xemnas, and it won't heal."

"Let me take a look at that," Sora's mom said. She walked up to Riku, who was now unconsious, and started examining his wound. She seemed undisturbed as she carefully examined it. Sora was surprised to say the least. He thought his mom would be disgusted by this. It was though a mask was removed, and the woman he knew his whole life was fake. Did her journy really change her that much?

"Hold on a moment,"Sora's mom said after looking at the wound for a few moments. She went in to the basement through a nearby door, leaving Sora and Kairi technically alone.

"So, you think Riku is going to be ok?" Sora asked.

"I have faith in your mom," Kairi said.

"Why do you have faith in her. Ever since I got back she doesen't seem like my mom anymore."

"Maby she wasn't your mom before."

"What do you mean?" Sora asked.

Kairi shook her head, "I can't say anymore, I promised."

"But-"

"Found it!" Sora's mom said, coming back to the ground floor. "I knew I still had one of these. Try this," She said, tossing a small bottle to Sora, who barely caught it in time.

Sora took a glance at it. It didn't look like much. It was a clear glass bottle that was shaped like a teardrop, and had a clear liquid in it.

"Stop gawking at it and make Riku drink it." Kairi shouted. Riku was really getting bad. He was now sweating and shaking, almost convolsing.

Sora quickly poured the liqued down his throat, making sure he didn't choke on it. He seemed to calm down, but the wound itself did not change in the slightest.

"Well, don't just stand there. Arn't you going to heal him?" Sora's mom asked.

Sora was about to cast a Curaga spell, but Kairi was already standing over Riku. Sora was about to tell her to stand back for the healing, and that she couldn't do anything, when she started healing him herself.

She had her hands above Riku, and was chanting in a strange language. he was surrounded by a green glow, and started floating off the ground. The burned flesh around his wound healed. flesh and tissue knitted together, and the skin repaired itself. There wasn't even a scar to show it was there as Riku floated back on to the couch he was resting on.

"Arith taught it to me," Kairi said in response to Sora's surprised face.

"Thanks, Cissni," Kairi said, referring to Sora's mom. She was the only one who ever called her that.

"What was that stuff you gave Riku," Sora asked.

"Oh, just an antidote. That wound was given by a poisoned blade, and had to be treated properly.

"I never heard of those before."

"Well than you've never been to Midgar," she said, obviously referring to another world.

"You said you went on your own adventure," Sora asked after a slight pause. "Sora, I promise I will tell you everything eventually. But the full story may be a little hard to digest, so let me tell you at my own pace."

Sora sighed. He knew from her tone of voice that there would be no information comming from her today.

"Ok."

"Good. Kairi, you might want to get Riku home," Cissni said, pointing to Riku who was now asleep on the couch.

"Ok. Thanks, Cissni," Kairi said, picking Riku up. She walked out the front door, and headed to their houses.

"Sora, it's getting late. You might want to go to bed. Just don't wake Zack up."

"Why shouldn't I? He would probably want to know I'm back!"

"True, but he hasn't gotten much sleep since you were gone. So let him know your back in the morning, ok?"

"Fine."

With that Sora went up to the room he shared with his older brother, and fell asleep the moment he got on his bed.

Yay! My first chapter ever! RR please. Also, whoever gusses the game that I got Sora's mom and brother from gets to choose a summon for later chapters. Just put it in a revew.

Heres a hint. This game is a prequel centered around a character who was only breifly brought up in the next game. Also, the main characters in both games were best friends.

Chapter 2, yay me! thanks to Ladyofgreen and Fox of the blue moon for reviewing. and Ladyofgreen, I owe you a summon, so let me know in a rewiew or something. On with the story!

"At least someones keeping up!" Zack said, glancing at the only Shinra security member who was with him. Tseng and another one was behind them in the snowy mountain that they were traveling on. They were headded for some town, but Zack couldn't remember what it was called. In fact, he couldn't remember much of anything.

"Yah, well, I'm a contry boy too," said the security member.

"From where," Zack asked as they both paused to chat and let the others catch up.

"Nibelhime"

Zack had to laugh at that.

"What about you," he asked.

"Me? Gongaga."

Now it was the securety members turn to laugh.

"What? You know Gongaga?"

"No, but its such a backwater name."

"Ditto Nibelhime. There's a reactor there, right? and a mako reactor outside of Midgar means..."

"There's nothing else out there," they both finished at the same time, both laughing after that.

"Hey, whats your name, soldier," Zack asked.

"Cloud."

Zack woke up in the middle of the night as he expected he would. It was like this every night, starting a little after Sora left. He was having dreams about this guy named Cloud, repeating over and over in a loop, and then he wakes up after each one.

Who was this guy? Was he even real?

A noise atracted his atention, destracting him from his thoughts. It was a small whimper, coming from Sora's bed in the room that they shared.

It couldn't be...could it? Zack thought.

Walking over to the bed, he saw that it was indeed Sora. He was having a nightmare. That was normal. Sora always had nightmares, every night. It was one of the reasons Zack wanted them to share a room.

Whenever Sora had a nightmare, Zack would usually sing to him to calm him down. The soothing songs he chose and his sweet voice usually calmed him down. But this nightmare seemed really bad. Cissni and Kairi told him about his adventures, but they couldn't have been that bad, could they?

Sighing, Zack started to sing.

"You'll remember me, when the west wind blows. Among the fields of barly."

He kept singing until Sora calmed down. It took a while...20 minutes of singing, but eventually the whimpering stopped, and Sora stopped silently crying.

Returning to his bed, Zack sighed. Sora was finally back, but he wondered if this Sora was still the one he cared about.

'stopp thinking like that,' he thought. If he was still scared of the stuff he saw, whatever that was, he was still the same.

Sora could be a handful sometimes, but he didn't care. After all, he'd probably die for that guy.

When Sora woke up in the morning, he noticed Zack wasn't in bed. getting up, he showered, dressed, and got downstairs in record time.

Zack was sitting at the table eating breakfast, while Cissni was cleaning the stove. When he entered, Zack showed a surprisingly small amount of surprise.

"Good morning, Sora. How's it going?"

"Good. Hey, Zack? Shouldn't you be more surprised to see me walking downstairs after three years of being gone?"

"Well, I couldn't sleep very well last night, and when I woke up I saw you in bed. and don't worry, mom told me everything."

"Great. Does the whole island know!"

"Relax, Sora. Me, Kairi and Zack are the only non-keybearers that know on this world," Cissni said.

"But I thought Kairi had a keyblade to."

Cissni shook her head.

"That was an antique. Something that was used to represent keyblades in the old days where they were more well known. They also make surprisingly good weapons."

"ok," Sora said.

After a pause, Zack said, "Hey, Sora. Want to go visit the island today? It's summer break and I thought you might like a taste of...normal life...after your adventures.

Sora only had to consider this for a second.

"Ok, I really do miss the island. I just hope I'm still small enough to fit in to the secret place."

So they went out the door and in to the streets ignoring the cries of 'hey, is that Sora' and 'Soras back'. When they got to the docks, they took a boat to the island and went over to the small islet that had the papu tree.

So, Sora," Zack asked from his position on the tree. "I heard about the fighting skills you developed on your journy, but I want to see them."

Sora shook his head, knowing what his older brother wanted. "Zack, I can honestly say that even with just a stick, I could accedently kill you. It's too risky."

Zack sighed, defeated. If what he heard about Sora was true, he was dead in a fight.

"Maby I can help," someone with a familiar voice said.

Sora turned around to see someone who looked a lot like him. He was almost a carbon copy, but he was paler, with blond hair instead of brown cut shorter. And, he was half transparant.

"Who is that guy," Zack said in surprise.

"That's Roxas, my Nobody," Sora said.

"Yes, and you must be Zack, nice to meet you. Now, as I was saying, I can help you guys with Sora showing off."

"How, Roxas," Zack said.

"I don't know why, but I can still control the lesser Nobodies. I can send some here to fight Sora...with orders not to kill."

Sora considered this for a moment, than said, "I guss it's worth a shot."

"Ok. So, before I summon the minions of darkness in an attempt to dominate you, any specific Nobodies you want to fight?"

"Well, lets try some Dusks," Sora said. He didn't feel like facing Berserkers or Sorcerers at the moment, even if they wouldn't kill him.

"Ok, fifteen Dusks coming up," Roxas said as said Dusks materialized around Sora.

One of them lunged at Sora, only for him to sidestep the attack and stab it in the back. He blasted another one with some thunder, and burned several at once by surrounding himself with fire. One of them snuck up behind him and knocked him to the ground. Sora raised his keyblade to defend himself.

Only for the Dusk to be cut in half by a sword.

Zack, what are you doing? And where did you get that?" Sora asked.

"To ansewr you first question, I'm not letting you have all the fun. and to ansewr you second, mom got it for me on one of the worlds she was on."

"Well than," Sora said, "lets see what your made of."

Sora turned to Roxas.

"Keep them coming until it lookes like were about to be killed. Don't stop even if were being mauled, unless said mauling kills us."

"But Sora-"

"No buts."

"Fine," Roxas said, and summoned 50 Dusks.

Sora and Zack spent hours fighting off the Dusks, but eventually, one of them stabbed Sora in the back, missing his spine by inches, and Roxas had to step in before it could finish him, and cure Sora.

"Sora, are you ok?" Zack asked in a panicked voice.

"I'm fine, I've had worse. How about Roxas and you stay here for him to teach you some magic that he got from me. I'm going to the secret spot."

"Sora-"

"See you later!" Sora said as he ran for the entrence.

Zack sighed as he started learning the art of magic from Roxas.

"Is he always like this," Roxas asked.

Zack sighed.

"Not the Sora I know.

There you go, my second chapter. If it's good, review. If it isn't tell me in a review. Just review! This next one is harder. What is the song that Zack was singing to Sora near the beginning?

Heres a hint. The second to last lyrics are, in order, are two out of three. and the last one has something to do with to last lyric.

Whats that button down there? Come on, push it. I know you want to.