Cover Summary: My friends and I are sucked into the worlds of Kingdom Hearts, and join many famous video game, book, and movie characters to battle the Heartless and many other dangerous foes. Giant X-Over.

"Kingdom Hearts: Knights"

By cdc100

Summary: This is the story of me, my friends and our adventures with Sora, Donald, Goofy, and several famous video game characters like Cloud Strife, or Sonic the Hedgehog. We also encounter famous anime, cartoon, book and movie characters and go with them on incredible adventures. Some chapters will have some song lyrics.

This Chapter: I find myself in a dark room, where a mysterious enemy is revealed, an awesome power is bestowed on me, and a door to a grand adventure is opened.

Disclaimer: This is a work of pure non-profit fan fiction. I do not own any of the characters, their weapons, their abilities, or any of their universes, nor do I own any of the lyrics that will appear in later chapters, or any of the products mentioned in the story such as Coca-Cola, or Playstation.

Chapter One

"A Dive to the Heart"

I looked around everywhere. I was in a dark room, the floor of which looked like a giant stained glass window. I was almost afraid to take a step because of this. But more than that, I wondered where the heck I was. The last thing that I remembered, I was in my biology class, reading in the textbook. Before I had the chance to even think of how I got here, I heard an echoing voice.

So much to do, so little time… Take your time. Don't be afraid. The door is still shut. Now, step forward. Can you do it?

The voice wasn't scary, but who doesn't panic a little when they hear a voice with no visible source? I had no idea what it was talking about, but I figured that if I was going to get out of… wherever I was, then that voice was my only source of hope. I did what it said, but I did it cautiously. When I did, three pedestals rose from the floor, in different directions from me. Each one of them had a different weapon on it. One had a sword, a staff of some sort, and a shield. All three weapons had the same insignia on them: a pair of small circles that were joined with a larger circle below them. The voice spoke again.

Power sleeps within you. If you give it a form… it will give you strength. Choose well.

I'm a bit of a medieval weapons fanatic, so I was tempted to take the sword. But something about the shield just seemed more appealing. Maybe it was because I was more experienced with shielding myself than actually dishing out. I didn't realize at the time that that was going to change really quick, so I picked the shield. As if I wasn't already freaked out enough, the voice spoke again.

The Power of the Guardian… Kindness to aid friends… a shield to repel all… Is this the power you choose?

I didn't even have to say yes before the shield disappeared, and the voice spoke again, telling me to choose a power to give up. I ran over to one of the remaining pedestals and picked up the sword, making the voice speak to me again.

The Power of the Warrior… Invincible courage… a sword of terrible destruction… Is this the power you give up?

I started to think that the source of the voice could read minds, because, once again, I didn't need to say yes before the sword disappeared.

So, you have taken the Power of the Guardian, and you've given up the Power of the Warrior…

I didn't even get to ask what the point of all this was before the floor shattered, and I fell through the never-ending darkness.

I fell until I reached another stain glass platform. When I regained my footing, I also regained the shield I chose.

All right! You've got it. Use this power to protect yourself and others.

No sooner had I gotten the shield back, that a group of enemies appeared that I could test it on.

There will be times when you'll have to fight. Keep your light burning strong.

These enemies were not like anything I'd ever seen before. They were black as night, had glowing yellow eyes, and antennae protruding from their heads. They would have been comical if I didn't know that they were there to harm me. I readied myself to defend, and these creatures melded with the floor, as if they were shadows moving independently. Thinking quickly, I swung my shield at the creatures. Not that I expected otherwise, but these creatures didn't just wait to be struck, and they fought back when I attacked. If I started to hurt them too much, they would merge with the floor once again and try to attack me from another spot. I think a lot quicker than I move, so they were able to land a couple of successful attacks. But I finally managed to destroy the offending enemies. No more creatures attacked me for the moment. I then heard the voice again, sounding more alarmed this time.

Behind you!

I turned as quickly as I could, and noticed another "shadow" trying to attack me. I hit it once, and it vanished. After that, a couple more of them appeared. I dispatched them as quickly as they came. When the last one was dealt with, a void opened in the floor, and quickly spread over the platform. I couldn't run away from it. The void sucked me in. I felt like I was being suffocated, but then the feeling stopped, and I found myself on another platform. At the opposite side of the platform appeared a door, but it was intangible. I couldn't open it just yet.

Hold on. The door won't open just yet. First, tell me more about yourself. What frightens you most of all?

I didn't have to think very hard about that one. I lived away from the rest of my friends and family because I was afraid of getting too attached to them, and suddenly losing them. That's not to say that I told them that, or that they never came to see me. I still spoke to them. It seemed ironic, since I lived by myself, but being alone is probably what scares me most of all.

What do you want out of life?

Mainly, I just wanted to live a quiet but happy life. I didn't want anything extravagant, but I wanted to be able to get by without too much trouble. I think what I wanted most of all, corny as it sounds, was to love and be loved back.

What's most important to you?

Again, I was contradicting myself, but I had to say that what was most important to me was my friendships; my relationships in general, as a matter of fact. It was all this deep thinking that made me start re-thinking my "self-exile." I really got to thinking that if I really felt like my time with my family and friends was going to be limited, I had better start enjoying it soon.

You're afraid of being alone… you want to love and be loved… and your friendships are most important to you. Your adventure will start in the afternoon. Your friendships will be a great asset to you on your journey.

I couldn't help but be confused at this statement, but as soon as I stopped hearing the voice, the door became solid. I didn't waste any time in opening the door. Light immediately flooded forth from the door. The light dissipated, and I found myself on top of another platform. What was different about this one, though, was that there was a single ray of light that seemed to draw me to it. As I approached the light, more of the shadows that had attacked me in the other "room" appeared, and began to attack me. I took the shield that had been given to me and I bashed them with it. It didn't take me more than about three hits to take each one down. I took the first two out, and they each dropped a box. I picked them up and held onto them, deciding to figure out what they were later. The third one was harder to kill than the other two. Either it was smarter than the other two, or I was incredibly stupid. Every time I tried to hit it, it ducked into the floor and tried to strike me from behind. I finally got the upper hand when it tried that maneuver for the third time. I did a backwards kick, sending it over my head, and then I swung the shield sideways, finishing it. It dropped a slightly bigger box than the other two, and I pocketed it.

As soon as I put the box in my pocket, the light that I approached earlier cast its glow on a hidden staircase leading up to a higher platform. I ran up the staircase as fast as I could, the light getting closer as I ran. This place- wherever it was- was making less and less sense as I went along. What was the purpose of this light? As soon as I reached it, I got my answer from the same voice.

The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes…

At this, I turned around, and looked at the shadow I was casting on the floor. I was standing very close to the edge of the platform. My shadow stretched from where I was standing almost to the other edge of the platform. Before I could take that fact in, my shadow showed me how big it was in a different way. It began moving by itself, and it rose up out of the floor, forming a large shadowy figure with glowing yellow eyes, serpentine hair, small demonic wings on its back, a muscular build, and a large heart-shaped hole through its chest. I tried to look for a way out of this, but found none. Instead, I was forced to stare down this new adversary with the shield as my only defense. I heard the voice again.

But don't be afraid… and don't forget…

Forget what? I didn't get an answer to this, unlike the other unasked questions that flew around my mind. The figure that was once my shadow began its attack. It bent down so that it was on all fours, raised its hand and jammed it into a shadowy void in the floor. Out of this void appeared many of the shadows that had attacked me before. They came at me like wildfire. I couldn't do anything about the figure until the shadows were all defeated. As I defeated the last one, the figure launched a new attack at me: A ball of energy formed in front of its chest. It launched this ball of energy into streams that seemed to home in on me. It took all I had, but I was able to outrun these streams. As soon as the streams stopped, the figure jammed its arm into the void again. This time, however, instead of attacking the shadows that came out of the void, I went straight for the creature's head, climbing up the figure's arm until the spot was within range. I attacked the creature's head several times until I was knocked off by a stream of energy that it had shot me with.

I was running out of energy. If I didn't take this thing down fast, it would be over. The shadows were coming out of the floor rapidly until the figure pulled its arm out. I decided that if I wanted to get the figure to try the void-reach again, I would have to defeat the enemies he brought out of it. I ran toward all the shadows until they were all together near me, and bashed them with my shield. I did this a few times until the shadows were all gone. The figure took my defeat of the enemies as its cue to summon more. As soon as it reached into the void again, I climbed up its arm, and I attacked its head several times.

After a few more attacks, the head started to glow, and I was knocked off of it. I fell backwards off the creature's shoulder, and the shield that I possessed disappeared. Immediately, I was engulfed in a void much like the one that the creature was reaching into. I was frightened, but then I heard the voice that had been coaching me. It gave me one last piece of advice before my vision went black.

You hold the mightiest weapon of all…

What did it mean…?

To Be Continued…