Author's note
okay, this is my very first fan fic I've ever posted online, so I'm a little nervous on how it'll be accepted. I've been writing fan fiction ever since I finished reading HP Book 6, and I've been writing stories for 11 of my fifteen years. I aspire to be an author, but I discovered that's hard to do when you have no real critics for your work to help you make it better. you know, the moms and dads going "That's really good!" and "You're just amazing..." aren't cutting it anymore. My friends like my stories too, and they're pretty honest critics. most of them roleplay, and very well I might add.
I get a bit squeamish about sharing my writing outside of family and friends. I'm just afraid it isn't good enough or the plot doesn't hold water or somethingor other.
But I've decided to take the plunge. I'd appreciate positive criticism and comments at least this once. If you're compelled to be brutally honest, I'm not asking you to soften it up...just try and make your review a bit ambiguous ; ) I usually write poetry now, so I might post a few of my published poems that got into anthologies later. But for now...let's lose ourselves in the next adventure of Kingdom Hearts
ships: slight to severe Sora/Kairi and near the end severe Yuffie/Riku 3
I apologize if you feel I haven't captured the characters to the best of my abilities, but I tried hard to do so! Sora's still a goofball, rest assured...gotta love him...
and this wasn't meant as a one shot, several chapters are on there way if I get positive reviews!
p.s. sorry if the way I put the paragraphs is hard to read, I'm such a newbie...
after the events that occurred in the ending of Kingdom Hearts II
The Next Adventure
Sora studied the note closely, very conscious of Kairi's sweet breath on his ear as she also studied it, looking worried. "Oh great…" Riku sighed, partly in awe partly in
exhaustion.
Dear Sora, Riku and Kairi,
It seems that trouble just won't leave us be! A new enemy has arisen on the borders of the world, most likely spawned from darkness freed in your battle with
Xemnas. This one is said to know precisely how to contact his inner light, even though he himself is shrouded in darkness, meaning you will be hard pressed to defeat
him. He will use your own allies to destroy you. He already has many of the world's inhabitants under his control. This enemy has no name, only a gender. A name so
evil that no one has yet heard it. Once you find out his name, you will know his one true weakness. On this journey, I'm afraid it is our duty to protect Kairi, for she
seems to prove pivotal in our enemy's plans. Leaving her on the Island is not an option at this point. Riku, and Sora? Travel now to your homes, and rest. A battalion
will be sent to retrieve you from the castle in two day's time. I regret your short rest, but this enemy is growing ever stronger even as we speak. Rest up, and come
ready and well armed. Hopefully this will be the last enemy we must face together.
Sincerely
Aerith Gainsborough
on the behalf of his majesty King Mickey and his attendants
"Gee…this sounds pretty bad, doesn't it?" Sora said softly. Kairi withdrew her head, having finished reading as well. "Very bad…I'm not even safe on the islands…" she
thought aloud, her eyes growing dark with concern, and maybe, a bit of fear had been born in her strong heart…Riku kicked the sand with a shoe, a thoughtful expression on his
face, already contemplating how best to battle the enemy. "He has possession of both light and dark powers for his attack…so neither would be entirely effective in destroying
him…how would we?" Sora leaned back against the paupu tree branch, taking in the sea breeze, instead of all the danger that lay before him. "maybe a combination of darkness
and light." his gaze lingered over Kairi's back, as she also looked out over the endless ocean. "Or maybe…it's a power we've always had…and never truly understood…" she
said so softly Sora almost didn't catch it. The idea was a good one, and got him thinking. "What sort of power, exactly? We've mastered light, and Riku's mastered darkness…
or just about mastered it…what's left?" Sora mused. Kairi turned, a slight smile hidden behind her shoulder length hair. "Maybe our sights have been too narrow…there must be
things greater then light and dark that hold the worlds connected…surely, you didn't think only light connected them? I've had a lot of time to think about it, and it just doesn't
seem to fit. Things are never that simple…" she said softly, finally meeting Sora's eyes. "It's possible. But did you ever stop and think…sometimes things ARE that simple, and it
just confuses you more to try looking for a deeper meaning?" Riku added from his place by the shore. Kairi gave him a slight glance of pity for his narrow mind. "Such ideas are
the product of darkness…" she put a hand to her heart and looked back to Sora. "I feel it…here…there IS more…we only have to discover it for ourselves, and use it for
good. A weapon that no one can truly understand…I feel it is that power that helped the princesses hold back the darkness so long ago…" Sora nodded, suddenly
understanding. "yeah! That would make a ton of sense. I always assumed it was their pure hearts that helped them do that, but maybe it was something else…inside their hearts
that helped them." Kairi smiled. "Oh Sora I could kiss you! Thanks for seeing it my way." Sora blushed and looked away. "No problem…wouldn't mind that kiss though…"
Kairi giggled. Riku laughed out loud. "Dream on!" he chortled. Just then, Donald emerged from the hut, carrying an unwieldy glass of lemonade, with Goofy in tow. Sora leaped
up with the letter. "Look! A letter from his majesty!" he cried. "His Majesty?" Donald said quizzically, lemonade slopping onto his arm feathers. He reached hi un-sticky hand up
for the piece of paper, but Sora kept it aloft. "Sora, you big palooka! Give it here!" he quacked. Goofy smiled, showing his buck teeth. "Aw, c'mon Sora, let us see it!" Sora
finished laughing at Donald's angry face and gave it to Goofy, who bent so Donald could read it. "Oh boy…that sounds like a legend from long ago…when three knights set out
to destroy the darkness AND the light, only to find out they never could! And that the key blades the enemies bore were a product of light and darkness as well! It was
hopeless! The people battled with the middle beings and all of them passed into the darkness, for along the way, they got possessed with greed and a lust for power!" Goofy
explained sadly. "Oh my!" Kairi gasped after he'd finished. With little else to do in response, she stooped and dabbed at Donald's lemonade soaked arm with a napkin. "That
sounds horrible!" Sora said. Riku rose from his crouch and came over to look Goofy right in the eye. "You're telling me that this has happened before…and that they failed?"
Goofy nodded nervously. "That's right! They called it uh…erm…the name escapes me but it was the biggest failure in the world's history!" Donald waved a hand in urgency.
"the Keyblade War! It was called the Keyblade war you scatterbrain!" he barked. Goofy nodded. 'Right! The key blade war…" Sora leaned back on the tree branch, all the
joy of being at home leaving him in one fell breath. "What could defeat light AND darkness?" Kairi asked. Donald shook his head. "We don't know! And the king would never
consent to defeating the light! It's the good part, y'know!" Kairi nodded, worry showing already in her pretty features. "This just confirms it. You can't fight it with either light or
dark alone, you have to fight with something else." "But what?" everyone asked as one. She blushed. "I'm not entirely sure but I think it might be-" "What? What is it, Kairi?
Does it have anything to do with the princesses?" Goofy asked. Everyone glared at him to be quiet. "I was just askin' after all!" "Shh!" Donald hissed, looking intently back at
Kairi. She looked at her hands, palms up and empty on her thighs. "I think it might be…oh you're gonna think I'm such a girl…" "Please…tell us? Anything that might help…"
Sora reassured her softly. "Alright…I think it might be…love!" Before anyone could respond, a bright light shone from the Secret Place opening, so bright, it blinded all of them.
Once it dissipated, Donald gazed in awe at the tall figure standing on the path. "Master Yen Sid!"
END OF CHAPTER 1