They were falling. Andy terrified, Julian confused, and Dillon a mix of both. It was pitch black but they could all see each other. Julian could see Dillon's shoulder-length blonde hair flowing as he plummeted head first into blackness. Dillon could see Julian looking around furiously for something to grab onto, anything to break this seemingly endless fall. Andy, though, couldn't see anything but fuzzy shapes because his glasses had flown off somewhere. Any sound that might have originated from the area was drowned out by the screaming of the rapidly descending trio.

Suddenly a massive circular stained-glass window rose from below at an alarmingly fast rate. They all shut their eyes tight as the platform approached one-hundred feet away. They waited for the shatter of deadly shards of glass flying in every direction with lethal edges, but none came. They waited… nothing. Dillon opened one eye and saw Julian suspended in a spread eagle position a foot and a half below the glass. He opened the other eye and realized he was still upside down from falling. Then Julian's voice came.

"Uuuuh, guys?"

"Yeah, I don't know…" Dillon replied.

"Hey look, my glasses." Andy yelled happily. He retrieved his glasses and put them on, then looked around more intently. "Why are we…"

"Don't know." Dillon and Julian replied simultaneously. Julian started to shift and spin himself in the air and worked out for his foot and knee to touch the glass so that he was in a kneeling position. Andy looked mad.

"How the hell did you do that?" Julian threw back the hood of his hoodie, which made his hair frizz up whith static, and said,

"I actually tried."

"Well sor-ry." Andy said sarcasticly. He knew Julian and Dillon tended to get somewhat mean when stressed. "Let me try then." He attempted to shift himself upright, but being six feet tall, that didn't work well. The tips of his shoes touched the ground and he fell flat on his face.

"Nice one." Julian said, then they heard Dillon's voice behind them.

"Yeah… guys?" they turned around to see Dillon, still upside-down, spinning around slowly with his arms crossed. "Little help." Julian pushed Dillon's lower back, and Dillon flipped over onto the ground in a cat-like crouch. He stood up, dusted off his shirt and looked around. Dillon was wearing a red short-sleeve shirt that hung over his brown cargo pants, and also had on black flat-soled skater shoes. He was about five-six in height and slim, only one-hundred and thirty pounds, and had dark blonde hair that was a bit below shoulder length in the back, but his bangs were just below his chin. Dillon looked at Julian. Julian had medium length brown hair that hung just above his eyebrows, and was wearing an orange short-sleeve under his old light blue hoodie. His pants were jeans, and his sneakers were gray. He was about the same height and weight as Dillon. Julian looked over at Andy. Andy was tall and thin, Dillon called him scarecrow sometimes, he also had dark blonde hair, but his was lighter than Dillon's. Andy's hair was short and he wore it in a part so that the ends were just above his glasses. He wore a purple short-sleeve shirt and gray cargo shorts with black slip-on shoes.

"Anyone know where we are?" Dillon asked, looking around him rather than at the other two. Julian shrugged and put his hands on his hips.

"I know as much as you do at this point." Andy looked at Julian and Dillon in amazement.

"Did no one else notice that we just fell like, a million fuckin' feet and floated above a glass floor? Am I the only one freaking out here?" he was flailing his arms as he yelled. Julian put his hands up in front of him.

"Calm down Andy, I'm sure there's an explanation for all this…weird-ass shit." He was laughing a little as he spoke, it was always funny when Andy freaked out. Dillon made a noise like a combination of a "p" and an "f."

"I'd like to hear that one."

"and so you shall."

They all jumped and started searching for the source of the voice. Dillon turned his head toward Andy.

"You guys heard that too right?" Julian nodded.

"Yeah."

"Good." Andy was wide eyed.

"What is going on?" the voice was heard again.

"do not speak. only listen." Julian furrowed his brow.

"Wha-?

"you have been chosen. chosen to wield the most powerful weapon of all worlds, the Keyblade. look before you. you will see three pedestals, on those pedestals are the physical representations of your attributes. the sword for strength, the wand for magic, and the shield for defense. each of you must choose one, and only one. the attribute chosen will become your strongest. choose wisely."

The voice dissipated as quickly as it had come and left the teens standing speechless in a silent void. Suddenly one spoke.

"What the…?" it was Dillon. Julian looked at him with a scared and confused expression.

"Ch-Choose an attribute." Dillon raised an eyebrow.

"Fuck you, you do it!"

"Hell no!" they looked at Andy. Andy sighed heavily.

"Fine." Andy approached the pedestals. In the center a red sword hovered above its white marble throne, on the left a blue wand, and to the right a green shield.

As Andy inched forward Julian took a moment to look at the patterns on the floor. The main body was a giant heart shape split into three sections. The top section was red, the left one was blue, and the right section was green. Inside the heart were three giant interlocked keys that also looked a bit like swords. 'Those must be Keyblades.' Julian thought. The Keyblades were crossed in a "Three Musketeers" fashion, with two making an "X" shape with the blades and the third standing straight up between the others. The Keyblade on the left side had a blue oval-shaped guard around its handle, and the teeth looked as if someone had fused half of a metal star onto the end. The Keyblade on the right hand side a square green guard with small circles on the corners, and the teeth were two rectangles, the top one larger than the other. The center Keyblade had a red guard shaped like an arrow head pointing downward, and its teeth were three elongated triangles, the center triangle being the smallest. On either side of the heart shape were to circles, small compared to the sizes of the other shapes. In one circle there was another heart, but black with frills at the bottom and a red, thorned "X" through it. The figure in the other circle looked like an oddly-shaped fleur de lei, but it had more points, and was silver in color. The rest of the platform outside the giant heart was sky blue.

After taking in the platform for a few seconds, Julian turned his attention back to Andy, who had reached the center pedestal and was staring at the sword. He stood unnaturally still for a few long moments, and then blurted out,

"Screw it." Andy shut his eyes and snatched up the sword. Nothing happened. He open his eyes again and stared at the sword. "Is that it?"

"Apparently." Said Dillon.

"Well, maybe something happens when we all have one?" Julian suggested.

"Maybe." Said Andy. Dillon shrugged.

"Hell, its worth a shot." He strode toward the shield. Julian threw his hands in the air.

"Why not." And set off for the wand. They simultaneously picked up their items, and no one expected what happened next. At the upper right of the platform, white stairs materialized. The pedestals disappeared, and the platform darkened just a little bit. They all stared at the new bridge across empty space for a few moments, then Dillon spoke.

"O-kaaaay…" He looked over to Andy. Andy shrugged. Dillon gestured for Julian to go first. Julian edged forward and lightly put a foot on the staircase, then the other. Slowly, he made his way up and the others followed.

"What is going on here?" Andy asked, looking down to assure his footing with every step they took. "This is all really weird."

"If I knew, don't you think I would have said by now?"

"Jeez, you don't have to get so touchy Julian."

"Will you both calm down and walk up the apparently magical stairs that could fall out from under us any minute?" Dillon retorted, just as the stairs began to fade behind them."What did I tell you guys?"

"I believe that's our cue to RUN!" Andy exclaimed taking the steps three at a time.

"I'm with you on that one, buddy." Julian said, hot on his heels.

"Hey, don't leave me behind!" Dillon replied from the rear.

The marble stairs came to an abrupt end and the trio ran out onto another stained glass platform. This platform was adorned with three gray-silver male silhouettes in a circle with the feet of each character on the inner edge of the platforms' main design. In-between the heads of each silhouette was a white circle, and the heads seemed to rest on a larger green circle. The outer edge of the platform was a deep blue spotted with white circles. The rest of the floor was a radiant purple color. Two of the silhouettes also seemed to have shadows that continued past the edge of the platform.

"now use the attribute you each have chosen to fight off the Darkness…"

"Y'know, it seems odd to listen to a voice coming from nowhere." Julian stated.

"Yeah, but who knows what'll happen if we don't." Dillon replied

"So where's this darkness we're supposed to be fighting off?"

"Uh…guys…this may be a bad time, but these weird black things with antenna and big yellow eyes are behind us, and it looks like they may want to hurt us. Just saying." Andy deadpanned.

"What!" Dillon and Julian said in unison, whipping around to see the bug-like creatures.

"I guess we use these to fight them off…" Julian said, gesturing with his wand.

"Sweet!" Andy exclaimed, brandishing his sword with a demonic gleam in his eyes.

"Well I guess we'll just let you go first…so we don't get cut in half in the crossfire." Dillon said, making a bowing motion and pointing toward the creatures. Andy sprinted out past Dillon and started swinging wildly cutting the bugs apart as if they were made of an odd black colored butter. Dillon and Julian just stared slack-jawed as Andy tore through the group.

"You guys just gonna stare, or are you going to join in?" Andy asked.

"wielder of the rod, look deep within yourself. use your hidden power."

"I take it that's me…" Julian whispered dejectedly. Dillon could see Julian close his eyes and concentrate on something within his mind. Suddenly Julian thrust his wand outward and yelled "Fire!" as a ball of flame blasted from the end of the wand, and out toward the creatures. The ball hit one of the bugs that was behind Andy, just as it was about to claw at his back.

"I think you just singed my hair." Andy said.

"I wouldn't be complaining. Better to have singed hair than claws in your back, eh?"

"So what do I get to do?" Dillon asked out loud. After a few moments of silence, Dillon exclaimed, "Y'know what, I think I'll just bash a few bugs to pieces!" as he ran into the group after Andy. With Julian blowing the creatures apart from afar and Dillon and Andy tearing through them from the inside, it was only a matter of minutes until the creatures were gone.

"beware, the darkness in ones heart is powerful. you may not be able to overcome it. those that have no hearts and collect the hearts of other beings are the Heartless. the Heartless prey upon the darkness."

"So we're here to destroy those things called the Heartless?" Julian asked.

"And if we don't they'll prey upon people's hearts…" Dillon added.

"And who knows what'll happen if they get the hearts." Andy finished.

"the Heartless are strong. do you have what it takes to overcome the Darkness?" As the mysterious voice finished this sentence the floor began to turn black and ooze around the trio's feet.

"What's happening?" Dillon yelled.

"I haven't the slightest idea!" Julian yelled back. The darkness at their feet began to rise until they were falling in blackness once more. However this darkness was different. They couldn't breathe, couldn't see, and couldn't feel. The Darkness suppressed everything. And suddenly they were on another stained glass platform.

The design of this platform used the two symbols on the left and right side of the first platform. The left side of the circle was entirely black, aside from the red outline of a heart. The heart also had a red 'X' through the center, but was otherwise filled in with black. On the right half of the platform was the silver fleur de lei embossed on a white background. As the three regained their breath the voice spoke once more.

"the last test, is for you to work together."

"Work together on…" Andy was cut off as the platform began to rumble. By the time the shaking had stopped, they could see that on the black half of the platform rose a huge black human, that they now knew to be a heartless. However on the other side, a giant white being arose. "…What?" Andy finished.

"Guess that answers that question." Dillon laughed.

"So…the white one looks more dangerous…who wants to fight that one?" Julian asked.

"If he's supposed to be harder, then maybe two of us should fight him…"

"Good idea, so you and Dillon can take on the white thing, and I'll take care of the giant heartless…my lucky day." Julian said sarcastically.

"So…we's gon go over there and fight the white thing nows." Dillon yelled as he ran to the right side of the platform dragging Andy along behind him.

"See you after I own this heartless." Julian called as he ran to the left. Julian quickly started casting his fire spell towards the head of the giant heartless. Meanwhile, Andy and Dillon had run up to the white thing's chest and started slashing and bashing.

"Y'know, if all we do is hack at it, we're probably not going to win anytime soon." Dillon deadpanned after seeing their attacks were doing almost nothing to the thing.

"So what do you propose we do?" Andy asked while deflecting a sweep of the creature's arm.

"First, we…Duck!" Dillon yelled as the thing made a swipe at Andy's head. Luckily Andy tripped over his own feet and fell face-first to the ground instead of suffering a swipe to the back of the head.

"Ow at?" Andy asked, his voice muffled by the floor.

"Well I was going to suggest you jump off of my back towards the head of the thing, but it might be easier if you just kneel where you are."

"Alrighty then." Andy said as he sat up. Dillon then ran up to Andy and used him as a springboard to jump up near the thing's head. Dillon landed right in the middle of the creature's face and, after a second to regain his stance, he drove the edge of the shield into the being's face, then back flipped off and down next to Andy.

"For lack of anything else to say…Damn." Andy complimented. "I wonder how Julian's doing?"

"I'm doing fine, thanks!" the guy in question yelled from across the room. He had successfully lit the head of the heartless on fire, and had been smacking away at its' back for a bit while dodging the purple energy balls it had been shooting from the heart shaped hole in its' chest.

"Okay then…" Dillon sighed.

"Hey can I try that jumpy thingy?"

"Sure, why not?" Dillon said getting in a kneeling position. Andy then ran and spring boarded off of his back and face first into the creatures…face. After a few dazed seconds Andy grabbed his sword and thrust it into the things' eye. Andy then fell off as it writhed in pain away from the two and over the side of the platform.

"And there goes my sword…" Andy sighed. "Guess I'm just going to watch now."

"Uh-huh." Dillon said as he started jogging toward the giant heartless. Just as he got nearby though, Julian unleashed a huge blast of fire into the face of the heartless, when then dissipated into darkness.

"I guess you didn't need us after all." Dillon said surprised. Julian spun his wand like a baton and tossed straight into the air.

"Nope." He stuck his arm out to the side, open-handed and the wand landed directly in his palm. Andy looked longingly over the edge of the platform.

"I misses my sword." He moped. Julian made a face.

"God, suck it up." Andy looked at his right hand, and suddenly his sword appeared in a flash of light. Andy stared at it in amazement.

"Awesome!"

"So what happens now?" Dillon asked to the empty space around them.

"you pass."

A/N- This is the first chapter in our new Kingdom Hearts Fanfic. We have a lot of plans and ideas in store for you readers, so please, review as much as possible. We love feedback. We even have a few polls planned out for our readers such as Keyblade designs so they can have a say in our story.