Author's Notes (Disclaimer): I don't own Kingdom Hearts nor Winx Club. They are owned by Square Enix and Iginio Straffi!
Chapter 1 - The Dive.
"I've been having very strange dreams for a while…"
"Are they real… or are they not…"
Falling through the darkness was a 16-year old teenage girl. Her long hair that went above her knees was colored orange-reddish while her skin was pale as snow. Her beautiful eyes were large and cyan. The girl's outfit was nothing special – a teal crop top with dark blue trim and yellow sleeves with blue slightly flared jeans that had stars on the bottom. Yellow wedge sandals with straps over the instep adorned her feet.
Reaching the bottom very quickly, she landed gently on her feet and looked around. Where was she exactly and what was her purpose for being in the darkness? Soon, beneath her – a white light blinded her. Once it was gone, the young teenager realized that she was standing on a stained glass platform, which was colored green. It depicted the picture of a young woman who clearly looked and dressed like a princess.
Before the teenager could ask why she was on a glass platform, a mysterious voice spoke to her:
"So much to do yet so little time… However, don't be afraid. Please step forward into the center."
Even though it was unfamiliar to the young teenager, she felt like she needed to trust it. After all, there was no one else to guide her in this place filled with darkness.
Stepping forward, the orange-red haired girl walked over to the center of the glass platform. As soon as she reached her destination – three pillars arose from the ground and each held a various weapon – a sword, a shield and a magic staff.
"Which weapon shall you choose? Will it be the sword – the power of the warrior? Or the shield – the power of the guardian? Or the magic staff – the power of the mystic? Choose well, young one." The voice told her.
The young teenager was uncertain of which weapon she should choose… if she chose the power of the warrior – would the sword corrupt her and make her become one with darkness? The teenager shuddered at the thought of that happening – she was not choosing the sword.
Next was the shield – power of the guardian… while it was a better choice than the sword, she still didn't think it was a good idea. Being a guardian wasn't her forte nor was she cut out to be a leader... The shield isn't the weapon for her.
Lastly, the staff… the power of the mystic. Hmm… ever since she was young, the teenager always had a fascination with magic and such. Plus, an ordinary staff was no danger whatsoever… it was settled!
Walking over to the staff, the young girl picked it up and examined it as the mysterious voice spoke to her:
"The power of the mystic. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin. Do you accept this power?"
The girl nodded. "Yes. I accept the power of the mystic." Just then, the staff disappeared like magic from her hands!
"The power of the mystic it is. Now, what weapon shall you give up?" The voice asked.
The young teenager had to choose and give up a weapon? What a strange test this was…
Thankfully, she already made up her and decided to give up the sword. Picking up and examining it like the staff, she heard the voice speak to her yet again:
"The power of the warrior. Invincible courage. A sword of terrible destruction. Do you give up this power?"
Just like with the staff, the girl nodded. "I give up the sword." She replied and the sword disappeared as well!
The pillars disappeared as the glass shattered – the young girl once more found herself falling through the never-ending darkness. Eventually, she landed gently onto another platform which was colored dark blue this time and displayed another young princess on it.
"Another glass platform? This place is so… bizarre." The girl admitted to herself.
Before she could take the time to look around, the staff that she chose on the first glass platform appeared in the young teenager's hands.
"You have gain the power to fight – use this to protect yourself and others. Keep your light burning strong no matter what." The mysterious voice explained to her.
"Okay…? But against what exactly?" As soon as she asked those questions, small black ant-like creatures with antennas and golden eyes came out from the glass platform much to the orange-red haired girl's shock.
"W-what are those things!?" The girl asked.
"Those little shadows are known as Heartless – beware of them for they are dangerous and will attempt to steal your heart. Prepare for battle!" The voice told her.
"R-right!" The young teenager nodded with a nervous tone and a shaking body. Despite never fighting in her entire life, she needed to defeat the small shadows that were known as the Heartless.
The small shadows charged forward as the young teenager sliced one in half - it disappeared very quickly. The rest of the little Heartless charged forward and one managed to scratch a little bit on the girl's left arm.
She yelped in pain and jumped back to look at her cut – it wasn't that bad, but still… it hurt like hell! No time to fix it, unfortunately – the small shadows charged forward in an attempt to try and take her heart.
The girl got into position and started slicing them one by one until they all disappeared into the ground much to the teenager's confusion.
"Huh, what's going on?" She asked herself.
She got her answer when she noticed that the glass platform had turned black – it was no doubt the work of the shadows disappearing. Soon enough, the girl herself began to sink into the ground itself.
"H-help! Someone help me!" She yelled whilst struggling to get out of black-colored platform. It was all for naught as she suck in completely with her eyes closing to avoid being corrupted…
Eventually, the teenager opened her eyes and found herself laying on a new glass platform – this time, it was colored pink. What was most interesting about it was that it had a door.
The young girl got up and walked over to open the door – but it was no use. It wouldn't it open, locked no doubt…
Just then, she heard something teleport from behind her – when she turned around, she was surprised to see a small treasure chest standing in the center of the platform.
"Huh? Now who would leave this here?" The girl asked herself as she walked over and opened the treasure chest.
Inside was a small green vial, which was titled 'Potion' – curious… Hmm, what would happen if she drank the vial?
Opening it, she carefully took a small sip and to her surprise and joy – it taste like lime and strawberries. Yummy! She drank it all and for some unknown reason, her entire body felt a big change! What was more interesting was that her small scar from the Heartless was gone! Incredible!
"So, this vial of Potion is able to heal you? You're my new best and safe friend." The young teenager declared with a smile.
The treasure chest disappeared much to her shock… again, what a strange place she was in.
The young girl decided to try the door again and to her surprise – this time, it opened… to reveal a bright light.
Although blinded, she stepped forward slowly and slowly… soon, she found herself in a familiar-to-her island.
"I'm back on my island! How did I get here?" She asked herself.
But before she could get her answer, the mysterious voice came back with yet another message:
"Hold on, young one. The door will not open to you yet… first, tell me more about yourself."
Looking around the room, she spotted two familiar-to-her girls and one unknown – the first had long golden blonde hair that stopped below her waist, golden-brown eyes and medium skin tone, the second had a magenta colored, asymmetrical bob-styled hair, teal eyes, and fair skin tone and a third one had long honey brown hair with blonde within her bangs, tan skin and narrow jade eyes.
"Flora, Stella? What are you two doing here? And who's the third girl?" The young teenager asked the three teenagers who didn't respond.
She carefully approached the blonde who was named Stella and touched her on the shoulder. Said teenager looked at the orange-red haired girl and smiled gently.
"Bloom, what do you want out of life?" Stella asked the girl known as Bloom.
The teenager thought long and hard over Stella's answer and soon responded with this answer:
"I want to be more confident and protect my two best friends – especially you, Stella."
Stella nodded in response and disappeared much to Bloom's confusion. What was going on exactly?
The magenta haired girl was the next one to look at Bloom in the eye with a gentle smile as well.
"Bloom, what are you afraid of?" She asked.
Bloom thought about this as well and soon came up with an answer just like with Stella's question:
"Becoming one with darkness and seeing my two best friends getting hurt."
The magenta haired girl nodded and disappeared like Stella did. Yet again – another weird coincidence…
The last person to look at Bloom was Flora who also smiled gently.
"Bloom, what's most important to you?" Flora asked.
An easy answer this time – Bloom didn't even need to think of anything hard. She just went with the flow and responded:
"You and Stella… you two are like my family."
Flora nodded and disappeared like Stella and the magenta-haired girl did. The only person on the island was Bloom herself.
"You want to be more confident and protect the people you care. You are afraid of becoming one with darkness. Your friends are the most important thing in your life. Very well – your journey begins at the dead of night. It won't be an easy one… but if you keep a steady pace, you'll do fine." The voice explained to her.
Bloom nodded and responded. "Sounds good to me."
Soon, another flash of light blinded her and Bloom found herself on a new glass platform that was colored red. The voice returned yet again with a new message:
"The day that you will open the door is very far and near."
Before she could ask the voice on what that meant, the magic staff appeared in her hands as the small shadows came back.
Bloom got into position and started slashing them one by one – luckily, she didn't get scratched this time. Thank goodness for that…
As soon as all of the Heartless were gone, a bright light appeared in the center of the glass platform. She walked over to it very quickly and the voice spoke to her once more:
"The closer you get to the light, the greater your darkness becomes. But don't be afraid and don't forget…"
Just then, Bloom felt a presence behind her. Turning around, she was immediately became shocked… Bloom was staring at a clone of herself with her eyes closed!
The clone looked just like the real Bloom, but it reeked of pure darkness. It began to open its eyes – instead of cyan blue eyes, they were colored golden. An evil grin appeared on the clone's face.
Bloom didn't know what to do in this situation – she could make a break for it… but realized that she was on a glass platform with no way out. So, she had no choice but to fight.
Pulling out her staff, she got in position as the clone pulled out her left hand – a replica of Bloom's weapon appeared in her hand.
The battle began with the dark copy charging forward and attempting her first hit, but Bloom blocked her clone's attacks and knocked her back.
The clone filled her right fist with an aura of pure darkness and slammed it into the ground. A pool was formed and small Shadow Heartless appeared to attack the real Bloom.
She eliminated them very quickly and delivered a couple of heavy hits to the dark copy. So far it was going quite well…
Eventually, Bloom jumped back and prepared to fight her clone yet again… only for her staff to disappear.
"No! Not now!" Bloom yelled, as the clone charged forward and tackled her onto the ground.
"Now, my sibling… you will see how darkness can be a beautiful gift." The clone declared with an evil grin as she began to spread darkness all around Bloom's body.
Bloom struggled to get away, but it was no use – the clone had pinned her entire body. Darkness had engulfed her sandals and feet along with a small part of her jeans.
"But don't be afraid…" The voice reassured her, as Bloom's entire jeans were covered by darkness.
"You hold the mightiest weapon of all. So, don't forget…" The voice told her, as darkness covered Bloom's teal top, hair and a small part of her face. The dark clone disappeared with the evil grin still on her face. Before it engulfed Bloom completely, she heard the mysterious voice say one last thing to her:
"You are the one who will open the door, Princess Bloom."