Soul and Heart
Allen Bedillion Trahurn
Prologue
Sora rested his forehead against one of the cool glass windows of the Gummi Ship. He supposed he should have been happier – at long last he had found Riku, and all they had left was to confront Xemnas is The World that Never Was – but he just couldn't bring himself to it. Maybe it was the fact that, after so long, the adventure was coming to an end. Maybe it was because he thought that he wouldn't be able to see his friends again after they defeated him. Or maybe he was just afraid that they wouldn't make it back at all.
"Is everything all right, Sora?" asked Riku from his seat next to the young Keybearer. Sora glanced over at his silver haired friend, who seemed to be looking through him despite the blindfold covering his eyes.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Just nervous, I guess."
"Don't worry, Sora," called Donald from the front passengers seat, turning his feathered face to his friend, " This guy doesn't stand a chance against us!" Sora smiled at the mage's confidence before touching his head back to the window. He let out a deep sigh that fogged the window. Looking at it, he had a thought.
"I wonder..."he thought, raising a finger and beginning to write. He didn't know whether or not it would work, but figured it was worth a shot.
42-42-564
At first, nothing happened, and Sora was about to get rid of the writing when the window flashed and rippled like liquid before an image, clear as day, appeared on the surface.
Crash!
The sound was sudden and deafening, making everyone in the cabin practically jump out of their skins.
"What in the world was that?" asked Donald, but he received no answer. Instead, everyone was staring at what had appeared in the window.
A man stood in a large room, jagged cloak torn in many places, enough so to reveal pale skin beneath it. The walls looked like open sky, complete with realistic, moving clouds. He stood on a raised platform, surrounded by slightly off kilter crosses, and in his hand was a deadly looking scythe.. With a sweeping motion he demolished a group of Heartless as they leapt up to attack him, and with his back still turned to the onlookers he spoke.
As you can see, the situation here in Death City has become quite dire. It is my hope that this broadcast will reach out through the worlds and reach the Keybearer, Sora. However, such an event is unlikely."
The man turned, revealing a strangely cartoonish skull mask that was cracked along the entire left side, and walked closer, "Therefore, I call out to anyone capable; come to our world. Fight with us in our time of peril. We need all the help we can get. Over and out. Oh, and if you can? Hurry." -
With that, the imaged flashed a moment more before returning the window to its original state. Aside from the dim light coming from the various instruments in the cabin, all went dark.
"Goofy!" Sora yelled, turning to his companion.
"Already on it!" Goofy replied, and the Gummi Ship rocked for a minute before it was gone, it's destination clear – Heart and Soul.