A/N: Hello! XionTheBlackRose here! I have a new Connect Story! The Keyblade Chronicals: The Daughter of Light, is the story of Riku, Sora and Kairi's daughter. Enjoy as she fights against the new Darkness threat, and finds the Light within herself to win, for her family, for her friends, and for the light of Kingdom Hearts! Enjoy and review kindly! This story does involve all OCs of my own, so please don't be mean because of it. It's a good story, I promise. Enjoy Chapter one: The Awakening!

"The end started with the beginning, as the beginning started with the end.

The Light of Kingdom Hearts was born in the hearts of the innocent; Of the children.

But then Darkness came, and corrupted that light.

So Kingdom Hearts was hid away in the deepest light within the Darkness.

And within that magical place, the brightest light forever shines.

Many heros have fought for the Light, starting with the ones who created it.

Many names are known of these wielders, but only a few names really stick.

Masters' Terra, Aqua, and Ventus, for instance.

And Masters' Riku and Kairi, and later on, Roxas, and then another master was named, they called him Sora.

Many others were witness to these remarkable fighters of Light, too many to name really.

But those who will never be forgotten, are the ones who lost their lives in the darkest essence of Darkness within the light of Darkness, those few have names engraved in a place known only in dreams.

A place, known as Castle Oblivion.

There, you forget, only to remember, and remember, only to forget.

But one thing always stays within your memories; Those you hold especially dear.

But the darkest essence has passed, and a peace has fallen on the worlds, no longer connected.

Those thought the Darkness had been subdued.

I fret to say, I hate to say, those, are wrong judgements.

For the Darkness will always be, as long as there is Light to feed its deathly shadows.

The door is still locked, there may still be time to hide away in the peacefulness.

The Darkness stirs, as does the Light.

A new Light has been born, and it is one, the worlds have never seen.

The spawn of Pure Light of the Keyblade, and Pure Light of the Heart.

A Princess, of both the Keyblade, and of Hearts, but so much more than that.

Kingdom Hearts itself stirs, waiting, to be opened, to save the worlds from the Darkness once and for all.

For the hidden prophecy has come.

The true Princess of Kingdom Hearts; a Princess born of the Keyblade and the Heart, has been born.

The battles, will start anew."

...

"And twelve years have passed since Aros got rid of the Darkness for good, and so the Light lives in peace in the hearts of children." Sora finishes his story with a smile.

"Aw, really?" his twelve-year-old daughter Riku asks.

Her clear blue eyes sparkle as she sways her head lightly, making her short-not-quite-shoulder-length brown hair bob and sway about her neck as she twirls with one of the many violet streaks mixed in with her hair.

"That's right." Sora smiles.

Kairi comes in then, a smile on her face as she comes and sits by Riku's bed.

"It's time for bed, sweetie, you have school tomorrow." she says.

Riku pouts, "But it's only the last day until summer break, come on, Mom, can't I skip? We don't do anything that day anyway."

Sora laughs, "Ah, Kairi, let her stay home. I kind of want to show her the Islands. I think she's old enough now to be allowed to play there."

Kairi makes a face, showing she's thinking, but putting a finger to her bottom lip and looking up at the ceiling with her eyes. She sighs, closing her eyes and dropping her finger, then she opens them, a smile on her lips, "Okay, just this one time, Riku, you can skip."

"Oh thank you! Thank you!" Riku squeals, jumping up from her bed and wrapping her arms tightly around her mother.

Kairi smiles, hugging her daughter back, and laughs softly, "Sure thing, sweetie."

"Now go to sleep, it's past your bed time." Sora smiles, lightly pushing his daughter back onto her bed and into her blankets.

"Oh, Dad, please tell me the part where Aros saves Iriak again! Please? Please?!" Riku begs, "The first time, before he fought with Ukir."

Sora sighs, "Again? Riku, I've told you that part every night before you go to sleep. Isn't there another part of the story you'd like to hear?"

Riku makes a thinking face, similar to her mother's as she contemplates what she wants to hear from her father's stories. She suddenly squeals, "I know! Tell me the part where Ukir and the gang save Aros from the Sleeping Worlds!"

Sora smiles, "Okay. I actually like that part myself."

Riku snuggles herself into her blankets and watches her father with wide eyes, awaiting his bed time story.

"Okay, so where was I? Oh yes, Ukir knew he had to do whatever it took to get Aros back, he was their only chance to defeat the Darkness, and Ukir's best friend..."

By the end of the story, Riku was asleep. Sora and Kairi smile as they get up and turn out Riku's light. A small sound alerts them and they turn back to their daughter.

"Dad..?" she asks sleepily.

"Yes?" Sora asks, smiling at her.

"The Darkness won't get me will it?" she asks.

Kairi sends Sora a look but he ignores it and walks back over to Riku, sitting on the side of her bed and taking her hand, he says, "Of course not, Riku. The Light within you will keep you safe, and besides, it's just a silly story. You have nothing to be afraid of. Now go to sleep."

Sora leans down and kisses Riku's forehead before he leaves. Once they are outside Riku's room, and her door is closed, Kairi glares at her husband.

"Now look what you've done. You have her scared of the Darkness with you silly little story." she sighs.

"Kairi, you know as well as I do, it isn't just a story." Sora says, looking at Kairi, "Those stories are real."

"I know, but Riku's just a child, she doesn't need to know that. We agreed to keep this all a secret, to protect her, so she couldn't become a target of the Darkness. If it doesn't know of her, it can't hurt her. And now you go and tell her stories of our lives? Now she's interested, now she believes it, Sora! What if the Darkness does attack again? What will happen to Riku, to our family?!" Kairi rants.

"Kairi, it won't. I got rid of Xehanort, the Light is safe now." Sora sighs.

"But, don't you remember? Darkness and Light co-exist, always within one another." Kairi says, worry clear in her eyes.

Sora hugs her, "Everything will be alright. Riku is safe, we're safe. The Darkness won't be a problem anymore."

...

Riku gasps to find herself falling through blackness, then she lands on a yellow glowing platform with Snow White on it. Riku lands on the platform and looks around, taking in the entire scenery that is nothing but blackness, and this platform she stands on.

So much to do, so little time...

"Who's there?!" Riku gasps, looking around in fear.

Take your time.

Don't be afraid.

The door is still shut.

"What door?" Riku asks, looking around for the carrier of the mysterious voice, but finding she was all alone.

Now, step forward.

Can you do it?

Riku takes a few steps forward, slowly, looking around for the voice still. Then she turns and gasps as pedastool forms, with a sheild on it that resembles Mickey Mouse's head to her.

Power sleeps within you.

Another pedastool appears behind her, this time, holding a staff, with the same Mickey shape on the top.

If you give it form...

And a third appears, Riku spins around to face it, it holds a sword on it.

It will give you strength.

What do you choose?

Riku walks up to the sword and picks it up, examining it.

The power of the warrior.

Invincible courage.

A sword of terrible destruction.

She walks over to the shield and picks it up.

The power of the guardian.

Kindness to aid friends.

A shield to repell all.

She then walks over to the staff and examines it.

The power of the mystic.

Inner strength.

A staff of wonder and ruin.

Now, what do you choose?

"The...sword.." she says. The sword appears in her hands.

And what do you give up?

"The mystic." she answers. All the padastools disappear, as do all three weapons. Riku gasps as the platform starts to shatter around her. She screams as she falls through the blackness. She falls until she lands on a blue glowing platform harboring Cinderella. She looks around, comepletely confused. What a weird dream.., she thought.
The sword appears in her hands.

You have been given the power to fight.

She gasps as she sees little black shadows appear on the platform, reminding her of the stories Sora told her.

There will be times you will have to fight.

Keep your light burning strong.

She swings the sword around, having no skill, and manages to kill a few of them. The shadows go into the floor, covering it entirely in Darkness. Riku gasps and cries out as she starts to fall through. She reaches for help, but there is no one to help her. She gasps for air as she finds herself on a new platform. One glowing in pink. She stands and finds a door. She walks up to it and it opens, showering her in light so bright she brings her hand up to cover her eyes from the brightness.

She walks into the light, and on the outside she finds herself on another pink platform, only this one has Princess Aurora on it. Stained glass stairs appear, leading up somewhere. Riku quickly runs up them, hoping to get out of this strange place she was afraid of. The stairs lead her to another platform. A glowing yellow one, with Belle on it, and a single light shining in the middle. She walks up to the light, closer and closer, the light shining brightly.

The closer you get to the light, the bigger your shadow becomes.

Riku turns around to see a really long shadow, her shadow, across the platform. She turns, and it turns. Now facing it, she gasps, as it starts to pull itself off the floor, and becomes a huge black shadow-like monster. She starts to back away, becoming very afraid.

But don't be afraid.

She continues to back up as the monster fully stands.

And don't forget...

The shadow monster's bright glowing gold colored eyes lock onto Riku and she starts to cry. She sucks back her tears and runs for an escape, but only manages to almost fall off the platform. She steadies herself and looks back at the huge monster. She desides she has to fight. So, the sword appearing in her hands, she charges at the monster, attacking it's feet, then in turn, it's hands. It shoots purple balls of dark energy at her, she dodges them.

It slams its hands into the ground, making more small shadows appear. She takes those out, then runs for the monster again. Beating on its hands, feet, and head, when she can manage, the monster finally falls. She jumps back, gasping as the sword disappears. She falls back, into a sitting position, Darkness swirling all around the platform, the monster begins to fall.

-But don't be afraid.

Darkness starts to wrap around her legs.

You hold the mightiest weapon of all.

The Darkness covers her as the monster falls.

So don't forget:

She screams and cries out as the Darkness completely covers her.

You are the one, who will open the door.

...

"Riku! time to get up, sleepy head! Breakfast is ready! I made your favorite!" Kairi calls from downstairs.

Riku sits up and rubs her eyes sleepily.

"What a weird dream," she yawns, "What was all that about? I guess Mom's right, I gotta stop asking Dad to tell me those stories before I go to sleep."

She gets up and hurries down for breakfast.

...

"And so, the Keyblade has chosen anew, and its sister Keyblade, has chosen the same."

A/N: The one talking in the beginning in the italics isn't Sora. Who it really is will be revealed in later chapters.