Hello, everyone! This is the reboot for the last installment for the "Light of a Darkened Heart: Meifu no Yumiya" and now without further wait, I introduce the reboot, "The Light of a Darkened Heart: Dawn of Shadows"! Hopefully this reboot will go more smoothly and I hope that you guys like it. And if you are new to the series...I suggest reading the original LoaDH first then "Dark Descent" then this one. And I'm sorry for their terribleness, I was a beginning writer so their not all that great but I have improved a lot so I can say that this one will be the best in the series! I am more experienced and I can sort of catch my mistakes quicker now so there shouldn't be as many. And remember, this is a Next Generation story so many of the KH and FF...and a whole lot of different characters that have occurred in previous stories...are a lot older now. So no saying "Blahidy Blah isn't that old!" and stuff like that. It's suppose to be like that. Enough with this chit-chat, let's get this show on the road!
*I do not own any of the Kingdom Hearts characters, I only own Aeris Heart, Nico Heart, Katie Heart...and a whole lot of others but you haven't met them yet. Spoilers, ya know?
Darkness.
That's all Aeris Heart could see. It was like she was falling in this black void. She believed her eyes were open but it was so dark, it was like they were closed. As if she was blind. But that wasn't the only peculiar thing…in her mind; she could hear soft beating of a heart, like the way it would sound if she would hug her mother. It was the strangest thing…is this…a dream?
Aeris felt her feet land on a surface and right as soon as they touched the ground, the ground burst into light. It was so bright, Aeris had to shield her eyes for a second, squeezing them shut. She hesitantly opened them, feeling her pupils readjust painfully to the sudden change of light. A puzzled hum escaped from her when she saw she was on a beach. More specially, near the shore of the abandoned island that her twin brother, Nico, liked to play on from time to time. They were soon starting to get too old for it but for old time's sake, they row to the island. But this was different. The white sand seemed to look like no one has ever stepped on it, played in it…it looked brand new. But the old, rickety buildings and tree houses were still there in their old, normal shape. Splintering, rotting. She looked around and saw no one. Suddenly she saw someone walk on the walkway between the abandoned island to the small one with the paopu tree, she couldn't tell who it was. She went to call out but her body suddenly jerked forward.
She was now standing in the exact stop where she saw the person on the walkway. The wind was blowing hard, her pony tail whipping against her cheeks and neck. The sky suddenly turned dark, lightning lighting up the sky in fury, some of them struck the violently churning the once blue ocean. The water was now black. The heart beat noise was getting louder and slowly started to quicken its pace. She looked up and saw the person she spotted earlier now on the small island. Before they could completely turn around, shadows of blue, purple, and black burst under them and swirled up, engulfing them. Aeris felt a sudden chill go down her spine, making her spin around. The same shadows that engulfed the person was now behind Aeris, the end of the walkway no longer visible. There was another person, what it the same person? She could see what they were wearing. All black with the hood up so their face wasn't visible, also, their back faced her. Out of nowhere, a…creature…appeared. It was ink black with some blue highlights. Bandages were wrapped around its mussel-y body. Its eyes were a blank yellow that seemed to glow. Its mouth was filled with sharp teeth. It roared and the heart beat that Aeris could hear was going faster. The person in the cloak backed away from the monster, clearly terrified. They spun around and held their hand out to Aeris and suddenly, the monster attacked the person. They were sent flying towards Aeris with one swing. Aeris opened her arms up wide to catch the person but they went through her like a ghost.
Aeris felt her body lurch down and the shadows rushed past her until a blank white hallway stretched out before her. She looked around frantically, trying to figure out where she is now. She spun around and in front of a golden door was another person in a black cloak. They had some kind of weapon resting on their shoulder. It was black, except for the hand guard, which was red. Its tip looked deadly. They slowly rose their hand up to Aeris, and darkness burst out of their palm. Aeris screamed and tried to move but she couldn't. It was like she was frozen in place. Out of nowhere, another person in a black cloak jumped out in front of her with a weapon similar to the other person but it was white with electric blue. It looked like it was made out of gears, a clock at its end and its hilt, bat wings, and horned skulls. They blocked the attack from getting Aeris. Aeris stared at the person, not knowing what to think. But they suddenly fell over, the darkness taking over them. Aeris wanted to see if the person was okay but her eyes snapped up to the end of the hallway. The heart beat grew faster and faster as a…glitching? The person in the black cloak that attacked her was glitching as if they were in a computer but Aeris could see that it was glitching through thirteen different body types…somewhere smaller, some were huge. The person was dragging their weapon on the floor, it sparking darkness and pooling it behind them. The hall was getting overcome by darkness.
Aeris gasped when the person suddenly appeared in her face. All she could see was a smirk. They rose their weapon and slashed down.
Aeris shot up in her sleep, panting and hyperventilating, almost. She patted her front to see if she was still in one piece. She was. She looked onto the other side of her room, seeing her brother fast asleep still. It was dark outside, the crickets chirping softly. Aeris sighed and shook her head hard, trying to get the images she saw in the nightmare go away. It felt…so real…who were those people? That…monster? The weapons looked familiar to her…but she couldn't recall what they were called. She got out of bed and tip-toed from her room to the kitchen, getting a glass a water. She emptied it three times until she had enough. She leaned against the counter and rubbed her temples. "What…was all that?" She shook her head again. "I'll ask Mom and Dad what it could have meant in the morning…" she went back to her shared room and went back under the covers. She curled up into a fetal position her face facing the wall. She turned her head to look past her shoulder when she felt her side get heavier. She smiled to see it was the family cat. She petted it lightly and the cat curled against her. It's purring calmed her enough to go back to sleep.
The family cat watched the fourteen year old fall back to sleep and waited a few moments before turning into its true form. A sleek blue figure that still somewhat resembled the shape of a cat and red diamond shaped eyes, its antennae shaped like bolts of lightning. It looked up to the window and saw a shadow pass it. And the shadow's beady yellow eyes. It was gone in a flash. The blue creature jumped down to the floor and looked at Nico and Aeris worryingly. It sat in the middle of the room, watching…waiting for the shadows to move. It chittered in its language, "It will happen...soon…"
So! That is the end of that chapter, I hoped you guys liked the reboot and I will try my best to keep my motivation up and update as soon as I can. But you guys know how it is...anyway, see you in the next chapter! Don't forget to telll me what you think! See you later!