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Disclaimer

I do not own Disney, Dreamworks, Square Enix, Pixar, or Kingdom Hearts (Even though I do own a copy of it.) All non-original characters belong to their respective studios. (Also, the OC Ymke belongs to ymke1000. Thank you for letting me include your character, and let me know if I accidentally change her personality.)

Darkness seems to overwhelm him, Xenysis knows that for sure. Everywhere he looks, there was darkness. As he opens his hazel eyes, Xenysis notices that the only source of light seems to come from the stained-glass floor he just landed on.

The floor is a dark-teal in color, with all sorts of Atlantean letters surrounding it. In the center, is an image of a tanned woman, whom has snow-white hair, and holds what appears to be a spear.

Suddenly, from what seems like everywhere and nowhere at the same time, there came a female voice:

So much to do, so little time…

Take your time, don't be afraid.

The door is still shut.

Now, step forward.

Xenysis cautiously moves forward till he stops in the center.

Power sleeps within you.

If you give it form…

It will give you strength.

Choose well.

It was then that Xenysis notices three grey-teal pedestals. One hold what appears to be a staff; it has a sky-blue handle, about one yard long; on the top it contains a sea-blue orb shaped like Deadmau5. To the staff's left stood a second pedestal, holding a gilded sword with a Deadmau5 insignia on it's hilt. On the staff's right is a Shield; the shield is red in color with a black center, and another Deadmau5 insignia on it's approaches the shield first:

The power of the guardian.

Kindness to aid friends.

A shield to repel all.

Is this the power you seek?

'Kindness to aid friends?' "Okay, I'll take it!" The shield disappears in a flash of light.

Your path is set.

Now, what will you give up in exchange?

'I have to give something up?' Xenysis stepped toward the sword and picked it up, studying it closely:

The power of the warrior.

Invincible courage.

A sword of terrible destruction.

You give up this power?

'Terrible destruction?' "Yes, I don't want to just destroy everything!" The sword then disappeared, like the shield, in a dazzle of light.

You've chosen the power of the guardian.

You've given up the power of the warrior.

Is this the form you choose?

At this, Xenysis just nods, letting his chocolate-brown hair lay in his field of vision. Once he swatted the hair away, he notices the glass cracking below his feet. Now, once again, he's falling through darkness. After a minute with his thoughts, Xenysis lands on a tan flooring much like the one before;

However, this stained glass floor has a border of forest-green, with an image of two bears, and a female archer, surrounded by what looks like blue wisps of fire. She has extremely curly hair of a shade of lava. Then, the shield from earlier showed itself in a bright flash of light.

You've gained the power to fight.

'Fight? But I don't to fight!'

There will be times when you have to fight.

Keep your heart burning strong.

When the voice stated that, five creatures appeared from the ground. The creatures seem to be made of shadows, with long antennae extending from its round head, with the only 'light' coming from two glowing yellow eyes; its relatively small body , also round but skinny, seems to be shaped for stealth; its long arms each ending in three claws, and legs with feet ending in a wasn't a second later that the creatures pounced.

Relying on reflex, Xenysis blocked the assault with the shield,and slammed the newly-found weight on the ground, causing dark dust to settle on the glass. When the dust disappeared he relaxed. Little did he know that another shadow pounced toward him.

Behind you!

Hearing that, Xenysis quickly swooped around, smacking the shadow with the shield, causing it to explode in a puff of black smoke. The dark dust below Xenysis then began to overtake him, sucking him in, and once again, Xenysis is left falling in the darkness. After what felt like forever, Xenysis lands on a third circular stained-glass floor.

This one is ice-blue, with images of snowflakes surrounding it. The center image displays a 21-year old woman whose skin is snow-white and whose hair is so blond, it too, is almost white. She wore a sky-blue dress with a light-blue cape that seems to be made of ice and snow. In the center of this platform, a door appears. This door is flesh-pink with some darker shades scattered throughout it.

Xenysis cautiously approaches the door and lightly touches it. The door then opens a crack showing pure light inside. Xenysis bravely steps through.

When his eyes adjusted to the sudden light, he found himself on a wooden platform back on Destiny Islands, his tropical island home.

Hold on.

The door won't open just yet.

First, tell me about yourself.

That's when three figures came into view from around a corner. The first is an 18-year old(ish) girl with brown hair and a few fire-red locks. On her right cheek is what looks like a tattoo, also fire-red and looks like the Japanese symbol for fire. She's wearing a long-sleeve red hoodie, and a white tee underneath. She's wearing blue jeans, brown leather winter boots and two chains attached to her belt loops.

When she reaches the platform, she asks "What's most important to you?"

Xenysis answers, "Friendship."

"Is friendship really that important?"

Xenysis nods, and the girl grins happily.

The next person, also a girl, more around Xenysis's age, steps forward. She has dark raspberry hair, tied into a ponytail. She has black shorts going up to her knees, with two jumpropes attached to her sides, that she uses as whips. She's wearing a pale yellow muscle shirt, with dark blue edges. Over that, she wears a bright yellow tunic with white sleeves, which she left open in the center. She inquires,

"What do you want outta life?"

Xenysis answers matter-of-factly, "I wish to broaden my horizons."

"To broaden your horizons, huh?"

She moved to the right, allowing the last of them to face Xenysis. This one, unlike the others, is a guy with what seems like thick leather armor on, and it seems like the armor was designed like a swiss-army knife: it seems to have every tool in the world. This boy, no older than 17, has a prosthetic left leg, and a fur winter boot on his good foot. He has forest-green eyes, a button nose, lots of freckles, and dark brown hair. He asks,

"What are you so afraid of?"

Xenysis answers, "I'm afraid of being indecisive. I hate being unable to make a decision off the top of my head."

This is when the boy sarcastically blurts out, "That must be the scariest thing ever!"

"It isn't, but that's what I scared of."

The boy nods in understanding.

You want friendship.

You want to broaden your horizons.

You're afraid of being indecisive.

Your adventure begins in the dead of night.

Your road won't be easy, but a rising sun awaits your journey's end.

The day you will open the door both far off and very near.

A giant flash of light leaves Xenysis back on the icy stained glass platform, where a beam of light started creating a staircase up to another platform. Xenysis tested the first step, making sure it's stable. Once he was satisfied, Xenysis dashed at top speed to the next platform, which ended up being the first Xenysis landed on. When he reached the center this time, however, the voice stated,

The closer you get to light,

The greater your shadow becomes.

But don't be afraid.

And don't forget…

When Xenysis turned around, he saw a humungous shadow of himself rise from the ground. It's basically Xenysis's shadow, except for the hole in the shadow's stomach shaped like a shadow punched downward toward Xenysis, and just in time, Xenysis brought out his shield and kept the hand at bay.

Just then, Xenysis's feet started sinking into the platform, and he noticed that he was sinking into the darkness.

-But don't be afraid

You hold the mightiest weapon of all.

So don't forget:

You are the one who will open the door.

After that statement, Xenysis's body was completely covered in the darkness, and his shield disappeared on he could see was darkness. Then all he could hear was beeping. One that sounded annoyingly like a fire engine, but worse, because it didn't go away.

"What a strange dream." Xenysis glanced around his room, it's a pigsty, as usual. He peeked outside, toward the sandy seashore, just in time to see Sora, (a brown-haired, energetic, fun-loving boy) Riku, (a silver-haired, serious young man) and Kairi (a brown-haired, sweet, and mysterious girl) start a race toward the area of the island where they were building rafts. This, is Destiny Islands.

Author's notes

I must again thank Ymke for letting me use her OC in my story, even though I haven't truly used the OC just yet. On another note: the links above bring you to the multiple photos I found online, each, in my opinion, helping to visualize the story. O the basis of the main character, I know I haven't described him, but that will come next chapter, I promise.