Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts it belongs to Square Enix and Disney. I don't own any characters from the game, only my OC Izzy.

I headed into my bedroom, switching my television on. I'd just returned home from school and decided to play my favourite video game, Kingdom Hearts. I turned on my Playstation 2, it originally belonged to my elder brother Ryan but when he went to university he gave it to me, and put in the game. I smiled to myself as I grabbed the controller and sat on the bed. I pressed 'New Game' and hummed the game's main theme as I waited. I love that song, Simple and Clean, I know most of the lyrics. I gasped as I suddenly felt a strange sensation in my body. I felt myself losing consciousness, the last thing I saw was my handdrawn picture of Sora and Kairi sat on a log with Riku stood nearby, which took me a few weeks to complete and was my favourite drawing. That was also one of my favourite cutscenes in the game.

I slowly opened my eyes. I felt really warm, and I was sure that was an ocean I could hear. I frowned knowing there was no ocean in London. I saw a blue sky above me and that I was on a beach. Definitely not London, then. Maybe somewhere coastal. I glanced around and slowly got to my feet. I looked behind me and gasped - this looked exactly like Destiny Islands! The starting world of Kingdom Hearts!

I moved towards the cabins here. I was obviously on the small islet where the children played, I could see the main island nearby. There were two cabins, one was on the beach and the other on a small hill. I heard the sound of voices and made my way towards them. It was them. Sora, Riku and Kairi. They seemed to be in the middle of a race, Riku and Sora were the ones racing while Kairi shouted encouragement to both boys. She looked surprised when she saw me watching.
"Hi!" Kairi smiled at me. I'd always got the impression playing the first game that she was a friendly person, happy to speak to strangers. It seemed I was right.
"Hey." I smiled back. "I'm Isobel, call me Izzy for short."
"Kairi. Those two are Sora and Riku."
"They seem pretty competitive." I grinned seeing Riku winning the race and smirking playfully at his younger friend.
"Oh, they are. You should see them swordfighting." Kairi giggled. Riku strolled over to us since he'd won, looking a little smug, Sora trailing behind.
"That was an awesome race!" I told the boys. "I'm Izzy." I giggled seeing both boys slightly embarrassed, especially Sora. I guess because a girl saw him lose.

That night I slept on the floor of one of the cabins. Kairi had questioned why I didn't come to the main island, and I quickly made up a (sort of) lie that I was from another world and the adults may not like me being here. Kairi had accepted this and even brought me some essentials from the main island - a pillow and blanket, some food and a hairbrush. It was late in the evening, or I assumed so by the dark, when I groggily opened my eyes. A small moment of fear gripped me before I remembered where I was. As I explored the cabin I found a room inside that hadn't been available in the game. I discovered a chest and slowly opened it, finding a sword inside. I gasped and slowly picked it up, taking it out of the sheath to look at before I decided to take it. I then found a full length mirror inside the room.

I'm not vain, but I decided to check my reflection. The girl looking back at me had a heart shaped face, not exactly beautiful but not ugly either. I had green eyes and long black hair to my lower back (something Mum and I constantly fight about, she thinks I should get it cut) and wore my school uniform - a dark red blazer over a white polo shirt with a black skirt just past my knees, white socks and black dolly shoes. I blew my fringe out of my eyes as I left the cabin. I frowned seeing the sky had gone black and stormy. That meant this was...

I quickly braided my hair to keep it out of the way before running outside to see Sora here fighting Heartless with a wooden sword. I ran over to help him. It took a few minutes for me to get used to fighting with the sword and even then I missed most of the Heartless. I'd have to keep practising with it. We made our way further onto the island and found Riku stood looking out to sea.
"Where's Kairi? I thought she was with you!" Sora called out to the elder boy. Riku didn't even turn around.
"The door has opened..." Riku said. I frowned, remembering this scene.
"What?" Sora asked in confusion.
"The door has opened, Sora. Now we can go to the outside world." Riku explained.
"Riku. Maybe you shouldn't go." I wanted to stop him from going down a path I knew led to sorrow and darkness. Riku ignored me like I hadn't spoken.
"What about Kairi?" Sora asked.
"Kairi's coming with us." Riku replied. "But once we step through we may never be able to come back. We may never see our parents again. There's no going back."
"Riku!" I shouted. He glanced at me, but didn't speak. He looked back to Sora.
"This may be our only chance. We can't let fear stop us." Riku continued. He held a hand out for Sora to take. Sora ran towards him but froze seeing a dark portal appear under our feet, while one also appeared under Riku's. We found ourselves being dragged into the portals, Sora desperately trying to reach Riku.