This is my first real attempt at writing a story. Plz reveiw! Pointers are much appreciated!

Chapter 1: Remembrance

I cannot recall anything from the past. My name, who I am, where I'm from; nothing. Long snow white hair blocked my vision as I tried to look up. I found myself surrounded by beat down buildings. I began to brush it aside when I started to think, am I old? I don't feel old. He went to examine the rest of his body when he noticed he was lying on the icy blue ground. What do you call these? Cobblestone? They looked like stone tiles and were chipped and cracked from constant use. It was very dark, seemingly no light came from anywhere but the 2 moons hovering over the murky sky.

He went to examining the rest of his surroundings only to find that the buildings that surrounded him were abandoned complexes and empty warehouses. There were many street lights and various clinking machines but no power to revive them from what seems to be a long slumber. Taking a second glance back up to the two cratered moons in the endless sky, he realized that one is a magenta color while the other was as light a blue as the cobblestone he stood upon. In fact, this whole place was the same shade of blue and it all looked very cold and gloomy. He was suddenly thrown into a lost memory. There was a bright gold city that sat on top a huge piece of land in the middle of the sky surrounded by loose peach colored clouds. The bright city made you feel warm and welcomed. The boy wished he could see more of this grand city. This was not the case however as he was thrown back into the miserable city once more as the memory came to an end.

What was that I had seen? Did I walk there from here in a matter of seconds and back?

"No, that couldn't have happened." he thought as that comment triggered a bit more of his common sense to become active. Back at taking a look at his clothing, he found that some of it was missing. Claw marks left thin strips of clothing absent from his white muscle shirt and his blue denim jeans where gashes on his skin took their place. He brought his yellow gloved hands up to his face and saw the ends of his fingers sticking out of them. He looked down and grabbed the metal necklace that hung from around his neck with two noisy thin sheets of metal hanging from them to stop them from constantly clinking together. They had some kind of writing on them he didn't care to read. The boy was around 16 based on his physique but as to why his hair was a pure white is still a new mystery. The boy grasped at his chest in a sudden pain. "I feel like something is yanking on my heart." The boy thought. His mouth grew dry and his skin grew numb. His vision started to leave him but he was too strong willed to give up. He grabbed at his heart once more feeling the creature's rage inside of him. It wanted him to succumb to it so it could hoard his heart to itself. A rush of emotions filled the boys struggling heart and he felt that it was giving way. Then a burst of energy filled his body and rushed time to catch up. "No!" he yelled in defiance as he threw his chest outward and swung his clenched fists behind him. Then just as soon as it came, it was gone. Overwhelmed by sudden exhaustion, he fell to the floor.

Deadly pitched black creatures with beady yellow eyes and antennas were everywhere in the golden city. There were many different sizes and shapes of them and it seemed like there was no end to their numbers. It was a very scary sight indeed for the residents of this once bright city were slaughtered and robbed of their hearts. High above most of the small shadowy city was a giant black heartless with wicked hair accompanied by an even larger black orb that started to suck in the very floating island itself. It was total chaos.

He jolted up from where he had been laying and shouted "heartless!" What that word meant was unknown to him until he saw another one of those small black monsters take form a yard away from him. He remembered from the dream that was a heartless and what the little beasts can do to you. Reacting out of instinct, he jumped onto the ground above, ignoring the steps. From there he entered a fighting stance he did not recognize yet it felt so familiar to him. Realizing that engaging heartless in a fist fight would be a very foolish action, he began his retreat. He didn't bother to look behind him but rather to get as far away as he could until he was satisfied with the distance. His skin became very sensitive and could tell what was around him just by the breezes his skin touched. He found this ability very abnormal but there will be time to ponder more about this later. He ended up on top of a large tower like building, checking the vicinity and making sure the monster wasn't following him and that no others had formed around his position. After feeling satisfied with his surroundings, he let his guard down and his senses returned to their normal state. The boy tried to remember the dream he had but all he could remember was a helpless bystander being overwhelmed with heartless. He grew frustrated with himself and how he couldn't remember anything about him! He shifted his weight and heard a jingle from the metal squares around his neck clanking together.

Dog tags of course! These should at least help me find out my name!

He grew excited over the fact that the boy will know at least something about himself. He snatched one up into his hand and began reading the words.

Cloud

M063208865 Class: S

Hikari city

Hikari city defense

So the golden city is called Hikari city and I'm in the city defense. At least I know my name is Cloud now but the tags gave me more questions than answers. What does class: S stand for? I started to think a little deeper triggering another flash of light. "Intruders have infiltrated the city! These are highly dangerous creatures so be on your best guard!" I heard over the radio as I started towards the door in a sprint. I dashed out the door and farther out towards a cliff whilst the rest of the battalion loaded onto some kind of vehicle. The air tasted of dust and dirt probably from the soil up on this overhang. I started to see the city beyond the edge of the cliff and already some of the buildings had caught fire and distant screams could be heard. As I started to reach the tip I slowed into a jog. I flung my hand out behind me and heard a chime from fast vibrations of metal along with a sudden weight in it. I had reached the end of the cliff, adrenaline pumping in my bloodstream; I leaped into the air and began my fall down the mountain.

Cloud flinched as he was shifted back into reality. He played his flashback in his head once more until he recognized the sound of metal hitting something close to bone.

Hikari is the japanese word for light which is why i named the bright city Hikari. I chose a Japenese name becuase all the main protagonists KH charecters names are english for land, water, sky, ect. Just a little fun fact there. Plz reveiw!