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Light in the Darkness

Prolog

The last sliver of light disappeared as the door finished closing, leaving Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all worlds in complete and utter darkness. For what seemed like an eternity Riku stood in front of the twin doors, one hand resting on the cool metal surface, green eyes boring into the door as he could make it open by staring at it long enough. One question was playing over and over in the teen's mind as he stood in darkness: why hadn't he walked through when the door was open? He could have run outside and helped Sora pushed but he hadn't. Why hadn't he? He supposed it was any number of factors, his guilt he supposed was one, but there was another reason that was beyond even that: he didn't want the darkness that had taken over his heart to hurt anyone else. Riku growled and slammed a fist in the door in anger. Why, why had he dropped his guard for those few seconds, allowed that witch into his mind were she planted the seed of darkness that eventual would take him over. He wanted to blame his weakness on the destruction of his world but he knew that wasn't really the cause, the real cause had to do with the green-eyed monster the lurked inside every living being: Jealousy.

On Destiny Island he had been the older brother, he had been the strongest and had taken care of Sora, Kairi and everyone else. Then heartless had come and destroyed his, scattering everything that he had once known. He had survived but only barely, he had started to search for his friends as soon as he was able. It had taken him a while to find Sora, but he had been delighted to know that at least of his friends was alive, that was until Sora had demonstrated his new abilities. He had managed to defeat a heartless with out help, a feat that had surprised him. It wasn't until Sora had been reviled to be the Keyblade Master that real jealousy had taken hold. As soon as his hand had touched the keyblade he had known that Sora now possessed something he could never had, not matter how hard he trained or how hard he tried to get it. Feeling inferior wasn't something to he was used to so the moment that Sora's attention had wander he had left. It was in this state, depressed and angry, that Malnificent had found him. Her arguments had made perfect sense to him.

The silver hair teenager sighed and turned to that his back was against the cool metal of the door. He knew without a doubt that Sora would have forgiven him, it was his nature to be forgiving but what about the others? Would Kairi forgive him? Would the rest of his friends? Most importantly would he ever be able to forgive himself? He very much doubted the last. He sighed and slid down into a sitting position and drew his knees up to his chin. He couldn't see a thing in the all consuming blackness and that meant that he wouldn't be able to find anything to eat either. He could already feel hunger starting and he doubted if there was anything to eat here, or at least anything that he could trust enough to eat. Guess it serves me right thought He couldn't help thinking. I caused pain to people and now I'll feel pain myself. Still starving to death wasn't exactly the way he had wanted to die.

Riku had just settled down to await his death when something caught his eye, a glimmer of light in the corner of his eye. He whipped his head around and saw a small bit of light, almost like a star, that hovered in midair. Riku shook his head and looked away from it, trying to stop the hope that was raising in his heart. Great, I'll go mad before I die starve. He thought and closed his eyes. But the ball of light was still there when he opened his eyes. He shook his head and turned away from the spark.

Riku….

He jerked his head up and looked around widely for the source of the voice. "Who's there!" He called out, then chuckled softly, "King Mickey?" He had forgotten for a few moments that he wasn't the only one entombed here. But the voice that answered him wasn't the one he had heard before, it was the voice of something that wasn't male or female, a voice that had indefinite power behind it.

Riku….

Riku looked over at almost the same time he called out and he saw the spark glow as the voice spoke. With a gulp Riku stood and began to walk slowly over to where the spark hovered. He choose his steps careful to avoid falling down, but also to slow his progress forward, because whether he would admitted or not, he was scared. Scared that if he touched the spark it would go out and leave him in the darkness again, devoid of any hope or comfort. At last he reached the light, and was slightly disappointed, it was only about the size of a firefly. Riku took a deep breath and reached out a shaking hand toward the spark. One of his fingers touched the spark and it seemed to explode, engulfing him bright light that hurt his eyes.

Riku…you are the only one who will be able to help.

You must over come the darkness in your heart in order to help the light.

The world can only be saved if you are willing to find the light in your own heart.

"Why me?" He asked, "Sora is the Keyblade master!"

If you wish to help Sora find the door, you must save the only person who can unveil it.

"The only person who can unveil it? What do you mean, your not making any sense!" He shouted out, feeling a little foolish.

You must go Riku, you are the only one who can help.

Go, unveil the rest of your destiny.

Suddenly the light slammed outward again, this time carrying a million colors along with it. Riku felt as if he was being pulled along in an invisible current, events he couldn't contemplate swirling around him. Suddenly something glowed bright at the far end and he found himself drawn nearer and near the light, until it grew so bright that it had to close his eyes against it. Then the world seemed to screech to a stop and Riku found himself falling. He tried to stop his fall but was unable too until he hit the ground and blacked out.

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This prolog is incredibly short, I know but don't worry since the first chapter should be much longer! Anyway this is my first Kingdom Hearts fic so please tell me if I manage to make anyone too OOC, and please try and ignore the spell and grammar errors I'm probably manage to make, I just can't seem to weed all of them out.

Well with that said please Read and Review, and remember the more reviews I get, the more motivated I am to update. Please and thank you

-Plantress