Unknown World

Dirt Road

Sora POV

Day 1

" Pluto! Come on, Pluto, slow down!" I screamed as loud as I could manage.

We had been chasing Pluto, King Mikey's pet dog,who seemed to be exploding with energy,for what seemed like hours. Down the winding, dirt path we ran until finally me, Donald, and Goofy noticed that Pluto had started to slow down a bit. He came to an abrupt stop as though we had not been chasing him only moments ago. I had the distinct empression that he was just having to much fun leading us in circles and down the path by the evil grin he was giving us when we caught up.

" About time! Pluto where's that letter that King Mickey gave you?" Donald asked in fury. I could tell he was about to blow with anger and who could blame him? Chasing Pluto around ,trying to get an important massage from him, for an hour was not my idea of a good time.

Pluto gave us one more mysterious grin before comming over to me. I bent down to the ground, as Pluto dropped the letter he had in his mouth. It was covered in slobber, so it was hard to read what it said. I read it over twice, half not believing it, then I read it out loud as I heard Donald's impatience stomping.

Dear Sora, Donald, and Goofy,

I'm sorry for I have some upsetting news to bestow upon you. Unfortantently, while Sora was sealing the door to Kingdom Hearts, I fear that something managed to escape. I can't at this time identify what exactly got lose,but I can feel a huge portion of darkness heading to Hollow Bastion. And it's growing. I'm not sure why it would go to Hollow Bastion because the Heartless are detroyed. What I ask of you is to go to Hollow Bastion and find out. In this letter I have sent to you a transportation disk that will take you to Hollow Bastion. I would have done the job myself, but I need to go to Disney Castle and see if all goes well. Riku will be waiting for you at Hollow Bastion when you arive. Be carefull Sora for the world's fate is on your soulders again. Donald and Goofy, please keep an eye on him for me?

King Mickey

We just stood there, silent, trying to grasp the information that King Mickey said in his letter. My mind was buzzing with questions.

King Mickey and Riku were both alive and Riku was waiting for us, right now, to get to Hollow Bastion. Something evil had gotten loose and was heading to the same place that we were. Why? Why would it go there? What was there to gain from going to Hollow Bastion? What did it want? Suddenly Goofy found his voice, pulling me out of my train of thought.

" What do ya think King Mickey meaned when he said summup escaped?"

" It MEANS something got loose! You big dummy!" Donald snapped, rather rudely.

" GUYS! Stop arguing and lets figure this out, okay?" I asked loudly, but there was a calming tone in the sentence as well.

They both nodded, silently. I read the letter one last time, to make sure I got everything. Then I slowly reached into the evelope and pulled out a small, metallic disk. On the disk it read:

Up, Down, Left, Right

I'll take you anywhere that there's light

All you do is say the words

And you'll be flying with the birds

" You guys ready to go?" I asked, as I pulled out my Angelblade. I wanted to be ready for anything when we got there, just in case King Mickey was wrong and the Heartless had come back.

Donald and Goofy both gave me a look like I was crazy. When I raised one of my eyebrows, did I get an answer to their strange behavior.

" Sora, how are suppose to get there? We're stuck on ... I don't even know where we're at? How're we going to get off? We don't even have a ship!" Donald stated matter-of-factly.

After rolling my eyes at his impatient attitude, I explained.

" Calm down! Don't you remember what King Mickey said about a transportation disk?" I asked, holding up the metallic disk. They gave me an 'Oh' look. Smilling, I added, sarcastically," You guys were'nt listening all that good were you?"

Goofy gave a shameful sort of smile, while Donald just rolled his eyes at me. Following that, they both pulled out their weapons, gave one another one finally look, then said together," READY!"

" Okay, then. Lets go." I stated, while I held out the metal disk. Then I spoke, loud and clearly to the disk, of our destination," HOLLOW BASTION!"

The disk burst into a purple light, that surrounded us, untill we were completly hidden from view. There was a loud BANG, then we faded away into the gentle breeze of the world where we once stood.

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Nightmare

Shadow Castle in the Throne Room

Night 1

Sunlight had never touched the surface of the world known as 'Nightmare'. It was empty and devoid of happiness. For this world housed every nightmare ever dreamed by a living soul. You could hear screams of horror, comming from dreams,every where you turned. The only objects that could be seen were a couple of dead trees, filled with maggots, and a gigantic castle, that stood in the center of the world. The inside of the castle was black and cold. Around every corner there were shadows and secrets.

The only living creatures in the castle, and the whole world, were two cloaked figures, standing in the Throne Room, looking out the window on the east wall. One of the cloaked figures had its arms around the waist of the other cloaked figure. He had his hood completly up, covering his whole face. While the other figure had its hood down, revealing a tan, smooth face with dark brown hair, that reached just below her soulders. She was very skinny and looked extrmely weak, but despite the straved appearance, resembled an angel.

" Did you and your family once live here?" The cloaked figure asked in a deep, but soft voice, while admiring the moss covered ground, outside the window, with interest.

" Yes, me and family once lived here together. That's untill I decided to end their pitiful excuse for a life." The women said in a gentle voice, yet there was a hint of amusment in her sentence.

" May I ask the reason, Grace?" The cloaked figure asked, curious to know why she had murdred her family.

" No reason, just woke up one morning in a bad mood, but they desreved it. The way they ruled this world, you would have thought it was called Happy Land! I took matters into my own hands, now look at it! Its beautiful." Grace gestured outside the window, with a wave of her hand.

From somwhere in the deepest, darkest corner of the castle, there could be heard, a bell of the clock chiming, symbolizing that it was now 12:00 AM.

" Its time to call upon it." Grace stated, while pulling out of the cloaked figure's arms, that still rested around her waist.

Grace looked at the cloaked figure, who nodded, before walking to the center of the Throne Room, to a table that was siting there. On the table there was a transparent sphere, filled with a dark, glowing mist. As soon as Grace was standing in front of it, the mist moved to reveal a young women, who was sleeping in a royal, looking bed. Grace stared into it, intently, for a moment before she began to chant:

I call upon you

Destroyer of worlds

To come alive

And help me in my rightful cause

To be the Supreme Ruler of all

Come Alive

As the last word left her lips, there rang a voice, from the foul air, that they breathed.

" 7 days." The voice was hoarse, as though it had not been used in ages. Then as quickly, as it had come, it was gone and the room fell silent. Untill the cloaked figure's voice broke that silence.

" Why are we calling upon it now? Why don't we just wait untill we get the girl and Deliverance?" The cloaked figure asked.

" I've already told you! If we call upon it now, then by the time we get the girl, it will be too late to save her! And then her friends will either have to give me Deliverance or watch their friend die, a slow and painful death." Grace said, with a cross of impatience and amusement in her voice.

There was silence again, until Grace went over to the cloaked figure, wrapping her arms around his neck. She gave him a quick kiss on the lips before adding, " Don't worry so much! I got it all worked out, okay?" Then she vanished, leaving the cloaked figure alone, in the dark and empty room. After a minute, he vanished too, leaving 'Nightmare' the way it always is. EMPTY.