Author's Note:

This is officially my first story that is going to be published on this site. While this is definitely not my first fan fiction, it has been a while since I've written so I may have gotten rusty.

This story was actually something I had written for my friends to read than for public eye. Most of my stories are AU, and this one in particular was very interesting. Though really to put it bluntly it's one of those 'supernatural beings living with humans' stories. Witches, werewolves, fairies, ghosts, etc... and of course with a story about supernatural beings the facts about the supernatural will probably be varied by what other people thing about the supernatural.

Now of course along with the Kingdom Hearts characters (That I will be saying now are obviously not mine), there are also the characters that I will lovingly call NPCs. These characters will most likely have unusual or boring names and will not be there to develop their character but more to help the plot along.

I probably do not need to mention this but I will- as an AU the characters are not going to act like how they usually are in canon. They have the same appearance, but may act a bit different with their personalities and their actions.

This is officially the Prologue to the real story, and more chapters will be written over time, though most likely at a very slow pace.

Now without further ado- and before I go into even more of a ramble- enjoy the story!

Prologue: Nightmare

It was supposed to be a nice little camping trip.

Sora and his friends had all just graduated high school, so Sora's parents thought it would be a great idea to all go and spend some time together in the 'great outdoors' to start the summer before they all went their separate ways. Of course, most of Sora's friends weren't too happy to find out that his parents were coming along to make sure no one brought alcohol when a majority of them were too young to drink. But other than that Sora's parents were actually pretty laid back on what the other teens did, even if it sometimes led to chaos.

The group of friends decided to have a night of telling campfire stories under a full moon night, taking turns telling varieties of scary stories and reliving the childhood days of camping with smores and roasting marshmallows. "And some say werewolves still patrol the woods this very day- and if you listen really close, you can hear them howling under the full moon..." One of the teenagers paused and just as she was about to fake one, a loud and long howl rang out through the trees. There was a bit of silence in the group, before one of the teenagers gave a small chuckle.

"Heh, nice job! Where'd you even get something to play that noise?" Another teenager laughed, thinking it was a trick. "Guys, that wasn't me..." The one who was telling a story looked a bit surprised to hear the howl.

"Yeah, sure. You start telling a story about werewolves and all of the sudden there's a howling noise? You totally planned this, didn't you?"

"No, I didn't! That was an actual howl!"

There was a small argument that broke out, Sora deciding to stay quiet. But as it went on there was more accusations and louder bickering. Finally he couldn't take it and stood up from the campfire. "Look, fake or not- I'll go and check it out. You guys stay here and I'll try to figure out where the sound came from."

"Aw, way to go! Sora the 'werewolf hunter'!"

"Here lies Sora- he went to go check out a noise in the woods."

"Yeah yeah, hardy har har." Sora let a small huff, going off into the trees while the other teenagers joked around some more, failing to notice his parents looking at him with shared concern for their son.

Now that Sora was away from the campfire, he was in total darkness other than the light of the full moon. As the brunette explore to try to find the trace of the noise, he was hoping to listen to anything. The rustling of the trees, a hooting owl, any sign of life. But it was dead quiet other than the faint traces of noise that came from the campsite.

Hmph, I swear if one of them comes out to scare me we are all going home... Sora thought to himself, clearing away some bushes to find what looked like large wolf footprints. Bingo! whatever it was is probably gone now... It's strange though, you don't see many wolves around here. ah well, there's a first time for everything. And with that thought, Sora went back to the campsite.

"Hey guys, turns out it was an actual wolf! Are you guys done..." When Sora came to the campsite, everyone turned to look at him and all froze in horror.

"Uh..guys? Oh, haha... I get it. The moment I turn around I'm gonna see some bad monster costume. Nice try...guys..."

As Sora did turn around, he met face to face with a wolf-like beast standing on two legs and letting out a snarl as Sora stared at it. Before he could say another word the beast swiped at him with his claws, knocking Sora back. Everyone immediately started to panic, making a run for it. Sora's parents tried to go to their son's aid at first, but as they saw all the panic they decided to go off to try to group everyone back together.

One the panic settled down it was just the beast and an already injured Sora. The monster snarled, but didn't go after the one's who had run off just yet. Instead, it slowly approached Sora, a look of blood lust in its eyes and showing off razor-sharp teeth. "Nngh..." Sora tried to crawl away, only to wince in pain from having the air knocked out of him. So he could only shut his eyes tight, screaming out as the lupine-like creature pounced at him.

-b-r-e-a-k-

Sora woke up with a sharp gasp and breaking out in a cold sweat. He sat up, trying to catch his breath as he tried to recover from the events of the dream. It was one time of many that he had nightmares of that night, and it probably wouldn't be the last. He wasn't even sure what had happened after the beast attacked him, just that he woke up in a hospital far from home a few days later. No word from his parents or his friends made Sora assume the worst, however...

And ever since that night...

Sora let out a small sigh, getting out of bed. He was mostly covered in bruises and minor injuries from places he had stayed at until he was kicked out. He still had old scars from that night, which was now a few months ago. He opened the blinds of the motel room he was staying in, letting in the early morning light as he got dressed. There was a long day ahead of him. A new town that had yet to be explored, and he had traveled from home to home ever since the attack.

The last home Sora had stayed in was decent enough to give Sora a bit of money before kicking him out, but it had been so long that Sora could only afford one last trip to shop for food. Meaning he would have to repeat the cycle. Find someone who would give him a place to stay until he got his bearings, try to make sure the people there didn't find out about the incident, and if they did find out- eventually be kicked out and have to move once more, albeit with some new injuries to add to his body if he was unlucky.

Then again, he never did expect anyone to react calmly when they found out he was a werewolf...