A/T: Please review! I would like to know what you guys think...no harsh criticism though. I appreciate compliments and constructive critisism.
Note: I do not own any of the characters in this story, nor do I own Kingdom Hearts.
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The sun was golden with a brilliant array of colors, from a bright yellow to a rustic red. Kairi squinted in the light of the setting sun as she woke from an apparently unconscious state. Her large blue eyes fluttered for a second in the light as her mind took in her surroundings. She thought in confusion 'Destiny Island? But how? And Sora...where could he be?', she thought, worry creasing her face as she abruptly sat up. At that moment it all came back to her. The door, its concealment, and drifting away from Sora, just watching, watching as he grew farther and farther away. After that, everything had went blank.
She was at the edge of the beach, the gentle ocean waves splashing delicately at her bare feet, burying them in the moist sand. And there she sat reminiscing on what she would do now...alone...without Sora. But was she alone? It was that thought that compelled her to get up and begin a long, arduous search for anyone, anything, just any sign of life on Destiny Island. It was then Kairi's ears tuned in to a sound, the scuffing of feet across sand. Kairi turned around, and she gasped as her eyes went wide.
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Sora had followed Pluto all the way to a majestic kingdom on the far edge of a lush green valley with Goofy and Donald. He was gasping for breath by the time Pluto stopped, his thin tail wagging furiously and his smug face satisfied by having been such an annoyance. Pluto stopped at the doorstep to the colossal structure that was the castle, set down the letter he had been holding in his mouth at the door, and calmly slid into the castle through a dog door carved into the majestic double doors at the main entrance to the castle. Sora glared with annoyance at the yellow dog, and then glanced over at his companions, Donald and Goofy, who were equally as exhausted as he had been.
"We followed that stupid dog only for him to lead us here, leave the letter, and walk inside? Aren't either of you even slightly annoyed by that?" Sora stated, clearly irritated. Goofy shrugged nonchalantly, apparently unphased. Goofy glanced up at the massive structure before him, and a look of surprise crossed his face.
"It's King Mickey's castle!" Goofy stated excitedly. "King Mickey must be inside! Let's go in, Sora!" As Donald viewed the castle, the usually grumpy duck became rather antsy with anticipation, as excited as Goofy was upon seeing their home. Viewing their reactions, Sora quickly forgot about his own annoyance and turned his attention to the castle. With a smile on his face, he gestured to his companions to follow him.
"Let's go, guys. King Mickey just has to be inside." Donald and Goofy nodded in approval.
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Kairi stepped back slowly as the creature approached her. A hoofed animal, it looked massive in the shadows formed by the tall, slender palm trees overhead. As the animal entered the dim light, its form became visible. It was that of a large, white horse, whose height was nearly three feet above Kairi. It was rippled with lean muscle, and a majestic pale blue mane flowed from its neck to just above its shoulders. Even more amazing, the horse-like animal had two large, feathery wings folded at its sides.
Kairi took a few more steps back as the creature advanced, speechless at the sight of such an animal. The winged horse abruptly paused, stared at Kairi with its large blue eyes, and set something down in the soft, cooling sand that it had been carrying in its mouth. Kairi had been so mesmerized by the creature itself that she had hardly noticed that it had been carrying something. She shifted her gaze to the rather large object, and then back to the horse's mesmerizing eyes. The horse scraped the sand near the object with its hoof, and then followed with a quick snort, as if gesturing for Kairi to go to it. Still somewhat suspicious of the creature, she bent down in the sand to examine the object, though still not taking her eyes completely off of the horse. She took a closer a look at it. It was about four feet long and three inches thick. At first Kairi thought it was a broom, but as she scrutinized it, she realized it was anything but. It had pinkish tinge to it, and it shone in the little light of the sun that left. At one end of it was a handle in the shape of a heart. At the other, was a key shape. Kairi gasped. It was a keyblade.