Chapter 1: Where to now?

On a calm clear night in an empty meadow, a campfire was still burning through the night with five beings resting around it

The first was a brown haired bow with blue eyes named Sora. The chosen hero of the legendary Keyblade. Still dressed in his red jumpsuit with a black and white coat and big yellow shoes. Around his neck he wore a Silver neckless in the shape of a crown. A weapon that can bring about peace or destruction to many worlds. Sora received the Keyblade on the night his home was swallowed by darkness. His goal was to stop the darkness and find his friends Riku and Kairi. Kairi is now safely back on the restored islands, but his childhood friend Riku is still out there somewhere and Sora was determined to find him and bring him back home.

The silver haired boy with red eyes and pointy ears was Sora's adoptive brother Corrin. He wore a white jacket with a black under shirt, blue jeans and black shoes. He wore a gold colored replica of Sora's neckless. As a boy, he was found unconscious on the beach about 10 years ago by Sora and his mother. Sadly, he has no memories of his past before that point, but until recently, he didn't really care. He to set out to help his brother defeat the darkness and find their missing friends. Not too long ago, he discovered he was a manakee and had the power to transform into a dragon. Combined with the nightmare he has been having lately of his father getting murdered by a sinister pale man has sparked his curiosity of finding out where he came from. But first, he needs to find his childhood friend Riku

The third one was a duck named Donald who wore a blue jacket with many zippers on it and a blue hat. He is the royal magician of a place called Disney castle and his old friends with its King Mickey. When the darkness started to destroy the worlds, his king headed out on his own and Donald soon left to go find him along with "The Key" to fixing this problem which turned out to be Sora.

The forth was a dog-like creature named Goofy. He wore a green shirt with a black vest over it and long baggy yellow pants with brown shoes and a small green hat. He is the captain of the royal knights of Disney Castle. Like Donald, he is old friends with Mickey and set out to find him.

Lastly was a small cricket in a tux and a top hat named Jiminy Cricket. He was once a conscious to a sentient puppet named Pinocchio, but now he is a royal chronicler that writes down Sora's adventures in his journal. And sometimes, he also provides much needed emotional support to the group. He and Sora were the only ones awake.

"Trouble sleeping?" Jiminy asked while writing in his journal.

"Oh, Jiminy. You're awake to huh?" Sora asked

"Just finishing up some notes for my journal here. But you should get some sleep. It's not healthy to stay awake." Jiminy said

"Sorry. It's just that, I've been thinking." Sora started

"About?" Jiminy urged trying to get Sora to talk about his problems.

"Our adventure so far." Sora said as his thoughts drifted to the many people, he met on his journey to stop Maleficent and Ansem. "We've met so much people, saw plenty of new worlds, and made plenty of new friends. Like you three." Sora gestured to Jiminy and the sleeping Donald and Goofy. "But I can't help but wonder, what our adventure would have been like if Riku and Kairi were with us in the beginning like we originally wanted."

"I see. So that's what's been bothering you." Jiminy said as he put the journal away. "Well, I honestly can't say I know how it would have been. Some times things happen that are beyond our control, but in the end, we can't do anything about it. We can ponder the 'what ifs' but it won't change what actually happened. All you can do is just move forward."

"I guess so. I hope their both okay. Especially Riku. I know Kairi is safe back on the islands at least, but I have no idea where Riku is after we sealed the door. I hope we'll all be able to see each other again." Sora said

"Of course, you will. You promised your girlfriend after all." Jiminy pointed out causing Sora to turn red.

"SHE'S NOT MY-"

"Now, now, no need to shout, you'll wake the others." Jiminy chuckled interrupting the embarrassed teen.

Sora then reached into his pocket to pull out the lucky charm Kairi gave to him before they parted ways at Hollow Bastion.

Flashback:

"Take this." Kairi said handing the charm to Sora. "It's my lucky charm, so be sure to bring it back to me." She lightly chided

"Don't worry, I will." Sora said

"Promise?" Kairi asked

"Promise." Sora assured

Kairi just nodded. "Don't ever forget. I'm always with you."

Flashback end:

'Kairi.' Sora thought. 'I promise Corrin and I will return with Riku one day.'

"On a side note, I'm glad Corrin seems to be sleeping well." Jiminy said changing the subject.

Sora pocketed the charm and turned to face his sleeping adopted brother who started to roll away. Sora simply reached out to turn him back to his former spot.

"Yeah, that nightmare of his. I can't imagine." Sora said

"A darn shame. Who would do that a thing to such a young child? Why, when I met this man, I can assure you I will give him a good lecture." Jiminy said with a huff causing Sora to nod.

"I have my own choice words to say to him as well." Sora said remembering what he heard about the nightmare Corrin experienced after he first transformed into a Dragon. "Still, that little murder doesn't explain why he ended up on the islands."

"Perhaps there is more to the story than even what Corrin currently remembers." Jiminy guessed. "Sadly, unless we ether find his home world or he remembers more, we can't really do anything more for him than just be there for him in case those memories come back to him."

Sora just nodded as he got up. "I'm going to walk around for a bit."

"Don't go too far." Jiminy said

"I know." Sora said as he left.

Walking a bit further ahead, Sora continued to stare at the path right before him. 'Dose this path ever end? Are we even going in the right direction? And where the heck are we?' Sora thought. After they sealed the Door to Darkness, the group found themselves in this strange meadow, somehow, that seems to have no end in sights.

"Along the road ahead lies something you need." A voice said behind Sora causing him to jump. He turned around to see a figure in a black coat. Much like the one from Hollow Bastion, but his voice was completely different.

"Who are you?" Sora demanded summoning the Kingdom Key. However, the figure vanished and reappeared behind Sora.

"However-in order to claim it, you must lose something that is dear to you." The figure said. He then turned around and vanished into thin air.

"What the heck was he talking about? Something I need?" Sora asked himself. "I better go wake the others." Sora said as he headed back to the campsite.

Inside a white room, a girl with blond hair and a white dress was sketching in a drawing pad with some crayons as she drew a castle.

And that's a wrap!

And so begins the the next Arc of the Key and Sword series. Now a few things I would like to point out.

(Side note: Donald and Goofy are in their usual clothes. I have no idea why they switched clothes at the end of Kingdom Hearts in the first place, just to switch back a few minutes into Chain of Memories. I get those clothes are what they normally wear in their cartoons and in early Kingdom Hearts trailers, but there was no point in changing)

1) I'm not doing the Disney Worlds. There really isn't a point to them, ESPECIALLY in Riku's story. I already have the worlds for both of them planned out and with a new world for both of them. So stay tuned. XD As a result though, I am not taking requests for worlds to show up in Chain of Memories

2) The story will shift from Sora to Riku constantly. I decided to just do the scenes as they happened instead of doing Sora's story first, then do Riku's story after. Riku's story will begin after Sora is done with Traverse Town.

3) Riku will have another travel companion aside from Mickey (eventually). Like I said several times in the authors notes of the last story, another Fire Emblem Fates Character will join the story. Who? Wait and see XD

4) I will use more of the manga due to how the game's cut-scenes are done and Organization boss fights will barrow from their Absent Silhouette matches in Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix (Minus Axel) due to me NOT wanting to write the card system.

As for the reset button, that will be explained in the next chapter. Any other questions, feel free to ask in a review or PM me.

Speaking of Reviews: (In response to the guests for the Unknown Chapter in my last story)

Evilflower: Well, I hope you enjoy this arc.

Guestwithideas: That's...not a bad idea. I'll consider it.

Anyway, be sure to follow and review and I will see you guys next time.