INTRODUCTION: Hello guys! This is topdawe, uploading the first chapter of my newest fan fiction. I'm really excited about this one as it combines my favorite video game series, KINGDOM HEARTS, with my favorite show ever, TOTAL DRAMA!

Before we begin I would like to make a few notes about this story:

• This story was inspired and influenced by TDDolphin's own cross over between Kingdom Hearts and Total Drama. His styory featured Cody as the hero. after rereading his story so many times I decided to do my own story. Something may seem similar, but I assure you that this story is all my idea.

• This story features Duncan as the hero and chosen one by the keyblade. It is made to explore the good side of Duncan and have him come to terms with the hero I believe he has become in the Total Drama Franchise. He'll still be Duncan, but there will be character growth for him.

• This is a DOEY Story, meaning it explores the shipping of Duncan and Zoey. Honestly, I'm a fan of what ever is canon in the Total Drama Universe, so currently I like Zoey and Mike together. But this is my first time doing anything for a fan made couple. I like the idea of Zoey and Duncan together. I also like the idea of Zoey bringing out Duncan's good side.

• This story follows the first Kingdom Hearts game with a few minor and major changes. The major changes will be that Duncan and his friends will not be just exploring the Disney worlds of the game, but new worlds as well. Some of these will be classic Disney worlds, a Few Dreamworks world, a couple Cartoon Network worlds, and even one Marvel Cinematic world.

• This fanfiction will be one of many to follow the whole Kingdom Hearts Franchise. That's right, I'll be doing all the games and crossing them over with Total Drama!

• I will be trying to give each Total Drama character an appearence in each world. Some small, some big. Haven't gotten that far yet.

•I'm a pretty busy guy, so I don't know how often I will be updating. Plus, I have another fan fiction to worry about, so there's that.

Anyway, lets say we get right to it! I hope you all enjoy the first chapter and the on going fan fiction!

Chapter One: Rude Awakening/Dive Into The Heart

In an unknown location, a boy with a green mohawk and piercings began to stir. Opening his eyes, he saw he was face down on a colorful floor. Shocked, he instantly woke up and stood attention. He looked at his surroundings and tried to find out where he was. But all around him was endless darkness.

Looking to the circular floor, he saw there a mural on it. The mural depicted a beautiful girl with skin as white as snow, hair as black as night, and lips as red as apples. She wore a blue and yellow dress with a small flowing cape behind her, and in her hand was a red apple. There were several circles surrounding the beautiful girl, many of them with pictures of animals. The circles that caught the young man's attention were seven with strange men in them. Six of the men had beards, and the seventh had a dopey looking face.

"W-what? Where am I" said Duncan. He was really confused. The last thing he remembered was being sent back to his prison cell for unruly behavior in the prison mess hall. He looked around this strange room he was in, and found there was no exit. "What am I doing here? How do I leave?"

"So much to do. But so little time," a strange voice suddenly spoke. Duncan was started by this voice and tried to see where it was coming from. But alas, he was all alone. "Take your time. Don't be afraid. The door is still shut."

"What door?" Duncan said, rather annoyed. "What's going on here?"

Suddenly, a light shone down from above, falling directly into the middle of the floor.

"Now, step forward. Can you do it, Duncan?"

Confused, Duncan stepped forward into the light, if only to see if this would help him escape from this strange place. Suddenly, three grey pedestals arose from the floor. One all three pedestals there appeared to be a weapon of some kind. On the left of Duncan was a red shield with three black circles in the middle. On his right was some sort of wand or staff. It was green and had a blue top in the same shape as the one on the shield. In between the two was a large sword with a yellow handle.

"Power sleeps within you," the strange voice spoke. "If you give it form, it will give you strength. Choose well."

Duncan was both confused and excited, mostly the latter of the two. He'd always wanted a weapon. Granted, he always thought it would be a gun or a large knife, but a free weapon was a weapon.

He stepped to his left and picked up the shield.

"The power of a Guardian," the voice spoke again. "Kindess to aid friends. A shield to repel all. Is this the power you seek?

Duncan thought for a moment. He didn't like the sound of being a Guardian, he thought it sounded to much like hero. And I'm no hero, he thought.

Duncan placed the shield back down on the pedestal and walked over to the staff, picking it up.

"The power of a Mystic," the strange voice spoke once more. "Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin. Is this the power you seek?"

"Mystic huh?" Duncan spoke. Wonder and ruin did sound cool, but he thought that if he chose the wand it would make him look like one of those dweebish LARPers he always made fun of; like Harold. "No thank you."

That just left one weapon left. Duncan place the staff back on the pedestal and walked over to the sword. He picked it up and once again heard the strange voice in his head.

"The power of a Warrior," the voice spoke. "Invincible courage. A sword of terrible destruction. Is this the power you seek?

"Terrible destruction, huh?" Duncan said out loud with a smirk. This sword sounded perfect. "Yep! This is what I'll take." Duncan tried swinging the sword around a couple of times, but his fun was spoiled when the sword suddenly disappeared.

"Hey! Not cool, man!" complained Duncan.

"Your path is set," said the voice. "Now, what will you give up in exchange?"

"What? I have to give up a weapon?" complained Duncan. Duncan sighed and looked to his left and his right. He hadn't thought much of the shield, but even he knew that swords and shields go together. Plus, who knew? Maybe if he chose the staff he'd get to keep the shield too. He walked over to the staff and picked it up.

"You give up this power?" the voice asked.

"Sure, why not," said Duncan. And just like the sword, the staff vanished in a flash of light.

"You've chosen the power of a Warrior. You've given up the power of a Mystic. Is this the form you choose?"

"Yes already!" bellowed Duncan. "Can we get on with it already?!"

Suddenly, the pedestals vanished and the floor began to shake. Within seconds it broke like glass and Duncan was sent falling into Darkness.

"OH MAN!" he screamed. "I hope this is a dream, cause I don't want to go out like this!"

Duncan continued falling into endless darkness until he saw something below him. It was another circular floor with a mural on it. This one, however, was different form the last. It had a girl on it like the last one, but this one was wearing a silver ball gown and had a matching tiara in her blonde hair. There were also pictures of a castle, a horse and a strange looking carriage, and many dancers. Three images appeared to be slippers, but on closer inspection they looked to be made out of glass.

Duncan noticed that he was falling slowly until he gently landed on the mural ground.

"What is-? I mean-!" Duncan looked around startled. "Ok, seriously! What's going on here?! Is this a dream or what?"

"There will be times you have to fight," the voice returned. As it spoke, a strange shadow began growing in front of Duncan. It suddenly rose from the ground and took the form of a creature. It was about two-and-a-half feet tall, completely black safe for two small yellow eyes, and two small antennas poking out from the top of its head. It began moving towards Duncan, who backed away startled.

"Keep your light burning strong," the voice warned.

"What does that mean?" Duncan asked in a panic as the creature moved closer. It jumped and started scratching at Duncan, who was barely able to avoid its attacks. "How the hell am I suppose to fight this thing?!"

At that moment, a bright light shone in Duncan's hand, and the sword from earlier appeared.

"You have gained the power to fight," the voice spoke.

"Yeah! That's more like it!" Duncan shouted. But his parade was soon rained on as more of these creatures appeared. With a determined faced, Duncan began slashing at them. It took about three hits to kill each creature, and soon he was about half way through them all. Occasionally, they would sink into the ground and move around like shadows before popping up to attack again. Once Duncan got this pattern memorized, he defeated the last of them.

"Ok," said Duncan, propping the sword on his shoulder, "this just got interesting."

"Alright, you've got it," praised the voice. Duncan gave the voice a cocky grin.

Suddenly, darkness began to envelope the floor. Soon it reached Duncan, who began to sink into the darkness. Panicking, he tried to pull himself out, but it only caused him to sink faster. Within seconds, he was completely submerged in the darkness.

Duncan gasped for breath and sat right up, banging his head on something hard.

"OW!" he said. He looked around and saw that he was not in the strange world anymore. He wasn't even back in his prison cell. He saw that he was in one of the cabins of Camp Wawanakwa, and that he had hit his head on the top punk of one of the beds.

"How is this possible?" he said to himself. "I heard this place sunk to the bottom of the lake!" He hung his head in confusion. "Was… was it all a dream?"

Deciding to look for answers, Duncan got up and dashed to the cabin door. He opened it to find that not only the island hadn't sunk, but also it looked just like he had left it before the cops had taken him away. He looked around, trying to see if any one was here, and to his luck there were.

He made out three figures. Over by the second cabin was as girl with red hair in pigtails and a flower in her hair, wearing tan pants and a red top. That was Zoey.

The second figure was over by the mess hall. He had tan skin and brown hair. He was wearing dark cargo pants and a red sweater-vest over a blue polo over a white long-sleeved t-shrt. Duncan recognized that person as Noah from the earlier season, but left him wondering why he was here on the island.

The third figure was over by the campfire pit, and it took Duncan a few minutes to figure out whom it was. He saw that it was a girl, with blonde hair that went down to her hips. She wore a green sweater and purple leggings. The girl was sitting in a meditative position. This allowed Duncan to recognize her. That's the girl from the fourth season, he thought. Dawn, was it?

Deciding not to waste time on playing familiar faces, Duncan marched over to Zoey to make sense of the situation.

"Hey, Zoey," he greeted the redhead on the stoop of the second cabin. "What's going on here? I thought this place sank?" Zoey turned to him, but what she said surprised Duncan.

"What is most important to you?" she asked, but in the strange voice as the one from earlier. Duncan got a little scared now. He thought he had woken up, but it seemed he was still dreaming or something.

"Well, might as well play along. The faster I get through this the quicker I can get out of this," he said. He turned back to Zoey and spoke, "I guess what is most important to me is… being number one."

"Is being number one such a big deal?" the strange-voiced Zoey asked.

"Of course it is!" replied Duncan. "That's why we went on Total Drama, wasn't it?" Zoey didn't answer. She just stood up and walked away. Duncan shook his head in frustration, and decided to try someone else. He walked over to Noah over by the mess hall.

"'Sup dweeb?" Duncan mocked.

"What do you want outta life?" Noah asked, in the same voice from earlier.

"Seriously?" Duncan sighed. He was really tired of this. But he knew he had to answer. "I guess to be strong."

"To be strong huh?" That was all that came from Noah.

"Well, yeah," Duncan answered truthfully. "Where I'm from, if you're not strong you are somebody's bitch." And just like with Zoey, Noah walked away without saying anything else. Duncan sighed, and decided to try once more. He rushed over to Dawn, who snapped out of her meditative state upon hearing Duncan.

"Any chance you're the real hippie chick," Duncan asked, half-jokingly half-hopefully. Dawn just stared at him for a minute before finally speaking.

"What are you so afraid of?" This one caught Duncan by surprise.

"I'm not afraid of anything!" he said defensively. The girl who looked like Dawn just stared at him for a few minutes. When nothing happened, Duncan sighed and knew he had to open up, which he wasn't too fond of.

"Fine. I guess…" he rubbed his arm uncomfortably and looked away as he answered, "…being different."

"Being different? Is that really so scary? The Dawn with the weird voice asked.

"Yeah, it is…" Duncan answered truthfully. Whe he finished speaking, Dawn got up and left, as Zoey and Noah had done before. Duncan hung his head in sadness before the strange voice spoke again.

"You want to be number one. You want to be strong. You are afraid to be different. Your adventure begins in the dead of night. Your road won't be easy, but a rising sun awaits your journey's end."

"Come on!" Duncan shouted in frustration. "Get on with it already!" Suddenly, a bright shined out of nowhere and enveloped Duncan. He held up his hands to protect his eyes from the light.

When the light died down, Duncan saw he was back in the strange world, on another platform. This one also had a mural of a beautiful girl on it, but this one had long blonde hair and was wearing a bluish-purple gown and a gold crown in her hair. The girl was surrounded by images of thorns; safe for three circular portraits that each had a woman with a pointed hat in their head. In the girl's hands she held a rose.

A light shone down from the sky, and Duncan – remembering what happen the first time – stepped into the light.

Suddenly, the same creatures from earlier surrounded Duncan. Thankfully, his sword reappeared and he began attacking. Like before, these creatures were jumping around and scratching at Duncan. And when they weren't doing that, the disappeared into the floor to escaped Duncan's attacks. It took a while, but Duncan was able to defeat every last one.

"HA!" Duncan cried out to the voice. "Is that the best you can do?" Duncan turned around expecting more enemies, but instead he found a seires of stairs leading out into the darkness. Realizing this might be the way out, he rush to them and began climbing them. He found that the stairs were a lot like stained-glass windows. There were some twist and turns, but eventually, they lead him to another platform. This one really caught Duncan's eye.

There was another girl on the mural, this one had brown hair and was wearing a lavish golden ball gown. Surrounding the girl appeared to be circles with furniture, teapots, and silverware in them. The top circle had knickknacks too, these ones were a teapot, a clock, and a candlestick; all of which surrounded a circle with a rose in it. On closer inspection the knickknacks appeared to have faces in them, really sad ones. The most eye-catching thing in the mural was an image of a huge, brown beast with horns on its head, wearing a cloak around its shoulders.

Then voice spoke again.

"The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes."

Duncan got a strange chill up his spine when he heard those words and turned around. He saw his shadow and saw that it was growing. Suddenly, it began to rise from out of the ground. As if that wasn't bad enough, it started to take a form of a monster. It was thirty feet tall, with large arms and legs but small feet. Its head was cover with what looked like tentacles, obscuring most of its face safe for two bright yellow eyes like the creatures before it. Its most obscene feature was a giant heart-shaped hole in its chest.

"But don't be afraid," the voice spoke again. "And don't forget…"

"Don't be afraid?! OF THAT THING?!" Duncan screamed. He turned and ran from the monster back to the stairs, but he almost feel into the darkness because they were not there. He turned back and saw the monster approach him. Duncan was scared. He knew what he had to do.

Gathering all his courage, he summoned his sword and charged at the beast.

Duncan was off to a bad started, however, because his attacked weren't doing anyting. He tried slashing at the feet and chest, bit it did nothing. He tried the arms, and found that some sort of dark matter was spewing from them when he attack. That had to have meant it was working. Soon, the creature's fist began to glow and he slammed it to the ground. Darkness came from beneath it, and the small creatures from earlier appeared. Duncan charged and slashed away at those, and then took on the creature's hand. The creature was now getting weak.

This went on for a few minutes before the creature fell to the ground, his head at Duncan's level. Duncan swung his sword one last time at the head and the creature recoiled back in pain. The monster started to stumble, but Duncan's sword disappeared before he could attack it again.

"SERIOUSLY?!" Duncan shouted, looking at his hand where his sword was earlier. He looked up at saw the monster's hands come right at him. He jumped back and dodged them, but fell onto his butt. He look the monster straight in the eyes with fear.

"But don't be afraid –" the voice spoke once more.

Suddenly, darkness began froming all around Duncan, drawing him into it. he struggled and panicked to get out, but he only sunk faster.

"NO!" he scream. "This can't be the end. Give me one more chance! I never even got to see Gwen again!"

" - You hold the mightiest weapon of all."

The darkness now consumed Duncan's face. He gasped for air as he heard the voice one more time.

"So don't forget: your are the one who will open the door."

"No! No, please…" Duncan said, stirring in his bed.

"HEY! KNOCK IT OFF!" Shouted the guard who banged on the prison cell bars.

Duncan awoke to the sound of this, gasping for air. He looked around. He wasn't in the weird world anymore. He wasn't on Total Drama Island either. He was back in jail in his cell.

"Wha-? What happened?" he shouted. Then, memories of his dream came back to him. "Wait! Those creatures, that monsters! The voice, the sword! The door-!"

"I said knock it off, maggot!" the prison guard bitterly shouted. "I don't care what crazy dreams you're having, but keep it to yourself! You're disturbing the other prisoners!"

"It wasn't a dream!" Duncan shouted back. Then his face fell. Was it? It felt so real.

"Crazy kid," the guard said as he began to walk away. "Place must be starting to get to him."

Duncan brought his legs up to his chest, a thousand thoughts racing through his mind.

"Was it a dream? I don't know. What was that place?"

Not bad for a first chapter huh? Also, this story takes place after Total Drama All Stars, so I will be picking it up from there.

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Total Drama or Kingdom Hearts. They are owned by Teletoon and Disney Respectively.