AN: What's up guys :D Just to let you know, this is my 1st ever story. Go easy on me, alright? Hope you like it! :D

Disclaimer: Nothing is mine. Kingdom hearts belongs to its respectful owner.

Prologue

Ravaged in darkness with no trace of light anywhere. The world is engulfed in shadows, struggling to escape. Hearts of the proud and the brave, taken over by the darkness that surrounds them. The heartless have taken over, engulfing every city, every country, until all there is left is the shadows, the hell-bound creations taking and killing every person that stands in their way. Growing in numbers, getting stronger by the second. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, trying to get away from the forces that only want hearts. Nothing more, just hearts. No control of themselves, just raging, collecting hearts with no given purpose. Those are the heartless of this world. No purpose, no real reason for existence.

Chapter 1: Reawakening

He awakens, unaware of where he is. Floating in a dark abyss, overflowing with darkness, not a trace of light to be seen, Riku realized he is alone, only able to hear the voices inside his head, persuading him to give into the darkness. With the swing of his hand, his keyblade, the Way To Dawn, appears. Riku was wearing a black robe, similar to the Organization's, who were disbanded years ago. Instantly, he sees a door in the distance. The door has a keyhole, one he remembers in the past. Weakly lifting his left arm, he aims his weapon at the keyhole, and releases a beam of light, unlocking the door.

He blindly starts walking to the door with a mysterious bright light emitting from it. He ends up standing in a room, with stairs that aren't connected, and platforms with stained glass designs with princesses engraved into them. He looks down at the green platform he is currently standing on and sees a design of the one and only Cinderella. He walks toward the edge of the platform, losing his balance and almost falling off. He regains balance, but is shocked to see that it is floating on nothing, just a in-adamant object floating in the middle of the darkness that surrounds him, leading to nowhere. "Where am I?" Riku asked in confusing, realizing there is no exit, no way back, but only able to move forward to continue this crazy nightmare.

Not knowing what is ahead of him, he cautiously climbs up the steps that leads him to the next platform, realizing that there are heartless ahead. Preparing to face this unknown enemy, he releases his weapon, and with excitement in his eyes, he charges at the enemies yelling "Come on!" as a threat. A heartless lunges and slashes a claw at Riku, causing him to lose his balance. Riku jumps into the air and slashes down, cutting through the heartless' head. The heartless disappears through dark matter. The next heartless jumps on his back and bites down, causing Riku to scream in anger and pain. "Is that all you got?" He taunts with an angry smile and he slashes at the ground, flinging him up into the air, also causing the heartless to let go of his back in shock. In midair, he grabs his weapon with both arms, the end of the blade facing down, aimed at his target, and hit's the heartless' back. The heartless fades away, leaving Riku tired from the combat. He feels something grow inside him, an unknown power surges through his body. It makes him a little bit stronger, giving Riku courage.

He looks up and sees a door, standing unguarded at the edge of the platform. He runs up and grabs the handle. A voice says "beyond this door lies a world without peace. Countless enemies will try and end your life. But you will be able to find the light. If you choose to enter, the world is in you and your friend's hands." He remembers Sora, one of the friends he grew up with back on the island. What does Sora have to do with any of this? He twists the handle and opens the door and walks through it. He stops to find two more platforms, the same ones as before. He looks down and sees a graphic of Snow White. He looks up and sees a black vortex, rapidly spinning, but not sucking anything in. He runs towards it and touches it. A bright light coming from nowhere shines, causing Riku to close his eyes. He opens them to see that he is in another dark room, this time with no platforms. He looks around to see the unimaginable. His memories were scattered around the room, connected with chains, the one with his home world closest to him. He sees himself sleeping. am I really asleep? he thinks to himself in confusion. He walks up to touch his memory, hoping that would wake him up. Then he hears a noise, and turns to see all the chains breaking extremely fast, making his memories fade. He sees his world memory fading, and runs to touch it, but it disappears. He turns around, and then he saw bright yellow eyes, angrily staring into Riku's soul. He tries to look away, but something has made him lose control of his body. All of a sudden, his keyblade appears and his uncontrolled arm moves and the keyblade is pointing towards the mysterious figure. He then regains control of his body, but his keyblade is still pointing towards the creature. Then something bright shines from under him.

He sees a platform with dark thorns covering it, releasing a energy Riku could not make out. The thorns were black, with a shade of blue in them, and were connected like the thorns on a rose. They were scattered around the platform, covering up almost everything on it, but not so much that he can see the graphic. His eyes widened. He saw a girl, possibly 15, with long red hair going to the middle of her back. She was wearing all pink, with a knee length skirt and boots going up to under the knee. She wore a sleeveless jacket and was holding a keyblade. Her eyes were closed. He looks to the top of the design to see a quote that says "Thinking of you, wherever you are." Then it all comes back to him.

He remembers Sora reading a letter that was sent in a bottle while they were in The Realm of Darkness, reading those exact words. He remembers a girl that he also grew up with on the island who looked exactly like that. He remembers her name. He looks down at the design again and says, "Kairi?" He then feels a pressure that exerts from behind him. He turns around, and the pressure gets stronger, dropping Riku to his knees. Ugh, I can't move! What's going on? he thinks to himself, and he looks up and sees something beyond his wildest dreams. Something that he could never imagine. It was the height of a 3 story building. Hair falls messily over its face. It had a heart shaped hole in the base of its stomach. Its hands were huge, the size of a tree. Riku was scared out of his mind. He had never faced anything like this in his past journeys. His eyes were wide, but Riku knew he couldn't give up. Using every ounce of his strength, he forces himself up, and exerts his own amount of power. "Heh, I guess I have no choice is. Alright, I'm not holding back! Give it everything you've got, Darkside!"

~So what did you guys think? Did I do good for a first start? There is more to come, and I have a lot of ideas for you guys. What did you think of Riku in his organization uniform again? Amazing, right? Well I will see you in the next chapter. Keep reading, guys! :D