Kingdom Hearts III: Reconnect
Look up Dive into the Heart, 1.5 edition.
The walls around her were all white. She looked down and noticed she was standing on a stained class platform. The young redhead gasped as she noticed the picture on the platform was of her. She appeared to be sleeping. Around her, pictures of those closest to her were in smaller circles surrounding her on the platform.
Namine.
Riku.
...Sora. She lingered on his picture longer.
She also noticed that there were pictures of six other girls/young women as well. There faces were familiar, yet she could not remember their names.
Only that they were like her.
Suddenly, three smaller platforms shot out of the larger stained glass one. A small, mysterious voice could be heard in the distance.
"Which will you choose?"
The voice sounded like a girl's voice...
The voice sounded...familiar...
One platform contained what looked like a sword. Another had a staff of some sort, and the last a shield. For reasons unknown, the girl felt herself drawn to the staff.
"The power of the mystic...
Inner strength...
A staff of wonder and ruin...
...Is this the power you seek?"
To the girl, the staff felt right. The decision felt natural.
"Your path is set."
She picked up the staff, then heard the voice once again.
"...Now what will you give up in exchange...?"
This time, she felt drawn to the sword. Too big a weapon for too petite a girl.
"The power of the warrior...
Invincible courage...
A sword of terrible destruction...
...You give up this power?"
She nodded, the three platforms disappeared.
"You've chosen the power of the mystic...
...You've given up the power of the warrior...
...Is this the form you choose..."
The girl nodded. She was then startled at the staff she was holding vanished. Gone.
Suddenly a bright light flashed. The girl tried to shield her eyes with her arm, but it was too much she closed her eyes, not sure of what was happened.
(End Dive to the Heart).
When the redhead opened her eyes, she appeared in a blank empty room, no longer on the stained glass platform. Both the floor and walls were an off-white color. Suddenly, she heard a loud bang, and the ground began to shake as well. A crack began to form on the floor. Her face flashed with shock as a large creature began to emerge out of it. It appeared to be made out of fire, and it was laughing manically.
Cue The 13th Struggle.
Preparing to fight, the girl summoned a weapon.
"Keyblade...
...Destiny's Embrace..."
The monster began shooting large fireballs at her. Almost naturally, the girl cartwheeled out of the way. The monster would try to use it's large arms to punch her, but she was able to dodge easily. Between punches and fireballs, the girl would swing at the monster with her keyblade, but it seemed to deal little damage. The battle seemed hopeless. The heat the fire was producing was too much.
Wait, fire? the girl thought. I can beat it with its weakness.
The girl backflipped to the back of the room. She pointed her keyblade directly at the monster, and out of her keyblade shot water. Gallons and gallons of it.
"UGH! HEY! BLL..CUT THAT OUT! BLL!" the monster seemed to scream at her.
"CUT! CUT! CUT!" Another voice screamed.
(End The 13th Struggle).
"Simulation terminated," an automatic voice said.
"Kairi," a taller and muscular silver-haired teen wearing a black sleeveless sweater and black jeans said to the redhead, "that was great, but sorry, I had to put a stop to this battle before you and Lea killed each other."
"Huh?" Kairi asked, and then she looked behind her. An older man, at least ten years older, with spiky red hair was holding a keyblade as well. He dismissed it. He wore a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and wore a maroon vest, and he was wet from head to toe.
Cue Innocent Times.
"I'm soaking wet," Lea half grudgingly, half jokingly mumbled.
"Oh, sorry Lea," Kairi said as she dismissed her keyblade. Her hair had grown since the time she had begun training, and it now fell to hallway between her shoulders and elbows. She had traded her short skirt for more comfortable training wear: purple shorts with a black belt, purple sneakers, a white tank top, and a turquoise vest. She still wore her necklace.
"Both of your have progressed greatly," Riku started, "but you guys don't have to show off by getting so violent," he said with a tint of humor in his voice.
"Who's getting violent, O Royal Keyblade Master?!" Lea said, "I only swung hard because she was a giant ball of light, and I was about blinded. I was still winning, right until she decided to cheat."
"Yeah, sure, that's what happened," Kairi replied sarcastically.
"Admit it, you just hate losing," Riku joked.
"Yeah, gang up on the guy you haven't known for years," Lea answered. The group began to laugh.
"Riku," King Mickey said, appearing at the doorway, "Master Yen Sid would like to see you three upstairs"
"Is it about Sora?" Kairi asked. Lea jokingly made a kissy face behind her back. Riku laughed. "What's so funny?"
"N-nothing," Riku answered, "let's go find out."
The group walked out of the room as the camera zoomed up and out.
KINGDOM HEARTS III
So yeah, this was a story I had thought about for a long time, but with the announcement of KH3, and with the many KH3 stories on FF, i wasn't sure if I would get to this, especially with the many stories I've been working on. Considering it could be a long long time before KH3 is even released, I decided to just run with it.
Destiny and Dawn is meant to serve as a sequel to this story, but it's okay if you haven't read it because this story is pretty much standalone, just what I picture happening in KH3 (though if you would like to read D&D, it would definitely mean a lot :D ). Krissa will not be appearing, at least not in the actual story.
How often I update this story is pending on a few factors: One, given how busy I am on my other stories. I just started a new 7th Heaven reunion story, I need to pick up the slack on D&D, I recently began working on GMYH again (now retitled Give Me Your Heart for Christmas, and that has been recently updated as well), I want to write another Christmas one-shot, and update the one I did last year (titled What is This Christmas, which is about Roxas discovering Christmas for the first time). I'm also finishing up the next episode of KToD, and I'm planning the final chapters of Bored and Know Your Kingdom Hearts Stars. I am also considering whether or not I want to write some new stories in a different genre. It may be better if I wait until I've finished what I've started lol.
Two: pending on how much attention this story gets (who knows, again with the many other KH3 stories out there).
And three, this is kind of a weird thought, but I thought I would throw this out there: Either I could just skip the Disney worlds (I mean, they will obviously still happen in KH3, I just wouldn't write them), and I would just go with the main story and likely update more often, or I can include the Disney worlds if you would still like them. I would love to know your input.
Anyways, let me know what I should do! Should I continue? What do you think?