Beyond the Door

I stood at the door that I had just helped close. When the door had been closed and locked, it in turn had sealed my fate. New my best friends were on the other side, in the Realm of Light. But this place was perfect for me, dark, creepy, and overflowing with Heartless.

If I had known that opening the door to unleash the darkness would put me and my best friends in this situation, I would never have done it. But now it was too late for what could have been, I was now locked behind a door, a door that was the only thing that stood between me and a sweet reunion with my friends.

Without that trigger, we would have been off on our journey to discover new worlds, atop a raft that we had created ourselves, sailing across the ocean that had been the barrier that had caused my desperate need to find new places.

Not that my adventure hadn't brought me to new places. I had seen so much, but now it didn't seem as if it was worth it. A lonely island was much better than this place. I had seen so much, admittedly not as much as Sora, but he always has to do the right thing, no matter how long it will take. Me I just do the things that need to be done and do what I need to do.

I had to admit, Agrabah was way to hot, and I mean who wants to live in the middle of a desert? And that evil witch could have captured Jasmine herself it wasn't hard. And Monstro, now that was pointless, I found a puppet with a heart and fought with and along side Sora, but she really need me to learn more about Sora's power? She could have used one of her evil clones, so why didn't she? Oh wait, she did, I was one of those mindless slaves. Neverland, Hollow Bastion both were also seemingly pointless as well. The only thing that made me feel good was I felt powerful, more powerful than Sora, at least, before he proved he was stronger.

Everything the I had thought was going to happen backfired in my face. I didn't get the Keyblade or save Kairi and worst of all, I lost my best friends.

You could say that my life was pretty messed up. I have lost my heart to Ansem, my home to the darkness, and my Sora and Kari. Somehow Sora still believed that I had good in my heart, even after all that I put him through. Even after I had joined forces with the darkness, he had done everything in his power to save me.

Stupid darkness, stupid heartless, I hare you all the whole entire universe is….really messed up.

"Yeah my life really sucks," I sighed, speaking for the first time since the door had been sealed. I turned my back to the door, facing my fate.

"Riku you mustn't think that way," said my companion, King Mickey. "You have to believe that Sora, Donald and Goofy will unlock the door and set us free."

"Yeah, but what if we get lost to the darkness before that happens?"

"We'll be fine as long as we don't loose our faith in the light and we let it guide us."

I sighed again, taking in his words, slamming my sword down on the rocks in frustration.

"Well then, Sora better hurry up. He does have to get back to Kairi after all, so he can't take too long. Hopefully the Keyblade master won't stop for breaks or naps along the way. I might have to motivate him a little bit if he does. He does need to save the world and everything…"

"That's the sprit," his Majasty cheered.

"So what do we do wait for Mr. Lazy Butt to do his job?"

"Whatever we need to Pal!"

With that, the lingering doubts were pushed to the back of my mind for the moment, and I looked upon my surroundings in a new light.

A/N: Riku sounds really pessimistic in this, people tell me that this is in character for him at this point, and I have to agree. His attitude is much better in the second game. Hope you liked it. If you did leave a review if you can, I love feed back. Thanks!!