WARNING: PLEASE READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTES BELOW BEFORE READING.
A/N: Hello ladies and gentleman and welcome to my new project "Persona 4 bonds of the heart". Now before we get into the story let me just explain the general premise, how I got the idea for this fic, and some of the details regarding how I'm writing and how I'm uploading this story so you aren't confused by anything. (I promise this will be the only authors notes that's ever this long so just bare with me this one time.)
So one day I was browsing through Deviantart when I came across a crossover picture between Kingdom Hearts and Persona 4 by Summondagger88, the actual picture was a picture of the all-out attack from Persona 4 but with Yu, Yosuke, Yukiko, and Naoto replaced with various kingdom hearts characters.
I thought it was neat but I didn't really think of anything of it at first, then I went through her gallery and saw that she had done character swap pictures for Chie and Rise as well, so at this point I was thinking of what other characters from Persona 4 could I replace with kingdom hearts characters which eventually lead me to ask, as a fanfic writer, could I rewrite the Persona 4 story but replacing the cast with Kingdom hearts characters and still have it feel natural. After a little thinking I realized I COULD. As long as I took care to keep the core themes and feel of Persona 4 in mind as I wrote and wrote at my best, I could conceivably rewrite the story of Persona 4 while still keeping the Kingdom hearts cast believable. And since I didn't see anyone else trying something like this I decided to take a stab at it.
Now for the details of how that will work. First off this will NOT be a multi-verse style fan fic. What that means is that the Kingdom Hearts cast will not be aware of their original game's universe.
Second, when I say I'm replacing the entire cast of Persona 4 I mean the ENTIRE cast from main characters to supporting characters, and I'm going the whole nine yards and even replacing the Social link characters as well. The only characters I'm not replacing are Igor, Margaret, and Hanako. Hanako because there was no proper stand-in from Kingdom Hearts to replace her with and because she is such a minor character even in terms of other minor characters that there was no point in changing her anyway. The reason why I'm not changing Igor or Margaret is because there is something special I want to do in terms of Margaret's social link and you just can't have Margaret without Igor or vice-versa.
Third, the dialogue will not be a one-to-one translation from Persona 4 meaning while the EVENTS of the story will be the same how the characters deal with those events and what they say during them will not be exactly the same, though they may be similar in spots, otherwise there is literally no point in a story like this if I'm just going to repeat the script of Persona 4 but replacing "Souji said" with "Sora said".
And finally let me explain how I'll be uploading this story. Let me just say upfront that I upload VERY slowly, due to both how naturally lazy I can be at times and also just how tricky a story like this is to write. I would love to update this story more regularly but I know the second I try to do that is the same second I start making really big mistakes that I could have avoided had I taken my time. So to avoid those big mistakes both for my own sanity and for your enjoyment of the story I will be uploading rather sluggishly. To compensate for the slow updates these chapters will be LONG, aside from the prologue each chapter will be easily 8,000 to 12,000 words a pop, so while you're getting chapters less frequently you're getting more content per chapter which I think balances out rather nicely.
So that is everything I wanted to say before we begin. So without further ado here is the prologue to Persona 4 Bonds of the heart.
Disclaimer: I do not own Persona 4 or Kingdom Hearts
Contract
A limo slowly drifted through a thick cloud of fog, its spinning wheels reflecting an ominous landscape.
Inside this limo sat two figures. One, a beautiful woman with radiant blonde hair that reached the bottom of her neck, the woman wore a dark blue outfit that complimented her beautiful figure, in her lap was a large book that had a bizarre symbol on it.
The other figure was a short and stout man in a black suit with a small white hankerchief visible from his coat pocket. However the most striking feature about this man was his nose that protruded far past the rest of his face. The man's hands rested on a simple black cane.
The man slowly opened his eyes to look at the person across from him who only he could see.
"Welcome to the Velvet room."
"Ah… it seems we have a guest with an intriguing destiny…" The man noted with a chuckle.
"My name is Igor… I am delighted to make your acquaintance." The man, Igor, offered with a small nod of his head.
"This places exists between dream and reality, mind and matter..." Igor explained noting the confusion on his "guest's" face.
"It is a room that only those bound by a contract may enter… It may be that such a destiny may await you in the near future."
"Well then why don't you introduce yourself." Igor offered.
The guest thought for a second before answering. "Sora Seta."
Igor looked thoughtful for a moment before continuing. "Hm… I see. Sora Seta."
"Now, let's take a look into your future shall we?" Igor proclaimed before summoning a deck of tarot cards on the table in front of him.
"Do you believe in fortune telling?" Igor asked.
"Each reading is done with the same cards, yet the result is always different…" Igor explained before gliding his hand over the table causing six cards from the deck to form a hexagon around the deck.
"Life itself follows the same principles, doesn't it?"
With a turn of his wrist Igor flipped one of the cards over to reveal what appeared to be a tower being struck by a lightning bolt.
"Hm… the tower in the upright position represents the immediate future. It seems a terrible catastrophe is imminent." Even while saying this Igor kept an eerily calm expression on his face.
"The card indicating the future beyond that is…" As he flipped over another card, this time with an image of a crescent moon. "…the moon, in the upright position."
"This card represents "hesitation" and "mystery"… very interesting indeed."
"It seems you will encounter a misfortune at your destination and a great mystery will be imposed upon you." Igor said with a slight air of excitement on his breath.
"In the coming days, you will enter a contract of some sort, after which you will return here."
"The coming year is a turning point in your destiny… If the mystery goes unsolved, your future may be forever lost." Igor explained grimly.
"My duty is to provide assistance to our guests to ensure that does not happen." Igor said with resolve in his voice.
"Ah! I have neglected to introduce my assistant to you." Igor said pointing a hand to the woman beside him.
"This is Margaret. She is a resident of this place, like myself." Igor explained.
The woman, Margaret bowed lightly much as her master did before speaking. "My name is Margaret. I am here to accompany you through your journey."
Igor nodded his head slightly before continuing. "We shall attend to the details another time."
"Until then farewell." Igor said as the guest's vision became flooded by a swirl of light.
A/N: And that is the prologue to Persona 4 Bonds of the heart.
Keep in mind that the story won't really pick up until the next chapter so hold your first thoughts until I get that uploaded which should be sometime over the following week, since I was originally going to have the prologue be a part of chapter one but I figured the story would flow a little better if I split them up.
Anyways Thank you everyone who took the time to give this a try and I will see everyone sometime next week with the first real chapter "Arrival in Inaba".
See ya.
GameCguru
P.S. If you want to see the original picture that inspired this story and a not badly cropped view of it go over to my profile for a link to Summondagger88's Deviantart page, she does lots of really great fanarts for Kindgom hearts, Persona, and many other franchises. If you're interested check her out.
