Awakening

It was dark, cold and empty except for the figure laying sprawled out on his front. Soon enough he slowly raised his head and looked around his environment. He sat up on his knees and placed his hand to his forehead, he had a major headache and no idea on how he got it.

"Ungh…where…where am I?" He said as he continued to look around, he tried to remember how he got here but he couldn't, he had lost a part of his memories, He tried to remember but that just caused his head to hurt even more. He was bought out of his train of thought by a mysterious voice.

"Sleep" The boy whisked around to see who had spoke to him but there was no one there, confused he spoke out.

"Who's there?" He asked, still looking around trying to find who had spoken to him.

"Sleep. Here between light and dark." Again the voice spoke to him and again there was no one there. The boy thought to himself for a moment.

"Between….what?" Confused, the boy closed his eyes and tried to think of how he had ended up in alone, in a dark place and being spoken to by a creepy voice. Then something inside of him clicked. "The king! Where's the king?! Together we closed the door to darkness and after that…" Again his hands rushed to the top of his head as he tried to continue. "Grrr…why can't I remember?"

"Your king is far away. Sleep and leave the war with darkness in his hands. The thorny light of awakening will bring only anguish to one on your state. Turn from the light. Shut your eyes." The voice sounded like he was insulting the boy, which he didn't take to kindly.

"You talk like I'm some kind of demon of the dark." The boy was on his knees, shouting at the voice of someone he could not see, he felt like an idiot but he didn't take to kindly to being treated like a demon, not after…, again his thoughts were interrupted by the voice.

"Can you face the truth? Here blanketed by the darkness, sleep is safety. Sleep is eternal."

The boy closed his eyes; this voice was making no sense and really was beginning to bug him. Suddenly out of nowhere a bright light began to illuminate to dark that surrounded him, the boy outstretched his hand and grabbed hold of the light, when he touched it, it took form in his hand. The boy looked at the object he held in his hand.

"Is this…a card?" He said in disbelief.

"It is a door to the truth. Take it, and your sleep ends. Take it, and take the first step towards the truth. But know this: The truth will bring you pain. Will you still go on? There can be no returning to the sweet security of sleep." The voice asked him this.

The boy stood there and looked at the card; memories of his home, his family and his friends came flooding back to him, but not all of these memories where good ones and he tried hard not to think of the ones that bought tears to his eyes and pain to his heart. He then looked up with a look of determination on his face.

"Yeah, well…seems like a boring place to take a nap anyway."

"Well said, Riku." At that moment that darkness around Riku faded, Riku closed his eyes and when he opened them again, he was in a bright hall; it looked rather new but had an uneasy feel about it. In front of Riku stood a door, Riku walked up to the door and held out the card, he had no idea why he did it; it just seemed like the right thing to do. Riku stared at the card in his hand as it began to glow and float towards the door, the door suddenly swung open. Riku peered into the darkness, trying to make something out but couldn't. He looked down at his had and he noticed that the card had vanished. He looked at the door and smiled.

"A door to the truth, huh?" And with that he entered the door and entered a new

adventure.

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Hey guys, I am going to bring you a novelisation of kingdom hearts: chain of memories but from Riku's view. I hope you enjoy reading this and please tell me what you think. Thanks guys. Crystal-demon. Xx