~*Kingdom Hearts: ReWritten *~
A new spin on Kingdom Hearts 1 & 2
Somewhere in the American Southwest, three children have finally gone to bed... [Great intro, huh?]
Sara is humming softly to herself as she works on her fan fictions. Joshua is playing his Nintendo DS while listening to his cd player. Jacquelyn has pushed her cd player to the floor and is already mostly asleep. None of them notice as the spaces beneath them darken and begin to pull downward...
Sara notices a shadow from the corner of her eye and glances over expecting to see one of her cats. Instead, black tendrils are swirling around her, already engulfing her legs. Nervously she clutches her notebook to her chest and curls up as the darkness surrounds her. Joshua doesn't react until he goes to skip songs and cannot lift his cd player. When he realizes he's being absorbed he panics and tries to climb out, attempting to go for his dagger. Jacquelyn turns over onto her stomach with a contented smile and cuddles up tightly, not noticing a thing. In seconds the three are fully absorbed and they disappear.
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After a short drop, Jacquelyn and Joshua land on some sand several feet from each other. Joshua immediately scrambles to his feet and glances about frantically. Jacquelyn's face scrunches in irritation from the drop and scratchy sand against her cheek, but only sits up to find out why it's suddenly gotten so cold.
"What the hell?" Jacquelyn spouts groggily. Joshua just keeps looking around unnerved. "How'd I get to the beach?" "Where are we? What happened?" "Duuude..." Jacquelyn answers, rising and dusting herself off, "I don't know, but I was sleeping great until just now. Come on... wow, that's some storm." They see a small shack across the beach and head towards it.
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Opening her eyes, Sara finds herself in an alley-like hallway. Shivering a bit, she rises to her feet and takes in her surroundings. Picking a direction, she starts walking, only to jump suddenly as a figure crossed the adjacent corridor and turned towards her. She just stopped and stared, ready to flee the other way if necessary. As the figure approached, it took notice of her and jumped as well, raising its short bat to protect itself. "O-Olette? Is that you?" it asked in a young boy's voice, obviously nervous. "Nooo, I'm Sara. Who're you?" "I'm Vivi... Um, I'm going to go, I don't like to practice around other people..." Not sure where she was or how she'd gotten there, Sara's fears receded a bit as her face began to light up ecstatically. "Wait! I know you...sort of... Can you tell me where I am?"
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As the two neared the shack, a brown haired boy rushed past them. "Hey-... Fine then." Jacquelyn started to no avail, then turned back towards the tiny structure. "We can at least get outta the wind in there. ...Hmm, does this place... feel kinda familiar somehow?" Joshua just shrugged and opened the door, holding it open for his sister. Inside wasn't much warmer than out on the beach and the roof was leaking. Disgusted, bored and cold, Jacquelyn scrutinized the shack's interior then opened another door across from the first. It opened up to a path that went further up the beach and past a bridge. Another doorway was set into the side of some rocks off to the left from the bridge, possibly leading to a more solid building or a way off the beach.
"Come on, this place sucks anyway. I'm gonna go check that out." As they made their way farther up the coastline they could see a city on another island a mile or so out to sea. It was just a bit too far to swim, especially in this weather, but a small boat could probably make it. There was a pier on the other side of the bridge, but the only craft they could see was drifting away leaving only a crudely made raft that looked as though it'd come apart if you even stepped on it. Yeah right, thought Jacquelyn, but something about it was tugging at her mind, practically screaming to be remembered. It was like... she'd seen this place on tv or something though not actually been here in person.
The storm was really raging, the moon leaving dark shadows dancing on the sand from bits of clouds battered by the harsh wind. As they walked up the beach, the same guy from before ran past them again, this time swinging something apparently at the shadows as he dodged around them.
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"Well... this is Twilight Town. I practice for Struggle matches in the abandoned railways because its quiet and no one really comes down here." "Okaay. So am I like in Kingdom Hearts or something? Because I never played that game, but I'm still a fan of yours! Can I see some black magic? Please?" "Um... well I'm not very good, but I'll try." The boy stopped walking and closed his eyes tightly, whispering to himself almost too low for her to hear. After a moment he opened his eyes and shot his free hand forward. A ball of flame the size of a head formed in his palm then burst forward, slamming into and scorching the far wall ahead of them.
"WOW! That was amazing! Can you teach me how to do that?" Sara shouted and grinned hugely. Vivi giggled in pride and replied, "Well, I don't think I'd be the bestest teacher, but I could try... Come on, it's getting late. You can spend the night with me and Rai, I'm sure he won't mind!" The two walked out of the tunnel, chatting happily, neither afraid of the dark hallways any longer.
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"WTH is that kid's problem?! What a spazz." Jacquelyn grumped as they stared at his antics. "Look! The shadows are moving!" "Duh, there's a monster storm going on..." "No, I mean really moving! OMG they're heartless!" "What?" A stupid blank look took over Jacquelyn's face as spastic happiness spread over Joshua's. "Like..." "Kingdom Hearts! That's Sora and he's fighting heartless! That means we're in Destiny Islands! OMG let's follow him!" "What???" This was too much to absorb and Jacquelyn's blank look remained as she followed her already running brother. "Wait, so, seriously? I mean, seriously? Like... for real? No way." Joshua laughed and kept running as they followed the brown haired boy up the beach. Snatching up a small shadow without stopping, Jacquelyn held the thing up in front of her.
"Seriously??? No waaay." she continued still in disbelief. The little heartless struggled as she held it by the arms like a doll. "This. Can't. Be. Real." she mumbled as she tugged on and examined it. It squirmed and squeaked as she poked its belly, igniting a spark of girliness in her eyes. A small smile spread across her face. "But it's so CUTE! Whatever it is!" She squealed with glee and hugged it to her chest, its small arms flailing. "Rii-kuu!" Sora shouted as he ran towards an evil looking swirling mass on the connected island. "Hm?" Jacquelyn looked up sharply, flinging the hapless Shadow over her shoulder and catching up with her sibling. Josh laughed again and hurried on, already halfway across the bridge. "It's Sora and Riku! Hurry up!" As she neared the other island she eyed the writhing mass nervously. "Oh jeez, that does not look good... cool mayb- wait, Riku?!"
The situation suddenly melted through entirely to her brain and fangirly adrenaline shot through her like lightning. "Riikuuu!" she exclaimed as they reached the two guys entangled in the darkness. Josh made it to them first, but was roughly knocked aside as Jacquelyn tackled the white haired boy. Joshua fell backwards, taking the brown haired boy down with him. Seconds before they hit the ground, the four were completely absorbed.
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