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An empty fear canister rolling into his foot startled Sora from his reverie. He looked down and heard a voice behind him.
"I'll be taking my other half that's been sleeping away in your heart."
Sora whipped around to find a Keyblade in his face, held by a boy in a black coat wearing a mask. He snarled.
"Vanitas!"
Wait...
How do I know his name?
"Ventus," the boy laughed as he lowered his Keyblade and slowly began to walk toward Sora. "So this is where you decided to run away and hide." Vanitas reached out with his free hand, as if intending to pluck something from Sora's chest. "You never could do anything yourself."
Sora knocked his hand away angrily. "Who are you?!"
"What's it matter to you? Your only concern is your 'friends,' right?" The boy raised his blade once again, and Sora swiftly summoned his own. "I wouldn't have thought he'd fit that description, but it looks like you're going to give me trouble anyway."
With a final blow, Sora managed to knock Vanitas to the ground. The boy only let out a short, smug laugh upon his defeat. "Ha! You're even stronger than he was!" Vanitas stood up, and Sora readied himself for another battle, but the boy merely continued speaking.
"Figures. All right, as a reward for that, I'll tell you something interesting."
Vanitas took off his mask to reveal... Sora? But— No, that doesn't make any sense...
Vanitas's golden eyes glisten as he went on. "They've set up a trap for you and you're walking right into it." He smirks. "Just goes to show that stronger doesn't always mean smarter."
A trap? Does he mean Xehanort? "What are you talking about? Don't you work for 'them'?"
"Hmph. Even if I did, what difference would it make? You're still going to fall right into his hands." Vanitas turns and gives Sora a sarcastic wave. "See ya."
Then he disappeared into a portal of darkness, leaving Sora alone once more.
"Why do I feel like.. I've seen him before?"
"Sora!" Hearing his name, Sora turned and saw Donald and Goofy running back from where they had gone just before Vanitas had shown up.
"Gawrsh, who was that guy just now? He sure looked a lot like you."
"Do you know him?" Donald asked while scanning the area to make sure no more suspicious characters appeared.
Crossing his arms, Sora shook his head. "I don't know... I'm pretty sure I've met him recently... but where?"
He closed his eyes.
"Sleeping in my heart... Like.. a prison..."
Then it clicked. His eyes shot open.
"My dream!" His friends looked at him in confusion. "He was with that guy! But..." Sora placed his hand over his chest.
"If his 'other half'— if Ventus is in my heart...
Why isn't he?"