PROLOGUE
WARNING: This chapter is directly from the ending of Kingdom Hearts II. It is the exact scene after the credits, dialogue exact and all. So if you're playing the game but haven't beat it, I suggest you don't read this chapter if you don't want to know the ending. EXTREME SPOILER!
"Nothing's changed, huh?" Riku asked Sora when he came beside him at the paopu fruit tree. It was sunset at the Destiny Islands, and a few days after the end of their journey.
"Nope. Nothing will," Sora replied.
After a short pause, Riku said, "What a small world."
"But part of one that's much bigger," Sora said.
"Yeah."
After another pause, Sora looked at his best friend. "Hey Riku...what do you think it was -- the door to the light?" Then Riku hopped off the tree and faced Sora, who was standing.
He chuckled a bit, then pointed to Sora's heart. "This," he replied.
Sora looked down and put his hand on his chest. "This?"
"Yeah. It's always closer than you think," Riku told his friend. Sora then smiled warmly at Riku. Then, the two heard Kairi's voice from behind them.
"Sora! Riku!" They both turned around, seeing Kairi running towards them, having her hand in the air. She reached them, slouched over, trying to catch her breath.
"What's up?" Sora asked Kairi.
After a few seconds, Kairi straightened up, and in her hand was a glass bottle with a rolled up note. With King Mickey's symbol. "Look," she said to the two.
Sora took the bottle. "From the King?" he said, surprised. He quickly took the cork off the bottle and shook out the note. He unrolled it, with Riku looking over his shoulder with a slight smirk on his face, and Kairi looking over his other shoulder, a worried look on her face.
And the note said...