It was a bright and sunny day out on the beaches of the Land of Departure, a secluded world home to Keyblade Masters and young fledglings of the like. Enjoying their time before the Mark of Mastery Exam which was to be tomorrow in the palace, was Kel and his six friends. Lecter the dark one, Rally the rowdy one, Lucas the tough one, Dez the responsible one, Kizer the perverted one and Griffin the mischievous one.
The seven of them laid on the beaches together in a huge circle staring at the clouds. "I can't believe your Mark of Mastery tests are tomorrow. Are you guys excited?" Dez asked. Dez was a skinny brunette in a white sun dress.
"I still don't get why Kel and Lecter get to take their test first while we have to wait another year? It's dumb..." Lucas angrily crossed his arms to his chest. Lucas was a tall stoic individual, he wore a sleeveless black vicor coat over a pair of green and brown camo-cargo pants.
"Ahhh stop your complaining!" Rally said nudging Lucas who simply groaned at her out of annoyance. Rally was the tomboy with long light brown hair, she wore a yellow vest with a white tank top underneath complete with a pair of black leather pants wrapped in belts and straps.
"I hear that the masters get to leave the Land of Departure, where will you guys go?" Griffin asked, Griffin was strange looking one in the group. He had spiky silver hair that poked in nearly every direction with a pair of real fox ears positioned on his head and three tails that moved about. He wore a pair a red t-shirt with a pair of overalls with the straps hanging low to his thighs.
Kizer was a boy with pale white skin and hair, he looked sick. He had poisonous lime green colored eyes with red teeth. He had on a white lab coat complete with a white button up brown slacks. He looked more scientific than anything. "I know where I'd go." He giggled thinking of something lewd.
Kel had his hands fixated to his back, he had ebony colored skin with tangerine orange eyes. He wore a white t-shirt underneath a red basketball jersey with jeans. Lecter his opposite dressed formal in a black dress shirt with a red tie and black slacks. Both of them were silent as their friends speculated what they would do, having full confidence that they WOULD become keyblade masters.
"Hmm...I'd get into some kind of trouble or another." Lecter smirked.
Kel simply shrugged. "Probably the same, I just wanna leave this place and explore. See other worlds, meet new people."
"What are you sick of us already?" Rally asked.
Kel raised his hand and suddenly he summoned his keyblade, Kingdom Key D.
The others summoned their keyblades as well.
Dez, the Oathkeeper.
Rally, True Light's Flight and Rejection of Fate.
Griffin, Two Become One.
Lucas, The Chaosripper.
Kizer, The Winner's Proof.
And finally Lecter's, Void Gear.
"Even though we may be apart, our hearts are always one. Remember that, ya bastards."
7 of the Heart: Kingdom Hearts Abridged
The night before Kel and Lecter's Mark of Mastery Exam...
Dez was fast asleep in bed, she wore a pair of royal blue chocobo pajamas, her short but messy hair was aloft over her face, the covers lack luster and sprawled all over her fluffy white bed. Suddenly there was a loud and heavy tremor that seemed to shake the entire world. Dez's eyes shot open as the tremor sent her tumbling off of her bed and to the floor.
"Wha...Huh?!" She cried confused as she found herself to her feet.
BOOOOOOOM!
Another tremor sent her flying to the far wall of her room where she hit her book case and landed on her desk rolling off of it. "Ah..." She rubbed the back of her head in pain. Her window which was just above her bed on the north wall of her room was wide open, through the white drapes she saw a massive massive black orb, she saw bits of land, clouds nearly everything in sight being sucked up into this orb.
As that orb grew bigger and bigger it produced more which began to suck more matter into them as well.
The skies were turning black, the ground was disappearing and the lacks and beaches were drying quick.
"What's going on?!" Dez quickly dashed to her closet and pulled on her usual attire, a white sun dress, blue jean shorts underneath, black combat boots with pink arm warmers which were wrapped in black belts.
With that she bolted out of her room and into a long hallway which were riddled with small black creatures with bulbous yellow eyes. "What are these?!" She asked but out of instinct her Keyblade was drawn. It appeared from a beam of light with her palm.
The Heartless leaped into the air at her, Dez in a second's time had dropped the defenseless girl act and showed her prowess as a keyblade wielder. She casted Stop causing all of the Heartless that opposed to her to freeze in mid air. With that she began slashing the heartless and juking her body left and right as if she were dancing, like an elegant ballet.
She finished by lashing her Keyblade out causing it to stretch and become a whip, slicing through the remaining heartless.
In under ten seconds she'd defeated the entire hallway of darklings.
She darted to the end of the hall which was the foyer of the castle there she spotted her comrades facing more Heartless, these ones were slightly bigger they made clanking sounds and had metal helms on their heads. Soldier Heartless. Rally was making short work of the heartless ripping through them with a series of high speed aerial slashes while Lucas with his large Chaosripper keyblade was simply batting them in the air for Rally to attack.
Kizer and Griffin both back to back and slashing through any heartless that approached.
"You guys!" Dez said before performing a front flip and landing down in the midst of her friends. "What's happening?"
Before anyone could explain another quake shook the castle sending them and the heartless flying to the left wall and crashing against it. "Argh...I dunno, but we have to get outta here!" Lucas said helping Dez back up.
"Master Eraqus, we can't leave without him." Rally pointed her Rejection of Fate towards the larger door leading to the audience hall where Master Eraqus usually spent his time. The group agreed together with a group nod and charged up the steps, once they'd broken through to the audience hall which was surrounded by loads of Heartless.
Master Eraqus was down on one knee, blood dripping from his lip to the floor, his Master's Keyblade beside him. "Master Eraqus." Rally threw her keyblades aside to held the elder.
"The world...the Land of Departure...it is fading." The moment Eraqus had spoke those words.
BOOM!
Suddenly the entire ceiling of the castle was ripped off and above one could see the massive orb of darkness which was yet still absorbing everything in it's wake.
"Hey!" Griffin pointed ahead.
On a large alter both Kel and Lecter were locked in combat. Lecter was garbed in a black leather coat with a long zipper and in his hand was a keyblade no one had ever seen before, No Name. "What are they doing?" Dez asked looking up at the battle which was moving in Lecter's favor. Because of the loud sounds of the Heartless and the Orb's destruction they couldn't hear anything beyond the clamor of Kel and Lecter's keyblades clashing.
"Why? Why did you call the Darkness to this world? What the hell are you doing!? You're destroying our home!" Kel shouted.
Lecter clinched his fist. "A neccesary sacrifice. In order to show proof of my resolve that is...the Heartless consume and manipulate weak hearts."
"The Heartless don't just listen and grant wishes. Eventually your heart will be consumed, Lecter." Kel pointed his keyblade at him. "What is all this for?"
"This world, this life...it is all an illusion and I've pulled the walls from my eyes. I see this realm for what it truly is..." Lecter said slowly pulling the hood far over his face so that it cast nothing but darkness upon him. "If you also want to know the truth...All you need to do is open the door." With that a portal of darkness appeared behind him. "Kingdom Hearts awaits us all."
Lecter bowed courtesy and stepped back into the vortex.
"Not so fast!" Kel leaped into the portal after him just moments before it closed.
"KEL, LECTER!" Dez screamed. "They're gone!"
With Kel and Lecter's disappearance the orb began to rapidly pull them up, the ground ripped apart into shards. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" They all screamed as they too were absorbed into the darkness.
If you also want to know the truth...All you need to do is open the door. Kingdom Hearts awaits us all.