Hey guys!

This is my first time ever uploading a fanfic on this site, so please treat me like a newbie.
My main account is on deviantART, where I have uploaded this fic first, but do to the lack of... well, everything, I decided to give good ol' FF. Net a go. :) More people are surely to read it here than there, and overall, this site has better features regarding fan fiction. (Go figure. XD)

Anyway, without boring you further - this story is just something that fell on my mind during the end of December, as I started playing Kingdom Hearts once again (been a fan since 2006). I became a really big fan of Riku; and I still don't get why, because the Trinity was always Number 1 for me (I still love Sora very much), and I paid him no mind before. Guess things change...
I am hoping to get this done as soon as possible, and I'd really appreciate any kinds of creative reviews (except for flaming).
If you're interested to find out more about the story itself and how it was made, you can check out the online folder dedicated to it: gallery/41878254 (add this after my main address), or you can simply track me down on deviantART (I go by the same pen name).
Everything else I can tell you for now is that this takes place right after Reverse/Rebirth's ending, and that the story itself is put in the 'in-between parts' of the original story, which the KH maker's crew never really revealed, so it shouldn't change anything from the canon. However, keep in mind that I haven't played Dream Drop Distance or Birth By Sleep (although I have done my research in exchange), so some things might be off.

Without further ado - here's the story! :D
This is the prologue, and chapter 1 will be up soon.
Hope you enjoy! :)

Two small figures in black cloaks were silently walking down a path in the vast plains, with the night surrounding them and hiding their presence. However, it was dawning in the distance, and they were going straight towards the light.
"Umm... Mickey..." Riku started, as he and the King of Disney Castle stopped to take a break from their long walk, "...why... why did you think I was going to choose to go to sleep?"
The King was somewhat surprised by the reluctant question his companion posed. He thought for a moment before answering. "It was one way for you to deal with the darkness inside of you," he said in the end. "You would turn yourself back to the light, and it would protect you."
"But," Riku started again, "wouldn't that mean I would... I dunno - avoid it somehow? By slacking off?"
"...Hmm..." Mickey responded, thinking about it. It wasn't really how he saw it, but with Riku, he was learning to think in other ways.
"...Along with the darkness... I would forget everything that matters too," Riku added further. "My friends... and what they've been through, what I've..." he paused for a moment, "...made them go through..."
Mickey turned to look at him. "Don't worry about that Riku," he told him. "You have chosen your path now. What happened before doesn't need to count, because you decided to deal with it."
"...Yeah, you're right," Riku agreed, remembering everything that happened in Castle Oblivion - how he fought Ansem and decided to finally accept the darkness inside of him. But, none the less, it didn't make the past go away. That was something he had yet to do - make up for everything he did and that still haunted him.
The two looked up at the starry sky. Like it held answers for all the things that were yet to come. Maybe it was there that they would find the right path which would bring the peace to everything that was happening, and help Sora wake up faster... As well as make the rest of the foul darkness in him go away...
It was then that they noticed a small star blink in the distance and right after, it plummeted towards the ground, leaving a long trace of light behind itself. It caught their attention instantly.
"Oh!..." Riku gasped. "...A shooting star?..." he muttered.
But His Majesty seemed to turn a bit more serious about it than he was. "...That couldn't mean anything good..." he thought out loud. The silver-haired boy turned to him.
"You think it has something to do with another world?" he asked him. But just when Mickey was about to answer, another star blinked, and then faded. The mouse jumped to his feet. Now Riku turned serious as well. "But how can that happen? I thought the worlds were restored once we closed the door!"
Nothing else seemed to happen after that. For that moment at least.
"...This doesn't look good, Riku..." His Majesty told his friend, obviously worried. It was hard not to panic. Even more so because they were a long way from anything that could tell them what was going on. And they were the so-called protectors of those worlds.
"...What are we going to do?" Riku asked him. Mickey thought briefly. Something instantly fell on his mind. "I got an idea. But..."
It was just such a hasty idea. Even for the King it was too much. Just when they thought most of the worlds were out of danger, this happened. It was impossible for the Heartless to raid and destroy the worlds like they previously did, but... This was just so odd. Just what did happen? Did somebody else get up there?
"...Looks like we'll just have to deal with this one step at a time," Mickey said. It was pointless to just rush into anything head-first, even if it was something serious. Though it didn't seem to be so... After all, it was just two stars they saw...
Riku sighed exasperatedly. "And of all times, Sora picks this one to take a nap. What a reliable Keyblade wielder," he joked at his friend's expense. Mickey smiled a bit at that. "It's up to us this time," he said. "Yeah," Riku agreed.
And with that they set their new destination.