Prologue (Awakening)
Nami-chan I hope you like it.
"I've been having these weird thoughts lately."
Sora was floating in a complete empty space. He was lying on his back as if he was lying on an invisible bed.
"Like is any of this for real, or not?" these thoughts kept echoing inside his head.
Suddenly he found himself on a much familiar place. He could hear the sound of the waters crashing to the shore, seagulls flying nearby. The sound touches his shoes. He looks around and saw a familiar face standing on the water. A quarter of its feet is buried beneath the waters surface. Sora ran towards his friends.
"Riku" Sora tried to scream but voice doesn't seem to come out of his mouth.
He tried to come closer but came to a halt, he realize that Riku was standing on a deeper part of the water.
Riku turned around and looked at Sora. Riku reached out a hand to his friend.
Suddenly a huge wave is about to crash behind Riku. Sora quickly tried to grab his friend's hand. The water swallowed Sora, he did not know what happened to Riku. He tried to swim up the surface. Fortunately, he managed to do it.
He looked up and saw a girl standing on the beach, waving happily at him.
"Kairi" Sora smiled back at her.
The place is the same. He's still at the beach, though unlike earlier; the sun was already setting. Crimson light filled the sky. Darkness was about to cast over them anytime peeking over the mountains from beyond. As Sora shakes the water off his head, they saw lights gliding through the crimson sky. The lights resemble shooting stars falling from the sky or a meteor rain. They looked closely and noticed it wasn't a star or a meteor. They all look like a boy. They look like. . .
"Me" Sora muttered under his breath.
Sora and Kairi look puzzled at this phenomenon. Hundred or maybe thousands of 'Sora' are falling from the sky.
Suddenly Sora felt his body getting heavier and heavier. He once again fell on the water, deeper onto its dark depths. He saw Kairi, up above, trying to reach a hand to Sora and shouting something which he could not hear anymore. He was plunging deeper into the darkness. . .
It was dark there he couldn't tell where he was. Though it was weird, he could clearly see his body in detail, as if he was glowing through the dark void. He felt his feet touch a solid ground. As soon as he landed, doves flew out of his way. The darkness disappeared as doves fly through the distance revealing that he was stepping on a huge round tablet. It's as if the doves covered the tablet causing it to look black.
He noticed that the round tablet has some paintings covering it. It was a painting of a maiden in white and blue dress. Her long black touches her shoulder. She was as white as snow, and her lips were as red as blood. She was holding an apple in her right hand. There were also seven little paintings around the painting of the maiden. It was al paintings of heads wearing pointy hats.
((In short it was a huge tablet with a painting of snow white and the seven dwarves.))
"So much to do—
"—so little time" a voice echoed through the darkness.
"Take your time—
"—don't be afraid" continued the voice. "The door is still shut"
Sora looked around where the voice came from.
"Now step forward, can you do it?" asked the voice. Sora walked slowly through the tablet.
"Power sleeps within you—
"—if you give it form—
"—it will give you strength"
Suddenly three pedestals appear at each side of the tablet that contains a weapon on top of it. Each differs from the other. The weapons were a sword, a shield and a staff. There is a painting on the shield.
((It was a 'hidden Mickey'! Uh, no it's actually Mickey symbol))
The same symbol was carved on top of the staff and a keychain with the symbol hanging at the end of the sword handle. ((Talking about Mickey dominated weapons))
"Choose well" reminded the voice. Sora was dumbfounded but he found a way to get a hold of himself and continue as he approach the first weapon—
The Staff
"The power of the Mystic—
"—inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin." The voice explained. As Sora carefully examines the staff, the voice asked "Is this the power you seek?"
Sora lightly shook his head and move on towards the second one.
"The power of the guardian—
"—kindness to aid friends"
"Power to repel all" explained the voice. Sora held the shield tightly in his arms. "Is this the power you seek?" asked the voice. Sora shook his head and returned the shield. He head towards the last weapon.
Sora held the sword by its handle and started to examine it. The voice also started his usual explanation about the weapon.
"Power of the warrior—
"—invincible courage"
"A sword of terrible destruction" stated the voice. "Is this the power you seek?" Sora gave a nod and quickly there was a flash of light. The sword disappeared before his hand.
"Your path is set" told the voice "Now, what will you give up in exchange?" it continued. Sora glanced over the two remaining weapon before him, thinking deeply. Any of these weapons is as valuable as the other one, but he's got to make a choice.
Quickly he grabbed the staff and gave a gesture that he had chosen to give it up. Again there was a flash of light and the staff disappeared before him.
"You've chosen the power of the warrior—
"—you've given up the power of the mystic" reminded the voice. Suddenly the three pedestals started to crumble and the tablet began to shake. Before Sora knew it he started to fall again, deeper into the dark void.
Sora fell into what he seemed to be an endless dark abyss. Until, he landed gently onto another circular tablet. There was another portrait of a maiden. She was dressed in elegant blue nightgown. Wearing a pair of crystal pumps. Her hair was shiny black. Upon the upper portion of the portrait were silhouette painting of a fairy, a pumpkin carriage and a mouse.
((Cinderella))
"You've gained the power to fight" it was the voice loaming up above. A flash of light emmited from Sora's hand and the sword appeared again.
"Use this power to protect yourself and others—
"—there will be times when you have to fight" warned the voice.
"Keep you're light burning strong" was the voice final reminder before a strange shadow started moving weirdly. Sora looked around. There was another pair of shadows moving weirdly. Strangely the shadows began to materialize and took form into three small creatures. Their body was all coated in black. Their yellow eyes were glowing thru their black-coated body. They had what it seemed to be a pair of antennae on top of their head. They had very short hand and a relatively small hind feet that they'll need to crawl in order to move from one place to another fast. They were in a posture, ready to attack.
Sora prepared for battle and raises his sword onto his side with both hands gripped on its handle. His head turns around anticipating the enemy's next move. Quickly the shadow creature on Sora's left jumped into mid-air and was about to make a diving attack. Sora instinctively raised the sword and slashed the creature the creature before it could reach him. After Sora slashed the creature, the remnants of its body seemed to scatter into the air. As if its body turned into a gas and dispersed into the surrounding area. A tiny heart was also released after the creature was slain.
Soon, sora realized that the other two shadow creatures had disappeared turning into mere shadows and was gone. Sora lowered his sword and thought the battle was over.
To Sora's surprise the shadow had expanded and covered the whole tablet. Sora's feet began sinking into the shadow. It swallowed him whole. Sora was struggling as if he was drowning on water. Sora can't see a thing. Everything was black.
The darkness have fade-away and revealed he was transferred to another tablet. He was still struggling to breathe when he realized what had happened. Sora didn't even bother to examine the portrait on the tablet this time because all his attention was focused on the DOOR at the opposite side of the tablet from where he stood.
It was a white door. Its size is enough for Sora to fit in.
Sora opened the door and enters inside it. Amazingly the door leads to another place. Sora cover his eyes as he enter through it. His eyes were used to the dark that the light coming out of the door pierces his eyes.
He found himself on the northern most part of the beach. It was morning again. The sun had barely risen in the east and its warm sunlight touched Sora's skin as he looks around. He was standing at a place all entirely made of wood. It was a circular area with wood railings and contains only one exit which leads to a stair down to the beach. The place is highly elevated which is as high as the small, rocky and steep which look like a small hill just north of it.
((Actually there were some tutorials about the game before entering it but I skipped it all because I found it unnecessary.))
"Hold on the door won't open just yet. First, tell me more about yourself" the voice sounded in Sora's ears.
A great view of the horizon can be seen there. Sora began to notice that he wasn't alone. There were three kids at each side of the area.
The first kid was a girl who happen to be Selphie, ((Final Fantasy VIII)) when she was still young. ((I'll describe her further on the next chapter same for Sora, Riku and Kairi)) Selphie was sitting on the wooden railings, yawning.
Selphie asked him a question.
"What is the most important to you?"
Sora hastily answered "Friendship"
"Is friendship such a big deal?" Selphie said in a reply to what Sora answered.
Sora pays no heed to what Selphie said and walked closely to the second kid.
It's a young Wakka ((Final Fantasy X)) holding blitzball on his right hand. He was standing close to the exit on the way to the beach. Wakka asked Sora another question.
"What do you want outta life?"
"To broaden my horizons" Sora answered without hesitation.
"Huh?" said Wakka who didn't seem to hear what Sora had answered.
Sora didn't bother to repeat his answer and walk towards the last kid.
It's Tidus ((Final Fantasy X)) standing, staring at Sora with wide smile on his face.
He asked Sora with pure enthusiasm and excitement in his tone. "What are you afraid of?"
Sora thought for a moment and answered "Being different"
"Being different? Is that so scary?" said Tidus who was surprised on what Sora had answered.
"You treasure your friends—
"—you want to broaden your horizon—
"—your afraid of being different" the voice concluded "Your adventure starts at midday. Keep up a steady pace and you'll come through fine."
"The day you will open the door is both far and very near" the voice continued.
There are several answer that will be given depending on what Sora had replied. ((The best was the adventure that will start at 'DAWN' and the worst is 'NIGHT'))
The light began to get brighter and brighter until Sora closed his eyes. The moment he opened it again he was back on the endless space standing on another circular tablet. It has a painting of another maiden which Sora presumed to be sleeping. She was holding a rose with both hands above her chest. She has a black, wavy hair. Wearing elegant dress.
Sleeping Beauty
Sora wasn't able to notice the other details because his attention was caught of a light appearing at the opposite end where Sora stands. The light formed some kind of a stair which leads to a roof of a circular tall tower.
Sora walk closer to the staircase. It was then he realized that the stairs were a foot apart from each other and it float in mid-air. Sora ascended on the stairs as fast as he could. Sora looked back for a moment and realized the step vanishes as he walk towards the next level.
Sora reached the end of the stairs and onto the top of the tower. Another painting covers the top of it. Just like the other tablets. It was another princess. She was wearing yellow nightgown. It seems to be sparkling as Sora takes a look at it. There is a noticeable small painting of a rose beside the beautiful maiden. It was covered with a bell-shaped glass that covers it from top to bottom. On the other side was a silhouette of a beast.
Beauty and the Beast
A bright light began to shine in front of Sora. He walks toward the light.
"The closer you get to the light," the voice looms overhead. "the greater your shadow becomes."
Sora looked behind. It was right. His shadow materialized and grew larger and taller than Sora that it overshadowed him. Suddenly the shadow changed into a much bigger larger monster. It stood at least 20 feet. It had snakelike hair wriggling around. It covers most of its head. Its eyes were glowing through the snakelike hairs, like a star in a dark night. The monster features include a semi-muscular chest and arms. A huge hole is visible near the stomach and it's shaped like a heart. Even though the whole place was dark his body was denser black.
It aimed a gigantic punch at Sora but missed by inches because he was quick to dodge. However, the impact of the punch was strong that it knocked Sora from behind.
The place where the monster had landed it's punched had transformed into a black substance which is something like a cross between a liquid and a gas.
"But don't be afraid—
"Sora tried to stand up. The moment he was back on his feet he ran as fast as he could away from the black substance.
"—and don't forget—
Sora reached the edge of the tower. The black substance caught his feet and crept through his body. He struggled to get loose. It was all in vain. It had already covered most of its body and was about to cover his face.
"—you are the one who will open the DOOR"
Sora was blacked-out
-Save point-
End of prologue (Awakening) Next stop Chapter 1: A stormy night.
The Characters named here and the story are solely owned by Square Enix and Disney Interactive
