A/N: This was requested by UltraWonderBoy. I would write something he requested for him, and he would write something for me. This story will have 3 chapters, and each chapter will be from a different POV, either Kairi's, Riku's or Sora's. This story has some BBS spoilers, too, so be warned! Enjoy. ;)

A special thanks to: Aqua StormXIV, my beta reader.


~ "If you're ever captured by the darkness, your light will guide the way." ~


A cute, little girl of four years old was looking, in awe, out of the window of the house where she and her grandma lived in. The approaching dark clouds were reflected in her cerulean eyes. She was a little frightened, though. This sight didn't look very promising.

A storm was about to groove on top of the beautiful city, called Radiant Garden. Radiant Garden had never had a storm before. At least, not one that the redhead could remember; the only reason she knew about them was because her grandma had told her about it in one of her stories. But then again, she was only four years old. Who knew what happened here before her birth, right?

But what if the buildings weren't strong enough to survive the storm that was coming? What if the storm was too strong for anything to survive this dark and cold night? What if this storm would mean the end of the world? What if...

Kairi tried to ban those nasty thoughts out of her head. She really didn't know why she was so nervous all of a sudden. It wasn't like there had never been bad weather in Radiant Garden before. On the other side, it was only 7:30 pm and it almost looked like it was midnight already. She could hardly see what was happening outside. It was almost like a thick, black blanket hung around their house, preventing them to see any light...if there was any light outside at all.

The strangest thing was that it even seemed to get darker and colder inside their house. Not even the crackling fireplace could change that fact. It was as if the fire had lost all its warmth. If she didn't know any better, she would've thought that one of her worst nightmares was about to become reality...

She shivered at that thought. The necklace that she wore seemed to radiate a faint warmth, as if it was trying to warn her for something unknown, but dangerous, that would surely come. What had Aqua, the pretty, blue-haired woman said again, when she had touched the pendant that was attached to Kairi's necklace? Something about a magic spell that could protect her...

"If you're ever captured by the darkness, your light will guide the way."

She hadn't known what exactly the nice lady had meant with that, but she had thanked her anyway, because it sounded really important. She wondered if she would ever notice if it worked or not. What would she feel?

"Kairi, it's very late. Go brush your teeth and change your clothes, dear, so you can go to sleep."

The little girl, looked away from the spectacle outside, so she could face the old woman. She nodded and started to head for her room, but something made her stop by the doorway. She really wanted to know, but hesitated to ask it.

"Is there something wrong, my child?"

Kairi's eyes widened slightly. How did she know that something was bothering her? Was it something that only grown-up people could know?

"Grandma, will there be a storm tonight?" she asked.

"I'm afraid so, my child. My joints can even feel it."

Kairi laughed briefly. The rather cheerful and carefree sound seemed to break the chill for a short moment, but the effect was gone after a few seconds.

"It's nothing to worry about, though. It won't be a big storm, or anything that Radiant Garden can't handle."

Suddenly, as if on cue, the house started to shake violently. They both uttered a cry of terror. The shocks became more and more violent. It was like an earthquake. Kairi had to hold firmly to the doorframe so as not to fall, but her grandmother wasn't that lucky.

After a few seconds - although it seemed like an eternity for them - the shocks subsided. It became dead quiet around them. That did not last long, though. They heard screams coming from outside.

"Wh-what was that?" Kairi whispered.

Scared people?

"I have no idea..." the woman replied, confused.

Why?

The woman slowly and carefully walked to the window, in hopes to see what was happening outside. It was all of no use, because it was too dark to see anything. The only thing she could see clearly, was her own reflection and the shocked expression on her old face.

"Maybe if I open the window," she muttered, to nobody in particular, while trying to do so.

The window was quite old, probably just as old as Kairi's grandmother. Maybe even older. Kairi had no idea. Its age was the main reason why it didn't want to cooperate with the woman. In an attempt to open it, she pulled at it with all her strength, causing it to make unnecessarily loud and squeaky noises, that didn't promise much good.

"Ah, that's much bet-"

She stopped in mid-sentence, when she saw a creature, as black as the night, sitting on the windowframe, motionless. Kairi had never seen such an animal before. It was kind of cute, actually. Somehow, it reminded her of Buffy, her second favorite teddy bear. It had antenae on top of his head and its yellow eyes stared intently at the old woman, as if he was weighing something in its mind. Kairi wondered briefly if such a thing could have a mind. Wait a second, why did this thing resemble those monsters that had attacked her before Aqua had saved her?

Suddenly, without a warning, it jumped in the woman's lap. Kairi's grandmother yelped from surprise. The next moment, the mysterious creature did something horrible, but it happened so fast that Kairi didn't have the chance to see what exactly that thing did. The next thing she knew was that the monster held a pink, heart-shaped thing in its claws that was glowing faintly. Was that...her Granny's heart?

What's happening?

Kairi's stomach twisted and turned as her eyes widened. The woman in front of her held her chest with both hands, as blood poured out of it. She then started to fade slowly, and soon, there was nothing left of the woman that once had fed her, looked after her, made her hot chocolate and read bedtime stories for her. She had disappeared into thin air, and now the monster had turned its attention to her.

Kairi mind went completely blank. She did the only thing she could think of at that moment; she swiftly raced to the front door to escape the monster and everything she had seen. She didn't feel any better when she saw what was happening outside, either.

The sky had never been this dark before, not even at night. The stars somehow seemed to have disappeared from the inkblack sky. The only light to guide her, was the moon, because somehow, the lampposts were all broken, too. That wasn't the only thing; parts of buildings were lying everywhere, shattered into thousands of small pieces. What had happened in the few minutes that it had been so dark here?

Suddenly, Kairi felt something cold around her. It gave her goosebumps. She didn't know what it was, but she could tell that it was no good. She could see how darker shadows started to form everywhere, as far as the eye could see; on the brick walls, on the floor, on the trees, everywhere.

Oh no, those monsters, again! They're here to get me, just like they got my grandma, she thought.

Kairi started running again, even though her legs protested. She didn't know where she was going and at that moment she was far too busy with looking behind her to see if those horrible creatures from hell were following her. Therefore, she didn't see the tree in front of her, and crashed into it. That was when Kairi lost conciousness. It became black all around her...

"If you're ever captured by the darkness, your light will guide the way."

There hadn't been any light to guide the way, only shadows with yellow orbs as eyes. Was this the end for her?


A/N: This is the part where she falls down on the island, as a part of a meteor shower. I'll assume in the next chapter that she doesn't remember anything anymore, because she has banned those thoughts, or because she had crashed into that tree. This is my first entry for project PULL, from Bookaholic711, too. A review/some feedback would be very nice. :)