Authors Note: It's the moment you've all been waiting for! Chapter one of the sequel of The Key's Keeper!

Disclaimer: I still don't own Kingdom Hearts. I just own Katy, Ryan, and Cassie

Normal POV

Katy POV

There were no Heartless, that was a plus right there. There was soft green grass lining a long, winding dirt road. Green trees also dotted the landscape around them, along with the occasional flower. The trio ran down the road, hope on the horizon, believing with all their hearts that everything would work out in the end.

Nowhere

Katy blinked once, twice, three times before she realized that she was seeing only white because that was all there was. She stood up and looked around her. It looked so familiar, but she couldn't remember why. Sighing to herself, she began to walk. Maybe if she walked for a little bit she could remember where she was supposed to be right now…


As night fell, Sora, Donald, and Goofy wandered from the dirt road and fell asleep in the grass. The animals slept peacefully, but Sora's slumber was plagued by nightmares. He shot up in a cold sweat and looked around; making sure his dream had really been just that, a dream. He smiled at the sight of Donald and Goofy conked out a few feet away before getting up and taking a walk to clear his thoughts. As he made his way through the dark meadow he began to feel as though he was being watched. He was proven correct when a voice spoke from behind him.

"Along the road ahead lies something you need..."

Sora whipped around, only to find that no one was there. However the prickling feeling of being watched didn't leave him and he whipped around again. Standing a little a ways from his was a figure in a black cloak who continued speaking.

"However-- in order to claim it, you must lose something that is dear to you."

By this point Donald and Goofy had awakened and they continued following the path down until they reached a giant castle. Sora strode confidently into the odd looking structure, the talking animals following closely behind.

"Hey, ya think its okay to barge in?" Goofy asked nervously

"But we've gotta do it. If we're gonna find the king…" Donald justified

"The King?! King Mickey's here?!" Goofy exclaimed, looking around for any sign of their mousy leader.

"Something just told me he'd be here, okay?" Donald bit back defensively.

"Really? 'Cause now that you mention it, I was kinda thinking the same thing." Goofy admitted scratching his head.

"Seriously?! Me too! One look at this place and I just knew! (Ha rhyming! xD)

"Guess great minds think alike." Goofy said, chuckling

"Wait, hey, hold on! It can't be just a coincidence!" Jiminy Cricket chimed in, hopping up on Sora's shoulder.

"Oh, no, Jiminy. Ya don't mean that--" Donald began

"Yep, I had it too. Mmhm, I had the exact same feeling!"

"Gawrsh, maybe it's contagious!" Goofy exclaimed

"No, no. Something's screwy. We gotta go take a look." Donald said firmly.

"Alright." Sora said, beginning to walk further into the castle.

"Wak! Where are you going?!" Donald exclaimed

"That way, to the door" Sora said simply. "What, are ya scared?"

"Aw, don't be ridiculous. Let's go! C'mon Goofy."

"Hey, fellas, shouldn't we shut the door behind us before we go?" Goofy asked.

Since he got no answer, the king's warrior decided to go shut it himself. Turning to do so, he gasped;

"Sora!"

Sora and Donald whipped around to face the same figure that confronted Sora in the meadow earlier. The door swung shut lazily behind him, the lock sounding with a faint click.

"That's it! Who are you?!" Sora demanded, drawing the Keyblade.

The figure said nothing and began to advance.

"WAK! Heartless! Oh, yeah? I'll try some magic!" Donald exclaimed, raising his staff.

"THUNDER!"

Nothing happened. The duck looked at his staff, annoyed

"Come on, THUNDER! THUNDER!!"

Still nothing.

"Come on…blizzard? FIRE!"

It was obvious at this point that magic was not going to be able to help them. Donald sighed in defeat.

"Why isn't it working?"

"I should think it's obvious. The moment you set foot in this castle, you forgot every spell and ability you ever knew." The figure answered, sounding quite smug.

The trio looked at him blankly

"In this place to find is to lose and to lose is to find. That is the way in Castle Oblivion." The figure continued, ignoring the clueless faces of those in front of him.

"Castle Oblivion?" Sora inquired

The figure disappeared and reappeared behind Sora.

"Here you will meet people you have known in the past. And you will meet people you miss." The cloaked man continued

"I miss?" Sora muttered to himself. Realizing what the man was getting at, he gasped.

"Riku! You mean Riku's here?!"

"If what you want…is to find him…" The man began before shooting a whirlwind of dark magic at him. Sora stumbled backward at the force of it, but managed to keep himself upright. He spun around since the mad was once again behind him and swung a well aimed blow to his head. It backfired when the figure disappeared in a cloud of…rose petals? Appearing at the top of a staircase, the trio ran to confront him.

"What'd you do?!" Sora demanded

"I merely sampled your memories. With them, I made this." The figure said, holding up a blue card with a picture of Traverse Town on it.

"To reunite with those you hold dear--" The man began, tossing the card to Sora who caught it.

"What's this, a card?" Sora asked, puzzled

"A promise for the reunion you seek. Hold the card to open the door and beyond it, a new world. Proceed, Sora. To lose and claim anew or, to claim anew, only to lose…" The man said as his vanished in a mix of swirling darkness and rose petals.

Sora studied the card in his hand, a determined look on his face.

"Come on, let's go." Sora said, striding to the door and holing the blue hard up in front of it.

The card began to glow and the door opened. The trio strode through and was blinded by a flash of light.

Taking in his new surroundings, Sora frowned.

"This can't be right, we're in Traverse Town!"

"What you see isn't real." The figure said from a few feet ahead of Sora.

He teleported behind Sora and continued

"This is an illusion created by your memories ingrained in that card."

"My memories?" Sora asked, confused.

"Forget about that, Sora! We lost Donald and Goofy!" Jiminy exclaimed, jumping down from Sora's shoulder.

Sora whipped around, confirming what the cricket said

"Donald? Goofy? Guys, where are you?"

He turned back to the cloaked man and glared

"What did you do with them?!"

"They are at the mercy of the cards now. Master the cards, and their strength will be yours again. The laws of this castle require that your friends be turned into cards. If you value your friends, you won't fail to pick them up. Use them, and your friends will come to your aid." The figure explained, tossing Sora a card that had a picture of Donald on it.

"Everything in this castle is ruled by cards. Whether an enemy or a door confronts you, cards are the only way to proceed, but you mustn't forget your own strength." The man drawled on.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Sora spun around just in time to see Donald and Goofy walk up.

"Are you two all right? Where have you been?" Sora asked, concerned

"You tell us! When you opened the door, we saw a strange light—and the rest is just…blank" Donald bit back, scowling.

"Gee, that doesn't help. Try to remember what happened. I have to keep my journal up to date." Jiminy prompted.

Before Donald could come up with a retort, Goofy brought a new development to light

"Hey, Donald, where'd I get the new clothes?"

Startled, Donald looked down at his own clothing.

"Wak?! Me too, Goofy. Someone's been messing with our clothes!"

Sora looked back at the cloaked man, suspiciously.

"Could it be the cards again?"

"That is for you to ponder. Master the cards and make your way through the castle, but from here, you walk alone." He answered the smugness from before creeping back into his voice.

"Alone?! We can't let Sora go alone!" Goofy exclaimed

"Yeah! Sora can't do anything without our help!" Donald stated with a snicker.

"Thanks a lot, Donald." Sora said with an eye roll

"You sure you'll be okay?" Goofy asked, nervously.

"Of course!" He answered with a grin. Turning back to the figure, he smirked. "You want me to go alone? Fine. I can take care of myself."

The man scoffed.

"Hmph, the hero speaks boldly. Go, then. The rest of Castle Oblivion awaits. Walk the avenues of latent memory, and you shall meet someone dear to you." He said in his monotone, flight attendant voice as he vanished into a dark corridor.

"I've got a bad feeling about this…" Jiminy said nervously, shaking his head.

": Relax, Jiminy. I'm ready for any tricks he's got up his sleeve. How hard can it be to figure out these cards? All I have to do is use one in front of that door over there."

Sora did just that, and the second walked over the threshold, he found himself alone. Fighting the Heartless with cards was definitely more difficult. His every movement was restricted and the force of his strikes was determined by the card's power. Managing to clear the first room, he approached the next door and used a card with the appropriate number to get it to open. Sighing to himself, he entered. It was going to be a long journey.

Nowhere

Walking had grown tiring and Katy decided to sit down and rest for awhile. There was an odd feeling in her stomach, one that seemed to be trying to direct her to where she needed to be, but the effort was fruitless. There was nothing here but an endless expanse of white. Sighing she lied on her back and closed her eyes. After a few minutes she began to hear a faint buzzing. Opening her eyes and sitting up, she frowned as the noise got louder. It was coming from somewhere to her left. Getting up and following the phantom sound, she gasped. The whiteness seemed to part and formed some kind of window. Through it, she could see a boy. He was engaged in a fight with an odd, bunny-like creature. She found herself holding her breath until the battle was over, sighing with relief when he came out unscathed. She didn't know why she cared so much, but this boy looked so familiar. Maybe she'd known him from a time before the whiteness? She sat down again; pretzel legged and continued to watch as he made his way through the place he was in. She couldn't hear anything, she could only see, but that seemed to be enough. Her body relaxed and the funny feeling in her stomach disappeared. She was content to watch this boy, whoever he was. Being able to know if he was okay seemed to bring peace to her otherwise confused mind.

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A/N: Okay, so I take pride in the fact that I'm not a review whore, but in the past, whenever I write a sequel for something, it's like all my reviewers disappear. So, for the first few chapters I'm going to be a tiny bit mean. Five reviews till the next chapter please? I just want to make sure you guys are all still out there and interested. Thanks!!