Warning: This story contains spoilers. Spoilers from all the games, to be exact. So I would not exactly recommend you reading this if you are not experienced with the game firsthand. Except... you like spoilers; now that's another story.
Oh, and Im looking for somebody who is kind enough to beta this fic. I accept transferring the document either from the Document Exchange feature provided by the itself or via e-mail. The assistance that I will be expecting is of spelling, grammar, and a little bit of brainstorming, as this story has not yet developed a very stable plot.
If you are interested in Vocaloid AU fan-fictions, why dont you have a look at my other story, Daughter of the White Tiger? ;D
Disclaimer (that applies for the rest of the story): I do NOT own Kingdom Hearts, Disney and Square Enix do.
Mirelle94Dancer presents:
A Kingdom Hearts Fan-fiction
Prologue:
A Start, an End
Atop of The Castle that Never Was, in a part that was situated below the Altar of Naught, a couple of tents were set for the members of Soras team to be able to rest. Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were all in a peaceful state, with Mickey curled up into a ball, Donald mumbling something about asking forgiveness to Daisy, his fiance: and Goofy, being the goofy person he is, slept when forgetting to take off his uncomfortable armor.
Meanwhile, inside another tent, Kairi had slept soundly, clearly being exhausted from the fact that she had fought against countless Heartless alongside Riku, her reunion with Sora, and seeing someone... to be precise, Ansem the Wise die in front of her eyes. All those events are bound to take a toll on both her body and mind, either positively or negatively. But of the entire bunch of possibilities one thing was obvious; that it would drain her of her strength.
At the same time, Sora was sitting calmly outside one of the tents; his gaze was focused into the dark sky situated between the realm of light and darkness. The black space that surrounded this place was so empty; devoid of any stars that would otherwise spread all over the sky.
"Too scared to sleep, the chosen one?" a voice called out jokingly, Sora turned his head around to meet Riku, waving at the silver-haired boy as he put himself on a more comfortable position. Riku let out a wide, rather toothy grin as the person offended was grumbling a little.
"I couldve said the same to you!" the brunette retaliated, as his friend sat beside him. "Youre not sleeping either, am I right, or I am right?"
"Yes, yes. Youre right" Riku gave in to Soras stubbornness. "Well... its just a habit I picked up after staying in the darkness for some time; my body adapt to darkness better than light now" he raised his gloved left hand and flexed it a bit, staring at meant hand when he did so. "Maybe the king was right. I spent too much time inside the darkness"
"Oh, come on!" Sora patted Rikus back with a power that would have knocked the silver-haired boy from the edge of the tall building if Riku had not resisted the hit and retaliated himself. "You cant say that... in fact, whats the difference, really?"
"My appearance, forgot that already?" Riku commented dryly, sending a look of sarcasm towards his friend.
"Your... appearance?" Sora wondered for a while before flashbacks from not too long ago stormed him. "Oh yeah... your appearance... sorry about that"
"Nah, its alright" Riku quickly dismissed the topic. "Now were back and together again, thats what matters"
"Yeah" Sora added a nod to show his agreement to the statement. "Funny, the three of us had actually exchanged that fruit- and it really works" Sora dug into his pocket and retrieved a charm; it was made of seashells with a whitish-purple hue, brought together with a string to form a star of some sorts. A smile was also drawn into it, along with a pair of black eyes.
Riku eyed the charm for a moment before he made a whistle. "You have to keep sure you dont lose it, then" he said, successfully turning the other teenager face a reddish hue. "Eternal connection; not many girls give gifts that symbolize eternal connection to their boyfriends - Kairi is quite on the aggressive side, doncha think?"
"Yeah..." Sora stared blankly at the charm for a while, before realizing what his friend had just said to him. "Hey! When was I declared Kairis boyfriend?" he turned around in shock and embarrassment, face flushing with red.
"Since I declared so" Riku answered jokingly." I mean... come on! I saw you two going to that secret place... and you two definitely got the hots for each other! I mean, youre hugging in front of public; hell, even in front of Nobodies!"
"You're jealous or what?"Sora gave Riku a light hit on the back on his neck, and they both laughed together. Not long after that, Sora stifled a yawn.
"I think Im not that well suited to this time as much as you, Riku" he said jokingly, before getting up and walking back into his tent. "See you tomorrow"
"Well, Im staying. See ya" the silver-haired boy replied, waving his hand. Sora returned this act with a nod before going straight into the tent, making a loud yawn in the process. Riku turned his sight back into the starless sky, covered with dark clouds of all sorts.
"I just..." Riku muttered to nobody in particular, holding out his right hand to summon his keyblade; "Way to the Dawn", as it was named. "I just have a bad feeling about where is this battle going to bring us..."
"Hey..." a voice called; appearing along with a bright light that penetrated Soras eyes. "Wake up..."
When Sora had opened his eyes, what he felt was not the soft sheet that had covered the tent he had slept in. In fact, he was not wearing his sleeping clothes anymore; the clothes that he used to fight against heartlesses and Nobodies had replaced its place. Sora stood up, trying to comprehend his situation and where he was.
But one thing that he could be sure: that this place is nowhere situated inside The Castle that Never Was. All around, he could only see the darkness that shrouded the place. What was more shocking, however, was the floor he was stepping on. It was as if made of embossed glass, each piece containing different color and each radiating their own light.
In addition, a boy, who was around Sora's age, was standing on the center of the platform, rather than Sora's position being in the edge.
"...Roxas?" the words had barely escaped from Sora's mouth. He was in shock, too much shock as of now. The last time he had ventured in this place was when he had fainted in the dark city, and he ended up fighting another boy, who ended the fight with saying, "You make a good other"
If Sora would meet someone again in the same place, wouldn't it be him?
"No, I'm not your Nobody" The figure answered. "I'm somebody else... Actually, I've been here for quite a long time, though"
Hearing this, Sora immediately entered a battle stance, summoning his Keyblade; the Kingdom Key. In a flash of light the weapon appeared, and Sora readied himself for any possible incoming blow.
"Whoa, easy!" The blond boy yelled, almost frightened by the act of Sora summoning his Keyblade. "I'm not going to wreck anything inside, promise! I haven't even touched anything these years!"
Sora kept silent, his eyes trying to judge the personality of this mysterious blond. From the first glance, he closely resembles Roxas... but with a much more light-hearted personality. Even as Sora was staring at him with eyes full of doubt, he was putting his hand behind his head nonchalantly, as if not sensing the ill means thrown against him.
"Is he one of those pure-hearted ones..." Sora thought for a moment, while keeping his gaze at the boy, who in return gave him a warm smile, "Or is he just an IDIOT?"
"You don't seem dangerous" Sora concluded, returning the Keyblade into a flash of light. "Though I do HOPE that I won't regret this..." he put his face on his gloved left hand. "So, what's your name? Mine's Sora"
"Me?" The blond boy asked, before receiving a nod and a glare simultaneously. "I'm Ventus. But you can call me Ven"
The two shook hands, and Sora felt as if a heavy weight had just been lifted from his chest when he knew this Ventus guy had no ill means with him. But one thing that he said before piqued his interest.
"I wanted to ask you something..." Sora said, but his attention was soon distracted by the surroundings of The Station of Awakening slowly turning from pitch-black into white.
"I'm afraid it'll have to wait until later, Sora" Ventus answered, also noticing the change on their surrounding. "It's time for you to wake up for real, but I'm sure we'll meet again" the blond boy waved Sora a farewell before he was consumed in the bright light.
Sora opened his eyes, only to find his face right in front of a certain anthropomorphic duck's bill which was positioned in less than a few centimeters distance from his nose. In surprise, the brunette immediately got up, pressing his nose hard into the bill in the process.
"Ouch!" Both Sora and the duck yelled as they propelled backwards after the collision. Sora was then pressing his fingers gently against his nose, trying to give his poor organ some comfort after getting hit by such a hard surface. Donald, in the other hand, was certainly not pleased after the event, proved by how he had almost shot a shard of ice towards Sora while quacking a colorful trail of curse words towards him.
"It's about time our sleeping beauty woke up" Riku joked, as he ruffled Sora's spiky hair, making it messier than it already is. "You sure slept soundly; I thought a heartless was inside our tent!"
"You...!" Sora shouted in a playful manner, pouncing against his silver-haired friend in the process. They rolled on te ground, each trying to get the position atop of the other.
Though it was not long before they had ceased the action, considering it was something stupid. Sora and Riku then disassembled the tents; while Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey were packing the groups belonging. Even though the royal knight and magician had insisted for the King to lay down when they were packing, the mouse had insisted that he, too, should help them.
Kairi was not planning to spoil herself either; with the help of Donalds spell she was cooking whatever edible ingredients in Soras inventory into a soup.
After packing their belongings and a hearty meal, the group then looked up at the moon that resided atop of them; the artificial Kingdom Hearts that was made by the Organization. It gave off an ethereal yellow glow, with hues of purple emanating from where it had been damaged.
"Its going to end pretty soon..." Riku said, looking at the damaged Kingdom Hearts. "Xemnas... I mean, Xehanorts plans are finally coming into an end"
"And Im going to make sure its a bad end for him and a good end for us!" Sora summoned his Kingdom Key as he marched forward, climbing the flight of steps that divided the Altar of Naught apart of the rest of the Castle that Never was. "Come on, were wasting time!"
Well, I think that's about it for now XD to think of it, this thing has not even entered the storyline yet, more to a picture to link the Kingdom Hearts II Universe into that of Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. That's quite irresponsible for me, I suppose XD
This story is written using Notepad++ and using HTML formal, so pardon the spelling! I'm kinda too lazy to go and hunt myself a Microsoft Office crack, so I used whatever material I have. Hence reason why I need a beta reader so desperately.
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There will be friendship! I love that stuff.
And cracks! Not too much, though...
And... TvTropes references!
That's about it for now. catch ya later! XD