Mors a Ferrugineus

Mors (n.) A (p.) Ferrugineus (adj.): Death of the last light. Death of twilight.

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Empyreal [em-pir-ee-uh (adj): Pertaining to the highest heaven in the cosmology of the ancients.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts I or II nor the Final Fantasy series. Disney and Square Enix do.

Let's see! It looks like I finally got the guts to start a KH story, even though I was in the Kingdom Hearts fandom waaaaay longer than the NARUTO one, surprising, no? Anyways, this is an AU story, meaning that some things will be a bit confusing, but worry not; I'll try to clear them up as the story goes. Now, without further delay I present to you 'Mors a Ferrugineus'.

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Empyreal

His gaze made its way towards the dark Keyblade; it's formlying on the floor unattended.

"A Keyblade that unlocks hearts… I wonder."

His finger graced its smooth cold surface as he soon grasped it in his hands, picking it up and examining it for a few seconds before he made up his mind.

"Sora…?"

He brought it up to his chest and gave one last smile before plunging it towards his self.

"No, wait!!"

He never heard their pleas as his heart was swallowed by the darkness, just in time to see Kairi's frightened eyes.

"Sora, are you really…?"

'I'm sorry… Whoever you are.'

Kairi awoke with quite a start; her eyes darted quickly around her room as her heart pounded rapidly against her chest.

She subconsciously put a hand over her chest, quickly noting that she was covered in cold sweat, and closed her eyes to recall the unwanted nightmare. She had been dreaming about that day again…

The last day she ever saw his smile before the darkness swallowed him up. She could remember the look in his eyes as his heart was literally ripped from his body.

Happiness.

She shuddered as she recalled that day. It was partly her fault… Maybe, just maybe if she hadn't been a Princess of Heart, maybe… Maybe he wouldn't have had to bear that burden.

Sighing Kairi shakily stood up her bed, the cold breeze brushed against her back causing a shiver to go up her spine.

It had been almost a whole year since that incident and she still remembered it as if it had been yesterday. The Door of Light had been successfully locked; right then he had disappeared without a trace. All that was left behind where his footsteps clearly marked on the ground, and even that would fade away quickly.

She remembered it clearly, the look on his face as he closed that door, a small King named Mickey inside along her friend, Riku.

"Riku…" she whispered as if testing the name. It had also been almost a year since she had seen him; she wondered what had become of him, was he alright? Had he gotten out?

All those questions would remain unanswered, since for now all she could do was wait, wait for them to return…

Her eyes made their way towards the small alarm clock on the night stand. 3AM, no wonder the sun hadn't come out yet. She slowly walked towards the door, knowing fully well that she would no longer be able to sleep, and walked out of her room.

Quickly making her way down the stairs, careful to not make any sounds she grabbed a coat from the rack next to the door and practically ran to her balcony.

The familiar smell of salt filled her lungs as the relaxing sound of the waves melted away her previous paranoia as she gazed out to the star filled sky. A small smile came to her lips as memories filled her mind.

"I'll draw you and you draw me!"

"Okay!"

She closed her eyes savoring those memories of her childhood, shortly after she had first arrived at Destiny Islands she had met Sora, the first thing she had noticed about him was that wild spiky brown hair, which at first had served as quite the distraction.

The wind tussled her crimson hair as she leaned closer to the edge, seagulls flew in the dimly lit sky and the sky took a blazing orange, red and yellow as it melded with the sea, the sun was beginning to pull itself over the horizon.

She remembered how she, Sora and Riku always used to wake up only to watch sunrise. But that was all in the past, and this was now… And now… Memories like that only brought one emotion to her heart.

Too bad loneliness sucks.

Sighing for the umpteenth today Kairi's eyes drifted off towards the small islands where she used to play. She had come lesser times to the islands after Sora's disappearance until she gradually stopped coming at all, making a vow to not come back until Sora had returned.

But waiting never did anything, did it? Her grip on the railing strengthened until her knuckles became white. Resolve clear in her eyes. "One day, Sora. I promise."

She turned around to leave until she noticed something resting on the floor.

Kairi blinked, "Where did that…?" she looked around as if to find someone but upon noting that she was the only one out here she returned her attention back to the object.

It was a simple envelope, no name, no direction. Nothing.

She knelt down to pick the strange envelope up and flipped it around. Right in the middle of it stood a lone symbol, gold and in a strange shape that seemed so familiar but she couldn't quite place.

Hesitating at first, the crimson haired girl opened the strange envelope, her violet eyes widening as she read its contents.

Mixed emotions attacked her heart as she realized what this card meant, and just who had sent it.

"This time, I'll fight. I won't let you down, I promise."

And just like that loneliness was blown away by something else.

Hope.

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Kairi.

As you may have noticed, the worlds are not as much peace as we sought to believe. It seems that something besides the heartless are out to wreck havoc and destroy our worlds.

Please understand that what I am to ask of you is dire…

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"Where is Sora?"

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Not exactly what I would call a full chapter (Since I usually do about 10 pages…), but meh, it's enough to form a prologue and leave it with a small cliffhanger.

Just for the record this story will most likely have no pairings, and if it does, it will most likely be waaaaay near the last chapters of the story. BUT!! There will also most likely be scenes that you can see a hints if you want to. XDDD;;;

Anyways, sorry for the short chapter, but they will gradually become longer as I update, and so will my inspiration. Hopefully, my writing style will stop being so… depressing. XD;

Ah well, hope you enjoyed this short chapter, please review, since I won't really update a story people don't read. And if you think you know what the letter is about to say, please do try your hand at guessing.

And if anyone has any constructive critique to give me to help improve how I write and to help people understand what is going on better, please say, I'm the kind of person who takes helpful advice to heart and mind.