Kingdom Hearts: The Other Dimensions
Prologue
Sometimes, I wonder,
Were those all the worlds out there?
And if they weren´t,
Where are the others?
"This should do it," Master Yen Sid thought out loud, sitting in the top of his tower, as he finished a letter, "And now, it´s time to send it," as he added these words, the letter disappeared in a cloud of smoke…
King Mickey was sitting down in front of his desk inside Disney Castle´s Library, remembering stories he was told when he was only a child. Suddenly, a letter appeared on top of the desk. It read:
Dear King Mickey,
The worlds are in trouble again. A new enemy has appeared. I can´t tell you much about it right now. What I can tell you is that there is a new Keyblade wielder, and his heart was always on the side of darkness. I need you to come to my tower, as I didn´t teach you the knowledge which will be the key to our victory or to our defeat.
Yours truly,
Master Yen Sid.
"This seems serious" the King thought. After leaving a note to Queen Minnie, explaining what had just happened, he headed to the Gummi Hangar, got into his Gummi ship and, while the ship was elevating, he thought, "I´m sorry, Minnie, but I have to go." He got to Twilight Town in half an hour, as his Gummi ship was designed to be able to travel pas all the worlds in only two hours. It was obviously small and fragile, so Mickey was glad he didn´t got into any fight. The ship was on hover mode now, and the mouse stood in the light circle and quickly appeared in Central Station. The King looked at the trains and jumped onto the one that would take him to Mysterious Tower. While he was sitting in the train, he took out the letter to look at it better. He noticed that the trace was feeble, like if Yen Sid was… trembling, "But, what could scare my trainer?" he thought, starting to get worried. Suddenly, the train stopped. The King got out of it and headed towards the tower, but three strange creatures appeared between him and the door. Their form was the one of Dusks, but their colors were like Shadows. Mickey´s old Keyblade, Star Seeker, appeared in his hand, which surprised him. He was summoning Kingdom Key D, not the blade he had now in his hand. He didn´t care about it at that moment, and only jumped and slashed at the creatures, which didn´t vanish, but instead melted. The mouse entered the Tower and went up the stairs, defeating more monsters in the process. There was only one staircase left when the King looked down.
What he saw there shocked him.
Standing on all the lower stairs, and also floating below him, were hundreds of those Dusks/Shadows. The ones standing up on the staircases merged with them like Shadows do, and were rapidly followed by the floating ones. Soon, all the staircases were completely black, when, all of a sudden, all the creatures got together and formed two big circles, one on each stair. A darkness pillar blasted out from each circle, and both met with each other. From the meeting point, a huge rectangle appeared. From it three pillars emerged, two on the sides and one on the top. On the upmost pillar, a huge ball formed.
The monster was enormous. It had no eyes, but moved perfectly well. It floated. It moved very fast, in spite of its size. And it was like a blur, impossible to focus on.
King Mickey didn´t hesitate, and started to attack it. But his strikes did no damage at all. The King decided to try something. He jumped towards the monster, with Star Seeker ready to strike. Suddenly, a circle opened in the monster´s chest letting Mickey get past it. The mouse exclaimed, "I knew it!" and decided to take a chance. He stood still, with his Keyblade still on his hand, and shouted, "Speedster Form!" Suddenly, a ball of light engulfed him. He felt his clothes change, a new Keyblade appearing on his left hand. He felt his two Keyblades starting to point backwards, attaching to his hand so they didn´t fell off. He felt a crash helmet on his head, and suddenly the light was over. The Keyblade wielder was in completely black clothes, except for the white, speed-looking details. In his left hand, there was an old, this time really old Keyblade. The hand guard was an open triangle, closed by the handle, which was flat, and had the word McQueen engraved. The blade was red, and the tip had the form of a wheel and at the end of the keychain was a little metal thunder. Both the form and the Keyblade doubled the mouse speed, so Mickey was now two times as fast! He let out his Speedster battle cry, "It´s now or never!" and jumped towards the beast.
Amazingly, it was still too fast for the King, and, as he aimed the jump to hit the monster, not to land on another stair, he was left hanging from his two Keyblades, which had struck the top of a stair. He quickly pulled himself up and summoned his Keyblades back in hand. He reversed his transformation and started to think. He lost too much in his thoughts, though, because the beast hit him. However, it wasn´t a giant fist that hit him, but many of the smaller creatures. He then knew what to do. He jumped out while thinking, "The Sharpshooter form won´t be able to hit it, but maybe…" He landed on a staircase and shouted, "Sharpshooter Form!" Again, a ball of light engulfed him. He felt his clothes changing, this time to green with small blue crosshairs on it. A visor appeared over his eyes and Star Seeker got lighter. The transformation was about to finish when King Mickey lifted his Keyblade, pointed it at the roof and shouted "This battle ends now! Sniper Form!" A column of pure light fell on him, and his clothes changed once again. The crosshairs were now red, and his visor got red too. When the light dismissed, he cried, "There´s nothing I can´t hit!" He aimed the monster with his Keyblade and shouted, "Explosive Shot," he then fired Star Seeker at the creature. As the Keyblade hit it, it exploded, and all the smaller monsters, which had lost their ability to levitate, plunged into the void. The King then reversed his transformation and headed towards Yen Sid´s Tower.
When he entered it, Yen Sid said, "Welcome, Mickey. I´ve been waiting for you."
"What were those monsters?" He asked, "And…"
"I´ll tell you everything, when time is right. Now please, sit down." He pointed at the other end of his desk, where a seat appeared out of thin air. Mickey sat on it, and Yen Sid continued, "There´s something I never taught you. Have you ever heard about the Dimensions?"
"The Dimensions?" Mickey repeated, "Of course I have! I was told a story about them when I was a child, a story about three heroes. They were known as The Key of Light, The Book of Life and The Card of Purity. The Keyblade Wielder came from this Dimension, but the others came from a different one. I didn´t actually know what were the Dimensions, though."
"The Dimensions are the places where worlds are," The wizard said, "There are three Dimensions. This one, the Dimension of the Soul and the Dimension of Life and Death. In the Dimension of the Soul, chosen ones wield cards that transform into weapons. In the dimension of Life and Death, chosen ones wield books with spells stronger than any of my magic. But when three chosen ones meet, the strange creatures you´ve seen appear, and will follow their plans. That is why I think that a Keyblade Wielder whose heart is in darkness has appeared, alongside a corrupted Card User and a Book Reader who follows death. This is all I can tell you right now, but I´ll give you this." He handed a ring to Mickey, who put it on. "If you need to know something, call me through it. Now, your Gummi ship isn´t able to get past the dimensional barrier. You´ll need something more advanced. You´ll also need to carry a huge group this time. I made a Jelli ship appear outside of my tower. One of those is the only thing that can pass through dimensional barriers. When you´ve collected Donald and Goofy on Disney Castle and the trio living at Destiny Islands, contact me."
"Alright!" Mickey said, heading out of Yen Sid´s Study. "Just one more thing." He said, stopping. "Why didn´t you tell me all of this before?"
"Because," Yen Sid said, "I never thought this could happen, and now I´m worried about every world and more."
A/N: Well, guys, here you are. The prologue of my new (and first) story includes: A new enemy, forms for King Mickey, more ways to transform, a new type of ship, a boss fight, a cliffhanger and many cheesy catchphrases. Hope you liked it!