Author's Note: Hello, everyone. Since its almost Christmas, I decide to give you all an early Christmas gift with the intro of this story.

This story takes place after Dream Drop Distance and follows the main timeline of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Kingdom Hearts themes are noted with the following notation: *Song Title*

All characters, places, and themes belong to their original, rightful owners.

CHAPTER 1: JUST A DREAM

Please… a girl's voice calls out.

Help us…

*DIVE INTO THE HEART*

The sound of water breaking echoes through the darkness, as a figure breaches the pitch black sky like water. The figure appears asleep, drifting away into the unseen darkness below. The figure is a girl with long, flowing, auburn hair. She wears a pink mini-dress with a black hood over a white halter top. The girl's body gently sways deeper into the abyss. The girl opens her blue eyes, staring into the endless sea of nothingness. After a few seconds she sees a round, golden stained glass floor. As she draws closer she begins to see some details. She sees a picture of a young girl, perhaps a year or two younger than her, sleeping. The girl wears a white and black outfit, has yellow hair that's braided into two ponytails, shaped liked drills. Behind the girl in the stained glass, is a ground filled with muskets, tied together with ribbons, stuck into the ground. The circles surrounding the outer edge have a flower design in them.

The falling girl's body aligns itself vertically before gently landing in the middle. The girl looks around, confused and yet mystified.

Power sleeps within you. A different voice calls out as a sword with a mouse emblem appears in a flash of light in front of her, floating above the floor.

If you give it form… A green staff, with a blue head similar to the emblem on the sword, appears to her left.

It will give you strength. A red and black shield, blazoned with the same emblem appears to her right.

Choose well. The girl looks at each of the three weapons around her. The girl shifts her body to the left, facing the staff. The girl raises her right hand towards the staff. In response, the staff goes into her extended hand quickly.

The power of the mystic. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin. Is this the power you seek?

The girl nods her head.

Your path is set.

The staff glows with blind light, temporarily blinding the girl, the shield and sword are no longer present. When the girl opens her eyes, she is no longer holding the staff. Instead, she now wields a gigantic key, wrapped in vines, and flowers as the teeth. In her mind, she knows what it is, a Keyblade.

A rumbling sound shakes the ground around her. She looks around, searching for the cause. The glass floor begins to shatter at the edge. In mere moments, the ground below her shatters and once again, falls into the void.

After a few seconds of falling deeper into the darkness, another stained glass floor appears. Boasting a bountiful shade of red, the girl notices the picture on it. A profile of another sleeping girl, hugging the outer edge on the left side, adorned in red garbs, and a red jewel on her chest. She holds onto a spear pointing to the other side. Instead of circles surrounding the outer edge, they are ovals, designed like gems.

As soon as the falling girl lands, she takes a few steps forward looking around. She notices a presence; a dark presence. She looks down, instead of the look of shock and surprise, is a face of readiness and composure. Dark shadows appear from the ground; they go as high as her knees, two antennae, and round, yellow eyes. She is well aware of these creatures. Heartless.

One Heartless jumps towards her, the girl jumps back to dodge. She immediately retaliates, destroying her attacker in three strikes. She charges into another Heartless, destroying it in three strikes as well. While she is attacking, another Heartless melds into the ground, and sneaks its way behind her. The Heartless lunges at her, but the girl blocks with the Keyblade. The Heartless recoils; leaving it defenseless against the girl. The girl takes her chance and defeats the last of them.

A pillar of light erupts from the far side of the area; revealing a door of elegant design. The girl looks at the door for a few moments before walking towards it. Just as she stops a foot away from the door, the door slowly opens, revealing a brilliant light from the side. The girl winces from the light momentarily before staring at it. She walks towards the light.

She walks to the center of a new station. From above, the station has a blue color scheme. This one too bears a sleeping girl, on the right side of the glass floor. This girl has blue hair, wears a blue outfit with a white cape, a golden hairpiece next to her ear, and holding onto a cutlass. The station's circles on the outer edge are filled with musical notes.

When the girl stops at the center, she is surrounded by about twenty Heartless. The Heartless charge, the girl shifts her body, dodging and attacking the black monsters. A group of four jump up before diving towards her. She raises her Keyblade straight up. At that moment, several bolts strike the attacking Heartless as well as the Heartless close to her. She proceeds to aim her weapon at the monsters, shooting flaming balls at the Heartless, eliminating several of them. She turns around and fires a shard of ice, piercing through her enemies, destroying several more. The remaining Heartless stop their attack for a few seconds before melding into the ground; consuming the platform in darkness. The girl finds herself being swallowed by the darkness. Struggle as she can, she cannot escape and sinks into the abyss.

The girl now drifts unconsciously under the waves of darkness. By the time she opens her eyes, she can feel her legs landing on something. She looks around, trying to find where to go next. She takes one step, and from where she stands a bright light reveals the station she is on. It has a violet scheme. At the top of the floor's picture is a girl with long flowing, black hair. Her hands over her chest as if she is praying, but the hands cannot be seen by a miniature shield on her wrist. Below her is what looks like a shadow of the girl in the picture, except the hair style is in braids. The outside ring is layered with twelve circles, each one with a roman numeral, like the face of a clock.

After observing the surrounding area, the wandering girl moves forward. Just as she reaches the edge, multiple platforms, with different colors, appeared; forming a rainbow-colored stairway that twists and turns into the darkness. The girl follows the path in front of her. It doesn't take long for her to see a black tower, adorned with glass-stained windows of a pink-colored scheme. The road makes one large turn going up. After walking the final stretch, the girl now arrives at the top of the station. The station has a pink scheme. Surrounding the center are white silhouettes of a girl that are holding onto each other's hands. In the center is a girl with pink hair, braided by two pairs of red ribbons, in a white and pink dress, sleeping in a fetal position.

The girl walks to the center, looking up into the eternal void. The girl stiffens as she senses something. Darkness… a massive form of darkness. As this dreadful feeling courses through her being, an ominous shadow rises behind her. The girl turns around, her mouth open, as she assesses the being before her as she takes a few steps back.

*Tension Rising*

The being has an outline of massive arms, filled with clouds. This is nothing see has seen or heard of before. Perhaps a new type of Heartless she rationalizes. No, in her heart, she knows this thing is neither a Heartless, nor its counterpart; the Nobody. The girl runs away, but not far, as she stops at the edge. She turns around, taking in the giant before her. It appears to have a massive body, sketched out, filled with ominous clouds, but what truly brings fear to her is its head. One half is covered in shades in different directions, while the other shows a contorted sun disk, a planet for an eye, and a moon for a mouth. Seeing that running is all but a moot option, she brandishes her Keyblade and stands ready for the immediate battle.

The being stares down at the girl for a few seconds before outstretching its right arm. The being swipes at just above the surface with its massively clawed hand. The girl slides under the arm before jumping upright and fires an orb of pure light through the swing of her Keyblade. The orb arcs before smashing into the fiend's face with a burst of light; causing it to recoil and grabs its face with the left arm. After regaining its composure, the being raises its left arm before slamming its hand onto the ground. The girl backflips out of harm's way just in time. As soon as her feet touch the ground, she sprints towards the hand. After jumping onto the hand, she charges on top of its arm, before jumping onto its shoulder, right next to the head.

The girl swings her Keyblade with all her might. As she continues her attack, the monster hardly reacts to the blade; the girl hopes she is at least damaging her foe. She is so focused on attacking, that she doesn't realize what the giant is doing. In an instant, the monster grabs the girl with its right hand, completely trapping her. The being slams the girl with full force onto the platform with its palm. The monstrosity lifted its hand, revealing the girl lying on the ground. After a few moments, she struggles to get up. She looks up and sees that the enemy has a fist raised above it. The girl immediately rolls to the right. The beast pounds into the platform, the impact pushes the girl closer towards the edge. The girl can see that if she doesn't slow down she may fall off. She manages to use the momentum of her roll to get enough strength to dig the Keyblade into the platform, skidding to stop right at the edge.

The girl pants as she manages to regain her footing and slowly approaches the center of the platform, her eyes never leaving the monster in front of her. The monster roars, deciding to finish this once and for all. Raises both of its hands, before slamming them into the platform, causing it to sunder and fall apart. The girl falls into the void, among the debris. The girl, though her body is at its limit, she's not ready to give up. Luckily, she lands on one of the platform remnants. She musters all of her physical strength, to jump to another remnant. She runs along the platform, running towards the monster that tried to do her in. She jumps and runs on several more platforms before reaching back to the platforms original level. She places everything she has into one more jump, propelling her to jump towards the monster.

The monster swings its right hand at the girl. The girl swings the Keyblade, deflecting the arm away from her. The beast grabs her with the left hand. It raises the said hand above it. Luckily the girl's arms aren't trapped in the monster's grasp. She slams Keyblade into the hand. She feels the monster's grip loosens, and manages to push herself out of its grasp before diving towards the head. As soon she is close enough she flips forward once, grab the Keyblade with both hands and slashes the head in a somersault. Upon impact, a bright light envelops the two combatants. When the light fades, the girl lands back on the restored platform, before her opponent's upper body impacts the ground with a thud, leaving it motionless.

The girl does not hesitate. She unleashes a barrage of magical spells of fire, ice, and lightning. After a few seconds, the girl continues her assault with a shard of ice, follows up by summoning bolts of lightning onto the beast, and finishes up with three more shots of fire. The girl pants, she can feel that she used up all of her magic. Yet, the beast is still dazed. The girl grits her teeth before charging in. Just as he she gets close, she brandishes her Keyblade in a downward angle across her body. Once in range, she swings with all her might and slashes upwards through the monster's face. The monster jerks its head back, as sparks erupt from it.

The sparks end with an eruption of light dust, causing it to jerk its head back even more, giving out a gurgling cry. The girl jumps back, the Keyblade disappears. She looks at her empty hand before jumping back as the giant uses its hands to support itself. It stares at the girl before falling on top of her. Just before it can make the impact, it covers the entire station in a plume of darkness. The girl cannot feel or see anything. Please… the first voice calls out. Help us… The girl can tell that whoever is calling out is begging her. Immediately, the girl sees a small light glimmers in the darkness. The light continues to expand and grow, eventually consuming her line of vision.

The girl sits up quickly with a gasp. She is catching her breath as she tries to ascertain her surroundings. She is resting on a bed, with blue covers. The bed lays at an end of a round room, star-shaped windows on one side, and a large crescent moon shaped window next to her bed. There is a small dresser in the room, alongside a large full-body mirror with a golden frame. She is now wearing blue pajamas. The girl, known as Kairi, got her breathing under control. She looks down onto her bed, her hands crossed near her stomach. "Just a dream." She says quietly. "Or was it?" She says as she raises her head. She turns to the nearby moon-window, staring out at the countless stars in the sky.

Author's Note: That is the first chapter. I will try to update this within a few weeks.

Please tell me what you think of this.

Have a safe and Merry Christmas.