Darkened Hearts
(For the most part, a slightly more intense retelling of Kingdom Hearts. SoraXKairi, no Riku Bashing, slightly intense, smart Sora) (Btw I'm using some BBS stuff in this story. Also they are their KH2 ages at the beginning. Sora: 15, Kairi: 15 Riku: 16) (3rd person)
Chapter 0 (Prologue): Similar But Not the Same
The first thing he realized was the darkness. At first he thought his eyes were closed but when he opened them there was still nothing but pure black. The next thing he realized was he felt like he was falling, very fast with something akin to the feel of water going past him. He felt a shock of panic go through his body. 'I'm gonna die aren't I?' he thought with fear. Out of nowhere a voice, sounding like a boy about his own age, say calmly 'relax; your story has only begun'. Than a second voice, sounding eerily like his own said 'This is our successor? Were screwed aren't we?' the voice said with obvious contempt.
The boy kept falling through the dark until a bright circle appeared below him. Finally, his fall began to slow down and his body, which had been falling headfirst, started turning him into a standing position. Upon landing on the circle it exploded into hundreds of doves that fly off into the darkness. Looking down he noticed the circle has become a glass platform with a picture of himself, sitting on a slanted tree, staring into a sunset. Around him are two shapes.
One was a dully glowing silver circle surrounding a picture of a boy. He is silver haired with a somewhat smug grin on his face. But the smugness isn't taken seriously for if you look at the boy's bright green-blue eyes a person would see the kindness in them. 'Riku' the boy thought with familiarity. And then there was the other shape.
This one was a pink heart with light practically bursting out of it. In the center of the brightness there is a picture of a girl. She has shoulder length red hair, around his age, with bright blue eyes. The boy looked at the image of the girl and smiled. 'Kairi' He thought with a sense of happiness.
Suddenly the glass platform shook and the boy struggled to keep his balance. When the shaking stopped, three stone blocks appeared. Floating above one was a sword; another was a Shield with the symbol of three circles, one big, the other two small connecting on the top of the big circle. The last one was a wand whose tip was the same symbol seen on the shield.
'Choose one of the three, but be careful of your choices'. The boy nodded and walked toward the wand. The voice said 'The power of the mystic. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin'. The boy then moved onto the sword. 'The power of the warrior. Invincible courage. A sword of terrible destruction'. The boy did not like the sound of the sword. He had courage and there is no point of having the power of a warrior if all you can cause is terrible destruction. Finally he moved to the Shield. 'The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all'. The boy heard the description and then backed to the center of the platform. He looked at the three weapons and nodded to himself.
He walked over to the shield and was about to grab it but then the voice asked 'Do you seek the power of the Guardian?' The Boy hesitated for only a moment, and then nodded his head. In a flash of light the shield disappeared. He jumped back in surprise. 'now choose what you are willing to give up'. He looked at the two remaining weapons and immediately went for the sword. 'are you willing to give up the power of the warrior?' He nodded once and the sword vanished into thin air.
Immediately after, the stones tilted over and the shield appeared, strapped onto the boy's arm. Then the platform beneath him shattered like the glass it looked like. He fell once again in the darkness. After a while he lands on another platform exactly like the previous one except the pink heart of Kairi glowed much duller, while the circle image of Riku shone with a dark grey light.
Out of nowhere six small spots of black appeared on the platform. As the boy looked at them they gained form. They appeared insect like in form, with antennae on their heads, except their bodies were completely black and they had bright, eerily glowing yellow orbs for eyes. 'They are darkness given form' the voice said with disdain. 'Ha! They will try to eat your heart! Oh wait, that would mean our MMPHQ!' the second voice said before it was seemingly muffled out. 'But don't be afraid. Show them your Strength' The first voice said just as one of the creatures leaped at him, claws outstretched.
The Boy narrowed his eyes, and right as the creature was about to strike at him, slammed it in the face with the front of the shield, sending it flying away where it disappeared in a puff of black smoke. The other creatures saw this and three of the remaining six attacked. He held his shield out and using the bottom part, which was sharper than the rest of the shield, sliced one of them in half. Not wasting any time, he rolled to the side to avoid the other two. As one landed from their jump the boy attempted to slam the shield face down onto the creature, smashing it. But at the last second, the creature turned back into a dark spot and moved back towards it's allies, where it reformed into its normal shape.
The boy looked at the four that were gathered together and made a decision. He unstrapped himself from the shield and had it face flat, face up. He then flung it like a Frisbee at his full strength, sending it spinning towards the enemy, cutting all four of them in half. The remaining one saw this, and in desperation, rushed the boy. In a flash of light the shield reappeared on the boy's arm. The boy looked curiously at it before smashing the last creature into smoke.
'Not bad, not bad.' The main voice said with satisfaction. 'Now you may be ready' 'HA HA HA! I doubt it' the second voice said. The first voiced seemed to sigh and mumbled something along the lines of 'why do I have to deal with him?' The boy raised an eyebrow at the antics of the two voices but was distracted when what looked like a staircase made of glass appeared next to the platform that led up to what seemed like another platform. He figured he was supposed to go to the next platform so he shrugged his shoulders and started up the stairs.
While he climbed the stairs, unknown to him the two voices were arguing. 'Why are you making this so difficult?' The first voice said angrily. The second voice laughed and responded, 'Difficult? V-, you are making this too easy for him. You have to destroy him so you can build him up again but better' The first voice sighed and said 'You are wrong V-. But whatever, I'm tired of arguing with you right now, lets just watch him'.
Finally the boy reached the next platform which, once again looked exactly like the last one. But this time the pictures of Riku and Kairi were not glowing one bit. 'Be aware' the first voice said, 'within the brightest light there is the deepest darkness'. This puzzled the boy but before he could he could think about it his shadow appeared in front of him like a black mirror. Startled, the boy jumped back as he watched his shadow grow into a hulking giant. It had the body of a man, but was 10 stories high and had no mouth, as well as tentacles for hair. What stood out the most were the glowing yellow eyes like the small creatures.
'But don't be afraid' the voice said again as the boy started backing away towards the stairs, only to see them disappear. Without any other choice, the boy stared at his shadow and got into a battle position. The monster his shadow turned into reared back its fist and attempted to punch the boy. The boy sidestepped and attempted to cut the fist with the sharp part of the shield he held. His attack hit, but seemed to do little to no damage to his foe. The monster lifted its hand up stared down at the boy, who responded by going for its thin legs.
He ran as fast as he could and got around the monster and, using all his strength, slammed his shield face first into the back of the monster's knee, making it stumble and fall over. Seizing his chance, the boy ran towards the down creature's head, jumped on top of it and stabbed the top of its head with the sharp part of the shield.
The creature got up, knocking the boy over, but then it stumbled backwards, wisps of black smoke coming out of its head. When it stumbled, a huge section of the platform underneath the boy's feet turned into some kind of black puddle, making the boy sink a little, he struggled for a bit but only sank further. Wisps of black smoke surrounded him, dragging him down further.
'Don't be afraid' the first voice said kindly as the darkness surrounded the boy, making him close his eyes. 'For you hold the most powerful weapon of all… So be ready…Sora'
(And that is the prologue! Thanks for reading)