Author's note: Yay! Finally I can submit my first fic! I'm so happy! Personal I have no idea were this story will go but I'll make up stuff as I go along. Oh, btw Nothing Gold Can Stay is a Robert Frost poem that I liked don't kill me.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts; if I did I would be the happiest person in this world! I also don't own Robert Frosts: Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nothing gold can stay

Sora's POV

"Empty…all is empty"

"What?"

"Do you feel anything?"

"…no…"

"Then you are empty"

Sora stood at the dock of destiny islands staring out at the ocean dressed in his normal outfit of black shirt and pants with lots of buckles. All was calm, quiet… yet something was wrong. The waves made no sound as they hit the dock, the trees seemed mute for they didn't make a sound as they swayed in the wind blew, the seagulls didn't squawk as they flew in the orange sky.

Sora didn't feel anything. It was like the world tuned out, leaving a disturbing silence.

"Who are you," said Sora to the silent world. "What do you want?"

"…empty…empty…empty…" The voice seemed to be fading.

"Wait! Please!" Sora called in vain.

Suddenly without a warning something struck Sora. Losing his balance Sora fell over the edge of the dock, hitting the water, but it didn't make a sound. The first thing he noticed was that he didn't feel the water. It was like falling into nothingness. A jolt of fear went through him as he tried to surface, but before he got his head out of the water and hand grabbed him roughly by the collar and shoved him back down. Panicking Sora thrashed around trying to break the grip of the thing, but it was too strong. After a couple of minutes Sora's lungs begged for air as he fought to break he iron grip. He began to grow tired and his struggle weakened.

"Someone! Please help!" His mind screamed.

"No help for you keybearer" Said the voice that he heard before. It sounded mocking and amused.

"No!"

Sora couldn't hold his breath any longer. Releasing the air from his lungs he began to swallow water involuntarily. But he didn't feel the water it just went in.

"No! No," Everything started to dim. "…no…"

Sora jolted awake in his bed his eye filled with fear, but relaxed as he saw the familiar surroundings of his room. Sora was never the tidy person so many things lay scattered on the ground: shirts, shorts, paper, books, and even some of yesterday's peanut butter and jelly snack.

Letting out a sigh of relief Sora plopped back down on his pillow and rubbed his temples.

"Just a dream," He assured himself "a scary dream"

He lay there for a while trying to fall back asleep, but after a few minutes Sora faced the facts that there was no way he was going back to sleep with that dream in his head replaying over and over again. Looking at the clock on his nightstand he was surprised at what it said: 5:49 am (way too early). He looked out the window to see that the sun hadn't even come up yet. Heaving himself out of bed Sora walked out of his room to the hallway.

Unlike his room the rest of the house was clean, thanks to Sora's mom. He walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Opening the fridge Sora started his day like any other, with a bowl of cereal.

While silently snacking on his breakfast Sora reviewed what had happened two years back: getting the keyblade, defeating heartless, seeing new world, fighting with Organization XIII. Finding Kairi and Riku, his two best friends, and fighting with Donald and Goofy. Defeating Xemnas and returning to the islands.

Since then all was calm, not a care in the world. No heartless, no Organization XIII, no problems.

Sighing Sora ate the last of the cereal and quietly placed the bowl in the sink. Hoping he didn't wake his mom, Sora left the house and walked around the town. Letting his mind wander Sora closed his sapphire eyes and hummed an odd tune.

After a couple of minutes Sora opened his eyes and was surprised to find himself at the docks. As usual his boats, along with the others, were tied to the docks. Sora looked out to the ocean and stared at the island that he spent most of his time on. After a few moments he climbed in to his boat and rowed to the islands.

Riku's POV

'Bright…too bright…' thought Riku as he lay in his bed. Opening his turquoise eyes a crack he swore and covered his face with the pillow. Staying like that for another ten minutes until the phone rang. At first he let it ring then groaned and sat up to answer it.

"What?" Riku answered rudely, it was far too early to call.

"Riku? Is that you?" Said a concerned voice from the phone, clearly Kairi's.

"The one and only," Riku said smirking "what's the big idea of calling this early?"

"Early? Riku, have you checked your clock? Its 9:10"

"See? Early. If you'll excuse me I'm going back to bed."

"Wait Riku," Kairi said with alarm in her voice "have you see Sora today?"

"No, why?" He said with some interest.

"Well, no one has seen him and his mom doesn't know where he is"

Riku rolled his eyes, typical Kairi behavior. If she didn't know where everyone was she panicked.

"Have you checked the island?"

"…"

"I take that as a no," Riku chuckled "I'm sure he just left earlier than usual don't sweat it"

"OK Riku," Kairi said with a giggle "now get off your bum-bum and go to the island"

With that she hung up leaving Riku to stare dumbfounded at the phone. After a few seconds he shook his head and placed the phone back in its original place.

"I guess I'm off to destiny islands" He sighed as he went into his room to change in his room.

Riku's house was bigger than Sora's, but a lot less clean. Riku's parents were always away on business trips so he was left alone in the house. Most of the time he was at Destiny island with Sora and Kairi, talking or racing on the warm and sandy beaches. His two best friends were basically were his family he was around them so much.

Passing his hand through his hair he let out a sigh and stepped out the door into the bright sunshine. At this time of day the town streets were filled with adults and children talking or playing. Walking down to the dock Riku untied his boat and began his way through the water to the small island that held many memories.

Sora's POV

Sora didn't know how long he sat on the paopu tree staring at the ocean lost in thought. He watched the sunrise and the sky turn from black to orange to sky blue. The wind ruffled his loose clothing and spiky chocolate hair as he released a long sigh and closed his eyes. He liked the calm quiet life, but he felt strange. Like something was missing and was just beyond his reach. Like an endless… emptiness.

Sora sat up eyes filled with surprise. Empty? Sora looked up to the sky and recollected the dream the seemed to happen ages ago.

"Empty…all is empty"

"Do you feel anything?"

"Than you are empty"

Sora shook his head to clear it but it kept replaying in his mind. Groaning he lay back down on the tree and cursed his head for making up stupid dreams.

Summoning the keyblade he inspected it. It was the kingdom key his first keyblade he ever got. It had the yellow handle that connected to the shiny metal blade with the crown shaped end. A small Mickey Mouse keychain that dangled down glinted in the morning rays. Breaking his gaze from the keyblade Sora turned his eyes toward a single squawking seagull and smiled. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the calls of the gull.

Distance squawking was heard then silence.

"Huh?" Sora said in shock as he snapped open his eyes.

He wasn't imagining things the world had truly muted. He jumped of the tree and ran to the edge of the small cliff, keyblade still in hand. No sound, nothing.

"Empty…empty…" an eerie voice called.

"What?" Sora whispered

As soon as the words left his lips something struck his skull from behind causing him to fall over the edge and he hit the water. But as soon as the object hit his head everything came back. The gulls started calling, the waves splashed, and the sound of laughing. Laughing?

The water in which Sora hit was only knee deep so his head hit the bottom of the sand. Lifting his head in pain he spat out the water and held his head. And glared at the cliff from which he fell from. Just as he suspected there was Riku, laughing so hard tears were in his eyes.

"And hello to you to Riku," Sora hissed at the laughing teen.

"Hey Sora," Riku said wiping his eyes "How's the water?"

"Cold and wet" Sora said acidly.

Sora climbed the latter up to the cliff again and pouted at Riku. Riku acknowledged him with a smug smile.

"Aw, is Sora sore?" Riku mockingly cooed to the wet teen.

Sora answered with bopping Riku with his keyblade then climbing back on the tree, still pouting.

"Hehe," Riku chuckled holding the place where Sora smacked him "But really, Sora why so early Kairi was worried"

"Just thinking" Sora whispered, once again his mind went back to the silent world. 'What happen back there?'

"Thinking? You?" Riku mocked "The apocalypse is coming"

Sora didn't answer he just stared of into space.

Riku POV

Riku stared at his friend, trying to read his expression, but gave up and leaned against the paopu tree. The smiled as he review of what he had just done.

When Riku tied his boat to the dock he instantly walked to the Paopu Island just out of habit. He was surprised when he saw Sora lying on the tree with eyes closed. He looked content, keyblade at hand. Riku was surprised when he saw the other teens eyes snap open and look around like something had hit him, then hop off the tree and run to the edge of the cliff.

Riku walked up to the bridge and called him.

"Sora!"

But the teen ignored him and continued to stare at the ocean. Offended he glared at Sora. Riku then realized that it was the perfect time to surprise Sora. Picking up a rock he aimed it at Sora's spiky hair, and threw it as hard as he could.

Just as he threw it Sora mumbled something inaudible. When the rock connected with Sora's head the teen lost balance and fell over the edge. This caused Riku to break out into laughter. He held his sides because he couldn't stop laughing. It caused him to laugh more when Sora came out of the water sopping wet.

'Sweet, sweet revenge' Riku thought as he brought his gaze away from the ocean.

"What are you thinking about?" Riku asked.

"Huh?" Sora jolted back to reality and stared at him.

"What are you thinking about?" Riku asked again slowly.

"Oh, just a dream" Sora said curtly.

"What kind of dream?"

"A weird one"

"Such as?"

Sora just shrugged. Finding that he wasn't going to get much out of him, Riku let it go. After a few moments of silence Sora asked an odd question.

"Riku do you know what it means to be empty?"

"Empty?"

"Ya, empty"

Riku just shrugged not knowing how to answer that question. 'Where did that come from?' he thought. By the way Sora was acting he hoped his friend was alright.