Chapter I: A New Enemy

It was a wonderfully perfect day on Destiny Island. It wasn't that long ago Kairi, Sora, and Riku were fighting the Heartless and the Nobodies. The ocean breeze was cool and calming and undisturbed. Suddenly the waters are start to shake and three rowboats pull up to a small dock near the north end of the island. Sora hopped out of one and waded in the water. He was wearing black shoes with black shorts that puffed out near his knees. Two red pouches hung on both sides of his legs. His shirt was blue and he wore a black zip-up jacket, opened, with a chain holding a crown on it. The gentle ocean breeze blew his dirt brown hair to the side.

"Sora!" A female voice called out.

He turned his head over to the direction of the voice. "Kairi, Riku, come on!" he replied.

"You are always in a rush." A smooth male voice said in a joking tone.

Kairi jumped out of her boat and rushed over to Sora. Riku followed closely. They all laughed. Riku put his arm around Sora and Kairi and pulled their heads together. Something then caught Kairi's eye. She pulled away and ran to the shore and bent over. She picked up a bottle from the water and turned around. She strode over to Sora and held the bottle out.

Sora gripped his gloved hands into fists. He stared at Kairi, as she held out a bottle with a cork and a letter in it. Around the neck of the bottle was a ribbon with the King's symbol on it. The glass shined in the brightly lit sun.

"A letter from the king?" Sora asked as the bottle was handed to him. Riku, Kairi, and he all had been back not one week before Mickey had contacted him again. He was hesitant to open it since the last letter he received had trouble written all over it. He sighed then looked over at Kairi and Riku and realized he had his friends with him. He pulled the cork and letter out and read aloud:

'Hiya Sora!

I have a small favor to ask ya! Do you remember the One Winged Angel? Also, do you remember that Cloud and Sephiroth fought? Well, after Cloud teleported them away, he took Sephiroth to a Heartless infested area. Shortly after Sephiroth was on the verge of defeating Cloud, the Heartless attacked. They killed, and turned Sephiroth into a Heartless. He has now banned together with his Nobody and they have begun a rampage on new worlds. You must stop them. Riku's connection to the darkness should be able to open a portal to the castle. I however will not be present during your arrival. I've already gone to check on things for myself. Find Donald and Goofy, board a Gummi ship, and then head to Traverse Town. Riku and Kairi will stay and the others will head to the first world, I believe it is called Halo. So, go now. I will see y'all later.

Mickey'

As Sora stopped reading, he was dumbfounded. Sephiroth, the hardest opponent ever, taken down by the Heartless. Nonetheless he had to stop them. It was off to Traverse Town then this Halo.

"My connection…to the…darkness?" Riku whispered. He pointed with his left hand. It was wrapped in a bandage and had been ever since they got back to Destiny Island. His finger pointed upon a spot directly in front of him. He closed his blue eyes and tilted his head down. He concentrated hard. His yellow and white vest began to blow upwards a little. His blue jeans did the same. His eyes shot open and a shadow portal rose from the sand.

"C'mon guys!" Kairi said as she ran into the portal. She was wearing her signature pink leather like dress, which was tightly pressed against her body. Her little pouch on her hip was the last thing to be seen before she disappeared into the portal. She was very excited. Anyone with eyes could see that. The two boys soon followed. The portal faded away to nothing, leaving only the footprints made by the three heroes.

The three teens stepped out of the opposite side of the portal. It led to the front of the doors of Disney Castles' doors. Immediately, three lightning bolts fell from the sky and struck them. They all fell and laid still.

A voice came from the other side of the courtyard.

"Well gawrsh Donald! Its Sora, Riku and Kairi!" It was the voice of Goofy, leader of the Royal Knights of Disney Castle.

"Sora? NEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!" This was Donald's voice, the mage of Disney Castle. He was a duck, so it added a bit of a quack to his voice.

The both of them ran to Sora and his friends. Donald poked Sora with his staff as Goofy nudged Riku. Donald felt guilt about what he just did. He thought they were from Organization XIII or something.

"Cure, Cure, Cure!" Donald cried as he raised his staff.

Sora stood up slowly and shook the shock off. His eyes were closed, and he was breathing heavy. Riku stood up and helped up Kairi. Sora opened his eyes and turned his gaze to Donald, who ran for the castle doors.

"Donald!" Sora yelled his name and chased his.

As this was being done, Goofy, Riku and Kairi were laughing hard. Sora tackled and wrestled Donald to the ground. He then put him in a headlock and gave him a noogie.

"I'm sorry Sora!" Donald screamed. "We thought you were the Heartless!"

Sora let go and took a step back. "The Heartless? Have the been attacking here!?"

Donald nodded shortly. "They've been trying to take over the castle! Goofy and I are tired!"

Goofy nodded in agreement. "That's right, A-hyuck!" Sora opened his mouth to speak, but several swarms of Heartless came from the ground.

"Shadows! Get 'em!" Riku said. He pulled out his Bat-wing Keyblade and started to swing at the Heartless. Sora did the same, except with the Oblivion Keyblade. The Heartless formed around Sora's shadow. The Shadow Sora rose from the ground, Keyblade and all. This made the real Sora freeze in his tracks. Dark Sora jumped forward and straight at Sora. He swung the Keyblade way before he was close enough to hit him. Just then, a huge dimension hole ripped open, sucking Sora in. It closed soon after.