Prewrite: I seem to be going for a rapid series of short chapters rather than longer chapters updated once a week or somesuch. Ah, well. I write as it comes to me. As of this writing, I have no feedback on the first chapter. I wasn't expecting a flood of comments or anything for one chapter anyways. So, let's get this started.
Disclaimer: All characters in this story besides those obviously created by me are owned by either Square Enix or the Disney Corporation.
Chapter 2: Night of Destiny
Daniel laid awake in his bed late that night. His anticipation of the next day's departure kept him from sleep.
Suddenly, there was a sound of thunder.
He sat up quickly and gazed out the window, seeing that a bad storm was starting. "In this weather…" he muttered to himself, "…damn, the raft isn't gonna last long."
Forgetting all about his cold, he got out of bed and got dressed. A loose green t-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, and a pair of black boots. Oh, and his lucky necklace, a silver chain with a red diamond-shaped ruby that nearly matched his hair color.
He hurried out of the house without waking his parents, then headed for the dock. A familiar pumpkin-pants-wearing boy was there already.
"Sora!" Daniel called out. The other boy looked up. "Daniel? What're you doing here?" he questioned. Daniel replied while untying his boat. "Checking on the raft. Isn't that why you're here?" Sora nodded, untying his own boat.
They shoved off at the same time, heading for the smaller island off the mainland. When they reached the dock, there were two other boats there. "Riku's boat…and Kairi's." remarked Sora. "You go look for them," said Daniel, "I'll check on the raft." Sora nodded, and they headed in different directions.
Daniel stared at the wreckage of the raft. The storm had torn it up in seconds. "No…" he whispered to himself in disbelief. Suddenly, there was a black mass in front of him. A black mass with glowing yellow eyes.
Daniel jumped back with a cry of surprise as the creature swiped at him with a set of black claws. "What the…what the hell are you?" The creature gave no response and attacked again. Daniel dove to the side and grabbed a stick that used to be part of the raft. He swung at the creature, but the stick passed right through.
"What?" Taking advantage of his surprise, the creature attacked yet again, this time scoring a hit. Daniel cried out in pain, there now being a row of scratches where the creature had hit him. Deciding to abandon the fight, he ran.
He only made it a few feet before more appeared before him. Daniel felt himself go cold with fear. He hadn't stood a chance against one, how could he fight a horde of them? He ran past them, narrowly dodging more claw swipes.
He got back to the dock and found that, to his continued horror, the boats were destroyed.
Before he could do anything else, the ground started shaking. Pieces of the island started coming up and rising into the air. He gazed up—and felt his whole body freeze. There was a giant black and purple orb in the air, sucking in the pieces of the island.
On one of the larger pieces, there was a huge black creature, and a tiny figure fighting it—and winning! He couldn't see who it was, but Daniel cheered him on anyways, getting the feeling that he might actually survive the night.
The feeling didn't last long.
He felt himself floating away from the piece of the island he was standing on, floating towards the dark orb. He tried in vain to get back to the ground, but was soon sucked up into it. His vision went dark.
Postwrite: I think that was longer than chapter 1. I'll have to check later. Anyways, less dialogue, more action. Rate and review, if you don't mind. I'm hoping for positive feedback, but negative is accepted too. I know I'm not perfect. Next chapter we get to stuff you haven't already seen.
