God I'm finally back on this! I had HUGE burst on inspiration to write this. One word: summonstones.

And without further ado...

Spyro: Get. On. With. It. *growls*

Sonic: Just remember...

Aile: Silver only owns Dasuke, Keith and the world Silenia. Everything else belongs to Square Enix, Capcom, Sega, and Sierra.


Dasuke

(Mix city of modern/mideval city

At dusk, I will think of You – Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days)

I stood on top of the tower in the middle of the city, watching people go about their business. It was my favorite place to stay, to reflect on my past, that sort of stuff.

People hardly ever understood me. I was loved, yet hated at the same time. Guess that comes with being half-dragon. As far as I knew, Sabrina was the only full human who didn't hate me. In fact I think she might…

Uh…another time perhaps…Back to what I was saying.

I thought about that dream I had. About that dragon with the Wayfinder. What did she say her name was again?

That's right, she said it was Cynder. I think she saw past my "straight" face and could see what I was truly feeling.

And before you lamebrains say anything, no I don't "like" like her, nor am I gay. I'm referring to my past. (Be warned. He WILL break the fourth wall and talk directly to you)

…What kind of cruel deity puts a somewhat reluctant fighter as the fate of the world? I can't stand seeing others being hurt, it makes me think of my parents too much, not to mention the emotional turmoil they release. It drives me nuts sometimes, and I loose control of myself…

Sorry, ranting, moving on.

"I thought I'd find you up here." A male called out to me.

A few things you need to know about Keith: He can be easily identified by bright orange – he calls it adamantine – colored hair and crimson red eyes. He always wears his robe (White on the front, same red as his eyes on the sides and back, and a yellow star on the front.), and usually carries a smile on his face. He is KNOWN to be a bit eccentric, and might be slightly bi-polar. He's almost killed me on the times I've pissed him off, which are few and far between.

"You know I like to come here." People say I sound similar to Squall. I say maybe a bit more like Cloud.

"Yeah, and I see why," His voice was a bit lighter, a cross between Luneth and Zack. DESIPITE me being almost five years younger than him. "You can see everything in the city from up here." Keith and I just sat in silence. Out of nowhere he handed me a light blue ice cream bar.

"What is this?" I asked as I took it.

"You ever hear of a place called Twilight Town? It sits right on the border of the Light and Dark realms. They have this flavor of ice cream called Sea-Salt Ice Cream."

"I thought we told you to stop world hopping. You should consider yourself lucky to be able to jump from world to world like you do." He smirked as I said this. I just shook my head and took a lick of the ice cream.

"It's salty…but kinda sweet to." I just said to him.

Keith smiled. "I know, right? Some kids over there showed me when I visited. I just had to bring some back to you."

I gave a small laugh. "You're a riot sometimes you know that Keith?"

"I know, Dasuke." Keith stood up like he's king of the world. Then fell before I could catch him. I cringed when he hit the ground.

"I'm okay!" He called up. I just sighed. Fourth time this week.


Spyro

(Scene explained in story)

(Ventus – Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep)

I noticed a change in Cynder's behavior after I walked in on her crying. She seemed more confident, more…sure of herself. I've never seen her like this. Every time I ask her, a tear traces down her eye and she just says "Aqua."

I thought maybe one of the…remaining Guardians might know. Maybe she said something to them. And if anyone would know…

"Wait! Terrador!" I called after him. When he turned to look at me, I think I looked TOO desperate for information.

"Yes? There is a meeting soon." He said casually.

"Do you…know what's happening to Cynder?"

"Hmm…I think I may be able to tell you something. Can it wait until after the meeting?" I sighed when he said that. He was always devoted to his duty.

"Sure. It can."

The meeting lasted for about two hours. When Terrador came back, he looked more ready to talk.

"Now, you wanted to speak about something concerning Cynder?" He said.

"Yeah…She's been acting a bit strange."

"Well…the key may lie in her dreams." Great. A riddle.

"Her dreams?"

"We…have been concerned about her as well. Her dreams, they at first showed the Dark Master, beckoning her back to Darkness."

My heart sank. I remembered when Malefor had forced Cynder and I to fight, one of the hardest battles I've ever done.

"But something changed. She began to see visions of the past, of beings from another world." Terrador had me follow him into the temple library. He pulled a book down that concerned artifacts of power. He turned through the pages, and stopped and showed me a picture of a sword shaped like a key.

"The Keyblade. A weapon that can unlock the true essence of a person's heart, or that of a world." He closed the book. "What Cynder saw in her next few dreams involved three chosen wielders, and their tragic ends." I could actually see a tear run down the side of his face. He eyed the Wayfinder that Cynder made for me.

"You and Cynder best represent this. An unbreakable connection.

"Her next dream was the most mysterious." Terrador continued. "Cynder's heart connected with that of another, one who rests more in convexity." He paused. "Yet…his face…he did not seem evil…more despondent, and sad.

"This is all I can give you. I am sorry I couldn't be of more help." He apologized.

"No…its alright…what were their names?"

He must've known who I was talking about. "Terra, Ventus, and Aqua."

I nodded and walked away.

(Music fade out)


(Black background

Dive to the Heart – Kingdom Hearts II)

Four figures fell through the depths of the water. As they fell, their bodies became illuminated.

One was Spyro. Another was Dasuke. Yet another was a cobalt blue hedgehog, sporting red shoes, and wearing white gloves. The last was a young woman, a single short, brown ponytail, a blue jacket, and golden rings around her wrists.

As they fell, the ground lit up and showed a picture of a young woman, bright yellow hair flowing in the back and a silver silhouette behind her. Everyone turned to Dasuke, who was staring at the picture with wide eyes.

"So much to do, so little time." A voice called out to them as they landed.

"Take your time, don't be afraid." The hedgehog opened his mouth to speak, but found he couldn't. Everyone else faced the same results.

"Step forward. Can you all do it?" The group nodded and took a few steps towards the light. As they walked to the center, three pillars emerged. A sword with the emblem of a dragon on it appeared on one pedestal, a shield with the same emblem revealed itself, and a staff with the emblem bellow the orb which channeled the magic appeared.

"Power sleeps within you, when you give it strength, it shall awaken. Choose well." The voice said. It was female. The hedgehog looked around and ran at incredible speed to the sword. The young woman walked to the staff calmly and held onto it. Dasuke and Spyro both made their ways to the shield.

"A guardians power, inner strength, a shield to repel evil. Do you accept this path?" She asked again. Obviously the girl and the hedgehog heard something else, but this is what Dasuke and Spyro heard. They both nodded as the shield they both held turned into light and faded into a single orb, splitting between the two.

"Your paths are set. What shall be sacrificed?" Dasuke walked over to the wand, alongside the hedgehog. The girl walked over to the shield, while Spyro approached the sword.

"A warriors power, fighting spirit, a sword of terrible destruction. Do you give up this path?" Spyro nodded, as everyone else did so, watching the weapons fade and disappear. The pedestals vanished, and soon after a figure in a black cloak appeared.

"Come." The man said. "Embrace your destinies." He turned and walked onto a stained glass staircase as it appeared.

It lead to another picture, one of Cynder this time. Dasuke withdrew the sword on his back, and swords in the version of the original one appeared for the others.*

"The power to fight will be invaluable to you. You will need it to survive." Spyro Stood on his hind legs awkwardly as everyone flashed him somewhat friendly smiles. As he did, he swung the sword experimentally.

"Yes. That's it."

(Fragments of Sorrow – Kingdom Hearts II)

A shadow appeared on the floor, and soon became 3-D. It stayed low to the ground and twitched about, the antennae moving back and forth. Three others appeared.

"Never give in to Darkness. Keep your light strong." Dasuke rushed forward and cleaved the Shadow, destroying it instantly. The hedgehog jumped forward, swinging the sword as he curled in a ball, the Shadow dissipated as he landed. Spyro blocked a scratch before attacking and utterly destroying it. The woman jumped up high and landed, sword hitting the ground and causing a shockwave as it landed.

With each Shadow defeated, three more appeared.

"Let your instincts guide you. Let the power flow from your hearts" The voice said. A new power seemed to rise within the group.

Dasuke Rushed forward and spun horizontally, taking out a whole group of them. Spyro looked at another group and pointed the sword at them. A ball of fire erupted from it and incinerated the Shadows. The girl turned and hurled her sword at the Shadows, only for it to reappear in her hand seconds later. The hedgehog smiled and slid into a whole group of them.

The same proportion of Shadows reformed.

"As you fight, power builds, and when you release that power, all shall fall before you." The voice said.

Dasuke held his sword as his eyes glowed. He rushed forward, disappeared for a moment, and reappeared, a whole mess of Shadows disintegrated. Everyone looked at him in awe as he effortlessly eliminated them.

(Dive to the Heart – Kingdom Hearts II)

The man in black appeared again. "Very good. Now, shall we learn about you?" Four sets of staircases appeared, and sharing a mutual understanding of what to do, each member took a different case.

Spyro walked onto a platform with an image of a pink hedgehog, a blue silhouette in the back. She stood on a field of flowers, as if she were collecting them for a love.

A transparent door was in front of him, and Spyro had no idea how to make it solid.

'No good…' He thought to himself.

As he turned around, a chest appeared on the ground. Spyro just shrugged tapped the chest with the sword, causing it to snap open.

The door behind him became solid, and light emanated from it. Spyro looked at it, not sure whether to go through it, before deciding to press forward. When the light died he found himself in the temple, with the three guardians around him.

"Please, let me learn a bit about you…" The voice called out again. Spyro walked over to Cyril first.

"What's most important to you?" He asked. Cyril's voice echoed much like the voice that was guiding Spyro through this dream.

"Friendship, for sure." Spyro was shocked to find he could speak, but it only seemed to be to answer what ever questions came to him.

With no other words coming to him, Spyro walked over to Volteer, ready for the question, and possibly a whole barrage of others.

"What do you want out of life?" Was all he said.

"…To see rare sights." Spyro had indeed hoped that he could finally have peace and just see the world without worrying about fighting.

The last one up was the Earth Guardian. At this point, Spyro was ready for anything.

"What do you fear the most?" Was the final question.

"I guess…getting old." Was the best he could come up with.

For a time there was silence.

"Friendship is important to you, you wish to see rare sights, you're afraid of growing old…A journey at dusk is hard to make, but it is possible with perseverance." The voice said. A bright light began to fill Spyro's eyes as he was blinded.

He was back in the strange black area as before. This one had a man in a red vest, a red triangle mark on his forehead, and long blonde hair. The young woman seemed to choke up slightly before recomposing herself.

(Fragments of Sorrow – Kingdom Hearts II)

More of the shadows, and some that were shaped like actual people, and they appeared in massive waves, almost never ending. The four leapt into the shadow clusters and began to fight.

Spyro cleaved shadow after shadow with his claws and the sword, but they just seemed to rise from nothing. One of the taller shadows lashed out to him, scratching the side of his face. Spyro turned to look at, only to find it gone. He turned back and barely dodged the attack, and slashed the new shadow in half. He felt a fire burn within him, and released a huge fire storm around himself. When the smoke cleared, he was the only one left standing in his fray.

Dasuke expertly and deftly slashed shadows, destroying them with a single blow. One of the new shadows attempted to strike at him, but with a deflection of its claws, Dasuke sliced it in half, watching the smoke dissipate, before seeing the rest being pulled into the firestorm around the purple dragon.

The hedgehog sped back and forth, destroy several of the shadows with each pass. He stopped and challenged the larger one, waiting for its attack. The new shadow sunk into the ground, and vanished. He wasn't fooled and waited, instantly destroying it when it reappeared behind him.

The woman struck down the mass of shadows, waiting for what seemed to be an end to the fray. She slammed the sword in the ground hard, creating a shock wave that destroyed the smaller shadows, leaving the new shadow behind. She rushed up to it and sliced it to ribbons with seven well placed attacks, and watched as Spyro destroyed the rest.

Soon their own shadows lengthened and merged into one orb.

"Can you face the shadows…of your pasts?"

The orb first took the shaped of a man carrying a scythe, soon splitting off into a second one, this one carrying a staff. The woman growled, clearly she knew who they were. The shadow with the Scythe attacked first, creating the first wound along Dasuke's chest. The young swordsman was thrown back by the force of the attack across the portrait. The woman charged forward and struck the shadow on its arm. With it staggering, the hedgehog smashed into its chest.

The second shadow attempted to swing the staff as an attack, only to be blocked by Spyro. The dragon parried the blow and slashed it in the chest.

The two shadows melded back together into a single orb soon re-emerging as a shadowy hedgehog, quills pointed upwards and shaped similar to the blue one among the group. He smiled and challenged the shadow, as if it were a well known rival.

The shadow charged and landed a kick straight to his semi-double's face. The blue hedge hog as dazed for a bit, and was knocked forward by the blur of a shadow. Spyro latched onto the shadow, only for it to disappear in a purple flash. He was thrown across the station by an unknown force, skidding to halt just before falling off. Dasuke ran back and performed a slash that would behead normal enemies.

The shadow once again condensed into a single orb, this time reforming as a shadowy dragon. Spyro's eyes widened, and he pulled himself up instantly. The shadow sunk into the ground and gripped the woman by the throat, forcing her to the ground as it strangled her. The hedgehog knocked it off of her and looked at the others.

The connection was finally made. The names of these two appeared in Dasuke's and Spyro's head.

Sonic and Aile. Two other warriors who fought for peace.

The four looked at the shadow dragon, waiting for something. A loud banshee scream was emited as if from nowhere, causing all to cringe and cover their ears. Dasuke forced his way back up and looked around, suspecting that the shadows were the key. He charged forward and stabbed the shadow in its chest.

It pulled out of his sword as a orb and floated away once again. This time began to gather energy as black and purple fire began to swirl around it. The orb reformed as a full fledged human, a replica of Dasuke – or rather a Dark Dasuke, as his hair was a deathly black and his eyes a piercing amber, and a manic smile.

"Face the very Shadows that you fear!" Dark Dasuke yelled out to the group, once again summoning the shadows, this time all at once. Spyro took on the now familiar shadow, while Dasuke ran forward and clashed swords with his dark doppelganger. The two hedgehogs went into a sparring match of sorts, while Aile faced off against her two shadows.

Spyro attempted to tackle the Shadow Cynder in hopes of disorientating it, but the shadow sunk into the ground and vanished. It reappeared behind him, and struck him in the back, Spyro letting out a yelp from the surprise of the attack. He turned, only to find it gone again.

Dasuke and Dark Dasuke clashed again and again, matched each other move for move, even grunt for grunt. Dasuke attempted to stick his foot out suddenly, hoping he would kick out his copy's legs, only find himself hit in the face with the hilt of Dark Dasuke's sword. Dasuke staggered back before letting loose an orb of condensed dark energy. The doppelganger deflected with a strike of his sword, and soon the two were volleying the attack back and forth.

Sonic was in for a challenge against Shadow's Shadow. It moved and attacked just like the real Shadow. Sonic would throw a punch, the shadow would dodge and counter with kick, and Sonic would dodge and throw his own kick, over and over again, and neither would gain the upper hand.

Aile had to constantly shift her attention to avoid being slashed by the Shadow Prometheus, and frozen or shocked by the Shadow Pandora. She would block a strike from one, only to almost be struck by the other. She had to block, dodge then strike all in that order, again and again.

Dasuke struck the orb harder and sent it towards his drak copy faster than he could react. Dark Dasuke was sent back several feet before stopping. He held up his hand in a stop position. All of the Shadows returned to him as he began to fade.

(Fade out)

"Well done…but how will you face the world out there?" A light began to shine as they were all woken up.


Spyro

I woke up from the weird dream, gasping for breath. Did all of that just happen?

I remember all of them and their names, even though we never spoke. Sonic the hedgehog, that girl, Aile and him.

The one Cynder told me about, and the one Terrador mentioned. The spell of darkness hung over the boy heavily, and yet he was probably one of the gentlest people I've ever seen.

Dasuke…that was his name. There was something unusual about him…


"All subjects have just gone through their Awakening." A man in a dark cloak said to another.

"Alright, mister business…So, when do we begin phase two?" the second man asked. He was clearly much more laid back.

"Are you ever serious, Evermore?"

"When I feel like being it." He twirled a glistening silver pistol in his hand, and kept another one hidden from anyone's view but his own.

"We begin phase two as soon as possible. Remind me again, why are we doing this?" The man asked.

"They need to be prepared."


1) Yeah...Half-Dragons aren't to popular in Silenia. Dasuke, having saved it, is a very strange situation.

2) Keith could be hit by TEN trucks and would walk away from it. He's almost as bad as Stitch, or 626, however you like to call the cute blue alien.

3) Aqua has the WORST ending in KH:BBS, Terra was possesed by Xehanort, and Ventus is left in a Coma in Castle Oblivion, AND she's trapped in the Realm of Darkness. Yeah, that sucks. TT_TT

4) She told Terrador her dreams. He'd probably know, but KH logic says he don't, cause ya know, it's Kingdom Hearts. Giant Keys cut through buildings, but only knock away people.

5) Connections for the Awakening. 'Nuf said.

6) The only thing ominous about the shadows were Shadow Cynder and Dark Dasuke. Figure that out on your own.

7) No. Those last two are not evil. More of their role will be revealed in the upcoming chapters.