Kingdom Hearts: Key to Evil
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or Overlord
Prologue: Day 1: Afternoon
Sora's Dream
Sora woke up in his dream and found himself in the dark but stands on the Stained-Glass Platform where he fought those 2 figures that represent the Darkness and the Void in his heart. Then he sees high pillars with stained glass windows and stained-glass stairs that connect them.
Each journey starts with the first step; it is up to you to take that first step…
Sora hears the voice again and looked at the stairs; he put his foot on the first step to see what happens. Nothing happened, and he assumed it is safe to walk on; he runs across the stairs. The journey is a long one and every step he takes, each step disappears into darkness, but Sora is not afraid.
Do not fear the Darkness or let it consume you…once you start your journey, there is no turning back.
Sora realised that when he saw the steps vanish, but he does not regret his decision of taking the first step. He continues his journey to the other side of the stairs, ignoring the vanishing steps behind him and continued running up the stain glassed stairs until he reached the pillar which is another platform but the image is different.
The image is the 2 figures he fought in his last dream; they are in their sleeping position while holding their key-like swords and are in a Yin-Yang position. On the centre is Sora in a sleeping and crucified pose with his gauntlet on his left hand and a Key-like sword on his right.
The Darkness and the Void surrounds our hearts, they are the locks that keeps the evil imprisoned…
Then Suddenly a Key-like blade appeared in Sora's hand and took him by surprise.
All you need is the right key to unlock it…
The Right Key? Sora thought when he looks at the key-like blade in his hand; it looked like a giant key but the teeth of it shape like a crown. Then suddenly it rained down more Key-like swords in different shapes and styles, they rained down but not onto Sora. Holy Crap
Not all keys can fit the lock, especially the one in your hand…
Sora saw the Key-like sword in his hand and tossed it away, he knows what he has to do; find the right Key-like sword out of possibly hundreds of thousands of Key-like swords. It is like finding a needle in a haystack or a fart in a Jacuzzi. He pulled out the swords one by one but none of them are the "right Key" to unlock the locks in his heart.
If this is the source of finding the source of my past, then I'll find that Key and use it thought Sora while he continues his search.
The Search for the right Key can be traitorous, the more you search the more likely the Darkness and the Void will come to strike…
The images of the 2 figures open their eyes and slowly vanish, from the platform, Sora noticed this and widens his eyes with shock as the image them rise and solidify.
But don't be afraid, fear is another lock that imprisons Evil…
The figures solidified and pulled out the nearest Key-like swords and slowly approached Sora.
Abandon your fear, embrace the Evil, and use it to conquer the Darkness and the Void...
CLANG
Sora instantly pulled out a random Key-like sword and blocked the 2 figure's attacks and begun the battle between them. The Swords shatter in Sora's hand as they are not the right one he is searching for. But despite that, he keeps pulling more swords out to block and count-attacks them.
CLANG
The masked figure dashed to Sora and swung his sword at him but failed as Sora swiftly blocked it with his quick reflexes.
Thank god I learned to improve my speed thanks to Master Oswald thought Sora as he keeps blocking the masked figures attacked until the sword in his hand shatters and pulled out another one.
CLANG
CLANG
The sound of metallic clangs echoed in the dark as Sora fends off the Masked figure and dodging the hooded figure's swipes with his 2 key-like swords. Sora dodged the attacks and clashes blades with another until it shatters again. The Masked figure swiped at Sora and made a direct hit on his chest, Sora stops as he starts to bleed from the attack and the cloaked figure plunged his 2 swords through his back.
Sora looks at the wound and widened his eyes, he is injured but he feels no pain; this scared him a bit until he abandoned his fear. He can't feel fear, he won't feel fear and he will not accept it. He coughed out blood from his mouth and wiped it clean, the 3 key-like swords embedded in his chest remains until they glow and slowly fade away when a metallic click was heard, like the sound of a key unlocking a lock. The figures then fade away and reverted as the images on the platform.
You have found them, the right key to unlock the locks in your heart; the true enemy in this realm is not the 2 warriors that stand beside you…the real enemy approaches
RUMBLE!
The platform starts to rumble as a 10-foot mirror emerge from the stained-glass platform, Sora look deeply at the reflection of the mirror until his reflection walk out of the mirror. Sora widened his eyes with shock as he saw his reflection leave the mirror, but it looked different. He dons dark intimidating armour, his face his partially covered in shadows and wields a sinister looking key-like sword where the blade is black as night, handle grey as stone and the key teeth shape like a sinister 3-pronged helmet. He wears the same gauntlet Sora has but the jewel glows more brightly than Sora's.
But do not fear him…
The reflection walks towards Sora and Sora steps back from it.
Do not fear what awaits you, conquer it
The armoured figure summons Brown imp-like figures with glowing yellow eyes and menacing teeth. They charge and pounce on Sora to restrain him, Sora tries to break free but the grip from those creatures are too strong and the armoured figure approach closer to him.
Conquer everything in your wake, don't let fear anything restrain you
Sora then breaks free from the creatures and pulled out a Key-like sword, he charges with a loud battle cry.
CONQUER!
Sora crosses swords with the armoured figure and battles him.
CONQUER!
Sora continues battling with the armoured figure with all his might, his eyes filled with the need to fight…to conquer his enemy.
CONQUER!
Sora then raised his gauntlet out of instinct and surprisingly summoned the brown creatures.
CONQUER!
"ATTACK! Shouts Sora
The creatures obey their master and attack the armoured figure, the armoured figure tries to kill them but Sora keeps summoning more and more of those creatures until he has conquered this armoured opponent. The Armoured figure starts to get overwhelmed and crouches in defeat as the creatures were too much for him. Sora walk towards the defeated figure and placed his blade near his neck. The figure suddenly plunged his blade into Sora's chest, but Sora didn't wince in pain as he welcomes it, Sora then just behead the armoured figure and caused it to go in flames. Sora got caught in the flames, but he doesn't panic or even tries to put the flames out.
Conquer everything, the darkness, the Void, even evil itself…
Sora just stands there, he looks around to see the masked, hooded and the armoured figures with their faces revealed. They each look exactly look like Sora except for their hair style and colour. The masked figure's hair style is the same, but the colour is black, the hooded figure's hair is spikier than Soras while the armoured figure is similar but with black streaks at the tip of each bang. The 3 then charges at the enflamed Sora and plunged their blades into him.
Darkness, Void and Evil, conquer them and they will obey you
Destiny Islands
Sora wakes up from his nap as he that strange dream, he knew it means something. Now he feels different now, strange but a welcoming sensation within his soul and flowing into his beating heart. He yawns deeply as he is still tired, he rests his head on the warm sand again to resume his nap, until suddenly he got a shock of his life as someone appeared on sight and too close to his face.
"Whoa" yelled Sora as he jumped up to his feet as Kairi reveals herself smiling and giggling at Sora. "Give me a break, Kairi"
"Sora, you last bum" said Kairi doing a cute mock pout on her face "I knew I found you snoozing out here"
"Well excuse me for taking a little nap" said Sora crossing his arms and doing a mock pout at Kairi and turning his head away. This just made Kairi laugh and ruffle his hair.
"You look cute when you do that" said Kairi "So why aren't you at the Blitzball tournament?"
"I sorta had a headache" said Sora "These dreams I'm having…I can't stop thinking about them"
"What are they about?" said Kairi curiously
"Er it's complicated" said Sora
"Okay" said Kairi shrugging her shoulders and sat next to Sora
"There you are"
Sora and Kairi turns to see Riku at the Island along with Tidus and Wakka who just instantly rushed into the water to play a small game of Blitzball.
"Feeling better?" said Riku
"A little bit" said Sora "Sorry for missing the tournament"
"Don't worry about it," said Riku as he gave Sora a pat on the back, "the match was interrupted when some strange creatures attacked"
"Was everybody hurt?" said Kairi with concern
"Nah, everyone's fine" said Riku "Oh anyway, Master Oswald is starting our training tomorrow morning"
"Hey, I was the one to tell you" said Sora
"Were you now?" said Riku smirking at Sora "So how about we have a friendly spar to warm up and to see if you haven't gone rusty from lazing around in the beach"
"Oh, don't worry" said Sora "I haven't, so what's it gonna be; A best 2 out of 3 or just 1 match?"
"Best 2 out of 3" said Riku as he then tosses Sora his wooden sword. He poses into his battle stance and Sora does the same. Kairi moves back and sits near the water fall and waterhole where it's nice and cool in the shade. "Ready?"
"Always" said Sora
Round 1
Sora and Riku charges at each other and cross their weapons at each other; they whack their wooden swords at each other, each dodging and blocking attacks. Riku is agile and swift with his movements as he dodges the attacks from Sora flawlessly. Sora is also quick on his feet as he is very defensive when he blocks the attacks from Riku swiftly. They keep doing this for 20 minutes, each never got tired as their stamina and endurance are high, thanks to the training under their Master Oswald. Sora slams his sword at Riku's and it caused it to slowly crack as the impact from it is hard as Sora is getting the intent to kill despite this being a friendly spar. All in Sora's mind is to conquer his opponent, conquer with no hesitation.
Riku is having trouble dodging and blocking Sora's attacks, the attacks are turning more brutal as it Sora is trying to kill him. Riku secretly smirks with pride as his friend/rival is trying to conquer him.
Good, this is going well thought Riku as he then dodged Sora's attack and whacked him in the face and sent him crashing into the sand.
Round 1 goes to Riku
There is no hesitation with Sora's attacks, he is getting more brutal and dominant with them thought Riku as he watches Sora getting up and dusting the sand off. It seems he is getting close, Master Oswald will be please of this
Round 2
Sora got back on his feet and instantly dashed to strike at Riku who isn't ready, Sora gave Riku no time to defend himself as he just wants to win and conquer this sparring match. All Riku can do is dodge Sora's swift and violent thrusts; Riku ducked from a horizontal slash and saw an opening. He took this to his advantage and strikes there but Sora jumps over it and slams his wooden sword on Riku's hair.
"GAH!" yelled Riku as Sora bonked him on the head. "HEY!"
"You dropped your guard" said Sora smirking at his friend/rival
"You just got lucky" said Riku as he then clashes his sword at Sora's
Wooden clanks were heard at the beach, Sora and Riku keeps on doing this for a full 10 minutes. They clash again and try to overpower themselves; Sora is winning as he pushes Riku off to make him fall but Riku lands on his hands and backflips back on his feet.
"Show-off" said Sora
"Serves you right for bonking me on the head" said Riku before he clashes again at Sora
"Whatever" said Sora as he then slams his sword at Riku's, the crack on Riku's sword grows bigger as the impact is even harder than the last one from the first round.
Riku gritted his teeth as he starts to lose balance and falls onto the sand.
This round goes to Sora.
"Damn it" said Riku as he stands up and rubs his ass. "That hurt"
"Oh, stop whining" said Sora doing his battle stance "This last match decides the victor, so prepare"
"Alright" said Riku doing his stance
Final Round
The two boys clash once again and this time the winner is decided in this final round. The keeps clashing and clashing their weapons, dodging and blocking, swinging and thrusting, along with throwing heavy attacks to get each other's guard down. From the 2 in this match, Sora is even more aggressive than Riku; his actions are even getting harder for the silver haired teenager to block or even counter attack as Sora keeps blocking every attack and making strikes at Riku.
Tidus and Wakka ceased their game and watches Sora overpower Riku with no hesitation. They notice the look on the brown-haired boy's eyes, fill with hidden sadism and aggressiveness.
"You think Sora will be able to win?" said Wakka to his friend
"Maybe, they are good fighters" said Tidus "How about we bet on who'll win"
"Oh please, you owe me a medium soda from our last bet" said Wakka
"and you owe me a burger from then bet before" said Tidus "How about this, the winner calls of their debt and gets a week's worth of free meals at the fast food store"
"gotcha" said Wakka "I'll bet on Sora on this bet"
"Shit…I was about to bet on Sora" said Tidus "But Riku is a good swordsman so betting him will be alright"
"You sure about that?" said Wakka as he then points at the match
Sora and Riku are continuing their battle, the battle is at Sora's favour as Riku's swords is starting to crack. And with one strike Riku's sword shatters and Sora struck Riku and sent him down to the ground.
This match goes to Sora.
"Oh, damn it all" said Tidus
"Well looks like I won" said Wakka "Now you owe me a medium soda and a week's worth of free meals"
Tidus grumbles at this while Wakka laughs.
The match is over, and Sora helps Riku up from the sand. The silver haired teenager winces at the bruises he has from the fight.
"You did good, Sora" said Riku "I see you haven't been slacking"
"I practice every day" said Sora
"Well I can see that" said Riku as he then sat down on the warm sand and watch the sun shine on the sea. Sora also sat next to Riku and watches the beautiful view of the sea. Kairi also joins in after watching the sparing, she smiles at Sora's progress and was amazed at the fighting skills from him.
They stayed like this and watch the sun set beyond the horizon, the sky darkens into a dark orange colour and the sun lowers down to the sea. It was a beautiful sight.
"Has everyone ever one what lies beyond the sea?" said Sora
"Nope" said Riku "Why do you ask?"
"I'm having these dreams" said Sora "These dreams are like…clues about my hidden past. I can't remember my childhood, it's all blank but I hear strange but familiar voices calling my names. I wanted to respond to those voices, but I couldn't reach them. And there is one voice giving be cryptic messages, I partially don't know what they mean but I believe they are related to my hidden past. That is why I am asking if there are other lands beyond ours.
And if there is…I do wish I could visit them to help rearrange the pieces of my hidden past together. You all might possibly think I'm being stupid, right?"
"I don't think so" said Kairi "It must be horrible to forget your past, even I would feel the same if it happened to me"
"So, would I" said Riku "If I would forget my friends and the great things we did together, I wouldn't know what to do"
"Same here" said Tidus and Wakka
"I'm sure you'll discover your past" said Riku as he put his hand on Sora's shoulder. "How about another match, all 4 of us"
"Yeah sure" said Sora as he stands up and dusts off the sand of his shorts. "I think I could go for another round"
"This time it's us against you" said Riku as he obtains a spare wooden sword from Tidus while the other 2 get their sparing weapons ready. Tidus uses a red stick and Wakka uses one of his Blitzballs. Sora poses in his battle stance while his 3 new opponents are also posing in theirs too. "Ready Sora"
"Always" said Sora
The 4 then charge into battle, Sora dodge and block Tidus and Riku's attack while Wakka tosses his blitzballs at him. Sora swats the ball back at Wakka and hits him on the head.
"Ow" said Wakka as he rubs his head until he saw Sora charging at him and jumps back and threw a ball at him. "Nice try"
"you let your guard down" said Tidus as he attempts to strike Sora from behind
Sora blocks it swiftly and counterattacks, he hit Tidus but the Teenager isn't down as he backflips and lands on his feet. Then Riku strikes at Sora but fails as Sora blocks it and kicks him away.
The battle continues in the island, unknown to 4, Oswald is watching this in the shadows and smiles with pride.
He is doing well thought Oswald no doubt the memories will return to him.
Sora back flips away from Riku and Tidus while dodging Wakka's range attacks. He saw a stick buried in the sand, he pulled it out and use it as a secondary weapon which goes to advantage.
A duel sword technique? Thought Oswald by surprise I haven't taught him that, the only one who taught him that technique is…interesting, it memories are seeping out.
Sora block both Riku and Tidus's swords at once with his 2 weapons, he twirls and swing both swords at the 2, he swats an incoming ball at Wakka and got a direct hit.
"Gah" said Wakka as the ball caused him to collapse on his back.
"That's one down" said Sora smirking until he blocks Tidus and dodge Riku "two to go"
Sora has long hesitating to attack his opponents thought Oswald not like last time when I put him under my teachings. At first, he lost to Riku a dozen times but I can tell he's improving, but now he is duelling 3 highly skilled opponents all at once. Excellent…it won't be long now
Disney Castle
In an unknown realm lies a kingdom with a huge white castle with blue rooftops and a red flag with a symbol of 3 black circles nearly over lapsing each other to resemble a head of a mouse. The kingdom is in peace and harmony; the villagers are enjoying their peaceful lives in the kingdom and they love their ruler, their king who resides in the castle.
In the castle is beautiful, decorated in banners with the royal symbol and marble pillars and statues. Walking through the corridors of the castle is a white duck in blue wizard's clothing. He walks pass the enchanted brooms carrying buckets of water and knights patrolling the castle.
"Afternoon, Court Wizard Donald" said a passing knight
"Afternoon" said the wizard known as Donald
Donald heading for the throne room to greet the king, he arrives at the giant doors of the Throne room. However, the doors are guarded by 2 knights crossing their halberds in front of the door.
"Sorry Court Wizard Donald" said one of the guards "no one enters"
"Why's that?" said Donald
"His majesty is having a private talk to Master Yen Sid" said the other guard
"Master Yen Sid?" said Donald in shock to hear that one of the Disney Kingdom's greatest sorcerers is here in the castle.
"That's right" said Guard "So you must come back afterwards, sorry about that."
"I understand" said Donald "I'll come back later when he is done"
Donald turns back as the King and Yen Sid are having a private meeting in the throne room, and it's best not to disturb them since it's important. Yen Sid's visits are always important, concidering that Yen Sid was the King's teacher in the past.
Throne room
The conversation however is not a pleasant one, the wise old wizard Yen Sid is the bearer of bad news to the King of the Disney Kingdom. The King is a black anthromorphic mouse with a peach muzzle and ink black eyes. He is King Mickey Mouse, youngest son of the old king that died 50 years ago from old age. And despite how long that's been, Mickey doesn't look a day over 20s, the years under the tutelage with Yen Sid did help him learn how to stay young.
Right now, he is listening to the bad news from his old mentor.
"Is this true?" said Mickey
"I'm afraid so" said Yen Sid "It has been predicted in my crystal ball that the son of the Overlord will come.
"It has been 10 years since we eliminated him, why before Xehanort's betrayal and the disappearance of Ventus and Aqua" said Mickey"That war was a tragic one, all the realms and timelines tainted with evil, not to mention the darkness and all light consumed by the void other world that defies him"
"Darkness, the Void, Evil" said Yen Sid "These are the things we can't take lightly, Mickey. And if the Overlord's son returns, it would be disastrous"
"So, what should I do then" said Mickey
"I wish I have the solution, but I don't" said Yen Sid as he sighed and rub the back of his neck "We aren't lucky of finding Oswald or his collaborators. Which is why we are talking in private in case any are lurking about."
"I understand, Master" said Mickey nodding whilst sighing "10 years of peace, and now a war is threatening to be declared"
"The last thing we want is another war" said Yen Sid "Many died and corrupted by that evil, even this kingdom back in it's time suffered many civils war. Friends fighting friends, brothers fighting Brothers."
"I know" said Mickey frowning sadly as he do remember the dark moments of his past. "and one of them is my brother"
Sora's room: night
Sora is back in his room, he had a fun day sparing with his friends, he defeated them with only a few bruises on his body. He rests his head on the pillow and falls asleep as he needs to get up early for his training with Master Oswald.
Cliffhanger