Well, chapter 2 is here! Shout outs:

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Just a hint, most of the worlds seen in WC and IDoD will return. (Spira, Gaia, Narnia, Olympus, etc.) You know what I own! Here's chapter 2: I'm skipping the scene where they find Jack because you've already seen it and I don't feel like typing it again.

Chapter 2: The Story Isn't Over

Jack groggily woke up and looked around. He lay in his bed in his old bedroom in the Land of Departure. "How did I get here?" he asked out loud as a throbbing pain shot through his head. He grabbed his head in pain.

"I found you in the Lanes Between. You were badly hurt, so I brought you here. The Master has been doing his best to bring you back." said Terra, who was standing in the doorway. Jack looked at him and got up. Terra walked over to him. "Don't get up. You're still hurt. Let me get the others." Terra told him firmly. Jack nodded and lay back down as Terra walked out the door.

A few minutes later, Terra came back, bringing everyone with him. "Jack, you're awake!" exclaimed Ven happily. Jack smiled as he propped himself up on his elbows.

"Good to see you again!" greeted Sora, smiling.

"Likewise." Jack replied. He nodded at Riku and looked at Aqua.

"You've got a lot of explaining to do." she said, pretending to be angry, but she broke into a smile a second later. Jack swung his feet out to the side of the bed and sat up as Master Eraqus walked into the room.

"How are you feeling, Jack?" he asked immediately. Jack clutched his head.

"It's just my head. What happened? I can't remember how I got hurt." he asked them. They all brought in chairs and sat down in a semicircle around him.

"First, you must tell me what happened after you disappeared the day we beat Xehanort, Jack." Eraqus told him. Jack sighed.

"It was like this…" he began.

(Jack's Theme 2{The Truth Revealed, FFX})

FLASHBACK…..

"What are you doing?!" demanded Xehanort from inside Jack as the boy summoned his rider.

"I'm taking you out…..forever!" Jack yelled as he flew up to Kingdom Hearts.

"No! Jack, stop!" yelled Xehanort frantically. Jack dismissed his rider and hung suspended in mid-air in front of the heart shaped moon.

"Kingdom Hearts, lead me into everlasting darkness!" he roared. Kingdom Hearts created a blinding explosion. When the light faded, Jack-Xehanort was gone.

REALM OF DARKNESS…

Jack landed on the cold hard ground, covered in darkness. "You see, Boy? This is darkness! You hold no control here!" yelled the Xehanort half.

"You're wrong, old man. I am…..Light!" Jack exclaimed as an aura of Light appeared all around him. His golden eye started to flicker.

"No! This won't defeat me, Boy! This will only submerge me! You will never be fully rid of me!" yelled Xehanort as any sign of his presence disappeared. Jack smiled.

"Now, I just have to get out of here." he muttered. He stretched out his hand, glowing with Light. A portal of Light opened in front of him. He smiled as he stepped through, finding himself on Destiny Islands, his home world. He threw off his black shirt and vest, leaving it where he knew Sora would find it.

END FLASHBACK…..

"So that explains it….." muttered Eraqus.

"What are you talking about, Master?" asked Terra immediately. Eraqus stood up and touched the bandage on Jack's chest.

"I'm sorry to make you sit here shirtless like this, Jack, but you all have to know." he said to the young man. Jack nodded for him to continue. "When Terra first brought you back, I did not know what was keeping you from waking up. So I inspected your wounds more closely. They were caused, not from without, but from within. If what you say is true, then Xehanort must be trying to free himself from inside you. I did what I could to keep him down, but I have no estimate on how much time you have, Jack." Eraqus explained. Jack frowned and looked at the floor. (end Jack's Theme 2)

(Author's note: Just to point some things out: Jack telling Sora, Riku, and Aqua everything during WC is not canon to the story, so they don't know who Mist is, or Illusion)

Sora stepped forward. "Jack, when we first got here, you muttered something to Terra. You said: "She's alive." What did you mean by that? Who's alive?" he asked Jack. Jack's eyes widened in realization. He stood up so fast that Sora's chair toppled over. He grabbed Terra by the shirt.

"Illusion has her! Terra, Mist is alive!" he exclaimed. Terra nodded calmly.

"I understood that much, Jack. Trust me, we'll get her back." he assured him. Jack shook his head.

"None of you get it. Xehanort was just the beginning! Something bigger and far worse is headed our way. Illusion is coming for us. He is Darkness incarnate. He has all of the Heartless at his command, and he controls the Specters. The Specters are the ghost and soul of a person once it has become a Heartless. Those strong enough become a Nobody, but those who don't make a Nobody, make a Specter. He also has some other guy at his side. I have no idea who it is. And that's not even all of it. He has other villains at his side. I don't know who they are. I've only seen silhouettes of them." Jack explained as fast that they couldn't get everything he said.

"Wait, so this…Illusion, who is he?" asked Aqua. Jack sighed.

"He's my 'brother.' he's to me what Vanitas was to Ven. He is Darkness incarnate." he explained. Ven gasped. Riku stood up.

"So if this guy is half of you, and he's darkness, what does that make you?" he asked. Jack smiled.

"I am…..Light, you could say." he said simply. Terra looked at him strangely.

"So you are….Light? A personified being of Light?" he asked slowly. Jack nodded.

"Wait, who is Mist?" Sora asked. Eraqus and Terra looked at each other.

"She's my girlfriend. We come from Destiny Islands, just like you. When I left the world and got the Keyblade, she followed me. Shortly after Terra, Ven, and Aqua vanished, I found Mist lying on the beach. I thought her to be killed by Illusion, but it was a trick. Illusion has her prisoner. He always said that Mist would be his. I can only imagine what he's doing to her." Jack said angrily, curling his fist.

"Please, Jack, try to calm down. You said you saw glimpses of these villains. What did they look like?" Eraqus asked him, leaning forward. Everyone else fell silent. Jack sighed.

"Well, there's Illusion. Terra knows what he looks like. There's a boy with blonde hair. He wears black pants, a yellow shirt, and a brown collar. He seemed to be full of hatred. At first, I thought he looked like Tidus, but I know it isn't him. Then there's a man with long white hair, who is always shirtless. There's a tall man with a black beard. He looks like a king. And, Hades came back somehow. And again, there's his mystery lieutenant." Jack told them. They all leaned back in their chairs, taking in this information. (Vim and Vigor, Kingdom Hearts 2)

Suddenly, the castle started shaking. "He can't be here already!" Jack yelled angrily. Terra and Riku ran to the window.

"It's the mystery guy! He's leading an army of these ghost-looking things!" yelled Terra.

"It's the Specters!" Jack told him as he stood up and summoned his Keyblade. Eraqus threw him his clothes. Jack put on his new outfit of Light: A white sleeveless shirt, black pants with gold and silver lining, a white gauntlet on his right arm, and black shoes. He led the way outside and prepared to take on Illusion's new army. Terra stood to his right, and Sora stood to his left. "ILLUSION!" they all yelled as they charged into the battle. (end Vim and Vigor)

Well, I hope you liked the first real chapter! Review, vote on my poll, and see you in a little while!