Copyright: I don't own Kingdom Hearts

How's the story? I will have them go to other worlds after all this shenanigans is over.

I sat up in bed, feeling like I had run a marathon. I was sweating like mad and breathing hard. "It was just a dream." I repeated to myself. It felt more real than my other dreams and much scarier too. I clutched my key charm necklace from my grandma. She was a traveler and she traveled from world to world. I don't know if she was joking or if she is actually in another world. My dream ever since was to find her and travel around with her. I sighed and swung my legs out of bed and stood up. My bedroom wasn't anything special, just your stereotypical bed room; a bed, desk, book shelf, closet and everything else that's supposed to be in a bedroom. I opened my closet and grabbed a pair of blue jeans and a black tee. I slipped my iPod into my pocket and headed down stairs. As I entered the kitchen, my mom was making pancakes. "Mornin Hun." She chirped brightly. Hannah Elric is the best person ever; she never yells or raises her voice on anybody or even got mad that I ever seen. "Morning." I said drowsily. "Got a good night's sleep?" she asked, flipping a blueberry pancake. "Not really. I had the weirdest dream. At least I think it was a dream." I know it sounded crazy but I really was worry about the black creatures. I told her about everything. She was silent for longer than normal. "Mom?" She snapped out of her trance. "Yes? Oh. Sorry." She was acting strangely. She was all twitchy and nervous like the black creatures in my dreams were coming to take over or something. "What's wrong Mom?" I asked. I've never seen her like this. "Nothing Alex dear." My mom is the worst liar in the history of worst liars. I decided not to push her about it so I quietly ate the pancakes she placed in front of me.

When I was finished eating, I looked up to see my mom looking very concerned. "What's wrong mom?" Her concern was concerning me. I shouldn't have told her about that dream. Maybe she's trying to find a way to nicely tell me that I am going insane. "Nothing Hun." She said ate her own stack of pancakes. "Oh and Josh called. He said to meet him in the tree house." I brought my plate to the sink and listened to Josh's note. "Can I leave now?" I asked my mom. She still looked troubled but she nodded. "Go have fun. Just be careful." She knew that I knew to be careful but she never really reminded me a lot. "Okay!" I said cheerfully so she wouldn't be so worried about me for some random reason. "Love ya!" I called as I shut the door to our house and rode towards the tree house were me and my friends usually meet.

Hannah Elric peered out of the window in the living room. "Can't you but some more time?" she asked not turning away from Alex's retreating back. "I'm afraid not. The heartless will soon overrun this world. I have to perform the Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony on Alex soon. She and the other destined will have to work together and may be our only chance to save all the other worlds including this one, from darkness." Hannah turned about to look at the speaker. "It will come to a wonderful surprise when Alex sees you. She's still dreaming about other worlds since you left, you know." Alex's grandmother smiled. "Does she still have the necklace?" she asked. Hannah smiled. "She's never took it off for as long as I can remember. She loves that thing so much. It would break her heart if she lost it." Alex's grandmother smiled sadly. "Exactly my point." Hannah's eyes widened. "If she loses that necklace, she might-" Hannah started. "Give into darkness. That necklace is part of why her heart is strong. That is a huge weakness to the Heartless." Hannah stared at her hands. "How can we make sure that the charm or the entire necklace doesn't fall off? Fighting Heartless needs her to jum, swing and roll. How can it stay on?" Hannah fretted. "I already have an idea."

When climbed up the rope ladder all my friends were already waiting for me. "Hey guys! Sorry I'm late." I said as I took a seat on the wooden floor next to Janice. "It's fine. We were just talking about what we should do today." Lissy said, tying her curly brown hair into pigtails. "What should we do today?" Josh asked. We shrugged. "Watch a movie?" I offered. "There isn't any new releases out that we haven't seen already." Lissy countered. "Go to the library and read?" Janice offered hopefully. "Nah." Josh and Lissy chorused. "It's almost the end of the winter break. We have to do something." Winter on a tropical island really sucks. I moved to the door and swung my legs over the side of the tree house's floor. A movement caught my eye. I saw a shadow slithering across the ground. I looked up to see which bird made the funny shaped shadow but there were no birds in sight. I blinked and rubbed my eyes. Yup, still there. "Hey guys… you gotta see this." Josh, Lissy and Janice all stood behind me looking down. I pointed to the shadow making its way towards the tree house. "Does that seem normal to you?" They looked as puzzled as I did. "This may sound crazy but I had a dream about those things last night. If they are what I think they are, they can hurt you if there are a bunch of them." I told them. "Let's go!" Josh said, and all four of us started climbing down the ladder. As we almost reached the ground, there were a huge amount of them now. "Let's book it!" Josh called and we ran towards the closest house out of the four of ours. My house.

We ran as fast as we could, each of us looking backward at the giant shadow gliding behind us. As we approached my house, I noticed a odd looking ship in our front yard. I haven't see that ship in seven years but I still remembered it. "Grandma?" Excitement filled me even know I was running from… black creatures. We reached the front door and I pulled it open. "Hurry!" I said urgently, ushering in my friends . When Lissy finally made it in, I slammed the door and locked it tight. "Whoa! Where's the fire?" my mom said, from the kitchen. "Not fire. SHADOWS!" Josh yelled waving his arms around in a fury. I heard two wooden chairs be pushed away and footsteps come into the hall. It was mom and grandma. "Grandma!" I hugged her tight. "Hello child. Let's get rid of these things first then we have some business to take care of." She said. "What do you mean?" I asked. She had a michevious twinkle in her eye. "You'll see." She closed her eyes and crossed her arms (no, not like a genie) and grabbed her opposite upper arm. With one movement, she uncrossed her arms and a flash of light enveloped her right hand. When the light disappeared, she was holding a strange key. It was light and cobalt blue and a glass like handle. There was a 3 bite thingy on the end where the key was supposed to fit in it's lock. "Whoa." Me and my friends chorused. "Hannah, would you please open then door?" Mom hesistated. "Are you sure?" she asked uneasily. "Don't you worry about your momma. I'll be fine." Mom hesitated and looked at me and my friends. "Alex, take your friends up to your room and lock the door."

"But mom…"

"But Mrs. Elric…"

"Now." She commanded. "Fine. C'mon guys." I led my friends to my messy room. We all put our ears against the door, waiting for an explosion or something. Nothing. "Hey Alex." Lissy asked in a hushed tone. "Yeah?" I replied softly. "What do you mean that you saw it in your dreams last night? The black thingy-ma-bobbers?" I sighed. "I'll tell you guys. Just kept it between us, 'kay?" they nodded and I told them everything. "So those shadow looking things are shadows?" Josh asked. "Yes." The three girls said in unison. "Just making sure." Josh said sheepishly. There was a knock at the door. Me and my friends exchanged looks. "Who is it?" I called. "Mom and Grandma here." Full of relief, I opened the door. There stood my mom and Grandma standing there completely unharmed. "Are you four okay?" Mom asked urgently. "We're fine. What about you guys?" Grandma laughed. "It would take more than those things to bring me down." I smiled then looked to my mom. "I was just a door opener. I didn't do a thing." I looked back at grandma, who was still holding the key thing. "What's that?" I asked. She smiled. "It's what we have to talk about today dear. Hannah? Why don't you take the young ladies and gentleman home? Alex and I will get the basics down." She nodded. "Come on kids." With a wave, my friends headed down the stairs after my mom. I turned back to my grandma. "So, what do we have to talk about?" I asked eagerly. "Why don't we discuss this over some cookies and milk?" I nodded and we headed for the kitchen.

As soon as the milk was poured and cookies baked, me and my grandma sat down at the kitchen table. This is how it went.

Grandma Elric: Now that we are properly situated, I shall tell you about many dangers and things that you will face on your journey. I asked between bites of

Me: Journey? You mean to other worlds?

Grandma Elric: Exactly. You know those creatures that chased you and your friends here today?"

Me: *nods*

Grandma Elric: Those were Heartless.

Me: Hawt-wris? (Heartless?)

Grandma Elric: Don't talk with your mouth full, dear.

Me: *gulp* Sorry Grandma

Grandma Elric: Quite alright dear.

Me: So the Heartless…?

Grandma Elric: Ah, yes. According to an old legend, all the worlds were living in peace and harmony. Their hearts were full of light and happiness. They began to fight amongst themselves for the light.

Me: How do you fight for light? (Tee hee. That rhymed)

Grandma Elric: *gives Alex piercing stare*

Me: Sorry.

Grandma Elric: As I was saying, the people fought amongst themselves for the light. As hate and rivalry began, darkness took over the light in their hearts. The darkness spread like a wild forest fire; untamable and easily spread. As the adults fought about the light, the light in the children's hearts never faltered. The next generation was able to repair damage from the darkness and formed smaller islands but greater in number.

Me: So that means each of the world's used to be one giant world?

Grandma Elric: Exactly. Now we have to wait for your mother so we can get things in order.