(Authors notes: please read this like you were playing it as game. Thank you.)

"You've been training for a long time"

"Yes, and my very first world was hard since it was my first time on the job"

"What were they like? …the first people you met?"

"Each world is different….and so are the people"

Chapter 2

A beautiful girl, with hair as black as ebony and skin pure as snow, was picking flowers that her stepmother had demanded for her to pick for the table. She was humming a delightful tune with not a care in the world.

She was, however, unaware of the danger watching her from the grass. A small growl it made as it circled around its prey.

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Sora was walking down the dirt path. So far he saw nothing out of the ordinary, but still he made sure to be careful. His outfit had changed to a more fitting image to this world. He had long dark brown pants with a brown vest over his white shirt. He had two packs attached to his belt and a purse sack slung over his shoulder. He looked around again but everything was still peaceful and calm, so then why did he sense something.

Sora saw that the path began to lead to a clearing. It was a beautiful patch full of flowers. That's when he decided to ask the girl, who was picking the flowers, some questions.

On the outskirts of the field, the creature watched as Sora approached his prey. The creature backed off a bit but decided to watch the two have their little conversation.

"Excuse me Miss" Sora tried not to startle her.

"Hmm" The girl looked at the young man in front of her. "Yes, may I help you?"

"I was wondering if you had seen any strange creature wander about?"

The girl shook her head in confused "No, I'm just picking flowers" She then looked at Sora curiously "What about you? Are you a merchant or a traveler?"

Sora noticed how polite and sweet the girl was. It's not like it was unusual but it was rare to find people like her. Not only that but her clothes were very fancy and neat. She must have been brought up by a wealthy family or something. He polity told her that he was something like that.

The creature became angry at Sora for taking so long to talk to its prey. It called in reinforcements to separate the two.

Sora got in front of the girl, when six shadows surrounded them. The girl gasped in shock and hid behind Sora. He saw that she couldn't defend herself and saw the woods behind them. It was a good place to lose the heartless and make a run for it. The girl could run and hid in there and he could defeat the heartless without worrying about her.

"Miss, I need you to run into those woods" Sora nodded his head in the direction of the woods.

The girl looked at where Sora had pointed and became afraid. "In there?"

Sora could see how delicate this girl was and how much she was afraid. "I'm sorry, but it's the only way you can be safe."

The girl looked back and forth between the heartless and the woods; she tried to put a brave face on and ran as fast as she could into the woods.

Sora withdrew his blade as the heartless slashed its claws at Sora. He blocked the attack and ducked when another one came from behind. He used fire, which shot flames all around him, as the heartless tried to attack him all at once. They flew backwards as only two disappeared. Sora ran and slashed two to his rights and one was able to dodge the blade while the other disappeared. Sora felt a slash on his back as he dodge rolled to get away from it. Sora used thunder on the remaining three and they were destroyed. He used cure on himself and the pain in his back slowly subsided.

Sora rolled his shoulder, thinking, 'Ugh. The heartless are defiantly tougher in the real world. Hopefully it gets easier once I fight some more.' Sora looked back at the woods; he was starting to get worried about the girl.

Sora ran into the woods to find the girl and make sure she was okay. He didn't realize he was being followed by the creature as well.

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Sora was lost. The woods were even more dark and spooky inside. The trees were all tall and blocked any sunlight from getting through. Sora had to make sure he didn't get snagged on any loose branches or trip over any roots. He soon felt even more lost as he went deeper and deeper into the woods.

"Tweet, tweet"

Sora looked up and saw two blue jays. They perched themselves on a branch and looked at Sora curiously. Sora had never seen such colorful birds before. In 'Ends of The World,' the birds were either dark colored or brown. Sora was trying to get a little closer to them when five heartless surrounded him.

Three of them were shadows and two looked like cute bunnies named hareraiser. Sora dodged the claws from the shadows and slashed them. One by one the three shadows were destroyed. Sora, however, had never fought hareraisers before. Sora guessed there must have been different looking heartlesses for every world. Sora used fire on one of them and it hopped right over it. The hareraisers were being smart, they were going move if they saw a flame come at them. Sora decided to attack with his sword this time and charged forward. The bunny fell backwards, but got itself up again as it used its floppy ears to fight back. Sora used guard and the attack bounced off. Sora thrust his sword again and the heartless disappeared. He did the same to the others and they two disappeared.

"Tweet, tweet"

The two birds came down and flew in front of Sora. Thanking him for taking care of those creatures.

"You're welcome" Sora put his keyblade away while he asked. "By any chance, do you know the way out?"

The birds flew up and down as a sign 'yes'.

"Can you show me?"

The birds flew straight ahead as Sora followed after them. Defeating any heartless who tried to stop him.

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Sora saw a bright light up a head, as they enter the clearing. In front of him was an open wood patch with a cottage in the middle. Sora thanked the birds for their help and they flew away. Sora decided to ask who ever lived there if they had seen the girl come out of the woods or anything strange going on. Sora knocked on the door and was very surprised to see a small man open it.

"Yes?" asked the man who wore a smile.

"I'm looking for a….." Sora eyes widen when he saw the girl walk out of the kitchen.

"Oh, it's you" She was very happy to see him, but stopped when six more little men came in front of her.

"You shouldn't' trust him princess!" one of the men order who had an angry tone.

"That's right, he could be working for the queen!" said the man in glasses.

"But he helped me. He saved me from those horrible creatures" The girl explained.

"He did!?" All the men replied at the same time.

"If I had known you were a princess I'd would have been more polite back there" Sora blushed at his rudeness towards the royal.

"It's okay. I thought you were very polite" She then gasped. "I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Snow White" She then curtsied.

"Sora" he bowed

"I'm Happy"

"Sleepy"

"Grumpy"

"Bashful"

"Snee-achoo!- zy"

"I'm doc and this is Dopey. He can't talk, he don't know how" Doc introduced both of them as Dopey nodded and shook his head when Doc told Sora he couldn't talk.

Sora smiled as he thought 'what funny named they had. It fit their personalities very well.'

Snow White asked Sora to come n and they spent the night talking and telling stories. Sora had learned that Snow White was the princess of a nearby kingdom. When she was young, her father had remarried and then suddenly became very ill and died. Her stepmother became queen and was jealous of Snow Whites beauty. She ordered Snow White to wear rags and work as a servant. She didn't mind and made friends with the birds and animals that came by. One day, the Queen had ordered her to go pick flowers and that's how she met Sora.

The men thought the Queen's magic mirror must have told her that Snow White was the fairest of them all. It must have drove the Queen mad and she must have sent those creatures to kill Snow White.

"A Magic Mirror?" Sora asked.

"Yes," said Doc "It tells only the truth and the Queen asks it the same question every day.

"The Queen is so in love with herself that if anyone surpasses her beauty its 'KREWT!" Grumpy slid his finger under his chin showing that the Queen would cut off people's heads or kill them.

"She a witch" Sleepy yawned.

"You better watch yourself princess" Doc warned.

Snow White nodded her head, understanding how much her life was in danger.

The cuckoo clock chimed 10 o'clock. Snow White let out a yawn as she told the boys it was time for bed. The men told her she could use their beds and that they would sleep down here. Snow White thanked the men as she went up the stairs and the boys watched her closed the door.

Once she was gone, the little men fought over the one pillow. As they pulled the pillow they started yelling saying "Mine!" and "Let go!". Then all the yelling and pulling stopped. The group looked over at Sora, who was settling himself on the floor without complaint. He was also the one who saved the princess from those monsters. They look from Sora to each other and nodded their heads. Doc walked over to Sora and handed him the pillow. Sora asked if they were sure and Doc nodded. Sora smiled and thanked them as he laid his head on it and fell asleep to the snores.

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In the morning, the dwarfs went off to work. They were mineworkers and they mined for jewels. They told Sora that if they saw anything strange they would report it to him. They asked in return for him to protect Snow White while they were gone. Sora nodded as both he and Snow White watched them leave.

About an hour later, Sora was chopping wood and Snow White was baking a pie. Sora had cut the last piece of wood and started carrying it into the house.

"Where do you want these?" He asked.

She told him to put it next to the fireplace in case she needed it late.

Outside the cottage, the creature from yesterday started to prowl around the house. Its eyes scanned through window as it watched Snow White take out the pie from the clay oven. She was singing a song about "Her prince will come". When Sora asked if she had met this prince before, she told him yes and that he was a kind man who would sing to her. She wished she could see him again, but she knew that he would be looking for her at the castle, not here.

All the sudden, something slashed at the window, a hook that was attached to a long chain. Sora took out his keyblade as the pie fell from Snow Whites hands onto the floor. They both watched as the hook went back through the window and back onto the creature. The creature jumped and started clawing the house.

"What do we do?" Snow White clutched onto Sora, she was terrified out of her mind.

"I'll get it" Sora clutched his keyblade and slammed it into the creature's paw.

It let out a loud yelp as it retracted it paw.

"You stay here!" Sora ran out the door and saw the red spiked and black tail of the creature head into the dark woods. He ran after it, even attacking the heartless which seemed to pop up from the creature's tracks.

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Out of the dark forest and into the Flower Glade, Sora saw an old beggar woman on the ground. Her basket and the apples were scattered everywhere. She must have gone into shock when she saw the creature come out of the woods. He helped her up and asked if she was all right.

"Oh yes….I uh….my apples" The woman ran to pick them up and place them back into her basket.

Sora saw a red apple on the other side of the flowerbed and ran over to pick it up. Up came a shadow as it tried to claw at Sora when he picked up the apple. He struck it with his keyblade and it disappeared. He walked over to the beggar and handed her the apple.

"Oh thank you young man. I don't know what I would do without this" She gave him a smile and put the apple back in her basket.

"Madam, have you seen a beast like creature with two chains with hooks?" Sora asked.

"You mean that creature that ran me over?" She then pointed to the castle that must have been where Snow White used to live. "It headed to that castle"

Sora said thank you as he ran off. The old woman smirked as she headed into the woods.

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Sora was inside the castle walls that led to a courtyard that looked very old except for the lovely flowers that seemed to grow in the grass and along the walls. Sora could tell that the Queen hated to be outside. She rather be cooped up inside the castle rather than outside from all the drawn curtains. Sora continued looking around until he heard a man's voice.

"Princess, where are you!?" the man looked like a prince. "Come out!"

Sora figured he must be the prince Snow White was talking about.

The man spotted Sora and walked over to him. "Excuse me? Do you know where the young girl who resides in this castle is?"

"She's been living in a cottage just outside the woods" Sora pointed towards the gate.

"Oh thank you" The prince ran out through the gates to finds Snow White.

Sora was happy for Snow White, since she was finally going to see her prince and he was going to take her far away from the evil Queen. He now had to focus on finding the heartless. Sora searched the courtyard until he found a door that looked forced open. He saw that it led down some dark stairs, which was very weird since the castle looked like you had to go up instead of down. That's when he remembered that the dwarfs said that the Queen was a witch. This must have led to her magic mirror or lair. He took a deep breath and descended down the stairs.

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So far he was in an Underground Waterway. He guessed that the Queen set traps that only she could figure out. Sora had to watch his step because along the first walkway was a deep gorge where the water flowed. That's when the heartless attacked him, probably sent by that creature. He slashed and used magic until they all ended up in the gorge.

When he finished off the last of them he came to a waterway that was shallow enough for Sora to walk on. He came up to an iron gate that must have been an entrance to something. Sora saw that he didn't have any options but to find a lever or switch that could open it. He spotted one above him and walked over to it. He saw that it looked more like an old steer level. Sora tried to turn it but they seemed to be stuck. Sora used Areo on it and it began to turn. Sora saw the gate open and he started to walk over it. But when he got close to it, he saw it close. He figured it must be on a timer before it closes. The Queen must have something precious on the other side if she's going through all this trouble to keep people out. Sora estimated the time limit would be two minutes for him to cross the gate.

He ran back to the lever, and used Areo again as he rushed to the gate. He made it with just five seconds to spar, to only come across another level.

'How many levers are there?' Sora thought to himself.

Sora had to continue this for at least two levers. He also had to fight heartless who tried to stop him from crossing the gate. Sora was pretty much tired after fighting and running around. He sat against the wall, taking a breather until he heard something move. He saw the wall open to another room, he saw red eyes appear and then they disappear. Sora ran after it and ended up in some kind if vault like room.

"This must be where the Queen performed all her magic, spells, and charms" He looked at all the bottles and ingredients, until he saw a large book opened to a certain page that said "Poison apple. One bite will put the person into a deep sleep of death….shit" Sora scanned the page until he found the antidote. "The Victim of the Sleeping Death can be revived only by Love's First Kiss." Sora did send the prince to Snow White, so maybe she'll be okay.

Suddenly, a solder came onto the table and broke the beakers. The heartless slashed at Sora and he used guard as a counter. Sora threw the heartless backwards as he put up is guard when he saw two soldiers, a hareraisers, and three shadows surrounding him. Sora knew this must have been a trap set by the creature. He dodged the soldiers' spin attack and he used fire around him to destroy them. He sent the others flying backwards and the hareraisers were in a daze. He focused on the weaker heartless, the shadows, and used freeze on them and they stuck together. As they tried to pull apart, Sora slashed them with his keyblade and they disappeared. He then felt something hit him from behind he saw that the hareraiser were back to normal and ready to fight. Sora smirked as he used gravity, causing them to flatten to the floor and he finished them off with thunder.

When the last of the enemies disappeared, Sora looked around and saw that the table had flipped over against the wall. Beaker and bottles broken and shattered all over the wall and floor, while that liquid that was inside either burned or was splattered against the wall. Sora didn't know if he should be proud or guilty for messing up the Queen's lair. That all changed when he heard a roar coming from the behind some thick curtains. Once he parted the curtains he saw that it lead to a big open room and stepped inside to investigate.

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Inside the Mirror Room, Sora was amazed at the size of it. The mirror was almost as big as the room. He was about to walk towards the mirror when he felt the presence of something watching him. Red eyes fallowed Sora as he looked around the room. Sora turned as he heard the sound of paws running around the room. When they stopped, Sora jumped just in time to dodge the hook. Sora's eyes followed the hook to chain, until it led to a large cat/lion like heartless. It let out as it tried to swipe at Sora with its massive claws. He dodged just in time and used fire. The creature dodged the blast and began to run around Sora, like it was mocking him. It moved so fast that Sora thought he was seeing the creature multiply. Sora closed his eyes and tried to listen for the creature's next move. The paws became slower. He pulled out his blade to block the creature's attack. He showed the creature off his blade with such force that it slammed into the wall. The heartless got up quickly and let out a roar of anger. Sora used gravity, but the creature tried to resist the force. It only concentrated on getting out of the spell that it did not see Sora's attack. He slashed the heartless in the face but it wrapped of its chains around Sora's arms. Sora came up with an idea and wrapped them around once more and gripped them both hands. He jumped on to creatures back like he was trying to ride it. The heartless bucked and ran around the room trying to get Sora off. Sora tried to steer it but it only made the creature go fast. Sora saw they were heading towards a wall and he jumped off. The heartless couldn't halt in time and slammed itself into the wall, knocking it out.

"Oh poor creature who has taken this form….

As of now you shall be free…..

I take away your curse…

Go back to the world in which you came…..

As of now, you are free"

A light shot out of the keyblade and hit the heartless. Its dark body shattered, revealing an unconscious boy inside. The boy disappeared and Sora smiled in happiness about what he just did.

"Well done young knight. You have defeated the creature that has caused great conflict in our world."

Sora spun around to see a face in the mirror. 'The mirror tells only the truth, maybe I can ask it about the black orb' Sora was about to ask when the mirror stopped him.

"I know what you seek. The Orb is behind you. Now destroy it and set this world right"

Sora twisted around and his eyes grew dark blue. He saw the Orb and it looked like it was still new and clawing its way into this world. The branches had only branched out and the chains were connected to some parts of the wall. Sora lifted is keyblade and recited the worlds and another bright light shot out of the blade. It shattered the orb into pieces and freed the world of heartless.

Sora smiled as wings sprouted out of his back and engulfed him. With his last words he was off.

"Castle of Dreams…."