I woke up screaming. Again. After I calmed down a bit, I realized there seemed to be a pattern to these nightmares… They all had to with Kingdom Hearts, more specifically Organization XIII. They also, invariably, had death in them… maybe Mom was right and I shouldn't play so many video games. Anyway, then I saw someone standing in my room. I thought I'd felt fear before, but I was wrong. I've never been faced with my own possible death. My mind raced. I looked around for a weapon. Spying the flashlight by my bed, I lunged for it. Faster than lightning, he/she grabbed me and lifted me up to eye level. I couldn't see who it was, but then I realized this thing wasn't human. It had cold, unfeeling, yellow eyes. It also had a sword, but that didn't matter when I kicked it in the groin. It dropped me with a horrible howl. It also dropped its sword, which I grabbed to bisect it with. Unfortunately, the sword was too heavy, so I reached for the only other useable weapon: my flashlight. It started to get up, and I shined the light right in its face, trying to blind it. It started to burst into flames. Soon there was nothing left, not even ashes, but I saw what it was.

It looked exactly like a Heartless, more specifically a Invisible. But that's impossible! After all, they aren't real… or maybe they are. "Or maybe," I muttered, "I'm just going insane."

Suddenly, a calm voice rang out.

"Oh, trust me, you're not crazy. That's more than most who were attacked by the Heartless can say." Spinning around, I saw someone standing behind me. His face was covered in red bandages, except for one yellow eye. The rest of his clothes I won't even attempt to describe. He chuckled and said, "Before you say anything, yes, I am Ansem the Wise. No, your not dreaming, and yes, I sent that Heartless." I sputtered for a second, before I realized what he said. He tried to kill me! "W-Why?"

"To test you. Had you failed, I would have called off the Heartless." He sighed sadly. "I'm not a monster, you know… as for why I did it, I could sense power within you… You might be the one I'm looking for."

"For what?"

His eyes suddenly burned with hatred.

"To help me obliterate the Organization."

I thought about this, and said icily,

"Well, can't you get Sora or someone else to help you? Personally, I'd rather not die to your stupid quest for revenge."

He looked surprised by my remark, and his tone told me I wouldn't survive to say it again.

"First, Sora never existed. They had to have a 'hero' in their video games, so they made him up. Anyway, this isn't about my revenge. Organization XIII is always looking for more worlds, to feed to Kingdom Hearts, so that they may exist. Now they've found yours, and if you want to save it, you will help me!"

I chuckled, trying to hide my fear.

"Fine. At least I won't be bored. To tell the truth, I've always wanted to go on some adventure like this."

Ansem sneered and said, "Well, you won't enjoy it for long. I-"

Suddenly, a dark portal opened, and Larxene strode out. She grimaced when she saw Ansem.

"Old fool. You don't know when to die!"

Summoning her daggers, she rushed at him. Ansem pulled a sword out his robe. Blocking her slash, Ansem looked at me.

"Run! Before she…"

Larxene knocked him aside with a kick, and snapped her fingers. Dusk Nobodies appeared and flew after me. Larxene set the house on fire and shot a lightning bolt in my parent's room. It caught on fire too, and to this day, I can still hear my parent's screams as they burned…

Ansem then hit Larxene with a Dark Firaga, slamming her into the wall. Then he killed the Dusks and shoved me into a dark portal. It was completely black inside, but after a few minutes of sitting there in shock, I saw something… moving. It crawled toward me, till I could finally see what it was. A Shadow. The cute little monster looked at me, antennae twitching. I merely had to look at it to see it was harmless. Suddenly, the ground shook, and the Shadow ran away. A claw came out of the ground, followed by tentacles, mandibles, and a single yellow eye. Roaring, it slashed at me. I dived out of the way, and ran. The Heartless quickly caught me, lifting me into the air and stareing at me. Then a mouth formed in the middle of all the tentacles, drooling expectantly. Determined to do something before it ate me, I spat in its eye. I expected it to scream. All it did was squeeze. I howled as my bones started to crack.

Then my life flashed before my eyes. It was like watching a movie. A short, boring movie punctuated by my parent's death and my hatred of Larxene. I wasn't going to die here. Not before I got my revenge. I stared at the monster holding me and concentrated. Ansem said I had power, right? I felt it. A indescribable force, waiting to take form. Unbidden, the words sprung forth. "Fire!" A roaring inferno flew out of my hand, slicing through the tentacles and burning a hole into its eye. The beast burned to ashes with a whimper, and I fell out of its grasp. I hit the ground hard, probably breaking my arm. Another portal opened and Ansem walked out, chuckling. That was the last thing I saw before I fainted.