World 0 – Awakening
Part 1 – The Dream
Sora was falling in his dream.
At least, he thought this was a dream. Any moment now, he'd hit something and wake up. But then again, the sensation he was feeling was all too real. The weight of his body, the air flowing past his exposed skin and hair, and the pit pulling at the bottom of his stomach – was all that real, or was it just the constructs of his subconscious mind?
Sora honestly could not tell; up until this point, it had been a normal dream. It started out with him on the beach, where he saw his best friend Riku standing in the ocean. Sora tried to run out to meet him as Riku reached out his hand to Sora, but was blown away by a tsunami.
When Sora resurfaced, he was met by his other friend Kairi, calling out to him from the beach. He tried to get to her, but then she pointed to the sky in surprise. Sora looked up to see a meteor shower, but one of the meteors was him.
That's when Sora felt the world move out from under him. He was suddenly the shooting star, falling from the heavens. Kairi tried to catch him, but he still fell into the ocean; diving deep into its depths.
But Sora now felt as though those depths were no longer those of the ocean, and that he was indeed awakening from his slumber, but not into the islands that he had called home for his whole life.
It was then that Sora became aware of something below him: a bottom to the depths that he had dived into.
Now aware of the sense of gravity of this place that he had fallen into, Sora righted himself so that he landed gently on his feet. Sora looked around, unsure of what to make of his new surroundings.
Sora took a step forward, and the floor exploded into light and movement. It was as though a thousand curtains were lifted simultaneously from the ground to be carried away by an unseen breeze.
Before Sora realized what had happened, the moment was gone, the only evidence of it even having occurred was the impression of a silken kiss on his cheek, and even that was fading. He watched as waves of curtains disappeared into the distant darkness, leaving Sora standing on a glowing platform and staring forlornly into the abyss.