Kingdom Hearts: A Final Memory

May it be noted that I in no way own the rights to Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, Final Fantasy, or anything Disney.

Authors Note: Since the Prologue took up Chapter I's slot, I am combining chapter I and II into one chapter to get all the other chapter's on track.

Chapter I: The Keyhole

I ran through the twisted alleyways of this dark city, and blasted into a full-on sprint down a narrow straightaway. I emerged in a bright square in front of a sky scraper known as Infinity Tower. The tower had another name. Memories Skyscraper. No one knew why it was called that, and the only one's that dead died a long time ago. They were the ones who sent the city into the darkness, so it was said. They perished in the darkness, but made sure the world would remember what had happened by erecting the skyscraper.

As I emerged in the square, I looked back and saw that the thing was gone. Later, I found out that that thing was something called a "Heartless", whatever the heck that was. But now, I was relieved, until something to my right caught my eye. A dark portal to somewhere opened up in front of the tower, and when it disappeared, the "Heartless" stood in its place. The strange creature raised its hands, and a veil of darkness descended from the heavens and enclosed Forever's Square.

The creature turned its eyes on me, and slid closer. I swung and struck it, and the Heartless let out a high pitched scream. My ears rang, and I covered my ears and dropped to one knee, wincing from the pain. The Heartless leapt over and struck, but something blocked it. I saw a little man with a black goatee drill through part of the shadowy wall and strike the creature, throwing it back. The Heartless picked itself up, and made a gesture, and then split itself into two identical ones. One went for the little man, who I must point out had a giant Key almost identical to mine, except it was white with black jagged lines. The little man struck, and I smiled, and turned, but the other Heartless were gone.

I looked around, and then fell to the ground. One heartless was on my back, tearing into my skin with its little claws, its teeth gnashing. My Key spun out of my reach, and I was helpless. I couldn't help but to think my life was over right then and there, and, in essence, it was. My old life was over, and the life of the Chosen One was about to begin.

The man finished off his Heartless, and looked at me. He raised a hand, and fire came out. Let me write that again: FIRE came OUT of his hand. It knocked the Heartless off of me, and disintegrated it.

"Are you the new Keyblade Master? Prove it to me, kill the Heartless," he commanded in a grisly monotone.

I grabbed my "Keyblade," and swung. I knocked the Heartless aside, and swung again, this time sending it towards the veil, but, before it hit, the Heartless shattered like broken glass, and disappeared.

"Well, I see you have already met the Heartless," was all he could say.

"What did you say?" I asked, a little ticked that he was two-steps ahead of me. I stopped where I was walking.

"You know, Heartless. Those black creatures that'll steal your heart," the little man replied in an annoying, know-it-all voice. He looked at me, and I said:

"No, I don't know. That was the first 'Heartless' I have ever seen in my life. What the heck is going on?" I yelled back.

"Shhh," he shushed me. "Do you wanna attract more Heartless? That one there was a WEAK on compared to the others." He continued his march of a pace towards the black veil that surrounded Forever's Square.

"Just how do we get out of this?" I asked.

He didn't answer; instead, he raised his Key, and pointed it at the veil. He said a word that I couldn't hear, and the veil lifted, and disappeared into the night sky. He made a gesture at me and said: "We're on there turf now, follow me if you want to know what is happening." He hobbled off towards the skyscraper, and trudged up the gently curving staircase. He held his weapon to the door, and it unlatched and swung open.

I followed into what looked like a mausoleum. Cobwebs were every where, and ancient furniture and artifacts littered the room. He raised his weapon, pointed it to the ceiling, and bellowed," LIGHT!" Instantly the chandelier filled itself with bright light. The cobwebs melted away, and the room began to piece itself together, looking like it was brand new. "The light restored the room to its original state, now, we can go." The little man ascended a gently spiraling staircase up to the second level. I ran up the steps behind him, and saw him turn into a room. I entered, and what I saw, blew my mind.

Inside was a vast state room. Elegant paintings hung on the wall, and a huge dining table sat on the floor surrounded by chairs. The table was set up as if some one was about to eat a huge meal. He pulled up a chair and said," So you are the chosen one?" He looked me over and sized me up. "We have a lot of work to do."

"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked, a little hurt.

"You are weak, but so was Sora when he started out," he replied.

"Who is 'Sora?'?" I asked with a puzzled look on my face.

"The chosen one before you, your predecessor," he replied. "Now then on to the matters at hand. First of all, the Heartless. The Heartless are born of the darkness in ones heart. A Heartless acts on instinct alone. They flitter around the worlds, looking for hearts to collect. But each Heartless has one goal in mind: get the heart of the world, and return the world to darkness. Heartless are stupid, and would fight for your heart than go after others. You can defend your self, others can't." He looked at me, and nodded.

"But wait a minute! You said worlds! Does that mean there are other worlds than this one?" I asked, my mouth dry. I pulled a chair and weakly sat down.

"Yes. There are many worlds. It is your job as the Keybearer to travel to other worlds, and find the Keyhole. In some worlds you will have little opposition, but in others, there will be Key Guardians. Key Guardians are Heartless that emerge from the Keyhole when discovered. Should the heartless get the Keyhole, which leads to the heart of the world, the world will slowly fade into darkness, and then, it will disappear."

Oh man! That was a lot to take in! I just found out that it was my job to save all of existence from a race of demonic creatures called Heartless. Could my life get any worse!

"That Heartless out there," I started," Does it have a name?"

"Yes, each type of Heartless has a specific name. That one was called a Shadow Spawn. Shadow Spawns can multiply as you saw out there," he replied. "Shadow Spawns have to take over a persons mind and body to take physical form. If there is no one around, they emerge as lowly shadows, weaker forms, but greater in numbers."

"What about this world? Will I have to save it too?" I asked, not wanting to hear the answer.

"Yes, that is why you are here, not anywhere else. Now, we have to go. I have a pretty goods idea of where the Keyhole is," he replied as he jumped out of the window. Not wanting to die, I left down the steps and into the street. "My way was quicker," he said with a laugh. We took a right from the building and came upon a huge, white crater. Down at the bottom was a lone pillar. And on that pillar was a tiny hole, shaped like the keyholes on doors. There was no doubt about it, that was the keyhole.

Chapter II: Darkness Unleashed

We slowly descended the crater, cautious not to fall, until we reached the bottom. I jumped down from a ledge, and landed on my feet. I ran over to the Keyhole, and looked at it. I brought my Keyblade close to the hole, and a beam of light emitted from the end. It entered the hole, and I heard a sound like a key locking a latch. The pillar flashed dark, and another Spawn emerged from it.

"That is the guardian. We have to kill it," he said.

"Aww, it's just a Spawn, we can handle that," I replied.

"Guardian Heartless are more powerful than their counterparts. They COMMAND the Heartless in the world," he replied.

The Heartless looked at me, and pulled out a long sword. "You see? This Heartless took the form of what it wanted. It doesn't need a human."

I darted forward, and it slashed. I blocked it with my Keyblade and sidestepped, battering it with my Keyblade. The Heartless spun around and threw the sword. It nearly hit me, but I sidestepped, and it disappeared. A second later, it reappeared in the Spawn's black hands. The sword writhed, and split into two. My friend spun into action, and slashed at the creature, knocking one sword lose. I jumped in too and began slashing.

The creature was knocked back, and hit the pillar. The creature got up, and I said," It doesn't appear damaged."

"That's because its not. We aren't doing anything to it," he replied. The Heartless pointed at the Keyhole, and it flashed dark. Immediately clouds began to gather in the sky. "C'mon! We can't do anything now. We're to late!" He ran past the Heartless, and raised his Key to the sky. The clouds parted, and something sped towards the ground. It hit, and he got in. "Hurry!" I jumped in, and he powered it up. We blasted off the world, and all hell broke loose.

We reached space, and I looked back. The world slowly grew dim, and dark clouds encased it. Every so often, something would break through the clouds, but I couldn't see what they were. Soon, it was over, and the world was gone.

I cried, because my world was gone, the world I grew up on was gone. Not destroyed, but gone, as if it was never there.