A/N: Another chapter, yay!

Chapter 3: Just The Beginning

Laughing. The first thing he remembered hearing from Mayu since that horrific day. She was seven then, when she lost her family. A terrible accident truly, she would not speak to anyone for days. Now she began laughing and smiling again. What a brave girl he noticed. He wished he had that strength, for her farther was his son.

Mayu was running outside with her homemade keyblade. He had told her stories about it and part of its history. When he did, she loved the idea of having a keyblade and being a master. No, he did not tell the type of path she would face if she ever did wield the blade but none the less, it was a child's dream. Perhaps one day she would understand fully why wielding such a marvelous weapon was a burden. Of course it was a great honor to wield one and the adventures were truly amazing but some things came at a price.

He now had his granddaughter who had a dream of wielding her own keyblade. That, is one thing he did not want to happen but he out of all people knew you can't stop your destiny. Just how it will happen.

Of course, as fate would have she was to wield the keyblade but not follow the path other wielders have. At least for the time being. You could almost say, it was an accident for her to receive the keyblade but for the person who gave it to her... Well we have all heard the saying...

Be careful of what you wish for.

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Third District, Mayu (for now).

Running after Aerith and Yuffie was a pain in the neck. Whats worse is.. I couldn't find them when I left the motel but you know what I did find? More heartless.

I slashed through them somewhat easily and noticed some of them where wearing armor like a soldier. They were a little harder than the shadows but were still quite easy to defeat.

I looked around, wondering where to head to find them. Why did this town have to be so big? I was still in the second district, in a small alley with a door at the end. They could have possibly made there way through that door so I decided to go that way as well.

While walking, I thought of Sam. Would I ever find him? Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to go with Donald and Goofy. In fact I wasn't sure why I had to go with them to find Mickey but I thought I could help and it was impulsive move, well somewhat. Anyway it's possible that they might let me search for my brother. Now that leaves me to the question, what about the rest of my family? What happened to them? I saw Sam go into that red hole, well portal, if you will. But that is all I saw go in the portal before I locked the world, assuming I did. Does that mean I am stuck here? And Sam too! I sure hope I would find him soon, who knows how scared he could be.

Then I realized two things. One, I have no idea where Sam is or where to start looking. Two, I walked in another district, the third one. It was a bare district with really nothing worth mentioning, just more colorful lights and fancy shapes. This place was odd.

"Well.. clearly they are not here." I mumbled to myself.

"Whose not here?"

I nearly jumped but regained myself. I turned around and saw a boy with spikey brown hair and blue eyes wear some sort of red jump suit thing with a short little jacket and yellow shoes. He kinda reminded me of Mickey. I am not sure but I think he was the main character of that game I was talking about earlier.

I blinked. "Um just my friends who ran off." I said coolly. I put my hand out to shake his. "Hi, I'm Mayu."

He took it and smiled. "Sora. You know, it's not a good idea to be out here by yourself. There are creatures here called the heartless that can hurt you."

What a sweet kid, so familiar too." I know that. Thanks for worrying but I can handle myself."

He cocked his head.

I showed him my keyblade (Gee it's probably been a few hours at the most and I am almost pulling out my keyblade so casual like.) and told him it could kill the heartless too. His face only showed some surprise, not exactly the reaction I thought I would get.

"So, you have one too!" He pulled out his keyblade and it was oddly similar to Mickey's keyblade, I wondered if there was any connection between the two.

Up above us, there was screaming. It was Donald and Goofy coming down about to-

"Watch out!"

"Wah!"

CRASH.

We all moaned in unison on the ground where we were all piled up. I was at the very bottom and then came the kid I had just met Sora, Donald then Goofy. For once, I was not at fault for being clumsy.

Both Donald and Goofy gasped. "The key!"

All of a sudden, walls popped up from the ground, closing off every escape route out of this district. Heartless began appearing out of a dark sphere and in greater numbers then earlier. Great, more bait, more fish.

We all immediately got up and began attacking. Most of the heartless were soldiers with some shadows. Goofy was using his shield to attack the heartless which proved how violent a shield can be. Donald was casting spells and I got to tell you, the scowling duck is pretty good. Sora was naturally amazing but he was kind of slow on his attacks but none the less, was very graceful in defeating them. I, on the other hand did fairly well, I don't think I mentioned this before but it felt like I had done this. Fighting so familiar but yet different.

We finally defeated the heartless. Sora walked forward, searching for more heartless when pieces of purple armor with the heartless symbol on it fell out of the sky and landed in front of him. It just as quickly assembled itself into a large heartless. I might add that it wasn't necessarily connected, the pieces of the armor like the arms and torso were not touching but moving as if it was.

The name, Guard Armor, popped into my head. Great.

We all ran up to it and began attacking in different areas, trying to locate its weak point. It didn't really have, none that was obvious at least. It suddenly jumped up and came crashing down and sent Sora and I flying backwards.

Ow... well that hurt! Dazed, I threw my keyblade at it like a boomerang, hitting its head, and like a boomerang it came back. Sora had looked at me and was about to say something when the Guard Armor jumped up again. This time, Sora jumped as it came down. Smart kid, I noticed.

Donald yelled at me to get up. I looked at the heartless and thought there had to be a simpler way to defeat it. As I was attacking its left leg, it came out and disappeared. So that was it! We all had to focus on one part. I yelled at the others to focus on one spot together.

It's arms swiveled, like a newly sharpened blade swung around. Goofy was hit and was sent back. Sora began working on the body while the arms spun. When it stopped, we began attacking the arms once more and they finally fell. But even with out its arms and legs, we got bruised up.

Finally the whole thing began to shake. It stopped and the head fell, releasing a heart from its body. There was bright light and then the Guard Armor disappeared.

We all turned towards each other. Goofy broke the silence by explaining to Sora that they were looking for him. Sora was surprised.

"They too, have been seeking the wielder of the keyblade." Said a man coming into view. He wore a leather jacket and had brown hair. He reminded me of those stereotypical, talk dark and handsome guys. Er, not that I found him attractive or anything...

Anyway, he was with that girl I saw run out of that room earlier in the hotel. I think her name was Yuffie, who nodded in agreement.

"Hey!" Goofy began. "Why don't you come with us? We can go to other worlds on our vessel."

Sora's head lowered. "I wonder if I could find Riku and Kairi." He said silently.

"Of course!" Donald piped up.

This got me happy and I smiled at Sora. "Yeah, I am looking for my brothers, we can look together."

Sora looked a bit more hopeful now. Then, I heard Donald say, "Who knows? But we need them to come with us to help us find the king."

I placed my hands on my hips. "What did you say Donald?"

He quacked. "Nothing!"

While glaring at him, the guy in the leather jacket spoke. "Sora, go with them. Especially if you want to find your friends."

'Yeah, I guess." Sora sighed sadly. I placed my hand on his shoulder.

"But you can't come along looking like that," Donald said firmly. "Understand? No frowning, no sad faces. Okay?"

"Yeah, you gotta look funny, like us! Whoa!" Goofy said as Donald pushed him away.

'This boat runs on happy faces!"

"Happy?" questioned a glum Sora. Goofy and Donald looked Sora, waiting patiently for him to do something. For a brief moment, he didn't, then made a ridiculous face. It...was...hysterical!

I broke out laughing along with Donald and Goofy. "That was.. great!" I said while laughing.

After we stopped, Sora perked up a bit. "Okay why not? I'll go with you guys!"

"Donald Duck."

'Name's Goofy."

"I'm Sora"

"I guess that would make me Mayu!" I said putting all are hands in.

"All for one and one for all!"

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Evil Disney Villain Lair of Doom

Standing over an image of Sora, Mayu, Donald, and Goofy were Hades, Jafar, Ursula, Oogie Boogie and Captain Hook. They were not at all happy that the heroes beat the heartless, in fact they found it a bit annoying.

"That little squirt took down that heartless! Who would've of thought it?" Said an agitated Hades.

"Such is the power of the Keyblade." Jafar put in, "The child's strength is not their own."

Why don't we turn them into a heartless? Ahaha! That will settle things quick enough!" Ursula said amused.

"And the brats friends are the kings lackeys!" Captain Hook said angrily as he slammed his hook on the table in front of them. "Swoggle me eyes! They're all bilge rats by the looks of them."

"Well you're no prize yourself!" Oogie teased.

'Shut up!'

'Enough!" Said Maleficent coming into view. "The keyblade has chosen him. Will it be he who conquers the darkness? Or will it simply swallow him up? Either way he could be quite useful." She grinned evilly.

'But what about the girl? I heard she was dead." Hades pointed out.

"And now that wench is back!" Hook yelled. "What a pest she and her dreadful friends were!"

Maleficent waved her hand. "Yes she was indeed. Although she could be a great help, we must dispose of her." She laughed. "I see a reunion is needed but this time, she will be gone for good."

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District One, Mayu, Sora, Donald and Goofy

We all returned from the third district. We all introduced ourselves and Yuffie was surprised to know there was another keyblade wielder. As for Leon.. well I couldn't tell but he did raise an eyebrow. I told them how I ended up here, how Mickey showed me I had the keyblade.

"So you had the keyblade all along." Leon concluded, "Yet you had no idea."

I blinked. "How could she not know?" Yuffie asked.

"If you think it about it, Sora has the same situation of not knowing he had the keyblade." Aerith stated.

"But why didn't The King visit Sora here? He didn't even mention her in the letter he left us." Goofy asked. "That sure doesn't make sense."

"Like I said earlier, she most likely was to walk a different path then you three but it seems fate brought her here." Aerith said. "Look for your King, he will provide the answers."

Fate. For some odd reason, that had angered me but I decided to shrug it off.

Leon spoke. "Well in that case, you should make sure you are ready for the journey ahead of you." He continued on. "We don't know how far the heartless have spread."

"You should check out the shops here, they got some pretty neat stuff." Yuffie mentioned.

Aerith handed us some munny and elixir. They wished good luck on finding our friends.

Before walking away, Leon told us, "Look out for each other and don't forget to keep your spirits up."

Keep my spirits up? How could I when I don't even know if my family is okay. Every time I thought about them, a knot of nerves built up. However, I wouldn't find them if I didn't try. I just need to look on the bright side of things.

"So how are we going to travel to different worlds?" Sora asked.

"We have our gummy ship right outside that gate." Goofy explained pointing to the massive brown doors behind us.. "You can get there by using the green points that only we can use."

Me and Sora both asked, "The what?"

"That's our ship." Donald said.

"Just wait till you see it!"

"Hold on." Donald said pulling out a small red sphere with a red emblem. "This is for you Sora." He gave Sora the sphere. "You can now cast fire. Sorry Mayu, I only had one." Donald apologized. "I didn't think their would be another person who had the keyblade."

What luck. So I can't 'play' with fire, well that was just annoying. I sighed and told him it was alright. I just hoped that I wouldn't need it all that much.

"Goofy, give 'em the other thing." Donald said.

"What? Oh, right!" Then, Goofy waved his hand over us. Although, I'm not sure why. "Eh, what was that suppose to do.?"

Goofy looked confused just like Donald and Sora. "You didn't see yourself dodge and roll?" Sora asked me.

I shook my head. No one said anything. Then again, what could they say? I don't suppose they know why. Maybe I would learn later but still...

"Huh...Now what?" asked Goofy.

"I guess... We just go on." I lowered my head a bit. I am starting to think I am not suppose to be here. I put on a false smile. "Don't worry about it"

'Then.. I guess we better get going." Donald said, giving me a sympathetic look.

We transported to the gummi ship and let me tell ya, it was so cool! There were two seat that over looked the outside. Naturally, I wanted to there along with Sora but Donald said it was only for the drivers and that there was no way we could ever drive without training. I being too stubborn said no. Donald and I yelled back and forth for a bit. What? That wacky duck was being unfair!

"Okay guys!" Goofy intervened. "Where to first?"

"Hey, what about that that funny looking world over there?" Sora decided. He pointed to the world on the map on our screen. It was a crazy looking place with hearts and castles everywhere.

I doubt the King would be there but who knows? I just want to find my family where ever they are.

Donald began taking the wheel when this time, Sora argued for the wheel. I sat against the wall and thought this was gonna be a long journey.

I pushed away some thoughts like why some things were oddly familiar. It was like an all the time dejǎ vu moment. The most was Sora. His personality was just so fun to be around but everytime I looked at him, something was off. Fighting the heartless had felt the same way although I rather slice them through then hang out. Maybe it's nothing, I could just be over thinking everything.

One other thing.. why the hell did those two gasp at my name? That kinda irritated me, you know? I sighed and craved answers.

Being a bit tired, I decided to rest up a bit. There was a question out of all that I badly wanted to ask but to afraid of the answer. I knew that the heartless were people with out hearts but.. could anyone turn into a heartless? I know Sam isn't, at least for now. But I never saw the rest of the family come out. I remember that Sam came out of the house with three heartless behind him.

But..It..was...just a...coincidence. Right?

Wrong.

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A/N: Eh I feel like the action was dull. I'm not that good with action so.. Ideas? Help?

Oh I wanted to point out that there is going to be little romance. There is a reason but I can't say just yet. Although there is going to be slight, I am talking microscopic, so small you might not notice, Mayu and Sora. Do not think this going to be Sora/Mayu fic. Trust me, there is a reason for the tiny, microscopic relationship. Just bear with me.

I also made a picture of Mayu on deviant art if anyone wanted to see her. My pen name is the same but I'll get a link up soon on my profile.

Pomegranata: Thank you very much. Don't worry, why she is in the story has not that much to do with the power of Kingdom Hearts. You could Almost say this is a prequel for Mayu. Almost. XD. Aha well technically no. But I am in a community with them. One that I forgot too.. oops. Thank you I will!

SWIRL3Y: Thank you! I get it, I feel the same way but it's fun to guess and see how close or far you got. Ahh, 'aren't we our worse critiques?' XP. Ahaha go right ahead! I saw it thought the same thing! :3

Anna Shiki:One of those two answers will or have been answered. Mwaha. XD

TheKeepersOfKingdomHearts1: Thank you!

Honey Monster; I know, I can be a people pleaser person sometimes. XD And you did NOT offend me in anyway, I don't get offended easily at all! Thank you, I was thinking about having them meet but it seemed over used so I decide to wait at least one more chapter. XD

HopeReincarnated: Yeah it's kind frustrating, isn't it? Aha. Yes, I win :P hehe. No, no, it's not just you. SWIRL3Y hath started a KH revolution. And that is great! I can't wait for it to come out! Thank you!