Everlasting Light
A Kingdom Hearts fanfic
By:
Chison
"What…what's going on?" Mareo thought to himself as the fell, his mind trying to grasp what had just happened. "A Nobody has just destroyed my world…and now I'm in Darkness…" Opening his eyes, Mareo could not see anything. There was no sound, no rushing wind through his clothes, or through his hair. Everything was silent. "If…If I'm going to be destroyed…I guess this is the most painless way…" He looked past his feet, but there was nothing, and then below him, "Just falling…" Falling through darkness for what seemed like hours, Mareo looked left, then right and still nothing, not even the faintest glimmer of light. Suddenly he started to right himself, and fell with his feet and landed on a hard, solid surface.
Quickly looking around, Mareo still saw nothing, even though his eyes had adjusted to the dark conditions. Taking a step forward, he put out his hands to guide himself, "I must look like a fool…Wandering through darkness with my hands out like this…" he spoke aloud, however he felt the edge of the platform and stopped and again looked around, and he saw something that caught his eye: it was a faint glimmer of light.
Running towards it, Mareo came to it and reached out with his right hand, however the platform underneath him gave way, and he started to fall, "NO! NOT WHEN THE LIGHT IS SO CLOSE!" he shouted at the top of his lungs and desperately reached for the light, the Darkness seemed to come alive and slowly wrapped around Mareo's feet, dragging him down. He struggled as the Darkness moved slowly up his legs, he bent his torso, trying to make his arm stretch further, but the Darkness had made his way towards his chest.
Feeling the muscles in his arm being stretched, Mareo winced in pain, but he continued to reach towards the light, and slightly after his elbow gave a loud pop, causing Mareo to cry out in pain, feeling the Darkness creep towards his head, he gave everything into one last thrust towards the light, screaming at the top of his lungs, he finally reached the light, and gasped it, becoming a beam in his hand, and the Darkness instantly dissolved. Holding the beam of light in front of him, it slowly faded, revealing an elongated key, which he recognized instantly. "It's a Keyblade…" he said to himself, fascinated at the weapon and he held up high above his head. "Good job. I was starting to worry." A male voice came over the air, and Mareo turned to see whom it was.
A teenage boy with spiky brown hair and blue eyes, dressed in black and various yellow straps and two red bags on his legs started to walk towards Mareo. "Are you?" Mareo started and the boy stopped, "Yes. I'm Sora. You're really lucky the Keyblade came when it did. You would have been a goner." Mareo walked towards Sora and held out his left free hand, "I'm Mareo…wait." He stopped, "does this mean…that I'm the Keyblade master now?" Sora gave a laugh, "well not quite…you've got to prove to the Keyblade that you are the right guy for the job." Mareo looked to the floor then back to Sora, "you mean…like seal a world and stuff?" He simply nodded, and lifted his hand and pointed to something behind Mareo.
Turning to see, a massive, wooden door had appeared, and when Mareo turned back to Sora, he was gone. "Don't worry. You can take your time. You have all the time you need." A voice came over the darkness, calming Mareo. "There are many worlds, take everything one step at a time. Don't stop walking." Walking up to the door, Mareo placed his hands on the handle, "This will be your journey. This will lead you to the answers you seek, all you have to do is go through the door." Swallowing the lump in his throat, and pulled the doors apart, letting light flood throughout the darkness, Walking straight through Mareo lifted the Keyblade to block the light and used his left hand to feel around through the light. Feeling a handle with his other hand, he gently turned the handle and suddenly felt a gust of wind and sound, and passed through the doorway.
Looking around, Mareo saw towering stonewalls and people going about their daily lives, however as he looked closer, they had elongated ears. Walking from the doorway, he turned around, however it simply looked like an ordinary wooden door, "Where am I?" he asked himself out loud and started to wander through the city. However he stopped and looked at this right hand: his Keyblade was missing.
