It's so bright that Yoru can't even see...
His eyes eventually adjusted, and his jaw hit the floor when he noticed his surroundings.
The sky was a bright cloudless blue that seemed to glow. He stood in a beautiful courtyard surrounded by trees he'd never seen, the greenest of grass and flowers everywhere. The walls and towers were rounded around him and looked like they were crafted from ivory, shooting hundreds of feet upward and making Yoru feel microscopic in comparison. Streets that looked as if they were paved from gold ran through his surroundings. It was beautiful.
But as beautiful as it was, something felt wrong. In this heaven of a world, there were no inhabitants, no sounds, no life. Yoru felt something eerie creep about him as he walked through the streets, looking for any signs of life. He found none.
Finally, as he rounded a corner, Yoru heard something.
Singing...
"In you and I, there's a new land..."
Something about this voice seemed familiar to Yoru, like someone he knew...
"Angels in flight..."
It hit Yoru like a stone. It was Luna's voice. Though, there was something off about it.
"My Sanctuary, my Sanctuary..."
Yoru pinpointed the direction of Luna's voice, then turned around. There she stood, somewhere around a hundred feet or so away. Her hands were clasped together behind her, she stood up straight, and she stared right at Yoru as she sang.
"Our fears an lies melt away..."
Yoru couldn't help it. He just started sprinting towards her as fast as he could. As he came closer, she began to run from him.
"Music will die..."
Yoru chased her through the empty streets, attempting to call out to her, but no sound came from him.
"What's left of me..."
She finally stopped before a large building in the center of the place. It was huge, dwarfing all the other buildings and towers around Yoru.
Luna walked through the gates of the building, turning to Yoru with a kind smile about her face. As the gates began to slowly close, separating Yoru from the one he cared about most, Luna sang one last time...
"What's left of me..."
The gates slammed shut, and Yoru was separated from Luna.
"My Heart is a battleground..." A new voice said, startling Yoru.
Yoru turned around quickly to see a new figure standing behind him.
This figure was a man cloaked head to toe in a bleach white longcoat. A hood covered his head, and that hood concealed the man's face. He stood with his arms opened, his head lightly bowed.
"Yoru... You are not on the right path..." The man said, a warning tone hinted in his deep accented voice. As he spoke, his voice echoed throughout the vicinity, sounding like the voice of God.
What the hell are you talking about!? Who are you!? Yoru realized that his thoughts could be heard, as they rang throughout the ivory city, echoing and booming.
"You've taken steps that are not yours to take, child." The cloaked man warned, his voice shaking Yoru to his very core. "Are you afraid of me, child?" The man asked, his head lowering as he spoke.
No, I'm not. Yoru stated, clenching his fists, Are you threatening me? Are you threatening Luna? He demanded, anger starting to flare in his silver eyes.
The man seemed to be amused by this. "To fight those who shape Destiny would be a grievous mistake, child." He warned, raising his hand at they boy and summoning a weapon that looked like a mix between a key and a sword.
Its handle was checkered a dark grey and white, the silver angel wing guard curling from the hilt to the pommel, which looked like an onyx spearhead. Two razor sharp blades spired from the handle, running parallel to each other and reaching to be three feet long. The blades connected at the top of the sword by forming another spearhead, a gradient silver turning black. From the top of the blade came an onyx cross, pointing out one side, a silver square brace surrounding it. Hanging from the pommel of the sword was a spiked kanji symbol that Yoru couldn't read.
The weapon was beautiful and intimidating at the same time, and Yoru knew that he had nothing to fight the man with.
"You are going to wake up soon, child." The man told Yoru, pointing his weapon almost threateningly at the boy, "And when you do, remember this..."
"You will NOT open the door..."
The world around Yoru seemed to become dimmer and dimmer. What was once blinding light soon degraded into eerie and cold darkness...
"Your Destiny is not for you to decide..."
Awaken Eternity...
Everything flashed white!
Yoru opened his eyes to find himself in his home, a wild storm occurring outside. Night filled the sky and the clouds and rain blocked out the silvery moon.
That was some dream... Yoru thought as he righted himself to his feet.
Even though Yoru knew he was just dreaming, something felt off. Something about this storm bothered him, made him feel uneasy. He knew he couldn't get back to sleep, so he prepared to go outside. He knew there was a storm, he knew it wasn't safe, he knew what he was doing was illogical, yet he did it anyway.
He grabbed his black leather jacket that he had cut the sleeves to t-shirt length, slipped on his fingercut grey gloves, slid into his baggy dark grey pants, strapped on his big blue shoes, and threw his tattered grey scarf around his neck and tied it up. Last, but not least, he put his mouse necklace on. It dangled lamely over his scarf before he stuffed it in.
Okay Yoru, it's just a storm... He told himself as he walked out the door to his small home, Just a storm...
Yoru was soon proven how wrong he was after he'd set foot outside his door. The storm whipped violently, ripping trees and structures from their place in the ground and sucking them up and into a huge violet and blue vortex that swirled menacingly above the town. There were no people, only the creepy black monsters from Yoru's strange dream. Violet lightning and black fire shot all across Mount Fate, burning and absorbing it all.
In the center of it all stood Yoru, surrounded by the chaos of a dying world.
This... This is insane! Yoru screamed in his head, eyes darting around frantically at the destruction! This can't be real! This CAN'T be real! Yoru found himself doubling over, retching on the floor as the world around him was torn apart by Darkness!
His school... Gone.
The Sawmill... Gone.
The forest... Gone.
The beautiful stars and moon... Gone.
Luna... Luna... Luna!
Yoru snapped to attention! He whipped around, a sudden horror instilled in him. I have to find Luna! He decided. He knew it was pointless, he knew there was nowhere to run, he knew that she was probably gone. But he knew he had try! I have to try! For the ones I love and hold dear!
Yoru began a sprint! He knew that Luna was in trouble and he knew that he had to help her. He didn't know what it was, but he felt like he needed to go to the High Rock, he knew he'd find Luna there.
As he approached the forest path leading to the rock, four of those monsters from his dream sprang from the floor! Their sinewy black skin was dripping with some sort of dark perspiration, making them shine in darkness of the night. Their heads twitched angrily at Yoru, their hollow yellow eyes gleaming with contempt.
Yoru stepped back cautiously, the four creatures slowly approaching him like a pack of hungry wolves. Yoru tripped over, landing on his behind and allowing himself to open up for the beasts! He thought quickly as the four closed in, jumping to slash at him wish their dark claws! Yoru instinctively grabbed a stick next to him and swung it forcefully at the four!
In a sudden and blinding flash of light, the stick transformed! As it swung, the length of it transformed into a pale silver metal pole, a set of teeth reminiscent of a key sprouting from the top of it. The dusty wooden handle transformed into a comfortable rubbery grip, an onyx metal guard surrounding the handle and finishing the new weapon's key shape. Sprouting from the bottom of the handle was a chain, and at the end was a mouse pendant identical to Yoru's necklace.
This sudden transformation took place in mid swing, and as soon as this new weapon collided with the monsters, they dissipated into clouds of darkness!
Yoru looked down at the odd key-shaped sword... It felt good in his hand... It weighed just right and was surprisingly easy to swing.
Keyblade...
Kingdom Key...
Keyblade...
In between...
Keyblade...
The words filled his head as he looked down at the weapon... The Keyblade...
He shook himself forcefully out of his trance, then remembered his goal. He had to get to the High Rock. He had to find Luna.
Yoru got back into his sprint, then headed down the path before him, Keyblade resting on his shoulder as he ran. He encountered more of those monsters as he ran, all were destroyed by the power of the Keyblade. Trees and buildings were sucked into the dark vortex above, none escaping.
Yoru finally reached the High Rock, though oddly enough there was a stairway leading to the top of the rock. The steps looked like they were made of polished marble, so untouched that they were reflective. They were ominous, and slightly intimidating. He eyed them cautiously, then hesitantly, Yoru walked up the steps.
As he reached the top of the High Rock, Yoru noticed several things that were different. The Endless Forest was now a pitch black void, there were thirteen columns lining the perimeter of the rock, and a large white door stood at the far end.
The door towered above Yoru, looking down on him. It was the same polished marble as the stairs, its top was pointed, there were no hinges, knobs, handles or anything. Just a large white door. But standing just before it was none other than Luna.
"Luna!" Yoru cried, running to approach her! Luna turned to him quickly, "Yoru! The Door!" She said with a horrified look on her face. "It's, it's-" She couldn't say what she needed to say, as much as she wanted to. "Luna, what do we do? I don't get it, what the hell is going on!?" Yoru demanded, spinning around and noticing that all that was left of Mount Fate was the High Rock and the two of them.
"Luna..." Yoru didn't know what to do. There was no escape from what was happening. He didn't even know what was happening...
Yoru looked down at the ground between the two of them. I don't get it...
He looked up to see Luna offering her hand to him.
"Yoru..." She said, tears in her eyes, "Take my hand..."
As Yoru reached out, the ground between the two of them started to split!
"Take my hand, you dummy!" Luna said, more desperation in her voice!
Just as their hands were about to grab hold of each other, the ground the two of them stood on was ripped apart! The two of them were sent flying into the vortex above, screaming the whole way!
Her hand! I need to grab her hand! Yoru cried in his head as he reached for Luna, even as they were being tossed through the sky! Come on! He reached even further, using nothing but his will to move closer to her in the tethered wind and lightning of the Darkness!
Luna turned to him, tears in her eyes. Her face said it all... 'What's going to happen to us?'.
"Yoru!"
That was the last thing he could remember hearing before everything went black...