Disclaimer: I do not own any Kingdom Hearts characters nor Disney and Final Fantasy.

This one is short. I think it best to stop here. I'm so proud with myself, to make a whole chapter from just 3 minutes of the cutscenes.

Through the darkness, the sound of water crashing on the beach had slowly come to his ears. Curious, Sora lifted his eyelids up with some effort and stared up. The clear blue sky was the first thing came to his view. Large white clouds rolled lazily across the blue expanse. He shielded his eyes from the sun light as he stared up. It looked like it was midday, yet he couldn't really tell much except that.

'The sky's so blue today…'

Sora turned his attention from the sky to whatever was lying before him. He pulled himself up into a sitting position and propped himself up with his hands, seeing where he was at that moment. Right before him was the ocean. A great expanse of beautiful blue ocean was lying out right before him. There was no mainland at sight. 'No shadows, no weird talking voice, and especially no giant black monster who was to smash me. I'm finally home!'

Sora smiled sleepily and yawned, laying himself back to get some more sleep. He lay down, finding himself suddenly lying in some shade. He lazily opened his eyes again and looked up. His view of the sky was obstructed by a girl with short dark red hair and deep sea-colored eyes.

"Whoa!" He sat straight up immediately due to the shock, all his chains jingling at the sudden movement. Still on his knees, Sora turned himself around to face the girl, his bare knees rubbed against the golden sand of the beach. Both the friends began to laugh at each other.

"Gimme a break Kairi." He said.

Kairi giggled, tucking the loose tuft of her short crimson hair behind her ear then stared straight into her companion's face, still grinning as though she knew that he'd done something wrong. Her ocean-colored eyes were still laughing as she spoke to him in a tone that sounded just like a mother's.

"Sora, you lazy bum. I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here."

Then she turned away, as if she were shunning him for his wrong doing, her nose lifted snobbishly in the air. She looked back at Sora out of the corner of her eye, waiting for him to laugh at her imitation.

"No! This huge, black thing swallowed me up!" Sora began to explain. The adrenaline had suddenly begun to run through his body, just like it had at the end of his dream. He tried his best to recall everything he'd seen, every detail, his blue eyes burning through the ground as he struggled to find words to explain. "I couldn't breathe, I couldn't -"

A hand knocked onto the top of his head. "Ow!" Sora raised one hand and rubbed his new bruise.

"Are you still dreaming?" Kairi laughed, dropping the false mom act. She leaned forward and stared straight into Sora's face.

"It wasn't a dream!" Sora protested immediately but then his words suddenly stopped as if they were caught in his throat. "Or … was it? I don't know." Sora turned his eyes away from Kairi then looked down at the sand, suddenly confused. 'Was it really just a dream? But it felt so real. The coldness seems to be still lingered here under my skin.' Sora then looked over his shoulder, toward the blue ocean, as though its deep depths held the answer to all his questions.

"What was that place?" He murmured, mostly for himself to hear. "It's so bizarre…"

"Yeah sure." Sora looked up at Kairi in surprise and slightly. 'Of course, she wouldn't believe me. Not even myself could think that it was possibly real, except I had been there, and the reality of it scared me to death now.'

For now, Kairi had given up teasing Sora. She walked casually toward the shoreline, and stopped just a few inches from where the water receded from the shore. Kairi looked up the sky first, gazing up at the white clouds as they rolled by. She stared out the horizon, deeply in thoughts.

Sora turned his attention toward her. "Say Kairi. What was your hometown like? You know, where you grew up."

He changed his position so he where no longer kneeling in the sand as he knees started to hurt. He turned around slightly so that he was facing her. He propped himself up with his arms, his gaze never drifting far from her.

She smiled at the question, with her back still facing him : "I've told you before, I don't remember."

"Nothing at all?" Sora sounded suspicious, and almost doubtful of her answer.

"Nothing." Kairi answered, unflinchingly.

"Don't you ever wanna go back?"

"Well, I'm happy here." Kiri's smile widened as the words came out.

"Really…" Sora was still doubtful. He finally looked away from her and stared out over the horizon just like she had.

"But you know…" Kairi continued. "I wouldn't mind going to see it." She smiled at that thought.

"I'd like to see it too," Sora replied, fixing his gaze back on Kairi and resting one arm on his knee. He grinned at his thoughts. "Along with any other worlds out there. I wanna see 'em all!"

Kairi giggled as she turned to face her friend with a nod. "So what're we waiting for?"

"Hey, aren't you guys forgetting about me?"

Both Sora and Kairi turned around. There, standing with a log tucked under one arm, was another boy. He was taller than both Sora and Kairi. He had shoulder length silver hair, and cyan eyes that were almost neon in color. He was well built for a fifteen-year-old, and held the thick log as though it were nothing. Sora grinned. He'd known this guy since... well, as far back as he could remember. He and Riku had grown up together. They're almost as close as brothers.

"So," Riku continued as he shook his head, "I guess I'm the only one working on the raft." Riku gave him a glance and smile slightly before tossing the log that he was holding to Sora as he walked over to Kairi. Sora yelled in surprise as he tried to catch it … and then failed miserably. Riku tried to hide his laugh then looked right at Kairi, directly at her face:

"And you're just as lazy as he is." Riku finished, accusing her then sat down the sand next to Sora.

Sora made a face at Riku and pulled the log closer to himself.

Kairi giggled. She put one hand behind her head in an embarrassed gesture, and feigned a wince as Riku spoke. "So you noticed." she laughed, a sheepish grin spreading across her face. "Okay, we'll finish it together! I'll race you!"

"Huh?!"

Sora had seated himself on top of Riku's log, and looked up at Kairi as though she were the craziest person he'd ever met in his entire life. There was no way he was going to race both Riku and Kairi after he'd just woken up. And then, as though Riku had read his thoughts, he yelled out, exhausted from the work that he'd been doing all day - alone, as it turned out. He rolled his green eyes so he was looking up at Kairi, the only one still standing.

"What, are you kidding?"

Kairi paid no attention to their protests, and merely laughed at their expense. She then cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone. "Ready, go!"

The two boys exchanged glances, then suddenly leapt to their feet and began to run along the shoreline as fast as they could. Riku looked over at Sora, his face filled with laughter. Sora, on the other hand, looked absolutely determined to beat Riku at this race which made him almost laughed at Sora's seriousness, and finally looked straight ahead. If Sora was going to try to win, then so was he. Kairi laughed the entire run across the beach, bringing up the rear of the so-called "race". She couldn't stop laughing at them as she made her way toward the "boat ruins" on the other side of the island. Both Riku and Sora were way ahead of her, the two of them being neck in neck.

Sora finally looked over at Riku. The two boys looked at each other as they ran for a moment, and then suddenly, both grinned at each other, as though there was some kind of joke just the two of them shared, and then continued their race. Sora's grin grew even bigger, the mysterious dream pushed out of his thoughts. Then both boys looked back at Kairi, both of them grinning, and began to call out her name and urge her to run faster.

There was only this moment. This eternal summer that had been granted to the three of them in the form of an island paradise. There was only now. There was no door. No darkness. No mysterious voice. This place...

These were the Destiny Islands.

The passage to Kingdom Hearts.

A long dark path spread far and wide. The ground the was dry with a few cracks had marked on it for no one know how long. The sky was darken black that a person would surely say it was a sky-less place when they gazed up the horizon. Everything about this place was empty, no trees, no animals, there wasn't even a soul at sight except for the figure of a light blue hooded young woman. Her face was hidden under the blue hood along with her hair and eyes which were the only things she wanted to hide. She wore a white top and long white fingerless gloves. Her skirt was dark blue with a pair of white laces around each side.

"So he is alive?" She spoke up. Her voice was crystal clear as a furry white sheep appeared on her left side. The sheep hopped up and down, trying to get her attention. The hooded girl bended down and pet it head. "They better not be false rumor."

She continued coldly. The sheep shook it head as a sign of answering.

"Hmm? But how can he? ... He had disappeared that day... No... we WERE the one that disappeared that day, he was the only one who survive" She stared down the cracky ground sourly. The white sheep went to her feet, using his head to rubbed her leg, trying to get her attention again.

"Yeah, you're right ... There is no point of losing hope, after all what have done. Come what may. Just let time resumes its march, I'm not afraid."

"Baa..." The sheep looked up at her, somewhat happier than before. The girl lifted her lips smiling slightly at the fact she had just found out as she turned her gaze back to the dark sky.

"A journey of hardship awaits up ahead. When time resumes its march, it shall begin. Once a heart that held memories of the peaceful time can turn into a battlefield against its own owner. But i believe, as long as you be yourself, you can pass them easily without any struggle. You can bring back the light to those who have been drowned in the darkness. After all, you are special, aren't you, Sora?"

Amalia: So we have a chance to sit down and talk. What do you want to talk about? And it better be important since you literally dragged me away from my work.

Sora: Lia! Good to see you. Don't worry, it will worth a while. So what are you planing on happen next?

Amalia: That is?! It's a secret. I'm not telling!

Sora: C'mon Lia, tell me. You've become too much like sis. Keeping things all secret.

Amalia: You mean Crystal? Oh don't worry, you find out eventually. It's strange that you still remember her.

Riku: Sora tends to forget a lot but when it comes to his family. I doubt he'll forget.

Amalia: Hey Riku. Glad you can join us, too bad i can't stay long.

Sora: Hey! You still haven't answered me.

Amalia: Fine... Enjoy your last day on the island, another major changes are going to happen. Expect them in about 3 chapters. See ya.

Sora: What is that suppose to mean?!

Riku: That is Amalia, everyone. She always likes to keep her life and thoughts hidden from all. Not that we can do anything about it.

Valkyrie Phantom: No matter where we are or who we used to be. No one can change the people we are now except ourselves.

Sora: Did you hear that? The voice is faded.

Riku: You are just imagining things.

(For far away)

Amalia: Well. Someone appears earlier than they ought to be.

Note: Valkyrie is one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla. In this story, she is also known as the Warrior Phantom. That will be my OC, she won't appear until later on. I'll give more information later about her. But i only plan to reveal her truth self in chain of memories.

A valkyrie (pronounced "VAL-ker-ee";Old Norse valkyrja, plural valkyrjur, "choosers of the fallen") is a female helping spirit of the god Odin. The modern image of the valkyries as elegant, noble maidens bearing dead heroes to Valhalla is largely accurate for what it is, but a highly selective portrayal that exaggerates their pleasant qualities. To some extent, this tendency toward sanitization is present even in the later Old Norse sources, which focus on their love affairs with human men and their assisting Odin in transporting his favorites among those slain in battle to Valhalla, where they will fight by his side during Ragnarok.

As far as we today can tell, the valkyries have always had such characteristics, but in heathen times they were far more sinister. The meaning of their name, "choosers of the slain," refers not only to their choosing who gains admittance to Valhalla, but also to their choosing who dies in battle and using malicious magic to ensure that their preferences in this regard are brought to fruition. Examples of valkyries deciding who lives and who dies abound in the Eddas and sagas. The valkyries' gruesome side is illustrated most vividly in the Darraðarljóð, a poem contained within Njal's Saga. Here, twelve valkyries are seen prior to the Battle of Clontarf, sitting at a loom and weaving the tragic destiny of the warriors (an activity highly reminiscent of the Norns). They use intestines for their thread, severed heads for weights, and swords and arrows for beaters, all the while chanting their intentions with ominous delight. The Saga of the Volsungs compares beholding a valkyrie to "staring into a flame."

Why did i choose this kind of myth to be my OC, you might as? Well actually, I'm not really a fan of mythology but earlier this month when I began to write this story, I want to create a character who does noble deed but hides her face under a hood. Then the word 'Valkyrie' came. A maiden of god, warrioress (I'm not so sure if that is a word) So yeah, The Valkyrie Phantom, the heroine who has a secret past that won't be reveal until later on. Mysterious isn't it? I like to keep my story that way.

My other story 'The battle of Fate and Freedom' is recently written, if you have time please pay a visit at it. Both of the stories are unrelated.

Please review and see you in the next chapter.