Inverted Sky

Chapter 50: The Realm of Darkness

On and on she walked.

On and on she fought.

Hoping that there would be something at the finish of this never ending, forever branching path she moved across. Yet the further Sora traveled, the less of a grasp on time she could feel. The only thing she knew was that, somewhere along the line, she regained her ability to use magic. But how long ago had it been?

An hour?

A day?

A week?

Nothing seemed to make sense. Nothing seemed to matter. All that there was in this place, was her and the infinite road under her feet.

Not even the abyss below changed, as it produced the constant fear of what might happen upon falling into it's depths. Could it lead to the way out? Or would it just be a never ending oblivion for those who entered.

However, while the brown-haired teen continued to walk on, she just kept her gaze down at the ground. The girl having started off with her head held high, yet slowly but surely crumbled down. It coming to the point that she could only manage a glance around the area, but only when something other than her moved. This usually being a stray Heartless that didn't even bother her whatsoever.

Unlike at the beginning, the creatures of darkness swarmed around the girl over and over again to weaken her enough to overtake the teen's heart. But they failed every time, especially when she would call forth the three Heartless who obeyed her. Though, it was the fact that she had her head down that she didn't notice the impending doom that awaited her until it was too late.

Despite Sora having a slight glazed look in her eyes, she quickly noticed the fact that the path in front of her suddenly ended. This making her blink a few times and finally lift her head to look around. The area itself was completely empty, as no other paths could be seen, save for her own. Of which stretched on for as long as the eye could see in the opposite direction.

The brown-haired teen looked back briefly before taking a few steps forward until she was right at the edge of the path. "Is...Is this the end?" she spoke up in a near whisper, as if she hadn't spoken for many days.

As she glanced around once more, the girl felt a tightening in her chest as she pulled Kairi's charm from her pocket. Even though she didn't look it over when first receiving it, she had done so a great many times along her travels through the darkness. Sora doing so one more time as she took in a deep breath and spoke up once more.

"Kairi...lend me your light." she said silently as she examined the small, drawn-on face on one of the five white sea shells that made up the star-shaped charm.

After muttering this, the teen slowly closed her eyes and simply stepped off the edge of the path. The girl slowly falling into the abyss as the darkness swallowed her up completely. However, with a brief flash of light from the charm, the teen almost seemed to escape the clutches of the overwhelming darkness. Yet it still never stopped her decent as Sora's eyes remained closed the whole time, just leaving her fate to the charm.

But even as the brown-haired girl kept falling, the light around her never faded until the darkness began to lift away. This slowly revealing a place of pure white, to which the next thing that Sora felt, was her feet touching a solid floor.


Alright, this is the end of the first Kingdom Hearts game. ;) I decided to go ahead and split up the games into their own stories, so the next chapter will be under the new 'Inverted Sky: KH Chain of Memories'. So this part of the story is officially finished, be on the look out for the next installment this Saturday. Unless you're reading this after it's already out, in which case...what are you waiting for? ;D Anyway, thank you all for your reviews and support. I hope that anyone who finds this story even after I've reached well into the series will still leave their thoughts about this part of the story in a review. I'm always interested in what others think of it. ^^ Until next time everyone.