Kingdom Hearts: Race For Your Life

Chapter 5: Not The First Time?

After Sora and his two buddies managed to stop Vanitas as well as his two monstrous Unversed from destroying the camp or hurting their apparent fellow campers as well as meeting Charlie Brown,his friends and his dog,they decided to go on ahead and fill out their registration forms with the others.

As they made their way towards the registration tent where all the other campers were heading,Sora decided to ask the others about the unversed as he nonchalantly asked "So….have those monsters been a problem around here? Because we really know how to take care of those guys." to which Charlie Brown nervously stammered "Well not really Sora,the first time I've ever seen them was when me and Snoopy were on our way here."

"Yeah the unversed we took care of." Goofy added as he remembered the bull-like unversed from the desert as Charlie Brown gasped and retorted "Oh yeah we saw you guys out there,Snoopy nearly hit you three." to which Snoopy got red in the face at the remark before Charlie Brown continued "But anyway that was the first time I saw them,but a little over a year ago we all had this dream about these small black creatures that looked like them a little that showed up during a storm. They started destroying everything in our neighborhood and soon everything faded to black for what felt like forever,but eventually we all were back in our beds and that's when we woke up."

"Yeah it was very weird." Linus added as he overheard their conversation before Marcie replied "It really was strange how we all dreamed the exact same thing and how vivid it was. Makes me wonder if that really did happen."

Sora and his group were slightly confused by the fact that they all had the same dream and merely kept silent as a result while Sora tried to comprehend what they were saying.

"Small black creatures destroying everything during a storm? Why does that sound so familiar?" Sora pondered to himself when he got the feeling that this dream of their's sounded very familiar to him,after a few more moments of him trying to figure it out,it suddenly hit him like a lightning bolt or a train as his eyes widened out of shock and he stopped walking.

This "dream" that Charlie Brown and the others had a little over a year again was just like the time the islands were destroyed by the heartless. This "dream" of their's wasn't a dream at all,it was actually a memory that they all fooled themselves into thinking was a dream as Sora quietly gasped to himself "Their world was taken by the heartless."

Donald and Goofy were the only ones to notice that Sora wasn't following them anymore and just standing by himself with his head hung low as they walked up to him before the former asked "What's the matter Sora?"

"Is something wrong?" Goofy added with a concerned and curious voice as Sora lifted his head up and wondered "I think…..I think their world was taken before. Back when Ansem and Maleficent were running the heartless." to which Donald and Goofy both jumped and quietly exclaimed "What?!"

"You mean Snoopy and the others lost their homes and their hearts?!" Donald continued in shock before Goofy turned around to face the others who were still on their way to the registration tent and remarked "I guess they must have lost their hearts and they all thought it was a dream. Kinda scary now that I think about it."

"Still,it makes me feel guilty that I couldn't have been there to stop them. Imagine how scared they must have been. Espically Sally or even Snoopy." Sora continued as he was starting to feel quite guilty due to not being there to stop the heartless before Goofy turned around and tried to comfort the boy "Hey it's not your fault Sora,why you probably didn't even have the Keyblade yet." to which Donald added a little more upliftingly "Yeah and King Mickey probably didn't even know about the heartless invasion yet."

Sora then started to feel a little more uplifted thanks to Donald and Goofy's words and attempts to cheer him up as he slowly begun to smile and replied "Thanks." before they suddenly heard Lucy call out to them "Come on you slow pokes,we gotta sign up before Christmas!"

They all turned their heads around to see that the others with the exception of Lucy had already headed inside the registration tent as Sora perked up and called back "We'll be there in a second Lucy!" before she rolled her eyes and headed inside herself.

As Sora,Donald and Goofy started to head back to the registration tent to finally sign up,Sora clenched his fist and remarked much more seriously "Well what matters is that we're here now,and that Vanitas is gonna do whatever it takes to get Ventus and Charlie Brown's negativity. He's pulling no punches this time." to which Donald and Goofy both got their game faces on an determinedly replied "Right!" before they entered the tent and joined the others. If Vanitas wanted a fight,they'll give him a war.

*Organization 13 Theme Starts To Play*

Meanwhile at the former fabled Keyblade War battle ground known as the Keyblade Graveyard,Vanitas was standing alone atop one of the many earthy pillars that touched the sky and were very reminiscent of the previous organization's meeting room. He seemed to be looking through a small dark portal that let him see into the world Sora and the others were in as he viciously said to himself "That's right Sora,let the paranoia get to you. And especially you Charlie Brown."

"You seem to have a lot of interest in that boy down there Vanitas." An old and beat up voice suddenly replied to Vanitas before the masked boy sighed and turned around to face the figure that called him out. Master Xehanort was standing atop the tallest of the thirteen pillars and was looking down at Vanitas with a cold emotionless glare.

Vanitas however wasn't the least bit intimidated by Xehanort's presence and merely scoffed as he pointed to the portal "Why wouldn't I? That boy is such a loser that it makes him a very easy target for my needs,and Sora is there as well so it makes it a double delivery for me." to which Xehanort evilly chuckled and smiled "As I recall I didn't bring you back from the brink to chase after a little boy and his pet."

"It's not just about the boy old man,I need Ventus so I can be complete and only then can my true powers be fully restored. Then we'd technically have an extra vessel for this big war of yours incase one of those other losers don't cut it." Vanitas retorted much more sternly and brash as he took off his mask and continued "Besides I've already gotten a few dumb pawns with the local bullies, and I can easily call in some of those other losers during the river race. I will not be humiliated again like I was in that world of Monsters!"

Xehanort however merely stood there in complete silence for at least a minute before he eventually smiled and opened a dark portal behind him "Do as you wish,however I would hate it if I had to step in to fix your mess,that would be most unfortunate…..for you. Or even worse….if you survive that long." before he slowly stepped into the portal and vanished from sight,leaving only Vanitas and his ambitions.

*Organization 13 Theme Stops Playing.*