Arthur, Malakai and Kaiu grabbed their weapons, it was Arthur's but it didn't matter, they knew something was happening, as soon as they stepped outside pools of black were around them, and out popped some weird shaped creatures, They all got into battle stance, and they began fighting, but Arthur froze, long enough to get hit by one of the creatures, Malakai saved him by cutting the thing down. Kaiu pulled Arthur up but before they could talk Arthur gasped 'There's no way, it's not him, it's not it's-' "Arthur!" Arthur snapped back and said "it's him! It's Sora!" Malakai and Kaiu turned to see the boy Arthur had been describing for a solid month, he looked just like Arthur claimed his dad told him. Spikey brunette hair, black and yellow jumpsuit of some kind, and a giant key he used to beat over the heads of the creature. Arthur ran towards him, unaware that Sora was eerily close to some sort of warp hole. He felt the pull of gravity, but didn't care, he heard his friends calling out to him, but he didn't care, he was so close… But he got lifted up into the sky. But for a moment, he swore that Sora looked up to him in worry, but that was gone as soon as it had come. When he looked at his friends he saw them, they were horrified at him floating up into who knew where. And his vision went away.
Arthur woke up with some pain in the back of his head, he was face down on the ground "hey, hey, young boy, are you okay?" Arthur shot right up, the sudden jolt caused some pain, causing tears to well up in his eyes. The lady rubbed the back of his head, and he leaned into her had, smiling like a moron, the lady took the time to ask some questions. She started "I'm Aerith, what's your name?" Arthur went to reply but it seemed he was reliving a memory
Arthur looked up to see a boy in armor, the same armor from his dream, but this time, he was in the same armor too, the boy looked at him, and Arthur could only assume they were looking into each other's eyes "Arth, we can do this, this is the end, we stop it here, we stop this now, and I can't do this without you, so please, I need you to help me, can you do that?" Arthur nodded and said "yes! Yes I can!"
Aerith waved her hand in front of his face, snapping him back "o-oh, I'm Arthur, where… Where am I?" Aerith smiled "why, you're in Hollow Bastion! Not from around here I take it?" Arthur nodded, and Aerith said "follow me, we can get you settled, it's not safe to be out here". Having almost no choice Arthur followed her. They arrived at a house "I'm a part of a resistance movement, to purge the Heartless from this world". Arthur tilted his head and asked "Heartless?" Aerith stopped and said "wait, you don't know what the heartless are?" Arthur shook his head. Aerith gave him a basic rundown on what they were and afterwards they went inside to see the rest. There was Cid, a slightly buff, somewhat scary man, there was Yuffie, an athletic looking girl, she seemed to be more of an agile fighter There was he girl who woke him up, Aerith, she didn't seem like the fighting type, more like a healer if anything. There was Merlin, a terrifyingly powerful wizard, and there was Leon, Arthur couldn't make much of Leon, he seemed to have a colder exterior but was really sweet and nice. Leon then spoke "have any of you heard from Sora yet?" Arthur gasped, but then was as still as a statue, it seemed no one noticed, except Aerith, who was suppressing a giggle. When no one replied he said "maybe we should search the town again, who knows maybe he got lost". Aerith then interjected "I think me and Arthur should go, it would be nice to at least give Arthur a tour of Hollow Bastion". Leon looked skeptical and Arthur immediately tried to make himself invisible, he all but hid behind Aerith for protection from Leon's gaze. Leon then nodded "okay, it couldn't hurt, you two just stay safe". Aerith nodded and dragged him outside to begin searching for the missing boy.