Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, they are properties of Square Enix and Disney.
To Follow Your Heart
Chapter 1
Falling is the feeling I get as I slowly awaken. Darkness is all I see when my eyes open.
'Is this a dream?' I thought, my mind still hazy from my slumber.
I look up (or is it down) to see myself falling slowly to a platform of light. I somehow landed feet first on the platform.
'This looks familiar', I pondered. Then I felt it, I was waking up. Soon everything around me begins to fade.
My eyes snap open, I am laying on the hard ground and not in my bed.
Something is very wrong. I push myself up and collect my thoughts as I look around. I seem to be in some alley with some buildings in varying shades of orange.
"Where the hell am I?", I whisper to myself. Why is my voice different? Now that I notice it, why does my body feel different? I look at myself to see the clothes I fell asleep in are kinda baggy. I was wearing a gray hoodie t-shirt, along with black cargo pants (Thankfully with a belt), and boots.
'Did… did I just get Isekai'd along with the cliché de-aged protag trope?' I thought as I ran to the nearest window to see my reflection, and sure enough I was looking at the face of my 12 year old self.
I stared for a good minute trying to come to terms with what is happening to me. I looked to see if anything about me changed. My eyes were still brown and my skin was it's usual light tan color. My hair was the only thing that seemed to be different. It was still black but it was a bit longer, going to my upper back. It was also spiky like an anime character and not curly as my hair naturally was. I realized that I'm in a public setting and I need to not look like a hoodlum. First things first, I straightened myself out by tucking my pants legs into my boots and fastened my belt. Next I check my pockets to see what I have on me. I thankfully found my wallet and phone, along with a pair of black fingerless gloves. I put the gloves on and checked my wallet. I had my ID and debit card, but all my other cards were gone. Then I remembered that the other day I felt my wallet felt too bulky so I cleared out the non-essentials to sort out later. Next I checked to see how much money I had on me. Inside instead of finding dollar bills I have these mini gold orbs in different sizes. When I pulled one out it expanded in my hand to the size of a basketball (Seriously those things can be huge) scaring the shit out of me and it dropped to the ground. But when I got a good look at it the realization dawned on me.
The strange dream, my surroundings, the "Munny" sitting in front of me. I put the munny back and placed my wallet in my pocket, I then quickly punched the nearest wall and dropped to my knees in pain clutching my hand. This wasn't a dream. Then I heard it, bell chimes from a clock tower. I quickly got up and moved out from the alley towards the sound. I got out to a main street and looked up and confirmed my thoughts. How could I not recognize the iconic clocktower of "Twilight Town".
I didn't know what to do. Should I be happy that I'm in my favorite game series that I loved and knew everything about? Or do I fall into despair knowing I just disappeared leaving my family to worry about what happened to me? I went back into the alley and broke down.
After about a good hour I calmed down and began to think logically about my situation. First I'm in Kingdom Hearts which means world travel but also means enemies such as Heartless and Nobodies. Second I don't know where in the timeline I'm currently at, I could be after the events of KHIII for all I knew. And finally Magic, learning Reflect and its higher tiers would be a godsend. I first needed to know when I was, so I quickly walked out to the street again and made my way down towards Market Street: Tram Common.
On my way there I took in the sights as I always wanted to live in a place like Twilight Town. I saw people milling about going about their business, I passed by a few shops and recognized the potions shop next to the weapons shop. I also saw the help wanted board and made a mental note to visit it often as I needed the munny. I finally made it to Tram Common and looked to where the armory shop was and saw it was still there.
'So this is before KHIII, Thank God.' But before I could celebrate I looked at the moogle shop and saw that it was still a sweet shop run by an old woman.
'So this is before KHII, still workable.' Then I saw three kids about my current age run up to the shop. They were easily recognizable 'Hayner', 'Pence', and 'Olette'. But they were a bit younger than I remember.
'This is before KHI, ok WTF'. I decided to shelve these thoughts for later now that I know when I am in the timeline.
Now I need to address the issue of where I'm going to live. After the three kids left I decided to ask the old woman as she might believe me and help me out.
"Excuse me ma'am I am having a bit of trouble and I am wondering if you could help me,'' I said. The woman smiled and asked what the problem was. I showed her my ID and explained what happened to me and asked if she knew if I could find a place to live as I am on my own. I left out that this world is supposed to be a fictional video game because even I thought it was crazy.
She thankfully believed my story (My ID solidified my claims thank god) and said I could stay with her. My cover story was that I am her grandson who moved in to help her out with the shop. I thanked her for her generosity and promised I would do my best helping her run the shop.
As I found out later as I lay down in bed, that Twilight Town does indeed have a day and night cycle, so take that people who say it is always perpetually sunset. But as I slowly drift to sleep I think, 'Ok Jaylen, what are we gonna do about Canon?'
A/N:
This is the first story I have ever published, I think I conveyed what I would do if I was in that situation.
This is Kingdom Hearts and I'm pretty sure that some people might know that there are other worlds out there or heard stories of this happening. Remember this is a time where stars are going out and people are finding themselves as refugees on other worlds so the old woman believing our protag shouldn't be surprising.
I put this chapter out to see if a lot of people would be interested. Letting you know now that if I want to pursue this story I will need a lot of time to pre-make a lot of chapters to keep a schedule.
Please review, I want constructive criticism to make the story better. If this chapter is subpar I might rewrite it later on.
Thank you for reading.