Author Notes: Here are to answer some of your questions before the next chapter heads off.

Molly-chan: I mentioned that these are my theories, based off Kingdom Hearts. I am more basing Sora off the Final Fantasy concept, and since I saw screenshots of him "summoning" Dumbo and Bambi. I am just going off that. *smile*

Alex Warlorn: Actually, that is the name of the character, Alex. His name is "Boyld", I just forgot to add the 'l'. So, I basically spelt the dude's name wrong. Thanks for pointing that out though. *high five*

Kaya: Same answer as Molly's. I'll explain my theory a bit more in this chapter.

Chapter Two: The Heartless Raid

Sora sat on the dock, watching his new found friends. Yuna, Wakka, and some local neighborhood children were playing Blitzball. He sat with his legs spread out, hands behind him, and he sighed. They had been at this place, called Spira, for about a week. Nothing was wrong here, from what Sora could tell. He smiled as a child began to bicker with Wakka about the play he made.

Lulu stood at the beginning of the path that led down to the dock. She had her arms folded, and Donald walked up to her. Lulu did not turn to look at him. "So, Donald-san, you come from another world."

Donald nodded. "Yes, we come from the Disney Kingdom or at least Goofy and I."

"And what about Sora?"

"He comes from a different world." Donald said. "He said it was a Paradise Island."

"Wakka is from that Island, as well as Tidus." Lulu said. She looked down at the duck. "I am Yuna's sister figure and her guardian. I need to ask you why you have come. I have not asked you, and now I am. I need to make sure Yuna-sama is safe."

"She will be, unless the Heartless come." Donald looked up at her. "Goofy and I are trying to find our king, King Mickey. He was kidnapped by someone, or something. Sora is looking for his friends, Kairi and Riku."

"What is a Heartless?" Lulu questioned again.

"They are beings without any heart, steeling other people's hearts." Donald said, as if he were a know-it-all. "They are flunkies of whoever took King Mickey, and most likely Sora's friends."

Lulu looked back at Yuna. "This means, that if you are here, these Heartless will come soon. We need to prepare. We have not fought anything since Sin."

"Sin?"

"There is much time to talk about that, later." Lulu stated and turned to walk back up to the mansion. "Right now, I believe you should come with me. You are a Black Magic user, as I. We can find a way to combine our powers to make stronger spells. This hopefully with save some people from the Heartless." She looked down at him. "What do you say?"

"I agree." Donald nodded, moving his hat a little. "Is there anyone that Goofy can train with?"

Lulu shook her head. "No, not right now. Yuna has some friends coming over in a few days, from a land called Gaia. One of them is a swords master, and will be able to help Goofy-san. Let us go." She walked away, and Donald waddled after her.

Sora stood up on the dock as Yuna swam over. She climbed up the ladder, and took a purple towel and began to dry her hair. Sora looked up at her. "Miss Yuna, may I ask you something?"

"And what is it, Sora?" Yuna asked softly. She looked down at the younger teen. "You seem so sad all the time."

Sora looked over at the ocean behind himself for a moment. "Tidus, he was one of my friends on the island I come from. I haven't seen him since the storm came to our island." He looked back over at Yuna. "Do you know what happened to him?"

Yuna nodded sadly. "Yes, I do, Sora. Yet there is some things that you might not know about Tidus that I do." She pointed to the mansion. "Let us go to the house, and I'll tell you all I know about him."

Sora followed Yuna, wondering what could have happened to his friend. Hopefully it wasn't as bad as what had happened to Riku and Kairi. He followed Yuna through the back door, and smiled as he saw Goofy trying to talk to one of Yuna's guardians. "Miss Yuna, I'll wait in the living room." He then walked in.

Goofy looked at Kimahri. "Now, see here, I ain't goofy all the time!"

"I no think that." Kimahri said. "You seem clumsy, that you do. Kimahri no sure you notice."

Sora laughed and patted Goofy's shoulder, looking up at him. "Don't pick a fight with him; I think he could rip you in two." He sat down, stretching out on the sofa. Yuna came in a few moments later, dressed how she normally was. Sora sat up, as Yuna sat across from him. "So, what happened?"

"I am not sure were to begin." Yuna said softly. "I didn't really meat Tidus until he came to one of the buildings were, here in Spira, we get our Summons. He joined our group, because he said that he didn't know how or why he had gotten to our world."

"How old was he?" Sora asked. "Last time I saw him, he was around my age."

Yuna looked up at Goofy, signaling to him that he could sit down. "I believe he was in his late teens, Sora. He was a swords fighter, and became one of my guardians. As Tidus traveled around with us, we found out the truth about him. Sora, he isn't from your Island."

"What do you mean? He has lived there as long as I can remember!" Sora said, standing up.

"Tidus was only a memory of the people of Zandrakland." Yuna said. "The Praying Children had brought that place and people back to life with their memories. He wasn't real, but a dream. Tidus was probably only growing up on your island as a memory of the people, then as soon as your storm hit, was transported back to his home." She paused. "Once we had defeated Sin, the major enemy of the people of Spira, we found out that Sin was actually Tidus's father. Since Sin was destroyed, the Praying Children had decided to go to the Fareplanes." She paused again. "Tidus, Auron, and Tidus's father went with them."

"So, Tidus isn't here anymore." Sora sat down on the couch again, looking at the ground. "It figures. Kairi and Riku are gone, why not Tidus? The Heartless probably whipped everyone on the island out! They took all their hearts, and it's my fault." He grabbed the sides of his head, and shook his head.

Goofy sat down next to him. "There, there, Sora. Don't get your head all in a bunch! We'll get them back, huck, I promise." He smiled as Sora looked up at him. "Now, let's find us Donald!"

"He training with Lulu." Kimairi said, scaring Sora. "They get ready for Heartless attacks. Lulu thinks they are coming."

"Wouldn't surprise me." Sora stated and stood up. "We have to get ready, as well, Goofy." He looked at Yuna. "Can you summon still?" Yuna nodded. "Come with me then. I need to show you how to get rid of the Heartless."

The front doors were rammed open and a girl ran into the room. She had on an orange outfit, and grabbed Yuna's arm. "Yunnie!  Yunnie!" she cried. "Something's wrong! People are just falling down, and there are funny little things with large heads running around!!"

Yuna shook her. "Rikku, calm down! Calm down!"

Sora looked up at Goofy. "To late." He ran into the foyer. "Donald! Come on, we got work to do!" Sora winced as Donald fell down the stairs, and Lulu shook her head. "Come on, heartless!"

The trio ran out of the mansion and down the main street. Sora looked around, holding his Keyblade firmly. He heard screams and quickly turned down the right alley way. He stopped shortly as a heartless turned its head to him, and hissed. Sora raised his Keyblade and struck at it in the head, sending it against a wall. It then disappeared. Goofy and Donald spread out, and Sora gasped as more appeared from the walls. "What in the world?! There have never been..this many!"

Donald turned to Sora. "I am not sure!" he then held his hands out as a heartless came at him. "ICAGA!" a long ice spear formed and shot straight threw the Heartless's chest, and destroyed it.

Sora spun his Keyblade until a powerful ball formed at the end of it. "Simba!" he cried and suddenly a large roar came up. The heartless looked up to find a lion jumping at them, tearing each one apart. Simba returned to Sora's side, ready to protect him.

More heartless spread from the walls, and streets. Goofy, Donald, and Sora stared in shock. The wave came up at them, and Sora shut his eyes, suddenly there was a voice that cried out a name that sounded like "Shiva." Sora opened his eyes to find that a large wall of ice had appeared. A woman stood, her long blue hair spreading out. She extended her hand, snapped her fingers, and the ice shattered everywhere. The woman disappeared, and then Sora looked up to see Yuna standing on the building above him.

Yuna looked down at Sora. "Are you safe?"

"I'm fine." Sora smiled. "Thanks!"

Yuna nodded. "Are those heartless?" Sora nodded gravely. Yuna turned her head when she heard someone walking up. Her eyes set down upon someone who was about fifteen years old, had blue hair, and had on a dark outfit. She looked at him. "Are you ok, little boy?"

"I am not a little boy." He said. "And I am fine, but I don't think you'll be once your heart is mine!"

Sora jumped on Simbas' back. "Donald, Goofy, go and secure the area." He gave a command to Simba, and the mighty lion jumped up, and landed in front of Yuna. Sora got off the lions' back, and held out his Keyblade. He felt his heart jolt as he saw his friend. "Riku."

"Sora." Riku acknowledged. He looked at Yuna, and his eyes seemed to harden at the sight of her. "So, are you replacing Kairi with her?"

Sora's eyes widened. "Riku…how could you think that?!" he was shocked. No one could ever replace Kairi, no one. He shook his head. "Riku, no one can replace you or Kairi. You are my best friends..I've grown up with you.."

"Enough with the lies." Riku said. He raised his hand to Sora. "You first replace me with that duck and dog..now you are trying to replace Kairi with this..woman."

Yuna stepped forward, past Sora. She kept on walking and stopped in front of Riku. He looked at her. "I do not know who you are, or what you have to do with Sora. I am not trying to replace any of his friends."

Riku looked up at her. He glanced at Sora, and then shook his head. "You are a liar..you are!" he then stepped back off the building, falling. Yuna ran forward, trying to catch him, but it was too late. Riku was gone.

Sora hung his head. His Keyblade fell to the ground, making a clanking sound. Simba looked at his master, and then the blade. He faded away as Yuna approached him. Sora shook his head. "I don't know what's wrong with him."

Yuna bent down and picked up his Keyblade. She held it by the handle, looking at every detail. "This is no ordinary summoning staff..infact," she paused. "I do not think this is a staff at all. It looks more like a Key." She looked down at Sora. "A Key to a door, perhaps? Yet, then, this allows you to summon beings to your aid."

"King Mickey had a Keyblade." Donald said, coming up behind Sora. "It was the Key to our Kingdom, from what I know of. I believe that it has chosen Sora to be its new master."

"What connection does this have to be able to summon?" Yuna asked.

"It is a Key to all the doors to the worlds." Goofy said. "Huck, I believe that it can unlock the doors when its master is in danger." He nodded.

"Yes, this would make sense." Yuna said softly. She swung the Keyblade around a bit. "Very light, even though it looks so heavy. This is a truly great weapon, Sora. It is crafted with not only magic, but love."

"What do you mean by that?" Sora looked up.

"You will see when the time comes." Yuna smiled. "Now, come along." She handed the Keyblade back to Sora and then walked down the stairs on the roof to the ground level of the city.

Kimahri sniffed the air. "It spells bad." He commented, looking at Lulu.

Lulu rose from the body on the ground. She looked at Kimahri. "This person is dead. Killed by the Heartless, no doubt. There are some more over there," she lifted her hand to the east. "These are more dangerous than I thought."

Kimahri snorted. "I'm not liking this. Kimahri not like." He looked as Yuna walked up, with Sora following. "Yuna."

"Kimahri.." Yuna smiled. She looked at Lulu. "How bad is it?"

"Not that many have perished." Lulu said. "Yet, enough to make a statement. These Heartless should not be underestimated, Yuna-sama." She looked at Sora. "And, well, Sora. How are you?"

"Tried." Sora admitted. He just wanted to go and bury himself in a ditch. Riku was working with the Heartless, he didn't know were Kairi was, and now he felt as if he caused the death of these few souls.

Goofy patted his friend's shoulder, and Donald sighed. "What are we going to do about them?" he pointed to the dead victims.

Yuna sighed. "If we do not send their souls to the Fareplanes, then they shall turn into monsters." She looked at Sora. "I must do a certain, ritual if you will. It requires a lot of energy…and I am not sure how long it'll take for the Heartless to attack again."

"Not that long." Donald shook his head. "I don't like this."

Sora nodded.

Yuna placed a hand on his shoulder. "Let's go and get Rikku and Wakka. We'll go and talk with the families of the these victims, and then begin ready for the ceremony."