Chapter 1: The Darkness
The young silver-haired boy was sinking in to the crimson black water as he opened his eyes.
-'Where.where am I?', he thought. 'Is this.water? No, it can't be, it's pitch black.'
He gaped at the sight of the young brown haired boy.
-'Sora!'
Suddenly, a light engulfed around his body. In an instant, he was gone.
-'Where did he go!?' Riku had thought.
Then, Riku instantly fainted in the water.
The boy jerked his head up as if he had an awful nightmare.
-"Calm down Riku"
Riku looked up. There was a brown hooded figure standing next to him.
-"Who are you", Riku commanded to the stranger.
-"You're future and your past. Your light, and your dark. Your destiny."
Riku immediately stood up.
-"Stay away" as he tried to defend himself. -"Attack me if you will, but I'm trying to help you."
-"I doubt it" he said rashly
He sighed, and continued to speak.
-"I'm trying to help you balance your light and your dark. Do you know why you were pulled into the 'dark pool'?"
-"Uh.no not really" He questioned the unknown man while trying to remember.
-"Right when you said, "I'm not afraid of the darkness" the darkness saw you weren't scared so it wanted to make you a supreme heartless".
-"Heartless?", Riku asked
-"I'll explain that later, and you got here with my magic. So, now do you have all your answers?".
He thought for a moment. It then hit him.
-"Where's Sora!", He yelled aloud.
-"You'll have to find that out on your own. Now, without further ado, your journey begins."
The hooded figure stepped in front of Riku, held out his hands and then in a flash of light a door appeared. It was a brown door, there were golden handles, and there were golden designs on it. He noticed on the gold designs that one side of the door was half of a heart, while the other side was in black, and the heart was upside down.
-"Follow me, if you aren't afraid." the hooded man had said right before they both stepped through.
There was a blinding light as they entered. Riku shielded his eyes from it, but he kept walking forward.
-'Hmm. when a boy like Riku starts out his journey with the destiny grounds, they don't usually shield their eyes from the light. Sora didn't do that, so why is Riku?' he thought for a moment.
They stepped on to the sand of the island. Riku recognized it immediately. He gasped.
-"D.Destiny Islands.b.but how?!", Riku said.
-"This is your Destiny Grounds, a place where you choose your destiny", the hooded man said.
-"First of all, what strength will you chose to be your strongest?"
Three stone thrones appeared from the sand. Each throne had its own item on it. There was a crossbow, a metallic suit of armor, and a wizard's rod.
-"What's all this for?" Riku asked confusion appeared on his face.
-"You must chose an item as you main strength," He said.
Riku stood in front of the crossbow. His eyes were in a daze, as he looked at the jet-black wood that formed the crossbow.
-"Ah, the crossbow, a weapon of the wind, the true form of light's strength".
Riku then moved to the metallic armor, he looked at it in a different way though. There was a heart in the center of the chest plate. There were also straws of something similar to weed.
-"What's this for?" he asked.
-"The weapon of speed, absolute destruction lies in this weapon, perfect defense," he explained.
Riku then moved up to the last weapon, the Wizard's Rod. It had golden markings on the handle.
-"The power of the wizard, a true enemies weakness, the strength of inner power and will,"
-"So, which one will you chose? The crossbow, weapon of the winds, the armor, the weapon of speed, or the rod, the power of inner-strength,"
Riku paused for a moment. He lifted the armor, and stared straight at the heart. He turned around and faced the hooded man.
-"I choose the armor", Riku said boldly while trying to see his face under the hood.
-"Good, now we can begin your trial", he said.
-"Trial? What Trial?", he asked.
-"Let me rephrase that, your test"
The young silver-haired boy was sinking in to the crimson black water as he opened his eyes.
-'Where.where am I?', he thought. 'Is this.water? No, it can't be, it's pitch black.'
He gaped at the sight of the young brown haired boy.
-'Sora!'
Suddenly, a light engulfed around his body. In an instant, he was gone.
-'Where did he go!?' Riku had thought.
Then, Riku instantly fainted in the water.
The boy jerked his head up as if he had an awful nightmare.
-"Calm down Riku"
Riku looked up. There was a brown hooded figure standing next to him.
-"Who are you", Riku commanded to the stranger.
-"You're future and your past. Your light, and your dark. Your destiny."
Riku immediately stood up.
-"Stay away" as he tried to defend himself. -"Attack me if you will, but I'm trying to help you."
-"I doubt it" he said rashly
He sighed, and continued to speak.
-"I'm trying to help you balance your light and your dark. Do you know why you were pulled into the 'dark pool'?"
-"Uh.no not really" He questioned the unknown man while trying to remember.
-"Right when you said, "I'm not afraid of the darkness" the darkness saw you weren't scared so it wanted to make you a supreme heartless".
-"Heartless?", Riku asked
-"I'll explain that later, and you got here with my magic. So, now do you have all your answers?".
He thought for a moment. It then hit him.
-"Where's Sora!", He yelled aloud.
-"You'll have to find that out on your own. Now, without further ado, your journey begins."
The hooded figure stepped in front of Riku, held out his hands and then in a flash of light a door appeared. It was a brown door, there were golden handles, and there were golden designs on it. He noticed on the gold designs that one side of the door was half of a heart, while the other side was in black, and the heart was upside down.
-"Follow me, if you aren't afraid." the hooded man had said right before they both stepped through.
There was a blinding light as they entered. Riku shielded his eyes from it, but he kept walking forward.
-'Hmm. when a boy like Riku starts out his journey with the destiny grounds, they don't usually shield their eyes from the light. Sora didn't do that, so why is Riku?' he thought for a moment.
They stepped on to the sand of the island. Riku recognized it immediately. He gasped.
-"D.Destiny Islands.b.but how?!", Riku said.
-"This is your Destiny Grounds, a place where you choose your destiny", the hooded man said.
-"First of all, what strength will you chose to be your strongest?"
Three stone thrones appeared from the sand. Each throne had its own item on it. There was a crossbow, a metallic suit of armor, and a wizard's rod.
-"What's all this for?" Riku asked confusion appeared on his face.
-"You must chose an item as you main strength," He said.
Riku stood in front of the crossbow. His eyes were in a daze, as he looked at the jet-black wood that formed the crossbow.
-"Ah, the crossbow, a weapon of the wind, the true form of light's strength".
Riku then moved to the metallic armor, he looked at it in a different way though. There was a heart in the center of the chest plate. There were also straws of something similar to weed.
-"What's this for?" he asked.
-"The weapon of speed, absolute destruction lies in this weapon, perfect defense," he explained.
Riku then moved up to the last weapon, the Wizard's Rod. It had golden markings on the handle.
-"The power of the wizard, a true enemies weakness, the strength of inner power and will,"
-"So, which one will you chose? The crossbow, weapon of the winds, the armor, the weapon of speed, or the rod, the power of inner-strength,"
Riku paused for a moment. He lifted the armor, and stared straight at the heart. He turned around and faced the hooded man.
-"I choose the armor", Riku said boldly while trying to see his face under the hood.
-"Good, now we can begin your trial", he said.
-"Trial? What Trial?", he asked.
-"Let me rephrase that, your test"