What would happen if Riku was the wielder of the Keyblade? What if he had accepted his fate, instead of going into the dark? What if he had been the one to open the door to the light? Well, let's find out…

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Sora, Riku, Kairi, or any other characters in this fan fiction, unless I say so before the chapter begins. Unless I say so, Square-Enix owns all of them.

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INTRODUCTON:

Surrender to the darkness. Feel its awesome power.

"No! I won't do it!"

You must. It is your destiny.

"What? I don't believe you! I'm gonna choose my own destiny!"

No. Your destiny has already been decided. You will give in to the darkness. You must…

*Riku springs up in his bed, sweating*

"Oh, it was just a dream," Riku laughed, although a little uneasily. "But it felt so real... that's weird." He threw off the covers, and put on one of his 16 yellow shirts. "Finally, you're up," his mom said from the doorway. "Huh? What time is it?" Riku asked.

"Oh, it's only 2:00."

"WHAT? I was supposed to meet Sora and Kairi on the mainland at like, 11!" Riku exclaimed. "I'd better get down there right away!" He took off, taking the shortcut through the back roads to the boat dock, and rowed as fast as possible across the small island to get to the mainland. He reached shore, and ran through the shack.

When he reached the top, he busted out the door and was blinded by the force of the sun, at least for a second. "FINALLY," Sora yelled, running towards Riku. "What took you so long?" "Oh," Riku said, embarrassed. "I slept a little… late."

"Well, let's go. Me and Kairi have had the raft ready for hours now." Sora told him. Wondering, Riku asked, "Speaking of Kairi, where is she?" "Right here!!!!!" Kairi yelled as she ran up behind him and pounced on his back. "Ouch!" Riku bellowed, falling over. "Haha! I got you!" Kairi said, laughing.

"Kairi, what's your problem?" Riku demanded. Kari, still laughing, said "Sorry Riku, I've just been so bored waiting for you all this time. I needed a little fun."

Finally, Riku cracked a grin and said, "All right, you win. That was kind of funny."

Sora, getting impatient, called, "Let's go guys! We'd better set off now if we want to be out of the shoreline by sundown!" "Coming right away, Captain!" Kairi playfully yelled back.

Riku turned around to say that he was ready to leave as well, but before he could utter a word, he saw his nightmare becoming reality.

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Oh, baby! A cliffhanger in the intro! Didn't see that one coming did you? Well, I didn't either, until I got towards the end of writing it.

Anyways, I will try to get a new chapter up at least every 2 weeks, and hopefully get one every week, if possible. If I mapped it out right, this fic should take about 25-30 chapters, although it might take a bit more if an idea to add to the story comes to me. I really hope you guys will review, since it's my first fic on FF.net, although I have been writing stuff about KH for a while now.

Till next time,

~TheTrueSora~