Shadow of the Heart
By Magniitude
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts
A/N: First KH fanfic. Hope it's good. Enjoy!
Prologue
POV: Sora
Sitting there. Just sitting there. In the darkness. It swells into my mind, trying to overcome me. The darkness. It's hard to fight it. I don't know when and if I'll give into it. It's very tempting.
It sure is cold in here. I can just barely remember the warmth of the Destiny Islands. The golden colored sand over looking the clear, aqua sea. The sun just setting, painting the sky shades of pink and orange. The sun, giving off its last rays for the day.
The sun.
I haven't seen the sun in weeks. Just sitting in the cold, desolate, darkness. I remember as clearly as yesterday what had happened.
It had been about two months after we had come back from Kingdom Hearts. After searching to the brink of hope, Donald, Goofy and I finally found our way back to the Destiny Islands. Or so I thought. It really was great to see it again. I said good-bye to Donald and Goofy, thanked them and wished them a safe trip home. Everything was there as it was supposed to be. The trees, the houses, The Secret Place, it was all there. Even Kairi was back, as cute and fun as ever. Like the Heartless had never come.
But in my mind I knew they had. My best friend Riku was lost in Kingdom Hearts. He sacrificed himself just to rescue us and seal the Heartless away. Him and King Mickey. I wondered if they were still alive. I remember a time before it had all happened, when Kairi, Riku, and I were all together. I remember his unique silver hair and deep blue eyes. The eyes that were helpless when Ansem possessed him.
I cringe at the thought that I couldn't help him. I tried. I really tried.
I put the thought of Riku into the back of my head, trying to enjoy life back on the Destiny Islands. Kairi and I remained best friends, and spent a lot of time together. But one day all of it was taken from me. My friends, Titus, Wakka, and Selphie and I were having a sparring match outside on the beach when it happened. I remember it so clearly. Titus was wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt that matched his spiky blond hair. Wakka wore his usual yellow Blitz ball uniform, and Selphie wore the skimpy yellow dress that she wore constantly. Me, I was wearing my usual. Red shorts with a white hooded T-shirt with black along the rims, donned with a chain with a crown at the end that my mother gave me when I was young. That's when it all started going down.
Out of the sky came a thundering crash. I spun my head around to see what happened. Suddenly the world began to faze out. I looked at my friends; they were smiling. They started to disappear. I tried to reach out at them, but all I caught was a handful of air. Then everything was gone. The sand, the ocean, the trees; everything. I started to panic and ran around in the darkness. I tried not to believe it, but it was true. I had to face it. The Destiny Islands weren't real. At least not the one I was just standing on. It was false, an illusion put into my mind somehow. Apparently, I had not escaped the world of the Heartless. I was a prisoner. I'm not sure when, but it must've been right after we sealed Kingdom Hearts. Coming back, finding the Destiny Islands, It must've all been an illusion.
So here I am sitting in darkness. In isolation. Wearing the same clothes from weeks past. My hair has grown a bit long, bit shaggier, but I didn't care. I'm going to die here. In the black prison of the Heartless. Living off sweet memories of long past. I got up, deciding to stretch out a bit. Then something caught my eye. A glint of light struck off something far away. I barely saw it, but I knew it was something. I started to walk toward it, unsure of what it was.
Finally I reached it. It was a metal ring, engraved with characters unknown to me. It had a strange hole on both sides, as if it was a keyhole. As I gazed at it, I saw a small ember colored gem set in it. I ran my fingers over it, and it twitched violently in my hands. I instinctively dropped it and it stopped. It looked vaguely familiar, as I was lost in thought trying to remember. I stuffed the ring into one of my many pockets for safe keeping. I'm pretty sure I would need it again some time
Suddenly I heard, " Hello, is anyone here?"
I was shocked. How could anyone else be here? Even though the voice was far away and muffled, I could just make it out. Then I froze in realization.
I knew that voice.
A/N: How'd everyone like that? I'll try to get another chapter up soon. I just need every ones opinion. Was it good, bad, etc.? I'm not too godd at writing long chapters, but I can lengthen the story. Please review!
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