A/N: Thank you to Elven Kyttin for helping me figure out how to fix the lyrics problem. That was very nice of you. ^_^ Have a cookie. (give Elven Kyttin a cookie) If anyone wants to see anything in particular happen in this story, feel free to tell me. And, without further to do... Here's this chapter's disclaimer/rant: I don't own it. So there. Go away. Now you can't sue me so leave me alone! I do own my character, though. And... hopefully... my plot. I mean... sure... it's a your-character-meets-videogame thing... but...

Chapter 2. Whatever Lies Beyond This Morning...

The daily things that keep up all busy

Are confusing me

That's when you came to me and said,

Wish I could prove I love you

But does that mean I have to walk on water?

When we are older you'll understand

It's enough when I say so

And maybe some things are that simple

When you walk away

You don't hear me say please

Oh baby, don't go

Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight

It's hard to let it go

Hold me

Whatever lies beyond this morning

Is a little later on

Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all

Nothing's like before...

Ten  O'clock a.m., Herzophia woke up, brushed her teeth, took a shower, and got dressed. Her favorite outfit had just gotten out of the wash. She wore black sweatpants, a red tank top, and a black sweatshirt to go over it. Her favorite color was black, obviously. She yawned and walked down the stairs to the living room, where she switched on the PS2 and pushed the 'on' button on the TV.

"What the-?" Herzophia stared at the television. The screen was black. Checking the PS2, she confirmed that it was working. The game disk was in and everything. She scratched her head in confusion. She shrugged, turned off the PS2 and TV, and walked out of the living room, slightly annoyed that she was to be deprived of her beloved Kingdom Hearts game. She searched the house for something else to do.

Her dad was watching the television. Ugh, James Bond videos AGAIN. 'Does he ever not watch that?' She thought to herself.

Said father of hers noticed that she had been wandering aimlessly around the house for about 15 minutes. He decided to do something about it. "Why don't you go ride your bike or something?" He asked. "You hardly ever go outside." Which was true. She only went outside when there was absolutely NOTHING else to do.(A/N:just like me...)

"Grr..." She growled. She walked to the back door, not bothering to put on any shoes. She could go barefoot. It wasn't like she was going out there all day...

She walked into her back yard and layed down in the grass, then stared up at the clouds. It wasn't the most exciting thing to do, but, hey, it was interesting to find clouds in the shapes of things like dragons, or rabbits, or... something.

She continued to stare at the clouds for about a half hour, when, all of a sudden, the sky turned dark. Not just the dark you get on a cloudy day, no, but black. As if there was a huge thunderstorm rolling in. The clouds above her neighborhood... were they even clouds? They just looked like darkness... started to swirl around, soon forming a blackish-orangish-reddish ball. Now... she was scared. Scared and confused.

"What the hell is that!" She screamed to no one. Suddenly, and very unexpectedly, a shadow appeared. She stared at it, wide-eyed. 'But...' She thought, 'isn't that from-' She looked up again. "NO!" she screamed to no one again, "It can't be!! Kingdom Hearts... is it real?"

The winds began to pick up. She ran inside, and grabbed her biking gloves and helmet. Heading to the garage, she got on her bike, and rode as fast as she could to where the dark portal thing seemed to be.

Her bike skidded to a halt as she put on the brakes hard. She threw off her helmet and jumped off her bike, letting it clatter carelessly to the ground. 'Oh no... will our world... disappear?' She thought as she stared up at the swirling dark mass above her. The winds were really strong here, and she had to hang on to a nearby tree to keep from being sucked in, as nearby things were already flying towards the dark portal.

More shadows had begun to appear, and soon, she could hear screams from nearby houses as their inhabitants were attacked by the Heartless. Not daring to look back at her home, fearing the worst, she fought off the few heartless that noticed her presence, which was growing increasingly harder as the winds grew stronger.

Clutching the tree for dear life, she kicked a nearby Heartless- she had been taking karate since she was 7- as hard as she could, and it disappeared. She slumped down against the tree. Her arms were getting tired. Her brain was in shock. How could this be happening? It was a video game! It wasn't supposed to be real! It couldn't be real! But it was... it was very real, and she was about to get sucked into the dark portal. She may never see her family or friends... or even enemies... again. The thought was overwhelming.

Finally, her poor muscles couldn't take it any more, and her arms released from the tree. She vaguely remembered seeing a large Heartless... she recognized it as the Darkside... before she entered the dark portal and blacked out.

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A/N: So, what do you think of Chapter 2? Is it good? I tried really hard not to make it boring. My mind was stuck in the beginning. (gags) Oh well. At least I finished. I would like to thank FlikFreak for being my first reviewer... and the only reason I wrote this chapter. You go FlikFreak! I'm glad to know someone else is as obsessed with Kingdom Hearts as I am. J