Well welcome to the next chapter. I hoped everyone enjoyed the first one. Also a small warning the rating of this story might go from PG to PG13, to maybe over depending on violent it gets in later stories. Please read and review.

Chapter Two

"Because deep down there is a light that will never go out!" Sora, Final
Rest

Sora played with his pendant as he made his way up the stairs his towel over one shoulder. It seemed to shine even though he wasn't really near any sunlight. He then set it down and looked around seeing the servents running back and forth doing chores. Sora then put his hands up and over his head, as he started to make way to his practice area.

"There you are Sora!" Came a voice.

Saphire colored eyes turned in the direction of the voice. It was Max, Goofy's son walking towards him. "What's up?" Sora asked.

"Dad sent me to find you, Queen Minnie requests to see you in the throne room."

"I wonder, could it be?" Sora muttered as he followed Max towards the throne room. Sora couldn't help watch Max. At first he had no idea Goofy did have a son, Max was never mentioned, yet Donald talked about his nephews all the time during their breaks in the journey.

Max looked over at Sora. "Is there something wrong?" He asked stopping.

Sora quickly flashed his crazy grin. "Nothing, nothing at all."

Max didn't look convinced. "Yeah sure, I know you better than that keyblade master, something is up, now you can trust me."

He looked towards the ground he could tell Max, after it was Goofy's son who spent hours practiceing with him. Sighing his saphire eyes met Max's brown ones. "Someone came to me in a vision, telling me that my journey isn't over. That soon the darkness will rise again and....."

"And"

"And I might have to do it alone, without Goofy and Donald's help, they have their own seperate paths. I'm afraid that theirs will not be as bad and dangerous as mine, but pretty close."

Max then gave a gasp.

"You can't tell anyone." Sora muttered. "Not even your dad, I'm sorry Max."

"You don't need to be sorry Sora, and don't worry your secret is safe with me. Besides I'm betting your going to be up for a round when this meeting is over."

Sora then gave a genuine smile that even reached his tired eyes. He put a hand on his friends shoulder. "Thanks Max."

"Anytime keyblade master. Though one thing you could do for me."

"What is that?"

"Later tell me some of the things dad did the first time he journeyed with you."

"Sure." Sora sighed again, what could he say about Goofy. That was when they entered the throne room, he saw Queen Mickey sitting down with Goofy and Donald next to her. Both of them were wearing their Kingdom outfits.

"Oh good you have arrived Sora." Queen Minnie said. "Thanks for finding him Max."

"No problem your majesty." Max said bowing and leaving the room. Minnie waited until the doors were closed before turning to the trio there.

"Now can we open it?" Goofy asked.

"Open what?" Sora said looking over at the Queen.

"This." Queen Minnie then pulled out a letter. "Mickey has sent us a letter, and you got one too Sora." She then handed both of them to the boy.

He pocketed the letter addressed to him, and opened the first letter. He then read it aloud.

"Dear fellas,

Riku and I are fine back here waiting for you to come back and open the door. I've sent this letter to tell you that there is a great darkness that will be coming out, and not just Heartless this time. I've been feeling it for awhile now, and I think Riku has too, it seems that when the door of light was opened so was the door of darkness. This will be the hardest journey you have ever faced, but I believe in you guys to do it, and find the door again to release Riku and me. I will send another letter as soon as possible.

Your pal,

Mikey

P.S. Please give Minnie my love, and tell her it won't be much longer."

Queen Minnie wiped away a tear as Sora folded up the letter. He then looked over at Minnie. "Don't worry we will bring him back." He promised, then Sora turned his attention to Donald and Goofy. "Guys I think we should be prepared when the time comes to go."

The two nodded, as they bowed to Queen Minnie before turning and walking out of the throne room. "Garsh, hardest yet." Goofy muttered.

Sora walked behind the two, his eyes serious, his friends had no idea. Promising that he would go train with them later, Sora made it up to his room.

When he got there, Sora locked the room door and sat down in one of the chairs that decorated his room. Making sure no one was around he pulled out the letter, and opened it.

Sora,

It is amazing what company Mickey can be at times. Though it can be boring siting behind this door, without you or Kairi to keep me company. I don't give up hope, that I will see you and her again. I'm not sure what was said in the first letter, but what I do know is that this will be mostly your battle Sora. So be prepared, and be careful, I want to see you in one piece when that door is reopened.

Riku

P.S. There is a suprise in the envelope from King Mickey, he said you will need it for the upcoming battle.

Sora widened his eyes in suprise, first at that Riku missed both him and Kairi. Second at what was in the envelope, he didn't notice at first the extra weight. Reading the last line one more time he put the letter aside, and put his hand into the envelope.

What he pulled out looked like a mini key. Without knowing why Sora pulled a black glove off his left hand and set the little key in it. It then began to glow, and a warm feeling filled Sora's body, the heat and light became intense.

Then it stopped as Sora looked at his hand closely, instantly he was blasted back from his chair and rolled backwards. Rubbing the back of his head with his right hand, he reopened his saphire eyes. He felt a weight in his left hand, turning his spikey hair moving softly he caught site of what it was.

This is what King Mickey meant. He looked in awe at the new keyblade, and quickly summoned his original blade. Comparing them he noticed something, while his keyblade had a golden handle and a silver blade, this new one had a silver handle and golden blade.

Duel Keyblades, one to open the door, the other to lock it

"Who said that?" Sora questioned, but the voice was gone. There was a knock on the door, and Sora willed both keyblades to vanish.

"It's okay Sora, it's just me Max."

The teen stood up and putting away the letter walked over to the door, unlocked it and let Max in.

"I'm guessing it is time to practice." Sora muttered picking up a new towel. He then turned to Max who was standing there staring. "Is something wrong?"

Max quickly shook his head. "Nothing, really, thought I felt something. Then there's your hair."

Sora looked a little suprised and raised his eyebrow, before walking over to the mirror. What he saw suprised him, his hair was not only brown now, but seemed to have blonde mixed in. Also his eyes were no longer pure saphire, but had a ring of silver inside. Deciding to think about what else the keyblade did to him later he turned back to Max. "Well let's get started."

Goofy's son nodded and they both made their way through the castle halls. Taking the servents passage, they found the door. Giving it the correct amount of raps, the wall moved open. The two walked inside and made their way up the spiral stairs to the top.

"I'm still wondering what this tower used to be for." Sora muttered looking around.

"Not sure. My dad said it was when King Mickey was trying to create a kingdom here he had some troubles so this was the war room."

"Strange, in the short moment I talked to Mickey he didn't seem the fighting type."

"Things were different back then. Way different." Max then pulled out a sword and tested it. "Ready?" He asked getting into a fighting posistion.

Sora nodded and willed his keyblade into his hand, and to his suprise the golden blade appeared as well. Both blades were glowing and ready to go.

"Whoa that seems to be a advantage. Where did you get that?"

"Long story, now lets get started."

Sora and Max ran right at each other, and attacked. The battle was pretty evenly matched as one attacked the other parried, and same the other way around. Sora noticed though that when one arm was tired he used the other keyblade instead, quickly overtaking Max.

The golden keyblade gleamed and came down knocking Max's sword out of his hand. "Okay I give in, this time." Max commented, trying to catch his breath.

Sora was also breathing deeper too, as he looked at both of the keyblades. They were glimmering almost drawing all the light into them. Putting them away in a glimmer of light, Max tossed Sora a bottle of water.

The two boys then walked and sat down near the windows, where daylight was streaming in brightly. Padding the sweat off his face, Sora then drank some water.

"So when did you get that?" Max asked.

Sora knew what he was talking about, without having to ask. "I would like to call it the golden keyblade, gift from King Mickey. Something about how I'm going to need it, for what is coming next.

"Ah." There was a moment of silence between the two. "Sora can I come with you?"

"Huh?" He was instantly taken aback at what Max said. His saphire eyes tried to meet the brown ones, but Max was looking away.

"I mean you dream didn't say anything about me not coming along did it?" This time he turned to Sora his eyes pleading. "Please, I can be a great help, and I feel useless here."

Sora quickly stood up and walked over to the window to stare out at the sky, while Max kept talking. "There is nothing to do I want to see other worlds, to go on an adventure."

The teen gave a small smile, but his voice was serious as he kept looking out the window. "You what Max, you sound just like what I did, before the destruction of my island, and before I recieved the keyblade. I always had this sense of being useless, like I didn't belong on that island, Riku, Kairi, and I were originally planning on leaving the island."

Sora couldn't help, but look down at his hands. "In a way my wish was answered, I got to leave my island, and explore other worlds, but the price for that was to weild the keyblade. Not that I'm disappointed, it is an excellent weapon, and I would be lost without it."

"But Sora...." Max began.

"Sure I get to see other worlds." Sora interrupted. "The thing is though, I think I'm tied to something that will never end a war between the darkness and the light, myself, being the light. The dangers I go through everyday, the fear I might fail, and my life ended and the worlds covered over with darkness. It's the fear I have everyday, it also went with Donald and Goofy, though the two never talk about." He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "That is why I can't let you go Max, I'm just happy that Donald and Goofy were there to help me."

He then turned to the knight in training sitting on the ground. "I'm sorry Max, but your too close of a friend to me. If you were hurt or killed in anyway protecting me, I would never forgive myself." His saphire eyes then fell to the floor.

"I had no idea..." Max mummered. "All of you seemed so happy so carefree, I guess I assumed too much."

"Yeah, it happens."

Max pulled himself to his feet, and retrived his sword, before going back over to Sora. "So are you going to tell Donald and dad about the golden keyblade?"

"In time I will. Now though I'm up for another sparing match."

Goofy's son grinned as he picked up another sword, and Sora summoned his keyblades. Both got into gaurd positions, then it began.

The sun had already set as Sora climbed into bed, he then sat there looking across the room. He wondered when the time would come, then shaking his head some, he laid on the pillows, and slowly went to sleep.

He was running fast as he could, he had to make it in time before it was too late. Ultima keyblade in right hand, golden keyblade in left. The castle was near he could feel it inside of him.

"Stopaga!" He shouted and the white things froze in place. Quickly he swiped his golden keyblade into them, not stopping to see the smoke rise up. If he was too late....

'Don't think about it' He thought, moving faster as his spikey hair was thrown back, the castle was in sight now. It was huge, dark, and forebooding, he stopped his footsteps and looked up.

"About time you got here." Came a familar female voice.

He looked over at the girl, her hair was shoulder length and reddish, but her eyes were serious as she held out a sword. "Sorry ran into some Souless. Where are the others?"

"Already inside, but you know it just comes down to you."

He nodded and looked towards the door. "I know." He then took the girls hand, and squeezed it gently. "I love you no matter what."

"I love you too." She answered.

The two then raised their weapons and charged into the castle. Inside the battle had already commenced, Souless, and Heartless were everywhere. Instantly with his keyblades charged up he began attacking, soon black smoke rose everywhere from the things being defeated.

There were battle cries and cries of pain, he had to concentrate though, and handling his duel blades were enough. More and more kept coming, and he kept finishing them off.

Soon they were gone, and the teen was catching his breath, the girl ran over to him her red arburn hair falling in her face.

"Is everyone okay?" He asked.

The girl kept looking down. "All except one."

"What do you mean!?" He demanded and forced her to look at him. There were tears in her eyes, she took him over to the injured one, and his eyes widened. "What happened?"

Another figure with blonde hair looked over. "I wasn't paying attention when I was fighting, a souless crept up on me, would have had me too if it wasn't for this guy."

"Is there anything...." The spikey haired boy asked.

"Nothing, it is too late."

He looked over at his companions, who moved out of the way, as he knelt down towards the young knight. "Hey."

"Hey" The knight whispered back.

The boys saphire eyes showed saddness, as he looked over the wound that was there. "Don't be sad." He whispered.

He looked up his hair moving slightly.

"It's all right, keyblade master, I did my duty and I'm not afraid of dying."

"Your duty? How can you think such a thing, this is all my fault."

"No it isn't, and I'm proud I took my fathers place, to help you on your mission. Now go on, and save the worlds, stop the darkness, it is up to you." He then took the keyblade master's hand. "Tell my dad I'm sorry for not believing him before, that I understand now, suprising enough it took my dieing breath to prove it." He then cracked a smile, and coughed, a hefty one as blood hit the floor. "Tell him not to grieve, that I served my purpose, tell him I love him, and wished I could say that in person."

The boy nodded, as he could tell the knight's death was near. "I'll miss you, you were always a good friend." That was when he couldn't hold back the tears.

"Goodbye."

That did it, the teen didn't feel anymore movement in his hand from the other. He suddenly screamed out summoning the golden keyblade and slamming it into a nearby wall as tears fell. "It's my fault." He muttered.

Sora woke with a start, as daylight was streaming in. He was drenched in a cold sweat and felt strangly like he was grieving, yet raged at the same time, the feelings though faded almost instantly away. He then looked down, and was suprised to see that both his keyblades were in his hands. 'What was that?' He thought.

There was a knock on his door. "Who is it?" Sora called.

"It's us Sora." Came Donald's voice. "I thought we should start training today, can we come in?"

"Just a minute." He called out, and put away his keyblades. What was this thing doing to him? Quickly getting dressed, and pushing the dream to the back part of his mind, he unlocked his door and walked out to meet Donald and Goofy.

Well that's it for this chapter, I hoped you enjoyed it, please read and review!