Author's note: Chap. 3 is up! Enjoy!!!

Kingdom Hearts: Return of the Heartless

Chap. 3 Danger Awaits

Donald and Goofy had exited the world looking for the cause of the blackout.

"I don't see anything. Do you, Goofy?"

"Nope."

"Hmmm...Maybe we should fly around to see if any other world has been affected."

They piloted around for a while passing many worlds, but couldn't find anything unusual.

"Oh, well," Donald shrugged, "I don't think we can find what caused the sky to turn so dark all of a sudden."

"Look! There's Sora's world. We could go visit him."

"Hey! Do you see that?" he pointed to an island covered in a thick, black, cloudy smoke, "Now that's peculiar. We should---Huh?"

Another ship was headed for them and started shooting lasers.

"Is that a heartless ship?" Goofy was surprised, "But I thought..."

"Who cares if it is or not! We need to find somewhere safe!...Ah ha! Traverse Town is the perfect place."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

Back at the island...

"This is not good!" Riku paced back and forward, "Where could the heartless and...whatever that was go?"

"Who knows?" Kairi was sitting with her head down, "I just hope....."

"Yeah, I know. Sora should be allright...I think..."

"How could he be?...It's hopeless..." she began to cry.

"Oh, buck up already. We need to find a way to get to another world."

"Maybe we could..." Kairi paused, ".....Is it just me...or is that a tornado heading in this direction?"

Riku looked, "Oh...great."

The distance between them and the twister grew shorter.

"What are we standing around here for?"

Riku and Kairi ran as fast as their legs could carry them, sprinting for their lives. The wind blew faster and faster. The trees behind them were being pulled out by the roots. Millions of debris blew in circles, drawing nearer and nearer. The tornado's fury was intense, and it's speed was too fast for them.

"We'll never make it!" Kairi gave up hope.

"We still might have a chance! We just have to-"

BAM! Riku was hit by a large piece of debris, knocking him out cold.

"Riku!...Oh, no!"

Soon, both of them were picked up by the swirling storm.

Sora opened his eyes...His head felt a swelling pain and he couldn't move anything. When he looked around, he saw a large brick room with a slimy, damp, mossy floor.

Where am I? he wondered. Ropes were tied around his arms, legs and neck. I wish I knew where my keyblade was...Sora heard a door open.

A small heartless peeked in and made a high- pitched shrieking sound to someone, or something behind it.

The wooden door slammed open, and a tall, black, mysterious creature entered. A couple of heartless followed. It walked closer to Sora, who was trying to get out, but it was no use. The creature stared at him, examining.

After a few moments, Sora asked, "Who are you? What do you want?"

The large shadow stood back, seeming surprised to hear Sora speak. It talked to the others in a crackling voice, and they ran out. It held out a long, black, sparking sword. Sora gulped. The creature untied him and grabbed him by the arm, dragging him out into the hall. Sora dreaded what would happen next.

On their way to another area, all of the heartless they passed began to head in the same direction. They entered and arena, surrounded by many different types of heartless in the audience. In the middle of the floor stood another black figure, holding another sword. The crowd cried out in delight as Sora neared the center.

This can't be good...Sora panicked. He knew what was coming. Surrounding the middle of the floor were heartless guards. Sora noticed one of them, He's holding my keyblade!

The heartless holding Sora shoved him toward the other one in the center. Sora stood still, refusing to move any closer. The tall figure behind him put his sword to Sora's back so he would move forward. Reluctantly, Sora approached slightly. The heartless grew impatient, and Sora was knocked to the ground. When he looked up, a shock sword was raised, and the audience cheered. The blade began coming down.....

Author's note: What's going to happen to Sora? What happened to Riku and Kairi? The answers will be revealed in Chap. 4 :)