The Darkness in My Heart
Dreams of Pleasure and a Nightmare
Disclaimer:
I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the charactersfrom it. But I will one day! Hey, look! Men in whitecoats and a big van are here! I wonder what they want ...!
(5 minutes later) But I do own the plot and their dreams! (is carried off kicking and screaming)
Author's Crazy Gibberish:
Okay, so thanks for all of the reviews! Your reviews keep me going and trying to get chapters done when I get bad cases of writer's block. Riku plushies go to: Inumaru 12, R.A. Pointless, Sai-ryo Aura Feana, and Duelwielder. So, here is the next chapter, and it has a lot of random things in the beginning, because of people's dreams. One of my personal favorites is Selphie's dream, but you can be the judge of that. Tell me which one was your favorite! Well review and Ja Ne! Warning: Extremly Important note at the bottom!
Sora's belly was full as he finished off the last of the soup that Cinderella had brought for the both of them.
"Wow that was really good!" Sora said as he swallowed the last spoonful.
"Well I'm glad that you enjoyed it!" she said as she gathered up the bowls and stood up. "I leave you to your business for now, because I have to finish helping my step sisters get ready. Knowing them, it will probably be too tight, then too loose, then too tight again. Come on Gus, Jacques," Cinderella called as she talked to the two mice that she had brought with her to introduce to Sora. The two mice got inside her apron, and she walked away.
Sora had pulled out the Dream Mirror and the book that goes with it, and he had started reading. Apparently, the Dream Mirror had been created for the Guardian, as a way to help him/her communicate with others in the real world, while they under went training.
"So, I guess this was meant to happen," Sora said as he continued reading in the book. "Screen magic is the color the screen turns when viewing a person or animal. There are five main screen colors, Green, Blue, Red, Pink, and Purple. Green means they are feeling sad or depressed. Blue means that they are asleep. Red means somebody is angry or mad. Pink means that somebody is frightened or scared. Finally, purple means that they are happy or excited."
"So that is why the screen was different for the both of them," Sora said as he looked ahead. Just a couple of more chapters left. "The griffin on the handle is used as a warning for danger. When it turns black, Heartless are near. It also works vice-versa. When the griffin turns white, friends are near. When the griffin turns gray, it means both are near."
The last chapter was on portals, but he already knew how to make those. Closing the book, he put it away with a sigh. "I suppose I should probably tell the others that I'm not going to die, and that I have no intention of doing so anytime soon. So, I think I will visit Wakka first. What do you think?" Sora asked the dog, who in return just looked up at him and shrugged. "Well you're a lot of help!" Sora said sarcastically. "Yeah, that sounds good."
Recalling an old memory, he chose one where Wakka was first teaching him to play Blitzball. Wakka was the best player on the island, and he was kicking Sora's butt at it. Focusing on the memory, the mirror soon turned blue as it showed Wakka asleep in his bedroom.
It was a large room, with tons of posters of various Blitzball teams and players. He seemed to have mostly posters of the Besaid Aurochs, and he had many different Blitzballs spread around the room. The image faded and Wakka's dream showed on the screen.
It seemed to be the Blitzball finals world tournament, and Wakka and his team were competing. It was 15 seconds left and the score was tied 4 to 4. There was only one opportunity left and he was going to take it. He winded up the shot and performed a corkscrew shot. Almost there … goal! 3…2…1…0! It was the end of the game and the score was now 4 to 5. Wakka's team had won! Wakka was beaming as he left the Blitzball water sphere in Luca. Wakka accepted the trophy and grinned as everybody cheered his name. Exhausted, Wakka decided to head to the locker rooms to get ready for his other job of protecting the High Summoner Yuna. Quietly, Sora snuck up next to him and pulled him into the nearest supply closet he could.
"What the –," Wakka exclaimed as he was looking in complete darkness. Sora reached up and pulled on the light switch and the small room instantly filled with light. "Sora? Man, how did ya get here brudda? Last I checked you were in a coma or somethin'. You had us all scared that you were gonna die, especially poor Kairi. So, how did you get here?"
"Umm, that's not important right now. Listen. This is a dream and you aren't really awake, but what I am about to say is true. Now I'm not really dead, and I don't plan on doing so anytime soon. So don't worry about me, because I won't die, but I will be asleep for awhile."
"Well, that's a load off my mind. Just come back soon, ya?"
"Don't worry, I will soon," Sora said as he started sparkling blue. "Well, I got to go now, see ya!"
Sora reappeared through the portal he had opened a little disoriented. "That is going to take getting used to," Sora said as he sat down for a minute. "One down, five to go," he said aloud, because he had just decided to visit Kairi and give her the necklace that he had bought. "So, who next?"
Sora decided on Selphie, and he tried to think of a memory. He finally selected a memory where Selphie had eaten a whole box of sugar cookies and was bouncing around for an hour at a beach party, until her sugar rush was over and she collapsed right on top of a blushing Tidus.
Sora found himself in a house that smelled very strongly of peppermint and gingerbread. He got up from a rather soft bed of cotton candy and walked over to a door that seemed to be a chocolate bar. He looked outside and noticed that many other houses had the same design.
"Where is this place?" Sora asked himself aloud as he looked around at the strange place. It looked like he had fallen into a world that was made entirely of sweets. "Wait a second. Didn't I just enter Selphie's dream? Don't tell me. She dreams of a town full of sweets, doesn't she? Well, that's Selphie for you, isn't it?"
Sora continued walking through the strange town, looking for the strange girl that dreamed this weird place up. He saw houses made of different kinds of cookies and sweet breads. He stopped to rest at a licorice street post and tried to think of where Selphie was. But suddenly, he started hearing many different voices and music coming from up the sprinkle and icing paved street. Looking over, he saw what looked like a parade coming with many different parade floats made entirely, of course, of candy.
There were many different kinds but the biggest and most beautiful of them all seemed to have a small girl on top of it. There was a giant sign on the float made out of M&M's that read "Mayor of Candyland."
'Of course Selphie would be the mayor,' Sora thought as the large crowd of people came closer and closer. It had finally caught up, and when he saw Selphie, she was eating a huge cherry lollipop, staining her mouth red. 'Well, cherry always was her favorite flavor,' Sora mused as he saw the little girl's big smile.
"Hey, Selphie! Can I talk to you?" Sora called over the roaring crowd.
"Do you have an appointment, young one?" an old lady said to Sora as she blocked Sora's pathway to his friend.
"'Appointment?' What do you mean 'do I have an appointment?' She's my friend!" Sora cried indignantly to the lady.
"Nobody can talk to her wonderfulness Mayor Selphie without an appointment, so be gone!" the lady said to Sora while pushing him out of the way.
"No, Lady Yolanda, Sora is my friend. My friends don't need an appointment," Selphie said as she jumped off of her throne on top of the parade float. "So, Sora what did you want to talk about? Speakin' of which, how did you get here? You're not a ghost are you? You didn't die, right!" Selphie said, starting to freak out about how Sora might have died and that he was never coming back, and now his ghost was here to haunt her for not doing something.
"No, Selphie, relax. I didn't die, and I'm not a ghost. I don't plan on dieing soon, so stop freaking out, okay, Selphie?" Sora said while trying to get the girl to calm down.
"Oh, okay. But if you're supposed to still be asleep, how did you get here?"
"Uh, well, you're dreaming, Selphie. So, technically, I'm not really here. By the way, I think you ought to know, that you should really stop chewing on your pillows at night. It will ruin them," Sora told her as he started to glow blue.
"What do you mean, I chew on my pillows! I always eat a lollipop!" Selphie yelled as Sora disappeared.
"Well, that was really weird," Sora said as he came back through the portal. "So, who should I choose next? I think Tidus, Kairi, and then Riku. So, what about Tidus? What has he done …?"
Sora thought for a minute, and he remembered the time Selphie had bet Tidus that he couldn't he eat his entire birthday cake by himself. Tidus, wanting to impress her, tried and got sick an hour later and was trying not to throw up in front of Selphie. Chuckling, Sora focused his memory on the Dream Mirror and saw Tidus sleeping in his room.
Like Wakka's it was full of different posters and such. But on his bedside table, were some pictures of … was that Selphie! 'Well that explains a lot,' Sora thought as the screen started showing what he was currently dreaming about. He seemed to be riding a horse in a field … but why? Sora held out the mirror towards the stable wall, and the portal to the dream world opened. He stepped through, and was instantly in Tidus' dream.
Sora found himself on a big white stallion that was currently galloping towards another rider further ahead. Assuming that it was Tidus, he rode closer and closer, trying to close the gap between him and his lovesick friend. He tried to get Tidus' attention but he just wasn't paying attention to his surroundings. Finally catching up, he got his attention by pushing him off the horse he was on. Dismounting, Sora tried to help his friend up from the ground, laughing at how he was dressed in silly armor.
Tidus, who couldn't see because of his armor, drew his sword and tried to hit whatever was coming closer to him, thinking it was the fiend who had kidnapped HIS Selphie. Sora blocked the attack with the Keyblade, which had appeared in his hand when Tidus had drawn his sword, and jumped back with surprise.
"Whoa, Tidus! Calm down! It's just me!" Sora yelled at his friend who had nearly sliced his leg off.
"Who are you, and how do you know my name!" Tidus demanded, still trying to get his helmet off without success.
"It's Sora. Come here and let me help you with that helmet," Sora said, cautiously advancing towards the struggling boy.
At the sound of footsteps, Tidus stepped back. "You can't be Sora! He's asleep! Unless … are you Sora's ghost? Did you die during the time we were away!" Tidus asked the "ghost" Sora. Apparently, Tidus had been spending too much time with Selphie.
"Tidus, relax! I'm not dead, you're dreaming. I am not going to die, but I am just sleeping, so stop freaking out. And let me get that helmet off!" Sora said to the currently thrashing about boy. He jumped on top of Tidus, and yanked off the head covering exposing a very confused boy with a bad case of helmet hair.
"Sora? Gods, I thought you were either a ghost or one of the people who kidnapped Selphie! So, what brings you here? And could you hurry, because I have to get to the castle before nightfall to save her!"
"Alright, I'll hurry. I just came to tell you that I'll be alright, so you don't have to worry about me, okay?" Sora said while trying not to laugh his head off. 'Who knew Tidus was so protective of Selphie?' he thought to himself.
"Aww, I wasn't worried. You are way too stubborn to die anyways. You're a fighter till the end."
"Umm, thanks, I think. Well I'll leave you to saving Selphie, I guess," Sora said as he started to sparkle blue.
"Bye, Sora!" he said as the boy disappeared into the sky.
Sora came out of the portal laughing as he thought about what an insane person Tidus could be when protecting Selphie. 'Talk about Selphie's knight in shining armor on a noble steed, huh?' Sora thought to himself.
"So, it's Kairi next, huh?" Sora said. He looked at Pluto, who by now was asleep in the hay. Shaking his head, he remembered a memory of Kairi.
Flashback:
It was Christmas on the island, and even though there were only six of them on the island, they still had huge parties and gave tons of homemade and store-bought gifts. Sora had already given and got many presents already, but there was only one person left to exchange gifts with.
He looked over at the Paupu tree, and saw Kairi sitting there, all alone. It was her first Christmas on the island, and she felt a little left out from the activities. She was watching the sunset over the horizon of the ocean that refracted the beautiful light from the sky. He went over to her, and said, "Hey, what are you doing here all alone, Kairi? You should come over and celebrate."
"Oh, I was just watching the beautiful sunset. I heard that there might be a meteor shower tonight, and I was hoping that it would be soon," Kairi said as Sora sat down next to her.
"A meteor shower, huh? Do you mind if I watch with you? It sounds awesome! I've never seen one before."
"Sure, you can watch, Sora. So, I hear that you and Riku have been friends for a long time. What's he like?" Kairi asked.
"He's great! We've been best friends ever since we were really little. I know he's a little intimidating at first, but he's a real sweet heart inside. He would never do anything to hurt me on purpose. Like I remember this one time -," Sora said as he looked down at Kairi. But just then, the meteor shower had started and he had to stop as he looked at the beautiful colors.
"I'm a little scared of them. I've never seen a meteor up so close before. What if one of the meteors hits the island?" Kairi said while grabbing Sora's arm.
"Don't worry, I'll always protect you, even if it costs me my life," Sora said, stirring up thoughts in Kairi's mind.
'That line, it sounds so familiar,' Kairi thought as Sora patted her back for reassurance.
"I believe you," she said, as she turned her attention to the wrapped present that she held in her hand. "Here, this is for you," Kairi told him, holding out the box. Sora took it and unwrapped it, and was surprised to find a keychain. It had a blue flower on the end and it was a beautiful gift. "It's my good luck charm, so don't loose it!" Kairi said as she got up from her spot on the tree. "Merry Christmas!"
End Flashback
The Dream Mirror turned blue, and it showed Kairi in her room. She had a very blue room, because it was her favorite color. Kairi was snuggled up underneath her covers, dreaming peacefully. The image faded and Kairi's dream took its place. He opened the portal and stepped through it.
"Kairi?" Sora said as he sat up. It was an incredibly dark room, and Sora frantically searched for a light. Giving up, he searched for a door, and was luckier, this time. His hand groped the handle and he turned it, exposing an eerie view. It was still dark, but the torches were enough to see by.
Taking a torch down from the wall, he examined the room he had just been in. It seemed to be a supply closet, but it was filled with very weird things. Like a coffin and a cape … okay, maybe just a bedroom closet, but who in the world kept a mop in their bedroom closet?
Moving on, Sora found a stairwell and carefully went up the creaky stairs to a balcony. Looking down, he realized that he was far, very far, up from the ground. He seemed to be in a mansion, but why would Kairi dream this place up? Sora asked himself various questions of the same nature, as he continued up the stairs from the balcony.
He walked for awhile, climbing up the stairs. After a long time, Sora slowly advanced towards a dead end, and looked for another way through. There was a long while before he finally gave up, and with a sigh, he sat down on the floor, trying to remember if there was another pathway from the way he took. Not remembering any, he eventually leaned back and lifted his head to the ceiling.
"Well that would have been nice to know," Sora said as he examined the door in the ceiling. Standing, he reached up his hand and pushed away the door, revealing the outside. He climbed through the opening and gazed around in wonderment at what looked like the top of the mansion. He noticed movement and turned around in time to see a cloak disappear through a door.
Curious, Sora followed it. He opened the door to witness his Kairi in the arms of another man, bound hand and foot with a gag in her mouth. She struggled violently against her captor, trying everything she could to break away from the pale man holding her. He was wearing a cape and black suit, and had very strong hands that gripped the young girl mercilessly, undisturbed by her wild thrashing.
"Hey!" Sora yelled, coming out of the shock that had gripped him when he first saw Kairi like this. "Let her go!" The Keyblade appeared in his hand as he prepared to attack.
"I don't think I will, young one," he said while grinning evilly, showing two extremely sharp teeth. "She is young and has a rare blood type. She will serve wonderfully as my dinner," he said. Misreading Sora's stunned silence, he added, "You see, I'm a vampire. Vampires drink people's blood, and your little girlfriend here is a perfect specimen. This girl will be one of the most tasty blood 'donors' ever! She will be mine, and there's nothing your frail little mortal body can do about it! Mwuhah, hah, hah!" he laughed, as the boy formed a death glare.
"I said, let her go!" Sora screamed as he charged towards the immortal holding his beloved in his cold hands. But at the last second, he held Kairi up, using her as a human shield. There was fear in her eyes as Sora stopped at the last second and stepped back, very surprised. Quickly recovering, he yelled, "That's low you evil, son-of-a b-."
Cutting off Sora mid-insult, he smirked and said, "Low as it may be, it works, because you won't run your precious lover through! So now, as fun as it has been, I must leave you, because I'm getting hungry, and my meal is ready," he said as he grinned maliciously as Kairi, who continued to struggle. He pointed at Sora, an evil look in his eyes.
He uttered a couple of words underneath his breath, and immediately, Sora was blown outside and he slammed into the opposite wall. He stood up, but by then the creature had walked outside. He mumbled two more words, and Sora soon realized that he couldn't move. He fell on the ground as his knees buckled underneath him. "Deal with that, human boy!"
"Why you sleezy, scum bag!" Sora yelled as the vampire removed his cape to reveal two very creepy wings.
"Oh, shut up! You're lucky I'm not eating you too!" the vampire said as he rose into the air.
Kairi, who had managed to wriggle the gag out of her mouth, screamed and yelled down, "Sora! Help me!"
"Kairi!" Sora yelled back as she started to disappear towards the sky. "I'll save you, just hang on a little longer! I'll save you, I promise!"
Kairi continued screaming as the vampire dropped down, heading straight for the ground. He landed with a thump, and the downstairs door creaked open. Hearing this, Sora struggled with all his might, but still he couldn't move.
'Hey, wait a second! If this is a dream, then it's controlled by a person's will,' he said, remembering something from the book. 'So, if I want to be free, all I have to do is will myself to want it.' He grew quiet, and pushed all of his thoughts out of his head. He thought of what he wanted, and concentrated his entire mind on that. 'Focus, focus, focus,' Sora thought and he slowly felt himself grow less stiff. It was slow at first, but it grew faster and faster until he could move again.
Springing up, he yelled, "Yes! I'm free! Now to get that stupid, evil, repulsing, piece of -," Sora said, as he was cut off by a loud thump from downstairs. Remembering his current crisis, he took off running down the stairs.
He arrived some minutes later in the room that he was in earlier. Seeing a room with a light coming from it, he figured that it must be the room that Kairi was in. Bursting into the small room, he saw Kairi on the ground, right next to the vampire. Turning around in surprise, he grinned maliciously at the boy who had a vicious pout on his face.
"Well, aren't you the little Houdini," the vampire sneered.
"Who? Never mind. What did you do to Kairi? I swear, if you hurt her, I'll rip you apart, piece by disgusting piece," Sora said, a hateful look in his eyes.
"Oh, relax, you naïve little boy," the vampire said, eyes twinkling with delight at how mad he was making Sora. "I didn't hurt her, just knocked her out. The little dive I took was a bit scary, I think. Don't worry; she's not the first to have it happen to her. She'll be waking up soon, anyways. But for now, I'll have to take care of you!" The vampire stood up, and advanced towards the Keyblade and its master.
"I'll never let trash such as you beat me!" Sora roared as he charged at the creature. The vampire pointed at the young boy and started to murmur some magic words. But he was instantly cut off as Sora slammed the Keyblade down on his head, breaking his thoughts and disorienting him for a minute. Sora took the opportunity to smack him a couple of more times before the creature regained his senses.
"Why, you insolent brat," he screamed, all amusement gone from his face. "At first it was entertaining, but now it's just annoying!" The vampire pointed his finger and lightning came out of it, nearly hitting Sora as he dodged out of the way. "You'll pay for what you did to me!" He ran over to the wall and grabbed a staff off of the wall. "Now, you'll get it!"
"As if," Sora said as he ran towards the vampire. The vampire raised his staff and Sora just barely missed the lightning that came out of it. But while he was distracted by the first one, another was launched out, hitting Sora squarely on the chest. He collapsed on the ground, not moving as his vision dimmed.
"You know, you foolish human, I think I'll wait to eat your wench when she wakes up. It is so much fun to feel them writhing underneath you as you suck their tasty blood! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," he mocked as he stood over the motionless boy.
That infuriated Sora to the point where his blood was boiling, but he just didn't have the strength to get back up. No matter how he struggled to wake up, he just couldn't find the strength within himself to get up. He felt lost in darkness as his eyesight turned black. He felt like he was floating in darkness, but he saw a light as he slowly drifted into its depths. He reached for the light, and did all he could to reach. As he reached it, he saw Riku, with his smirk. He looked at Sora like he always did when Sora was about to give up.
A mischievous grin on his face, Riku said, "Giving up already? Come on, Sora! I thought you were stronger than that!"
"No, I will never give up," Sora yelled as he sprung back up. He felt as if an extinguished fire had suddenly been lit, unfreezing his paralyzed body. "I will never just lie there, and let you win," Sora bellowed as he suddenly leaped up, finding himself in the really world. He looked down, and saw the vampire bending over a waking up Kairi.
"Leave her alone!" Sora hissed as he smacked the blood sucker across the back of the head rather hard. "Step away from Kairi!" he said as he hit him again.
"You just won't give up, will you?"
"Nope. Never will."
"Then I guess I'll have to finish you here and now, you foolish kid!"
"Bring it on!" Sora said as the vampire rose into the air. He fired lightning at Sora, but missed, as Sora dodge rolled out of the way. He quickly jumped towards him and hit the life leech out of the air. He lay on the ground dead, as Sora prodded him with the Keyblade. "Who's foolish now?" Sora taunted the unmoving vampire.
Walking over to Kairi to make sure that he hadn't hurt her in anyway, he called, "Kairi? Kairi, are you okay? Come on Kairi, open your eyes!"
Hearing a familiar voice calling out to her, she gently fluttered her eyes open and looked around bleary eyed. "S- Sora? Is that you?"
"Kairi," Sora said as he hugged her, relieved that she was okay. She tried to stand up, but she buckled as her knees gave away from shock. "Shhh, Kairi. Don't stand up. Let's just sit here, for a minute," Sora said as he pulled her into his arms once more. Feeling a lump in his pocket, he pulled out the necklace that he had bought for Kairi. "Here, this is for you," Sora said as he handed it to her. She opened the box and gasped at what was inside.
"Sora, it's beautiful!" she exclaimed as she pulled it out of the box. She put it on, and it started to glow as Kairi unconsciously tapped into its unknown powers. She looked at the various cuts Sora had acquired throughout his fight, and gasped as she saw a particularly nasty one on his chest. "Here, let me help you!" Kairi told him as she examined the cut closer.
"I must've gotten that when I got hit by the lightning," Sora said as he winced in pain. "It's not that bad, so don't fuss."
"Yeah, right. It is too that bad! If it had been one inch over, you would be dead right now!" Kairi scolded as she put a piece of cloth on the cut to clean it. As she swiped over the cut, it healed cleanly, without leaving a scar. "Wow! How did that happen?" Kairi said, shocked.
"This must be what that lady was talking about when she gave me the necklace," Sora said as he looked at where the cut had been. "She said it had other powers, but she didn't say what."
"Well I guess that's that, huh?" Kairi said as she stood up. Together, Sora and Kairi walked up to the balcony and looked over at the beautiful moon. "You know, Sora, as I was lying there, I knew that you would save me. I didn't know why, but I had this feeling that you would come for me, would keep me safe."
"Don't worry, Kairi. I will always come for you," Sora told her as he started to sparkle blue. He leaned down and kissed her on the lips, just a light brush as he vanished into thin air.
Sora emerged from the portal and collapsed on the hay, exhausted from the nights work. He laid back in the softness of the hay, and felt the cool night breeze on his sweat soaked face. Pluto, who was looking at him with concern because of his torn up clothes, came over and started to lick his face.
"It's okay, boy! Take it easy!" Sora said as he rummaged around for the blue package. Finding it, he said, "Well, just one more person left. Riku."
Authors' Babble:
So, was that a long enough chapter for y'all? Well, was it? I didn't get to put in as much of the plot as I had originally wanted, because it was supposed to be in Riku's dream. But the chapter was already too long, so I'm going to put it in the beginning of the next chapter, and then maybe move on with the story a little bit. In the next chapter you will find out what Riku promised Sora, and why he isn't the Keyblade Master, also Sora gets to fight his first world boss. yays. I think that it will be fun! Beyond that, I don't know yet, but I'm working on it! So, what did you all think of everybody's dreams? Like I said earlier, Selphie's was my favorite, because it seemed to fit that she would dream about a land made of candy. It might take a little longer to get the next chapter, but I'll try my best to get it up! Don't hurt me! (gets hit by a tomato) Right. So review and Ja Ne. Watch for the next chapter!
P.S. Very Important! I will be chaning my penname to Riku's Kitsune Mate! That will be my new penname, because my friend decided to move her stories to a new one!