AN: If you remembered the original, it was a lot longer. Well I looked at it and well I didn't like for one how long it was. I wanted a moment to pause the story, sort of like a movie. So Chapter one is short and with a few little changes it is still the same.

Let me know if this was a good idea or not. I'm sure this was right, but my readers' opinions are important to me.

Also sorry for the out burst in the prolog. ; I went a little over board, but I won't be taking it down. Just know I love you all.

Disclaimer: Don't on any of the Characters at all. If I did I would have to be writing fanfiction to get my kicks.

A New World

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Sora followed Riku up a curving road that trailed up the top of a hill a short distance from the two, there was a beautiful building with strange squiggly markings on what could have passed as a sign looming just out of sight.

Thunder still rumbled around them and the boys found themselves lucky that they hadn't gotten hit by the bright flashes of light on their walk.

They were tired, wet, and more then a little confused as to where they were.

After a little bit more walking, they stopped in front of the building that seemed as large as a normal one story house, a soft music coming from inside, a light melody of pianos.

Looking about Sora noticed a globe not to far away, the blue ball glowed inside a silver ring and floated from a small pedestal. He started to walk forward to touch, curiosity getting the better of him, but Riku's firm hand on his shoulder stopped any discovery, for now.

"Come on, lets go inside and find out where we are." His voice was too quiet and barely reached Sora's chilled ears over the roar of the thunder and the crackling lightening.

"Okay." Sora answered, acting like he had a choice as he followed the boy into the strange structure.

They both began shivering their bodies' reminding them that they were very wet and very cold.

. . .. .

Inside the building was shelves filled with bottles and weapons hanging of the wall. The counter straight ahead of them was unoccupied, a chair was pushed far away from the desk. It gave both boys a shiver down their spines, they chose to ignore their troubled thoughts and continue exploring.

After a little more searching they appeared they were in a store of sorts, or so they thought. A empty one, but a some what familiar setting in what was already a strange place.

"Hello? Anyone here?" Riku called walking up to the long curved counter, resting his hands and leaning hoping to see anyone around the column in front of an entrance. Only cheerful music washed back to them through the silence.

How strange, no one was there.

At all.

Sora again shivered but this time it wasn't from the cold, it was coming from his gut, and it was telling him to run away, very far away.

"Umm, Riku," Sora walked up to the boy who was still walking around looking for another living being, "I think we should get going, there doesn't seem to be anyone here."

Riku turned to look at him a silver eyebrow curved in a questioning look, "What are you talking about Sora? We need to get a change of cloths and food anyways. Lets just look around a little bit longer." With that, the silver haired boy turned his back to the blue-eyed one, and leapt over the rope barricading the only other door besides the one to the outside.

Sora pouted at the retreating body, he knew he was being silly, but the other boy could be a little bit more understanding. With a huff Sora ducked under the red rope, following Riku into the dark hallway.

"Riku?" Sora called walking down the hall looking at the numbered doors he passed.

So this was an Inn and a shop?

The farther down the hall there was a light coming from under a door, walking a little quicker Sora opened the door, calling out the other boy's name with the creak of the door. "Riku?"

Light burst forth and engulfed the burnet, making him squint his eyes as he used his arm to shadow his face. Stepping through the threshold Sora didn't hear the door bang behind his back. No, he was more focused on what was in front of him.

It was his dream.

. . .. . . . .

Closing another door, Riku couldn't help but sigh at their current situation.

They were stuck in the middle of nowhere with no food, but plenty of water. Go figure.
It bothered him though, that while there was no one here, the place was well taken care of. Clean floors and dusted wood greeted him in every room, showing that there was someone cared about how this place appeared.

So where could they have gone?

Now that Riku really thought about it more, the more going in here was turning out to be a bad idea. Something inside was screaming at him to leave, to get Sora and himself out of there.

Something was coming, and it did not want to play nice. They had to leave now before it was too late. . .

That decided, Riku turned back down the hall and back into the front room, "There isn't anything here, we might as well- Sora?"

The room was empty.

Sora was gone.

Fighting off panic the best he could, Riku turned back into the hall, calling out and looking into dark rooms. Sora had to be around here somewhere, maybe he followed Riku in here and Riku didn't see him.

The search proved fruitless.

Sora wasn't there or in any of the rooms.

Riku felt his breath quicken and his heart skip beats, he had lost him. He'd lost, Sora.

Trying to keep calm, even as panic began creeping into his eyes, causing them to look wild and crazed, his breath uneven as he felt his world falling apart. Standing alone in a dark foreboding hall, he called out with a shaky laugh, "Alright Sora, you had your fun, it's time to come out now."

Only the dimmed music from the front answered him as it began to repeat its tune.

The whole building seemed less welcoming, and Riku found his panic rising.

The whole place was starting to freak him out, the blackness of the hall seemed to be moving like living creatures.

Like the ones that had invaded their island.

He was about to start screaming out for Sora, when the brunet of his worries walked out of a door at the very end of the hall. He was wobbling around as he walked, looking as if he got hit on the head one to many times.

He stopped just a few feet a way from Riku and slumped against the wall, using it as a support. His breaths were drawn in heavily, the sound raspy and haunting to Riku's ears.

Worry and relief had Riku rushing forward, allowing some of his panic to leave just slightly from his stress teenaged body, as he raced forward to catch the boy incase he fell.

Sora seemed to be in a lot of pain and was clutching his chest above where his heart lay, fisting his shirt tightly, drawing in shallow shaky breaths.

He looked up at Riku with his bright blue eyes brimmed with salty tears and sweat gliding down his temples. "Riku, I. . ." was the only thing he whimpered out before his eyes rolled to the back of his head and fainted, leaving Riku barely any warning to catch him as he slid against the wall and to the floor.

Not wasting any time, Riku lifted the smaller boy into his arms, and took off down the hall. The warning to leave in his gut getting stronger and stronger. 'Leave now. Leave now. Leave now.' Echoed in his being, making his legs work harder to get himself and his burden to safety.

He could feel the living shadows following them, and as he was closing in on the front room, he felt a small child like hand grab hold of his ankle causing him to fall, and drop Sora.

The boy slid away from Riku, the blunt force of his drop taking Sora just a few inches out of Riku's reach. Riku fought as the grip on him started to pull him away from the other boy's prone form.

"SORA!" Riku's fingernails began to bend and caught in the flooring, as he fought to pull his body away from the force drawing him in, his nails leaving scratches in the wood.

He had promised that he wouldn't let go. He had promised, "SORA! WAKE UP, SORA! WAKE UP!"

And he never broke his promises.

Never.

Looking behind him he saw the little insect like monster clutching at his leg, Riku let out a war-like cry and kicked out with his other foot, just as three more shadow creatures leapt upon him. The little monster let go in a stupor, and Riku leapt to his feet.
Knocking of the other little demon-things had proved to be a challenge, but soon they too were stumbling around in a daze.

Seeing that he was now free, he rushed to Sora and kicked away the two creatures that were crawling on the prone boy's form.

Riku jumped over the red rope, and slipped causing him and Sora to slide to the middle of the room.

Not wasting anymore time, the silver hair boy got back up to his feet and ran for the door.

The little creatures were hot on their trail as he stumbled out into the rain.

Riku stopped and looked frantically around, trying to find a direction to go in. It all seemed to lead nowhere, and then a blue light caught his eyes. Tripping has he ran on the muddy ground, Riku headed for the glowing blue ball.

How it could help him he didn't know, he just knew that he had to get to it.

Reaching it, Riku was at a lose. What was he going to do now? Looking back behind him, he saw the shadows crawling up to where he stood. Growing frustrated, the boy kicked the floating sphere, "God Dammit! DO SOMETHING!"

It lit up at his forceful touch, causing him to cry out in shock and fear. Resting Sora at his feet, Riku reached out, his hands shaking uncontrollably with is his worry and touched the ball.

He watched in wonder as words appeared before him. Asking what it was he needed.

"Help, I need- I mean 'we' need help, please." Riku felt himself almost sob but stopped himself, crying never fixed anything and it won't fix this either. Riku gave up crying years ago, Sora didn't need a crybaby to take care of him, he need someone strong to wipe away his own tears.

The ball's light blinked away for a second, leaving Riku to almost lose hope, before it flashed out a bright white light and Riku felt a strange feeling as if he was moving as he was standing. When the light receded he found himself and Sora in a bridge of a ship and six strange people staring just as strangely in wonder at him as he knew he was looking at them.
Now where the hell were they?