Hurky: Hey, everybody! I've got a new story just for Christmas. It's been in my head for two weeks, so I must get it written! It may not have such a happy beginning to it, but things will change.

Sora: Why must you pick on me so much?

Hurky: Because I said so. I'll probably be updating this story out of my story schedule throughout December (I update in an order now) because, like I said, it's a holiday story. So, enjoy!

Disclaimer! Hurky doesn't know, so Hurky doesn't own Kingdom Hearts, anyone from the Final Fantasy games, Disney, VH1, I love the 80s or 90s series, or anything else except for her KH video game, Tekken 5 game, and DDR Extreme and her dance mat.

Riku: Besides, if Hurky owned Kingdom Hearts, KH2 would be out in time for the holidays!

Ryo: You said it! (pulls out a 2006 calendar with KH2 written in) We're still waiting!

(The story takes place right after KH1, so Sora is not in black and Riku has no blindfold yet!)

On a warm day in mid-December, a week before Christmas, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Hurky, Ryo, and Alexa were hanging out at Sora's house, just chilling. They were watching TV, until they began to bring up topics relating to the upcoming holiday season.

"So, what do you plan on doing for the holidays, Alexa?" asked Kairi.

"I was thinking of just staying at home, eating lots of sweets, enjoying the ocean..." said Alexa, a girl with pink streaks in her hair, jade green eyes, and decked out in a pink outfit as she looked out the window dreamily. "But I wish it would snow here."

"Don't be ridiculous." said Riku as he stretched out on the couch. "We live on an island. It never snows on an island."

"It could." spoke up Sora in a calm voice from the floor. "Sometimes, the weather gets really weird. Remember that it was really, really hot last Christmas?"

"Sora does have a point." said Alexa. "It might snow."

"It always snowed in my world at Christmastime!" said Riku's fangirl, Ryo, the blonde haired girl in a sweater and jeans from the dark blue recliner she was sitting on. "It was really, really cold, but there were some pretty sights to see! Like when the palace was decorated with Christmas lights and when nightfall came and the snow fell, it was just gorgeous! And my friends and I rode in a huge sled driven by a snow white horse, we'd all just ride around-"

"Okay, that's enough, Ryo." said Riku.

"Back in Balamb, I was nowhere near any beaches, yet it never snowed." said Hurky, the girl with long brown hair, glasses in front of her brown eyes, and wore jeans, a black t-shirt, and a navy blue zip-up sweatshirt, sitting cross legged on the floor.

"That's because the snow didn't like you!" joked Sora sleepily. "It's probably snowing right now in Balamb Garden!"

"Shut up, Sora!" said Hurky.

Sora laughed.

The five teenagers sat in silence, watching VH1.

"Wow, I Love the 90s sure has some crazy facts!" said Riku, sounding totally amazed. "I mean, look at this! Pokemon!"

"Yeah, it came out in the late 90s." said Kairi.

Alexa just randomly turned to Sora, who was looking pale and tired.

"Sora, are you feeling okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, why?" lied Sora. To tell you the truth, he felt like crap, but he didn't want to tell anyone.

"Because you're pale." answered Alexa worriedly as she put a hand on Sora's forehead. "Hmm...that's weird. He has no fever..."

"He hasn't been making insults or wisecracks for the past two days." said Kairi. "I'm really worried."

"Sora, I think you should go to bed." said Riku. "Maybe you'll feel better after awhile."

"Yeah, sure." he said weakly as he slowly got up. "You guys can stay if you want. Just wake me up when...when..."

Suddenly, he collapsed on the light blue carpet.

"SORA!" cried Riku, Kairi, Hurky, Alexa, and Ryo as they all stood up.

Everything went blank for Sora until he woke up in an ambulance, with Riku and Kairi sitting next to him while the paramedics did their work.

"He's awake." said Kairi to the young EMT next to her.

"That's good." said the older EMT. "Shows signs he's still alive."

"What's going on?" asked Sora with total weakness in his voice. "What happened?"

"You went into cardiac arrest." explained Riku in a serious tone that Sora never heard out of Riku before. "They just finally got your heart to beat again."

"But I don't have a heart condition." Sora pointed out. He noticed his red jumpsuit was unzipped to his waist, so that the paramedics could use those things that looked like two irons, but they were rubbed together and placed on his chest to get his heart started again.

"You might have one, you might not have one." said Riku. "We'll know when we get to the hospital."

After Riku said that, he and Kairi sat and held each of Sora's hands with tears in their eyes as the ambulance sped in the streets with the sirens wailing. Sora hadn't seen Riku cry ever since the first grade, when someone kicked him off the swingset. This was also the saddest Sora had ever seen Riku or Kairi in his life.

Finally, they got to the hospital and the EMTs got Sora out of the ambulance with the stretcher while Riku and Kairi jumped out. Sora was immediately rushed to the emergency room, where the doctors and nurses worked to save Sora, while Riku and Kairi were forced to wait in the ER waiting room.

As soon as the double doors closed, Riku and Kairi sat down on the couch, holding each other tight, in fears of losing their best friend.

Meanwhile, in the ER, Sora was losing oxygen fast, so an EMT put an oxygen mask over Sora's nose and mouth. While this happened, Sora thought.

Am I going to die? he thought. Is this how my life will end?

He closed his eyes and saw a light. He felt his heatbeat go slower and slower as the seconds passed. The doctors tried to use the machines to get Sora's heart going again. He heard the doctor saying, "Clear!" and Sora felt his chest getting a huge shock. Sora continued to stare into the light.

What is this light? he thought.

He had no idea of what to do. He didn't realize what the light meant. Without thinking, Sora went closer, and closer to the light. After what seemed like an eternity, Sora reached the light...

Back in reality, the heart monitor beeped a long beep, indicating that Sora had passed away.

"We tried. We did all we could." said the doctor as he put down his instruments. "Better go tell his friends..."

He began to walk over to the waiting room, where Kairi was lying on the couch with her head in Riku's lap. She sat up when she saw the doctor.

"Riku? Kairi?" asked the doctor. "I'm sorry. We tried our hardest, but we couldn't save him..."

Kairi gasped and she totally lost it. She began to cry in buckets, hugging Riku, and tears stramed down Riku's face, gently stroking Kairi's auburn hair...

Sora felt like he was awake and well, but he could only see nothing but white clouds and the blue sky.

"Where am I?" Sora asked himself. He looked down and saw that his red jumpsuit, white and grayish hoodie, and his yellow clown shoes were white. "Why am I in white? I can never wear white! My mom says I can't keep white clothes white!"

"You're in heaven." said a male voice.

Sora turned around and saw a man with spiky blonde hair, green eyes, and wore a white button shirt, jacket, pants, shoes, and a halo glowing a bright gold over his head.

"Who are you?" asked Sora.

"My name is Joel." he said. "I run the entrance to heaven."

"Uh, just one question," said Sora. "Why am I here?"

"Because you died." replied Joel.

Sora stood there in complete shock. "I...I died?" he asked.

Joel nodded.

Sora couldn't believe it. He stood there in total confusion, trying to sort out what was just said to him.

He was now dead...