The first actual chapter of the story. :D

If you're truly confused about anything in the story, do leave a comment and I'll answer it in the next chapter (also leave a comment just to keep me going).

On with the story.

"I'm not afraid of the darkness!"

"Riku…"

The darkness overcame me as I struggled to reach my friend, my hand grasping only thin air.

Ri…ku…

My last thoughts were blinded as a light broke through the darkness that eclipsed me and my friend. A blade in a shape of a key appeared in my hand.

Keyblade…

As I gawked at the weapon for a short time, Kairi popped back into my mind as I raced off to find her, only to have her fly weightless through my body when I had entered the secret place.

As I was thrown out, I was on an island of sand floating in the harsh wind that invaded my home. Along came with it was the monster I saw in my very dream.

Those dreams…I always thought they meant nothing, but all I was doing was shaking them off, blocking them from my mind.

But I knew they were there.

And they were real, I knew it!

As if I could call that a fortunate thing, though…

The black darkside kept calling the darkness, the black orbs falling from the sky right towards me. I used my newfound weapon to attack the monster and try to avoid the meteors of darkness falling on my spiky head.

Once I had finished the creature, the wind kicked up harder and the monster was sucked into a black void that Riku was standing under when he first disappeared. I clung to my home, on a last scrap of wood that stuck from the ground. It was no use, I was sucked in, leaving what was left of my islands to an adventure that I would remember for the rest of my life.

……………………….

"My head…" Aysu moaned, feeling hard cobblestone under her (and the swollen spot on her head). She reached back under her hair and rubbed the lump that caused her a racking head ache.

Need to get some ice for that later, she thought, finally opening her eyes and sitting up. She paused for a moment, looking around her.

I…don't think I'm in Morroc anymore… she thought to herself, a hand still cradling the wounded spot on her head. Around her were luminescent colored lights and purple walls that had red drapes nailed into them. In the corner was a golden fountain of two dogs, and on the other side were stairs that led up to an abandoned apartment that seemed very…well…abandoned.

There she sat, in the middle of this district, scratching the back of her head like a retard and wondering where the hell she ended up.

Geffen?...No, it's not as lit, she scanned the list of every place she had been in her world, but none fit the characteristics of this, Lutie? Ack, no, it's Christmas all year round over there…

She just couldn't figure it out. After five minutes of sitting and gawking, she finally stood up and walked up the stairs past the abandoned apartment. From there she walked through a bigger district with a Gizmo Shop and fountain that had a strange energy admitting from its tiled background. After taking care of some rude little black shadows, she had walked into the 1st district.

"This place keeps getting stranger and stranger…" she thought, walking to the front of the area, her eyes scanning the shops that crowded it. Suddenly taking her from her thoughts, the main doors behind her slammed open and shut. Quickly turning around, she saw a duck and a dog, clad in warrior-type clothing, walking her way.

They were a silent duo, keeping close together along with their yellow dog. Aysu calmed herself quickly as she stepped aside and let the two pass without causing too much attention to herself (although it was already hard enough with the clothes she was wearing). They were almost at the small set of steps that led to the Accessory shop with the dog pointed up.

"Look, a star's goin' out!"

Taking in his strange words, Aysu looked up as well to the dark star crowded sky. He was right…

It just vanished.

She had never taken the time to really look up at the sky before, and when she did, she had never seen something like this happen before.

"Come on, let's hurry," the duck said to his companion as they started off again. Aysu kept staring into the night sky until a barking voice interrupted her.

"Hey!"

Snapped from her thoughts, she looked up at the Accessory shop where a middle-aged man stood with a broom in his hands, having just finished sweeping the front of his shop.

"You look like you're lost, kid," he called, "And I'm positive that you're not from around here, right?"

Aysu stared blanking back at him for a moment, then nodded.

"Then come inside, I'll bet you're hungry," he replied, opening the door to his shop, keeping it open. Aysu blinked stupidly, then ran up into the store, closing the door behind her. Taking a quick look around, the store was small on the inside, with two couches set up in the back and warm lighting, the place was quite cozy. Aysu's train of thought broke when an apple was tossed to her. With quick reflexes, she caught it and looked down at the small fruit in her hands.

"I had a kid walk in here not too long ago that looked lost as well," he said, leaning on the wall behind him, closing his eyes. Aysu took a hungry bite at the apple and walked up to the counter.

"Where am I?" she asked simply after chewing, then taking another bite.

"Traverse Town," he replied blankly, opening an eye.

Aysu paused after a bite, "Then…what is this place?"

The man opened his other eye and stared at the ceiling, "You were thrown out of your world, probably. You may not have known it, but there are a million worlds out

there, each star countin' as one. Lately…they've been goin' out, and you know what that means."

"They're going somewhere else?" Aysu asked stupidly.

"No!" the man replied, loosing patience with this foreigner, "They're being destroyed somehow."

The information took a few seconds to sink in, and Aysu's eyes focused on the floor in front of her.

"Then Midgard is…" she said solemnly.

"Probably gone by now," the stranger finished, not seeming to give a damn.

"What can I do!" Aysu snapped, pounding both hands on the counter and staring up at the middle aged man, who didn't flinch a bit.

"Nothing you can do," he replied. Aysu's angry eyes softened to sadness as she lowered her eyes.

"I'm sorry I yelled," she said, taking a step back.

"No problem," he replied, and stood up straight, "I'm Cid, by the way."

"I'm Aysu," she added blankly, "And I thank you for your help."

Leaving the half-eaten apple on the counter, she turned her heel and walked to the door until Cid caught her attention again.

"Walk around town and look for a man named Leon," he informed, "If you're real set on knowing what's goin' on, talk to him."

Aysu stood at the doorway with a hand on the knob and smiled, "Thanks."

Opening the door, she walked back outside to this strange new place she had befallen.

I gotta find this Leon character, she thought, closing the door behind her, I need to get back to my world somehow…if it's even still there.

Her thoughts broke away as she turned to face the district. Right by her were two strangers, one clad in black with dark brown hair and a scar between his eyes, the younger other wearing red with a jacked and yellow boots. The one in red looked worn out, wielding a large key-like weapon, the other was holding his gunblade and keeping a blank stare. Aysu stood still, eyes shifting from one to the other as they stared at her strangely.

Alright… she thought, Might've walked into something I shouldn't have…

The man in black spoke, "Get out of here."

"Are you Leon?" Aysu asked without thinking. The boy with the key stared at her quizzically.

"Yes," Leon replied, then stared at her clothing, "Does someone want me dead?"

"No," she replied, and walked in between the two, "Before you kill this kid, I want to ask you a few questions."

"What!" the boy she stood in front of blurted.

"I'm not going to kill him," Leon replied, a hint of anger in his voice, "Run off, you can find me later."

"This can't wait."

"Yes, it can."

"I won't let you lay a hand on this boy until you answer my questions."

"Look, you little punk, you can go play ninja somewhere else, but right now, this is important business."

Aysu glared at Leon, her hand slowly reaching to a back pocket for a red gemstone. They were easy to break, and its venomous powder would mix into a small range of the air.

"Don't make me use force…" Aysu warned. Leon had been watching her hand and gripped his gunblade tightly.

He didn't give a reply. With his weapon ready to slice, Leon lunged forward, eyes narrowed. Aysu quickly threw the red gemstone on the ground in front of her.

"Venom Dust!"

Purple smoke surrounded the area in front of her as Leon skidded to a stop. Aysu adjusted the flu mask over her mouth and ran through the smoke, katars ready. But Leon was more experienced than her, when he stopped in front of the smoke, he had readied a fire spell. As Aysu charged through the venomous smoke, a ball of fire was speeding towards her.

Quickly dodging to the right, she watched as the ball of flames hit the ground behind her, amazed.

"Never look away from your enemy" said the cool voice of Leon as Aysu turned around and saw the blunt end of the gunblade coming towards her.

And darkness took.