Chapter 1:Into the Darkness

As the dark pit swirled around, Riku slowly sunk lower. Sora hand was nothing but a grey blotch in the thick cloud of black, and Riku began to wince. He felt the sensation Sora had in his dreams, "Can't breathe...can't...move." he felt as though he was falling, but there was no hole, like he was being crushed by rock, yet there was none. Suddenly he hit the ground hard and was in a haze momentarily. Then a voice rang out,
"Hello…Riku." Riku sprang up and drew his wooden sword.
"Who are you?" a dark figure stood before him. He saw some sort of horn things, and he lunged forward. A green flash through him away.
"My boy….(chuckle)…why do you fight me?" Riku jumped up.
"Let me think, I just got sucked into a dark vortex, and a dark horned beast is talking to me." Riku charged again, but was knocked away by an even bigger burst of light. He tried to sit up, but everything went black, and he fell back. He still couldn't move, but he head faint voices around him "He has to be, can't you feel the darkness in his heart?
"Come on, he's a kid, how will he"
"Age has no effect on power, I sense his darkness as well"
"I still don't think he has any use for us"
"We'll see very soon, won't we"
Riku tried to sit up when he regained feeling in his legs, but the same voice that he heard in the shadows sounded out. "Calm, child, everything will come together soon." Riku jumped off the table he was on an reached for his sword, but he couldn't find it.
"looking for this?" this voice was different, and strange. Then a large white figure came out of the shadows "Name Oogie Boogie," he held up Riku's sword and laughed. "You ain't so tough without this twig, huh?" Riku smiled,
"Don't need it to beat an old potato sack like you!" a women in a horned headpiece steps out.
"Now, Oogie, is that anyway to treat our new guest?" she turned to Riku, "I'm sorry, Riku, I am Maleficent" She turned away from him.
"How do you know my name?" Riku was confused, but mostly frustrated. " I want answers, and I want them now"
"Patients child, all will be explained in time." A man in an Arabian headdress comes from the shadows. "You can refer to me as Jafar." Riku's face was turning red "PATENCE IS NOT MY STRONGPOINT…NOW TALK!" Maleficent walked to a door, "Come, I'll tell you everything we know." Riku took a few steps then glanced back at the two dark figures glaring at them. "Oh, don't worry about them, Oogie, Jafar, I'll take care of everything, stay by the crystal and tell if you detect the Keyblade Master. She took him down a long hallway and looked at him, "Ok, now listen closely: Today, our magic sensors detected a large blip of light energy, now this is not good for us." Riku looked curious.
"How is it bad, light energy is good." Maleficent laughed manically.
"You still haven't crossed over, oh well, your anger and jealousy will do that in a few days." Riku wanted to retaliate to this remark, but Maleficent continued before he said a word. "Now, we get our power from darkness, and from the heartless armies under our power.
"Heartless?" Maleficent was getting frustrated, but she knew she must explain everything in detail.
"Those who lose there heart become somewhat less than human. They sink into the darkness and become fused with it. Now, they as well as shadows give us our power and magic. We use these heartless for our bidding and fight our battles. We sometimes will fight, but only in dire needs, like now. We believe the legend of the Keyblade master may come true" Riku was about to ask a question, but Maleficent took the words out of his mouth. "The Keyblade Master is a so-called soldier for the light, and will destroy our race, we cannot let that happen. Now we need you, you have darkness in you that is untouched, unknown to you .
"I don't have darkness in me!" Riku looked insulted, but Maleficent smiled.
"See, there is that temper, your anger will turn to jealousy, which will let you see our way of thinking. Now, we need you to fight for us, and destroy the Keyblade Master. And to help us gather the '7 Princesses of Heart.' We can't tell you everything until you agree to join us, so what do you say"
"No!" Riku was panting in his rage, "Your despicable, you use darkness to destroy innocent people to become your little foot-soldiers. And now you want me to join you? not a chance!" Riku began to walk away.
"Power!" Riku turned.
"What?" Maleficent smiled, she had sparked his interest,
"I can't promise you much, except ultimate power. Join us and you will be immortal." Riku thought, and something sparked inside him.
"Yes, I will join you Maleficent."