The Start of a Journey

A Kingdom Hearts fanfic

By:

Chison

It was still night when Marlena woke up she rubbed the back of her head, and her eyes focused. Looking around, it seemed she was not in her bedroom; she got up from the cold cobblestone, and walked into what was the center court. "Where am I?" Marlena said, rubbing the back of her head, she found a shop, and wandered in. A gruff blonde haired man stood behind the counter with a piece of straw in his mouth, "Hey little girl are you lost?" Marlena grew mad; "I'm not a little girl and my name is Marlena." The man came surprised and raised his hands and said, "sorry. What can I do you for," Marlena looked at him and said, "Where am I?"

The man looked at her seriously; "Where you are? You are in Traverse Town..." Marlena's mouth fell open as she whispered the last phrase again, and the man put out a hand and said, "Name's Cid. I run the shop, and do work on Gummi ships." Marlena reached out a hand and shook it, and then Cid put his left hand to his chin and thoughtfully said, "The last person to ask me that question was a kid named Sora...That must have been about 2 and a half years ago..." Marlena's interest perked, "Do you know where Sora went to?" Looking away from her he said, "last I heard, we was headed to Hollow Bastion."

"Hollow Bastion?" Marlena repeated, "Where I am from originally, but ever since Ansem gave himself to the darkness, we all had to flee from being more of his experiments with human hearts and the Heartless." "How can I get there?" Marlena asked, but Cid shook his head, "The only way is with a Gummi ship, with a navigation piece which, I gave to Sora to go to Hollow Bastion." Marlena became despaired, saying, "There is no way to see my friends, or to get back to my world?" Cid looked at her and said, "Don't give up hope; it's the only thing you have." Cid walked from behind the counter and put a hand on her shoulder, "I know of a few people who have what your looking for. Lets to talk to them." They walked out of the building, Cid flipped a sign over to read: Out: Back At 12:00. Walking past some of the buildings, they passed into another district, and found a small, blue house.

Cid knocked on the door three times, and a small click came from the other side, he grabbed the handle and opened it for Marlena. She walked inside, and found a few people inside: one had brown hair and a pair of green eyes, and wore a beautiful pink dress, another, had spiked blonde hair, and with blue hypnotizing eyes, he carried a giant sword, wrapped in cloth and a red cape behind him. A girl, about Marlena's age, sat in a chair, having black hair and a blue headband, and wore arm and leg guards, a man, with brown hair, and a angled scar across his face and a jacket with fur around the collar, and black jeans. They all looked at Cid as he walked behind her, "Cid, who is this?" The girl with the pink dress asked, "Everyone, this is Marlena, she just came here from another world, and wants to find her friends again." The girl who spoke came and extended a hand to Marlena, saying, "I am Aeris, the man in the corner," pointing to the man with the blonde hair, "that's Cloud," then to the man with brown hair, "That's Squall," then pointing to the girl with black hair, "and that is Yuffie."

After Marlena explained her story to the group, Cloud spoke up, "The Heartless have returned, and another force I cannot explain have also appeared recently. It would not be safe to journey to Hollow Bastion without company." Squall looked at him with concern, "another force other than Keyblade masters and the Heartless?" Cloud simply nodded. "I don't want to fight the Heartless or anybody else, I just want to see my friends." Marlena said, looking around the room, then Cloud walked in front of her and said, "I will accompany you to Hollow Bastion, but that is as far as I go. From then on, you are on your own." She simply nodded, and they walked out the door, and back into the first district. "Do you even have a weapon to defend yourself?" Cloud said, she simply shook her head, Cloud stopped and reached for something behind his back. "It was mine long ago, but I don't use it anymore." He handed her a sword, wrapped in cloth, she unwrapped it, and it gleamed in the street lamps. It had a golden hilt, and a double-edged blade, with some inscriptions, which she could not read, and she put it in its sheath and slung the blade around her back, and they walked out of the double doors, and eventually found the right Gummi ship and they blasted off to Hollow Bastion...

A/N: I know this has come late! Its hard trying to make three different characters seem like one story! I am working hard on it though....just wait, it will get better!