Kingdom Hearts: Warriors of Light
Sora, the Key Blade Master- Chapter 6
"Uggg, where am I?" Sora said waking up in a dark ally leaning against a wall. As he slowly opened his eyes he took in more and more of his new surroundings that were so unfamiliar. "Huh?" Sora said to himself looking around. All he could see were stonewalls on both sides of him. A few boxes were stacked next to him and only a night sky straight up. "Riku? Kairi?" he called into the night hoping to hear his friends answer.
There was no return call. Only the sounds of crackling fire a ways off from where Sora sat. Coming to his senses, Sora stood up and started walking to the open end of the ally. As he turned the corner, he could see more lights and buildings. He looked around seeing if he could find anyone at all in this strange place. He walked further into the town and heard accordion music playing. "Where am I?" he said to himself in bewilderment.
Sora went back to the ally he had come-to in feeling he should stay hidden until he was sure this place was safe. He sat back down against the wall to think back to what had happened and how on earth he may have gotten here. "I just remember that dark hole swallowing up the entire island." Sora reasoned with himself. "If only Riku hadn't of touched it. If I ever see him again I'm going to make sure to give him a good punch in the face." Sora hung his head in defeat. He didn't know where he was or what he was going to do.
A bright light started to glow in Sora's hand. He opened his eyes a bit surprised, but watched to see what would happen. Something materialized in his hand. The light soon stopped glowing and where it had been a Key Blade appeared. "Huh?" Sora said, lifting the Key Blade to eye level to exam it. It was silver with a crown shaped design on the end. The handle was gold and from it hung a keychain that looked like a mouse's head. "Where did this come from?" Sora asked himself. But he couldn't think any longer for right then he heard two voices coming from just outside the ally. Sora hid behind the boxes that were next to him and listened.
"So where do you think we'll find this Key Blade Master Donald?" said one of the voices.
"How should I know?" said the other voice that was quite hoarse. "We just gotta find him because King Mickey said it was important!"
Still listening in closely, Sora turned his head to look at his Key Blade. Could this be the one they were talking about? The voices continued.
"Make yourself useful and check that ally over there," the hoarse voice said.
Sora jumped up. One of them was coming his way, and he wasn't even sure if they were friend or foe. The only thing Sora could think to do was grab the key blade to defend himself. He waited behind the boxes with the Key Blade over his head ready to strike. One of the figures was coming his way. He was quite tall and with the light behind him, it was impossible to see the face of the approaching stranger. Sora didn't want to take any chances so when the figure got close enough, Sora swung his key blade down hard on the stranger's head.
"YYYEEEOOOWWWWW!" the voice screamed. He darted out of the ally. "Donald! There's something back there! What if it's a heartless?"
"What?" the hoarse voice asked. "Fine, we'll go look."
This time Sora was up against two. He didn't know if he should knock both of them out or just make a run for it. They were fast approaching and he was running out of time to decide. The best plan Sora could come up with was to run farther down the ally and hide in the shadows until he could get a clear path of escape to run away. As he started to make his way down the ally, he tripped over a brick he couldn't see in the dark. "Ahh!" he said when stubbing his toe.
"Freeze!" the hoarse voice yelled from right behind him. There was a bright flash of blue light.
Suddenly Sora couldn't move. He was caught, frozen in an awkward position of falling from his trip.
"Look Donald! He's got the Key Blade!" said the taller figure pointing to the half fallen Sora statue. "He's the one King Mickey was talking about!"
The shorter figure released the freeze spell that held Sora in place, and when he did, Sora completed his fall to the ground. "Oof," Sora sounded as he hit the ground. The Key Blade clinked against the ground. Before Sora could move any farther, the two figures approached him.
"Fire!" the hoarse voice shouted. Sora remembered how when he had heard the word 'freeze' he suddenly became an ice statue, so when hearing 'fire', he immediately ducked and tried to hide his head, worried that a fireball would be flying at him next. But quite simply there was now a light in the ally. The two figures were standing right over him. "What's the big idea attacking royal servants of King Mickey with that Key Blade?" the hoarse voice asked.
Still afraid to look, Sora merely spoke with his head still covered by his arms. "Please don't hurt me. I didn't know! I just woke up here and the Key Blade, it just appeared in my hand. I didn't know what else to do, honest!" With little bravery Sora slowly removed his head from hiding and looked up and the two figures above him. He was surprised to see a dog and a duck. "Um, who are you?" Sora said realizing they weren't as scary looking as he thought.
"I'm Donald, and this is Goofy," the hoarse voiced duck said. "We were told to find the Key Blade Master. And since you have the Key, you must be him."
"We work for King Mickey," Goofy said. "He sent us to find you, and lucky we did."
"I didn't know anything about this," Sora said. "I was just on Destiny Island and now I'm here. It doesn't make sense."
"The worlds are bein swallowed up by a dark power. Any worlds that still exist are swarming with heartless," Goofy explained.
"And that's why we need you," Donald said. "Your Key Blade is the only thing that can seal the worlds from letting more heartless get in. And once we stop the heartless, we stop the darkness, and hopefully all the worlds and missing souls will come back."
"Wait a minute, back up," Sora said feeling over whelmed by all this new information. "So there are other worlds? And there are things called heartless running around? And I'm suppose to stop them all?"
"Way to catch on, there may be hope for you yet," said Donald. "You won't be doing this alone though. Goofy and I were instructed to stay with you. And we've got others fighting for our side."
"Others?" Sora asked.
"Yes, but that's not important right now!" Donald said seeing the wondering face on Sora. "Right now we've got to get moving on sealing these worlds."
"Wait," Sora said with a speck of hope in his eyes. "Do you know where Riku and Kairi are?"
"Who?" Donald said. "We don't have time for them. If you really want to see them again, you'll come with us and seal these worlds," he said starting to walk away.
Sora hung his head. How could he fight knowing his friends were out there somewhere? Lost… "I promise I'll find you guys," Sora said to himself, looking up into the starry sky. "Even if I die trying." Sora followed Goofy and Donald out of the ally and into the town.
"What is this place?" Sora asked, now realizing he may be with someone who actually knew.
"Traverse Town," Goofy said. "There's lots of shops here you can stock up on potions, ethers, weapons, chains, all sorts of stuff really."
"Why would I need them exactly?" Sora asked.
"Did you think heartless were cute little stuffed animals you could just chuck out of the way with that Key Blade?" Donald said sarcastically. "They're dangerous! You need that stuff to strengthen yourself cause if you loose, you loose…"
"Umm, ok, sorry I asked?" Sora said unsure if he should have said anything at all. Sora took in the town as the three looked around. It was pretty nice actually. Sora had never been to another world. He kept wishing that Riku and Kairi could be with him to take it in as well. Walking behind Donald, Sora noticed a staff he was carrying. It wasn't at all like Sora's Key Blade, and he could not easily forget the fire and ice he had seen come from it. He decided if he was going to be traveling with the bunch that it would be best to break the ice with some conversation sometime, so he asked about it. "Hey Donald, what is that thing you're carrying?"
"A Magician's Staff," Donald answered. "I'm a wizard, and King Mickey gave it to me so I could cast spells."
"Oh, so is that how you froze me?" Sora asked trying to sound like it was a rude gesture on Donald's part.
Donald laughed nervously. "Sorry about that, I couldn't let you get away." Donald was eyeing Sora's Key Blade remembering how Sora had used it to hit Goofy over the head and hoped Sora didn't have a similar plan for him.
"King Mickey gave me a shield so I could defend you," Goofy said about his weapon of choice.
"Well I'm sure I'll need it sense I have no idea what I'll be doing, or facing," Sora said. "By the way, who is this King Mickey you keep talking about?"
"He's the ruler of the Magic Kingdom," Donald said. "He's been trying to figure out what this darkness is that's destroying all the worlds. We have clues about who's behind it, but again, not important right now."
"He disappeared with only a note telling us to find you," Goofy said, sounding a little sad. "He's probably out there fighting heartless on his own."
"So you're looking for someone too?" Sora pointed out. "Well, I'll help you find him if you help me find my friends."
"I'm telling you, they could be anywhere," Donald said getting annoyed. "We don't have time to go on a wild goose chase."
"Well if you say I'm suppose to stop this darkness, that's what I'm going to do!" Sora fought back. "I'm just asking for a little help on the way. If I really can seal these worlds and bring back everyone who disappeared, I will, so don't worry about it Donald!"
Donald turned with a look of shame on his face. He had been unfairly judgmental of Sora's character, and didn't want to fight with the one King Mickey had told him to help. "Oh alright, we'll help you look for your friends! But fighting heartless is the first priority!" he made clear.
"There now, see, we can all be friends," Goofy said picking up Donald and Sora in a sort of group hug.
When Goofy had put the two back on the ground, Sora and Donald shook hands in agreement. Then the three headed off into another district of Traverse Town where Donald warned there maybe heartless waiting for them. "Oh Goofy," Sora said before they proceeded. "Sorry about hitting you on the head."