Sora's eyes slowly opened. His vision was blurred and foggy, his body was numb. What's going on? Where am I? Came his slow thoughts. There was a flash in his mind, spinning, darkness, towards the void....
Sora's eyes snapped fully opened and he was able to move his body with slight stiffness. He stood up and looked around. He was certainly in a new world. He finally realized something else. Donald and Goofy were not with him.
Sora felt a surge of panic. "Donald! Goofy!!" He called, stumbling around. This place was well populated, with civil looking people and large buildings. His calls echoed back to him and a few people turned to stare.
Sora felt foolish and forced himself to calm down. They could take care of themselves. Especially if they were together. Sora hoped they were.
He set off in no particular direction, hoping to find Donald and Goofy and to find information on this place. He was tempted to ask the people, but of course they'd start to wonder how he got here. He didn't really want to start messing with the world order just yet.
After about five minutes of walking, Sora managed to find the town square. There was a huge sign that read two words: TWILIGHT TOWN
So I'm in Twilight Town huh? Wherever that is...Sora thought looking around. Then he spotted a peculiar looking creature. It was white, with no apparent face. Scissors for hands and pointed feet. The creature seemed to sense Sora's gaze and bolted. "Hey! Wait!"
Sora chased after it. Whatever it was, it was fast. Sora struggled to keep up, following glimpses and fading shadows. Finally he lost it. "What-?" Sora began, looking around. It was no where to be seen. Sora scratched his head. What was that thing? He looked up. He was standing in front of a large chapel, seemingly deserted long ago. However the door was just closing, as if somebody had gone in.
"Gotcha." Sora walked up to the chapel door and stepped inside. The white creature was standing there. It made a strange noise and disappeared. Sora raised a questioning eyebrow, and surveyed the area.
There were shadows everywhere, luckily not the Heartless kind. Feeble rays of light shone in through old windows, every time Sora stepped, a ring of dust flew about his ankles. Sora ears tingled. He heard something.
Heavy foots steps echoed in the chapel. It appeared as though somebody was coming toward him. Sora's eyes strained and his body tensed, but he couldn't see anything.
The foot steps stopped. The angles of light shifted slightly illuminating a dark figure. His boots could be seen and the bottom of what appeared to be a large black coat.
A voice rang out. "Keyblade Master..."
Sora stepped back and summoned his Keyblade. "Who are you?" Sora called back. He was answered with a deep, dark laugh. The white creature stepped back into view. Sora moved away further.
"Very useful creatures they are," said the man from the shadows. "Easy to control, yet impossible to fully understand. A man once thought of these things as un-existent, however some how they manage to appear in this physical plane. The man was puzzled by these creatures and in order to give them a label for future experimentation, he thus dubbed them the Neo, or the Non-Existent Ones." The voice trailed off, leaving Sora in a state of confusion. Neo's?
The voice resumed. "We are much like them. However incredibly different. We are the Unknown. And we present you, Keyblade Master, with a gift to aid your quest." The light shifted again and a Gummi ship was revealed.
Sora's eyes widened. "How-" Sora was cut off. The man was laughing again.
"Do not worry Keyblade Master. You're questions will eventually be answered. But until then, I'm sure you'll need to move between worlds. This is where I will take my leave. We will meet again. Our Master knows it. And he told me to tell you, that all paths lead directly to him...." The Unknown stepped back.
"Wait!" Sora called out. "Who are you?!!" The Unknown stopped. "I am..." he said slowly, "a mere shell..." He stepped into the shadows and was gone.
Sora's mind was whirling with questions, but he turned when he heard the chapel doors burst open. "Sora!" Donald and Goofy were standing in the doorway, out of breath.
Sora smiled. "Hey Guys! What took you so long? I already got us a ride." Donald and Goofy looked around the Keyblade Master and there jaws dropped when they saw the new ship.