Kingdom Hearts: Intertwined Souls

By AnimeDutchess

Chapter 6: Dreams, Prophecies, Who Cares?

A/N: Finally! The chapter I've been wanting to write: the freakish dream sequence!

Talk Back:

Matt of Hyrule: Yeah, I want to, but I'm kinda caught up in this fic right now, so it won't happen anytime soon, unfortunately. Thanks for thinking my story is funny…it's at the funny parts, right?

Jupiter-Lightning: Thankies!

Lady Sonora the Black-Rose: Yes! I was striving for cuteness! YAAAY!

jeffiswrongC: Off world? That's probably going to be in the next couple chapters after this one! I'm trying hard to make things come together!

Well, I guess the chapter ought to start now! Enjoy!

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Lilith opened her eyes. She was falling, falling into the dark, crushing ocean. She could hear her own thoughts as she fell.

"I've been…thinking a lot lately…about my mother…what did she want to tell me that day? Heck, why does everything that happened that day after she died feel so hard to remember…"

Lilith's eyes widened as she heard more of her thoughts being said aloud, although she hadn't said a word.

"Why do I try to prevent my destiny? I'm a demon; I'm the Devil's daughter for crying out loud! I'm supposed to be evil, to thrive in the darkness…Mille did…but I don't want to be like her…she would kill millions of innocents for no reason…and I've been scared of the darkness ever since I saw her eyes…after…"

Lilith closed her eyes and felt air bubbles leave her mouth. She leaned back into the water and fell faster. She then felt the warmth of the sun sting her eyes and the water surrounding her disappeared. She opened her eyes; she was standing on the small stretch of beach Riku had found her on! She squinted her eyes and shielded them with her hand from the sun to see what was in front of her.

She saw two girls standing in the water next to each to each other, their backs towards her. One had long blonde hair in a loose ponytail and was wearing a crème-colored Chinese-style shirt with a matching skirt and stockings with slip-on black shoes. She had two swords, one on each hip in a sheath. She looked about Lilith's age. Lilith immediately knew it was Helena. The other girl, though, was sort of a mystery, but gave her a feeling of deja-vu.

The other girl had rather orange-tinted skin. Her long, black hair was in a braided bun at the back of her head. She wore black leather pants and a black, short-sleeved belly-shirt with a gray undershirt with long sleeves under it. She had on black combat boots and her rather long nails were painted black. This girl looked to be about thirteen. Lilith decided to run towards them, tackle Helena, and ask who the girl was, but as she stepped forward to do so, she noticed that the tide was coming in - A LOT.

Lilith gasped and looked towards the other girls. A huge, blue wave was coming towards them. The two girls turned around and faced Lilith. Helena held out her hand to Lilith, but she really didn't notice as the other girl turned around. Lilith almost fainted.

It was Millie. Lilith would know those black eyes anywhere.

Millie held out her hand also, as though beckoning Lilith to come to her. Helena turned towards Millie, and then looked at Lilith and shook her head no. Lilith didn't know what to do, so she ran towards both of them, trying to get them away before the wave crashed down on all three of them.

It was too late. The water immediately crashed down on all three girls. Lilith was spun by the current a few feet away from Helena and Millie. Millie stood there, smirking and holding out her hand. Helena swam towards Lilith and grabbed her hand, but Lilith was swept away by the current and once again went to the inky bottom of the ocean. When she finally floated up to the surface, the sun was setting, and Lilith looked behind her. She didn't see Helena or Millie around, but she did see Riku on the beach. He called out to her. She waved and waded through the water to the beach. He approached her and rubbed her back, asking if she was alright. She nodded, and he smiled. He then turned around and looked at the sky, saying that he heard something. Lilith blinked in confusion and looked at the object that had caught his attention.

A figure of what seemed to be a young girl was falling towards the water. She seemed to be a dark silhouette against the colorful sky. Riku narrowed his eyes to get a better look, but Lilith had the strange sinking feeling of deja-vu as she looked at the girl falling. She then realized that it was more than just a feeling- she really WAS falling!

She had suddenly changed from standing next to Riku to falling into the ocean. She screamed as loud as she could. As she hit the water and once again began sinking toward its depths, she saw Riku kneel down and reach his hand into the water to grab her, but she was already too far down. As she closed her eyes, she could feel herself returning to the darkness of the ocean. She opened her mouth, expecting water to rush in, but at that very moment the water was replaced by air. She opened her eyes in confusion as her body was spinning towards a black platform. She ended up landing on the platform in a standing position. She looked around the strange place she was in, but all she saw was darkness.

She then took a step forward. Suddenly, the platform she was standing on shattered, and the black ground was replaced by a strange stained glass floor. She looked at it; it seemed to be a picture of a girl. She wore a dark blue schoolgirl uniform and knee-high lace-up boots. She also had gloves on. The girl's eyes were closed. Her hair was slightly longer than Lilith's, and was down and the exact shade of black. The girl wore a strange tiara on her forehead with a dark blue jewel in the center. She held a rather strange-looking staff, and all around her was what seemed to be a map of stars and planets. Lilith gazed at the strange and wondrous site until she heard a mystical, yet very familiar voice.

"So much to do…So little time…" The voice said. Lilith gasped. "M-mother?" She asked to no one. The voice went on as if not noticing her question.

"Take your time, love…Don't be afraid…The door…is still shut." Lilith stepped forward. The voice of her mother here was rather intriguing, and she was scared and confused. The voice gave her the reassurance that she needed to know that she wasn't going crazy.

"You have many questions…I will try to answer as many as I can…go ahead…ask away…but know this, love: after each question, you will be taken to another place, and will have to complete a task before you may ask your question. You do not have a task this time, so ask."

"Okay," Lilith said, "Are you…my mother?" The voice let out a small chuckle.

"Yes, love. My spirit has come to guide you towards your truest destiny. The prophecy of you destroying all worlds? It isn't your destiny. It was only interpreted for you so you could come to this time and fight the war you are destined to fight."

The ground started to shatter into many pieces. The beautiful stained glass picture of the girl shattered, and Lilith fell into the darkness. She tried to scream, but couldn't.

She fell towards another stained glass floor-picture thing. This time, it was of another girl in a schoolgirl uniform, only the skirt was green and this girl's black hair was down to her mid-back. Her eyes were closed, and she held a small, round, pink jewel close to her and a bow and a quiver full of arrows was on her back. Around her were the halves of two scenes: one half was of tall buildings, the other half was of a dense forest. Lilith landed gracefully on her feet. The voice of her mother spoke again.

"Now," her mother said, "It is time for you to learn how to summon the Key Staff. Just stand in the center of the floor and hold out your right hand." Lilith nodded and walked slowly to the center. She held out her right hand. Suddenly, light began to swirl around into a long pole, and the key pendant glowed. The key staff then appeared in her hands.

Lilith gawked at the Key Staff. It had changed since she saw Helena wield it. It was as long as she was tall. The top part was circle-shaped; the bottom part had a rectangle with a crown shape carved out of it jutting out. It was silver, but the top part was gold.

"Wow…it's…beautiful…" Lilith said in awe. She heard her mother's voice chuckle softly.

"I thought you'd like it," She said, "Now, ask me any question you like."

"Okay…what is my destiny?"

"Your destiny…is a complicated thing to explain. You see…you are the Key Staff Wielder. Being the Wielder has been passed down through the generations in my family to the firstborn of each family. I myself was the Key Staff Wielder at one time, but once you were born, you inherited the Key Staff. At the time, it was with the angels, so you couldn't use it to stop the darkness from being born. Love, your destiny is to bring some of the darkness back to where it came from."

The floor then started to disappear. Big blobs of darkness ate away at the floor until it got to where Lilith was. She started to sink into it, dread filling her as she reached her hand out…

She was tossing and turning when she awoke on yet another stained glass floor. This one was divided into three sections with just a white chest-up outline of a person on each. Lilith couldn't make out any features. She then noticed that she was still holding the Key Staff. She them heard her mother's voice speak again.

"At times, you must fight," she said. Three small, bug-like creatures that were all black and had yellow eyes rose from the ground. Lilith knew what they were instantly.

"Heartless!" She cried in surprise. She ran towards them and swung her staff horizontally. They fell backwards and disappeared instantly.

"Good," her mother said, "You are stronger than I expected. Please, ask another question."

Lilith thought about all the images on the floors she had seen in this strange place. She wondered who the people were and what they meant.

"Alright…who are these people on the floor? I mean, do they have some form of importance to me, or…" Her mother's voice laughed in its usual merry way.

"They are the Children of Darkness. There are seven. They hold the power to reveal the lock to that door you came through when you left Hell. With their hearts and the Key Staff, one could open the door to Hell and lead the world into everlasting darkness. Your job is to protect them and prevent the reopening of Hell."

Lilith then saw a light envelop everything around her, including herself. It was a comforting light, and Lilith closed her eyes in pleasure until the sound of her boots tapping onto another platform woke her from her daydream. She looked at the floor.

This floor had the stained glass picture of another girl. She looked to be in her late twenties. He hair was long, red, and in a high ponytail. Her skin was very tan, and she wore puffy pants and a tank top. She wore lots of jewelry and her eyes were closed as well. Her hands were folded, and around her were seven different medallion-type things with different symbols on them. Over her head was the symbol of a triangle that was divided into four other triangles, three with the point up and the center one with the point down.

"Lilith," her mother's voice said, "Being the Key Staff Wielder isn't all about swinging around a stick. You are able to use magic no other…demon…could ever hope to use. Now, I want you to do a simple Fire spell. Just aim the end if the Key Staff at this," a wooden bow appeared, "and say 'Fire'."

Lilith nodded and aimed. With a shout of "Fire!", a ball of flames shot from the tip towards the box. The box was immediately destroyed.

"Very good for your first try. Now you can do that spell whenever you want. Now, go ahead and ask away."

"Hmm…okay…well…do you know if I'll ever see Helena again?"

"Of course you will. She has a role in your destiny as well, along with the Children of Darkness, your new friends, friends you haven't met yet, and…well…those you have not seen in many years."

"Huh?" Lilith said. Before she could make more sense out of what her mother's voice said, something appeared at the edge of the floor. It looked like a step. More steps started to appear, one after another, to what looked like another platform with, most likely, another floor picture of a Child of Darkness.

"Now go," The voice said, "Follow the stairs and go to the next platform."

Lilith nodded and ran up the stairs. It didn't take too long until she reached the next platform. She stared at the floor; the marvelous pictures of the Children of Darkness never ceased to amaze her.

This one was a picture of another girl. She had blonde hair that went slightly past her shoulders. She wore a blue, nun-like outfit that looked like it was more of a slightly revealing battle dress than something a nun would wear. She had two guns, one on each hip, and was wearing a strange-looking pocket watch around her neck. Her eyes were closed (surprise, surprise), and there was the face of a clock behind her, the numbers Roman Numerals.

A light appeared at the center of the platform. Lilith quickly ran towards it, but the moment she stepped into the light, she immediately wished she hadn't. She felt, instead of comforted, a series of dark and evil emotions escaping from her body, her feeling each one as it left to go to her shadow. She looked towards her shadow. It began to develop shape and form, and rose from the floor. It turned from an exact copy of her to…a giant, bat-like creature. She yelped and tried to make a run for the stairs, but they had disappeared!

"Don't be afraid," Her mother's voice said, "And don't forget…" Lilith didn't hear her mother, though. She was already in a heated battle with the creature.

It could fly, but not very well. When it did fly, it would only stay up for a minute or two and try to hit Lilith with magic before it came back to the ground. When it was on the ground, it would try to swipe at Lilith with its claws. Lilith could easily dodge its attacks and get behind it, slashing again and again at it's back. Since it was big and stupid, it wouldn't notice her until she had hit it almost nine times. Then it would start to fly.

After a few rounds of flying, coming down, hitting, flying, etc, the monster quickly swung around (Lilith was behind it) and slammed her in the stomach. She fell backwards and almost fell off the platform, but was able to keep her balance. She was getting ready to leap towards the creature, but then the Key Staff disappeared. She looked around for it, bewildered, and then dodged an attack from the bat-like thing. As she dodged it, her foot fell down, like it was being sucked into something. She looked down; the dark blob-like things were back! They started to suck her down into the darkness. She gasped and looked towards the creature she had been fighting. It watched her with mild interest. As Lilith was pulled into the darkness, she could hear her mother; yelling, probably, but it sounded like whispering:

"Don't be afraid…"

Too late for that, Lilith thought.

"You hold the mightiest weapon of all…"

Then why did it disappear? She thought.

"So don't forget…"

Don't forget what? Her thoughts were becoming more frantic and full of questions. Her mother's voice then became normal sounding.

"You won't be the one who will open the door…"

The door to Hell?

"You will be the one to close the door…"

What door?

"Good luck, Lil…I love you."

"WAIT!"

But the voice faded. Lilith was floating in the darkness, and all she could hear was the beating of her heart…but was it really HER heart?

…Thum-bump…

…Thum-bump…

…Thum-bump…

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Disney Castle had returned to normal, even though Donald and Goofy hadn't found King Mickey. Queen Minnie was okay with the fact that he should have returned to the Castle when Kingdom Hearts was sealed, even though he still hadn't turned up in two months. Everyone had been busy, though, since it was always busy at Disney Castle. This particular morning, Donald, among his wizardly duties, was still going through the books in the castle library to find a good locater spell to find King Mickey. He was searching through one particularly old book when an envelope fluttered out.

"Huh? What's this?" Donald said aloud. He picked up the envelope and opened it. He took the letter out of it and read it. He was a very good reader, and could read very quickly. Once he finished, he blinked a few times to let everything he read sink in.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Donald ran towards the only place the only person he could talk to was: The castle courtyard. As he ran towards the giant, castle-shaped bush, he saw his friend Goofy sleeping in the shade. Donald immediately started to shake Goofy to wake him up.

"Goofy! Goofy! You've gotta wake up! We've got a problem!" Donald shouted. Goofy continued to snore on. Donald 'harrumphed' in annoyance and pointed towards the heavens. He yelled, and a bolt of lightning hit Goofy, waking him up promptly. Goofy rubbed his head and looked toward Donald, smiling.

"G'morning, Donald. What's the rush?" Goofy said good-naturedly. Donald sighed.

"Goofy, we've got a problem. I'm not sure if we should tell Queen Minnie or Daisy, because it concerns the king, so I need advice."

"Well, last time you didn't want to tell them anything about King Mickey, they got awfully mad at you."

"Yeah, you're right. You go find Minnie while I go find Daisy. We'll meet at the library."

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Donald,

If you've found this letter, it means that the worlds can be traveled to once again. You probably haven't found me yet, either. I'm still looking for the cause of the disappearing worlds, probably. Anyway, that isn't important.

What is important is that you need to locate someone with a staff shaped like a key. Most likely this person is a demon or part demon. This person is needed to stop the darkness that is probably threatening the worlds as we speak…or…as you read, I guess. Go to Traverse Town; Leon will help you.

Good Luck!

P.S.: If I haven't gotten back or I just left, can you tell Minnie I'm sorry? Thanks, pal.

-Mickey

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"Oh dear…not again! What should we do?" Daisy said. She, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy were in the library. Pluto was nearby, sleeping. Donald was checking out the book from where the letter fell out of. It was filled with passages of dead languages, spells, hexes, incantations, and legends. The page where the letter fell out told the Tale of the Key Staff Wielders. Donald was fascinated with it, and wasn't paying much attention to the conversation the others were having.

"Well…we'll just have to trust the King…again…" Minnie said, looking sad. Donald then looked up from his reading.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. We'll find the King and this Key Staff Wielder." he said, folding the page he was at and shutting the book. Goofy nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, and maybe we'll meet up with Sora again. Wouldn't that be great, Donald?" Goofy asked, turning towards the pant-less duck. Donald made a small 'Herm' noise at the dog-man's comment.

"If the Keyblade Master can help, then by all means find him and the Wielder. Please…find the King," Minnie said, "And to chronicle your travels…she will accompany you." Minnie motioned behind her. At first Donald saw nothing, but he then noticed the small ball of lavender light with wings.

"Hello!" The light said. It flew over to Donald and Goofy and started to circle around them.

"I'm Navi the fairy! Nice to meetcha!" She said with rather extreme enthusiasm. Donald and Goofy sweat-dropped at Navi's happy-go-lucky attitude, saluted to Minnie and Daisy, and went to the Gummi Ship.

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"Golly, Navi, your world disappeared?"

"Yeah. It was the worst! No one listened to me to stay together, and Nab-Chan got kidnapped! As far as I can tell, I'm the only one who made it here. I just hope the others got away from those monsters! Those black-bug things are hard to beat!"

"You mean the Heartless?"

"Is that what those things are called? I just called them Shadows!"

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A/N: …Was that good? I'm not really sure if the end part is good, but I liked writing this. The only reason this was finished so soon was because today we had a half-day. In fact, tomorrow starts four half-days full of final exams! And then…Summer Vacation! I'll probably be able to update even sooner! That'll be great!

I'm just wondering…does no one read these Author Notes at the bottom? I'd really like it if you read them; they contain information that might be interesting to you!

Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter. Review and you get a digital cookie! Ja Ne! -AnimeDutchess