Chapter#5

Good-byes and Hellos

The being looked at him, " There's not much time left, it's already ten." He looked at him, " It's ten already but it isn't even dark yet." " Without the sun there is no sense of night or day just twilight…but soon there will be darkness and that's when they will strike so we must hurry," said the being. The being disappeared, he noticed something different about the being, "His voice seems the same but it's his tone and attitude that's different, could this be someone different," he thought. As they ran up the street he could notice it getting darker slowly. " We have to hurry by the time we get there it's going to be too late!" he yelled. They finally reached the top of his street, " Okay we have to hurry up to that hill," he said pointing towards the hill on the side of his house. The sky grew darker and darker every second they wasted running up the hill. When they reached the second hill it was completely dark. " You have one hour," said the voice of the being. He looked at his friends, " Over there is where the door is now follow me," he yelled pointing at the palo verde tree. He started to get this weird feeling as thet ran towards the tree. " This feeling it's the same feeling I got when I fought that monster inside the heart of the world but this time it's a little different," he whispered to himself. The reached the door with forty-five minutes to spare. " So this is the door that guy's been telling you about," said Josh. The boy looked at his friends, " As long as we're here they can't get to us," he said looking at the shadows surrounding the tree. " What are they!" yelled Lora. " Those are Heartless…they steal the hearts of people," he said. He sat down on a rock and looked at his friends, " I'll explain everything to you guys…even though some of you may know already what I'm going to say." He told them everything about the Heartless and their discoverer Ansem and how he even casted off his own body to the darkness for power and knowledge. His friends looked at him and to the three who had played the game nodded their heads. " So this Ansem guy is gone right?" asked Paige. " Yeah he was destroyed when I opened Kingdom Hearts," he answered. He then began to tell them about his home world Destiny Islands and his friends that he's been searching for. He stood up and looked at the door, " This is my only way to find them." The being appeared, " You have one minute left," he said with a calm voice.

He turned to his friends, "Saying good-bye isn't always easy but it needs to be done sometimes. Where ever you are I'll be there with you at all times," he said. He then turned back around and looked at the door. " It's time for us to part ways…I'm sure that we will all meet again…I'm so sure," he said as the keyblade appeared. He unlocked the door the being walked through first and then he began to walk through it but stopped and turned around and waved good-bye as it began to close. It was done over the door had closed and there was no hope for his friends or so they thought.

They heard clapping from behind them, when they turned around to see the being. "Wait how are you here you just left through the door?" asked Josh. The being looked at him, " That wasn't me…but an imposter of me…but no time to explain that now I have a proposal for all of you. Would you like to leave this place?" They looked at him with questionable faces. " We can't the door's closed and plus you don't have a keyblade to open it," said Taylor. " My boy…keyblades aren't the only thing's that can open doors," he said as he touched the keyhole on the door. The clicking sound was heard and the door opened.

" Wait how did you do that?" asked Josh. " A door always opens to it's creator doesn't it," said the being.

" Who would like to leave this place with me?" asked the being. The kids looked at each other some shook their heads but four of them stood up. These four were Delaney, Josh, Andrew, and Stephanie.

" So the other five do not trust me do they…well it's your loss then." said the being as the five of them walked through the door. Once again the door had closed but this time leaving only five left. " I just didn't trust him," said Lora. ' Neither did I," said James. " Same here," answered Paige and Sara simultaneously.

They all looked down at the ground, " I guess we're going to be the ones swallowed by the darkness now," muttered Taylor. Then they heard the clicking of the door. They looked up to see the door opened.

They all looked at each other and nodded; they walked through the doorway, on the other side they saw one door. " Should we go through?" asked Paige. James walked in front of them," I have a good feeling about it so I'm going." He opened the door and a bright light came through it and they saw a figure dressed in red," Welcome." They walked into the white room and saw the man dressed in red. " Hello my name is DiZ and welcome to Castle Oblivion." Meanwhile the boy finds himself at the gates of Twilight Town. " So this is where the door lead to this place…where ever this place is." Five of his friends were safe but the other four were in grave danger. He opened the gates to see the vast city of people talking, playing, and eating. " What is this place?"" Sora!" yelled a duck like voice from behind him, he quickly turned around, " Donald, Goofy is that you!" He ran to his friends, " It's been along time guys…I'm glad I found you two."

" You found us…we found you!" yelled Donald, while Goofy stood there staring off into space.

The other four followed the being through the heart of the world. " What is this place?" asked Josh. " This is the heart of the world where all the memories of the world lie," answered the being. The being lifted his right hand and darkness started to raise form blow him. " What are you doing!" asked Andrew.

" I'm creating a door so we can leave," answered the being. Then from the darkness rose a black door with the heart and stitches insignia on it. He touched it with his hand and it opened. He walked through it, Josh, Stephanie, Andrew followed. Delaney looked up and the shattering heart, "So this is where heart of all world's lies…within a door." She then saw two red eyes in the darkness above her and quickly ran through the door. On the other side of the door was a vast room with a desk and chairs. " Welcome to Hollow Bastion," said the being as he sat down in the chair behind the desk. The other's walked around the room looking at the bookcases and papers. " Your rooms are outside and across the hall," said the being giving them a hand gesture to leave. The four kids did as he said and looked for their rooms. When they entered their rooms they found the same black trench coat like cloaks that the being was wearing on their beds. They all decided to put them on. When they all walked out they saw two beings talking, one of them looked at them. He walked over, " So you must be new to the Organization. My name is Ansem," he held out his hand to Josh. Josh looked at him, " Remove your hood and prove that you're Ansem." The being did so revealing his long white hair, yellow eyes, and tan skin. " It's him but he…he…. he killed you…Sora killed you," muttered Josh. Ansem looked at them, " Sora you mean…he merely weakened me…and besides I should thank Riku for accepting the darkness into his heart if he hadn't I wouldn't have a body."

He then put his hood back on and walked away towards his room. " Maybe e should have stayed behind," said Stephanie. They looked at her, " Hell no I wasn't going to swallowed by darkness because of Mark or Sora whoever the hell he is!" yelled Delaney. They looked at her, " Yeah!" they all yelled.