Chapter 2: Paradise Gone

Kinda obvious what's gonna happen here. I apologize for...

(Message from brother): "We all know that this chapter is NOT going to be like we expect, so ignore my sister here."

Ok... So he's got a point. Plus, my brother's found another use for his cat: A GBA screen cleaner... Oh! I'm not playing a KH file right now. I've just memorized most of the lines. Scary, but true... Before I forget, here's the story!

"This is weird... I bet Mom's worried about us..." Selena sighed.

"Maybe time runs faster here... After all... This IS a vid game," Mike smiled, "and you know it better than anyone."

Selena nodded and started walking to the island's dock.

"What?!" Ame yelled. She was 15 with black hair and brown eyes. "Selena ran away?!"

"That's seriously not like her..." Tiffany, a tall 13 year old with short blonde hair and blue eyes nodded. She was very into sorcery. She always wore the star symbol. "Selena wouldn't leave without telling us at least."

Selena's mom nodded. "We were hoping you would see if she left something in her room. Rachel AND Mike left with her apparently."

Ame and Tiffany stepped into Selena's room. "Hey... She left her game running." Ame said, picking up the controller. "What the?!"

"What's up?" Tiffany looked at the screen and stared. "What are Selena, Mike, and Rachel doing on the screen?"

There was a bright flash, and they found themselves in Disney Castle. "Ok... What's going on here?" Ame asked, looking around.

"We're in the castle... Great..." Tiffany walked ahead into Mickey's throne room. "Maybe Donald can-" She stopped.

Pluto ran up to them with the letter. Tiffany took it. "What's it say?" Ame asked at Tiffany's stare.

"Tiffany, Sorry to run off without saying goodbye, but there's trouble a 'brewin. Stars have been blinking out one by one, and that means trouble can't be far behind. There's someone with a "key"- the key to our survival. I need you and Ame to find her and stick with her, got it? We need that key or we're doomed! Go to Traverse Town and find Leon. He'll point you in the right direction. P.S. Apologize to Minnie for me. Thanks pal. Mickey." Tiffany read aloud.

Ame stared. "That was left for us?"

"Ahem!" Daisy walked in with Minnie following. "What's going on here? Where's His Majesty?"

"Um..." Ame snatched the letter and handed it to them. "The king left this."

"What does this mean?!" Daisy cried in shock.

"It means... We'll just have to trust the king." Minnie sighed.

"Your Highness." Ame said, not knowing what else to do than copy what Donald had said. "Don't worry! We'll find the king, and this key."

"Yeah! We already have an idea where this key might be." Tiffany turned.

"Oh! We don't need Jiminy Cricket with us either."

"Well, I say you should!" Minnie yelled.

Jiminy hopped onto Ame's shoulder. "Her Majesty says I must accompany you!"

Ame shook her head and walked toward the Gummi Ship. They jumped in and started flying toward Destiny Island.

"Weren't we supposed to go to Traverse Town?" Jiminy asked frowning slightly. "The letter said to go to-"

"We know where the Keyblade is. We don't need to go to Traverse Town."

"But are we too late?" Tiffany said, hitting some buttons. "How do I open the scanner?"

Ame hit a button that said 'map.' "The drawing says Destiny Islands is still here." Ame steered the ship toward the islands.

"I hope you know what you're doing..." Jiminy jumped onto the floor.

"Ooo! What does this switch do?" Ame reached for a green lever.

"Don't touch anything!" Tiffany hit Ame's hand.

"OK! Today we're gathering provisions for our trip! Selena gets 9 mushrooms; Mike gets 3 Seagull eggs; Riku gets 9 fish; and I'll get 3 bottles of water and 6 coconuts." Kuro said nodding. "Think that's everything... Oh!" He turned to Rachel. "Raid your house of anything that won't go bad. Crackers, bread, Twinkies... You know what I mean." ((Heh heh... Twinkies will last through nuclear attack. I'm making fun of that fact.))

Everyone nodded and went to get their stuff. Selena was careful not to go near the Secret Place until after she got the other mushrooms. They were pretty easy to find. She noticed Wakka standing next to the water. "Hey! Wanna fight?"

Wakka turned and smiled. "Course! I never turn down a challenge!"

Selena pulled out her wooden sword. "You asked for it!" She finished Wakka off with a few blows.

"Ouch! That really hurt!" Wakka rubbed his head in pain.

Selena laughed. She was in high spirits to face Ansem, and unlike Sora, kick his butt then and there. She walked in and grabbed the mushroom. She frowned at the picture on the wall. It was a picture of her and Riku, not Sora and Kairi. "Should've expected this much." She carved in a Paupu Fruit.

"This world has been connected." A shadowy voice mumbled. It didn't sound like Ansem. It was slightly darker, more sinister. "Tied to the darkness... Soon to be completely eclipsed."

"Who are you?" Selena asked. She new it couldn't be Ansem. The voice belonged to a girl.

"You do not yet know what lies beyond the door."

"So you're from another world?"

"There is so very much to learn... You understand so little."

"Oh really?" Selena shook her head. 'This is pointless!' She thought. "I'll get out and learn what out there!"

"A meaningless effort. One who knows nothing can understand nothing."

Selena blinked and the figure was gone. "Who was that...?"

She walked back to the beach and ran into Riku in the cove. "Hey! Riku, wanna race?" She asked.

"Sure! I'll kick your butt though!" Riku grinned.

The race started. Selena jumped over the edge of the starting point and ran toward the stair in the water. She scrambled up the ladder to the rope. She after sliding down the rope, she touched the tree and ran back. She got back barely before Riku. ((That's the path I always take in the game.)) "Ha! I win!" Selena breathed heavily.

"Let's go home..." Riku breathed heavily.

Selena nodded. She knew what was going to happen that night. Riku would turn evil... "Riku... Promise me something."

"What?"

"No matter what happens, we'll always be friends." Selena held her pinkie out. "Pinkie swear."

"What's gotten into you?" He did it anyway.

"Thanks... Riku, don't ever change."

"Huh?"

Selena looked out to the horizon. The sun was already setting. "It's just... I can't wait... Once we set sail..." Selena smiled. "It'll be great."

Riku grinned. "No matter what happens, I'll always protect you!"

Selena nodded. They started to walk back to the dock.

Selena looked out the window. "Any second now..." The giant thing in the sky appeared. "There's my cue!" Selena jumped out of the window.

"Selena! Mike! Dinner's ready, come on down. Guys?" There mother yelled.

"Didn't know I had company." Selena smiled when she saw Mike and Rachel.

"We know the basic ideas of the game." Rachel said with a nod.

"We have to find Riku and Kuro." Selena ran toward the island with the Paupu Tree, beating the Heartless of with her toy sword.

"That doesn't work you know." Mike smiled, hitting one on the head.

Selena ignored him and ran across the bridge. "Kuro?!" She shouted, staring at the boy.

"The door has opened." He said, looking over his shoulder as if hypnotized.

"What's he doing here?" Mike asked Selena.

"What do you mean, 'the door has opened?'" Selena asked, not taking her eyes off of Kuro.

"The door has opened! Now we can go to the outside world!"

"What about Riku?"

"Riku's coming withy us!" Kuro yelled, a crazed look in his eyes. "Once we step through, we may never be able to come back. We may never see our parents again," he looked up to the thing in the sky, "but this may be our only chance. We can't let fear stop us. I'm not afraid of the darkness!" He held his hand out for Selena to take.

"Kuro..." Selena went to grab his hand, but stopped. "I'm sorry, but I can't go with you."

Darkness surrounded Kuro, starting to swallow him. Before they new it, Selena, Mike, and Rachel were being sucked into the portal as well. Selena tried to fight it but was being dragged in. She felt like she was being suffocated, but something lit up the darkness. Selena was standing on the island, holding a strange weapon. "What the?!"

"Angelblade..." The voice whispered. The sword looked like the Keyblade, but silver. The blade part ((you know, the crown thing on the original)) was a crescent moon with a star. Where the bar things connected to the hilt ((the little thing Sora holds)) had a gold star with white wings. The keychain was a crystal star.

Mike was standing next to her with a katana with a sun for a keychain. Rachel was holding a bow with different colored gems in the wood. "Why do we have weapons too?" Rachel asked, pulling the bow string.

"Good question." Mike swung his katana, but didn't seem too annoyed with the fact he had a sword too.

Something crashed near the island. "What the?!" Selena cried as she fell over as the thing hit.

"Ame! Why'd you push that red button?!" Tiffany yelled, jumping onto the land.

"Didn't you read the warning? It said: 'Emergency Landing! Do not push!" Jiminy yelled from her shoulder.

Ame climbed onto the ground. "But the button was calling to me! It said: 'Push me Ame! Push me!'"

"In other words, you wanted to see if the ship would really crash." Tiffany said, glaring slightly.

"Sshhh..." Ame growled.

"I'm surrounded by idiots..." Jiminy sighed.

"Shut up grasshopper!" Tiffany turned and smiled at Selena.

"I'm a cricket! Not a grasshopper!" Jiminy shouted, then stared at the Angelblade. "The key!"

"No duh." Selena said, then frowned at Tiffany and Ame. "What are you doing here?"

"We replaced Donald and Goofy." Ame squeezed out her red vest. Her shirt said L33T M3, but it was hard to read in the darkness.

"Who are 'Donald' and 'Goofy'?" Jiminy asked.

"No one you need to worry about." Mike said, grinning.

Selena turned to the Secret Place. "Something's wrong... Riku didn't turn evil in this..."

"What?" Tiffany stared.

"It's true!" Rachel followed Selena, who had just run to the cave.

Everyone followed Selena as she raced into the cave. "Riku!" Selena shouted.

"What's going on? What's with that Keyhole?!" Riku walked over to them. "Why were all those monsters everywhere?" He saw Ame and Tiffany. "Who are they?"

"I'll explain later!" Selena shouted, but the door opened and blasted them out of the cave.

"Whoa!" Riku jumped up in shock.

"3... 2... 1..." Selena pointed to where Darkside would land and, of course, he did.

Some glowing things landed into Ame's, Tiffany's and Riku's hands. Ame's light turned into a scythe with a blood red tear drop in the blade. Tiffany's became a staff with a silver moon and a gold star on the top. Riku got a Dragon Sword. ((You know the one he got from Maleficent or whatever.))

"Rachel, shoot Darkside's head! Tiffany, blast it and heal us! Mike, Ame, Riku and I will cut this thing up to little pieces!" Selena commanded.

With all of the help, the quickly disposed of the Heartless. The giant orb started pulling them upward. They all grabbed each other's hand, so it looked like they were forming a ring. They were pulled into the object.

Hello! Sorry it took me so long to update! I was at an Anime Convention all weekend. My brother paid me to say something here, so I will. Ahem (sarcastic voice) "Read Thief by Black Ryu Lord!" Well, now that I've said it, it's time to collect that $10. Later! Bye!!! Oh! Mike's based on my brother, Rachel, Tiffany, and Ame are based on my crazy friends. Yes, Ame WOULD push a red button just cause it lights up. No, she is not an idiot. Later guys! For real this time!