I began coughing as various particles of…stuff entered my lungs. Damnit, if this is going to be my "Dive to the Heart" this isn't very clean! I mean, the images in the game are all bright and colorful!
I pushed myself up from my knees and looked up, realizing that it was too bright for me to be in a "Dive to the Heart." It was sunny, and quite breathable. Looking down at the surface underneath me, I realized that I had been coughing up sand. It was Destiny Islands…Yay!
I gasped and looked around for where my sword had gone. Damnit, it's gone! That thing cost a lot!
I scanned the horizon of the small island wondering if I was on the island before the games, after the first, during Chain of Memories, or after KH2.
I struggled to my feet and observed the clearness of the sky. "I should say something like, 'I don't think we're in Hicksville any more, Toto.' But that's really clichéd. And I don't have anyone to say that to." I said it aloud, making myself feel completely at ease.
It was almost scary, and I began to wonder what Nakera from my Final Fantasy VII story felt like. I felt myself freaking out on the inside, and it slowly crept outward. I opened my mouth and let out a ghastly scream. I mean, it was awesome that I was in the game, just getting here and why I'm here is what was freaking me out!
My Kyo bag was still on my back and I took it off and rummaged in it for Donald and my necklaces. Don't ask about the necklaces, okay! They're like a security blanket! I held the figurine in my hand and started yelling up at the sky.
"What the hell is going on!" I yelled out anxiously.
"I'd tell you if I knew what you were talking about." I looked to my side and saw…Holy crap!
Sora, in a complete human form stood about ten feet away from me, and from the looks of him, it was after KH2. I stepped up to him cautiously and put my bag back on my back. His hair was even naturally spiky. There was no trace that anything about him was graphic.
I smiled almost pathetically, and said. "I think my world was destroyed." I wasn't entirely sure at all, because it was a theory of mine. It was that once I beat the game x number of times, a clue would come out to me and a few of my friends about the world being destroyed by the Heartless. "And of all places I ended up here…in front of the Keyblade wielder."
Sora looked at me as if I was threatening him. I began waving my hands frantically. "You have it wrong!" I took a deep breath. "See, your world, in mine, is…well, it's a long story."
I carefully began to explain to Sora that he was a character in the most amazing game since Final Fantasy VII. In my world, he was fictional and could only exist by scientific and unordinary means.
And somehow, he believed me.
It must be from all the traveling to other worlds that he has been able to accept the strange and unusual. Lucky him, if someone showed up one day and told me that I was in a video game, I'd freak out!
Sora was laughing. "Maybe I've been to your world, and that's just how much they want to thank me."
"You're cockier in real life." I muttered, hugging my Kyo bag to my chest. "I was expecting you to be nice and compassionate."
"I was joking," he corrected. "But you never know, what's your world called?"
"Earth."
Sora shook his sadly. "I know. Worlds are connected by Interspace. Where do you live?"
"Northeast Pennsylvania."
Sora looked confused.
"What?" I said. "You've never heard of Pennsylvania."
"Interspace." I nodded.
"Ohh, okay." I grinned. "It's also called, the United States, North America."
"Alright," Sora continued. "I should probably get Riku and Kairi." I suddenly squeaked madly. "Huh?"
I grinned, my face being bright red. "Riku is very pretty." I giggled, drawing out the 'e' sounds.
Sora laughed. "Tell him that he's too pretty for Kairi then." Sora rose from the tree stump he was sitting on, left over presumably from when the world was being recreated.
"Are you and Kairi going out!" I asked, dying to know like most other KH fans.
Sora's eyes darted in various directions, obviously embarrassed. How cute! "No, not exactly." I smiled, my head seeming to sink into my neck.
"You should tell her. Everyone who plays your game in my world thinks you should just tell her already. Other think she should be with Riku, but I say, noooo, I want Riku—" I covered my mouth with my hands. "I didn't say that!" I replied, quickly recovering my mouth.
"Tell Kairi, huh?" Sora asked as I rose from a large rock in the ground. "I'll pass for now."
"You know," I said. "You're a lot friendlier and more cheerful in the game." Sora lightly hit me on the arm.
"Maybe that game makes me warm up to people a little to easily." He added as he walked with me to the small island off the shore. "Give it some time, maybe an hour, and you could tell me if I act like the game version of me or not."
"Alright then, Sora." I said. "Now show me to Riku and Kairi! I want to add them to my list of awesome people!" I continued to walk with him a moment before another thought came to mind. "Will I be able to meet Roxas?"
Sora shrugged and stretched his arms out. "Maybe, if he feels like popping out or something. I can't control him."
"Hmph," I sniffed. "If I had a Nobody, she'd be my best friend, and it would give me an excuse to talk to myself in public and not get told that I'm crazy."
"What's your name, anyways?" Sora finally asked. I sighed in a cheerfully disgruntled way.
"About time!" I blurted. "I've been waiting!" I pushed him a bit. "I'm Anna, and, I feel like, I'm going to go through your little expedition. I'm gonna need to find my friends, if they're here at all."
Here we go again…
Don't you dare make this into a game Disney and Square-Enix! Don't you dare! I don't wanna be laughed at!
I learned a valuable lesson within the hour or so I spoke with Sora: video game characters are weird. And they take a while to get used to, so this is going to be a hard journey.