I do not own Kingdom Hearts, but I wish I did.

Of Darkness and Light.

Alex rowed the boat as fast as he could. Thoughts raced furiously through his mind. What was going on? What about the raft? And what were Kairi and Riku doing there? Alex's mind was busy trying to work out the answers as he rowed to the island.

Alex got to the shore and looked around. "How's it going, Alex?" he heard a voice sneer. Alex turned only to find Riku.

"Man you scared me. Where's Kairi?"

Riku just grinned and drew his sword. "So, how about another round?"

Alex just stared. Riku's acting really strange, he thought. And I mean more than usual. "We don't have time for this Riku. We gotta find Kairi and get home." Too late.

Riku lunged at Alex, knocking him straight to the ground. Riku pointed the blade at Alex's neck. "This time, I'm gonna win. Goodbye, Alex." Riku swung the blade upwards.

"RIKU!" Riku looked behind him and found Kairi holding his arm so he couldn't bring it down. Alex quickly rolled at of range and got up. Riku broke free of Kairi's grip and ran off into the shadows.

Kairi turned to Alex. "Never mind him, we got to get the raft to a safe place."

"NEVER MIND HIM! He just about killed me!"

Kairi just ran off to the distance. Alex then heard a scream. "Kairi!"

Alex ran over to her. She was surrounded by five black creatures. One jumped at her. It suddenly disappeared in a cloud of black. Alex appeared in its place, having destroyed it with his wooden sword. He grabbed Kairi's hand and pulled her with him.

"Forget the raft, we have to find a safe place for us!" Alex ran, Kairi barely keeping up. Suddenly, lightning struck the island. Millions of the creatures rose up and went for Alex. He tried to deflect them as best as he could. They eventually became too much for him, covering him in a huge pile. Alex fought back, trying to get back up. This is just like the dream, he thought. He felt himself going down, falling through the darkness. Suddenly a light appeared in front of him. A voice spoke out to him. Awaken, warrior of light. Lead us through the darkness and on to victory. Alex reached for the light. A sword appeared, in his hand. Power like never before ran through his veins. He glowed with the power of light and dove up through the darkness. The dark creatures blew everywhere. He swung this way and that, he was destroying the creatures by the dozen. He raised his sword in the air and lightning struck down onto the creatures. The remaining sank back into the ground. Kairi was looking at him with amazement. Alex looked down at the blade wide eyed. The voice spoke again. Behold, the Kanara, the sword of light!

Suddenly, the wind picked up. A huge creature rose out of the sea, much like the ones before. It reached its hand into the dark globe. Dark lightning appeared around Alex, lifting him up towards the globe. A dark creature came in front of Kairi. It stuck its hand through her chest, pulling out a heart. Kairi collapsed onto the floor. "Kairi!" Alex screamed in vein, slowly being engulfed by the darkness. "KAIRI!"

The adventure really begins. Sora will come in later with the keyblade next chapter.