Chapter One: Twilight Existence
When the flash faded, I found myself lying down in a bed. Opening my eyes, I saw an orange light washing through the room. I was in a hotel room, presumably in Twilight Town. Sitting up, I noticed someone was already standing by the window.
She had her back turned to me, but I knew who it was. Amy. Getting out of bed, I noticed she was in her old traveling clothes from a year ago… when I defeated Charon. I touched her on the shoulder.
"Aah!" she screamed. "Sorry, Roy. I didn't notice you were up," Amy said, turning around. "You surprised me!"
"Yeah, sorry. What are you lookin' at, anyway?" I asked her.
"Well… it seems we're in Twilight Town," she told me.
"Yeah, so?" I replied. Amy looked at me, confused. "Oh, yeah, everybody else forgot."
"Forgot what?" she asked me.
"Nothing," I said.
"Okay… and another thing. We're wearing weird clothes," she told me. "This robe isn't real."
"Weird stuff happens sometimes, okay? Like how did I get these clothes?" I rhetorically asked her.
"Shut up! I've seen you wearing those clothes around. Like on Halloween," she snapped back.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Well, let's go have a look around. I wonder how much stuff has changed in a year," I said.
"What do you mean, 'changed in a year?'" she asked back.
"Uh… in a year since Sora was here!" I hurriedly answered. That was a close one… I thought to myself.
"Well, I'm not going out there! I'm scared…" Amy told me.
"Fine. Then I'll just go on my own," I said coldly.
"Wait! I'll go with you…" she submitted.
"Worried about me? I can handle myself, ya know," I said.
"No, I'm afraid you'll do something reckless and get in trouble!" she yelled back at me.
"Hey, I'll be fine. But if you insist…" I muttered, opening the door for her.
We walked down to the lobby, where there was nobody at the front desk. Walking outside, I almost got hit by a kid riding a skateboard. Ignoring him, we continued to walk down the street. We eventually made it to the Station Heights, ignoring the Struggle competition that was going on. I'm too good for such a contest, anyways.
Reaching the Train Station, we were attacked by Luce. Yep, Luce… those creatures I fought on my last journey. They have bodies and hearts, but no souls. They're like shining people, these Luce… but I cut them down with ease while Amy stood far away.
"Roy… what were those?" she asked me.
"Ah, nothing. Let's not worry about 'em. Anyways, let's go see if we can catch a train," I said hastily, running in the train station.
There was the magical train that led to Yen Sid's tower… I bowed, letting Amy go first. But just as I was about to get in, the train doors slammed closed!
"Roy! Hurry!" Amy yelled to me from inside the train.
As the train began to go, I ran after it as fast as my feet could carry me. Blazing across the train tracks, I jumped to grab the handrail on the back just before the train passed through the invisible barrier to Yen Sid's tower. For a moment, everything seemed slo-mo, like I wasn't going to grab the rail.
But in the end, I did! I hung on for dear life as the train passed the invisible barrier…