Chapter 1: The Start of Something Wonderful, Part 2

Dawns eyes grew wide as she saw them lunge, and cried out...only to watch them be thrown back with one sweep of the black key. Sora grunted, then slammed both keys into a dog, one each, and grinned as they both disappeared in a puff of dark smoke. He then spun, letting three more dogs fall to his Keyblades, and then grunted as two struck him in the back, knocking him off balance, though he seemed to step in mid-air, and righted himself just in time to take them out with a forward roll sky to ground strike, taking out seven of them in less then a minute. As the last two charged him, a third one turned to Dawn, and charged, lunging for her. Dawn screamed, and closed her eyes, waiting for the strike...but it never landed.

"w-wha?" she asked in fear, opening her eyes...and seeing Sora standing there, with both Keys struck through the dog, it slowly disappearing into smoke, just as the last bits of the other two disappeared as well.

"You ok Dawn?" he asked, letting the keys disappear and his clothes to return to normal, settling on the ground and kneeling to her level as he checked to make sure she was alright. She nodded, then tackle hugged him, crying hard in fear. He simply held her like this, patting her back gently. It wasn't until her mother came home an hour later with the nurse that she let go of the boy, who grinned sheepishly as his new friend then hugged her mother tightly, causing her to wonder what happened while she was gone, to both daughter and room.

After the nurse checked Sora out, proclaimed him healthy as a Ponyta, whatever that was, he thought, and left, Dawn and her mother came and sat him down, both looking at him, with Dawn sitting as close as she could without seeming scared, eyes occasionally searching for more of those things.

"You said your name is Sora, correct? I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier. My name is Johanna." said Dawn's mother, offering him a handshake, which he accepted, and shook "if you don't mind my asking...what happened after I left?" she asked.

"yea...i should start from the beginning. As I said, my name is Sora. I come from another world, and I am a Keyblade Wielder." he started to explain.

"Keyblade?" asked Johanna. Sora nodded, then reached his hand out, allowing the black chain Keyblade from before to appear, and sit in his hand.

"This is a Keyblade. Its a magical weapon that can destroy the darkness, and do as most keys can, lock and unlock things. The Keyblade has many forms, this one being called Oblivion. Its powerful in all ways, from its reach, to how hard I can hit a Heartless or any opponent. The Keyblade is made to beat the Heartless, which is the physical manifestation of the Darkness in peoples hearts, or what some would call their soul. The Heartless feed on the hearts of people, and actively seek them out to steal hearts. Dawn and I were talking after I woke up, when a few Emblem Heartless called Rabid Dogs attacked. I managed to defeat them with the Keyblade, but I almost wasn't fast enough to destroy them and save her...for that, I'm sorry." he said, bowing to her deeply. Dawn wasn't sure what to do, but she simply nodded.

"I'm just glad you were able to save my baby girl, Sora. Without her, I don't know what I would have done..." Johanna said softly "Dawn and I owe you for that." she added. Dawn nodded, confirming her mothers words.

"s-Sora...what was that thing you did? With the flames and the two Keyblades?" asked Dawn shakily, hugging a sleeping Piplup to her. Oddly enough, Piplup didn't seem nearly as fazed as Dawn did.

"That...that's a good question. I've honestly never been able to do that before...maybe a magic of this world? I'll have to look into it more..but the power was interesting, that's for sure." he said. He made a mental note to call Yen Sid later to ask him what that was.

"well, it was kinda cool..." Dawn said softly.

"but, more importantly, it kept you safe." Johanna said, then turned to Sora "will they come back?" she asked. Sora sighed, then nodded.

"As long as I'm around, they'll keep coming. I'm a homing beacon for them, so they wont stop till I'm dead, or worse..." he said with a firm voice. He then stood up, stretching "speaking of, I should probably get going...got some work to do, after all." he added, bending to reach his toes.

"Work? What kind of work?" asked both mother and daughter, confused looks on their faces as they stared at the obvious foreigner.

Sora grinned sheepishly "i came to this world to look for a couple people..two friends of mine." he said and if that dream means anything, he said to himself mentally, it might actually be three friends...if Kairi is actually here.. he shook his head of the thought. No, she was back on Destiny Island, safe and sound. He was sure of it. He looked at the three before him, then nodded " I should get going soon, other wise who knows what will pop up. Thank you again for letting me rest here." he said, before bowing again, then turning to leave. As he did, however, he felt a hand grab his own, and stop him.

"u-um..Sora?" Dawn asked, getting his attention. He turned to look at her, smiling "um..your kinda new to this world...right? Maybe its best I go with you? That way you can tell me about you stories, and I can teach you about our world, so you don't stand out that much." she said. What she didn't say, though, was that she was scared those...Heartless would come back, and while her mother was usually out and about during the day, she was not.

"heh, guess your right...would make it right difficult to do anything if I don't know this worlds culture, huh? But sure, long as your moms ok with it." he said, turning to Johanna, who smiled, nodding. "alright then! Another adventure waits!" he said, and with that, the two human friends, and a half awake penguin, strode out into the bright new world together.

Sorry for the longer second half, I really try to keep them about the same size for you, the readers, sake. But yea, there it is! The first official chapter of the new series! Give me a comment on what you thought, what I could make better, or simply just to say hello! And yes, Sora can use his Drive Forme here, but for those who noticed, he has to meet a specific requirement, so who can guess what is was?

Until we meet again, may your Heart never succumb to Darkness!