Chapter 2: Destiny Islands/Old Friends, New Adventures

The competition was cut short, so short it didn't even start. Everything lost colour when the announcer said start: the stage, the crowd, the sky and even some of Team Colourmatic. The only ones left was a kid from Team Monochrome, Kara, Blur and the announcer. The people greyed out didn't notice the others, and they just stood there looking bored.
"Hey, is this some kind of a joke?" called out Kara.
"Yeah, what the hell's going on?" Blur yelled. He was about to jump off stage when a 17-year-old boy put his arm out to stop him. His clothes contrasted in the dull world, even though they are black and white. His serious face stared down the announcer as the latter started to laugh maniacally.
"It worked! Everything has faded!" the announcer cried out.
"What is the meaning of this?" the boy asked to the hysterical announcer.
He looked at the boy and said, "Well Conner, leader of Team Monochrome, there's something you should know. I hate creativity! I'm not even from here. I was sent to capture this world to remove all personality from it."
"Then how come we weren't affected?" Kiera called out. The announcer turned to Blur and Kiera.
"It looks like you two have a much stronger personality than that of your friends. Too bad I'll have to crush you!" All of a sudden, creatures appeared from the ground. They were grey, bestial and had black eyes. Blur suddenly shuddered at the appearance of the creatures.
"They look like something from my dreams," he muttered to himself. The dream with the Keyblade, he thought. I wish I had that in real life.
"You can have it," spoke a familiar voice. Flare turned around and saw what looked to be a girl about his age. Her hair was red, her street dress pink and her aura returned colour to wherever she stood. "You have the power to fight back, you only need to dig deep and find it."
"Who's that?" Kiera asked, slightly confused from this sudden appearance.
"Someone I met in a dream. Not directly, but I heard her voice." Blur looked down at his hand, clenched it into a fist and placed it on his chest. A light surrounded him, and when it faded, he was holding something in his hand. When he opened it, he found a bronze Mickey token.
"A keychain!" he shouted. Focusing on it, he swung his arms and a Keyblade appeared in his hand. It was the Kingdom Key 0 again. He knew it was weak, but he charged at the creatures anyway. When one jumped at him, he struck it down and it disappeared. The other creatures followed suit, and were easily defeated. The announcer looked in shock.
"How did YOU get a Keyblade? There is no one around to give it to you!" The mysterious girl stepped in front of Blur, looking straight at the announcer.
"I helped him uncover his dormant power. Do not doubt those with a strong heart!" She placed both hands where her heart was, and a light appeared around her. It blinded the announcer and he disappeared into a dark portal he had conjured. Everything went back to normal, and the crowd ran, screaming at the sight of the remaining creatures. Even the dancers run at the sight of them.
"Hey…uh, whatever your name is, what are these things?" Blur asks as he bashes a few more of the creatures, only a few remaining.
"My name's Kairi, and they are called the Achromic. This particular breed is called the Greyscales, and they are the weakest of them all." As one approaches her, she kicks it away and it vanishes.
"Wait, Kairi? As in Sora, Riku and Kairi?" Kairi nods, grinning at him. Blur deals with the last Greyscale before his Keyblade disappears. He walks over to her and says, "You were in my dream, weren't you?"
"No, not a dream. It was your Dive to the Heart. Your test, so to speak."
"Whoa, that's weird," Kiera says as she comes over to them. "So, if you're the Kairi I know, then where's Sora and Riku?" Kairi gave a sad look, and then answered softly.
"They're fighting another evil, one which cannot wait for this threat to end. That's why I'm here, to get someone who's full of personality and creativity." Kairi walked away a bit, and then turned back to the others. "I came back here to visit last week because I was missing home. I knew about the Achromic threat, but had no means of stopping by myself. But then I saw you at the preliminary round of the Destiny Dance competition. Your team was vibrant, creative, and I saw what looked to be fighting moves styled into dance moves. You had a bright personality, and so I chose to unlock your hearts power and give you a Keyblade."
"In my dream, you said that my Keyblade was so plain because I have yet to find my true self. What did that mean?" Blur asked as he summoned the boring Keyblade.
"I meant what I meant. Your heart is losing touch with you, and your personality is starting to falter." Kairi waved her hand to the side and a bridge appeared out of nowhere, leading to an island. "Follow me."

Blur, Kiera and, to their surprise, Conner followed Kairi to the island off the coast of the mainland. It had a shipwrecked boat, a tree house and a shack placed around the front.
"Does anyone come out to the island anymore?" Kairi asked, feeling nostalgic.
"No, not really. It's been left untouched since you guys left," Kiera answered. The bridged finally ended at the shore and disappeared when everyone was off of it.
"Why are we here?" Conner asked. "What is here that you need to show us?"
"Something that used to be a secret," Kairi answered back. She led them over to a hole at the base of the giant tree. Pushing a few branches out of the way, she crawled in and told the others to do the same. Following her lead, they crawled their way to a cave with a bunch of drawings all around. Blur looked around amazed, and then noticed Kairi looking at a particular one of a spiky-haired boy and a short-haired girl feeding each other a star-shaped fruit.
"Did you two ever share a Paopu fruit?" Blur asks a slightly teary Kairi.
"We never needed to. Our destiny's were already intertwined." She wiped her eyes, and looked around at the other drawings. "I remember coming here with Sora and Riku, and just scrawling away at the rocks." She pointed at what looked to be a door at the back of the cave. It was wooden with a keyhole symbol in the middle. "This will help get you out."
"What do you mean out?" Conner asked, frowning slightly.
"Out of this world and into your journey." They all looked weirdly at Kairi. "You all came here, you are the destined ones." The trio start to back away a little, not sure of what was going to happen. "And it's time for Blur to open the way out." Keyblade still in hand, Blur's arm was lifted and aimed at the doorway against his will. The Keyblade's end started to spark to life and shot a beam of light at the keyhole of the door. The door disappeared and began sucking in anything it could find in the room. Kairi disappeared in a flash of light and Blur, Kiera and Conner were sucked into the voided doorway.