Ok, for being the first chapter I think it was pretty long, huh? well, it doesn't really matter anymore. So, here's the new chapter! Enjoy, my dear readers.

Disclaimer: I don't own kingdom hearts nor any of their characters, They all belong to Square-Enix and Disney. I just own my OC.

A thick fog hung in the air, making it almost impossible to see anything.

I was standing in the middle of a clear in the forest. I was small, around 5-6 years approximately. Behind me stood a couple. The lady had long blonde hair and brown eyes, she wasn't very tall and had a slender figure. Next to her stood a short man, just a bit taller than her, and was slightly buff. He had dark brown hair and brown mean eyes and a mustache was over his lips.

"D-do ya think she'll come?" she asked him "It's been 6 years since we last saw her after all" She was trembling from head to toe as she looked around nervously "Maybe we should leave..."

"Shut up! I haven't gone this far just to leave with this brat at the end. We don't need another mouth to feed, I've enough of her!" He said while glaring at me and then at the woman "And did ya forget of who we're talkin' 'bout here!? It's Maleficent! The most powerful witch out there! She had her subordinates observing us all these years! We made a deal with her, remember?"

I furrowed my eyebrows and turned to them "Weren't we going to the candy shop, mom? Dad?" I asked, pulling the man's sleeve. He looked at me with hatred and slapped my hand away. "Shut up, brat! Thanks to the heavens I'll not have to see ya stupid face again." he said. I lowered my hand and looked at the floor.

The wind howled against the trees as a strong gust passed. My body shivered and I looked frantically from side to side at the scary forms of the naked trees. The fog thickened and suddenly a dark green flame appeared before us. After a second it dissipated and in its place was a tall woman with a long black robe with a purple trim appeared. She had a slightly green-toned skin and bright yellow eyes, shadowed with purple makeup and red lips... But what was more outstanding was a pair of long black horns she wore over her head. She had a long staff with a green orb on the top on one hand and over her shoulder stood a raven with suspicious eyes.

"M-Maleficent!" The man said. Said woman scanned the faces of both adults and at the end her eyes landed on me. A devilish smile traced over her lips as she walked closer.

"Well, well, well. Here we are, after all these years. Isn't it heartwarming?" She said. She lowered the head of her staff and lifted my chin with it "Look who we have here. Aren't you Alex? My, how big you've got." I pulled my face away and tried to hide behind the man. The witch actually chuckled. "Lovely" I heard her say as the man took me by my wrist and pushed me towards Maleficent.

"Here she is! Take her and give us our part of the deal!" The man exclaimed. The witch smiled darkly and took me by my hand. She took a couple of steps back, pulling me with her, and looked with disdain at the couple.

"You know, now that I remembered, I never said I would accept your conditions." She said and chuckled. Before the couple could do anything, she lifted her rob and covered us completely in darkness.

I saw a faint green light before everything turned silent and then the witch lowered her arm. She stepped aside and showed a large dark hall with stone walls and a blue carpet on the floor. Two sets of stairs were on each side of the hall that lead to the center of the room, where a throne stood.

"Maleficent!" I turned my head quickly and saw two short creatures that resembled pigs run towards us. Scared of their appearance, I moved and hide behind the Witch unconsciously. The witch sighed and moved to the side.

"Take this child to one of the vacant rooms, then give some food to her. Don't let her leave the room unless I say so, Understood?" She said to them. Both creatures straightened and raised their hands in a salute. "Understood!" they said. Then, she turned to me and smirked. "And you, you're going to obey me from now on. I'll be your new owner and you must do anything I say. I've got great plans and you're included in them. Now, go!" She said before disappearing in green flames.

"Aleeeex!"

I gasped and my eyes flew open. Sora was in front of me with Donald and Goofy at his sides. Both of his (gloved?) hands were on my shoulders.

"Huh?" was all I thought saying, forgetting completely about my dream. Sora chuckled and lifted his hands from my shoulders.

"You really are a deep sleeper, huh?" He said. Goofy laughed and Donald rolled his eyes "We already have arrived to our destination like... 5 minutes ago I think?"

"We've been trying to wake you up since then!" Goofy said. I felt my cheeks heat in embarrassment and tried to cover it up with a cough.

Really?

5 minutes, Alex?

Rolling my eyes internally I stood up and straightened up. "Alright! Let's go." I said. Sora and Goofy nodded while Donald murmured "finally". I glared at the short duck. I walked towards the door and stopped next to it to wait for the others to go out first. The trio sent glances between them and started walking out of the train.

First Sora.

Then Goofy.

And at the end Donald.

Who I put my foot in front of him before walking out, making him stumble.

The duck rapidly turned his head to me and glared at me for some seconds, then, with a huff, he kept walking.

Chuckling I stepped out of the train to see Sora just a meter away from it, trying hard no to laugh after seeing what had happened. We stared at each other and then he smiled. I returned his smile and then heard movement behind me. Turning around I saw the train disappear enveloped in light. I glanced back at Sora and he let a nervous giggle out "There goes our ride..." he then said.

"Well, it seems that we'll not need it again." I said with a shrug. Sora sighed and turned to look at Goofy and Donald. They were standing in front of a tower "Then, let's go" I said and started walking towards the entrance and Sora followed.

Stopping behind the animals, I saw a tall, chubby figure with peeping between the doors of the tower. Sora walked to the front and stopped with furrowed eyebrows.

"What's goin' on?" Donald asked. The figure laughed maliciously and responded without turning.

"I sent some of my lackeys inside to see if the master of this here tower's as big and tough as they say. Word is, he's a real powerful sorcerer. Which would make him the perfect bodyguard for me. See, it don't matter how tough he is-once he's a Heartless, he'll do as I say!"

Then, Sora, Donald and Goofy alarmed, changed to fighting stances "A Heartless!?" Donald said. I crossed my arms and looked with a lifted eyebrow from the trio to the fat figure.

"That's right. They're those things that come outta the darkness in folks' hearts. Why, with all those Heartless at her side, my dear friend Maleficent is gonna conquer everything! And since I got me a debt to pay, I'm goin' 'round to a bunch of different worlds and buildin' an army of Heartless, special for her. Why am I talkin' to you pipsqueaks anyway? Go on, scram! I'm behind schedule as it is." He said while waving his hand, as if he was sending off a group of dogs.

At hearing the name of Maleficent, I remembered about my dream and my brain put my body in full alarm.

She was a bad person.

And my dreams and what the fatty said proved it.

What more has she done to me while I was with her?

"You oughta find somethin' nicer to do." I heard Goofy said, taking me out of my thoughts. "Says who?" the other said. Turning to them again I saw the figure turn around and surprise showed through his face.

He was... I don't know? Something similar to Goofy, with similar black fur but he was bigger and chubbier. He was using a red and black outfit and a purple armor over his shoulders and a pair of fingerless purple gloves.

"Wha...AAAH! It's you!" He yelled while looking at Goofy and Donald, then he palled after seeing me.

"Pete!" Goody and Donald said. Pete lifted his hand and pointed at me as if he had seen a ghost. Puzzled, the trio turned to me then back at Pete.

"Y-YOU! You're supposed to be dead! What are you doing here!?" I looked at his face. He seemed to know about me but I couldn't remember his face at all. "You know him, Alex?" Sora asked. I glanced at him and shook my head, then glanced back at Pete.

"Do I know you?" I asked "Because I'm sure is the first time I'm seeing you." Pete looked at me dumbfounded. Then he squinted his eyes and scanned me, looking for any trace of a lie. When he understood that I really was telling the truth he started laughing loudly. I glared at him and walked to stand next to the trio "What are you laughing at?" I snarled. He then lifted a hand and made an act of brushing a tear from his eye.

"Ah, nothing, nothing. It's just so funny." I brought out my keyblade and started walking towards him when Sora pulled me back and he and Donald stood in front of me as in covering me.

"What are YOU doing here, anyway!?" Donald yelled. "You do know him, right guys?" Sora said, this time to Goofy and Donald. Goofy, next to me, answered.

"We sure do! Pete's been causin' trouble for ages! His Majesty banished him to another dimension a long time ago. I wonder how he escaped."

Pete laughed darkly "You wanna know how, eh? Well, Maleficent busted me out, that's how! And now your world-no, no, no, all the worlds-are gonna belong to yours truly. Cause Maleficent's gonna help me conquer 'em!"

"Maleficent...huh." Sora said, and he and the duo giggled as if he had said some private joke. Looking at them I lifted one eyebrow, amused.

"What are you laughing at!? Why, Maleficent's power is so great-!"

"She's toast!" Sora said, cutting off Pete. He looked at us dumbly and a "huh?" escaped his mouth "Sorry, but Maleficent can't help ya now." Goofy said. I cocked my head to the said and looked at Pete.

"Whaddaya mean!?" He said, at this Donald snickered. Realization crossed Pete's face and he pointed an accusatory finger to the trio "You! So you're the ones that did it!"

Sora, in a relaxed manner, lifted both arms over his head and crossed them at its back "Well...we mighta had something to do with It." and smiled. Pete shook in fury and shouted angrily.

"Heartless squad! Round up!"

Then, shadowed figures with bright yellow eyes appeared from the floor. Instantly, we adopted fighting stances and Sora and I summoned our keyblades.

Some of the heartless jumped at us and others slid through the floor and attacked from there. Everyone started fighting, Donald using his magic spells, Goofy sending his shield flying to the heartless and Sora and I slashing them with our keyblades. And just like that, the fight stopped soon, with us finishing all those heartless.

Pete trembled in anger "You just wait! Nobody, and I do mean nobody, messes with the mighty Pete!" We turned to him and walked, stopping just a couple of steps before him "So, "mighty" Pete, who lives in this tower, anyway?" Sora said in a mocking tone while pointing at the tower.

"Oh, ya don't know, eh?" He said as he straightened up "well, it's old Yen Sid. 'Course he's probably a Heartless by now!" Donald and Goofy's eyes widened "Master Yen Sid lives here!?" the duck exclaimed, then he ran towards the tower and entered rapidly. "Yen Sid is the King's teacher!" Goofy said to us. I turned to him. "Oooh" I said while nodding, somehow I could understand Donald's urgency to meet him. "Wow, sounds powerful!" Sora said and proceeded to ran to the tower with Goofy behind him.

I stood there with one eyebrow raised, looking at their backs. I shrugged and turned back at Pete who was with his mouth hanging open at seeing at the trio running away, forgetting completely about him. Then he stomped on his place and growled. I chuckled at his childish behavior and he froze up at noticing I was still there. He then glared at me and pointed his chubby finger at me "YOU! Tell those nimrods that they will hear from me soon! And you! Maleficent will know about this!" He said before running away.

Pfft.

What an idiot.

"Heartless, Heartless, Heartless! Things haven't changed one bit!" Donald said annoyed after we defeated a group of heartless.

A really large group of heartless that appeared since we entered the tower. Since the first floor, through all the way while running upstairs, we encountered many heartless.

"Well, it's a good thing we're on the job, then." Goofy said. Disappointingly, Sora looked at the floor "So the worlds aren't at peace after all?" he then looked at the next door we needed to walk in.

Sighing, I walked to the door and opened it and walked in first, seeing another set of stairs.

"How many stairs are in this freaking tower?" I said "Is as if we're taking stairs to the heaven, good god." I rolled my eyes and started walking up. Behind me Sora laughed while Donald snickered.

While we were already at the middle of the stairs it occurred to me to talk "Well, no more heartless at least-"

And more heartless appeared.

"You had to talk!?" Donald yelled.

Ignoring what the duck said, I concentrated to finish the heartless. The good thing was that they weren't much so we finished pretty quickly and kept walking upstairs, reaching finally -what I hoped- was the last door.

And thanks to the King it was.

The door lead to some kind of office with stars and crescent moon shaped windows. A couple of stands were hanging on the walls with books in it and a chalkboard on one side. On the other side of the room was a desk with an old man sitting behind it. He had long gray hair, thick gray eyebrows and long beard of the same color. He was using a blue robe and a sorcerer's blue hat with yellow stars and crescent moons on it.

Donald and Goofy moved quickly and stood in front of the desk, while Sora and I, in a slower pace, walked behind them. Donald and Goofy bowed lowly to him while Sora looked with interest at the duo and I raised one eyebrow at their movement.

They must respect him a lot to do that... more than the King I would say.

"Master Yen Sid! It's an Honor!" The duck said. The sorcerer's eyes were on the duo and nodded his head in acknowledgement, then he glanced at me and Sora.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, sir." I said. The man nodded his head again and looked at Sora "Hey there!" without thinking I slammed my hand on my face at Sora's greeting "Nice going" I told him. Sora smiled sheepishly at me.

"Sora! Show more respect! At least the other one here had some tact!" Sora scratched the back of his head and I furrowed my eyebrows at Donald "Hey! I have a name, right? A-L-E-X! Got it memorized?" The duck just rolled his eyes.

Stupid duck.

Turning back to the sorcerer I saw him with both of his hands raised, trying to calm everyone. Once he got the attention again he talked.

"So, you are Sora. Now then, have you seen the King yet?" he asked.

"Yes, we did, Master. But we didn't get a chance to talk to him." Goofy said. Yen Sid nodded slowly "Yes...the King has been quite busy of late. Therefore, it would seem that the task of instructing you four falls upon my shoulders. You have a perilous journey ahead of you. You must be well prepared."

"You mean... We have to go on another quest? I was looking forward to finding my friend Riku, so we could go back to the islands." Sora said.

I felt a slight pang in the head at hearing that name somehow. Was it kind of... familiar?

"Yes, I know" responded Yen Sid "However, everything in your journey, Sora, is connected. Whether you will find your way home to the islands... Whether you will return alone or with your friend... And, whether or not the islands will still be there. And the key that connects them all is you, Sora." Sora pointed at himself "I'm... the key?" then, he extended his hand to the front and closed his eyes, summoning the keyblade.

"Chosen wielder of the Keyblade! You are the key that will open the door to light." Yen Sid said. I glanced back at Sora and with a more determined look, he nodded his head. "And you-" Yen Sid continued. Looking back at him saw him looking directly at me. "Your name... Alex, was it?" I nodded my head. By the corner of my eye I saw the trio glancing back and forth between Yen Sid and me.

"Do you carry a keyblade too?" He asked. "Yes, sir." His eyes widened slightly and realization crossed his eyes "I see. I might have heard of you before, other chosen one. This will definitely be our favor!" He said and the trio jumped in enthusiasm next to me. Then, Yen Sid straightened in his seat and Sora, Donald and Goofy immediately did the same.

The sorcerer, with a wave of his hand, made appear a thick book on his desk. He lifted the book and opened it in front of us with swift movements.

"This book contains valuable knowledge you will need for your journey. Study it carefully. Once you have finished, we will speak of the enemies you will surely confront." He finished.

Nodding, all of us loomed our heads over the book and started reading it. After a couple of minutes we finished reading and straightened.

"But wait a sec-how come the Heartless are still running around?" asked Sora. Donald and Goofy nodded their heads, agreeing with the question.

"Your past endeavors did prevent an immense effusion of Heartless from the great darkness; make no mistake about that. However, the Heartless are darkness made real-and darkness lingers yet in every heart. The Heartless are fewer. But while darkness exists in a single heart, it will be difficult to eliminate them" Everyone sighed at this.

"Gawrsh, that must mean...if everybody's heart was full of light, them Heartless'd go away!" Goofy said. Sora and Donald nodded their heads happily.

"But that's impossible." I said before I could stop myself. The trio instantly looked at me. Nervously at being under their stare, I glanced to the floor and gulped loudly "As long as there is light, there will be Darkness..." I said, somehow remembering hearing that same line said by other person. I looked back up and saw the trio's shoulder drop.

"Well, she is right about that." Glancing back at Yen Sid he said this while nodding his head. "But there's nothing to worry about as long as there is light to combat darkness." the sorcerer said, trying to give more hope to the kid and his two companions. Noticing that it actually worked after seeing their eyes lit up he continued "Now, it is time to speak of the enemies that you will encounter."

The sorcerer waved his hand and in one side of the room a projection of Donald appeared, turning after in a heartless creature with yellow eyes. "If one such as you, Donald, yields to the darkness in their heart, they too will become a Heartless. But you know this. The Heartless are always lurking and ever seeking to capture new hearts. Never let your guard down! Now then..." he then waved his hand again and a gray creature appeared next to the dark one.

"A nobody!" I said quickly. Sora glanced at me curiously and Yen Sid nodded his head "At times, if someone with a strong heart and will-be they evil or good-becomes a Heartless, the empty shell they leave behind begins to act with a will of its own-" he made the heartless disappeared "An empty vessel whose heart has been stolen away... A spirit that goes on even as its body fades from existence-for you see, Nobodies do not truly exist at all. Nobodies may seem to have feelings, but this is a ruse-they only pretend to have hearts. You must not be deceived!" Yen Sid said. Sora glanced to the floor sadly "Nobodies... they don't exist..." Yen Sid waved his hand once again and two more nobodies appeared.

"Now then...the being you see before you is known as a Dusk. They are the most common form of nobody. But there are others-some larger, some with frightening and unique powers. Be vigilant! On your journey, you will meet an alarming number of Dusks. They will all attempt to do you harm." The trio nodded their heads at the sorcerer and the projections vanished "Still, they are nothing but empty shells, destined to return to the darkness. But-" and three figures dressed in black appeared before us.

Crossing my arms, I popped my right hip out and stood only on that leg, trying to take a little rest after standing up for so long.

This really was a long talk.

"The beings you see before you now are different. These powerful Nobodies have formed a group called Organization XIII. It commands the lesser Nobodies." Sora, Donald and Goofy took a step back in wariness after seeing the image of the dark figures. "Organization XIII..." Sora said. "While Heartless act on instinct, Nobodies function in a higher manner. They can think and plan. And it seems they are working towards a goal. What that goal is, we do not know. The King sensed the danger, and journeyed forth to fight it. He found the dark realm's Keyblade, and with it, closed the door. Now he's traveling from world to world, fighting the Heartless as he seeks the answer to the riddle of the Nobodies and Organization XIII."

"I already meet one member of the Organization" I said. Sora and the rest gasped and turned to me with surprised faces. "If I remember right his name was Axel. I saw him in Twilight Town and he was trying to take... a friend of mine away with him... He said that someone... his boss sent him and gave orders to annihilate him if it was required." I finished, with a hand over my chin.

Now that I think about it... Axel said that it was Roxas's boss too. Meaning that... Roxas was part of Organization XIII.

Sora's nobody was with the Organization.

But how could Roxas not remember Axel being his best friend and being part of the Organization? If they didn't have hearts... how could they act as if they had one? I know for sure while being with Roxas that his feelings were genuine.

He and Axel had feelings.

I should probably don't say anything about this yet.

"They're dangerous people, you should never be deceived by them. They don't have hearts." Yen Sid said.

Lies.

Roxas had a heart.

Trying not to think too much about it at the time, I pushed those thoughts at the back of my head. Glancing around I noticed that the cloaked figures disappeared. "Then I guess we better go find the King first!" Sora exclaimed. Donald crossed his arms "But where could he be?" he said.

"Well, we'll just have to look for him, isn't it?" I said while giving them a small smile. Sora smiled back and nodded "Yeah. And the King must know where Riku is, 'cause the two of them were together in the realm of darkness when we closed the door. You know, after defeating Ansem." He said, the last said while looking at Donald and Goofy. The duo nodded their heads in agreement.

"So, before you go, you will need more suitable traveling clothes. Those look a bit too small for you." He said, directly at Sora. Said boy looked down and glanced at his outfit "Through there, you'll find three good fairies. If you ask, they'll create for you appropriate garments." Yen Sid said while pointing at a large green doors that was near his desk.

I looked back at Sora.

Indeed, his outfit was a bit small.

"Gawrsh, Sora, you sure are growing fast." Goofy said. Sora kept glancing at his clothes and started pulling the hem of his jacket. "Uh... I guess..."

I giggled at seeing him like that but looked away quickly as he lifted his eyes after hearing me. At this, Sora chuckled and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

He was kinda cute actually.

Saying thanks to Yen Sid, we walked towards the doors entering one by one to the new room, me at last. "Wait" I turned around before stepping out of the room and looked back at the sorcerer "You must not get separated from Sora, other Keyblade bearer. Your role in this will be important for the future." Yen Sid finished.

I nodded my head at him and was dismissed.