Hey guys! Shadowdragon1317 is here! I felt great that soooo many people read my preview that I finished the first chapter last night! Shoutouts to
TWI1IGHTMAST3R: Thank you! I'm always open to your opinion!
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Well, anyway, here's Chapter 1!
Riku had come to gain back his best friend, who had always had his back. Well, today he would return some of the kindness Sora had given him when he was lost in the darkness.
Riku had fought into the Castle That Never Was, which was painfully slow thanks to the Nightmares that kept appearing in front of him. Note to self, Riku thought to himself as his keyblade dispatched another one of the troubling Nightmares, Be sure to let Sora know how hard it is for being his Dream Eater.
He slowly but surely made his way up the Organization's old stronghold, hating that every step he took summoned more of the annoying creatures.
Finally, he made it to the throne room, Where Nothing Gathers. Riku had always despised this castle, but now even more anger within him rose because of his best friend's kidnapping.
But as soon as he stepped on the platform baring the Nobodies insignia, he saw Sora. As he laid eyes on the spiky haired brunette, he felt all the hatred melt away, feeling relived.
"Sora!" Riku cried out as he ran towards the big, white throne holding Sora.
Suddenly, a ball of pure darkness was shot at him, launching him towards the edge of platform.
"Hands off my new vessel!"
Riku immediately knew who it was before he stepped out from behind Sora. The silvered hair teen walked out towards him putting himself between Riku and his best friend.
"You!"
The teen gave a bored expression, then said, "Our thirteenth member is almost ready"
Just as soon as he said that, one by one, the thrones filled with black hooded figures, three of them being "Ansem", Xemnas, and Braig. Riku filled with resentment as he saw the one who had put him into darkness. But he turned back to Sora, he was his main concern.
But what he saw was Young Xehanort leaping at him with his keyblade. Riku knew that he couldn't draw upon his in time so he tried to block his face with his hands. He closed his eyes…
But what he heard was completely different than he expected. Mickey had intervened with Starfinder, and sent Xehanort's younger self flying. Riku gave his thanks in a brief nod, before seeing what was happening on the tallest throne.
Swirling darkness gathered around the chair, making a human shape. Riku looked horrified, but then he looked away. As he told himself before, this was not his concern.
Mickey held his keyblade in the air, shouting "Stopza!"
"Thanks Mickey." Riku felt grateful that his friend had come after him.
"Anytime Riku, but let's hurry, cause this spell won't last forever. So let's get Sora and get out of here!" Mickey said in his usual optimism.
But something shot at the mouse king, another ball of darkness. Mickey shouted in surprise as the sphere connected with his back and launched the king forward.
"Mickey!" Riku shouted.
"I said hands off!"
Young Xehanort just appeared out of nowhere, summoning Riku into a space similar to where he fought "Ansem" not too long ago. Young Xehanort's keyblade flashed into his hands as he got into his battle stance.
Riku flared, "You want a fight?" Way to Dawn flashed into the silver haired teen's hands. "You got one!"
After a long and time consuming battle, Riku emerged victorious. The younger Xehanort flashed him a look of hate as he vanished.
Mickey came up to Riku, a look of concern plain on his face.
"I'm fine, let's go." Riku said assuring his worried mouse friend.
Just then the Stopza spell Mickey had cast wore out, and the two keyblade wielders were faced with eleven cloaked figures and Master Xehanort himself.
"Master Xehanort!" Mickey at first said with shock, then anger. "We were right about you!"
The old man had gazed onto the two denizens of light as if they were children who had done something silly, which Riku automatically hated. Riku looked around at the motionless New Organization 13 members when his eyes rested on Xehanort's heartless.
For the longest time they watched each other, sending daggers through their glares of hate. Riku didn't even catch the conversation between King Mickey and Xehanort, but heard bits and pieces.
"…little king, perspective."
"Seven guardians of light"
"Thirteen seekers of darkness"
"Keyblade War."
By the time Riku finally started to listen into the long speech that Xehanort was giving to Mickey, he had long since finished.
The old man stood up, summoning his keyblade of darkness. Chanting, he yelled, "Now it's tie for the last Replica to bear my heart, like the rest!"
He motioned his hand towards Sora's throne and it suddenly rose off the floor.
"Sora!" Both Riku and Mickey said at the same time. Mickey ran to the thrones and started to jump back and forth between two of the pillars before being pinned by Xemnas. Riku saw what happened to Mickey and started to run faster, but was tackled to the ground by "Ansem".
"Stay down!" Riku's dark enemy hissed.
Xehanort gathered his strength and put the magic into his keyblade. He raised it and launched his heart towards the defenseless Sora.
"No!" Both the king and Riku shouted.
But it did them no good, as the sphere that held Xehanort's heart connected to Sora's chest.
Lea appeared out of an apparition of flames just after Sora had been possessed, chakras in hand, ready to fight. But the sarcastic former Nobody only looked on in disbelief as he saw his best friend's Somebody being turned into a Replica.
Sora's eyes burst open in a gasp as he howled. Riku winced, it didn't sound like the friend he knew. Sora fell to the main floor, convulsing in agony. His ocean blue eyes flickered from their normal color to gold numerous times. Gold, blue, gold, blue, gold…
This time his eyes didn't change back.
Riku stared on at Sora, horror lingering on his features. Mickey looked utterly defeated, looking down in sadness. Lea lost the usual demeanor he had always had, dropping his beloved chakras onto the throne.
Xehanort cackled as his new Replica stood up to face him.
"Master Xehanort." Sora's voice mingled in with Xehanort's, seemingly emotionless.
Xehanort glowered on his defeated enemies as he said to Sora,
"Welcome to the Organization."
Suddenly, Sora quickly drew in a breath and placed his hands onto his skull, which had rapidly started to pound painfully. His knees collapsed on the floor, still holding his head as one of his eyes turned blue.
And stayed at the color.
Sora looked up at the old man, whose features changed from one of triumph to one of disbelief.
"How?" He stuttered in shock.
Sensing their opportunity, Mickey and Riku lashed out with their keyblades at their captors. They vanished and reappeared next to their Somebody. Suddenly, Sora whipped out his keyblade, which had become a darker version of its normal color. He threw it at Xehanort, who just jumped out of the way while the blade disappeared and then possessed teen leaped at Riku.
He's attacking us both? Riku thought as he blocked Sora with Way to Dawn. He knew that he couldn't fight Sora. He just couldn't.
As if hearing Riku's weakness, Sora-Xehanort knocked away the former's weapon and slammed him into the wall. Sora's hand rose up and swung down with keyblade in hand.
"STOP!"
That single cry had frozen both sides in their tracks. All eyes turned towards the center of the throne room, where a corridor of darkness had opened. A girl wearing a coat similar to the Organization's walked out calmly as both Xehanort and Mickey gasped.
They both called out "You?!"
The girl flashed a feral grin, and then turned her attention to the old man.
She spoke in a tone that seemed to match her appearance.
"Yes me. Long time, no see Your Majesty" She said to the King. She started again saying' "Not so much feelings for you I'm afraid Xehanort"
Sorry for the earlier confusion, what I meant to say is that whoever guesses how Xehanort will react to my O.C., sorry again for the earlier confusion! Dragon Out!