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Chapter 5- Present Day
Sora lay back on his bed, listening to a rock song that pulsed out of his CD player. He was contemplating about the strange day he was that weirdo in the brown robe? What did he mean by 'One who knows nothing understands nothing?'…
"I understand heaps." muttered Sora crankily. Or did he? He knew there must be other Worlds out there, but what were they like? Sora's brows knitted into frustration. Something was nagging at the back of his brain, a distant memory. That hadn't been the first time he had met someone in the Secret Place now that he thought about it. That strange girl…
'The darkness… The darkness in your Heart gives you pain. Please, allow me to ease it for you.' her voice repeated in his head softly.
Sora turned the crown emblem on his necklace over and over again in his fingers thinking. Who was that girl back then, and why did she ask that strange thing? Did she have some connection to the man from that day…?
"Maybe I do understand nothing…" Sora sighed.
He stared out to the island where he played and gasped. A storm was playing havoc over it, ripping out trees and piercing the ground with lightning.
"The raft!" Sora leapt out of bed and ran to his boat…
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Sora felt himself being swallowed by the darkness. Where was he…? Where was Riku? Where was Kairi? It was strange here, and frightening. Suddenly a shaft of light brought him out of the shadows and he was left with a large metal key in his hands.
"Keyblade…" The word echoed in his head.
Sora grasped onto the hilt with both hands and started to hack away at the dark creatures leaping at him.
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The darkness fled from a shining white road that disappeared into obscurity. Lying on the path, Riku awoke. He stood up quickly, hoping that Sora and Kairi had made it with him. They were not. Riku stared off into the never ending shadows.
"I can't disappear yet. Not until I know Sora and Kairi are okay." Riku mumbled to himself.
"You'll be there soon if you just follow the path." whispered a voice.
"What?" Riku asked as he searched for the source of the sound.
"Just keep following the path; you'll make it. You'll find your friends again." The voice spoke once more. It was full of encouragement.
"Thank you," Riku said and started to walk the path.
"Find your light, Riku. Its right here waiting for you…" The voice echoed and died.