The Door to Love

As Alan woke up the next day from all of his fun with the guys in his messy apartment, he looked outside his window to get a nice morning breeze, but today was different. The clouds that formed around the city were black, it started to rain sludge from the sky and he also noticed that there were these weird black beings as well. They were very short being no bigger than a tricycle, had yellow eyes, pointed arms and legs, hunchbacked, and were pitch black as the sky was as well. Alan then rushed off to grab his green, hiking backpack he always took to go to the Rocky Mountains. He knew he didn't have much time to waste. 'Why does this stuff always happen to me? Okay, first things first. Extra clothes, money, that keyblade I got, the journal, my books…Oh who am I kidding? This is no time to think about school!!' Then Alan quickly ran out the door and ran down the creaky stairs and out the door to notice the entire city from building to building covered with black sludge, and was crawling with each of the tiny ghoulish critters walking about.

As Alan quickly took out his journal, he then turned to page two as he read: 'The virus as my associates had figured out to be the 'Black Plague' is very lethal. First off, it doesn't just infect a person when it strikes, it infects a whole planet while it's at it. We are talking a pandemic the likes we have never seen before. The first phase of the infection is that the person becomes sick, next they soon turn black from head to toe and their hearts slowly separate from their bodies. The last phase is that soon their greatest fears and anger and sorrow take over their minds which make them what I have dubbed them to be: The Viraltroopers.' Alan soon figured that judging by the amount of hearts that he saw flying into the sky, they were after the peoples' hearts. He then remembered what Mark Benjamin Jr. had told him. He had to have good intentions with the keyblade to do great things. 'That's it. If these guys are after hearts, maybe I can put their hearts back where they belong and get to the bottom of this mess.' Alan slowly took out his keyblade and then saw a big purple heart up in the sky above him. He pointed towards it and zapped it lightly thinking, 'Go back to your body. Go back to your body.' Surprisingly enough, the heart did exactly what he was thinking and Alan followed it towards a woman in a red dress holding a microphone as he put the keyblade back in his backpack. He also noticed there was a camera with her that said, "Channel 7". He then slowly got the girl to come to and then as she did, he asked her, "What happened here? How did this happen?" The girl then replied, "It was at about 7:00 a.m. The sky slowly turned black with clouds gathering and we all thought it was going to rain, but instead sludge rained down from it and a giant monster came down and destroyed the old warehouse rumoured to be the SPC headquarters. The next thing we all knew people were getting sick and turning into those things." As she pointed Alan then asked as they saw the tiny miscreants approach them, "What did this monster look like?" "He was about seven feet tall. His skin is white, and his eyes were green and nasty looking. He's also wearing a black and grey suit. I'd steer clear away from him if I were you."

Alan then summoned the keyblade he noticed it simply came to him when he wanted it to without even opening his backpack. 'Interesting feature. This may come in handy someday.' Alan was then tackled by forty of the Viraltroopers and with one huge brown blast blew them all away. He then quickly ran to five of them and sliced them open like onions and instead of killing the people, the sickness was instantly cured from each of the people he rescued. He then ran off and dodged one of them trying to jump from the left and tackle him and the other from the right and above him as he sliced both of those Viraltroopers open and cured the people of the sicknesses. As Alan, cured the last of the people in the area, he heard a scream for help. It was faint, but he could recognize it anywhere. 'Oh no… Nadia!!' As Alan turned the corner to his right, he noticed cars everywhere were flipped on their backs and he found the giant monster the woman spoke of. He ran forward and then sliced the creature, but it was only pieces of cardboard, buckets, mops, and other household utilities put in one spot together. Alan noticed Nadia on the ground just a few feet ahead of him and then slowly nudged her shoulder to try and get her to come to. 'Come on Nadia. Come on Nadia.' Then the girl's eyes slowly opened.

Alan sighed and smiled as he said, "What a relief. I thought you were a goner." "What happened? The last thing I remember was a group of these little black things everywhere in school and then next thing I knew I was out here asleep." Alan then smiled and said, "Everything's gonna be okay. I think I have an idea as to how to get rid of these things." Nadia then blinked twice and asked, "You do?" They then heard a loud stomp and behind Alan was giant black grizzly bear, with purple eyes and red claws. The bear charged him down as he told Nadia to leave. The girl refused and soon enough charged after Nadia. Alan ran in front the girl and was scratched at his chest as he slowly collapsed. Nadia then knelt down next to the boy crying a little and screaming as she saw the bear reigning down upon them. Alan then held the keyblade with both of his hands and pushed up against the bear and jumped high into air. As he did, he sliced the bear's chest and he dissolved into sludge. Aland then asked as he held out his to Nadia, "Are you alright?" Nadia nodded and asked, "Are you?" Alan spat on the ground a little and said, "Sorry about that. That bear was tough." He then stared at the sky and saw a purple light glowing through the clouds. He then thought, 'If that's the sun up there, then that means…that's it then. I aim at the sun and give it more strength which could then break the clouds apart." (So he's a bit a science nerd. He's still very cunning and powerful as well as I will explain in future chapters.) Alan summoned his keyblade and then pointed into the sky as he made a huge blast go right through it and the clouds disappeared. Soon enough as well, the entire city started to recover as well. The sludge melted from the sun's heat and the Viraltroopers lost control of the people because of the light from the sun touching the people. 'So they can't take the heat from the sun eh? Another interesting feature.' As Alan withdrew his keyblade, it disappeared and when he opened his backpack, it was right there next to his journal and his stuff. Nadia then asked, "That's a weird looking sword. Where'd you get it?" As the girl pointed at the white keyblade, Alan responded nervously, "It's a present from my uncle. It's nothing too fancy really." Pretty soon as the entire city cheered and clapped, Alan and Nadia were teleported at random together from the vicinity as people gathered around the area they were in confusion. Even Alan's buddies were confused as to where they went. Even the Pierce Brosnan look alike thought looking into the blue sky, 'Where are you Alan my boy? It's not like you to do a stunt like this and scram.'

Alan was back in the dark space that was his dream with Aranse awaiting him. Alan then said pointing to Nadia, "Nadia, this is Aranse, a weird alien spirit from what I have learned so far. Aranse, this is Nadia, a girl I have met in our hometown." Nadia slowly hid behind Alan's left shoulder as she replied saying, "H-hello, n-n-nice to m-m-m-meet you." Aranse then replied saying, "Do not be afraid my child. Come out from under the boy's shoulder. Alan slowly turned red a little as he though as Nadia stood beside him staring at the red orb, 'Well that was unexpected.' "You are such a beautiful girl. I have never seen such radiance in one human being before. Alan, you have done well in your quest so far when going through the Door to Love." As Nadia asked what the Door to Love was and what the heck was going on, Alan soon explained everything that happened to him from start to finish as well as who Aranse was and what happened to him too. Nadia then replied turning red slightly, "So you went to go through the Door to Love huh? How'd it feel?" Alan then replied, "It was like being touched by an angel. I just don't know how I could describe it any better than that." Aranse then stated, "That is your heart reacting to its surroundings. Since it felt the love you felt for this woman here, you both are now destined to wield the 'keyblade' as has been laid out." Alan then asked, "But why her though? Why me though? We're just ordinary people. We don't know anything about fighting?" Nadia then added on, "Besides, those creatures we saw back on Earth were pretty powerful too." Aranse then continued, "Yet you cleansed your world of the virus effortlessly. That's all the proof I need for you to be the 'chosen'. This weapon as was designed by the SPC, was actually a blueprint set up by the Rulius Court to ensure no more violence would continue. It was apparently lost on your planet when Obeion took the blueprints and attempted to escape with them months earlier before our destruction."

A light glowed as Nadia then held a pink keyblade and in shock then said, "I can't possibly do this. I don't know karate or any of that stuff." Aranse then continued, "You two, above all else have a power like none the universe has ever seen. You care for your fellow man, you look after your relatives, and you desire to do what's right in your hearts. So thus, you have been chosen by fate to wield such weapons. I warn you this though. So can you use your emotions to save people from the 'Dark' so too can your dark emotions create these vicious new creatures, you call the Viraltroopers." Nadia then asked, "How do you know all of this?" Aranse then replied, "I am the former head of a universal court my dear. I know all there is to know about this new threat. There isn't much time to explain why I brought you from the Earth, except that this virus has spread to every world in the universe. If it's not handled quickly, all shall be lost I'm afraid."

Alan then toughed up noticing Nadia starting to look gloomy and asked, "What can we do then?" Aranse then opened a dark portal and portrayed a virtual map showing fourteen worlds: one green and thirteen red in the map above the portal and stated, "All of the green worlds shown above are the ones cleared of the deadly virus and its toxins. I have deduced from the virus's movements that if you are to eliminate the virus on each of the other worlds, then perhaps the virus will collapse in on its self. This new 'virus' can only move with ease if there is a path to follow. Only these fourteen worlds are the most susceptible to attack and the most efficient ways of travelling about the universe. If you can save all of the worlds in the map, then the virus will surely die from isolated positions." Alan then asked, "What if they get taken over again though?" Aranse then stated, "I don't want to think of the consequences of such actions if they were to happen. Now go Alan…Nadia. You two are the chosen of all the people in the universe. I have also transported the map inside a projector in the form of a watch so anytime you need to go from world to world, or see your progress, you may take a gander by pressing the red button on the right side. You alone have the power to save us all. May God be with you." As Alan nodded he took Nadia's right hand as he nodded to her and she nodded in kind and he said, "Let's do this." They then entered the portal as it closed shut behind them leaving Aranse yet again alone in the darkness.

(Freaky stuff. It looks like Nadia has a keyblade too. She's never even wielded one yet and now she has. Those strange events I was talking about with each component of the heart have not yet happened so I would stay tuned as best as you can. This will get interesting. To just some up with the fourteen worlds as I have been going through, since this way before Kingdom Hearts even existed, most if not all of the Disney Worlds don't exist either. So I am going to use some random ideas to come to mind ranging from worlds I make up, there may be some of the Square Enix worlds, to movies, games, etc. Until next time, stay tuned.)

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