Chapter 6
At first, Kira saw nothing. The Station of Awakening looked exactly like the Station of Serenity. Nothing to worry about. A dark shadow appeared in front of her and started to transform into something sinister. It was a massive, muscular, humanoid Heartless with black skin. Its legs was rather short and its feet was very thin and curled upward. Its arms were quite long, and had two relatively small, twisted wings on its back. There was a large, heart-shaped hole in the Heartless's chest. Its head was covered in dozens of twisted, black tentacles. Only its small, glowing yellow eyes were visible. It had a flap of skin where the heart on his body creased at the top.
She knew the name of the frightening Heartless: Darkside.
She backed away from the creature. She wasn't ready to defeat such a beast. She was scared and alone with a giant key to protect her. She couldn't do this. It was impossible. She turned back to the door. But when she turned around to run, she saw that the door was gone.
Then, she thought about what the voice had said. To not fear the darkness. Sora would be ashamed to see her run away like a coward. She needed to face Darkside like the warrior she was. She gripped the Keyblade tightly and ran toward Darkside. She was ready and so was it.
The fight began with a bang. Darkside punched the ground, causing a dark pool and mild shockwave to form. This attack gave birth to a small number of Shadows. She screamed, "More Shadows! I really have had enough of you guys!"
She slashed at the three Shadows. It wasn't too difficult. Shadows were easy picking for a newbie Keyblade master. She finished them off with ease. Now, back to Darkside. She started hacking at his legs. That didn't work. So, she tried its' hands. She noticed it weakening by each blow. Hooray for progress.
Darkside scooped up an orb of darkness, which split into many smaller orbs that rained from the sky. She starting dodging them for dear life. As she attacked it's left hand, the orbs starting to hit their target. Two of the orbs hit Kira hard. Her back began to bleed, along with her right shoulder.
She sensed Darkside was almost done for. Unfortunately, so was she. Darkside created a dark force in the heart-shaped hole in its body, which shooted homing dark missiles. She was beginning to prepare herself for the end. She guarded herself with the Kingdom Key, and a breakthrough happened. The blasts were reflected back to Darkside, causing major damage.
Darkside released its second wave of missiles. Kira once again blocked the blast and sent it back to the beast. It was the end move for Darkside. The Heartless disappeared into nothingness, leaving Kira alone again. Thank goodness.
Suddenly, tendrils of darkness gripped around her ankles. They pulled her into the ground. The voice began again:
Do not be afraid,
The darkness is nothing to fear.
She screamed, "Sora! Sora! Help me!" But, no help came.
Kira woke up yelling in her bed. It was only a dream, she thought to herself. But, laying in her floor was the Kingdom Key. It wasn't a dream. She had completed the Awakening. Now, only more dangerous creatures awaited her in the darkness.
She laid back down to sleep on her left side. The pain she felt in the Awakening carried over to her world. To her pleasant surprise, it wasn't a dreamless sleep. Her dream was her and Sora, laying hand in hand on the sands of Destiny Islands.