Sora cut through the ranks of the shadow beast easily with the mysterious Keyblade he now held. The boy no longer felt powerful with the weapon in
his hands, he felt as if he could do anything as long as he gripped the Keyblade. Although the weapon was giving him power behind each swing, a aprt of it also came from
the anger and hatred he felt toward the creatures who had taken his friend Riku from him.
"I may have been unable to stop you from taking swallowing Riku, but with this Keyblade I will not let you take anymore of the people I care for!" Sora began to growl beneath
his breath, before shouting alongside the release of energy he used to eliminate three of the creatures with a single swing.
Sora then realized that the creatures would just keep coming, it was only a matter of time before he ran out of strength and the creatures overwhelmed him, Keyblade or not.
"I got to find Kairi and we have to get out of here" Sora reminded himself with a whisper, deflecting away an attack by one of the creatures. The boy then ran as fast as his legs
would take him, meaving the shadows wallowing in the sand behind him.
Sora suddenly stopped in his tracks as he took in the familiar sight before him, a doorway that the boy had last seen in his dreams.
"The doorway" Sora said in wonder, approaching the huge entryway that stood just before the secret entrance to the Island cavern.
A slither than resounded behind the boy and he did not have to turn to know that the shadows lurked just a few feet away.
"Please don't be locked" Sora prayed to himself, trying the door handle and relieved when the door swung open to admit him. As the boy entered the narrow tunnel that wound its way
toward the cavern he heard the heavy door slam shut behind him.
"Please be in here Kairi" Sora said with deep worry for the girl, the boy then set off down the tunnel.
The boy felt like he navigated his way through the dark tunnel for hours before finally arriving in the main cavern, and to his relief he found Kairi. However the girl was not alone, behind
her stood a figure dressed in a sweeping brown cloak.
"You!" Sora cried, anger welling up in his heart at the sight of the familiar being.
"Hmm, and here I thought the other one was to be the Keyblade's chosen" the robed creature said in his droning voice, meanwhile Kairi had turned to face Sora with a hollow
haunting look upon her face.
"What have you done to Kairi?!" Sora shouted at the figure, rushing to embrace the girl. However the figure raise up one of his sleeved hands and managed to summon
forth shadows to suspend the boy's further movement.
"It is not quite time Keyblade warrior, but rest assured you and the girl shall reunite soon enough" the brown garbed figure said with what Sora pictured to be a sneer beneath the dark
hood.
"Kairi!" Sora cried otu to the girl, but she remained oblivious as if she were dreaming or sleepwalking.
"Come child" the figure ordered, steering the girl toward the door that lay just behind them.
"You are not taking her anywhere, I will not let you!" Sora shouted, but the figure ignored the boy's threats and continued to steer the girl toward the mysterious doorway.
The door then burst open and released a strong gust of wind that tore at everything in the cavern, and as Sora braced himself against the strong winds he watched
as the cloak of the figure blew back to reveal what lay beneath: a sight that made Sora's blood run cold.
"What are you?" Sora whispered in horror, unable to take his eyes away from the sight, but before the figure answered Sora felt the darkness release its grip upon him, and felt
as he was blown back down the tunnel. The boy's last sight was the figure and Kairi stepping through the door and into the beyond.