Author's Note: I messed up because at the end of KHII, Mickey had left and Kairi found a note in a bottle. Oh, well. By the way, Zeis is actually not my OC, but hat of a friend of mine, you may know him as TheHiddenAssassin.

Disclaimer: All names and locations belong to they're respective owners.


I

Knox opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. What a strange dream that was. He only remembered bits of it. Awakening. Door. I choose defender. Give up… mystic. Stairs. Heart… It was slipping away, but one image was still burned into his mind: those golden eyes as the darkness came over him. But it was just a dream…

Right?

He flicked the television on as he rooted through his closet to find something decent to wear today. All of the news was covering the meteor shower last night. He caught small bits of it as he threw clothes behind him that he realized were not clean.

"…And all across the city, reports are coming of dark shapes falling to the ground during the meteor shower. These reports are backed up by the fact that numerous tremors could be felt last night…"

Knox held a shirt to his nose and sniffed it. Not too bad. He said to himself and put it on. He found a blue polo shirt with white stripes that only had two small stains on it. He put that on too. Now for some pants.

"…Thanks Jim. Coming up after this, a man claims he saw a strange craft touch down outside the city. We'll have the full story right after this." Knox turned it off, having succeeded in find a clean pair of cargo shorts.

"Hmm. 'Strange craft' indeed. What a nut."

Knox headed into the kitchen to scrounge up breakfast. He managed to find a few frozen waffles and promptly toasted them. His mom had left the radio on before she left for work. "…Strange blocks…over town…Unknown orig…" the radio was old and kept fading in and out. Knox turned it off out of irritation. He spied a note on the counter.

Clean up your damn room.

Dad

Knox smirked and crumpled up the note and put it in his pocket. No way. He cleaned up the kitchen, gathered his notebook and headed out. The hot summer air was a sharp contrast to the cool, air-conditioned home.

He was meeting Sherri in the woods outside town. They were finally going to map it out after spending many years hiding out there.

Midnight town was usually busy and friendly during summer. People were out at work, the kids were hanging out in town. Something was different today. People were out, but there was a different feel in the air, like something was going to happen.

Something bad.

Suddenly Knox fell to the ground. He turned over to see what he had tripped over. It was a large stone block just sitting in the middle of the sidewalk. Knox swore under his breath seeing that he had scraped the palm of his left hand.

"Hey, Knox, walk much?" Called a twelve year old from across the street.

"Very funny," Knox called back as he brushed himself off. "Why is there a rock in the middle of the sidewalk?"

"What are you talking about?"

"That." Knox pointed to at the very conspicuous stone block he had just tripped over. "I tripped over that."

"Well, it must have got up and walked up, 'cause there's nothing there. I saw you just fall over." The twelve year old left with some of his friends who walked by. He whispered something to them and they all turned and snickered at Knox. He made a motion like he was going to chase them and they took off.

"How could they not have seen that?" Knox asked himself as he kept going to the woods. "They're just being stupid." He decided.

He passed several of the blocks in town. Each time he looked around and no one else seemed to notice. One man actually asked him what he was staring at. He was looking at one of the blocks because he thought he heard it hum.

The trees came upon him suddenly and caught him off guard like they did every time. The woods wrapped around the whole town, but this particular spot was denser that the rest, and subsequently became Knox and Sherri's favorite spot. There were none of the strange blocks in the woods, which only made Knox more curious about them.

He expected Sherri to be there before him like she always was, and then she would scold him for being late when he was actually on time and she was just early.

But Sherri was not there today. Instead when Knox arrived at the large tree that was their meeting spot something smaller and shiny lay on the ground. It was a large charm of some kind with several chain links connected to it. The charm itself resembled a raven.

"It looks like a key chain." Knox remarked, turning over in his hand. A word was etched into the back of the charm.

"Omen. Hmm. Interesting…" He held the key chain in his hand as he waited for Sherri, but after fifteen minutes she had still not arrived. Knox decided to go to her house to find out what was keeping her.

Suddenly the woods grew darker than usual, and an unnatural chill filled the air. The shadows on the ground grew thick and moved. The peeled themselves off the ground and stood up on two legs. Two golden eyes opened on each of them. Knox gasped, for he had seen these creatures in his dreams.

The Shadows advanced on Knox. They had him surrounded and he was pinned against the tree. He was afraid. He had fought them in his dreams but he could not remember how. The Shadows came closer, almost touching him. Them they lunged at him. Knox held up his arms to protect himself.

A bright light filled the area and the Shadows were knocked back.

Knox opened his eyes and lowered his arms to find that the Shadows were backing away from him. He then noticed the large weapon in his right hand and he knew exactly what it was.

The weapon had an intricate hilt that extended from the base of the weapon to above where he grasped it. The main body of the weapon extended for three feet outward. At the tip of it were four metal bars that cut through the center at an angle. The parts of the bars on top were bent outward and colored a twilight golden-orange. The bottom parts bent toward the hilt and were colored a deep purple. The raven key chain hung off the base of the weapon

It was a Keyblade.

Knox swung the Keyblade several times at the Shadows until they retreated into the ground and the chill in the air passed. He stared at the powerful weapon in his hand.

Now he had to find Sherri.


"Mr. Mayor, there are some…gentlemen here to see you." The mayor's intercom buzzed. It was probably about the tremors or that "craft" someone had seen. He was tired of telling people the same thing: that they were working on it. No one left his office satisfied that day.

"Tell them I'm in a meeting right now." He buzzed his secretary back. She answered him immediately.

"They're rather… insistent, sir." There was a slight hint of fear in her voice.

"Tell them to come back later."

"O-okay…" She did not buzz the mayor back, and he felt satisfied. That'll show the press. He thought smugly. Suddenly he heard a scream from outside his office. He buzzed his secretary. "What's happening?" No answer. "Hello? Hello, who is out there?"

A loud crash sounded as the mayor's door was thrown off its hinges and flew across the room. Two men in white robes casually walked inside. "Who—who are you? S-Security!"

"Oh, don't bother. They won't becoming any time soon." The taller one said, sending a chill down the mayor's spine. The other one stood at the doorframe and blocked the exit.

"You can have whatever you want! Just don't hurt me!" The mayor retreated against the wall.

"Heh heh, isn't that cute, Zeis, he thinks we were going to hurt him. Isn't that hilarious?"

"Most amusing, Master Kraine." Neither of them laughed.

"But you are right, we do want something from you."

"Anything!"

"Good boy." Master Kraine reached up and the mayor flinched. Kraine chuckled softly and lowered his hood. His face was slightly rounded and looked worn, making him look at least twenty years older than he was. His long turquoise hair was pulled back except for short bangs that were spiked up. His eyes were a deep brown, almost black. "You can tell us where the Keyhole is."

"The Keyhole. Where is it." His voice became harsher.

"You mean like, on a door?" He pointed to the broken door in the corner.

"You're jokes do not amuse me," Kraine gripped the mayor around his throat with one hand and produced his Keyblade with the other. "Where is the Keyhole?" He pushed the Keyblade against the mayor's throat.

"I don't—ack—know what you are—ack--!" the mayor choked out.

"Perhaps he truly does not know where the Keyhole is," Zeis offered.

"You expect me to believe that this man, the elected head of his people, is unaware of the most important thing in this worlds existence?"

"Perhaps this world does not have a Keyhole." Kraine turned to face his student. "Even we had a difficult time locating this world, perhaps a Forger had not visited this world." Kraine, still holding the mayor by his throat, contemplated this.

"Perhaps you are correct, Zeis." He turned back to the mayor. "Contact Mewtwo, tell him too send a Lockpick." Zeis bowed slightly and left the room.

"What—what are you going to do?" The mayor coughed.

"Nothing you need to be concerned with," Kraine stared into the mayor's eyes. The mayor tried to look away, but was unable to. "Since you won't remember it anyway." He dropped the mayor, who had a blank look on his face, and left.


Sherri is an OC of mine.