A few hours went by, whilst Jacob laid still on the shore of the island, breathing slowly in the waves that washed past him as the tide was still high. Both Ellie and Jacob lived on the island, along with a few other families. It wasn't much but it was enough for everyone that lived there. Ellie and Jacob would occasionally walk on the shore, have races, talk, watch the sunset before going home. However, Ellie hadn't heard from Jacob today, so she went down to the beach to see if she could find him. Meanwhile, the tide went out, and the water no longer surrounded Jacob. He still laid on his stomach, sprawled out in the wet sand.

Ellie walked down to the shore in the hopes of finding Jacob. She wasn't disappointed to see him laying in the sand. From then she hurried over to him, ready to wake him up with a pounce. When she got down to him, he was drenched like he'd been swimming. His hair was still dripping, his clothes damp and skin shiny from the waters reflection. She nudged him a little, and slowly he came back to consciousness, first turning over onto his back. As he opened his eyes, he saw Ellie's face in front of the sunlight. Her shadow hung over him.

"Since when was I being woken by angels?" Jacob said.

"Same time you started sleeping on the beach." Ellie giggled, and helped him up from the sanded. After firmly planting his feet on the ground, he asked the obvious question. "What happened last night? I remember going to bed and then... I had a dream about this strange place. It was dark all around, there was stained glass, and I had to choose a path to take." Ellie recognized this right away and couldn't resist jumping in.

"Was there 3 choices? The Magister the Warrior and the Protector?"

Jacob was shocked how she knew, and decided to continue describing the place with her. "Yes! And then there was a sacrifice and-"

"and after the sacrifice you thought a giant silhouette with what you chose?"

"Exactly!" The two were stunned at how much they both knew about this place, and how they experienced the same thing. "Then the platform tipped, and I fell. I heard glass smashing and then I woke up here, with you." From that point they talked about the dream the rest of their time on the beach. They sat in a tree, watching the sunset before they had to part. Both of them were silent for a second, until Ellie asked "What do you think it was? If it's real then why did we do it, and if it's not then why did we have the same dream?"

"Who knows? Maybe everyone on the island had a dream like it, or maybe it's a warning that something's going to happen? Either way, it's creepy." Jacob replied.

"What if it was another world?"

"That would be awesome! A world that we didn't need a raft or ship or anything to get to, just our dreams?!"

Ellie paused as the sun finished setting, and the sky lit up with stars. "Maybe. Perhaps we'll go back there tonight when we sleep?" She got down from the tree, and looked up at Jacob. He followed shortly after looking at the stars for a moment.

"I may even see you in that world tonight!" Jacob said excitedly.

"We need to get home first though." Ellie smiled, and hugged, Jacob tightly. They both went their separate ways from that point, but that night neither of them returned to that strange world they were excited to see again. Both Ellie and Jacob were sound asleep when they awoke to the sound of a violent storm. Jacob got up in a shot and looked out the window to see the same dark pool witnessed in the dream. It was spread across the beach, and strange black, bipedal creatures climbed out of it. Ellie saw the same view from her window. Both of them had the immediate reaction to find each other.

Ellie climbed out of her window, and ran down to the beach, keeping her distance from the darkness. Jacob too came down, but there was a black fog too thick for them to see each other. The fog cleared for a small area of each of them, but was too painful to go through. It felt like being on fire without the burning or scarring. They were confined to watch this nightmarish storm tear apart the island they'd lived on all their lives.

"Ellie?!" Jacob cried out into the fog, in the hope of hearing a reply, but there was only the sound of wind and rain. All of a sudden, both Ellie and Jacob were encompassed by the bipedal creatures. They tried to punch and kick them away but the creatures were too fast, and flattened themselves, dodging all attempts at driving them off. They felt helpless to stop them, until suddenly, the powers of both the sword and staff kicked into them. The same mystical Keyblade Sora was wielding in the stained glass platform had now manifested in their hands just like the staff and sword. Jacob's Keyblade as sharp as his sword and Ellie's Keyblade as powerful as the staff.

Ellie could use hers to manipulate elements such as fire and ice against, and Jacob used his just like the sword. Jacob too could manipulate elements but wasn't as in tune as Ellie, and Ellie could attack but unable to strike through the heartless like Jacob could. They took out all that opposed them in the storm, and soon the fog cleared, but the sight they were greeted to wasn't a relief. Their island was consumed by the darkness and they still couldn't find each other.

Down on the beach stood a hooded figure, with a face shrouded by the same darkness consuming their home. Ellie immediately saw the figure and thought it was someone in need of help. She ran down using fire and ice to clear her way through the hordes. When she got down, she stood directly in front of the figure. To her everything went silent, and all she could see was the figure holding out its hand for her to take. Jacob finally got close enough to see them both, and ran down as fast as he could. Ellie reached out to the figure as it faded away, and suddenly, her legs were stuck unable to move from the ground, as she was reaching out to Jacob and Jacob reaching to her.

"Jacob, what's going on?!" She cried out to him.

"I can't move! Take my hand!" They were just in reach, the tips of their fingers touching. But the darkness had other plan. The ground split, and they drew further apart. "Ellie! Ellie I promise that I'll find you!" They both began to sink into the darkness and soon, they were blinded...