(NOTE: Here's a little something to officially kick off 2023. Kingdom Hearts 3's and The Owl House's openings mixed into each other. The next upload will be Grom. Hope you enjoy and HAPPY NEW YEAR!)
KHxOH - Bonus: Openings
Sora's Perspective
[Open to a void]
Sora's voice can be heard in a void filled with mist.
Sora: They can take your world. They can take your heart. Cut you loose from all you know. But if it's your fate...then every step forward...will always be a step closer to home.
[Play Hikaru Utada, Skrillex - Face My Fears (English Version)]
Clouds in the sky gradually the sky darkens until the clouds dissipate to reveal a starry night sky. A Boy in Black is sitting on a windowsill, a game board in front of him. He looks out the window, into the stars. One of the stars is bright purple and larger than the others. We see it in the sky and then reflected in the boy's pupils in a close-up of his upper face. We're shown the game board as the boy lifts a game piece. When he places the piece on the board a vortex of black smoke forms, enveloping everything.
The smoke turns into purple trails and we follow them as they disperse to reveal a young witchling with orange hair, sleeping in her bedroom. The door to her bedroom then opens up to reveal a shadowy silhouette taking a step forward to thrust its right arm forward to unleash dark smoke toward the sleeping witchling. Within the mist, another silhouette appears, but larger, resembling a winged beast. It roars with glowing yellow eyes. The mist then spirals away it turns into purple trails and we follow them as they zoom over a human city, swarming everywhere. From the grounds, we see a family of three, a man, Camila Noceda, and a little girl with braided pigtails, Luz Noceda. The three walk around a local park, smiles and all. Suddenly, the dark mists hit them. As this was happening, Luz, now grown slightly older, looks around in a panicked manner. She then sees the man, presumably her father, slowly fade away from existence. With tears in her eyes, she looked around to see Camila, her mom, slowly turning her back with a tired expression on her face. Luz tried to reach out to her, but she was struck by an incoming stream of darkness. She then finds herself standing in the center of a Station of Awakening that depicts her and another version of her, but with a dark expression, white hair, and yellow eyes. The station shatters and Luz falls. As she plummets down, she closes her eyes with sadness.
Elsewhere, On Destiny Islands, the night turns to a beautiful day and we see Sora, Riku, and Kairi-all of them in their attire from their first adventure-start to race each other along the beach.
Sharp cut to the Boy in Black placing another game piece down. An image of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness flashes on and off in front of the piece.
Back to the beach and the sky turns black and Sora is surrounded by smoke. He gasps as the smoke envelops Riku. As Riku turns to Sora, he transforms into Ansem, who gives a wicked smirk. Sora yells and reaches for his friend, but the smoke blows Sora back and he is sent flying into the air. Kairi is being blown around too and they reach out for each other, fingers barely out of reach, before being sucked away and separated for good. Sora spirals wildly and the game board spins into view as he is thrown out of sight. The Boy in Black tosses a game piece in his hand and smiles to himself. We see Sora again, unconscious and plummeting through dusty clouds. He opens his eyes and a shine appears on his pupil.
We then see a young Amity and a young Willow running around and playing together. The two practiced magic. While Willow feels down for not succeeding, Amity comforts her, making Willow feel better.
Sharp cut to a woman with green hair flashing in and out from view. However, the woman's face is obscured by shadow.
We then cut to Amity yelling at Willow to leave her party, causing Willow to well up in tears. Cut to the front door of a manor, where Willow runs out the door, crying. We then see Amity running out the door to see her off. She ran a little bit forward, reaching her arm out in hopes of stopping her. But she falters. She too wells up in tears before falling to her hands and knees, crying. As this happened, the green-haired woman, who was with Amity, simply walks back into the manor with a smirk on her face.
The world then becomes dark and purple. 2 Amitys stare down at one another. One Amity had her green hair with a smug look on her face. The other had brown hair with a look of anger. The two summons abomination goop and ran at each other, posed to strike. And as they clashed, a white light engulfs everything.
We zoom down a tunnel, passing gold and black game pieces on the way. At the end is a white piece, where a white flash occurs. After which, we see a slightly younger Gus, sitting alone in a classroom sulking while remembering memories of fellow students turned adversaries. Then, a hand was placed on his shoulder, Gus looked up to see his soon-to-be first friend, Willow. We then see Kairi, in her current attire, holding a paopu fruit to her chest while feeding another paopu fruit to someone in front of her. A tear then falls from her eyes into the distance and hit something, sending a glowing ripple across the black that spreads and becomes light. We see Sora, still falling, open his eyes to see the light above him. He reaches for the light as it rushes up and envelops him.
Everything flashes white and then we see Sora flip to his feet. A blue glow is fading from him and he now wears his outfit from his 2nd adventure. He summons the Kingdom Key, twirls it, and slashes across the empty void. A giant white schism forms before him and he flies off into its light.
We see a black silhouette wearing a golden mask, Gus, then Willow standing in the darkness. One by one, the light schism opens behind them, taking the form of a blindingly bright door. We see the same thing happen to Amity and Eda, as they are bathed in light, then Kairi as he stands in front of his door. Kairi walks forward and then we see Luz, walking out of the darkness.
Another white flash occurs again and we are taken to Sora, on the giant game board. He charges forward, his Keyblade raised, and two bright purple orbs fly at him. He slashes one orb and Ansem is shown watching from up ahead. Sora slashes the other orb and then attacks Ansem, but Ansem dashes out of the way. Marluxia appears and swings his scythe at Sora, but Sora flips out of the way. The two clash blades and Sora jumps back, landing on the side of a game piece. When he jumps back into battle his opponent is now Xemnas, fighting with his blades. They clash and Sora jumps back. Xemnas spirals in the air, changing into his white battle cloak, and flies at Sora. Sora jabs his Keyblade forward and a jet of light bursts from its tip, piercing Xemnas through the middle.
When then flash to Luz, standing in white emptiness. Sora steps into frame, and as Luz turns to him the Boiling Isles fade into existence around them. Luz runs towards the Owl House to meet Sora, but before they reach each other the sky cracks with lightning and becomes a roiling storm. Everything fades above and away from them and the scene turns back into the game board, this time showing two white pieces placed next to each other. A black piece is slammed onto the board and we span up to see the Boy in Black. He looks into the camera and lightning flashes as he turns into Master Xehanort, who smiles.
Back on the Isles, Sora and Luz huddle back to back as giant walls of mountain rise around them. The mountain forms a cluster of square platforms, all at different levels, and each one is topped with a dark corridor, within which cloaked people can be seen. The corridors fade and on the tallest platform, Xehanort now stands. He throws his hand out and Ansem and Xemnas are shown on the platforms beneath him. They both zoom in to attack. Ansem summons more purple orbs and throws them at Sora, but before impact, Gus, Willow, and Amity appear, jumping up to shield the orbs away with their magic. Sora and Luz smile, grateful, but they do not notice as Xemnas looms behind them, summoning electricity to strike at their backs. Before he can attack, a projectile shoots down from the sky, forcing Xemnas to zip away before the weapon strike right where he had been standing. Sora and Luz turn to see the Owlbert staff stuck in the ground, having been thrown to save them. Eda steps forward to retrieve her staff. Sora and Luz summon their Keyblades and together the group prepares themselves for battle.
Xehanort smiles as he pulls his Keyblade from the shadows and Organization XIII-all of them with their hoods up, aside from Xemnas and Ansem-flash into formation behind him. Suddenly Sora's Keyblade begins to glow and without hesitation Sora aims it upwards, shooting a beam of light into the sky. The beam forms a burst of light and the light grows, slowly enveloping Xehanort-who looks into it with calmness. As the light subsides, Sora and the others see Xehanort and Organization XIII fade from existence simultaneously.
Everything fades to white and then onto the cloudy place from where Sora stands in his current attire. The clouds are darker now, but a beam of light shines down from above, bathing Sora in warm yellow. Sora looks down at his hand, where he holds Kairi's lucky charm. Sora closes his palm and looks up into the light, which is revealed to be coming from Kingdom Hearts, glowing bright and high up in the sky, half hidden by the clouds.
Flashes of sparkly white light form around Sora, fading away to reveal his friends from the Boiling Isles. Sora, Luz, Eda, King, Willow, Gus, and Amity look up in awe with the floor reflecting a brilliant blue sky and Kingdom Hearts beneath them.
[End Hikaru Utada, Skrillex - Face My Fears (English Version)]
Luz's Perspective
[Play The Owl House Opening Theme]
A door with a golden eye in the darkness and open. Luz appears, and she opened her eyes, believing she was going through the sky upwards. But she then realizes she was upside down and was falling. Eda, King, and Sora swoop down and Sora catches Luz, holding her bridal-like. She then opens her eyes again to see Sora's smiling face and looks to her right to see Eda and King flying the Owl Staff. With a cheer from Luz, they zoom toward the Owl House. It is there where we find the front door, where Hooty is. Luz opens it and is seen twirling the staff until she leaves it standing, Luz puts her right hand on her hip and holds the staff with her left. All this while Sora lands outside near her left, folding his arms with a grin, as Eda takes the staff away from her with a smirk and Luz becomes sheepish. It was then King stands from the left to wave with his arms outstretched. Willow, Gus, and Amity appear in three frames. Willow makes a heart with her hands, Gus holds out his arms in celebration, and Amity simply turns her back, crossing her arms, and directed her pupils to look back with a soft smile. Everything then fades to black as Sora appears floating in place in the starry night sky. Behind him, was Kingdom Hearts. It was then Sora summons the Kingdom Key, twirls it, and slashes horizontally while flying towards the direction in front of him at high speed. A sudden white flash occurs as Luz and Sora fly over Bonesborough, where they meet Tiny Nose. They then pass by Willow and Gus. Quickly, Luz high-fives Gus as Sora high-fives Willow. Later, Eda and King are seen running from the guards, Luz helps them escape, but later they lose control of the staff and are chased by various Heartless. Sora, in mid-flight, turned himself around and pointed his Keyblade towards the Heartless, blasting them with his Ragnarok shotlock. We then cut to Luz, Sora, with his Keyblade carried onto his right shoulder, Eda and King are on the roof of the Owl House, where Luz casts her Light Spell, making it go into the night.
[End The Owl House Opening Theme]
