Hi everyone! Here is the second part of Sora's Daybreak! Enjoy!
*NOTE/SPOILER WARNING: It takes place AFTER KHIII*
NOTE 2: Lots of retelling of the experience of "Player" in KHUX, but in Sora's View + Dive To The Heart Style.
Shared Originally: September 30, 2019?
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Chapter 2: Familiar Experience
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Some Notes Post-KHIII After Sora Disappears Away:
After a long struggle and multiple repeats, Sora won and was ready to be sent back. But there were problems, and they couldn't figure out how to send him out. For a while, he stayed stuck, not in the game but not where he was supposed to be either. Joshua helped him out a bit and tried to find any information, but Sora's situation was unheard of. All seemed lost, but one day he took out his possessions and the card fell out of his pocket. Raising it to the light of the early morning sun, he wondered why it was so important. Joshua came in, and that's when the card began to glow. This glow swallowed up Sora and he was no more, leaving a concerned Joshua behind.
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The light that had shone brightly from the card slowly died down. Sora slowly lowered his arms and carefully opened his eyes to check what had happened. The little one-bedroom apartment was nowhere in sight, instead, he was greeted to the glow of a soft blue light radiating off a stained glass platform. Depicted on this platform were five different animals of several colors representing each with a fleur-de-lis separating them. In its center was a heart emblem atop what looked like a compass rose design. It pointed in the eight directions, but the points representing the northeast and northwest were two different wings. On the right pointed an angelic-like wing and on the left pointed a bat-like wing. All around the rim circled several stars with symmetrical patterning.
He looks around in awe at this platform and wonders just what this was and where he ended up. Though there was a nagging feeling of familiarity for this place, he knows he's never been here before. As he walks toward the center of the platform, one by one, five lights flashed brightly, leaving behind in their place projections of the animals in their circular frames.
Once they are all visible, a voice echoes throughout the strange area,
"Which union does your heart belong to?"
Flashes of a dream come into his mind of a similar situation involving a sword, a shield, and a staff. 'Was this another dream too?' he questioned.
Slowly he approaches the animal circles one by one, starting with the top. In this circle was a regal white-eyed unicorn with a pattern of white lines that seem to trace the unicorn over the bright red background. His hand brushes the projection with surprise to find it was solid. The voice speaks,
"Unicornis. Majestic and strong. The power of a leader. Insightful in trying situations. Is this where your heart belongs?"
He removes his hand and proceeds to go clockwise to the next circle. This one depicted a jade-eyed, white snake with a pattern of white lines creating a snake outline over a dark bluish-grey background. This time he places his hand firmly upon the circle and the voice speaks,
"Angius. Calculating and cunning. The power of fair judgment. Observant and level-headed. Is this where your heart belongs?"
Again he removes his hand from the circle and repeats this process with the remaining three. The next depicted a green-eyed, golden leopard with a pattern of white lines created with triangles that looked almost like a lion's mane over an obsidian background. The voice speaks again,
"Leopardus. Clever and intelligent. The power of agility with precision. Goal-oriented when plans go astray. Is this where your heart belongs?"
The next depicting a light green-eyed, lemon-yellow fox with a pattern of wavy white lines creating half heart patterns over a baby pink background.
"Vulpeus. Patient and gentle. The power of visualization. Wide-eyed to unending wonders. Is this where your heart belongs?"
The last circle depicted an amber-eyed, brown bear with a pattern of white lines creating many straight fracture lines branching out crystal shaped patterns over a sea-green background.
"Ursus. Wild and powerful. The power of the sheer force. Strongest support in the darkest hour. Is this where your heart belongs?"
Sora removes his hand from this last circle taking time to look over all the choices again. Each of the circles radiated different powers but out of all them, one particular circle had resonated with him the most. He turned to the circle and placed his hand upon [Insert Your Pick], then in a flash, they all disappeared.
Dark shadows slowly made their way toward the center, Sora readied himself for a battle. In his stance, he called out for his keyblade, but it did not appear. He began to panic, trying again to call his blade with little success as the shadows inched closer and closer. The darkness was underneath him, now rising like a fly-trap ready to consume its prey. Desperately he called out to the keyblade again and finally, a bright light shone through. The keyblade had finally materialized as he raised it to the sky causing the darkness to be dispelled. But something felt strange, the weight of his Kingdom Key felt lighter than he remembered. Above him his eyes see a different key, a key he had not seen since the Keyblade War.
"The Starlight Keyblade," he utters in mild surprise. He looks over the key in awe and bewilderment, unsure as to why this key came to his aid.
The mysterious voice spoke again, "The keyblade holds the power of light - the power to drive away from the darkness."
Again, for the second time that day, a bright light shines from the Starlight Keyblade and engulfs the area along with Sora.
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"Hey, are you okay?"
The child got out of a daze and noticed her little furry friend.
"Yeah, I'm alright, just tired. The last lux mission was a toughie." A girl with brownish-black hair and brown eyes replied to her grey cat-like friend.
"You did a really good job, you've been improving since you came here about two weeks ago."
"Yeah Chirithy, thanks. Still…"
Chirithy tilts his head unsure of what is wrong.
"I've been here for more than a week and… and… I still haven't talked to anyone."
"It's hard, especially since you came during the most occupied of times."
"Yeah, some festival right? For newcomers?"
"Yep, that's the one. The Masters want to make sure that even the unions can have their breaks."
"Yeah, that's nice… Still, wish I had someone, maybe we could be in the same group and even be friends. Well… I have to start a group first." She shyly blushed.
"I'm sure someone will come someday." Chirithy sweetly replied while patting the wielder's back.
No sooner had Chirithy spoken these words, a bright ball of light appeared at the fountain square. The two were in awe, they realized that someone new was called. From her first week here, she learned several things, but two of them applied to this moment. One, new Keyblade Wielders could be either called or chosen. Those who are called are those whom the masters saw the potential for their light to bloom into a powerful weapon for good, and so they're then given a choice to come to Daybreak Town to learn to be a warrior of light. Those who are chosen, the light reaches them first and they are given the choice of Union through their dream, or a "Dive To The Heart" as the masters called it.
As for [Insert Name Here], she was chosen. In the "Dive To The Heart," she experienced wielding for the first time. Keyblades have a mind of their own it seems. Knowing these things now, it's strange and yet comforting to find out that there was this potential inside of her and she didn't even know was there. So when the two saw this glowing light, she knew another was chosen. The keyblade chose this person.
It was funny to see this person's reaction as they woke up looking around in awe and unsure of just where they were. She dared not interfere in that space for this was the second thing she learned while here in town. New keybladers are taught, if someone appears through the light, they were chosen, so everyone must stay far and not interfere with the newcomer's experience until called upon by the Masters. So she watched from afar as they awoke in a strange place alone while they waited for the Master's test to begin. This particular person, a spiky-haired boy seems to have a huge heartless in front of him. The more experienced wielders called this type, "a Darkside." Why Darkside? No one knows, the Masters taught them this name and had no explanation for it. Maybe it was decided in The Book Of Prophecies beforehand? Well, the fact is, a Darkside came out which was one of the more common occurrences to follow newcomers lately.
Many of the senior leaders she heard from claimed to never have experienced this. They experienced a quick run through and then the masters would open the corridor summoning a huge heartless. Though these recent giant heartless appearances were becoming something of a norm, what wasn't normal was the boy's actions. As some before him, he attempted to fight with his incomplete Keyblade. But his attacks and execution of skills were unlike the magic and attacks they've been learning to use for a long time. Well, at least from what she had been told by her seniors waiting beside her. It mystified both them and her, how could he do this? Even if there was no magic, his swordsmanship was quite amazing, but he looked weak and most likely tired from the arrival. Though she wasn't satisfied with that explanation, there seems to be something else about his tiredness that seemed off. She couldn't place it.
As the Master interfered and chased the Darkside into the portal, he was given his rundown of how his weapon worked and the way things went around here. The other wielders and her followed and watched, not interfering until the Master came back. When the master did, followed by the Darkside, the wielders around the area were called out of their hiding places to assist. Mainly newcomers help newcomers since many beginner missions take place in Daybreak Town. There are sometimes a few experts sprinkled in who worked on the higher level missions around town. As everyone came out, they gathered their strength together and took down the Darkside. Everyone gave each other high-fives and then said their goodbyes. The spiky-haired boy talked with the Master then spoke with Chirithy. She didn't know when, but the boy caught her interest, and from that moment, she wanted to approach him to maybe try and be his friend.
TBC
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Original Notes: Pictured the OC looking like Skuld but different, also still haven't come up with the names for the first of MANY OCs for this fic. This is just a silly story, not totally to be taken seriously while at the same time, getting a look at the citizens of Townsvill... I mean Daybreak Town. There is just so much unexplored life there and I just want to write out what I imagine is the way they do things there. They can't just collect lux all day and go home to their houses right? Even the Player has lots of interesting side stories with friends in the group.
Well, that's all for now. Hope you enjoyed this second part to Sora's Daybreak. If you have any ideas, suggestions, questions, or any comments, feel free to let me know. Thank you so much for reading! See you next chapter! :D