Hey guys! It's been a long time since I posted any fanfiction here and I came up with some great ideas for stories so I decided to let them out here. Let me know if you like it or if you have any suggestions! Thanks for reading!

 

I do not own the copyrights to anything, these are just my ideas.

 

The following series of stories takes place in the same Kingdom Hearts universe as the games, but takes place post-Xehanort saga. In this world, assume the only villains not defeated are Xigbar, Saix, Maleficent, and Pete.

 

The New Kingdom Chronicles 

Saga 1 - The Abyss Wars

 

Chapter 1: Reckoning

 

Sora coughed as he swallowed some sand picked up by the gentle breeze. No matter how long he lived on this island he never figured out how to avoid eating this sand. The sun was high in the sky at this point in the day, so he figured that Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie would be back from school ay time now.

 

Thanks to everything that had happened, he, Riku, and Kairi had missed so much school they couldn't even get back into their own grade, so the three of them decided to just drop it entirely. Sora sighed loudly. Even if he lived on a great beach and hung out with his friends all day, it become old very fast.

 

"More sand in your mouth?" A voice giggled. He jumped at the sudden presence of Kairi right behind him. She stood over him, hands behind her back, smiling brightly. Sora stood up immediately, brushing off all the sand that had collected in his clothes.

 

"Kairi, you can't just jump out at people like that!" Sora told her. Kairi merely shrugged and began pacing around him. Through the corner of his eye, Sora could see that the smile Kairi had on had already disappeared.

 

It had been three months since the three of them returned from fighting against Xehanort and Organization XIII across the several worlds, and they had left some heavy reminders on all of them. For Riku, it was a nearly fatal scar on his back; for Sora, it was several broken bones that had almost healed; but for Kairi, she saw devastating things that hurt her mentally. Most days, Sora longed for Kairi to return to the person she was before any of this happened. The innocent, kind girl that never saw the darkness in anybody. Two years of fear, hopelessness, and constant fighting have left her worn out and stoic like a warrior.

 

"Kairi, are you okay?" Sora asked. Kairi turned to him in confusion, before realizing what he was asking about. She sighed quickly and that smile - that almost fake smile - returned to her face.

 

"Yeah silly! I'm fine." She smiled a second longer before turning away to look across the basically endless ocean. Her stare showed an age much older than her true one. "We're fine now. Xehanort and all of those people washed in the darkness are gone. We're safe now."

 

"Well, everybody except Xigbar and Saix," a voice said sternly. They both turned to see Riku walking towards them.

 

"Riku!" Sora growled, seeing  a frown appear on Kairi's face. Riku stared back at Sora.

 

"There's no use in protecting her from this anymore, Sora. She's faced it all with us and she needs to understand that the darkness will disappear completely. As long as there is still a threat out there, she needs to know." Sora looked back at Kairi. Kairi was not only a Princess of Heart, but also became a Keyblade Warrior to help fight Xehanort. She trained under Yen Sid just like Riku and all other Keyblade Masters did. But first and foremost, she was a Princess and she needed to be protected, and that was exactly what he and Riku were gonna do.

 

"You're right Riku," Kairi said straightforwardly. "I can't pretend that everything is completely fine now. While it's the most peace we've had in a long time, we can't be off our guard completely. Who knows what those two are doing right now in some other world?" Riku and Sora nodded in agreement, if not a bit reluctantly on Sora's part.

 

Suddenly, a beeping sound began ringing off in all their pockets. They each took out the item in their pocket even though they knew what it was. It was an alert device shaped like a crown that went off whenever one of their friends needed their help. Most of the time it was just some Heartless or Nobodies that was a little too strong. But they never called on Kairi, and definitely not all three of them at the same time.

 

"This must be bad," Riku frowned.

 

"Let's go!" Kairi yelled. Riku and Sora looked at her. "Why are you guys looking at me like that?! I got the alert too which means they need me too. I'm going and you can't stop me!" Kairi faced showed possibly the most anger Sora had ever seen. but that's not saying a lot. Riku and Sora looked at each other for a moment before Riku nodded. Riku and Kairi began running to the "secret place" while Sora faltered for a second, hesitant to let Kairi go.

 

I'm going to protect her this time, Sora thought before chasing after the two of them. He caught up to them at the entrance to the "secret place." This place held the door that connected them to all of the other worlds. After everything that happened, King Mickey gave them the alert devices which could help them connect to a specific world, as long as someone in that world connected back. The three of them went down to the end of the path, where the room with all of their drawings was as well as the elegant, ornate door stood at the opposite end.

 

"Ready?" Riku asked. The other two nodded and the three of them took out their Keyblades, Sora with the Ultima Weapon, Kairi with her Destiny's Embrace, and Riku with his Way to the Dawn. The three of them pointed their Keyblades at the door and tiny light beamed from the end of their blades to the door. A second later the door opened and the three of them ran into the bright light that exuded from the door.

 

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The three of them landed a few moments later on the gate at the edge of a large rubble. "Where are we?" Sora asked. None of them had checked to see where they were even being connected to. All around them was crumbled buildings and fires roaring all over the place. Sora turned when he heard Riku grunting. He was hitting his alert device.

 

"This thing must be on the fritz," Riku sighed. "It says we were supposed to be transported to Radiant Gardens, but it took us to the wrong place."

 

"Guys," Kairi said.

 

"It's never broken like this before," Sora said curiously.

 

"Guys," Kairi repeated.

 

"When we get there we should repor-"

 

"Guys!" Kairi yelled, interrupting Riku. They turned to her quickly. "I think we are in Radiant Gardens," she said with a shaky voice. She pointed upwards, and the two turned to see what she was pointing at. They gasped when they saw the castle that also held Ansem's study in it. It had also partly been destroyed, one of the tower's completely broken off. The three of them stood in silence for several minutes, taking in their surroundings. Everything was destroyed except for some of the more stable structures. Half the buildings in the market were completely wiped away.  They were beginning to see people leaving the intact buildings, but they began worrying about the people that, Sora could only assume, were in the destroyed ones.

 

"We still got the alert and we should find the others." Riku broke the silence. Kairi and Sora nodded barely.

 

Can Kairi handle this? Sora thought. Almost on cue, Kairi turned to him and gave a weak smile.

 

"I'm fine," she said gently. With that, the three of them began running through the interweaving streets or what used to be streets that now had ground missing and buildings on top of it. People all around them were yelling and crying, and it made Sora wince every time.

 

After several minutes they reached the house of their friends and flew inside. They were welcomed by a bunch of screaming and Yuffie about to attack Riku with her ninja stars. When she realized who it was, she put them down and hugged Riku.

 

"Don't take us by surprise like that you dummies," she sighed. She took a few steps back and smiled. "I'm glad you guys are okay."

 

"What happened?" Sora asked. He could see Cid by the computer with Merlin, but that was it. "Where's Leon? Or Aerith?"

 

"Aerith went into town to check on the status of the citizens." Yuffie told him quickly.

 

"And Leon?" Sora asked again. Yuffie hesitated a moment. "What happened to him!?"

 

"Sora!" Kairi pointed to the corner of the room, Sora turned to see Leon lying in a bed, bandages covering him from head to toe. His sword sat next to him. It took Sora  a second to realize his sword was broken in two.

 

"Leon!" He ran quickly to the bed and grabbed Leon by the shoulders. "Are you okay?" Yuffie hit him on the head and grabbed him by the collar.

 

"You idiot, he's trying to recover!" Yuffie growled.

 

"I'm sorry," Sora frowned. Seeing the depressed face, Yuffie sighed and put him down. "What happened here?" Yuffie crossed her arms, looking away in embarrassment.

 

"We were completely annihilated." Yuffie admitted to them. "One second everything was fine. The next, several people appeared across the town. They were strange clothes, like several fabrics barely put together properly. With weird mouth guards and hoods it's like they came from a desert. They suddenly began attacking the town. They didn't use Keyblades or anything. It was like magic, but it wasn't the type that we use."

 

"Who were they?" Kairi asked.

 

"I didn't really hear what they were saying, but I did hear two words. The Abyss." The sound of the words made Sora shiver. "Leon was almost fatally wounded, but thanks to Merlin and Aerith he's stable now."

 

"His sword," Sora looked down at the ground. Yuffie put her hand on his shoulder and smiled.

 

"He'll just have to find a better one," Yuffie lifted Sora's head with her other hand. Sora smiled weakly. Suddenly, the door slammed open again. Yuffie almost attacked when she realized it was Aerith. "Stop doing that people!"

 

"I'm sorry Yuffie. I heard Sora and Riku were here." Aerith huffed and puffed, clearly out of breath. "I'm glad you guys made it." It took her a second to realize Kairi was there as well. Aerith froze, sweat forming on her face. "Kairi what are you doing here!?" Aerith nearly yelled, which shocked everyone.

 

"I- I- I came here to help!" Kairi replied. Aerith began gritting her teeth.

 

"You need to go back to Destiny Island!" Aerith immediately responded. Kairi gasped.

 

"Why!? I can help, I know I can!"

 

"It's true that the more power we have the better." Riku told Aerith.

 

"She wouldn't be able to help us! She'd just be another hindrance!"

 

"Aerith!" Yuffie yelled. "What's going on with you!?"

 

"Nothing's wrong. She just needs to go!" Aerith yelled back.

 

"I'm not going!" Kairi looked determined. Aerith turned to Kairi, her hands forming fists.

 

"Kairi you aren't strong enough to deal with these people. You're basically powerless and fragile and you'd only be an obstacle for us if you stayed longer. You aren't welcome here!" The room was silent for a second. Then Kairi ran out of the house and into the town.

 

"Kairi!" Sora yelled, chasing after her. Riku stared at Aerith.

 

"Now tell us the real reason you don't want her here." Riku beamed at Aerith. Aerith frowned, turning away from them.

 

"She's in danger unlike anything that's happened before." Aerith said. "None of us are strong enough to protect her."

 

"Protect her from who?" Riku yelled. Aerith turned to him, but before she could reply, she gasped loudly.

 

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Sora caught up to Kairi at the edge of the town, on the guard's wall. Sora looked out and saw the Heartless Castle, far off in the distance.

 

"Kairi are you okay?" Sora asked. Kairi stayed quiet for a second. "Aerith didn't mean what she said. She's just trying to protect you."

 

"I can take care of myself!" Kairi yelled at him. I'm not a child!"

 

"I know you aren't!"

 

"Then stop treating my like o-" That was all she could say before the Heartless Castle exploded.

 

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"They're here," Aerith froze.

 

END OF CHAPTER 1

This is fantastic, I can't wait for chapter 2  :biggrin:

Thanks! Here's the next chapter!

 

The New Kingdom Chronicles

Saga 1 - The Abyss Wars

 

Chapter 2: Greetings

 

Sora's ears were filled with a ringing sound as he adjusted to the explosion. He could barely see around him with the dust and sand still settling from the blast, but he could see Kairi a few feet from him on the ground. She was coughing on all the sand that was filling their lungs. No matter where he was, he always ended up coughing on sand. She was trying to say something, but with his ears filled he couldn't figure out what she was saying. Kairi started looking around suddenly, before standing up and walking out of Sora's view.

 

"Kai-" Sora tried to say, but he started coughing on more sand. It took Sora another few seconds to get up. He wiped his eyes of all the remaining sand, finally becoming able to see. He looked back out to the outskirts of the town. The Heartless Castle that used to symbolize all they were fighting against was taken down in seconds. Nothing remained out there. Sora turned back to the town when his ears began ringing again. He ran to the edge, where Kairi was looking over in silence. They could see most of the town from there, or at least what was left of it. All over the place, explosions were erupting, taking apart all that was left of the city.

 

"This is awful," Kairi said shakily. Sora grabbed her hand and she looked at him. She took a deep breath and then turned back to Sora. "We need to go help them." Her eyes lost all of the fear she was just holding and was replaced with determination. Sora smiled and the two of them began running down the wall to the stairs into the city. They could see some people running in front of them as they reached the stairs, but before the could even enter, an explosion erupted at the bottom. The energy rushed up the building. Sora was able to push Kairi aside right before the eruption blasted him back where they came from.

 

"Sora!" Kairi ran to Sora, some of his clothes torn to shreds. He got up, wobbling for a few seconds. Kairi supported him as they walked slowly back to the stairs. Kairi peered over the ledge. The stairs were almost completely wiped away. "The stairs!" Kairi sighed. With Sora like he is, there was no way for them to get down.

 

"Well isn't this a pickle!" a voice laughed haughtily. Kairi and Sora turned to see a tall man, probably a few years older than them. He wore the Organization XIII black cloak that Kairi and Sora came to despise. His hair and eyes were also both black. The man waited for a second, noticing the two of them staring at his outfit. "Oh, you like?" He did a small twirl to show off the outfit. "I found this little outfit out at the castle."

 

"You did that to the castle?" Kairi gasped. The man smiled mischievously.

 

"Oh, I did a lot more than that, girl." The man raised his left hand, and with it, several Heartless of all sizes began to appear around him. Sora lifted himself off Kairi.

 

"Thanks Kairi, I'm feeling better now." Sora smiled. He turned back to the man and took out his Keyblade. "I'll go for the big guy while you deal with the Heartless." Kairi nodded and took out her Keyblade. The man began to laugh.

 

"That castle represented the failures Maleficent and her Heartless achieved. Today, the Heartless are reborn a new. And they are not to be trifled with," the man smiled greedily.

 

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"They're here," Aerith repeated. She fell to her knees in shock. Riku and Cid ran over to her.

 

"What do you mean?!" Cid asked her; but she didn't respond. Suddenly, the group could hear explosions and screams coming from outside. 

 

"What's going on out there?" Riku mumbled. "I'm going to investigate outside!" Riku ran to the door and went through.

 

"D-dont," Aerith whispered under her breath.

 

Riku ran outside as people ran past. The explosions were coming from all over. "Everyone get to safety!" Riku yelled to all those around them. For a moment, Riku heard a rustling around him, but before he could turn he was knocked down. Riku looked back, but no one was there. Riku got back up, but a similar occurrence happened and Riku was back on the ground. "Who's there!?" No one responded. Riku growled and took out his Keyblade.

 

"A Keyblade, eh?" a voice retorted behind Riku. Once again Riku was shot to the ground.

 

"Reveal yourself!" Riku yelled louder.

 

"Maybe if you can catch me," the voice responded. Riku, angry as he was, took a deep breath and remained completely still. He closed his eyes, trying to sense the presences around him. He could find Aerith, Yuffie, and the others inside the house, but the presence that was running around him was going too fast.

 

"If I can't trace you, looks like I'll just have to destroy everything around me." He lifted his Keyblade to the sky. "Dark Firaga Storm!" Riku shot several Dark Firaga's into the sky. They all collided, forming into one giant orb. The orb then rained down on the ground, destroying everything around Riku. The ground was torn to shreds.

 

"Ooooo, good job boy." The voice laughed Riku turned around to see a tall woman lying on the ground, her right foot trapped in the ground. But she somehow took it out with a small kick. The woman had long, dark pink hair that ran down to her waist. She wore the same clothing Yuffie described. Her clothing was made up of very small clothing pieced together and she wore a mouth guard that covered her nose and mouth.

 

"Who are you?" Riku asked as the woman stood up.

 

"The name's Windla," the woman made a small bow, almost haughtily. "And you are?"

 

"Ri-" Riku started.

 

"You know what? I don't want to know. Killing people I know the name of really makes it a buzzkill." She lifted a finger and suddenly Riku was blown upwards. He went up fifty feet before falling back to the ground, barely landing on his feet.

 

"What was that! Aero?" Riku asked. The woman shrugged.

 

"I don't know what this 'Aero' is, but it's definitely not as strong as my power." Windla showed her palm to Riku and then twisted it. Riku suddenly lifted upwards and then flew backwards, spiraling chaotically, into a nearby building. "This is gonna be fun," Windla smiled.

 

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"Kairi, duck!" Sora yelled. Kairi ducked just as a Soldier flew over her and dissipated. Sora smiled. Yen Sid really did train Kairi and she was having no problem with these Heartless. Sora turned to the man. He, however, was proving difficult. The man smiled at Sora.

 

"What's wrong with you. Cat got your tongue?" The man laughed. Sora jumped at him, swinging his Keyblade fiercely. The man merely grabbed the Keyblade and threw it down, Sora with it. "You think that's gonna be enough to defeat me?"

 

"Gravira!" Sora thrusted his hand out. A dark ball of power appeared above the man and pushed down on him. The man bent his knees and grabbed the ball with his hands. He was forced down a little, but suddenly the ball dissipated.

 

"Not even your magic is good enough to take me to the ground." The man grabbed Sora by the arm and began squeezing on it. Sora screamed as his barely healed bones began to break again.

 

"Sora!" Kairi yelled. She finished off the remaining Heartless and ran full speed towards the man. The man looked at Kairi and threw Sora right at her, knocking both of them into the wall. Kairi sat up and grabbed Sora. "Sora, are you okay?" She shook him, but he was unconscious.

 

"You should be happy he is not awake," the man smiled, walking towards Kairi. "He wouldn't want to see you in pieces." Kairi began to scream.

 

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Windla walked over to Riku, who was barely conscious. He was bleeding all over the place. He never even got to touch her. All he did was get blasted into the ground by some strange force.

 

"This is just too sad," Windla wimpered. She stepped on Riku's arm, nearly breaking it. Riku began to scream. "What was that? Sorry, I couldn't her y-" Suddenly, Windla was pushed across the opening into another building. Riku looked up to see two figures standing in front of him. Windla walked out of the building, wiping a bit of blood off her chin. "Who are you now?"

 

"Not to worry," the man to the left said. He had a low voice to go with his tall build.

 

"The King's Royal Guard is here!" The other person said, having a much more feminine voice and slim physique. Riku squinted a little and realized it was Aqua and Terra.

 

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Kairi was staring at the backs of two men who were blocking the man from her. She recognized them as Ventus and Lea.

 

"The King's Royal Guard is here!" Lea smiled back at her. Ventus smiled as well and the two faced the man, who had a confused look on.

 

"Ventus, eh? Well I guess I never did get to fight you." The man smiled eagerly.

 

END OF CHAPTER 2

Started this a long time ago and decided to come back and try to continue the story, so if you enjoy it let me know and I'll keep writing. Enjoy!

 

The New Kingdom Chronicles

 

Saga 1 - The Abyss Wars

 

 

Chapter 3: Annihilation

 

 

Kairi stared at the two boys in front of her. She hadn't seen Ventus or Lea since the end of the battle against Xehanort, but it felt like neither of them had changed at all. Ventus, Terra, and Aqua were all much older than them, but because of what happened to them, their body never aged. Now it was as if they were all the same age.

 

 

"What are you guys doing here?" Kairi asked them. Ventus turned toward her, Lea blocking them from the man.

 

 

"We got the signal just like you guys! But Lea made us late by constantly trying to show us his 'super cool attack'." Ventus frowned at Lea. Lea looked back and smiled at him.

 

 

"Well now you'll get to see it in action." Lea turned back to the man, wielding his Keyblade. "Who the hell is this guy?"

 

 

"I should be asking you the same thing," the man smiled back. "I didn't know Ventus had many other friends." Ventus looked shocked.

 

 

"How do you know my name?" Ventus yelled at the man. The man frowned.

 

 

"Aw come on Vent! I'm disappointed in you!" The man lifted his hands and more heartless appeared. "I don't like to be forgotten like that!"

 

 

"Me neither!" Lea pointed his Keyblade at the man. "The name is Lea and don't you forget it!" Lea thrusted his Keyblade into the ground, sending fire waves across the ground and wiping out all of the Heartless. The man paused.

 

 

"Impressive!" The man laughed. "I think you definitely have what it takes to be a hero!" Lea and Ventus looked confused. "Wow Vent, still not ringing any bells? That makes me angry!" The man leaped at Lea and punched him in the stomach, sending him into the wall.

 

 

"Lea!" Kairi yelled. Lea landed on the ground and got back into attacking stance.

 

 

"I'm fine! You just try to wake up sleeping beauty there and we can handle this!" Lea jumped back at the man and began attacking. Ventus looked back at Kairi and knelt down next to her.

 

 

"You should probably get further back. We don't want the two of you getting hurt." Ventus smiled and stood back up.

 

 

"Are you gonna be okay?" Kairi asked. Ventus hesitated a moment but grinned widely after.

 

 

"Everything will be fine." With that, Ventus summoned his Keyblade Lost Memory and went onto the battlefield. But all Kairi could think about was that hesitation.

 

 

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"We can take care of this girl," Terra told Riku without turning to him, keeping focused on the enemy in front of them. He had already summoned his Chaos Ripper. Aqua looked at Terra for a second before looking back at Windla and summoning Master's Defender.

 

 

"Don't die," Riku smirked before passing out. Aqua smiled a little before speaking.

 

 

"Who are you?" Aqua asked her. Windla smiled as she rubbed off the blood on her fingers.

 

 

"I don't see any reason for me to tell you." Windla responded. She flicked her hand and a blast of wind was shot at Aqua. Aqua jumped into the air, flipping over the blast and landing back on the ground, going into a sprint at Windla. “Quite the versatile little missus.” Next, Windla began throwing her arms around, sending waves of wind in Aqua’s direction.

 

 

“I’m more than just versatile.” Aqua smirked. She easily dodged all the waves and in seconds was right up at Windla’s body.

 

 

“What?!” Windla gasped. Aqua swung her keyblade at Aqua’s stomach but Windla caught the keyblade with both of her hands. “Heh. You think a measly attack like that could do damage to me?”

 

 

“That was no attack. It was a distraction.” Aqua smiled. Windla flinched and looked back at where they started. The other boy was nowhere to be found. Suddenly, Terra appeared behind her.

 

 

“It’s over!!” Terra declared as he swung his keyblade.

 

 

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Kairi screamed, running to the edge of the guard wall. She could see Ventus and Lea falling, but there was nothing she could. There was never anything she could have done.

 

 

It all happened so fast, Ventus and Lea seemed to be doing really well, using their teamwork to take hits at the strange boy. But every time they got close, he merely pushed them away with great power. Sora wasn’t doing well either. He was in and out of consciousness, agonizing in pain from his hurt arm.

 

“Why won’t he fall?!” Lea growled. They were both tired at this point.

 

“I don’t know, but I’m getting tired of being toyed with.” Ventus readied his stance. Suddenly, the boy started laughing.

 

“I’m tired of toying with you too.” The boy stopped laughing. Within a second he disappeared.

 

“Wha-!?” Lea gasped. Suddenly, the man appeared between Lea and Ventus. The boy kicked his leg back into Lea’s stomach, who was then sent flying back and over the wall.

 

“Lea!” Kairi yelled. Ventus stood frozen in fear.

 

“I’m disappointed you didn’t recognize me in time. But sadly I’m all out of that.” The boy grabbed Ventus with both hands and lifted him over himself, throwing him into the wall, which crumbled with the impact, leading Ventus to fall down into the gorge along with Lea.

 

“I’m so useless.” Kairi began to cry.

 

 

“Yeah you kinda are. But I’ll make good use of you.” The boy suddenly appeared behind her. She swirled around and swung her keyblade at him, but he merely grabbed her hand, stopping the swing. The boy took his other hand and hit Kairi in the back of the neck. She made a quick groan and then fell unconscious into her hands. “Thank god that’s over.” The boy chuckled. He stretched out one of his hands and created a dark portal. Before he could enter, he felt a hand on his leg. He looked down to see Sora grabbing him, having crawled all the way over.

 

 

“Who are you?” Sora could barely let out.

 

 

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“Over?” Windla taunted. Terra’s eyes widened as he saw his keyblade being stopped by one of her hands, the other one still holding onto Aqua’s, who was also in shock. It was as if she had seen all of this coming. “Sorry I don’t have anymore time to play.” With a sudden act of aerobatics, she flipped herself over onto a handstand, using the two held keyblades as a weight. “So it’s time to get my prize.” She started spinning herself creating a large hurricane force. The force drilled Aqua and Terra into the ground, and then pushed them out in opposite directions. As Windla stood up, she took in the silence that surrounded her and smiled. “I love the quiet after the storm.” Suddenly, she turns to Riku, who has started to get up. “Putting up a fight still I see? Then it’s time I kill you and finish this up nice and neat.” Windla sprinted at Riku and stretched out her hand.

 

 

“Stop!” a voice shouted. Before Riku could react, Aerith stepped in front of him and Windla stopped in place.

 

 

“A-Aerith,” Riku stumbled.

 

 

“I know it’s me you want, so just take me and leave them alone!” Aerith began to tear up. Windla stood up straight and smiled, fixing her hair.

 

 

“Glad you decided to give up, Aertih,” Windla chuckled.

 

 

“Aerith!” a voice shouted.

 

 

“No! Don’t!” another voice continued. From out of nowhere, Leon and Yuffie appeared behind Windla, ready to attack.

 

 

“Now, I’m annoyed,” Windla growled. She turned and swung her hand across the ground, and with a great blast Leon and Yuffie were sent flying crashing into the wrecked buildings across town.

 

 

“Leon! Yuffie!” Aerith cried before Windla knocked her out with a hit to the stomach. Riku growled as Windla threw Aerith over her shoulders and opened a portal.

 

 

“S-stop…” Riku tried to start. Windla didn’t even look back before going through the portal and disappearing.

 

 

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“The name’s Zack.” The boy said before disappearing into the portal with Kairi, leaving Sora to fall unconscious.

 

 

END OF CHAPTER 3

 

The New Kingdom Chronicles

Saga 1 – The Abyss Wars

 

Chapter 4: Recovery

 

 

 

All Sora could see was pitch black. There was a constant ringing in his ear that blocked out all noise, but after a while the ringing dissipated. With the ringing gone, he could hear someone crying. Sora turned around to see Kairi standing a few feet away. She was turned away, but he could see her using her arm to wipe away her tears.

 

“Kairi!” Sora called out to her. With a jump, the sound of Kairi crying stopped and she turned towards him. She was covered in dirt and bruises, as if she had been dragged around.

 

“Sora!” Kairi called back, tears welling up in her eyes again. She reached out to him, and he did the same. Suddenly, for a split second Kairi disappeared and Namine was in her place. Sora jumped at the change and withdrew his hand for a second. “Sora!” She called out, but it was still Kairi’s voice. Sora shook his head and reached out even further, but it was too late. A second late Kairi flew away into the distance, her calling for him stifled by the distance. And once again everything was black.

 

Sora jumped up from where he was laying down. He looked around to see that he was inside a cobblestone house, and no longer at the edge of town. The room he was in was not much bigger than the bed he was in and was barren to boot. Sora slowly rotated his legs so touched the ground next to the bed. He flinched in pain as a sharp jolt shot through both of his legs, as well as his right arm, which had a large cast on it. There was no table to grab onto, but luckily the door was only a few inches away so Sora lifted himself up slowly and reached to grab the doorknob and pull himself to the door. Suddenly, his legs gave out under him and fell onto the door, putting all his weight on it. Sora hadn’t been hurt this badly in a long time. With his head to the door, he could hear chatting going on the other side.

 

 

 

“…him yet?” a voice finished off the sentence.

 

“He’s resting. I didn’t want to spring the news on him like that.” Another voice replied.

 

Suddenly the door fell through and Sora landed on the ground in the next room. This room was much bigger, containing a couple beds along opposite sides of the room, with a large cobblestone fireplace lit on the far side. Sora looked up to see Merlin and Cid talking. His crash led Merlin to jump in the air with great enthusiasm.

 

 

 

“Sora!” Merlin shouted. “I didn’t realize you were awake.” Sora tried to get up, but his right arm failed him and he slammed back on the ground.

 

 

 

“Here, we’ll help you.” Cid said grimly. He and Merlin grabbed Sora by the sides and lifted him up onto a nearby chair. Sora noticed Cid and Merlin looking at each other with caution. Sora wondered why they hadn’t put him in the bed right next to them until he realized it was occupied. Riku was laying in it, with a few minor bruises and his forehead wrapped in bandage.

 

 

 

“Riku!” Sora gasped, grabbing Riku’s arm with his left hand. His right arm was still proving difficult to use. “What happened to him? Was he attacked to?” Cid frowned and scratched his head.

 

 

 

“I don’t know what happened to you, but the rest of us were attacked by this powerful woman named Windla. It seemed like she could harness a powerful wind spell. Much stronger than the typical Aero spell. Probably even stronger than Aeroga.”

 

 

 

“You could say the same happened to us, too…” Sora trailed off, looking at the unconscious Riku, who thankfully was breathing normally. Suddenly it hit him. “Kairi!” Sora shouted out of nowhere. He turned back to the two of them. “Kairi was taken by this strange man! He was able to use the Heartless, and he destroyed the Heartless Castle, and he was incredibly strong.”

 

 

 

“That’s not the worst of it,” Merlin sighed. “That Windla woman took Aerith as well.” Sora’s eyes widened, and then he looked confused.

 

 

 

“Aerith? Why would they take her?” Sora asked. Cid shrugged.

 

 

 

“I’m not sure. By the time we found the rest of them, Aerith was gone along with that freak.”

 

 

 

“The rest of them?” Sora asked. Cid looked to the other beds, and Sora’s eyes followed. In those beds he found Ventus, Lea, Aqua, and Terra, all in pretty bad shape. Aqua and Terra was next to each other, both were awake, but silent and covered in bandages. Ventus and Lea, however, weren’t awake, and from the look of it seemed to be in serious danger.

 

 

 

“Riku was the luckiest,” Merlin finally answered Sora. “He got away with only a few bruises and a slight concussion. Aqua and Terra were more damaged, but they’ll be fine in a few days. Ventus and Lea, however, have several broken bones, and some serious internal damage. It’s a miracle they survived the fall they had. We found them all the way at the bottom of the gorge. Quite the fall. That’s not even the worst of it…” Merline also trailed off, finding it hard to say something.

 

 

 

“What is it?” Sora looked up at him. Merlin turned his head towards him.

 

 

 

“Leon and Yuffie attacked Windla and they took grave damage. They were sent flying through town, going through building by building. We tried to find them, but we couldn’t find anything under all that rubble.”

 

 

 

“What are you trying to say?!” Sora slammed his hand on Riku’s bed.

 

 

 

“We’ll continue searching for them, but it is under the presumption that they didn’t survive.” Merlin tried to say with a straight face. Sora tried to stand up, but his legs failed on him and he landed back in the chair. He became filled with rage.

 

 

 

“We have to do something!” Sora shouted, ignoring everyone’s presence in the room, and shocking Merlin and Cid. “We need to find out where they are, rescue Kairi and Aerith, and beat the crap out of those guys.”

 

 

 

“I understand, but we need time to heal.” Cid tried to calm him down, but Sora pushed him away.

 

 

 

“If you won’t help, then I’ll go defeat them myself!” Sora summoned his Keyblade, but a sudden shock through his hand made him let go, and the Keyblade dissolved into light once more. Merlin sighed.

 

 

 

“There’s something else we need to tell you.” Merlin put his hand on Sora’s shoulder.

 

 

 

“What is it?” Sora demanded an answer. He was still filled with anger.

 

 

 

“That man who fought you, he really broke your arm quite badly. The bones were shattered into several pieces. He must’ve had quite powerful strength and it’s a miracle he didn’t tear your whole arm off.” Merlin told him.

 

 

 

“That’s good right?” Sora asked. Merlin shook his head.

 

 

 

“I used the most powerful healing spell I know, but your bone was in so many pieces, it’s proving difficult to heal correctly. We’ll keep trying, but for now, there’s a good chance you won’t be able to use your right hand.” Sora was frozen, staring at the cast on his right arm, so fragile.

 

 

 

“Bu-but, I use this hand to fight. How am I supposed to fight!?” Sora, with all the strength he had, stood up, pushing Merlin into Cid.

 

 

 

“Sora!” Cid yelled at him. Sora glared at him, tears welling in his eyes.

 

 

 

“What am I supposed to do then!?” He yelled. He put all his strength into each step he took, and luckily his legs didn’t fail him as he ran out the door. He could hear Merlin and Cid calling out behind him, but he ignored them with all his might. He ran down the street the cobblestone house stood at the end of. It was an area he wasn’t use to and so he couldn’t figure out which direction to go in. Then he was the guard’s tower at the end of the street and began running in that direction.

 

 

 

Several times in that run, Sora tripped and fell, taking in a mouthful of dirt and sand. Each time, people would try to help him, but he pushed them away and began running again. He climbed up the stairs slowly until he reached the top. It was odd that no one was stationed there, but it was logical to think that they wouldn’t be attacked twice in such quick succession. Sora made his way to the wall overlooking town. When he reached it, he wished he had stayed in that bed.

 

 

 

To say the town was a wreck would be an understatement. Almost half the town was complete rubble, save a few buildings in random places that somehow dodged the attacks. Sora could see people lifting up the rubble, calling out names of people missing. Leon and Yuffie were somewhere in there, hopefully doing okay. He looked out in the distance passed the town, and it was as if there was never a tower there at any point. At this point, Sora couldn’t hold back the tears. Sora fell to the ground and started weeping. He sat there for what felt like forever, as the sun began setting, he could hear footsteps coming up the tower.

 

 

 

“Stop crying,” the voice demanded. Sora looked up to see Riku standing at the entrance, holding onto the rail and clearly out of breath.

 

 

 

“Riku,” Sora called out to him, before the tears overwhelmed him again. “What can I do? I can’t protect Kairi? I can’t protect this town? I can’t even fight anymore? What am I supposed to do?” Riku didn’t answer right away, but instead walked up to the wall next to Sora.

 

 

 

“You learn to fight in your own way. It won’t be easy, and it might not be what you’re expecting, but you’ll be able to fight.” Sora’s tears stopped. As painful as it was, Riku was right. It was like starting with a blank slate, but it was what he needed to do now in order to save Kairi and Aerith. Sora wiped his tears away and slowly stood up. “It’s time to go. We’re heading over to Master Yen Sid’s house to figure out what to do next, and a couple of guests will be meeting us there.” With that, Riku turned around and began heading back down the stairs. Sora turned to look at the town. Next time he was here, he would be with Kairi, and he would be stronger than ever before.

 

 

 

END OF CHAPTER 4

 

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The New Kingdom Chronicles

Saga 1 – The Abyss Wars

 

Chapter 5: Investigation

 

 

 

Fog rolled by the windows of the train, constantly covering the window in a mist that dissipated a few seconds later, only to be resprayed a few seconds later. It was an odd phenomenon, since the train rode between worlds, where fog wouldn’t normally form. The inner workings of the train were still a mystery to Sora, who watched the window process from a few inches away. He sat at the far corner of the single car train. He looked forward to see the rest of the passengers.

 

 

 

Terra and Aqua sat in the middle on the opposite side. Both were silent, but each had very different expressions on their faces. Terra was one of complete stone. His eyes flared with anger but the rest of his face showed none of it. He was leaning back on the seat arms spread, looking straight out the window on the other side of the car. Aqua, meanwhile, leaned forward, holding her head in her hands, her arms resting on her knees. She looked depressed, and always seemed like she needed to say something, but didn’t have the strength to say it.

 

 

 

On the opposite side of the train was Riku, who in typical Riku fashion, sat straight up, arms crossed and looking down at the ground in front of him. It was always difficult to read what Riku was thinking. Was he thinking about Kairi? Was he thinking about how to get stronger? How to defeat Winda?

 

 

 

All those thoughts made Sora sigh. What could he possibly do now that he couldn’t use his arm? He looked down at the thing, hanging by his side. It hardly felt like a part of him now. It was never gonna do him any good now. He had never felt so powerless; not since the incident on Destiny Island that started everything. He took another breath. It’s been so long since that happened. So many things have occurred since then and he’s met so many people and made so many friends. Friends are what made him strong, but how strong could he be without the ability to fight.

 

 

 

His eyes started to glaze over when Riku looked up and turned to him from across the train, still completely silent. Sora sighed once more. Riku was right about what he told him in the tower. He’d find his strength again and he would definitely save Kairi and Aerith.

 

 

 

It had been several days since the attack now. The four of them were able to heal most of their injuries, with the exception of Sora’s arm, which he always had to remind himself might never heal, no matter how much Merlin tried to heal it. Ventus and Lea, meanwhile, were still too badly injured to make it Yen Sid’s, but they were no longer in danger. There was also still no word about Leon and Yuffie, which only added on to Sora’s troubles, made amplified by the absolute silence they sat in.

 

 

 

“So,” Terra broke the silence, making Aqua jump out of her daze. “You have no idea where that man went with Kairi?” Sora frowned and shook his head.

 

 

 

“He didn’t say anything about where he was going.” Sora told him. Terra closed his eyes and sighed for a second.

 

 

 

“Well we can definitely assume these weren’t separate attacks, so wherever Kairi was taken, you can bet Aerith is with her.”

 

 

 

“Those two should be fine together.” Aqua smiled weakly, lifting her head out of her hands. “They’re both strong girls that never give in, so no matter what they’ll stay alive.” She looked towards Sora and tried to give the best smile she could, although it failed to make Sora any less worried.

 

 

 

“This guy was strong,” Sora told them. “I’ve never seen anyone who could throw people around so easily. He played with us like we were toys. Especially Ventus.”

 

 

 

“Ventus?” Aqua looked concerned. “Why Ventus?” Sora shrugged.

 

 

 

“I’m not sure. He tried to get Ventus to remember him the whole time. In fact I think he knew you guys, too. He said his name was Zack as he wa-,” Aqua and Terra both stood up with a jolt, surprising Sora.

 

 

 

“Zack?!” Aqua replied with both shock and quickness.

 

 

 

“Y-yea,” Sora stuttered. “You guys know him?” Terra brushed his hand through his hair.

 

 

 

“We knew him a long time ago. Back before everything that happened. He certainly talented, but he was nowhere near as strong as the man you just described.” Terra told him.

 

 

 

“Do you think it’s really him?” Sora asked.

 

 

 

“It’s been a long time since then, so who knows what could have happened in between.”

 

 

 

“He was always such a nice boy,” Aqua remarked softly, almost regrettably. Terra and Aqua were now in deep thought, completely ignorant of the conversation they had just left hanging. The train ride went on for not much longer and then stopped very suddenly. Sora looked out the recently cleared up window to see Yen Sid’s tower in all its greatness. The tower sat on a tiny island that seemed to float above nothing. Sora wouldn’t even classify it as its own world.

 

 

 

The train door opened up – magically of course. There was no one that appeared to actually be operating this train in the first place – and the four of them stepped onto the small stone path that led up to the door to the tower. Outside the tower was luscious flowers and plants, or as luscious as it can be on such a small piece of land. The sky above and around twinkled of different colors, as if this place was just part of a dream.

 

 

 

“Sora!” Riku called. Sora realized he was daydreaming for a good amount of time, the others almost at the door already. Sora ran up to grab the door handle when the door opened on its own and suddenly Sora was attacked, pinned to the ground.

 

 

 

“Sora!” a familiar voice laughed. Sora opened his eyes to see Donald and Goofy on top of him.

 

 

 

“Donald! Goofy!” Sora smiled. It had been a while since he actually smiled, and it had also been a while since he got to see his two friends. He sat up and hugged them more officially. He looked behind them to see King Mickey also exiting the tower. He and Riku had a very enthusiastic handshake. Those two always seemed to get along really well. After a few more minutes of hugging and laughing, he got back up and the two of them took his hands and began dragging him through the door. Sora winced at the tug in his right arm. He hadn’t been able to tell them yet. He decided to smile through it, not wanting to ruin the first nice moment he’s had since the attack.

 

 

 

“We heard everything,” Mickey told them as they walked up the spiral staircase within the tower.

 

 

 

“Yeah! We’re gonna rescue the both of them!” Donald cheered.

 

 

 

“You bet we will.” Goofy agreed. Sora smiled with relief. These two were always able to cheer him up.

 

 

 

“Yeah, if that girl thinks she’s good at magic, just wait ‘til she gets a whiff of mine!” Donald said, revealing his staff.

 

 

 

“We don’t even have an idea of where to look yet,” Aqua sighed.

 

 

 

“Not to worry, Master Sid has an answer to everything!” Mickey reassured her. After an abnormally long amount of time, they reached the top of the stairs. Mickey opened the door for them and they all walked in to a medium-sized circular room. The ceiling never actually felt like a ceiling, since it showed a vision of the space outside, just more twinkling stars in a purple sky. The room was filled with several tables of all shapes and sizes, and most of them covered to the brim with books and loose papers.

 

 

 

The group walked through the maze of tables, leading to a large rectangular desk, which stood in front of a blue leather chair that sat in front of a window showing the never-ending space outside. In the chair was Yen Sid, till wearing the same blue robes he always did. He sat as emotionless as usual. It was hard to tell what he was even doing before they came in.

 

 

 

“It’s good to see you all,” Yen Sid nodded at all of them. He seemed to scan them with his eyes, and he looked an extra second longer on Sora’s arm, making him feel uncomfortable.

 

 

 

“We came for answers,” Sora demanded, enough out of character that everyone stared at him in shock. Even more shocking was that Yen Sid nodded, as if he understood what Sora was going through.

 

 

 

“Very well,” Yen Sid replied. “From the descriptions given to me about this Windla woman – what she wore, the ink on her body, as well as her powers – I was able to discern where this woman came from.” Yen Sid stood up and walked over to one of the many tables in the room. This one was small and circular, only supporting a few books. He picked up a book and flipped it open to a marked page.

 

 

 

“History speaks of a world that, while primitive, was filled with warring tribes, and magic beyond what we can fathom. Most tribes could only master the magic of the region they lived in, be it the desert, the forest, or the mountains. For centuries the tribes waged war against each other in what seemed like a battle that would never end. But then, as the books write it, a tribe emerged unlike any of the others. They were called the U’erba Tribe, U’erba meaning ‘Godly’. Unlike the other tribes, they had a mastery of almost all of the spells that existed in that world. Even more so, the strength of their magic was much more potent than what the other tribes had been using. It did not take them long to completely wipe out the other tribes and dominate the world.”

 

 

 

“Are they still around?” Terra asked. Yen Sid shook his head.

 

 

 

“That is most of what these books told me. There was one more book, written by an explorer that researched the biologies of the plants in different worlds. In one world, he denotes an uninhabited world that was filled with empty ancient cities. From the markings he found in the cities, it matched the writings of the U’erba Tribe, so I believe that something must have happened in the past that wiped them out.”

 

 

 

“Not completely then,” Riku corrected him.

 

 

 

“Correct. It seems some of them have continued their bloodline to this day. Unfortunately, as for the mystery behind their powers, there’s nothing much here.” The group all made a collective sigh. “However,” Yen Sid started again, “Going to that world and researching the writings there might be able to fill in the blanks.”

 

 

 

“How are we supposed to read those writings,” Goofy asked. Yen Sid walked back to his desk and rooted out a couple pieces of paper from the pile of books.

 

 

 

“As you know, I’m unable to leave this tower due to the magical balance of this tower.” Sora looked in confusion, having no idea that that was the case. “But based on my research I was able to create a simple guide to their language which prove useful.” As always, Yen Sid was truly a genius.

 

 

 

“Alright! Let’s get the show on the road!” Donald cheered, before turning around and walking to the door.

 

 

 

“We don’t even know how to get there,” Terra frowned.

 

 

 

“Not to worry, I already had Mickey program the coordinates into his ship. You’ll all be going together.” Riku looked down at Mickey and smiled. Mickey grabbed him by the hand and began leading him down the stairs. The other soon followed, leaving Sora in the room. Sora turned around to leave. “Sora,” Yen Sid stopped him. Sora looked back at him. “You may be weak now, but you will find your strength again. I’ve never seen a man with more untapped potential than you. Believe in yourself and your friends, and you will find the right path.” Sora didn’t respond, but he gave Yen Sid a quick smile and nod before exiting the room back to the stairs. He looked down to see everyone already at the bottom. They still had no idea of how to defeat those people, the U’erba or whatever, but they were one step closer, and one step closer to finding Kairi and Aerith.

 

 

 

END OF CHAPTER 5