Well, yeah, this is the very first step I take into the field of Fanfiction-writing around here.
And it is in fact my very first story both in English (as I'm native German) as well as in Kingdom Hearts.
It takes off a bit after the scenes in Blank Points when Kairi gives Sora the good luck charm and will be essentially my take on the future unfolding story, which does not necessarily mean incorporating all things we know so far of Dream Drop Distance.
On a side note, this story will not contain any official pairings or stuff, just close bonds between hearts and people.
The story itself is already somewhat progressed (up to chapter 41 as of 26th February 2012) and I will most likely post a new chapter every Saturday or Sunday if I have the time.
EDIT: Due to my work requiring more attention at the moment I will resort to posting a chapter every second week until further notice.
Italic text without quotation marks represents thoughts.
--- => three dashes within a chapter indicate a location change.
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And it is in fact my very first story both in English (as I'm native German) as well as in Kingdom Hearts.
It takes off a bit after the scenes in Blank Points when Kairi gives Sora the good luck charm and will be essentially my take on the future unfolding story, which does not necessarily mean incorporating all things we know so far of Dream Drop Distance.
On a side note, this story will not contain any official pairings or stuff, just close bonds between hearts and people.
The story itself is already somewhat progressed (up to chapter 41 as of 26th February 2012) and I will most likely post a new chapter every Saturday or Sunday if I have the time.
EDIT: Due to my work requiring more attention at the moment I will resort to posting a chapter every second week until further notice.
Italic text without quotation marks represents thoughts.
--- => three dashes within a chapter indicate a location change.
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Prologue: The sleepover decision
"Man, that was a strenuous task to get my father's approval, I assure you." Kairi sighed while leaning back on the couch inside Sora's room.
"Whaat? How come? Haven't we been friends since we were little?" Sora gave her a puzzled look, sitting on his bed with legs crossed.
On the other side of the room, sitting in Sora's desk chair, Riku let out a short chuckle.
"Oh Sora, sometimes you really are clueless, aren't you?"
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean, ha?" The spiky-haired brunette pouted back in mock annoyance.
"Easy lad, look, if you had a daughter and she would ask you to get permission to have a sleepover with two guys, don't you think there would be a little worrying at all? Especially at our age span?" Riku lectured in a semi-professional manner, ending it with a playful smirk.
"Ah, come on Riku, as would one of us ever do something inappropriate to Kairi, seriously!" Sora flipped Mickey's letter in his hand, shaking his head.
"Yeah, we all know that, but hey, you know how parents think sometimes." Kairi giggled and pushed one strand of her hair back behind her ear.
Sora sighed, but then grinned widely. "Yup, they can cope better with us being away for long periods of time than having a girl spending a night with two of her closest male friends, now that's what I would call weird."
"Speaking of which, shouldn't we go down to business? As far as I remember, we didn't decide on this sleepover just for fun." Riku answered, his eyes facing his comrades with a serious look.
"You're right Riku, we've to set up a plan. After all, the king wrote in his letter that this third journey laying before you may be even more difficult than the first two combined." Kairi nodded in agreement, snatching the letter from Sora's hand.
"No Kairi, it's not about the journey itself, that we'll have to discuss with the king." Sora mumbled, lowering his head and clutching his hands.
Kairi was flabbergasted. "But Sora, then what-?"
"It's about you." Sora whispered, his voice uneasy and hollow.
Kairi huffed, got up and stood in front of Sora, hands at her hips. "Now will you spill it out? Why do I have to pull out every word from your nose?"
Sora looked aside. "Well, this isn't easy for me, but, as it stands now you won't accompany us, which is arguably for the better. Nevertheless I'm also not content with leaving you here on the islands again."
"Why not? You just said it won't be appropriate for me to accompany you, so what other scenario would there be?" Kairi replied, obviously irritated.
"Well, I assume it's because of what happened last time." Riku threw in while standing up and also moving towards the bed Sora was sitting on.
She turned to gaze at Riku. "You mean that Organization-incident? But the Organization is history, Sora, Donald, Goofy, the king and you defeated everyone of them."
"That may be true, but there are still Maleficent and Pete, furthermore, nearly everyone of my enemies know that you're my weak spot. Dammit Kairi, I just don't want to go out and then later find out that you're in danger and used as a bargaining chip again."
Both Kairi and Riku were surprised by Sora's sudden outburst, he jumping up from the bed, standing directly before the girl and locking his deep blue eyes with hers.
"Please understand Kairi, I'm afraid you'll get hurt, therefore I wanted us to discuss where we can have you stay more safely."
Kairi gulped, her cheeks getting all red. "Silly you, if it's not me it'll someone of the others you'll worry about. Going by that premise you'd have way too many weak spots." She replied softly while turning a tad aside, yet still not breaking eye contact.
Now it was Sora's turn to blush. "Uuuh, yeah, guess you're right. But don't you think it
would lessen the burden if I know at least that you'll be safe?"
She nodded with a warm smile. "Ok then, let's think about an appropriate place. Actually I myself would wish for a place where I can start to improve myself."
Riku had now reached the other two and crossed his arms before his chest. "Improve yourself? What exactly do you have in mind?"
The girl in pink chuckled. "Oh my, Riku, you usually aren't the one who's that slow, if I ever want to be a help for you two instead of just being a burden I'll have to start to learn some abilities, at least in the self defense department, don't you agree?"
He was actually baffled by his friend's determined look. Does she mean that for real? She's a princess of heart so she should have some innate powers for sure, but how to awaken them?"
"Wait Kairi, do actually mean you want to learn how to fight???" Sora looked greatly irritated.
The girl let out a small sigh again before answering. "Well, if you want to put it that way, yes, why should I let you two guys doing all of it alone every time? Beside, if I could kick some heartless-ass myself you wouldn't need to worry about me that much anymore."
Geez Louise, what has Kairi drunk for dinner??? Is she really serious? Sora raised his arms in surprise, his eyes glancing between his two friends.
"N-No, if you learn to fight you'll might overestimate your strength and go against an opponent way above your level, then I'll even more worried." He squeaked.
"Sora, I think you've over dramatizing it, that statement of going on the front lines wasn't really meant seriously, am I right, Kairi?
And to be honest, I think that teaching Kairi some defensive moves while we are on our journey might come in handy someday." Riku retorted, quiet and serious without taking his glance away from Kairi.
"Of course it wasn't meant serious, however I do want to understand my inside powers better and learn to actually do something instead of just standing at the sidelines and watch.
I've always thought about it since I came to know what I am, what does it actually mean to be a princess of heart?"
The girl was now walking up and forth before Sora's bed, seeming visibly frustrated.
"I realize I've much to learn, but I figure it would take too long to do it on my own."
Riku nodded slightly. "I've expected it'll come to this one day, alright, so, shall we now think about a suitable place for Kairi to stay? I assume you understand her reasoning now better, do you?" , turning his eyes on the brunette boy again.
Sora had by now regained his composure, and let out a smile. "Very well then Kairi, if you want to explore your hidden potential I should be the last to disagree with it. Riku, do you think that maybe Queen Minnie would be a suitable master do teach Kairi some basic magic?
You see, we must find some way to get to Disney Castle anyways if we're gonna talk to the king. Then we could just take Kairi with us and leave her in the care of Queen Minnie and Duchess Daisy when we move out. So, what do you think?"
The boy sat down on his bed again, his eyes resting on his best friend's face in excitement, eagerly awaiting his response.
"Well, I don't know about her majesties abilities, but if she agrees to teach Kairi why not. Letting her stay at Disney Castle would also not require a detour on our part." Riku brushed a strand of his silver hair aside, signalling his younger pal his approvement with another short nod.
"Yeah, thanks Riku. And you know, that place is probably one of the safest for Kairi to stay, too. Because it's protected by that cornerstone of light Donald, Goofy and I saved in our last journey." Sora added with joyful satisfaction.
"That sounds fine with me." Kairi sat down on the couch with a satisfied look, getting a blanket ready.
"Alright, that's settled. Tomorrow we've to look how to get off the islands. But now, if Kairi gets the couch, and you're in your bed, where I am supposed to sleep? On the floor? Why didn't you get the addiotional mattress from the attic, Sora?" Riku growled, frowning and displaying a false annoyed expression, his pillow and blanket under his arms.
Sora, who had already discarded his slippers and jacket, looked up with a surprised face.
"What? Since when do you need that old, felts mattress. Everytime you had a sleepover here we shared my bed, remember?"
Kairi, who already was under her blanket, snickered. "I would love to see that!"
Riku sighed, shaking his head in disbelief. " Sora, we're best friends you know, but sharing a bed is only possible if it is big enough. That aside, you move too much inside your sleep and I don't want your stinkin' foot in my mouth, the last time we did this we were still little kids, your bed will collapse now if we both get into it."
"Hey, I'm not moving in my sleep, and why do you think the bed would collapse? Did you gain that much weight already?"
"How can you tell if you move when you're asleep? And just you wait about me gaining much weight, who's the one that can't get enough of ice-cream, huh?" Riku countered and threw his pillow at Sora, who catched it with one hand.
"Ok, ok, I'm actually too tired for a pillow fight right now. let's move that to tomorrow. However, you have a point since we both grew a lot since our last sleepover." The brunette boy chuckled while getting under his own blankets.
"Well, thanks for noticing the obvious, so do you expect me to get that mattress from the attic alone?"
The silverhaired teen let out a disgruntled snort.
"No need," came the mumbled response from the other boy out of his own pillow. "Take a look at that second cupboard beside my desk, it's actually a hideaway bed which stood in our guest room in the past."
Riku turned and pulled at the handle. It's indeed a bed, so Sora just wanted to tease me, but you'll be sure to regret that later, spikey-head!
He fetched his pillow and finally got to bed at last.
Sora in the meantime turned around in his bed, laying on his back he stared at the dark ceiling of his room.
This new journey might be harder than the last, but this time we'll not slide into it unprepared. Kairi will be as safe as she can get and this time I'll have Riku by my side, together we'll be unstoppable. On top of that, we'll be sure to have the assistance of King Mickey, maybe even of Leon and the others to bring all to a good end. I will definitely save all those who are waiting for me, no matter how hard it may be.
The young keyblade wielder felt his eyelids becoming heavy, soon sleep would claim him. However, just before he fell asleep, he felt a small twitch in his heart, and very far away there was a quiet voice calling his name.
Sora!
Mmmh, who's there?
Before he could hear any answer, he finally gave in to sleep.
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Any constructive critic (especially on language since English is not my first) and other reviews are highly welcome.
"Whaat? How come? Haven't we been friends since we were little?" Sora gave her a puzzled look, sitting on his bed with legs crossed.
On the other side of the room, sitting in Sora's desk chair, Riku let out a short chuckle.
"Oh Sora, sometimes you really are clueless, aren't you?"
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean, ha?" The spiky-haired brunette pouted back in mock annoyance.
"Easy lad, look, if you had a daughter and she would ask you to get permission to have a sleepover with two guys, don't you think there would be a little worrying at all? Especially at our age span?" Riku lectured in a semi-professional manner, ending it with a playful smirk.
"Ah, come on Riku, as would one of us ever do something inappropriate to Kairi, seriously!" Sora flipped Mickey's letter in his hand, shaking his head.
"Yeah, we all know that, but hey, you know how parents think sometimes." Kairi giggled and pushed one strand of her hair back behind her ear.
Sora sighed, but then grinned widely. "Yup, they can cope better with us being away for long periods of time than having a girl spending a night with two of her closest male friends, now that's what I would call weird."
"Speaking of which, shouldn't we go down to business? As far as I remember, we didn't decide on this sleepover just for fun." Riku answered, his eyes facing his comrades with a serious look.
"You're right Riku, we've to set up a plan. After all, the king wrote in his letter that this third journey laying before you may be even more difficult than the first two combined." Kairi nodded in agreement, snatching the letter from Sora's hand.
"No Kairi, it's not about the journey itself, that we'll have to discuss with the king." Sora mumbled, lowering his head and clutching his hands.
Kairi was flabbergasted. "But Sora, then what-?"
"It's about you." Sora whispered, his voice uneasy and hollow.
Kairi huffed, got up and stood in front of Sora, hands at her hips. "Now will you spill it out? Why do I have to pull out every word from your nose?"
Sora looked aside. "Well, this isn't easy for me, but, as it stands now you won't accompany us, which is arguably for the better. Nevertheless I'm also not content with leaving you here on the islands again."
"Why not? You just said it won't be appropriate for me to accompany you, so what other scenario would there be?" Kairi replied, obviously irritated.
"Well, I assume it's because of what happened last time." Riku threw in while standing up and also moving towards the bed Sora was sitting on.
She turned to gaze at Riku. "You mean that Organization-incident? But the Organization is history, Sora, Donald, Goofy, the king and you defeated everyone of them."
"That may be true, but there are still Maleficent and Pete, furthermore, nearly everyone of my enemies know that you're my weak spot. Dammit Kairi, I just don't want to go out and then later find out that you're in danger and used as a bargaining chip again."
Both Kairi and Riku were surprised by Sora's sudden outburst, he jumping up from the bed, standing directly before the girl and locking his deep blue eyes with hers.
"Please understand Kairi, I'm afraid you'll get hurt, therefore I wanted us to discuss where we can have you stay more safely."
Kairi gulped, her cheeks getting all red. "Silly you, if it's not me it'll someone of the others you'll worry about. Going by that premise you'd have way too many weak spots." She replied softly while turning a tad aside, yet still not breaking eye contact.
Now it was Sora's turn to blush. "Uuuh, yeah, guess you're right. But don't you think it
would lessen the burden if I know at least that you'll be safe?"
She nodded with a warm smile. "Ok then, let's think about an appropriate place. Actually I myself would wish for a place where I can start to improve myself."
Riku had now reached the other two and crossed his arms before his chest. "Improve yourself? What exactly do you have in mind?"
The girl in pink chuckled. "Oh my, Riku, you usually aren't the one who's that slow, if I ever want to be a help for you two instead of just being a burden I'll have to start to learn some abilities, at least in the self defense department, don't you agree?"
He was actually baffled by his friend's determined look. Does she mean that for real? She's a princess of heart so she should have some innate powers for sure, but how to awaken them?"
"Wait Kairi, do actually mean you want to learn how to fight???" Sora looked greatly irritated.
The girl let out a small sigh again before answering. "Well, if you want to put it that way, yes, why should I let you two guys doing all of it alone every time? Beside, if I could kick some heartless-ass myself you wouldn't need to worry about me that much anymore."
Geez Louise, what has Kairi drunk for dinner??? Is she really serious? Sora raised his arms in surprise, his eyes glancing between his two friends.
"N-No, if you learn to fight you'll might overestimate your strength and go against an opponent way above your level, then I'll even more worried." He squeaked.
"Sora, I think you've over dramatizing it, that statement of going on the front lines wasn't really meant seriously, am I right, Kairi?
And to be honest, I think that teaching Kairi some defensive moves while we are on our journey might come in handy someday." Riku retorted, quiet and serious without taking his glance away from Kairi.
"Of course it wasn't meant serious, however I do want to understand my inside powers better and learn to actually do something instead of just standing at the sidelines and watch.
I've always thought about it since I came to know what I am, what does it actually mean to be a princess of heart?"
The girl was now walking up and forth before Sora's bed, seeming visibly frustrated.
"I realize I've much to learn, but I figure it would take too long to do it on my own."
Riku nodded slightly. "I've expected it'll come to this one day, alright, so, shall we now think about a suitable place for Kairi to stay? I assume you understand her reasoning now better, do you?" , turning his eyes on the brunette boy again.
Sora had by now regained his composure, and let out a smile. "Very well then Kairi, if you want to explore your hidden potential I should be the last to disagree with it. Riku, do you think that maybe Queen Minnie would be a suitable master do teach Kairi some basic magic?
You see, we must find some way to get to Disney Castle anyways if we're gonna talk to the king. Then we could just take Kairi with us and leave her in the care of Queen Minnie and Duchess Daisy when we move out. So, what do you think?"
The boy sat down on his bed again, his eyes resting on his best friend's face in excitement, eagerly awaiting his response.
"Well, I don't know about her majesties abilities, but if she agrees to teach Kairi why not. Letting her stay at Disney Castle would also not require a detour on our part." Riku brushed a strand of his silver hair aside, signalling his younger pal his approvement with another short nod.
"Yeah, thanks Riku. And you know, that place is probably one of the safest for Kairi to stay, too. Because it's protected by that cornerstone of light Donald, Goofy and I saved in our last journey." Sora added with joyful satisfaction.
"That sounds fine with me." Kairi sat down on the couch with a satisfied look, getting a blanket ready.
"Alright, that's settled. Tomorrow we've to look how to get off the islands. But now, if Kairi gets the couch, and you're in your bed, where I am supposed to sleep? On the floor? Why didn't you get the addiotional mattress from the attic, Sora?" Riku growled, frowning and displaying a false annoyed expression, his pillow and blanket under his arms.
Sora, who had already discarded his slippers and jacket, looked up with a surprised face.
"What? Since when do you need that old, felts mattress. Everytime you had a sleepover here we shared my bed, remember?"
Kairi, who already was under her blanket, snickered. "I would love to see that!"
Riku sighed, shaking his head in disbelief. " Sora, we're best friends you know, but sharing a bed is only possible if it is big enough. That aside, you move too much inside your sleep and I don't want your stinkin' foot in my mouth, the last time we did this we were still little kids, your bed will collapse now if we both get into it."
"Hey, I'm not moving in my sleep, and why do you think the bed would collapse? Did you gain that much weight already?"
"How can you tell if you move when you're asleep? And just you wait about me gaining much weight, who's the one that can't get enough of ice-cream, huh?" Riku countered and threw his pillow at Sora, who catched it with one hand.
"Ok, ok, I'm actually too tired for a pillow fight right now. let's move that to tomorrow. However, you have a point since we both grew a lot since our last sleepover." The brunette boy chuckled while getting under his own blankets.
"Well, thanks for noticing the obvious, so do you expect me to get that mattress from the attic alone?"
The silverhaired teen let out a disgruntled snort.
"No need," came the mumbled response from the other boy out of his own pillow. "Take a look at that second cupboard beside my desk, it's actually a hideaway bed which stood in our guest room in the past."
Riku turned and pulled at the handle. It's indeed a bed, so Sora just wanted to tease me, but you'll be sure to regret that later, spikey-head!
He fetched his pillow and finally got to bed at last.
Sora in the meantime turned around in his bed, laying on his back he stared at the dark ceiling of his room.
This new journey might be harder than the last, but this time we'll not slide into it unprepared. Kairi will be as safe as she can get and this time I'll have Riku by my side, together we'll be unstoppable. On top of that, we'll be sure to have the assistance of King Mickey, maybe even of Leon and the others to bring all to a good end. I will definitely save all those who are waiting for me, no matter how hard it may be.
The young keyblade wielder felt his eyelids becoming heavy, soon sleep would claim him. However, just before he fell asleep, he felt a small twitch in his heart, and very far away there was a quiet voice calling his name.
Sora!
Mmmh, who's there?
Before he could hear any answer, he finally gave in to sleep.
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Any constructive critic (especially on language since English is not my first) and other reviews are highly welcome.
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