Fan Fiction ❯ Nobody ❯ Shadows In The Dark ( Chapter 2 )

Nobody

By: Lynxionia

Author's Note: This is where things start to get complicated, so you have to pay attention to little details in the story line. And for those who don't speak German, the OC characters name is Weiß (pronounced like the word "vice") Schatten (pronounced like "sh-fa-ten", which means White Shadow. That's right, my OC's first name is White (Weiß) and last name is Shadow (Schatten). In the story I will be using the German name, so be ready for it when I use it.

Disclaimers: I know, I know, I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the songs I use, you don't have to rub it in…*sniff sniff*.

Chapter 2: Shadows In The Dark

Riku's Perspective

I do not know how long it has been since I saw another living soul, but I do know that each night the bright star above me grows stronger. This means that the city grows near.

The city. It is quite amazing how much I have changed since the King and I fought side by side. How long had it really been since the King told me to journey towards the bright star above? I will admit openly that there were times when I became doubtful there was really a city waiting for me under the place where the bright star stood in the black void. But, my doubts seized to exist that moment when it happened.

I had given up hope and wept upon the black before me. I pounded the space and screamed into the never-ending night around me. I cursed at the darkness and the Heartless that plagued this lifeless place. And as I did so, they appeared around me. The Heartless must have numbered somewhere in the thousands, surrounding me on all sides. I didn't lift my head and never stifled my tears. I closed my eyes and waited for the end. I had failed Sora and Kairi, now it was time to end all my suffering. But, as I waited, the pain never came and I never heard the Heartless screech or the sound of them leaping into the air. Slowly, I lifted my eyes away from the ground to see all the Heartless standing completely still. None of them moved an inch, not even a twitch from their long antennas. I began to stand up when the voice whispered through the darkness into my ear and seemed to echo against unseen walls.

"Will you drown in the darkness again?"

My eyes widened at these seemingly non-existent words that stopped time and space even though they came from no visible speaker. What was this? A dream? Suddenly my body began to shake as an unseen hand lifted me from the ground and made me spread my arms wide as if I were flying upward. I could feel something inside me building from my very being like a star that grows in the sky and brightens with each year. I closed my eyes as I felt a warmth settle over me and a calmness I had never experienced before. And I felt my body moving toward the ground once again and so I opened my eyes to see the Heartless still frozen in time as they had been for some time now. As I settled upon the surface below me once again, the voice once again spoke its breathless words.

"Or will you fight?"

My eyes were then drawn to a flash of light off to my right. I turned slightly to see two black shapes spinning in the air. As I narrowed my eyes slightly, I caught the glimpse of a two handles. Then both objects landed and embedded themselves upright nearly ten yards away from me. Now that my vision cleared I saw what was exactly what I had suspected. Two keyblades. I stared at them intently not sure what they signified or why they had appeared here. I took a step forward towards them, but as I did, the frozen Heartless around me came to life before my eyes and all stood there staring at me. I looked back at the keyblades, then at the Heartless around me. And then the voice once again blew past me and left one word behind.

"Choose."

I looked back at the keyblades and all time seemed to slow as I looked from the keyblade to the Heartless and back again. I must choose, but which choice is the best? Then I heard another voice in the back of my head that had always been there pushing me into making my decisions, I heard it fade into the darkness around me. Now, it was time for me to choose…and I knew my choice before it even took form.

"This time…I'll fight."

And I took off running towards the two keyblades waiting for me only ten yards away. The heartless rushed at me from all sides, but I never slowed my run. Everything was in slow motion and my heartbeat was steady and even as the keyblades got closer and closer. And just as I thought the heartless had reached me first, my hands curled around two handles. With all my strength I tore the keyblades from their embedded spot and swung them at the awaiting Heartless.

As I swung and slashed at the Heartless all around me, I felt a strength I had never felt before rise within me. And it was then, with keyblades in hand, that I realized I was not afraid of this. I was not afraid of the many Heartless rushing at me with their claws ready to strike me and take my heart from my very body. No, instead, I smiled at the stupidity of them walking to their deaths with every swing I executed and every spin I made. Never would I fall again. I would never fall into darkness again. I would fight to fulfill my promise to Sora and Kairi no matter what. Defeat was not an option.

Slowly with every swing, fewer and fewer Heartless attacked and soon, there were none left to oppose me and I put my keyblades away and looked back at the light I had been following for who knows how long. I let my eyes trail down and there I saw the lights of a city not far off. That was the city I had been looking for. So, I began to walk towards this city with my heart ready to begin its new journey, a journey with the light in hand and the hope in my heart as I walk towards this city of the darkness.

"And let it come."