‘What is about to happen…’ ‘What should we do…’ ‘I feel that there is danger of great value brewing…’ Chapter 01: Déja vu On a sunny morning on the Destiny Islands, Sora and Riku came running at the coast. ’Ha! Ha! Just try to keep up, slow!’ Riku called. ‘Hey, play fair! You had a head start! Sora shouted. They sure where at it again. Kairi woke up, sensing something… ‘Guys!’ she said. Sora and Riku didn’t hear her, and just continued the daily tough guy act. When Sora finally overtook Riku, he turned a little ahead of himself, and didn’t look where he was running. A few metres away, Goofy was foraging food out of the palm trees for a nice salad. ‘Watch out!’ ‘Gawrsh!’ They could no longer dodge each other, and bumped right into each other, and both hitted the ground… ‘Gawrsh, good mornin’ to you to, Sora!’ ‘Aw, Goofy!’ Sora complained. At that moment, Riku came by, saying: ‘Bye, Sora!’ And just ran further. ‘Thanks a lot, Goofy!’ Sora said. ‘Gee, I’m sorry, Sora…’ he answered. ‘Ah, it’s no biggie.’ Sora and Goofy heard some sort of sound, like a branch cracked. And it was indeed a branch that cracked! They heard Donald hitting the ground after tumbling out of the tree house. ‘Nuts, I just don’t manage to get unharmed to floor-level.’ He said. Right then, a great darkness overcame the Destiny Islands again. But this time, nobody gets sucked in, Heartless where called forth. Thousands of heartless. ‘Oh no…’Kairi said quiet. ‘Gawrsh, not again.’ Goofy said. ‘Kairi!’ Sora shouts, and rushes to the tree house. When they arrived at the top, Sora sees Kairi hiding in a corner. ‘It’s okay, Kairi. I’m here.’ He reassured her. ‘Sora!’ he heard Donald from outside. When he came outside, they Destiny Islands where overwhelmed by Shadows, and NeoShadows. He also saw Riku fighting alongside Donald and Goofy. Sora came to ally them. Shadows spied on Sora from beneath the ground, jumping him each, by each. Sora struggled, but then another NeoShadow jumped him. Sora collapsed under the weight of 3 Shadows and 1 NeoShadow. A mysterious Heartless Sora had never seen before faced him. And Sora heard a strange, unclear voice in his head… ‘…Key…Blade…’ ‘What!’ Sora screamed. ‘What do you want from my Key Blade?’ The mysterious being repeated: ‘…Key…Blade…give…us…’ at that moment, Donald and Goofy came to the rescue. The being fled, and Donald screamed: ‘C’mon! we gotta get to the tree house!’ ‘What! Oh, no! Kairi!’ Sora said, and rushes back to the tree house. When they arrived at the foot of the tree, Sora and friends saw Riku lying unconscious. ‘Go… save Kairi.’ He said. Donald stayed to take care for Riku, so Sora and Goofy went upstairs. Sora and Goofy arrived at the tree room, it was completely empty. ‘Kairi!’ Sora shouted. ‘Where are you!’… ‘Sora…’ Kairi said… Goofy and Sora looked behind them, and saw the mysterious Heartless again, who was holding her hostage. ‘Let her go!’ Sora shouted… ‘…Trade…’ ‘What?...’ he looked at the Kingdom Key. The mysterious Heartless just disappeared in a gleam of darkness. ‘No!’ Sora screamed. He tried to jump after them, but the black gleam disappeared just for his eyes. ‘No… not… again…’ Sora cried. Suddenly, the darkness disappeared. The heartless dissolved, and the Destiny Islands returned to normal, but this time, without Kairi. Donald and Riku arrived at the tree house, where Sora and Goofy are. ‘Sora, where’s Kairi?’ Riku asked. Sora could only stare at the ground. If only the four knew where she was. ‘Why? Why does this always happen when we’re in paradise?’ Donald complained. ‘Cheer up, Sora, the three of us are gonna look for Kairi, just like last time.’ Goofy said, with a lot of self confidence. ‘Really, how…’ ‘We’re still in contact with the Gummi Ship!’ Donald said. ‘And I will help you guys to search for Kairi, Sora.’ ‘Well, that makes four of us!’ Goofy says. ‘Guys, if I didn’t had you…’ Sora swept away a tear from his cheek. So, the four friends decided to take off once again for Kairi.
