So Riku opens the Door to Darkness, Kairi loses her heart, and Sora winds up in Traverse Town with the Keyblade. All because Sora got to the play-island last.
Just switch the order of arrival a bit, and you get... this.
Riku opens the Door to Darkness. Later that night the storm hits and Sora loses his heart and falls into Darkness. Riku, horrified at the loss of his friend, collapses, and when the Darkness consumes the world it's Kairi's Light that sees the two of them to Traverse Town.
Riku recovers, and receives the Keyblade a few days after his arrival. But that causes problems. Sora and co. always arrived on new worlds just as their help was needed. In this? Donald and Goofy miss Riku on their first pass through Traverse Town, so things are looking bad for the Disney worlds. Riku's pretty unstable himself--he saw the Darkness that he released into the world devour his best friend in front of him. And the Keyblade is so heavy in his hands...
Kairi for her part is devastated. After all, her crush is gone, she's stuck in Traverse Town, Riku is off on his own, and has gotten so cold recently, shutting himself off from his friends. Plus, there's this Shadow. It's not aggressive at all, even going so far as attacking other, larger Heartless if someone's in danger. Kairi thinks it's the same one--it moves weird, and likes to stick by her Shadow. Plus, it seems to enjoy messing with Riku, who doesn't seem able to destroy it. She's named it "Sora".
And in a world that never was, a new Nobody is making waves. He claims that you don't need a heart to have a conscience, and has defied the Superior's more "practical" directives more than once. But Xemnas has high hopes for Number XIII, Roxas the "Empty Swordsman", and his strange Freelancer Nobodies.
Anyone interested in snippets?
Thanks to Latewave for helping me iron out this bunny.
Just switch the order of arrival a bit, and you get... this.
Riku opens the Door to Darkness. Later that night the storm hits and Sora loses his heart and falls into Darkness. Riku, horrified at the loss of his friend, collapses, and when the Darkness consumes the world it's Kairi's Light that sees the two of them to Traverse Town.
Riku recovers, and receives the Keyblade a few days after his arrival. But that causes problems. Sora and co. always arrived on new worlds just as their help was needed. In this? Donald and Goofy miss Riku on their first pass through Traverse Town, so things are looking bad for the Disney worlds. Riku's pretty unstable himself--he saw the Darkness that he released into the world devour his best friend in front of him. And the Keyblade is so heavy in his hands...
Kairi for her part is devastated. After all, her crush is gone, she's stuck in Traverse Town, Riku is off on his own, and has gotten so cold recently, shutting himself off from his friends. Plus, there's this Shadow. It's not aggressive at all, even going so far as attacking other, larger Heartless if someone's in danger. Kairi thinks it's the same one--it moves weird, and likes to stick by her Shadow. Plus, it seems to enjoy messing with Riku, who doesn't seem able to destroy it. She's named it "Sora".
And in a world that never was, a new Nobody is making waves. He claims that you don't need a heart to have a conscience, and has defied the Superior's more "practical" directives more than once. But Xemnas has high hopes for Number XIII, Roxas the "Empty Swordsman", and his strange Freelancer Nobodies.
Anyone interested in snippets?
Thanks to Latewave for helping me iron out this bunny.