//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: The Arrival // Story: Sora's Hidden Motives // by khandmlpfan //------------------------------// Time: About three hours after Sora had come back from the darkness that plagued his heart during the mark of mastery exam. Location: Gummi Ship Point of view: Sora's After the events of Riku's and my Mark of Mastery Exam, I had decided to go back to the world of sleep... but I changed my mind, and parted ways with my friends, telling them that I wanted to travel on my own. Granted that was not the best Idea I ever had, because at the moment, I needed my friends. They had been with me through all the travels I have been through, and I didn't want to do this alone, but would they believe me if I told them what I had remembered? I doubt they would. I am even a bit iffy on it, but the memory seems all so real. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time: During Sora's awakening after the events of Castle Oblivion I was witnessing something happen behind closed eyes. A Pony that was as white as snow, with a mane and tail of multiple colors flowing in an endless phantom wind, looking down at me with a reassuring smile. Two more ponies tried to get past her, all I can hear is my name being called, and then the image suddenly shatters as I am slowly brought into reality. Donald and Goofy were calling my name, so I pushed the strangely vivid dream aside and walked out of the pod that I was in. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time: present Back then, the memory went away and back to sleep, since it was an incomplete memory, but as I ventured through the realm of sleep, it slowly came back, and came out to the surface after Riku saved me from becoming Xehanort. That memory is what brings me to search for the world that was in my memories, and possibly belonged to my past. "Now, where should I start looking first?" I said to myself, since I had no Idea where he should go. Without any Idea on what to do I simply looked out to the side, only to see my reflection over the endless darkness of space, dotted with so many lights. My reflection was a light skinned male with dark brown hair that was spiked and defied gravity, eyes that looked like they were the color of the ocean, and was at a height of nearly five feat tall. The clothes I wore, as my reflection goes, were my black shorts with red pockets ontop of them that were connected to my waits through yellow straps. On my torso, I wore a blue shirt with a blue, red, and wide mid drift, and a black jacket with some silver lining over all the clothes that I wore. And my necklace, it was one I have had all my life, and it never once left my neck. Besides for my childhood where I hid it from Riku. Each year i grew older, it seemed to grow with me, almost as if by magic another link in the chian would form and make it bigger. Shaking my head, I would turn and look away form my reflection, looking on ahead as a time bomb just blow up right in front of me, and severely damage the controls. After a few more spawned and damaged the gummi ship even more, I was sent spiraling towards a mysterious mist that always blocked me off from leaving this galaxy, a magic spell I presumed to keep the world order, but it did not stop me, in fact it parted ways for me this time, but that darkness that comes when you faint came over me, and I blacked out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location: Equestria-Ponyville time: as sora was being attacked point of view: purple alicorn Princess I often come out star gazing with my friends, but tonight sadly wasn't going to be one of those nights. My teacher, Princess Celestia, had recently sent me a letter that somepony would appear, and it was up to me and my friends to find him. The problem was, she never gave a description of the pony, and it was making my purple coat go all hay wire with my magic and my wings. The letter was received two days ago, and I could not live my li- A male voice came form downstairs. "Uh! Twilight!" I could picture my number one assistant's face at the moment, the small one foot dragon that had, his green eyes with dagger like centers, his light green underbelly stretched up slightly along with his purple scales to show a really worried face. After that appeared in my head, I ran down the stairs, looking for him whit my lavender eyes. "Spike!?" I called out to him, wondering what it was that suddenly caused him a lot of stress. That is when I saw him pointing outside. "S-Something's falling out of the sky and heading for us!" There was so much worry in his voice, but despite that I looked, not beleivi- "Dear Celestia!" Something yellow and red, as well as on FIRE was heading down towards ponyville, and many ponies, now noticing it, start to scream and panic, running around every witch way. It was almost like that ti- "This is almost like the time that Discord came back the first time!" A sudden appearance of a pink pony with bouncy, gravity defying, pink mane with tail combo. Her dark blue eyes wide and looking at the fire covered object heading to ponyville square where the statue of Celestia was. "Oooooo! I bet you anything that it is a pony in that spaceship, visiting us from another world!" Twilight turned to the pink pony and grumbles. "Pinkie Pie, stop being random for once!" "But, I am not acting random, I simply read on ahead of the story!" Twilight was about to respond when the inevitable crashing sound of the object hitting the center of Ponyville Square sounded. This caused Twilight to facehoof herself and run out of the door, heading towards the object, hoping that everypony was alright, and hoping to find out what it was... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preview of chapter 2 "This strange object was found with him-" Sora sighed as he stood there, found out. "This is definitely going to be an odd afternoon." "I wonder if my firends, will understand." "The 'key' is here..." "Surrender yourself at once!" "Oooooo! Spoilers~"