Is Any of This for Real....or Not?

Wrote this story a while ago, but never posted it. This is also my first KH fanfic so I hope you enjoy!!

(Sora’s POV)
Finally we were returning to Traverse Town. After everything that had happened in Kingdom Hearts, losing Riku, saying goodbye to Kairi, and even coming close to death. I am ready to take a break, even if it is only for a short while.

“We’re approaching Traverse Town so pay attention Sora!” Donald quacks at me. He really never gives me too much credit. I am supposed to be helping him land the ship, but I am so far in thought that I nearly forgot about it.

“Ok, ok. Don’t get your feathers in a bunch.” He just sighsat my sarcasm, like he always does. Of course then there is Goofy; sitting in the back of the ship taking a nap, and I admit if I was him I would be doing the exact same thing. We have been through so much together. I owe the lives of myself and my friends to those two.

Landing the ship was no problem; I had helped Donald do it a million times before. As we enter the atmosphere, the Gummi ship begins to shake and the exterior to glows with heat. I let up on the gas and let the world’s gravity do the work for me. Quickly we are within range for landing; Donald putting on the brakes and I bring out the landing gear. We touch down with the ground and the ship shakes hard, but I am used to all of it.

As we exit the back of the ship, Donald smacks Goofy on the head to get him to wake up. Goofy just sits up slowly and yawns.

“Good mornin’, guys.” Donald looks annoyed, as usual, but I just have to laugh to myself; they act like nothing had ever happened and that put me in a good mood. Yet I still worry about Kairi, and miss Riku. I still blame myself for not being able to reach Riku. I shake my head, trying to focus on what is going on instead of getting worked up.

We walk into the town square, gazing up at the never ending night. Nothing has changed since the last time we were there, making me a little happier; knowing that something in my life was never going to change. Leading the three of us, I start to walk towards the item shop, hoping to replace some of the items we had used during our last battle. Yet as we near the store I feel something change.

“Guys, did you feel that?” I look out the corner of my eye at my two friends. They have their weapons out; nodding their heads up and down in a yes. I summon my keyblade, just in case. Something doesn’t make sense, why do I have this feeling? What else can possibly make my skin go numb… No it can’t be! Once Kingdom Hearts was sealed, so were the heartless, or so I had thought. All of a sudden thousands of shadow heartless came up from the ground. Usually these heartless would be a piece of cake to get rid of, but this time there are far too many of them. The three of us charge straight at them with full force, but it isn’t enough. The shadows start grabbing our arms and legs, pulling us down to the ground. I try to shake them off, but it is no use. My strength slowly leaves me. I look around for Donald and Goofy, but I see nothing of them. I am about to give up, but I hear someone shout.

“Don’t worry Sora! I’m going to use a Thundaga attack on them, but it might hurt you too.” It is Donald. Somehow the two of them have escaped the clutches of the heartless. I feel relief, but there is hesitation in his voice; I know he doesn’t want to hurt me.

“Donald, just do it, I’ll be alright!” No sooner the words leave my mouth, I hear him shout the magic word and feel the lightning attack strike me. I have never felt so much agony in my life. The heartless are pulling at my body and the lightning is striking me at the same time. I then feel the heartless disappearing, my body no longer restrained by their weight. The attack stops and I stand up. I look over at Donald and smile. He and Goofy look at me with worry in their eyes. I just smile at them; falling to the ground and passing out.

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When I wake up, I feel like a train had hit me at full speed. I go to sit up, but can’t. I look down and see that my legs and arms are strapped to a bed. I’m not even wearing my normal clothes; I am wearing a plain white T shirt and long white pants. I am starting to panic. Is this a plan of the heartless or is Ansem back? I look around the room. There are other beds like mine, but recognition starts to wash over me. It is the green room at the hotel in Traverse Town. I still don’t understand what is going on so I do the only thing I can do, scream.

“WILL SOMEONE GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!” Suddenly I hear footsteps. Quickly I shut my mouth and try to listen for voices; to see if Donald or Goofy is here.

“He’s been screaming all day, doctor. I tried to give him a sedative, but he just screamed at me further.” Am I in a hospital? But I know that this room is in the hotel in Traverse Town. Even if this was a hospital, why would I be strapped to the bed? I hear the door knob turn and in walks the last person I expect to see, Yuffie.

“Yuffie! I’m so glad to see you! Unstrap me from this bed and.....”

“Sora, you know not to call me by my first name. You should call me Ms. Kisaragi.” I am so confused. I look at her. She has a white lab coat on, her hair pulled back into a bun, and is wearing black rimmed glasses.

“Yuffie, what are you doing?”

“Sora, I’ve told you a thousand times, I’m your nurse. It’s time to take your medication.” She undoes my straps and I rub my wrists. Some of the skin on my wrist has been rubbed off; probably from me struggling against the restraints. Yuffie then tries to hand me some pills. I just look at them dumbly, trying to figure everything out.

“Where am I?”

“You keep asking the same questions every day. You are in a mental institution Sora.”

I can’t believe it. Me, Sora, in a mental institution. I slowly take the pills, still in shock and pop them into my mouth. My brain refuses to function; to tell me that taking those pills might be a bad idea.

“Now, there’s a good boy. I’ll check on you in a couple of hours. Please try to stay calm.” She gives me a smile, ruffles my hair, and leaves the room. I look around the room again, trying to make sense of all of this. Nothing I saw goes against what she said. I was in a mental institution. Yet, why am I in here? That is the only thing that doesn’t make sense.

I decide to get out of the room; not caring if I was allowed to leave or not. I open the door to the hallway and see my worst nightmare, Ansem.

“Good morning Sora. How are we feeling today?” I try to summon my keyblade, but it won’t come. So I just charge at him. Unfortunately he expects my attack and grabs my arms and holds them at my side.

“What have you done with my keyblade! I thought Kingdom Hearts had swallowed you!”

“Sora, you know that your cardboard ‘keyblade’ was taken from you because you were attacking shadows and me.” He states calmly; releasing my arms in the process. This really is ticking me off. What does he mean ‘cardboard’? I try to back away from him, but he just keeps getting closer.

“Didn’t we have this talk a couple of hours ago? You know that there is no such thing as a keyblade or Kingdom Hearts. It’s all in your mind Sora.” A small smile is plastered to his face while he talks; mocking me.

“How did I get here?”I growl. I really don’t care if this was Ansem or my best friend; I just need to know why I am here.

“About a year ago you started to come here of your own free will and bother doctors Donald and Goofy. You told them that you were the one true keyblade wielder. You would then have them follow you, room to room, and attack the shadows on the floor. We decided that you were not fit to stay in normal society and started your treatment.”

“How can that be? I had traveled to different worlds looking for Kairi and Riku.” My mind was racing. What kind of ridiculous story is Ansem trying to tell?

“You imagined it all when traveling from room to room. Kairi came into the institution after you and you became friends here. She was then transferred to a different section of the institution. You believed that I stole her heart. As for Riku, he came here around the same time as you, but he recovered. You thought he turned to the ‘darkness’ when he tried to help you recover.” I am floored! Everything I have done, everything that I have been through, I imagined it all? Tears start to roll down my cheeks and I fall to the floor.

“It can’t be true. I had lost Kairi and you possessed Riku.” I whisper; unable to believe anything anymore.

“Sora, you need to realize the truth, you need to recover so you can see Riku and Kairi again.” I get up and start to back away from him, tears still in my eyes. I whip around and run in the opposite direction and back into my room. Yet when I close the door, I turn to sit on my bed and I see Riku.

“Sora, we need to talk.” My mouth drops open. I must look stupid with tear stains on my face and my mouth hanging open.

“I thought you were on the other side of the door?”

“Sora, you need to stop these stupid dreams of yours and come to reality!” I’m really starting to think that maybe all the things that happened were things of my imagination. I mean why would Riku lie to me?

“I don’t know if I can.” I whisper.

“We’ll get through this together.” I look into his eyes, but something’s wrong. There’s no life there; only an emptiness that can’t be described. I donn’t know what to think anymore. Is any of this for real or not? Am I actually crazy or only dreaming?

“WHERE AM I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” I bolt out of the room and go to the closet Ansem pointed to and said where my keyblade is. I fling open the door and see a cardboard keyblade. I grab it and run out the door into the second district.

“Get him!” I hear Ansem scream. I run even faster towards the first district. I can hear footsteps getting closer to me. Finally, I run up the steps and almost reach the door, but I am hit over the head; passing out.

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I wake up to find that I am strapped down to the same bed I had been strapped to in the beginning. I try to wriggle myself free, but it’s no use. I look towards the door and see Riku there, his eyes are hard.

“Why do you keep doing this Sora,” He says quietly. “Don’t you want to be with me?” I never thought I would hear those words come from his mouth. Did he actually figure out how I feel about him? Glancing him over, I feel my body relax.

“Of course I do, Riku.” It coming easily from my mouth.

“Then promise me Sora, that you will burn that keyblade and start a new life.” I’m ready to give up on this fake life of keyblades and magic. I reach for the keyblade and take Riku’s hand in my other hand. Yet I feel something strange. The keyblade feels as if it has a life force while Riku feels as empty as his eyes look. I finally realize what is going on.

“Sorry Riku, but that keyblade took a long time to make.”

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“Thank the King! You’re alive!” I awake with Donald and Goofy looking down at me. I’m back in the first district, where I had first fallen. I sit up and look at them kindly.

“We were afraid we were going to lose you,” cries Donald.

“Yeah, ayhuck!” stammers Goofy.

“I think the keyblade was testing me, to see if I was still strong enough to continue on my journey.” They both look at me strangely. I tell them what happened. Some parts I even have a hard time believing, but I know that they happened. Conveniently, I left out my attraction to Riku. I don’t need them to know my secret.

“I think if I would have just gotten rid of the cardboard keyblade, I would have lost the real one and you would have to find another keyblade master.” I state as I scratch the back of my head.

“Thank the King you were smart enough to figure that out,” Donald snickers.

“Hey! Are you calling me stupid?” We have a major fight and, in the end, we laugh it all off. Yet I will never forget that the keyblade ultimately decides who is strong enough to wield it. Luckily I have enough of a grip on reality to tell what’s real and what’s not.


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