Mandy: There have been slight changes to this story, and I have started picking up my editing... just a little.

Sora: Oh, jeez, this excuse again... -pie to the face-

Mandy: That ought to teach 'im. Anyways, this story may actually be deleted.

Sora: -licking his face, and then dropping mouth in surprise- WHAT????

Mandy: Don't worry, if it is deleted, it will be reincarnated as a beautiful unicorn! ................. Ok, I'm joking. It will come back again, nevertheless. Count on it!

Sora: Mandy does not own any of the characters, only "Yasu" and the Doorshield. Thank you very much!

Chapter One: The Islands that Made My Destiny

Darkness. That's all I saw, heard, or felt before the Voice. I didn't know where it was coming from, because it echoed all around the blackness I was floating in.

"Open." It said, "Let the door open..." The Voice paused momentarily, and I wondered what had happened to it, then it said, "The key will make your door open."

"Key...?" I said weakly, surprised I actually said something.

There was a light, as if what the Voice was whispering to me was coming true. "Find your light in the dark... No matter how powerful the black holds you."

Something tugged my arms, away from the light, and I turned. Gasping, I tried to get away from the thing that held me back, waving my arms, not knowing if I could walk here or swim. The darkness was persistent, grabbing me with slimy, black yuck, dragging me in. I was being pulled away, from the door and what would be life.

"NO!!" I screeched, squirming. The blackness disintegrated, and I found myself standing on a glass pane, gripping something smooth. I glanced down at my hand and saw I was carrying an oak shield that wasn't as heavy as I expected.

Wait... I thought as I turned it over, it's... a door?! I stood there and gazed at it, severely confused.

"Doorshield..." The Voice whispered lightly, "Doorshield..."

When the echoing stopped, I panned over the stained glass under my feet. I saw a glimpse of blue and gold before it all vanished -- glass, darkness, and Doorshield.

"Hey, wake up," A voice said. It wasn't the Voice, so who was it? "Are you alright?"

My eyes flickered to life, and I started at the sight of the boy leaning over me. He had blue eyes and spiky brown hair. To me, he looked like a child. A necklace with a crown that looked familiar hung around his neck, dangling above me. He had big, yellow shoes and red pumpkin pants, with chains coming off it that were shaped like the same crown. He had a blue, white, and red jacket on and wore white and blue fingerless gloves.

He jumped back. "Don't scare me like that! Well, anyways, who are you?" He asked, helping me to my feet.

"Well, I'm... um, I don't know." I replied, honestly trying to remember what had happened to me. There was that strange dark place... I thought, and the Doorshield...

"Hmm... I guess we can call you something for now... My name's Sora."

"Uh... Isn't that a girl's name?"

"No! It can be a guy's name, too, y'know!"

"Hey! SORA!!" A guy's voice called. I scanned my surroundings, looking for who had shouted his name. I was on the shore of a beautiful island!

An older boy, maybe a year older than Sora, came running down the bank. What? Is his name Rika? I thought, remembering what I had said to Sora.

"Riku!" Sora beckoned him over. Well, I was close. I thought, snickering to myself.

Riku had platinum hair and icy green-blue eyes. Riku looked tougher than Sora, his muscles showing on his arms. I hoped I wasn't drooling. He had a yellow and black shirt on and purple pants with buckles. His shoes weren't as big as Sora's, but they matched his purple-ness.

I tried to look uninterested, but he was too awesome looking, his hair swaying in the sea breeze as he ran over to us... I almost shook my head, and I hit myself mentally. You don't even know him, stupid! Said my "other side" voice, for all you know, he probably already has a girl!

He walked up to Sora, gesturing to me. "Who's this?" Riku asked. I was slightly infuriated that he took no notice in me, but waved me off wondering who I was, like I was some kind of item.

"She doesn't know." Sora stated, turning to me.

"Yasu," Riku immediately said, "She looks like a Yasu."

I marveled at the name, happy that he picked something for me that he thought was right. I nodded, liking it. "Yasu sounds fine for me." I said, smiling kindly.

Riku must've remembered something after that. He turned to Sora. "Kairi was looking for you," While they were talking, I examined the island, trying to look like I wasn't eavesdropping. The island had tall, straight, weird trees that had scales made of bark. The leaves all had a splash of purple on them. There were only two large, fat trees, and these had been made into houses. They took up most of the island. "She wants you to get supplies for the raft."

This snapped me out of my daze. The island was almost like a hallucination to me, and I was afraid it might disappear. I strode over to them, "Mind if I help?"

"We could use an extra hand," Riku said, looking at me out of the corner of his eyes. For a second there, he reminded me of someone... But I didn't remember, I had no memory of what I had been doing before this moment on the island.

"Alright, what do we need, Riku?" Sora implied.

"A rope, a cloth, and two logs. That's what she said." Riku replied.

"Well, I guess Sora can show me around... Are you coming with us, too, Riku?" I wanted to be near him -- I couldn't help it. There was something about him that reminded me of my past, and I wanted to know what it was. Any little bit of memory I had, I wanted to grab onto.

"No, Kairi gave me things to do, too," Riku tilted his head at me. "Y'know... Maybe Kairi knows her?"

Sora examined me, also, and I felt like an experiment. "Yea, Yasu, you look like Kairi when she was brought to this island."

I was confused. "Huh? I do?"

He grinned. "We're just messing with ya. Well, let's go get that stuff!" Sora ran off, and I tried running after him, but Riku blocked me.

"Ummm, yes, Riku?" I said, composing a calm face.

"Yasu... Be careful." He said, and then walked away.

I gazed off after him, very confused now. Be careful? I thought, Why would I need to be careful on an island like this? Shaking my head, I rushed off after Sora, my mind filled with strange thoughts such as these. Oh, well... I have all the time in the world to figure it out...

Mandy: And... done! Not many editings in this chapter. Oh well. Read and review, give me some input. Tell me what I'm doing wrong! (but don't be too mean~desu!)

An Amazing Fact: Did you know? The next two chapters were actually just going to be a side story, but then they got mixed into the actual story. Aren't you glad?

Edited/Updated 6/11/09