Looks like I forgot to add this part before I published the first chapter (my bad)…Here is the first chapter of my first fanfic. Hope you guys enjoy.

DISCLAIMER: Though I wish, I do not own any of the characters from Kingdom Hearts (that would be cool). Nor do I own Frogger (although it is a very amusing game…).

Vander is my own character I have created for this story.

Chapter 1: Esrévart

'Sora!'

'Sora!'

'Ahh….! What was that?

I sat up in my bed. I could hear thunder outside. 'Whew; just another nightmare' I told myself. This was the second one this week. After some weird fight with a hooded figure, I would find myself plummeting into the sea, those voices calling me as I was falling. I would always wake up just before hitting the water. It was so strange…

It seemed like forever until my eyes adjusted to the darkness that surrounded me. Looking out the window, the rain looked like a clear blanket as it fell. It looked like the power went out. I stumbled through my room as I tried to find a flashlight. 'Ouch! Stupid bed!' I always seemed to hit my shin on the corner post and the lack of lighting wasn't helping me at all.

'Found it!' I turned the flashlight on and began making my way to the fuse box in the cellar. Trying to find my way down the flight of stairs was bad enough in the dark; finding my way through narrow and steep stairs was worse. 'They should fire whoever built this house' I muttered to myself as I began the descent into the cellar. Of course, as luck would have it, the power came back on just as I made it to the bottom. 'Seriously? Of course the power decides to come back on when I do all the work to reach it!' Not even bothering to set the clocks, I made the trek back to my bedroom and went back to sleep…

…BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

…BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ! I groaned as I tried to find the source of the noise. My hand eventually found the cell phone buzzing on the night stand next to me. 'Hello?'I answered more dead than tired.

'Hey Sora! You planning on coming in to class today?' the voice on the phone said.

'What are you talking about?' (I think I said that a little more annoyed than I meant)

'As your friend, I thought it would be nice if I let you know that you were going to be late for class.'

'Stop messing with me' I said as I looked at my watch. It was 7 and class started in 15 minutes. 'Oh crap! Thanks for the call; I'm gonna be so late! I'll see you soon dude!

'Alright; hurry up!' I closed the phone as I rushed to leave and get ready for school. 'No time for a shower' I thought to myself, as I brushed my teeth, and got dressed. I grabbed my bag and skateboard as I ran out the door. The nice thing about my school was that it was only a few blocks from the apartment I lived in. The bad news was that it seemed like I had to play a game of Frogger as I made my way through all the intersections. Why did the school have to be in the busiest part of the city?

I guess now would be a good time to tell you guys a bit about myself. I mean, who wouldn't want to tell others about themselves when they are playing human Frogger across several dangerous intersections?

As you might have guessed, my name is Sora (duh) a 17 year old, who lives in Esrévart, a city with an awesome view of the ocean. I am a senior in high school and love skateboarding, Chinese food and swords. I know, seems like an odd combination, but that's what makes up Sora. The swords that I like however are not your ordinary ones; sure you have broad and longswords, katanas, scimitars and sabres, but those just seem so boring. The swords I envision aren't sold anywhere and not made in any shop; they are made and come to life on paper. The first one I drew was inspired by a nightmare similar to the one I had awoken from this morning…

…There were these black funny looking creatures with yellow eyes that were coming at me from all sides. I ran and ran, but they seemed to keep finding me. What's worse, every time one attacked, I felt it at that spot. The pain emanating from my wounds seemed real enough and so were my screams. Eventually with nothing to defend myself, I was backed into a corner and found myself looking at a sea of black and yellow. Looking back, I know it was a dream but I couldn't wake up for some reason. Anyway, like I said, it seemed like I was staring death in the face and just as they began to lunge at me, I closed my eyes and covered my face preparing for the worst.

When I opened them up again, a small black cloud was dispersing. I looked down to see the cloud emanating from one of the creatures as it writhed in pain. Wondering how this happened, I looked in my hand to see a weird looking object that looked like some type of sword. The handle was yellow with a chain hanging from it; the blade was rounded but seemed like it was polished and sharpened to a point. What really caught my eye was the tip of the blade. Instead of a normal looking tip, the tip looked like a key with the teeth looking like they were molded from the top of a crown. I could have kept admiring that sword, but there was still that sea of black and yellow staring at me. With this new weapon, I picked myself up and charged the mass…

Thus began my fascination with those swords. Since then I have drawn several variations of that sword: one with a dragon head, another with a wing tip, and even one that looked like a magic staff with a star and a crescent moon enclosed around it. My favorite however, has got to be the one that has angel wings as the handle; two blades come from the handle with one ending in a heart-shaped pattern while the other ends in a 5 point star. Hanging from the end of the handle is a chain with a star at the end. It looks so cool; too bad it wasn't real.

I guess that's Sora in a nutshell.

I made it safely to the school; had I been paying attention I might have noticed that it was quieter than usual or the fact that there was a lack of cars in the front parking lot of the school. I was so focused on getting to class that as I ran up the steps to the front door I almost tripped and fell flat on my face. I'm sure that would be something interesting to explain to my friends later. I pulled the door and found that it was locked; then it dawned on me:

VANDER!

Hope you guys enjoyed it. I know it's a bit slow, but I didn't want to put too much in the first section. Please comment on any improvements, suggestions, etc…Like I said before, this is my first fanfic and I am open to all.

Thanks all

-RoRP