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FF.Net Link: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13217824/72/Keys-to-the-Kingdom
Story Summary: Thirteen Keys, scattered across the worlds. Whoever holds them all is destined to rule the heart of all worlds: Kingdom Hearts. As the seven guardians of light and the thirteen seekers of darkness gather and scour the worlds for these keys, Sora finds himself caught between standing alongside his friends as they fight for the light and struggling against the encroaching darkness invading his own heart.
Ships: Sora/Riku/Kairi, Roxas/Xion, Aqua/Terra, Vanitas/Naminè, Disney ships
Rating: T
Warnings: Violence, Minor Blood and Gore, PTSD, Possession, Psychological Trauma, Angst, Tragedy, Character Death, Self-Harm
Chapter Summary: The search of a piece of his future leads Sora to the distant past, of all places. Accompanied by Chirithy, he investigates a peculiar town inhabited by ancient Keyblade wielders in the hopes that it can somehow lead him home.
“This is the past?” Sora frowns as he surveys the vast city stretched out below the cliffside. Chirithy is still flustered as they pace around behind him, trying to make sense of how they got here. Sora figures he should probably be sharing in their stress and worry, and perhaps he would. If he hadn’t spent so much time wallowing in both of those things when he was alive.
“Yes,” Chirithy huffs. “ Hundreds of years in the past, to be exact. Just about the last place a piece of the future could ever be!”
“...Are you sure?” Sora keeps his sights set on the town. While his age may still be in a state of constant flux, his thoughts and feelings are anything but. The very same feelings that had helped him open a gateway here from the Final World. The very same feelings that are urging him onward even still, even in this strange new world so far away–and far before– the one he knows.
“Of course, I’m sure!” Chirithy counters hotly. “We need to go back to the Final World and sort this out. We won’t be finding anything-” They suddenly stop short, taking time to spare a glance over at Sora. He stands almost at the cliff’s edge, looking only 11 but seeming so much older. His gaze is fixed upon Daybreak Town’s pristine tower and vivid homes, to the point that he doesn’t even notice the flurry of dandelion seeds carried upon the light breeze blowing by him. The sight alone is all Chirithy needs to recant, to realize that they’re being far too hasty, to remember who had sent them and what they were asked to do. After all, who would know better where to find Sora’s final missing piece… than Sora himself?
“...You feel it here, don’t you?” they step closer to him. “Your future?”
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