Power Of the heart! Great ocean saga

Dream

At first there was nothing but an empty void that seemed to go on for miles. There was no color, no sound, nothing but the seemingly endless stream of darkness. Suddenly there was a flash of light and illuminated the void until it vanished only leaving a single man in its place. He had jet black hair spiked out in all directions, he wore a brown baggy pants that looked worn out and covered in stains, he had them while he wore a simple black muscle shirt with two pairs of gloves that had two gears printed on them.

He started shifting as he slowly opened his eyes and noticed his surroundings. However, as he looked down he found a strange platform, It appeared to be a glass mural with the image of a boy holding a comically oversized key in his hands.

"What the?" He continued to look at the picture, not realizing that it was slowly getting closer. That came to an end when he felt gravity take its full effect.

"OH SHITTTTTTTTTTTTT" He screamed as he plummeted towards the platform. However, after he hit the platform the impact didn't even leaving a crack on the glass picture. "Ow ow ow! Man, I'm gonna feel that in the morning!" he said as he rubbed the back of his head to ease the pain.

looking around he tried to find anyone around the area. However, there wasn't a single person in sight. He got up and walked over to the edge of the platform and saw the dark abyss that was underneath him.

"Umm anyone there? What's going on here? Where am I?" He shouted as he felt a chill run down his spine over the idea of the platform falling into the darkness below. "Ok brain please don't do that again!"

Suddenly the platform started to shake violently and the young man looked around in a panic for something to hold onto, after a minute the shaking stopped and three small pedestals rose from the glass. After a few minutes, he finally realized that the shaking stopped and looked at the items resting on the pedestals.

"ummmm.....ok, that's, different," he said walking over to a pedestal that had a sword resting on it.

As he picked up the sword it vanished in a flash of light and the pedestal sunk into the ground and the other two pedestals remained.

"Ooook then," He said as he looked at the other two pedestals, one had a shield with a picture of a gear printed on it and a wand with the same symbol carved into the top. "Ok, so I guess I just choose another one," He said walking over to the wand.

"Well I guess the most obvious would be a sword and a shield, but I wonder......"  He picked up the wand and looked at the design.

"Umm, I guess I choose this one," He shouted only for the wand to vanish in a flash and the pedestal once again sunk into the ground.

The young man looked at the final pedestal, but this one didn't have anything on it. He stood there for a minute confused until something grabbed his leg. He looked down and saw a pool of darkness dragging him in. In a panic, he tried to tear the tentacles off only for his hands went right through them, after a minute of struggling he was completely engulfed.

He opened his eyes and looked around and saw that the platform had changed. Now the picture was of the key from earlier now with multiple pictures of different people surrounded by a heart outline with red thorned vines.

"What the hell! IF THIS IS A JOKE ITS NOT FUNNY!" He shouted at into the void. he tried to gather his thoughts over what had just happened and how he got here.

"So you're the Key?" A voice whispered from behind him.

He spun around and suddenly felt the wind being knocked out of him as he was sent flying towards the edge of the platform.

"What the hell was that for!"He said holding his stomach to try and ease the pain. looking up he saw a figure wearing a black robe that completely covered his face.

"You're still weak Zeno, it's clear that you are not ready to wield its power." The hooded man said as he walked over to where the young man was standing.

"W-wait how do you know my name?" He asked as the hooded man ignored him and continued his march.

Zeno looked for anything to defend himself with, but couldn't find anything so he ran to get a little distance from the hooded man but was stopped when he appeared in front of him.

"Running isn't an option." The hooded man said as he slapped the young man and sent him flying across the platform.

Rolling around holding his cheek to ease the pain Zeno glared at his opponent. "Ugh.....I am REALLY getting sick of that!" He said standing back up.

"Ok think Zeno what's the plan here, Think Dammit THINK!" He stood there as the hooded man continued his march. After a moment, it seemed like everything slowed down to a halt.

Zeno looked down at the picture of the key the boy was holding it felt like the key was..........calling him. Telling him to use it, but what is it? This was one of the many thoughts that raced through his mind. But were they really his thoughts or someone else's?

Suddenly time seemed to start and Zeno felt something new, something powerful, deep down inside himself. With one motion, he threw his left hand back and in a flash the key from the picture appeared in his hand and he spun on his heel brought the key down on the Hooded man. However, the man had disappeared completely leaving him completely dumbfounded.

"what? Where did he go?" Zeno looked around for the hooded man but found no one and what made matters worse was that the darkness from before was starting to appear again. Only this time it was in the form of little impish creatures.

"Ok, you want some, COME GET SOME!" Zeno shouted as the Imps attacked. He knocked one away with the key and saw it fall over the edge of the platform. Another Imp ran straight towards him, however, he squashed it into black smoke.

"YEAH, HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT!" Zeno shouted as he looked at the Imp, but jumped as he saw the creature crawled on the ground like a drawing.

As the Imp crawled away other Imps started to appear one by one and slowly they started to come together to create a hulking figure with muscled arms, it didn't have any feet just a stump of moving darkness that had veins slowly wiggling around climbing towards its torso, and it didn't have a face, but it had a head with a hole in the shape of a heart.

"Oh......my.......god." Zeno looked at the monster in front of him and slowly backed away until he was standing on the edge of the platform. "Oh, Shit!" He said as he realized he was about to fall off the edge, not realizing that the beast had heard his outburst and now was looking at him.

The beast grabbed Zeno and crushed him in his grip, he couldn't do anything but scream at the excruciating pain as the beasts grip got tighter and tighter.

"Dammit.......is this seriously it.........I'm gonna die? Nana, Grandpa, everyone!" He felt his conscious slipping further and further away. Until he felt his bone's snap and the pain nearly made him pass out.

"Dammit.........Dammit...............DAMMIT!" Zeno felt his muscle tense and his grip on the key tightened and he slowly lifted the key up and pointed it at the monster.

"I'M NOT GONNA DIE HERE YOU BASTARD!" Zeno shouted as a spark flickered on the tip of the key and slowly it grew to be an inferno the monster brought it's left arm up to try and stop him by crushing Zeno.

"BURN!!" Zeno shouted as the flame shot out and caught the monsters arm in an inferno which caused it to lose its grip. He hit the ground in a heap while the monster roared in agony at the loss of its arm.

"Ow............you think that's bad. Try being me in this situation," Zeno said under his breath as he clutched his sore body. He looked at the monster who was still trying to stop the flame from burning its whole arm off.

"Ok, time to finish this." Zeno grabbed the key once more and pointed the tip at the monster who finally able to stop the fire and looked to where he was standing. He tried to do the same thing he had done before, but it didn't work.

"Oh crap! WHY ISN'T IT WORKING!?" Zeno tried to bring out the fire but it still wasn't working no matter what he did.

The monster brought its right hand back and was ready to crush its enemy with one swing. However, Zeno looked up and saw the monster was preparing another attack.

"Oh......... CRAP!" He shouted running towards the base of the monster to get out of range and brought the key up and prepared to bash its stomach. The monster brought its fist down right behind Zeno as he ran towards its stomach. He stopped right at the monsters stomach and jumped to the right and rolled out of the away of the punch as it struck the monster right in its stomach. He got back up and ran behind the monster and prepared to attack.

"One......two.....THREE!" He swung the key towards the monsters head and surprisingly it bashed right through it. The monsters body began to crack like glass and light began to pour out. After a few seconds the body completely shattered and a glowing heart was left behind and gently floated away.

Zeno was breathing heavily, he tried to process what exactly was going on. Suddenly there was the sound of clapping coming from behind him, he turned around and saw the hooded man once again.

"Very impressive young man! I mean it! I was honestly expecting you to wake up from the dream when that heartless finished you off! But MAN you have some serious skills!" The hooded man said. However, this one sounded much younger than the other one and he seemed a bit shorter too.

"What the HELL is going on! what was with that crazy-ass monster that tried to KILL ME!? AND WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THIS KEY?" Zeno shouted as he threw the key on the ground which slid over to the hooded man.

"Well sorry kid, but," The hooded man said as he picked up the key and held it in front of him, but it vanished in a flash of light and reappeared in Zenos hands.

"You're the chosen one!" The hooded man said in an overly dramatic tone. He started laughing until Zeno decided he had enough.

"Would you shut up! why? WHY ME!? WHAT DID I DO, I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS! I DON'T WANT THIS!" Zeno shouted as he threw the key into the darkness, but once again the key reappeared in His hands.

"Sorry kid, but that's not how this game is played." The hooded man said as he pulled down his hood to show a young man who looked very young, he was short with long blond hair that went down his back, finally he had striking pale green eyes.

"Who are you! What is this.....THING!" Zeno shouted as he pointed the key at the hooded man.

"My name is Zexus. That thing you keep swinging around like a dumb ass is the key to saving your life kid." Zexus said as he pointed at the key Zeno was holding. "To put it in the simplest way possible that thing you just got rid of was a Heartless. They are creatures of darkness that hunt human hearts to become stronger, and you my young friend have been chosen as their sworn enemy." Zexus said as he started walking around the platform.

"What? Why? why am I their enemy? And what happened to my home, my family, my friends!" Zeno shouted stepping closer to the Zexus trying to intimidate him, however, Zexus only smiled and ignored him.

Zeno charged at Zexus with his weapon at the ready, however, Zexus calmly walked towards him but in the blink of an eye he dodge his attack and brought his fist into his stomach. He fell to the ground gasping for air while glaring at Zexus.

"This guy hits harder than the other guy that's for sure." Zexus pulled him up by the hair and started dragging him over to the edge of the platform.

"Let's say for a moment kid I answered all your questions, what would be the point? The best part of an adventure if you already had an answer to all your problems. Sorry kid but this isn't how the game is played." Zexus said as he dragged Zeno over to the edge of the platform and held him over the abyss.

"OH SHIT!" Zeno shouted as he looked down into darkness.

"Hey kid look at this way, It's not every day someone get the chance to travel for free," Zexus said as he threw him into the abyss watching him sink further and further into darkness, screaming at the top of his lungs.

It was a very calm afternoon and the stars were shining brightly in the night sky. A woman was watching the stars while playing a peaceful tune on the harp. She had blond hair that were tied in pigtails, also with two antennas and wearing a pink dress with black flower shaped textures that went down her thigh.

As she finished her song she stares at the night sky and brings her hands together and begins to pray. "Please oh god. Grant us your guidance and deliver us from evil. Protect the sky islands and please protect my father and me. In your name dear god, I give you these prayers. And my soul. Amen." she brought her hands down and gently smiled only she noticed something shining in the distance.

"A shooting star?" she said watching as the object seemed to get closer. It was only after the object was in range did she realize how fast it was going and she instantly jumped out of the way.

There was a huge explosion that seemed to shake the entire area. The girl looked up and saw the ground was torn apart and burnt. She got up and investigated the crash and looked to where the trail ended. What she wasn't expecting to find, however, was a young man passed out with burn marks and scratches covering his whole body.

"CONIS!" Someone shouted from above the shoreline. She looked up to find her father with a worried look as he ran down the stairs to his daughter.

"Father!" she said as he made his way to the crash. Both of them looked at the man with worried expressions and slowly they walked over to inspect his condition.

Suddenly the man started to cough violently and he seemed to be in a grat deal of pain, however, it proved that he was still alive which was a relief to conis and her father.

"What should we do father?" She asked as she bent down and tried to help the man by putting his arm around her. "What other choice do we have?" he said as he got around the other side and helped lift him out of the crater and slowly began to drag the man up the stairs.

"let's just hope nothing happens because of this." The two managed to get him into their home without anyone seeing them and prepared to treat his wounds. In the distance, However, there was a lone figure wearing a black robe watching the scene but soon left as he walked through a vortex of darkness appeared behind him.

In a dark room with the only light shining on a small table, a group of women sat around waiting for their orders.

suddenly there was a flash and an image of an older man with old faded blond hair that went down his back. he wore a white robe with no diffining features and he seemed to be resting his chin on his hand. He took a deep breath and looked at the six in front of him."Ok, the time has come to give you all a new assignment.".

"YIPPEE!!" Squeed the voice of an overly peppy girl as she bounced in her chair.

"Girl you had best calm down. We all know what happened last time you went gung hoe on a mission,"The voice of a woman with a very strong southern draw said as she propped her stetson back.

"Aw come on AJ cut the girl some slack. We haven't been on the job in months!" The voice of a girl with a very cocky tone retorted as she leaned back in her seat.

"And whose fault was that? Last time I checked darling wasn't it both of you who put us on probation." The voice of a woman with a very posh accent said as she checked her fingernails.

"GIRLS! We can debate this later! Please continue sir." The voice of a very scholarly sounding women said as she focused her attention on their leader.

There was a brief pause before the presentation continued and the image of a man with jet black hair and crimson red eyes appeared on a screen. "This man is your target. His name is Zeno, no present last name. He was once an third tear engineer from tinker town. However, recently he has gotten the attention of Imperium and now is a wanted man." the older man said as he looked at the six in front of him.

"Your mission is to take him in alive and bring him here for the exchange. You have your orders! DISMISSED!"