Author's Notes: Before you read this fanfic I should tell you that this story does NOT star Sora, Riku, or Kairi. They will occasionally appear in it, but the main character of this story is my OC Trevor. Also, some of the worlds are not Disney or Final Fantasy based. So, if you have a problem with that, go and read some other Kingdom Hearts fanfic. Also this is my first fan fiction, so no FLAMES please.

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters, storylines, or concepts mention in the story, just the OCs.

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Kingdom Heart III: Beyond the Kingdom Volume One

By: ghostfox12

Prologue: Dive into the Heart

I seek a peace that I can never have…

I search for you even though you don't exist…

Beyond this shattered world, I'll find my true home…

He felt like he was freefalling into an empty void and slowly opened his eyes.

And love is not the easy thingThe only baggage that you can bring

He was falling into a void, but strangely enough, he wasn't afraid.

Love is not the easy thing

The collegian felt something warm in his heart. What was it?

The only baggage you can bringIs all that you can't leave behind...

In a flash of white light, the nineteen year old found himself at his university. He looked over and saw his best friend in the whole world waving at him. As he started to walk over to him, a great chasm appeared between them and darkness began to rapidly flow from it.

And if the darkness is to keep us apart

Suddenly, the young man found himself on a small piece of earth floating in an endless sea of darkness.

And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off

He quickly turned around a saw a beautiful blonde woman, about his age holding an object close to her heart.

And if your glass heart should crackAnd for a second you turn back

She handed him a heart-shaped pendant that was broken in half, before she looked him straight in the eyes.

Oh no, be strong

The young man found himself in the middle of a meadow with the young woman. Colorful cherry blossoms were floating gently in the wind.

Oh, ohWalk on, walk onWhat you got, they can't steal itNo, they can't even feel itWalk on, walk on

The beautiful scenery around was starting to fade away. Before it was completely gone, the young woman put her hand on his cheek and mouthed something, before she too faded away. Wait, did she say…?

Stay safe tonight

The young man was now standing on top of a building overlooking the college campus that he attended.

Home...Hard to know what it is, if you never had one

Something didn't feel right; it was like he didn't belong here, but that's crazy, right?

Home...I can't say where it is, but I know I'm goingHome...

Suddenly, someone grabbed him from behind and whispered in his ear. The voice sounded so familiar.

That's where the hurt is...

The person behind then pulled him off the building and the young man began to plummeted to the ground.

And I know it achesAnd your heart, it breaksAnd you can only take so much

Walk on...

Instead of hitting the ground, the young man crashed into a body of water. Before long, the nineteen year old realized that he was gently floating down to the ocean floor.

Leave it behindYou got to leave it behind

His very dark brown hair waved in the water as his light emerald green eyes wander. Surprisingly, what he found odd was not that he was floating in a dark abyss, but the fact that he was wearing white clothes instead of his usual black attire. He had a white A-shirt covered by a white jacket, was wearing white pants, and black and white tennis shoes.

All that you fashionAll that you makeAll that you buildAll that you breakAll that you measureAll that you feel

It was only when his feet touch the bottom of the floor that he realized that he wasn't where he was supposed to be. The very moment he took his first step, the floor seem to crack and turned into dozens, if not, hundreds of doves flying though the air.

All this you can leave behind

Not only had the doves startled him, but the floor itself seemed to illuminate. When the light had died down he looked at the floor with amazement; the rocky terrain was replaced by a beautiful stained glass mural.

All that you reason, it's only timeAnd I'll never fill up all I findAll that you senseAll that you schemeAll you dress-upAll that you've seenAll you createAll that you wreckAll that you hate

He examined this strange mural; it contained several odd looking people wearing masks and matching red outfits. In the background were a very bulky looking blonde man and a woman stretching her body beyond human capability holding a small baby who was also wearing a mask and a red outfit. In front of them was a teenage girl with violet hair striking a pose as if she was about to summon a force field or something. Lastly was a preadolescent boy with the same blond hair as the man behind him in a runner's stance.

Don't be afraid, you have so much to learn. The young man looked around to see where the sudden voice came from, but to no avail. Your power is great, so great that it was suppress in the depths of your heart for all of these years… The voice seems to echo from every where at once. Not only that, it seem to come from within him and around him at the same time. …Because of this your heart and soul shattered… Suddenly, he heard something cracking; he looked down and the whole mural shattered.

He fell with the broken pieces of glass in the void only to notice that he was falling to another stained glass mural. Unlike his last time, he landed with a loud THUD!!! As he picked himself up, he noticed that this mural was different from the last one. This one featured a boy, probably around ten or twelve years old. What was odd about it is that the boy's eyes were glowing. Not only that, the tattoos that he has on his bald head and his arms were glowing too. Wind, earth, water, and fire seem to surround the boy, and along the edges of the mural were portraits of other people. Before he could study the portraits of the other people further, the voice spoke up again.

To use your power it must first take shape… With that, three pedestals with three different weapons appeared: a sword, a staff, and a shield. The sword represents power; it can destroy anyone and everything in its wake. The shield represents friendship, it protects all from harm. The staff represents inter wisdom, the strength from within. Choose wisely…, the voice forewarned. The nineteen year old wonder which weapon he should take, they were all good choices. He wanted power, but friendship and wisdom was important too. He slowly walked up the farthest pedestal where the sword was and grasped the hilt firmly in his hand. Wisdom and friendship means a thing if one doesn't have the power to back it up, he reasoned. The sword then burst into tiny lights and went into his body. Your path is set… Now choose which weapon you want to give up. Damn, he wasn't expecting this. If he had known about this, he would have chosen the staff instead. Needless to say, it was going to be a hard decision. He thought about it for a while, then figure that he rather be a wise man with no friends instead of a fool with a lot of them. He walked toward the shield and touches it. It vanished ominously into the darkness. Remember…, the voice chimed in of all the sudden. This is the path you have chosen.

The young man looked toward his right and saw a staircase appearing out of nowhere. When he reached the top of the staircase, he wasn't shocked to see another crazy mural. This one featured a beautiful dark skinned woman with ash blonde hair and next to her was a scholar looking man with a frail body built. Who think of these things, he wondered to himself. There are times when you will be called to action, when you are forced to fight. It will be wise for you to learn how to defend yourself. Just then, a whole bunch of Shadows appeared. The young man was shocked and didn't know what to do until the sword appeared in his hand. He began to eliminate the Heartless one by one. There was a strange feeling inside of him. He didn't know why but fighting always comes natural to him, but this time, something was different. He felt as if he could break all laws of physics and do the impossible. When the last Heartless was defeated, a small army of Nobodies appeared. Lucky for our hero they were only Dusks, but he didn't know that. Why should he, he never seen a Heartless or a Nobody in his life. With the greatest of ease, he eliminates the Nobodies just in time for a pathway to appear.

When both his feet were on the next mural, the pathway disappeared. A one way trip, he thought. He turned his attention to the mural laid out before him. Unlike the other murals which seem to be about how colorful the picture could be, this one had a white tint to it. On it was a girl with reddish hair that was tied into pigtails. She was holding a dove and appeared to be trying to talk to it. Next to her was an older looking teen, around his age, with sandy blonde hair looking upwards. Below the girl was a strange looking creature wearing a blue shirt with triangles on it. What was it, a poodle, a rabbit, a beaver? He then realizes it was a wallaby of all things. Below the boy was a crazy looking white rabbit wearing a bowtie and red overalls. Finally, in the background above the boy and girl, with his back turned, was another boy with blonde hair wearing a headband and an orange jumpsuit. Before he could study this mural filled with this hodgepodge gathering of characters, the voice chimed in again.

Beware, for the brighter the light the darker your shadow becomes. Just then a being made of pure light appeared in font of him. When the being tired to grabbed him, he jumped back and summon his sword. Oddly enough, the illuminant being collapsed in a heap and clouds of darkness began to engulf it. Out of the dark clouds came forth a new being. Our hero almost dropped his sword; he couldn't believe what he was seeing. The being looked exactly like him right down to the kind of clothes he was wearing. The difference was that its skin was milk white, hair and eyes were jet black, and its clothes were in different shades of green. As the doppelganger advanced forward, our hero stepped back. "Wh-what are you?" the young man asked.

The being looked hurt or at least pretended to be. "I'm shocked. After all we have been though Trevor?" Trevor almost tripped over himself; this thing knows who he is. "I am you," the creature said nonchalantly and with that it summons a dark colored keyblade and charged at Trevor. Trevor parried the attack, kicked the doppelganger to the ground, and ran to find an exit out of the crazy place he was in. "You can't leave now," the copy said flatly. "The party is just getting started." Trevor turned to his copy and notices a strange symbol on its forehead, it looked like a heart, but at the bottom was an infinite symbol. "Now…," it continued as it raised its keyblade. "Shall we dance?"

The clone jumped into the air and fired three energy blasts towards Trevor. He dodges each blast with ease, but started to feel his fatigue. When the clone landed, it unleashed a series of onslaughts and combos. I have to end this now, Trevor thought. He then performed a leg sweep to knock the creature off balance. The creature was surprised about this and fell flat on its back. Trevor then plunge the sword into his copy's chest and watched it as it burst into black smoke.

Suddenly, the ground started to quake and the mural was being covered by darkness. The darkness began to pull Trevor down and he struggled to be released. The voice came back to Trevor; Do not fear the darkness… For you hold the most powerful weapon of all… The key-

KH-KH-KH

Trevor awoke drench in sweat; he looked around his dorm room and then put his hands over his eyes. "It was only a dream," he said with a sigh of relief. Out of the blue, a pillow hit his head.

"Come on Trevor," his roommate said. "We gonna be late for class!" Trevor quickly dressed and headed out the door with his roommate. Little did he know that a mysterious figure in a blue cloak was watching him through a window from a distance.

"His power is beginning to awaken..." said the shrouded figure before disappearing into a dark vortex.

Next Chapter: The Power of Hitsuzen

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Author's Notes: In case if you wondering, the lyrics in the beginning of the story are Walk On by U2. I don't own the song, because if I did, I'd be rich. The song actually fits in with the theme of the story pretty well. And I know some of you are wondering why I didn't use a Utada Hikaru song. Well, I figured that different keybladers will hear different singers when they have the dream training them to become keybladers. (Roxas doesn't count, because he's Sora's Nobody, so of course he's going to hear a Utada Hikaru song just like Sora.) Please review.