Shades of Gray (if you read it, please comment)

[HeartOfTheHero]

Summary - After the end of KH2, one of the main characters becomes tempted by the possibilities that the door to Timeless River presents. They sneak through and begin to change the events of the past in their favor. This affects everyone at Disney Castle and their memories, so they don't realize what has happened. However, Sora and Riku realize what's going on, and try to stop it.
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Prologue
The door to the audience chamber in Disney Castle creaked open. It was pitch black, the middle of the night, and everyone had gone to bed. The flapping footsteps that had led up to the door continued quickly, yet hesitantly, across the room, until they reached the throne. A few moments of silent searching, and then...click. The throne slid off to the side to reveal a staircase leading down into the Hall of the Cornerstone. The footsteps resumed, down the stairs, and up to the large silver double-doors. They were pulled open with a groan, and several indistinguishable mutterings.

There were a few seconds of uncertainty, and second thoughts, but they were quickly pushed aside. The doors to Timeless River swung shut behind the individual, as they stepped back in time.

Chapter 1
Sora ran down to the beach just as Riku was tying his boat to the dock. Riku glanced up as Sora slid to a stop beside him.

"What is it, Sora?" he asked in an impatient tone.

"Riku, something doesn't feel right. I think something's happened at Disney Castle," Sora said, as he tried to catch his breath.

"So you felt it too?

"Yeah."

"Well, what are we going to do?"

"I'll send a message to Cid," Sora said as he turned around and started running back the way he had come, "he can send us a gummi ship, so we can go see what's going on."

Riku started walking back towards his house, trying to think of some explaination for why he and Sora had had the same feeling at practically the same time. Something was wrong at Disney Castle, and Riku was pretty sure that whatever it
was, it invovled the King.

"Cid's sending us a ship," Sora shouted as he ran back towards Riku. "It'll be here in about a half an hour."
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Comments, opinions, and anything of that sort are welcome!
I just wrote the prologue last night while watching Heroes, so I know it's not the best, but I don't feel like changing it right now.
(this is my first KH fanfic, so go easy on me, this is more of a practice than a serious story, but I'll try to make it good!)

[VenFan17]

Ooooh, you're plot idea sounds very interesting! I like this so far ^^ It is good for your first KH story

[HeartOfTheHero]

Thanks VenFan17!


Chapter 2
As Sora and Riku landed their gummi ship in Disney Castle, they glanced out the window and realized that the castle looked completely different.

"What's going on?" Sora asked as they walked through the courtyard and saw several brooms rushing past.

"Maybe they're redecorating" Riku suggested, as they strode up to the doors. Once they were inside, they were stunned to find that the whole inside of the castle had been redesigned. "Hey, Sora.... aren't blue and yellow Donald's colors?"

"Yeah."

"Then why is the whole castle done up in blue and yellow?"

"I don't know, let's go ask the King." Sora turned away from the picture that he had been looking at. On his last visit, there had been a painting of Queen Minnie there, but now it was a portrait of Daisy.

They wandered slowly down the hallway, examining all of the changes that had taken place. They spun around when they heard shouting coming from one of the rooms behind them.

"Get out of here! And don't let me catch you in tis castle again! Or you'll be sorry!"

"But, Queen Daisy -"

Sora turned to Riku, "That's Queen Minnie!" Sora started to run towards the door, but Riku held him back.

"Wait Sora! Queen Daisy? Since when was Daisy the queen?"

Sora hesitated, then jumped when he heard a crash like someone was throwing something. "That doesn't matter right now." he said with a wave of his hand, "the Queen's in trouble, we have to help her!" He turned and dashed into the room with Riku right behind him.

"How dare you try to steal those jewels!" Daisy shrieked as she stood in the center of the room, throwing things at Minnie, who was desperately trying to run out of the room.

"But Queen Daisy, I found it lying out in the hallway, I was only trying to put it back!" she cried as she ducked behind a table.

"Oh, so you're a liar too! Guards!" Daisy yelled as she continued throwing everything in her reach at Minnie. "Guards!"

"Hold on!" Sora said as he jumped between them. "What's going on?"

"Are you alright, Your Majesty?" Riku asked Minnie.

"Well of course I'm not all right!" Daisy wailed. "This little thief just tried to steal one of my bracelets!"

Sora and Riku took a stip back to look at Minnie and Daisy again. Daisy was wearing one of the most extravagant gowns that they had ever seen, while Minnie was dressed in little more than rags.

"I was only trying to return it." Minnie said in a tearful whisper.

"Umm, why don't we...go talk to the King. I'm sure this is just a big misunderstanding" Sora said as he looked back and forth between the two of them.

"Good idea, Sora" Riku said just loud enough for him to hear, "maybe the King can tell us what's going on here." Sora nodded, then gestured for Daisy and Minnie to follow him.

"C'mon. The King's probably in the library."

"Why would he be there?" Daisy asked. "He's in the audience chamber"

"Oh, okay..." Sora said with an uneasy glance at Riku. "to the audience chamber"

Riku pulled open the door to the audience chamber, then let Daisy and Minnie go in before him. As soon as he and Sora stepped into the room and saw who was sitting on the throne, they both froze.

"No way..."

"You have got to be kidding me..."
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Questions, comments, suggestions?
I felt like I was a little bit too repetitive in the chapter, what do you all think?

[VenFan17]

lol can't wait for more this is good! =D

[HeartOfTheHero]

Originally Posted by VenFan17

lol can't wait for more this is good! =D

thanks! I have to finish Chapter 3. I'm having a little trouble coming up with ideas on how to get started. any suggestions are welcome, but i'll probably be able to come up with something by next week

[Roxas-XIII]

wow - im glad i decided to read this - you have really good ideas for this - its awesome

[HeartOfTheHero]

Originally Posted by Roxas-XIII

wow - im glad i decided to read this - you have really good ideas for this - its awesome

thanks!

if anyone has an ideas/suggestions of things that they think should happen, let me know! i'm always open to suggestions

[Dawning Twilight]

hmm intriguing. i'd go ahead and critique it but you've got me in lazy mode. Lol. maybe another time.

[HeartOfTheHero]

Chapter 3
Donald Duck sat on his throne in the audience chamber, thinking about the past few weeks of his life. He was so deep in thought, that he didn't notice the four people standing in front of him.

"Donald!" Daisy called.

He shook his haed as he snapped out of his daze. "oh, Daisy, what is it?" he glanced at the other three, and was shocked to find Sora and Riku standing alongside Minnie. "What are you doing here?" he said in a panicked voice.

"We should be asking you the same question!" Sora said.

"how dare you adress the King that way!" Daisy yelled.

"the King?" Sora and Riku both cried in astonishment.

"Wait a minute, you're just filling in for King Mickey, right?" Sora asked, "He probably had to leave for a little while, and he asked you to watch everything for him, right?"

"Um, Sora...." Riku said quietly, "I think we need to get out of here," he gestured at the guards who had started to encircle them, "maybe we should come back later..."

"But Riku!"

"Trust me sora." Riku turned and glared at Donald.

Donald glared back and said, "Mickey isn't the King! I am! and I'm ordering you to leave the castle, right now!"

"Of course. So sorry about the inconveniece, Your Majesty!" Riku said sarcastically, and with a slight bow. "C'mon Sora"

"But Riku!"

"Not now Sora," Riku whispered. "We'll find our own way out," he added over his shoulder to Donald and the others as he pulled Sora with him out the door.

Once they were a little ways away from the audience chamber, Sora turned to Riku.

"We're not really leaving everything like this, are we?"

"Of course not!" Riku exclaimed, "But we can't do much with all of those guards around. If you had kept your big mouth shut, we might have been able to figure out what's going on. But since you didn't, we're just going to have to find the
King." Seeing Sora's slightly bewildered expression, "The real King"

"Didn't you see the way Donald was looking at us? He'll probably have guards all over the castle by now." Sora said dismally.

"Well, I don't know about you, but I've been missind a good challenge." Riku said as he took off running through the castle.

"Hey! no fair!" Sora said as he sprinted after Riku.

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"Donald! Donald are you listening to me?" Daisy demanded as she stood before him.

"Wah?" he shook his head and looked at her, "What is it Daisy?"

"You weren't listening! What's gotten into you lately? You forget about the big dinner I had planned a few nights ago, and you've been acting strangely!"

"Ah....it's nothing. Don't worry about it." he said as he turned away from her. Oooh! why did Sora have to turn up? and now that I had everything starting to work, too! he thought bitterly.

"Donald, are you hiding something from me!?" Daisy said as she pushed her way past one of the guards that had decided to stand in front of her.

"Of course not, Daisy!" he said as he stood and walked out into the hallway. This was not going the way he had planned.

[VenFan17]

OMG i love riku in this chapter!

"If you had kept your big mouth shut, we might have been able to figure out what's going on"

XD

[HeartOfTheHero]

haha, yeah, i realized I hadn't given him any sarcasic/rude lines yet, so i figured him yelling at Sora would be a good start

[Venexts]

This is really good. You are such an amazing writer. You really captured the personalities of the characters through the dialog. I can not wait to read the rest.

As far as suggestions go...Perhaps you could have a villain find out that Donald is running the Castle and decide to attack it, seeing it as a good opportunity since Mickey does not seem to be around. But hey keep doing what you're doing, because it is really good!
=]

[HeartOfTheHero]

Originally Posted by Venexts

This is really good. You are such an amazing writer. You really captured the personalities of the characters through the dialog. I can not wait to read the rest.

As far as suggestions go...Perhaps you could have a villain find out that Donald is running the Castle and decide to attack it, seeing it as a good opportunity since Mickey does not seem to be around. But hey keep doing what you're doing, because it is really good!
=]

thanks! you know i always listen to your advice, and that's a good idea....hmm, yes that gives me a few ideas, haha.

[HeartOfTheHero]

Chapter 4
Riku glanced around the corner. He and Sora had agreed that it would be better if they split up and met back at the gummi ship later. Sora was searching the east half of the casle, and Riku the west. They hadn't realize it at the time, but the east half of the castle was mostly the over-extravagant, fancy, and over-decorated side, while the west side was almost all servants' quarters, and the southern most part was actually the dungeon, where Riku was currently located.

As Riku swept his gaze over the room, he realized that there were twice as many guards than there needed to be, standing around the door to one of the little cramped cells in the dungeon. There was only one reason that he could tink of for 'King' Donald to guard someone that closely. Riku leaned back against the wall, took a deep breath, summoned his keyblade, and jumped around the corner.

In less than 30 seconds, all 10 guards were in a heap on the floor, unconscious.

"Too easy," he said with a smirk, as he walked up to the cell door and looked in. In the darkest corner, he was able to make out a very familiar pair of large, round ears. "Are you alright?" he said. He figured it would be best to avoid saying 'your majesty' and 'king Mickey' until he was sure of what was going on.

The King looked up at him. "Who are you?"

Riku sighed. Things had just gotten much more complicated if Mickey honestly didn't know who he was. "My name is Riku, and I'm here to help you." As he said this he used his keyblade to unlock the door. It swung open slowly, making a lot of noise in the process. "We need to leave right now, someone had to have heard that," he said as he started back towards the gummi ship.

Mickey followed him warily, after looking around the room to make sure Riku was the only one there. They dashed around the pile of guards, and ran down the hallway.

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A little while later, Sora dashed into the gummi ship and closed the door behind him.

"What, can't handle a few guards, Sora?" Riku asked as he leaned against the wall.

"There were a lot more than a few! And it wasn't just guards, there were magicians, too!" Sora complained as he slumped against the door. "Did you find the King?" he asked as he looked at the floor.

"Yeah. Now let's get out of here before they tear the ship apart," Riku yelled over the sudden bangs and crashes coming from the exterior of the ship. He jumped into the pilot's chair and put the ship into orbit around the castle. while he was doing this, Sora realized that Mickey had been standing off to the side of the door ever since he had been on the ship. "Now I think it's time we figured out what's going on here." Riku said as he turned his chair around to face them.

[VenFan17]

ooooh! i wanna know what had happened keep going! ^__^

oh and "too easy" XD i can only imagine how sora would've reacted if he was there. probably thinking to himself..."man...what a bragger" lol