In the World That Never Was (Sora's and Ryan F-Freeman's Story)

Sora and Ryan arrives in a Dark City at the base of a tall skyscraper)

Sora: Wait, isn't this...

(He walks around)

Sora: Is the Organization's world sleeping too? No, it can't be. I know we definitely found the twelve Keyholes already. So, we've gotta be awake again and in the real world. But why here?

Ryan: I don't know.

??????: Aw, what's the matter, sleepyhead?

(He searches around)

Sora: Who's there? Show yourself!

??????: We jumped through a lot of hoops to get you here.

(A crosshair locks onto Sora and Ryan and the arrowgun powers up)

??????: But it looks as if it's gonna pay off.

(Sora dodges the bolt as it strikes the ground. He sees a man atop an adjacent skycraper, who jumps down to street level. The man dispels his arrowguns and smirks at Sora with his good eye, a scar lining his face)

Sora (surprised): You're a part of this?

Xigbar: Hey. Let's hit these plot points in order, Sora, Ryan... Roxas and Ranyx. First, you must be wondering about your revised itinerary. "Why are we here, not back home?" The answer's simple. We brought you to this place! Hijacked your little slumber party before it started. And ever since, we've been both your companions and your constant guides.

Sora: Before it started?

(He gasps)

Ryan: The man in the robe! And so that guy in the black coat, and Xemnas...

Xigbar: Bingo. You were able to go back in time to just before your home became a Sleeping World, only because a past version of you already existed there.

(Xigbar walks up close to Sora, who backs away slowly)

Xigbar: And I can see, in the past, you already met Mr. Robe Guy. Yup, he was there then to make sure you ended up here now.

Sora: That's ridiculous!

Xigbar: It sure is. It's too perfect. Who'd ever believe it? Which is why you idiots never saw it coming. You thought you were off doing some kind of test, right? Well, test this--how come you're wearing the same clothes if you're already back home? You are not gonna wake up, okay? Look--there's no real versus dreams anymore. There's just you, us, and this.

Sora: I see. Fair enough.

(They summons their Keyblade)

Sora: So what? At least I know who to blame for it!

(They glares at Xigbar, ready to fight)

Xigbar: Ooh, I see you've still got that angry look down. But, here is where I tag out. I got just a few more hoops I gotta jump through. (He teleports away, leaving Sora and Ryan alone. He reappears upside down in the air above Sora, laughing as he shoots the ground around him with thirteen bolts. In each bolt's place, a cloaked figure appears. To Sora's immediate front stands the young man from his previous encounters, fully unhooded)

????????: Come with me.

(He extends his hand, and Sora has a flash of Riku doing the same on that fateful night. Suddenly, Sora and Ryan feels dizzy and he holds his head)

Sora: What?

(He looks to his right and sees Xigbar)

Xigbar: Pleasant dreams, kiddo.

(Sora collapses. On the beach of the Destiny Islands, Sora awakes to see a young man with silver hair gazing into the water. A figure in a brown robe with an X across its chest walks up to the young man and speaks with him)

????????: Yes. This was where it started.

(Sora turns his head to see the cloaked young man sitting to his left)

????????: At this point, I still had no idea that I was talking to myself. He cast away his bodily form just to set me on the appointed path.

Sora: What do you mean?

????????: That is Xehanort reduced to just a heart--the being you and your friends called "Ansem."

(Sora turns back to see the robed man standing before him)

Sora: Whoa!

(Sora blacks out again. When Ryan comes to, it is nighttime on Canterlot High. He sees the robed Ansem entering the Secret Place)

Ryan: Him!

(He then sees himself running towards the Secret Place)

Ryan: Is that...

????????: Yes. The point in time that Xigbar mentioned.

(Ryan looks over to see the cloaked youth again)

Ryan: Me, right before my world was swallowed by the darkness.

????????: To move through time, you must leave your body behind. Ansem first sent me on my way, and then placed himself here when the time was right. That was what set all these events in motion.

Ryan: What are you saying? That he knew everything that would happen?

????????: No, not everything. But remember, Ansem possessed your Brother and saw his experiences in real time.

Ryan: So? That could only tell him so much. How did he know I would be here today?

????????: Simple.

(There is a loud boom and a gust of wind. Meg's form flies out of the Secret Place)

Ryan: Meg!

(Ryan tries to catch her, but she disappears. Ryan again blacks out and awakens in Traverse Town. In the night sky, a star blinks out. He then feels himself floating and opens his eyes)

Sora: What is...

(He looks around, seeing several other floating images of Sora. He gazes down to the First District and slowly descends to the ground. Looking up, he sees the other images of him walking around as in his previous visits to the town. One such Sora falls to the ground and disappears)

????????: You've been here many times.

(He notices the youth beside him again)

????????: Your first journey... your voyage through memories... in the datascape... in your dreams. Relived again and again...like déjà vu.

(Sora sees King Mickey with his Keyblade race through the door to the Third District)

Sora: King Mickey?

(He reaches out his hand as Goofy and Donald pass through him. Donald turns to Goofy, who points to the sky. Sora follows their gaze to see a star blink out. He looks back down and Goofy, Donald, and Pluto are walking up the stairs)

Sora: Donald! Goofy!

(Sora runs to catch up to them. Upon reaching the stairs, Pluto races out of the side alleyway and through door to the Third District)

Sora: Pluto!

(He pursues Pluto to the door and hears a faint voice)

????: Sora!

(Sora and Ryan collapses and awakes in The World That Never Was wearing a black outfit)

Sora: Huh? Are we're back?

(He sees Mickey, Donald, and Goofy even Ryan's Friendsrun through the alleyway into the city)

Sora: Wait, Your Majesty! Donald! Goofy

Ryan:

(They ran off and they saw Naminé and Megaminé)