Editing Dive to the Heart

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The '''Dive to the Heart''' is a location which appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', ''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]'', and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''. It is framed as a world within a dream, and its nature as the dreamer's heart is reinforced by the background music, the gameplay tutorial, and the strange way of speaking used by those within it (a manner also used by the remembered characters of ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories''). However, the events which occur within it have a real effect on the waking world, and in one instance they are actually observed by outside forces.<ref>The Organization observes and comments upon Sora's battle with Roxas in the Station of Awakening.</ref> In terms of gameplay, the purpose of the Dive to the Heart is to serve as a tutorial level, where the player will learn the controls of the game, choose how their character will grow, and fight their first boss. The player is guided through the Awakening by an inaudible, unseen "voice", whose identity is uncertain.<ref>Throughout the Kingdom Hearts series, there are only four characters who have "spoken" like the mysterious voice: [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]], [[Sora]], and [[Ansem the Wise|DiZ]]. It is unlikely that Ansem is the voice, as every other time he speaks in this manner he insults or criticizes Sora, and it is unlikely that it is DiZ, as he did not yet know that Sora was the Keyblade wielder. In ''Final Mix'', Riku encounters a similar voice after his body is taken by Ansem, and he identifies it as belonging to Mickey; thus, it is quite likely that Mickey, already on a quest for the Keyblade and its wielder, is the one who was speaking to Sora. It has been confirmed that Sora's heart is the voice talking to Ventus; it could be possible that Ventus's heart is the voice speaking to Sora and Roxas.</ref>

To reinforce the dreamlike setting of the Dive to the Heart, Sora, Roxas, and Ventus each reach it by falling into an ocean. However, instead of drowning they find that they can breathe, and land upon an ocean floor which erupts into doves, revealing the Dive to the Heart. In Roxas's case, this first Awakening is merely a memory of Sora's, and he enters his true awakening three days later. The Dive to the Heart is composed of several enormous, illuminated stained-glass pillars known as "Stations", rising from unseen depths. Each Station has a unique shade, depicts a specific set of characters, and has its own specific part in the tutorial. In the first game, there is an additional area of the Dive to the Heart based on the [[Destiny Islands]]. The background music, "Dive Into the Heart (Destati)", initially begins quietly and hard to hear, but grows in intensity as Sora or Roxas approach the final pillar, where they fight a manifestation of the [[darkness]] within them. At the end of their battle with the creature the Dive to the Heart is consumed by the darkness emanating from it, dragging Sora or Roxas with it, but they either wake up or are rescued.

[[File:EarlyCoM.jpg|thumb|Early screenshot of Sora's Awakening in ''Chain of Memories'']]

Sora's Dive to the Heart was originally set to return as part of ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'', but was removed from the final game.

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===''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''===

<center>[[File:Character Awakening.png|x100px|The tutorial Awakening.]][[File:Awakening Ventus 1.png|x100px|Ventus's original Station.]][[File:Awakening Ventus 2.png|x100px|Ventus's Station after he is possessed by Vanitas.]][[File:Awakening Ventus 3.png|x100px|Ventus's final Station.]][[File:Awakening Sora.png|x100px|Sora's original Station.]]</center>

After the tutorial chapter<!--replace with plot info-->, the player enters another Dive to the Heart, where they can choose whether to continue the story with Terra, Ven, or Aqua. This Station displays the trio's Lucky Charms.

In the epilogue scene, a young Sora appears in his own Dive to the Heart, and his Station displays the landscape of [[Destiny Islands]] on the bottom, with Paopu Fruits and rocks encircled separately on the top.

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===''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]]''===

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Each of the Stations in Sora's<!--change to his--> Dive to the Heart illustrates one or more of the [[Princesses of Heart]], as well as the characters related to them. The four that are clearly depicted are asleep, perhaps signifying their comatose state in [[Hollow Bastion]].

*The fourth pillar, shaded red, depicts a sleeping [[Aurora]] and silhouettes of [[Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather]], and the silhouette [[Maleficent]] makes in the movie when vanishing in her green fire.

*The final pillar, shaded yellow, depicts [[Belle]], [[Beast]], and his servants. While Belle and the servants are asleep, The Beast is depicted as awake, signifying his freedom.

On the first pillar, Sora is asked to walk, then is shown three weapons, the [[Dream Sword]], the [[Dream Shield]], and the [[Dream Rod]]. He is directed to choose one and discard another, and his choice determines his specialty, initial stats, and ability growth throughout the game. After choosing, the Station shatters and Sora falls to the second pillar, where he first encounters [[Shadow]]s, and is taught about battling and its rewards. The Station then sinks into darkness, and Sora awakens on the third pillar, where he is taught how to examine and interact with objects. By opening a treasure chest, moving a crate, and destroying a barrel, he materializes a door that leads to a dream version of Destiny Islands, where Sora meets facsimiles of his friends, [[Tidus]], [[Wakka]], and [[Selphie]], which ask him enigmatic questions that determine how he gains experience throughout the game.

The door reappears, this time on Destiny Islands, when the island is attacked by the Heartless, revealing that it is in fact the world's Keyhole. It reappears a final time with the false Destiny Islands at the [[Final Rest]] within [[End of the World]], but this time contains the final confrontation with [[Xehanort's Heartless|Ansem]], and [[Kingdom Hearts (world)|Kingdom Hearts]] itself.

===''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''===

On the third day of his story, Roxas encounters a [[Dusk]] in the Sandlot and is sucked into his Dive to the Heart. Like Sora's, Roxas's Dive to the Heart consists of five stained glass pillars, but each of these depict the same image of Sora, Riku, Kairi, Donald Duck, and Goofy at the Destiny Islands, and the pillars are divided between only three Stations. Sora's eyes are closed, showing that he is asleep, while Kairi and Riku's are open, showing that they are awake; strangely, Donald and Goofy's eyes are still open, even though they are asleep as well.

Roxas awakens on the '''Station of Serenity''', where he chooses between the Dream Sword, Dream Shield, and Dream Rod. While this choice determines the order in which he learns abilities as before, the weapon he chooses is immediately transformed into the [[Kingdom Key]] (This is different than in the original [[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]] Dive to the Heart as he does not have to give anything up in exchange for his weapon). He goes through a door to the '''Station of Calling''', consisting of three pillars shaded blue, green, and red and connected by floating stairs. Here, he encounters Dusk and learns about [[Reaction Command]]s and treasures. Going through another door, he enters the '''Station of Awakening''', and finds an apparition of himself in his [[Black Cloak]] which soon becomes his [[Twilight Thorn]]. Similar to Sora's Dive to the Heart, after defeating the Twilight Thorn, Roxas and his Dive to the Heart are consumed by darkness, but unlike Sora, Roxas is rescued by [[Naminé]] at the last minute.

Much later, as Sora approaches [[Memory's Skyscraper]], Roxas reawakens inside him and takes him to the Station of Awakening, where they battle and come to peace with each other. This arena is replicated in the [[Cavern of Remembrance#Garden of Assemblage|Garden of Assemblage]] for the fight against [[Roxas (Boss)|Roxas's Replica Data]].

===''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]''===

[[Data Sora]] wakes up in a digital version almost identical to Sora's final Dive to the Heart. He meets a [[Jiminy's Journal|figure in a black coat]], who then disappears.<!--more details, positive info-->

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File:Sora-3.jpg|[[Sora]]<br>(''[[Kingdom Hearts (game)|Kingdom Hearts]], [[Kingdom Hearts II]], [[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'')

File:Roxas-2.jpg|[[Roxas]]<br>(''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'')

File:Data Sora Render.jpg|[[Data Sora]]<br>(''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]'')

File:Cloak.jpg|[[Jiminy's Journal]]<br>(''[[Kingdom Hearts coded]]'')

File:VEN1.png|[[Ventus]]<br>(''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'')

File:Vanitas and X-Blade.png|'''[[Vanitas (Boss)|Vanitas]]'''<br>(''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'')

File:Shadow (KHII).png|[[Shadow]]  

File:Darkside.png|'''[[Darkside]]'''

File:Nobody-1.jpg|[[Dusk]]

File:Twilight Thorn.png|'''[[Twilight Thorn]]'''

==Treasures==

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