Editing Power of waking

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The {{nihongo|'''power of waking'''|眠りし心を解放する力|Nemurishi Kokoro wo Kaihō-suru Chikara|lit. "Power to free a sleeping heart"}} is an ability introduced in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'' and plays a key plot element in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'', described by [[Yen Sid]] as "the power to free a [[heart]] from its sleep".<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]''''', '''Yen Sid''': "In your Mark of Mastery exam, you were to unlock seven Sleeping Keyholes. By doing so, you would awaken those worlds from their prison of slumber, and also acquire the power to free a heart from its sleep."</ref>

==Ability==
The proper use of the power of waking is to wake hearts from slumber; be it [[Kingdom Hearts III Remind|unlocking them]] or [[Dive Mode|diving into the sleeping heart]].

According to [[Chirithy]] it's not meant to bring back hearts about to be snuffed out. [[Young Xehanort]] backs this up by saying it's meant to traverse hearts to reach worlds; not the other way around. Sora broke thus rule by overwriting the '''Timeline of Defeat''' and rescuing Kairi. 

Misusing the power too much banishes the user to [[Quadratum]] in Unreality with the Power of Waking stripped from them. However, the power can safely be used to reach other realms like Darkness (such as when Sora created a door to help fight Anti-Aqua) and Unreality itself (as Riku did with Nameless Star's help).
==Story==
===''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''===
[[Sora]] and Riku undergo a [[Mark of Mastery exam]] that will not only name them Keyblade Masters, but will also grant them the power of waking by unlocking the seven [[Sleeping Keyhole]]s, thus awakening the [[Sleeping Worlds]]. However, Sora loses this power when he is corrupted by [[darkness]] and nearly becomes a vessel for [[Xehanort]]. Riku uses the power of waking to dive into Sora's heart and defeat the [[Armored Ventus Nightmare]], saving Sora's heart. Then, within Sora's heart, Riku finds himself on the [[Destiny Islands]], where upon listening to three questions and giving his answers, Riku finally awakens Sora.<!--

the purpose of sora and riku's exam is to gain the power of waking, and riku uses it to wake Sora:

Yen Sid: If we are ever to strike down Xehanort, we need the individuals 
King Mickey spoke of in his letter. We must lead them out of sorrow and 
slumber, and back to our world. To do so, seven Sleeping Keyholes must be 
found and unlocked, and a great power retrieved. As you know, every world 
is walled off from the next, preventing travel between them. In the past, 
you could bridge these gaps because the walls were broken, or because you 
could open special Lanes with your Keyblades. But your new goals, the 
"Sleeping Keyholes," are harder to reach. You'll recall, in your first 
journey, that you brought many worlds back from the darkness--but some 
never returned completely. They still sleep, cut off from all outside 
channels. Not even the Heartless can enter.

Yen Sid: You must understand, this examination is in no way how the Mark 
of Mastery is usually found. However, in light of what they must do next...
it was a necessity. If Sora and Riku complete their test, by finding the 
seven doors corresponding to the seven pure lights, they will return 
home with a new power.

Yen Sid: In your Mark of Mastery exam, you were to unlock seven Sleeping 
Keyholes. By doing so, you would awaken those worlds from their prison of 
slumber, and also acquire the power to free a heart from its sleep. Riku, 
you unlocked those Keyholes within Sora's dreams. Therefore, it stands to 
reason that you now have the power to awaken Sora's heart.
Mickey: You want him to dive back into Sora's sleep? But Master, Sora's 
heart is down in the darkest abyss. If Riku's not careful, he might just 
get trapped down there with him. No... I'll go instead.
--note: "power to free a heart from its sleep" probably "power of waking" in original JP script

Yen Sid: More than anything, I am grateful to have you both back from 
Xehanort's deception unharmed. And I am grateful to Lea, whose spontaneous 
actions turned the tides. I am also deeply sorry, for failing to percieve 
the danger and throwing you headlong into a perilous test. This experience 
has revealed many hidden truths, and we must gird ourselves for the great 
clash with darkness that lies before us. I believe we need a new Keyblade 
Master, one with a new kind of power. Sora and Riku, you both deserve 
the honor. However, one of you braved the realm of sleep again to unlock 
the final Keyhole and save a friend. Riku, I name you our new true 
Keyblade Master.

Ansem the Wise: Yes. A clue, I hope, to finding yourselves or your lost 
friends in your hour of need. The heart has always been quick to grow. Each 
exposure to light, to the natural world, to other people, shapes this most 
malleable part inside of us. Nobodies are not different from us in that 
manner. Sora was the only one able to return to his human form without 
destroying his Nobody. That is a statement to the love in his heart for 
other people, and the bonds that tie them together. Perhaps...he has the 
power to bring back the hearts and existences of those connected to him--
to recreate people we thought were lost to us forever. Our most precious 
treasures--even an empty puppet--the trees of the forest, and the petals on 
the wind--there are hearts around us everywhere we look. And it does not 
take superhuman powers to see them. Surely we remember as children the way 
our hearts made everything seem so shiny, and perfect. Sora has a heart like 
that--uncorrupted, willing to see the good before the bad. When he sees the 
heart in something, it then becomes real. When a connection seems broken, 
he may have the power to mend it. He has touched countless hearts, he has 
accepted them, and he has saved them. And some of those hearts have never 
left him--whether they fell into darkness or were trapped there--whether 
they sleep in the darkness of Sora's heart, or were welcomed into its 
warmth--they can be saved. All Sora needs to do is be himself and follow 
wherever it is that his heart takes him. It is the best and the only way. 
The rest is in there.

Ansem the Wise: You see, by defeating the Nightmare imprisoning Sora, you freed him.

Riku: You mean...the Sora wrapped in that black phantom?

Ansem the Wise: Then, you came here, and you were questioned by three young people. That was the final key to awaken him.-->

===''Kingdom Hearts III''===
Sora spends his time traveling through the worlds to rebuild his strength in the hopes of reclaiming the power of waking, but it is not until facing off with [[Vanitas]] at [[The Land of Departure]] that Sora realizes, thanks to [[Ventus]]'s help, that the power was sleeping inside of him. He then proceeds to use it to free Ventus's heart within his own, awakening him from his eleven year-long sleep.

After restoring himself in [[The Final World]], Sora uses the power of waking to save his friends from the [[Lich]], using it to travel from world to world and track each of his friends' hearts down. [[Young Xehanort]] warns Sora about using the power of waking incorrectly, stating that it is meant to be used for "traversing hearts to reach worlds, not for traversing worlds to reach hearts," and that Sora using it in such a way comes with a high price that he has already paid through said misuse.

As a result of tracking his friends' hearts down, Sora is able to send them back in time to their arrival at the Keyblade Graveyard, erasing their previous failure from existence. Thanks to the arrival of the [[Lingering Will]], history is kept from repeating.<!--

the purpose of sora's journey is to regain the power of waking
ーWhen we leave the Final World, we are back to the point just before Sora and his friends were defeated. Why is that?
Nomura: The power of awakening is essentially "the power to put sleeping hearts back the way they were." But the impact of forcing his friends' fading hearts back the way they were rewrote reality, and created a singularity. The rewrite caused the chronology in which they were destroyed to have "never happened."
The power of awakening is not the power to bring people back to life, but Sora was using it to do just that to his friends. As a result, time was rewound - and Young Xehanort predicted that Sora would pay the price by disappearing. -->

After the final battle with Xehanort, Sora uses the power of waking to look for [[Kairi]]'s heart to bring her back. Upon arriving in the Final World and explaining his situation to Chirithy, it explains that the power of waking is supposed to be used to wake and restore sleeping hearts, not to restore them after fading from existence. Because Sora did that six times already, he changed history which is a forbidden act and if he saves Kairi, he'll lose his powers and vanish from the world. Sora was still willing to do whatever it takes to get Kairi and with advice from Chirity, does just that. However, as Young Xehanort and Chirity had predicted, Sora meddling with time through his misuse of the power of waking takes a toll, causing Sora to vanish into another world as the price.

When Sora used the power of waking to save his friends from Terra-Xehanort's fatal assault at the Keyblade Graveyard, the impact of forcing his friends' hearts back the way they were rewrote reality. This created a singularity, a tear in the fabric of time. The rewrite caused the first version of the battle in which they perished to have never happened. This allowed Sora to relive the battle a second time, where events took a more favorable turn for them.

===''Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory''===
On the search for Sora after he disappeared, the [[Fairy Godmother]] takes Riku and Kairi to the Final World, where they meet the [[Nameless Star]]. The Nameless Star opens a {{c|Portal|Gameplay element}} to the world of [[Quadratum]], and Riku uses the power of waking to travel through it.

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