~2/11/2019 This story is about to get a major makeover. I've done a lot of thinking and plotting over the years since becoming an author on fanfiction. This story will not only follow one character, but now three as the "Forgotten Trio". Continue to read on to see this new life I've given to a worn out story.

***Disclaimer*** I do NOT take credit for any concepts or characters of the Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy series. I do not own any rights to Disney nor am I affiliated with Disney.

The Promised Beginning — Logan

"Oh I don't think so brother—"

"Not a chance boys!"

We raced to get to training on time. With her now ahead of us, our newest competition was proving to be tougher than either myself or Jackson believed her to be.

We reached the training area just in time for the Master to enter. Jackson shoved us aside assuming a position in front of us, our teacher simply glaring.

"You three, you're hardly ever on time." He scolded. "How can you expect to be Keyblade Masters when you can't even arrive to training at the scheduled time."

"Apologies, Master—" I spoke up, stepping forward.

"And you! You are the more well behaved of your group, I didn't expect you to fall to the influence of the other two." He interrupted as I shied away. "All three of you show excellent promise for the future of all key bearers." He gave a gentle smile.

"Thank you, Master Eraqus." Jackson quietly added.

"As you know, your final examination is coming soon. I have asked a few- old friends to help with the testing process."

"Old friends?" I questioned.

"Yes. Acquaintances of mine, so you three had better be on your best behaviour for them." He turned away from us.

"What of the exam? What will we be doing?" The newest of our group spoke up. My brother and I exchanging glances.

She was lost, not of our world lost. The Master believed she showed strength with wielding a Keyblade because of this. She had no memory of her past, not even her name. So Master Eraqus opted to call her Celina. It was never really clear why he chose that name.

Celina had quickly caught up with my brother and I in our studies.

"I will not answer any questions pertaining to your Mark of Mastery Exam. That is for you to find out yourselves."

A groan erupted from all three of us.

"Now, questions aside. You three need to brush up on your skills. Each of you have quite a few weaknesses that could prove problematic during the exam." He explained.

"Jackson, you have a strong idea of offence but your defense against magic could use some work. You have the speed and agility to remedy this, use that to your advantage. Logan, you are too rash with rushing in to attack. Take your time to plan ahead, strengthen your defenses and magic as well. As for you, Celina, you have started training late and tend to fall behind your peers, I know you struggle since you are younger but this is no excuse." He paced in front of us as he critiqued.

"But—" Jackson started.

"No…" a hushed warning escaped me.

"I have studied you three for some time now, if you have doubts then you may take your leave immediately." An awkward silence fell across the room.

The Master was a Father and family to us we hadn't known. I knew he only meant the best for us but abandoning our training would leave us without a home.

"Very well." He straightened up. "I am only preparing you for this Mark of Mastery Exam. Darkness has always been a threat… and as your mentor I expect the best from you. I'll observe your training for today, afterwards you will have a few days to prepare for the exam yourself. I will be open to questions you have in regards to preparedness."

"Yes sir." Celina piped up.

"Understood." Jackson mumbled.

"Yes Master Eraqus." I added in understanding.

We began our daily training, focusing on what we needed to work on. We worked separately for a while before sparring, using ourselves as practice to work on our weaknesses.

After taking down a few targets the Master called us to the sparring area.

I faced off against my brother, Keyblade in hand.

Remember what he said. Stop and think before rushing in. I wasn't well versed in magic as much as I should be but I knew Jackson was weak against magic based attacks. He would prepare for whatever attack I could bring him.

I decided on launching a fire blast at him instead of a head on attack as I usually went for.

"Aye, watch it!" He shouted just barely able to dodge out of the way.

"Quit complaining! We should be focusing on our training." I laughed eyeing him again for any attacks.

We worked best together, taking on targets that were set up but occasionally we would spar and oftentimes it ended up getting out of hand.

"Best watch your back too!" A shout came from behind as Celina rushed me. Our Keyblades clashing with sparks.

Distracted with her, I took my eyes off Jackson. I struggled against her, we hadn't sparred among ourselves in quite some time.

"W-who are you and what h-have you done with Cel?" Normally kept her distance, using ranged attacks and magic. She's gotten a lot stronger.

"Logan, duck!" I heard Jackson shout from behind me. Not knowing what he had planned I did as he said, backing down and ducking away.

A blast of cold icy wind nearly took my head off as the block of ice barrelled towards her.

"You guys really need to brush up on your magic!" She laughed, surrounding herself in flames as the ice melted before reaching her.

She had successfully blocked his attack, remaining unharmed.

Alright. Magic it is then.

I summoned all the strength I could. The electricity already beginning to crackle around me, leaving my hair to stand on end. Once I had built up enough energy, I sent the powerful attack directly for her.

She countered again, this time a gust of wind surrounding her. My attack was now redirected towards Jackson.

Before he could react the wind sent the surging bolts straight for him, knocking him down.

"I-I'm good." He coughed, feeling the full force of my attack. "I'll just b-be here for a bit." He painfully chuckled.

Celina was well versed in magic. She knew more spells than both of us combined. This made up for her lack in physical skills and attacks but I could tell she had been training on her own though.

Well… magic won't do. I sighed. Perhaps there's another way.

I contemplated my next move, instead of pushing my way through like I usually do. Ranged attacks could work…

I incased my Keyblade in wind, hurling it at her. With little time to react she couldn't block. I had made a direct hit, my weapon returning to me.

"Ha!" I rushed in for a combo, only to be blocked and countered by her. I was knocked to the ground as I was winded.

She leaned over me smiling. "Now's not the time for a nap." Reaching out she helped me up. I groaned leaning up. I glanced over not seeing my brother anywhere.

"Huh. We seem to be missing someone." I looked around, still no sign of Jackson.

Just as I turned to face her again, his Keyblade flew from nowhere, landing hits on us. I felt weightless as we were now both floating, unable to move.

"Oh, clever Jacky!" Celina smiled. "Casting gravity to immobilize us."

I had shifted upside down as he attacked with a raid again. The effect suddenly wore off, dumping us both back down. My landing was not so graceful as I ended up being folded into the ground.

"You know I don't like heights." I mumbled with a mouthful of grass.

"Stop!" Celina shouted. Jackson stayed frozen on the spot as she lowered her Keyblade. "Heh, if only I had my pen with me." She approached him as she scrutinized his expression, settling for pushing over his stiff body instead.

He returned to normal shortly thereafter, shocked to find himself met face to face the the ground once more.

She erupted with laughter as he accepted his defeat.

I got back up, stepping over to her. "You truly are a master of spells, a witch even please teach us your ways." I bowed with a smirk.

"Why thank— hey, wait a minute now." Her thankfulness quickly turned to annoyance as she caught my insult.

It continued into laughter from all of us as we joined him in the grass.

We were by no means done with training for today. I had seen improvement in all of us from the last few weeks we had been working. I'm sure that Master Eraqus saw this too.

Passing the Mark of Mastery Exam was our key to becoming master Keyblade wielders. We were in this together. Our family may be dysfunctional but it was family nonetheless. All three of us would pass, we had to.

"So Jacky, how did you recover from my counter attack and stay hidden for so long?" Celina smirked, questioning him.

"Pssh, as if I'd give away all my secrets." He scoffed.

"You used ethers didn't you?" I butted in.

"What— no." He lied.

"That still doesn't explain how you were hiding though." Celina interrupted.

"Trade secret, like I said." Jackson boasted.

"Alright, you've had your break. Back to individual work, I will speak to each of you before we return here again." Master Eraqus appeared again, causing us to scramble back to our designated training areas.

I watched as we all parted, with Eraqus meeting with my brother first.