Okay...okay...birth by sleep. And finally...A STORY. (well, based off the original birth by sleep stuff...but that's cuz I'm not too fond of writing my own storyline. =/)

I'm gonna take this story slow, meaning, I could potentially take weeks to update. If I do...I'm sorry. But luckily, at the moment, I'm in a sort of writing mood, so I'm gonna try to write as much as I can before I get bored. Don't worry, even if I do, I'm not going to abandon it like that, I'm not that kind of person. (I hope)

So, as stated, this is a Ven x OC story. (Ven doesn't get enough love~ D:)

Okay, before I let you guys get started, I need to let you know something: The main character...pronounce her name in the Japanese name, so...instead of Rise, it'd be Ree-say. :D (Don't ask why I chose this name, I know it doesn't fit with the other 3, but, I hope it grows on you?)

Disclaimer: I don't own BBS nor KH.

[Contrivance]

Was our lives really that simple?

"Such a beautiful night..." The sky seemed to scream with delight as she said this. The night sky was showering with brightly coloured lights that could outshine any crystal. It was that kind of beautiful night. As well, it was her favourite kind of night. How could anyone not love it? "If only I could live here to the rest of my life..." She sat there with eyes that seemed to sparkle as her face was turned upwards with a big smile plastered over her face. She sighed contently.

A shooting star.

In her heart, she made a silent wish. A very special wish.

Smiling again, she began to lie down her body against the cool grass, face still leaning upwards. "If only...if only..."

Just as she felt like closing her eyes, her thoughts were snapped by the footsteps of another person. She shot her body back up and around to face the person with a slight tilt of the head before speaking. "Oh, Ven, are you here to see the meteor shower too?"

"Yeah." Was his simple reply.

The blond boy situated himself next to the girl with the violet-silver hair and gave a slight curl of the lips in her direction. She nodded back as the two leaned their heads down in perfect synchronization and turned their faces up to stare back into the midnight sky. The air gave a slight chill as she could feel the grass underneath her blow gently, as well as seeing a couple strands of her hair blowing slightly from the sudden gust. She turned her face back towards Ventus and she noticed a fairly blank expression, followed by unsure eyes.

"Why does this seem so familiar?" He asked to no one in particular. The night sky maybe? Deciding not to ask about what, she began to flutter her eyes shut before darkness filled her vision.

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"Whoa!" Her eyes snapped open by the sound of someone's voice. A blur beside her seemed to move up. Ven, perhaps? Sitting up, she saw the figure of a lady with an ocean-like blue hair, her eyes darting between her and Ven. The girl have a slight giggle as she leaned down to Ven specifically. "Gimme a break Aqua."

"Ven, you hopeless sleepyhead! You know you should have at least brought a blanket." Aqua turned her face to the left of Ven and frowned. "You too Rise, we can't have you catching a cold. You know you shouldn't be here right now."

Rise frowned and puffed her cheeks slightly, as if she was pouting slightly. "It's not my fault. You know I love the stars...especially when there's a meteor shower like this." Rise took another look up at the stars and watched them twinkle with little white specks of light. Watching the stars was just as good as watching a sky filled with clouds. After all, both things could be counted as one of her favourite pastimes. The night sky was so strange, it was almost as if every star was trying to tell her something. Rise turned back down and shifted her direction onto Ven who was on his knees, his head down, looking very lost in thought.

Rise grabbed the grass and clutched it tightly in her hands.

"But...did I dream that place up?" Although it was barely audible, she could make out what he was saying. A dream? Of what kind of place? He spoke a little louder. "It really felt like I've been there before...looking up at the stars..." Aqua ruffled his hair quickly as he got up from his knees and stood up, turning around to walk near the cliff of the small field. Rise tilted her head slightly in wonder why but followed behind his footsteps, Aqua also tagging along. Ven's head was kept low as he continued to walk before stopping at the ledge and sitting on it. Rise did the same.

She had a dream too. She was walking in the darkness, reaching for something. Her memory was a blur, and she couldn't quite place what it was she was dreaming.

Rise lifted her head and continued to stare up at the dark sky, het eyes moving from one star to the next. They were seemingly calling out to her, screaming even. Disregarding it, she lowered her head now and laced her fingers together before hearing Ven begin to speak again.

"Hey Aqua," Aqua turned her head in his direction, "Y'ever wonder what stars are? Where light comes from?"

"Darkness..." came Rise's silent reply. Although neither of them could hear it, and she wasn't being asked the question, she muttered it silently to herself before Aqua gave her own reply.

Aqua answered shortly after Rise's quiet mutter as her eyes flashed outwards to the sky also. "Hmm...well they say..."

"That every star up there is another world."

All three of their heads turned around to the sound of a man's voice. He had apparently finished off Aqua's sentence and was now standing just about two meters away. He had a large body that yelled power and had a fairly empty expression laid out on his face.

"Terra." Aqua called out towards him.

He nodded. "Yep, hard to believe there are so many worlds out there besides our own." Terra began walking near the three. "The light is their hearts, and it's shining down on us like a million lanterns."

"Very poetic Terra." Rise giggled as she faced him. He gave a slight nod towards her direction while another replied with a confused expression.

"What? I don't get it!"

Rise gave a light giggle as Terra chuckled. "In other words, they're just like you Ven."

"What does that mean?" The blond got up and stood face to face with the larger brunet.

"You'll understand one day, I'm sure."

"I wanna know now!" Ven replied back childishly. His retorts were like the sound of a five year old wanting candy. In many ways, it was quite cute.

"You're too young to know now."

The retorts continued. "Quit treating me like a kid!"

Aqua and Rise began to laugh at the childish manner of the two as Ven and Terra stared back with confusion. Terra was not happy. "Hey, what are you two laughing at?"

Rise laughed slightly harder. Aqua replied midway on another laugh. "I can't help it. You two would make the weirdest brothers." Another laugh by the two females followed as Ven had his arms behind his head and Terra's arms crossed. Oh, imagine the thought. Even the stars seemed to laugh at how confused Terra and Ven were. They sure would make a pair of strange brothers, no doubt about that for sure. They always had the most childish fights with each other, and there was the fact Terra was the senior in their friendly relationship with one another, and yet they bicker over the most stupidest things. Rise continued to laugh as Ven and Terra joined in with a slight chuckle, only understanding why they were laughing a little.

A few minutes passed as they finally stopped laughing as the four all sat down by the ledge, Rise and Ven in the middle. All four of them were all captured by the sky. All their thoughts were suddenly caught off track as suddenly Aqua stood up and walked a good meter away. "Oh yeah. Terra, you and I have our Mark of Mastery exams tomorrow." Suddenly, from out of her back, came four charms in the shape of stars. One blue, one green, one orange, and one pink. "I made us good-luck charms."

Throwing one, the orange one was caught by Terra easily as he stared at the object. Rise and Ven stared in fascination as they looked at the star. It was really pretty. "Here." Another one was passed, a green this time to Ven, and then finally, the pink one to Rise.

"We get one too?" Rise asked the older female with bright eyes, surprised but happy at the same time.

"Of course. One for each of us." She answered back as she placed her star in front of her. Rise, Ven, and Terra followed par and held each of them close to one another. "Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star-shaped fruit...and the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So as long as you and your friends carry good luck charms shaped like it, nothing can drive you apart. You'll always find your way back to each other." Rise stared at the pink one held in her hands. The pink frames were made of coloured glass...or something other smooth material that seemed to glisten prettily. Aqua continued the story. "Technically, I think you're supposed to make them with seashells, but I did the best with what I had."

"Oy, sometimes you are such a girl." Terra mocked.

"Hey, what do you mean, 'sometimes?'"

Letting out another giggle, Rise smiled, running her hands along the smooth glass-like object. "Well, I like it a lot. Thanks Aqua. I'll treasure it." Rise held the object next to her heart and closed her eyes, the object clutched tight in her hands.

On the other hand, Ven had a frown on his face. "So this isn't a real good-luck charm?" His voice was filled with disappointment.

"Well, that's yet to be seen. But I did work a little magic on it." Ven's face brightened up the minute she answered.

"Really? What?"

Aqua held up her blue one with a wide smile. "An unbreakable connection." She held it up in the sky. Rise followed and placed it high up and looked through it. The little white lights now shining a vivid pink.

Placing her hand down, she stared at the wayfinder for a few seconds before lifting up her head, directed towards her friends. "I'm gonna head back first okay?" Rise spoke up, moving her body up. "I'm a little tired. I'm going to go get ready to watch the two of you do your mark of mastery exam. See you tomorrow, okay?"

Aqua nodded. "Alright, have a good night. Don't sleep too late."

"I won't."

Ventus and Terra both turned in her direction and waved their hands up in unison. "See ya."

Rise glanced one last time behind before leaving through a pathway. Ventus watched her back as she continued to walk away for the three of them, her soft voice humming a sweet tune. He turned his head and glanced back into the stars, his wayfinder clutched tightly into his hands.

"Tomorrow…" Ventus whispered to himself quietly.

Walking along a cement pavement, she kicked her legs up as she continued to make her way back to her room. She paused once, holding up her wayfinder once more, lifting it above her head to peek through the tinted pink stained glass. It really was pretty, looking at the night sky through it. What would it look like in the sunlight?

"An unbreakable connection…" She let out a soft laugh to herself and clutched it against her chest, closing her eyes for a moment. "It's nice…having friends like this."

Rise continued along her way, walking. She began to near the building and opened the large front door, being careful not to slam it as she closed it. Master Eraqus was probably sleeping by now. It would be rude to wake him up anyways.

She skipped her way up the stairs, her right hand against the railing. Just as she managed to reach the top, she heard a person's voice.

"Tomorrow right?" It was the voice of a boy, a voice she didn't recognize.

Rise ran to the other side of the stairs, near where the voice was coming from. "Who's there?' No reply came. "Maybe I was just imagining it…" She frowned and quickly discarded the thought. But really, who would be here?

Going down the left corridor, she began to near the many sets of doors. She passed by the first one, entitled, Aqua. That was Aqua's bedroom. Rise had been in her room before, many times actually. It was really neat, and there wasn't really much in her room anyways. It's Aqua, and no one can really expect her to be a clutter, like Terra, or someone who has a lot of things in her room, like Ven.

Next she passed by Terra's door. Terra's was essentially…simply a mess. Clothes were left on the floor, in short, everything was everywhere. If it wasn't for Aqua, there's no way to even just walk to the other side of the room. It was that bad sometimes.

Ventus's door was the next down the hall. "Oh! Ven left his door open again. That scatterbrain." She shook her head with a laugh as walked near the door. She took a quick peek in and saw the room she probably spent the most room in, other than her own. Ven's room wasn't neat, but it wasn't messy. Ven had things on the floor sure, but it wasn't just randomly chucked around. He owned a lot of neat things though, like his lamp. And his telescope. Rise loved to stargaze in his room. He had the best view of all the bedroom. The dark, midnight sky with little white and yellow lights painted all over, it was truly a sight to see. Especially in their world, there were plenty of stars to stargaze about, so the view was always beautiful. Well, except for stormy nights when clouds would ruin it all. That was a whole other story.

Smiling once more, she turned his shiny golden handle and proceeded to close the door, the door and the frame clacking against each other silently. She pushed the door lightly to make sure it was closed properly and finally went down to the next door, well, technically, the last of the bedrooms: her bedroom.

She stared at her door, from the gold door handle to the wood. The wood was a warm orangey-brown shade. She had a white sign hung on her door, 'RISE' written in pink lettering. She turned the door handle and proceeded to enter through the door.

She had left her window open.

"Oops, I'm turning out a little more like Ven every day." She scratched her head with a slight frown before grinning. "Well, that's not a bad thing either I guess." Stepping onto her bed, she let down the window to close it. "Geez, now my room is kinda chilly."

She sat on her bed, yellow and orange surrounding her. Her bed sheet's had little suns all over it, a cheerful image. She remembered why she chose those bed sheets: for the days when she would be gloomy.

The sky was so full of stars; it felt like they were swallowing up the darkness.

"The light is opposite to the darkness. Light is born from darkness. Does that mean…I was born from darkness?" She pondered slightly before shaking her head. "No, that doesn't matter anyways. I'm here, and that's what's important. What does it matter where I come from? I am me."

Rise set down her wayfinder on her nightstand before making her way to her full-length mirror, looking at the stranger in front of her. The person in front of her has silver-violet hair, two sections of her hair tied into pigtails, the rest of her hair hanging down. Rise reached towards the left side of her face and unclipped the hairclip that held the two small braids in place. The star-shaped hairclip was placed down on a small table beside the mirror. She then proceeded to unbraid her hair and take out the pigtails, revealing herself as Rise, not the Keyblade-bearer Rise, but her.

Her green eyes stared at her reflection skeptically, a little disbelieving.

She took her right hand and placed her fingertips against the mirror, the person on the opposite side copying her movements. Their fingers touched, and yet, it felt cold, no warmth entering her hands at all.

Next, she rested her forever head. Again, the other person copied her movements. The other person's forehead was smooth and again, cold. Rise closed her and eyes and began to let her mind wander off, thinking of countless things at once.

Tomorrow was the mark of mastery exam. Finally, Aqua and Terra were going to be tested to see if they could have the title of being Keyblade Master. All four of the children had hoped to one day become that, although the younger of the four were still inexperienced. Or, at least that's what Master Eraqus said. That, and they were still too young to venture off into the other worlds and explore for themselves.

It was time for two of them to be given that chance.

Their dream, finally about to be fulfilled.

"Good luck, Aqua, Terra."

And she closed her eyes.

Woo-hoo. And that was chaaaaaaaaaaaapter one. :D
Hope you enjoyed it thus far, although, it wasn't really much. Most of this is gonna be a repeat of BBS...although, I'm changing things around when we get to go explore the other worlds. Fun stuff. :D

Arggh, I really hope I'll be able to keep writing. I'm a slacker, I know that. I get writer's block really easily, and...yep. So i need YOUR help to keep me motivated. D:
I wanna just reduce down my list of to-dos...because...seeing the list of stories I still have yet to write...I mean...really. A LOT.

So...I'll say my goodbye for now. Till next time.

and, Rate and review. :)