Here is the first chapter!
I hope you like it because I worked really hard on it!
I do not own Kingdom Hearts.
It has been over six months since Sora and Riku have taken their Mark of Mastery exam. Sadly Riku was the only one that passed. Sora is to retake the test with his dear friend Kairi. The three, Lea, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy were outside at the world Mysterious Tower with Yen Sid, who was about to explain the rules and what the two were to expect.
Before he could explain anything a dark portal appeared. The group backed away as two people wearing an Organization XIII jacket walked out of it. Only one of them had their hood off and his name was Xemnas, leader of the Organization.
Immediately the group summoned out their weapons. The one who came with him hid beside/behind him and held his jacket even tighter. Xemnas placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. He leaned down to whisper in her ear, which only Sora was able to hear, "Don't worry. I won't let them hurt you."
He glanced back up at the group that looked ready to attack at any moment. "We mean you no harm," Xemnas promised. "We arrived to ask a favor from you, Master Yen Sid and King Mickey."
"And what kind of favor do you speak of?" Yen Sid interrogated, pretending his interest.
"Something I cannot do for I am not a Keyblade Master."
"Which is?" Mickey urged.
The Superior forced the child that was hiding to stand in front of him. "Give this child a fair chance to take the Mark of Mastery."
"Why don't you have Xehanort do it?" Riku questioned as though the solution was obvious.
"He does not believe she has what it takes," he answered truthfully. "But I do; I know she does. She was to take her Mark of Mastery a long time ago but she lost her heart before she could. Now she has been reborn."
The two masters stayed quiet. In that time the unknown wielder hid herself behind Xemnas once more.
Yen Sid finally said, "We will not-"
"Because she has darkness inside her heart?" Xemnas assumed/finished the master's statement. "If you look past it you can see that is not what she is. She is a strong keyblade wielder. She knows how to control both the light and the darkness. If only you would take a moment to see for yourself."
"If you are so insistent then have her take off her hood!"
The leader looked at the unmasked girl. He nodded his head for her to do so. "Go ahead. They won't judge you based on your appearance."
Hesitantly, she nodded. She stepped in front of Xemnas so they could see her better. Lifting up both of her arms she pulled the hood off of her head, revealing her face. It's an understatement to say the girl's looks stunned them. She had raven colored hair that was a few inches below her shoulders. Her eyes were bright glowing blue, the same as Sora's. The thing that shocked everyone was that her face looked almost identical to Kairi's.
"Who. . . .," began a surprised Mickey, "who are you?"
The girl gasped. She placed a hand over where her heart would be and balled it into a fist. For the first time during the conversation, she spoke, looking at Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey. "You don't . . . remember. . . me?" The talking animals shook their heads.
She turned to Sora as her eyes started to water. "What about you?"
Pausing for a second, he shook his head. "Sorry, but I don't know you."
A tear dripped down the girl's face. She swung her body toward Xemnas. "You said they would remember."
"I'm very sorry," he apologized sincerely which took the others off guard. "I honestly thought that they would since he did."
"What's your name?" Lea asked suddenly. Seeing the strange looks he was getting, he explained, "Maybe if we know it, we might remember you, or whatever you were talking about."
"My name?" The girl repeated, confused that he asked. She paused, looking over to her Superior. He motioned for her to say her real name. She smiled at him and shook her head, as though they were having a silent conversation. She looked back at the people in front of her and gave them a warm smile. "My name is Terra."
"As in the Terra?" Kairi questioned, now interested in the member.
"No," Xemnas answered for her. "If she was, the Organization would have killed her already."
"Why," Yen Sid stated quite bitterly. "Why do you insist we give her the test? We are your enemy! Why don't you do it yourself?!"
"I have already told you, I am not a keyblade master." Xemnas stopped with his explanation. An idea came to his mind, which he did not like but he did it anyways. He went down on his knees and bowed his head, his hands above his knees.
"Please," he began, "let her take the Mark of Mastery with the other two. Do not judge her based on the darkness inside her. Yes, half of her heart is darkness but the other half is light. I have shown her how to control the darkness and she has learned how on her own as well. If you give her a fair chance, none of the Nobodies will attack you. If she is to pass then. . . ."
"Then what?" Sora ventured.
Xemnas sighed before blurting out, "Then I will not fight against any of you. But, the results have to be fair. She cannot be made a Master just because you don't want me to fight. And so it is fair," he turned to the mouse king, "I want you to decide."
"Why me?" Mickey interrogated.
"Xi-Terra," he corrected himself, "thinks highly of you. She heard about you from the other members when they told her about the fight or 'war' between us."
"Why would they tell her about that though?" Riku said.
"So I can 'fight against you' so they don't have to." Terra answered. "It doesn't matter because I'm not fighting you because the Organization wants me to. I only joined because my friend and I are looking for someone and the Organization is looking for that same person also."
"You know that the leader is standing beside you, right?" Sora questioned.
She nodded, like it was no big deal. "He already kn-"
"I offered to help her find her friend," Xemnas butted in. "Anyways, will you give her the Mark of Mastery?"
King Mickey thought for a few moments which surprised a couple of his allies. "Your Majesty!" Riku exclaimed. "You're actually thinking about this? She has too much darkness inside her-"
"Just because somebody has darkness inside them doesn't mean their evil," she argued forcefully. "It's what they do with the darkness that determines if they are evil or not."
Before any of the others could argue against her, the King gave his answer. "Yes," he decided. "I will give you the Mark of Mastery."
"But why, your Majesty?" Goofy questioned.
"I don't know," he admitted with a laugh. "But she can put up a good argument!"
She smiled kindly at the mouse. "Thank you, your Majesty."
"Well then," Xemnas stood from the ground and summoned a dark portal beside him, "I'm off. Good luck, Terra."
Before she could tell him anything, the leader disappeared only leaving a small trail of darkness. "Before we begin," Mickey said, "you'll have to change your clothes. We can't have you going around in the Organization coat from world to world. They would think you were the enemy-"
"Even though she is," Kairi muttered bitterly.
"But she isn't now," the King retorted. "Inside the tower there is a wardrobe. Inside the wardrobe are three good fairies-"
"Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather," Sora provided.
"-who will help you," he finished. "I'm sure Donald and Goofy don't mind showing you were it is. Right, fellas?"
"'Course not!" Goofy confirmed. "Follow us!"
As soon as the trio disappeared inside the tower, Yen Sid sighed. "King Mickey, do you think it is wise to give that child the test? For all we know Xemnas was lying about her past."
"Probably," Mickey agreed. "But I have this feeling that I know her from somewhere and I'm sure Donald and Goofy have it too."
"So what world did you come from?" Donald asked.
"I don't remember," Terra answered as they climbed who knows how many steps. "Thirteen years ago I lost my heart, but thirteen years later when I became a Nobody, I forgot everything. Xemnas found me at Twilight Town."
"I think that's where he found Roxas," Goofy acknowledged. "Or at least that's what Sora said."
"That's correct," she said. "Anyways when he found me, he showed me my name. Instead of putting an 'x' in it, he replaced two letters in my name with it."
"I thought you said Terra was your name?"
"I lied," she admitted almost bashfully. "I thought if I said that was my name, you would trust me. I want to wait until somebody actually knows my real name before I let others call me by it."
"Fair enough," Donald decided as they finally made it to the top of the stairs. They entered a room that basically had a large desk and an equally large chair in the middle. On the right side of the room was a large door that looked like the entrance to the wardrobe. The girl was the first to enter followed by the other two. Inside there were three fairies each dressed in red, blue, and green.
"'Cuse us ladies," Goofy politely got their attention, "this girl-"
"We know," the one in red, Flora, stated. "Yen Sid informed us a few moments ago."
"We would be happy to help!" Fauna, the green dressed fairy, exclaimed.
"And since you are a girl we will let you choose the colors." Merryweather offered, who was in the blue.
Terra thought for a moment. "Black and white. If you don't mind, can you make me a long-sleeves jacket? I have this. . . . scar on my right arm I don't want anyone to see."
"We understand," they said at the same time as they swung their wands and magic poured out. A bright light enveloped the keyblade wielder. She closed her eyes as it began to blind her. A second later the flash had disappeared and she slowly opened her eyes. She was now in front of a mirror and couldn't believe the transformation.
Her Organization coat was no longer there; it simply disappeared. Now she was wearing white shorts with black designs that was a few inches above her knees. Her shirt was like her shorts, white with black designs. The shirt had no sleeves, but spaghetti straps instead. Luckily, she wasn't given heels to fight in. She was now wearing flats that were obsidian. Although, there was a white heart design over her toes. The three fairies kindly granted the girl's request and gave her a jacket. It was black, which is the only color to describe it because there was no fancy design on it. There was no zipper, no buttons, no pockets, and no hood.
"We wanted to keep it simple, deary." Fauna explained when she saw the girl's expression.
"No one will think that's the Organization coat!" Merryweather exclaimed happily.
"This?" Terra asked in disbelief as she gestured to her new clothes. "This was my coat?"
"Yes." Flora answered. "But, if you ever need it or want it back you just have to take it off and it will go back to its original form."
"That's amazing."
"You'll have time to admire them later dear," Fauna insisted. "Right now the others are waiting for you. The King doesn't want you to miss the introduction for the Mark of Mastery!"
"Since there is three of you the test will now be a little bit harder," Yen Sid informed. "You will go to five worlds together, eliminate the enemy, and find the keyholes. These worlds you are heading to, Sora, you have already been to."
"Then shouldn't they be fine?"
The old master shook his head. "I'm afraid the heartless have invaded the worlds once again. Once the keyhole is locked they should be safe. The darkness will be gone for good."
Terra bit back a retort as her hands balled into a fist. Darkness can't be destroyed, she thought, not while there is still light that creates shadows.
"However," Yen Sid began again. "There might be some worlds where you won't find the keyhole on the first visit. If this is to happen, you are to go to another world then come back once you've finished your duties there. Understood?"
The trio nodded in confirmation. "Alright then, off you go!"
First chapter done!
It took me two weeks to get it finished.
It will probably take that long for the next chapter as each will be about the time spent in the world they traveled to.
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