The Blue Wayfinder Summary: If you want to read the whole story check it out if you haven't already, this is just a quick refresher.
In the Last Episode of Birth by Sleep, Aqua made the snap decision to save Terra AND herself from the Realm of Darkness. After placing him somewhere safe, she journeyed to find a way to awaken Ventus with some help from her friends and some unlikely allies. Eventually, she found Sora, realizing Ven's heart was within him; she left for Castle Oblivion to bring his body back to Destiny Islands. While she was there, she was reunited with Terra, temporarily in control of his body. Their reunion was cut short though when Braig took Ven's body hostage and demanded a trade for him in exchange for Terra. Aqua and Terra complied only to be fooled by Braig as he attacked them and took Terra back. Mickey then arrived and took Ven and Aqua back to Yen Sid's, and then they departed to Destiny Islands to awaken Ven. They are successful and Ven was awakened. To thank Sora for his compassion, Ven makes Sora his successor. And so, Aqua and Ven go forth to find Terra. They eventually find Terra with Braig in Ansem's Castle in turmoil and darkness takes control of him, and an explosion occurs. Braig is consumed by darkness in the process and leads to a final clash between the three friends. And, when everything seemed hopeless, they freed Terra from Master Xehanort's control and he was defeated. Now the three friends were really reunited and they lived in peace in their resurrected home-world, their Master, and their successors. Everything seemed just perfect...
The Three Wayfinders
Chapter 1: Just Perfect
"...Last night's meteor shower was amazing!" Little Sora exclaimed.
"It sure was." Little Riku responded.
6-year old Riku and 5-year old Sora were both wearing their Destiny Islands attire but with longer pants and white sashes with the Mark of Mastery emblem on them. The two boys were walking through the halls of the Castle in the Land of Departure looking for their respective Masters until they bumped into Eraqus who just came around a corner.
"Oh, good morning there, children." Eraqus greeted.
"Good morning, Master Eraqus." Riku and Sora respectively said in unison.
"I trust you both are on your way to breakfast?" Eraqus inquired.
"We already ate sir; we were just looking for Master Terra and Master Ven." Riku politely answered.
"I believe everyone is already out on the Training Grounds." Eraqus informed the children.
"Okay, thank you, Master." Sora smiled as he and Riku ran off towards the Training Grounds.
"I see great potential in them... my students have chosen well..." Eraqus smirked as he continued on his way.
At the Training Grounds, Aqua, Kairi, Ven, and Terra were all waiting for the other two boys to arrive for their lesson. As they were waiting, Aqua was training her student some magic by teaching her a new spell.
"Kairi, you got it!" Aqua praised the 5-year-old red-head who quickly mastered a healing spell.
"Thank you, Master Aqua." Kairi cutely bowed her head to her master.
"Where are Sora and Riku?" Ven asked.
"They probably slept in again." Terra assumed crossing his arms.
"I'm sure they're on their way." Aqua reassured them.
Just then they saw Riku and Sora were running down the stairs, racing each other again, and Riku crossed the finish line into the Training Grounds, Riku being the first.
"I win Sora." Riku declared.
"That's enough you two, time for your lesson." Terra addressed the boys.
"Here, you two are going to spar." Ven said as he gave Sora and Riku two wooden swords.
The two boys nodded and faced each other to begin their duel. Riku charged with his toy weapon and he swung it, intent on winning the exercise like the race. Sora was able to block it, and counter back. As the spar continued, their masters noticed the two boys were fairly even in their new basic combat skills.
Elsewhere, looking down on all of them from the Castle, Master Eraqus watched them through his window.
"...Everything seems just perfect... but why do I feel so uneasy?" Eraqus pondered. "Maybe I should consult Yen Sid, to ease my doubts."
Eraqus then made his way to the throne room to speak with his colleague using the crystal behind the thrones which is how he usually contacted his old friend. As he was about to activate the crystal, he spotted something out of the corner of his eye ...a person?
He quickly turned to see that only a wisp of black smoke remained. And Eraqus, now alerted, searched the entire throne room, scanning it with his pupils thoroughly for threats, ready to summon his keyblade at a moment's notice. Now really rattled, he activated the crystal and almost immediately received a response from Yen Sid.
"Yen Sid, I need to speak with you." Eraqus said.
"What seems to be the problem, Eraqus?" Yen Sid consoled.
"...I sense that something foul is afoot." Eraqus spoke to the crystal.
"I agree, old friend. I cannot shake this horrible feeling that something terrible is about to transpire yet again." Yen Sid replied through the crystal.
"If the worlds are in danger of falling to darkness once more... what could be the cause of this threat?" Eraqus inquired. "It couldn't be... Master Xehanort?"
"I do not know, Eraqus." Yen Sid responded. "But I believe that we should hold a Council of the Masters to discuss this possibly serious danger."
"We can have it tomorrow, here in the Castle." Eraqus offered.
"Yes, that seems suitable. I shall arrive with Mickey by the next morning. Goodbye." Yen Sid stated as the crystal flickered out.
"...I sure hope that things aren't as serious as I fear." Eraqus spoke to himself.
"Master? Master Eraqus?"
Eraqus turned around and stepped forward past the thrones to meet his former student Aqua.
"Yes Aqua?" He addressed her.
"Kairi has showed great improvement in her magic so I was going take her to Merlin's and-" But she was interrupted.
"No, I can't have you leave the Land of Departure. I need you here." Eraqus stated.
"Why? What's the problem?" Aqua inquired.
"You haven't felt anything in the Balance? Don't you sense that something terrible might happen?" Eraqus asked.
"Actually... yeah, I have gotten this bad feeling recently, but I thought it was just nothing." Aqua replied.
"I've contacted Yen Sid and he agrees, and he and Mickey will arrive here tomorrow and we will discuss further measures. I don't think we should ignore this." Eraqus informed.
"Alright, I understand." Aqua agreed. "What do you think is the matter? Master Xehanort was destroyed over a year ago, who else could wield the darkness, if anyone?"
"Don't worry; we'll get to the bottom of this. Please tell Terra and Ventus of the news please." Eraqus stated.
Aqua nodded and walked away out of the Throne Room and eventually back to the Training Grounds to see Riku and Sora still sparing while Kairi, Terra, and Ven were watching.
"Hey guys, I need to tell you something." Aqua interrupted.
"Take a break, Riku." Terra ordered.
"You too, Sora." Ven added.
The children dismissed their fight and welcomed the break since they were so tired and panting. The two boys joined Kairi as they left their Masters alone for some privacy.
"What is it Aqua?" Ven asked.
"Well... we are going to have a meeting tomorrow with Yen Sid and Mickey." Aqua answered.
"Is this about the impending darkness?" Terra guessed.
"Darkness? What do you mean?" Ven questioned his friend.
"I don't know, Terra. Everyone seems to be getting a bad feeling and we're just going to address it." Aqua responded.
"We won't be able to do anything until something happens." Terra simply stated.
"I know, that's why we're going to make plans tomorrow." Aqua countered.
"So you're saying the worlds are in danger again? From what?" Ven asked.
"That's just it. We don't know yet, Ven." Aqua replied.
"Okay, but I'm sure it's nothing we can't handle, right?" Ven grinned.
"Right." Terra agreed. "Aqua, can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure." Aqua said.
"Ven, can you tell Sora and Riku to resume their spar and keep an eye on them?" Terra asked.
"Yeah, no problem." Ven stated.
Ven joined the kids on the other side of the Training Grounds, leaving Aqua and Terra alone and out of their sight. Terra then moved closer to the blue-haired woman and he put his hands on her waist.
"So, what do you want to do... you know, about us?" Terra said looking straight in her eyes.
"Terra... I-!" Aqua was cut off as Terra had suddenly turned around and summoned his keyblade.
"Who's there?!" Terra shouted.
"Calm down, Terra!" Aqua soothed.
"I sensed something... someone was watching us..." Terra revealed to her.
"What's wrong? We heard shouting." Ven arrived back with the kids.
"Master Terra, are you okay?" Riku asked.
"I'm fine." Terra answered.
"How about we call it a day?" Aqua suggested.
"That sounds nice." Kairi agreed.
"Look guys, there's a storm coming!" Sora pointed.
They all watched as a dark storm was slowly creeping towards the Castle Grounds. They could see the black clouds swirl and flash with lightning, which was soon followed by loud thunder.
"It's just a thunderstorm, let's all just get inside." Ven advised the group.
They all nodded and agreed to this as they quickly made their way back to the Castle to seek shelter from the oncoming storm...
A/N- And so the story continues... Will the Masters of the Keyblade be able to solve the riddle of mysterious imbalance of Light and Darkness? And is someone spying on our heroes? Find out next time and please leave reviews and comments:).
I'm excited for this sequel, I hope you all are too!;)
(Let's match The Blue Wayfinder's review goal of 100).