A/N: Okay, now for Birth By Sleep from another dragon of mine's POV. His name is Kesshi, and he's Ventus's equivalent in the game series. Also, this one only goes through Ventus's side of the story with Kesshi alongside him. Enjoy~

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Kesshi.

Kingdom Hearts BBS, Kesshi's Story

Chapter 1

The Beginning, Where It All Started

"Wake up, Kesshi!" Ventus. I sat up and yawned in my bed, the moonlight making my black and white patterned armor glitter.
"What is it?" I mumbled sleepily. I looked to see my closest friend looking out of our bedroom window watching a few shooting stars fall. I gasped in awe when I saw them, and Ventus leapt to his feet and I jumped on his shoulder. We soon ran out of our room and down the front steps of the castle.
"I can't see much from here," he muttered, and we took off to the summit. Once we got to the cliff, we looked up.
"Wow…" we murmured in amazement as we watched the meteor shower. Ventus lay down and I curled up next to him. Ven put his hands behind his head as we watched it.
"Why does this seem so familiar?" the blonde wondered, and I shrugged. I knew exactly what he meant, seeing as I could feel it, too. We closed our eyes and fell asleep. After a short nap, we woke up, and sat up and looked around. We stretched and yawned, and lay back down again. Suddenly, we looked up and saw Aqua, who was staring down at us.
"Whoa!" I gasped, and we quickly sat back up. Our friend laughed at us.
"Give us a break, Aqua," Ven told her.
"Ven, Kesshi, you hopeless sleepyheads," she teased. "You know you should've at least brought a blanket."
"But—Did we dream that place up? It really felt like we'd been there before…looking up at the stars…" we murmured. Aqua patted us each on the head and laughed.
"'Cept you've both always lived here with us," she pointed out.
"Yeah, we know," I nodded. We all three walked over to the edge of the summit and sat down.
"Hey Aqua," Ven said suddenly, and I knew what he was going to ask; I'd been wondering, too.
"Hm?" she asked.
"Y'ever wonder what stars are? Where light comes from?" he asked. I raised my head when he said that, because I could control light.
"Hmm…Well, they say—" she began, but a voice cut her off.
"That every star up there is another world," the voice said.
"Huh?" Ven and I said.
"Terra," Aqua said in greeting.
"Yep, hard to believe there are so many worlds out there besides our own," Terra said. "The light is their hearts, and it's shining down on us like a million lanterns."
"What? We don't get it," Ven and I said.
"In other words, their just like you both, Ven and Kesshi," he explained. We stood up and walked toward Terra.
"What does THAT mean?" I asked, tilting my head to the side curiously.
"You'll both find out someday, I'm sure," Terra replied.
"We wanna know now," Ven insisted.
"You're both too young to know now," Terra added.
"Quit treating us like kids," I protested, and Aqua laughed.
"Hey, what are you laughing at?" Terra asked.
"I can't help it," she laughed. "You three would make the weirdest brothers." She laughed again.
"Huh?" the three of us said, and we all four laughed. We sat down at the edge of the summit looking at the sky for a while, all of us absorbed in our own thoughts. Suddenly, Aqua stood up.
"Oh yeah," she said, remembering something. "Terra, you and I have our Mark of Mastery exams tomorrow." She reached into her pocket to pull out something. "I made us good luck charms." She tossed an orange star-shaped charm to Terra, and he caught it.
"Here!" she said to us suddenly, and she tossed a green one to Ven and a black and white one to me.
"We each get one, too?" we said.
"Of course. One for each of us," she told us. We held them out, close to each other in a circle. "Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star-shaped fruit…and the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So long as you and your friends carry good luck charms shaped like it, nothing can ever drive you apart. You'll always find your way back to each other. Technically, I think you're supposed to make them with seashells, but I did the best I could with what I had."
"Oh, sometimes you are such a girl," Terra teased.
"Hey, what do you mean, 'sometimes'?"
"So this isn't a real good luck charm?" I asked.
"Well, that's yet to be seen," Aqua replied. "But I did work a little magic on it."
"Really? What?" Ven asked. She held up her blue charm.
"An unbreakable connection," she told us.
"Hey, we're gonna head back," Terra told Ven and me.
"Yeah, we should, too," I agreed. The four of us left for the summit entrance, and left for our home.

The next day, we stood in the throne room of the Land of Departure, where Terra and Aqua were to take their Mark of Mastery exams. Ven and I stood off to the side, where we watched. We glanced at the man in the rightmost throne, and he looked at us. We looked back down and straightened up. Master Eraqus, who was sitting in the leftmost throne, stood and walked over to stand in front of Terra and Aqua.
"Today you will be examined for the Mark of Mastery," he began. "Not one but two of the Keyblade's chosen stand here as candidates…but this is neither a competition nor a battle for supremacy—not a test of wills, but a test of heart. Both of you may prevail, or neither. But I'm sure our guest, Master Xehanort…did not travel all this way to see our youngest prospects in years fall short of the mark. I trust you are ready."
"Yes," Terra and Aqua said in unison.
"Then let the examination begin," Master Eraqus said. He lifted his Keyblade and summoned five orbs of light. Terra and Aqua ready themselves for a fight. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Master Xehanort move his hand slightly. The orbs of light became surrounded by darkness and began acting erratically. Master Xehanort smiled as Terra and Aqua took care of them, but suddenly, one of the orbs flew straight at us.
"Ven! Kesshi!" they cried out, but Ven summoned his own Keyblade and I summoned my light when the Keyblade appeared and disposed of the dark orb.
"Don't worry about us," Ven assured them. "You two focus on the exam!"
"But Ven, Kesshi, you're in danger here!" Aqua protested. "Go wait in your room."
"No way!" we argued. "We've been looking forward to this—seeing you two become Masters. We're not gonna miss it now!"
"They can take care of themselves," Terra assured her. "They've been out there training just as hard as us."
"Yeah!" we chimed in.
"Stay sharp, Ven and Kesshi," Aqua warned us. After all of the orbs were defeated, we all returned to our original locations.
"That was unexpected…but one must keep a still heart even in the most trying of circumstances," Master Eraqus remarked. "It was an excellent test, one I chose to let unfold. Which brings us to your next trial." Terra and Aqua proceeded to the center of the room, their Keyblades drawn. "Now, Terra and Aqua, the two of you will face each other in combat. Remember, there are no winners—only truths, for when equal powers clash, their nature is revealed. Begin!"
Terra and Aqua began to spar. He went after her with heavy hits, but Aqua dodged each one neatly. She struck out and nearly hit Terra, but missed. He held out his hand, and it began to become covered in darkness. He noticed and quickly suppressed it. Aqua struck again, but this time, Terra blocked it. I noticed Master Xehanort smile ever so slightly to himself. I didn't think much of it, but it did bother me a bit. After the exam, Master Xehanort stood next to Master Eraqus in front of Terra and Aqua.
"We have deliberated and reached a decision," Master Eraqus told them. "Terra, Aqua, you both performed commendably. However, only Aqua has shown the Mark of Mastery." Aqua gasped. "Terra, you failed to keep the darkness within you sufficiently in check. But, there is always next time. That is all. Aqua, as our newest Keyblade Master, you are entitled to certain knowledge. Please wait here for further instruction." The two masters walked away.
"Hey," Aqua tried to comfort, and Ven and I ran over.
"Terra, we're sorry," we mumbled.
"The darkness…Where did it come from?" Terra wondered. "Sorry…but I need some time alone." He left, and we left for home, feeling bad for our friend. Later that evening, Ven and I were in our room, Ven swinging his wooden Keyblade back and forth while lying on his bed. I watched as he stopped and held it above him, and I could see Terra's name carved in it. We both sighed in unison, hoping the brunette was okay. Suddenly, bells started ringing, and we got up to run from our room.
"Better hurry, Ventus and Kesshi…" a pair of voices urged. We looked back.
"Huh? Who are you?" we demanded. A masked boy and small creature stood in our room.
"Or you'll never see Terra again," they warned us.
"What? Get real. We can see Terra anytime we want," we argued.
"Like right now? He's leaving you both behind," the pair countered. "And by the time you catch up…he'll be a different person."
"Look—whoever you are—you don't know the first thing about Terra," we snapped. "Him and us will always be a team. You trying to pick a fight or what?" The pair walked across our room.
"Oh, grow up. Is that what you call friendship?" they taunted. "You'll never know the truth unless you go out and look for it yourself. Come on, what could you possibly know when you're stuck here, looking at nothing but what's in your tiny world?" The masked boy and creature stepped into a portal of darkness that appeared, and it closed behind them. We saw in our minds' eyes flashbacks of us with Terra, the last one of us sitting together and laughing.
"Terra!" I gasped, and we ran out of our room. We ran down the stairs in the front of the castle to reach Terra.
"Terra!" Ven yelled.
"Huh?" Terra said, and he turned to see us as we reached him. We panted heavily as we tried to catch our breath. Terra patted our heads. "It's okay." Terra hit the guard on his left shoulder, summoning his armor and Keyblade. He held his Keyblade up into the air, releasing a beam of light from it. The beam of light opened a portal to the Lanes Between. He then tossed his Keyblade into the air, and it transformed into his Keyblade Glider. He jumped onto it when it came back down, circled around, and shot up toward the portal. Ven looked disappointed, and I whimpered slightly. Ven smacked the guard on his left shoulder as well, summoning his own armor. I had my white diamond armor that covered my body already, so I was okay. He summoned his Keyblade, tossed it into the air, and it transformed into his Keyblade Glider. He jumped onto it as it came back down, and I jumped and flapped my wings. We circled around and shot up to the portal as Aqua came running towards us.
"Ven, Kesshi, wait!" she cried out as we vanished into the portal. We needed to find Terra, and fast, or else we knew something bad was going to happen to him.