This is my first ever fanfiction so feel free to leave any reviews suggestions on how I can improve my writing :). A big thank you goes out a great friend of mine who drew the cover image for me, I cannot draw to save my life xD. I really am proud of this story as I have been thinking about the idea of this story for a long time. So without any further delay I present the first chapter of The Guardian Light

The sound of water is all that fills the air as the black robed figure lands softly on the black sand. He walks to the waters edge and stops just at the point where his boots are touching the water and looks out over the somewhat silvery looking water. Small waves push the water up and down, when it goes up it runs underneath the figures boots and as it is pulled back the figures boots leave a small imprint of where he is standing. Reaching up to pull off his hood, Arcturus lets out a sigh as he runs his gloved fingers through his black hair. "It's always so peaceful here" he states softly as he looks down to watch the water go up and down, up and down. The water gleams in the moonlight and reflects off of the porcelain mask he has adorned on his face. His pale black eye watches the water, his white iris moving back and forth with the tide. He suddenly feels heavy and before he is able to catch himself feels himself falling forward, as he falls though he sees that he is no longer falling towards sand and water, but a stained glass panel, looking back Arcturus sees that there is nothing behind him but a black veil.

He nears the glass panel and feels himself being twisted around so that he can land on his feet. "Where the?" he asks to himself looking around, looking down he notices that the glass panel is a mural of some sorts depicting himself standing above three other people he did not know, stranger still was that it showed him holding a black and white keyblade in a way that made it seem like he was protecting them. There was a man with dark brown hair spiked back behind his head, a boy with sandy blonde hair done up in spikes, and a young woman with deep blue hair casually combed across her face and done down in spikes. He stared at them for awhile feeling like for some reason he knew the three, but he was interrupted when he heard a voice far off in the darkness surrounding the platform.

" Arcturus..." it called

Arcturus spun around his eyes darting to the left and to the right looking for whoever or whatever had just spoken

" Hello? " he called " Is someone there? "

The voice spoke again " Do not be afraid... "

Arcturus scoffed " I'm not frightened " the voice continued as if it had simply ignored him " Look at the three faces below you... "

Arcturus looked down at the three again and heard the voice speak more sternly " They are the weapons of fate...your duty is to protect them...you and these three have a long and difficult series of events to navigate through in the days to come. "

Arcturus did not understand what the voice meant It's my duty to protect three people I do not even know? Why should I give a care in the world about what happens to these three? he thought, as if it heard him the voice answered " These three will help you to learn who you really are... " Arcturus's single visible eye lit up " wait what? " he turned hoping that someone would be there " What do you mean learn who I am? " he cried out, in response the area around him began to get brighter and brighter, it became so bright soon that Arcturus had to cover his eye with his hand. He heard the voice speak one last time before he was engulfed completely by light " We will speak again Arcturus, for know remember what we have told you " and with that Arcturus vanished in a haze of light.

Arcturus heard the sound of water again as he slowly opened his one eye, sitting up slowly he saw that he was back on the dark sanded beach, the water was slowly rising and falling with the push of the tide just as it had been before. "You finally woke up huh sleepyhead?" a high voice behind him asked. Arcturus looked behind him to see two black, big, rounded ears covered by a hood, the figure turned and Arcturus smiled:

" Mickey Mouse...how did you find me ? "

Mickey smiled " Oh come now Arc if I didn't know this was your favorite place in the world to be alone what kind of best friend would I be? "

Arcturus got to his feet and walked over to his friend. " Is Master Yen Sid angry with me? "

Mickey shook his head " He's not angry Arc, he just wants to know why you have a tendency to run off every now and again "

Arcturus sighed " I don't know why I do it Mickey, I just can't take all the training sometimes, I need a breather you know? "

Mickey chuckled " Well what kind of breather says to come to a place like this? "

Arcturus looked around and shrugged his shoulders at his friend " What's wrong with this place? " he asked.

Mickey looked at him somewhat blankly then turned away "Nothing...nothing at all" he muttered the last part so that Arcturus wouldn't hear him.

Mickey got up from where he was sitting "Well come on then, let's get back to the master's tower"

Arcturus sighed to which Mickey laughed " Don't worry there's no punishment waiting for you he just has a lecture in which both you and I must attend."

Arcturus groaned " That's even worse " he whined as he and Mickey disappeared into a starry blue portal.

Mickey and Arcturus stepped out of the portal onto a very small patch of land floating high in the clouds. They saw behind them the Mysterious Tower rising into the starry night sky and as always it spared no quarter of magnificence as it twinkled with hundreds if not thousands of stars. Arcturus couldn't help but look up and gaze into the starry sky. He remembered what Master Yen Sid had told him years ago:

" Why are there so many stars in this world? " he hears himself ask

" Each star represents a different world my young disciple " Yen Sid answers

" There's more world's than this one? " Arcturus remembers asking in a stunned tone

Yen Sid nods at Arcturus' question " Of course my boy, surely you did not think that we were the only souls on this vast planet? "

Arcturus shook his head " Well no master I just did not know that there were so many different world's out there...I'd like to see them all someday "

Yen Sid let out a light chuckle " I believe that you will Arcturus, but only when you are ready come along now Mickey is waiting for you."

Arcturus came back to the present day still looking up at all the world's up in the sky " Arc? " Mickey asked again " What? " Arcturus quickly looked down at Mickey who laughed " Daydreaming again huh? Master Yen Sid was right you certainly are quick to be distracted " Arcturus grinned behind his mask " Sorry Mickey let's head inside " he and his friend turned to enter the twisting tower behind them.