Prologue

A young girl walked through the central square of her town. The town itself was full of light, and was surrounded by water. The girl's puffy, unruly red hair was shining as she stood in the middle. Her green eyes scanned the area looking to see if she could spot her best friend. She sighed not seeing him. She did see a duck walk by, as she knew as Uncle Scrooge. She sighed again.

A man she didn't know walked out into the circle; she got a close look at him. He had dressed strangely with tan pants that flared out, that had the very top part of the pants dark. If it wasn't for the belt, those pants may not even stay on him. He wore a dark shirt, with red straps crossing in front, and something completely strange was on his left arm. His brown hair was spiky in front with the rest flat. She did like his blue eyes though. He looked around the area, was he knew to town?

A few blue creatures appeared out of nowhere, surrounding her in a circle. She let out a scream, unsure what they were. They looked like they were about to hurt her.

"Unversed!" The male said, he had summoned what looked like a key sword in his hands. He ran forward, with key in hand, and sliced through them. "Run."

The girl ran away to hide behind the outer gardens wall just before the stairs started. "This can only mean Master Xehanort was right," She heard him say. Then she heard fighting; she looked out to see what exactly was going on. That man was fighting them with the blade. More appeared; they looked odd, like giant hour glasses, and even some round ones. She watched him, amazed at what he is doing. When he was done, he looked at her. "It's safe."

She stepped out, and walked to him. "Who… who are you?"

"Terra, what's your name?"

"Mika," She smiled at him. "Thank you."

He patted her head, "Be careful, okay Mika."

She nodded her head. He then ran off. Mika looked around, still no sign of her best friend.

Mika began walking around town, unsure what to do. Her best friend never showed, she wondered if he couldn't get away. She found herself heading towards the fountains. She didn't even find her older brother and his best friend. She had to wonder what everyone was up to. She saw Terra jumping his way down.

"Mika?"

"Hi Terra!" She smiled.

"What are you doing here?"

"My friend never showed. Where are you off to?"

"I'm…" he paused, "Meeting my Master in the outer gardens."

"Oh! Do you know where it's at?" She had to ask, "Come on, follow me!" She started to walk out into the town.

Terra looked down at her, and walked next to her. She seemed very hyper to say the least. Then again most children are. "Are you still by yourself?"

"I was going to meet my best friend, but Ienzo couldn't get away from the castle I betcha'. And my older brother Lea is of somewhere, doing who knows what, leaving me behind like always…" She laughed, "But you know, they need space too. Which alone time isn't that bad, even when I don't know what to do by myself."

They once again showed up at the center square. Mika looked up at the stare case to the castle, she saw a boy with blue/silver hair coming down the steps in a lab coat. She smiled, and looked at Terra, "It's just down the stairs. Bye Terra!" She went to the castle gate.

Terra left, when the boy stepped out into the circle. "Mika, who was that?"

"Terra," she answered stepping back with a smile. "What took ya anyways Ienzo? You know how long I was waiting?"

"Even was giving a lesson. You should have more patience you know." Ienzo replied back. "At least I've made it. I don't even get a hello."

"You didn't say hello either," Mika teased back.

"Mika…" Ienzo spoke in a tone she didn't recognize.

She turned around, more of those unversed creatures showed up. "Again…"

A blond male with spiky hair, who dressed as strange as Terra, came running up. "Run!" He summoned the same kind of weapon as Terra's too. Ienzo grabbed Mika's hand and ran off dragging her to the side.

When the teenager was done, Mika ran out to him. "Thank you. My name's Mika."

"No problem!" He smiled. "The name's Ven. You two should be safe now." Ienzo came out of hiding.

"Ienzo, where are you? Answer me." Came a tall man with longish blond hair, and green eyes, dressed in a lab coat.

Ienzo walked up to Even, and Mika joined. "Are, there you are. Didn't I warn you not to wander off, child? Now I see why." Even looked at Mika, "Hello there Mika." He then turned his attention to Ven, "I see we owe you our thanks. We have down our best to raise the boy… since his poor parents are not here to do it. Still wants to run off to meet Mika though, so I guess a talk to her mother will have to be in order."

"Oh, you're on your own, huh?" Ven looked at Ienzo. He then turn to Even, "Sir, I'm looking for a friend of mine. He's a tall guy dressed kinda like me—have you seen him?"

"Terra?" Mika asked.

Ven nodded his head, "You know him?"

"Hmm…" Even started, "Perhaps I did see him in the Outer Gardens. Just follow this road."

"Thank you," Ven nodded his head.

"No, thank you, for keeping Ienzo and Mika out of harm's way. And… well, let's say I have a feeling we are destined to cross paths again." Even walked away, with Mika and Ienzo following. They walked up the steps. "Mika, please note that I will be walking you home later, I do wish to speak to your mother. She does not understand the harm of letting you wonder about at your age."