I don't own Kingdom Hearts. I only own my OCs Kye and Solaris.
"Kye(pronounced Kai), could you do me a favor?" Master Eraqus asked the young man who was currently lifting a small boy in the air. Kye looked over his shoulder and smiled. "Yes Master?" He said, putting the boy down on the ground and the small girl off of his back. "I would like you to visit a world called Radiant Garden for me. I need you to pick up a few things." the master instructed, handing him a piece of paper. Kye bowed. "Yes master."
Once Eraqus left, Kye turned around to see Aqua crying and Terra trying to comfort her. Kye frowned. "What happened?" he asked as he knelt down in front of the small 9 year old girl and lifted her up into his arms. Terra, a little 10 year old menace, frowned and said "Aqua kicked me and I pushed her but I didn't-" Aqua shouted "Liar! I didn't kick you!" she stuck her tongue out and wrapped her arms around Kye's neck. The 18 year old boy just rolled his eyes and sighed, putting Aqua down on a stone chair near the summit. "Terra, it's not good to harm your friends and Aqua, it's not good to call others liars. Please behave while im gone ok?" Kye said, wiping Aqua's tears away.
Terra and Aqua exchanged glances. "Kye? Could you stay for one more day and train with us? Aqua wants to learn how to use magic and I want to Spar with you." Terra asked, shoving his hands into his pockets of his tan caprice. Aqua smiled widely as she said "And there's a meteor shower tonight!" Kye looked at the castle from the bottom of the steep stone steps and sighed. "Alright, just one day but tomorrow im leaving to finish the Master's request." The two nodded their heads and grabbed one of Kye's large rough hands, pulling him to the Summit.
He chuckled slightly, and allowed the small children to lead him to wherever they pleased. They were the only children in this world so they always stuck together. Aqua wore a simple blue spaghetti strapped dress, stars rimming the bottom hem. Terra had on a brown plain t-shirt and tan shorts. Kye on the other hand, was a well built man and not too tan. His hands were rough and calloused from holding his key blade. He was tall, almost towering over Master Eraqus. Terra and Aqua liked to call him 'The Friendly Giant.' He had spiked brown hair in a fashion that Terra had…almost. The only difference was that there was a slight bang almost covering his right eye.
Once at the summit, Terra and Aqua fell back onto the grass and basked in the sun. Kye only chuckled and sat cross-legged next to them.
"Kye?"
"Hmm?"
"What's it like to visit other worlds?" Terra asked. Kye looked up at the sky as the sun began to set behind the white peaked mountains. "Nothing special really...You just meet new people, see new sights. That's about it. I didn't really find it fairly interesting though..." Aqua smiled widely and pointed at the first star appearing in the night sky. "That's a world right? All the worlds are bright stars in the sky right?" Kye nodded and pointed at the star appearing next to it. "That's right Aqua. All worlds look like stars to the people that live in the world. To a world somewhere far off, our home looks like a star." Terra stood and stretched out his arms towards the sky, as if embracing it.
"I wonder...If there's someone out there who wants to see them all."
Aqua smiled and did the same, reaching out as if hoping to grab a star as well.
"I wonder if someone is watching our star then."
~3~
"Sol, do you have a dream?" 4 year old Kairi asked her friend as she and two other children were picking flowers in the outer gardens. A girl who looked the age of 8 put a finger on her chin and looked up to the sky, deep in thought. "hmm…I think it would be to travel to other worlds and meet new people. What's your dream Ienzo?" The 4 year old boy in the lab coat only mumbled a few words that the girls could not understand but caught "Shrouded and no light." "A world that's dark? Sounds scary…" Kairi mumbled, examining a black flower and adding it to the bouquet in her hand.
The 8 year old looked up and saw the sun setting, the first star appearing into the dark sky. She smiled and pointed.
"Look! I saw it first, I get the wish!" she shouted, pride lacing her voice. Kairi looked up and admired the dark sky beginning to twinkle with the stars of the worlds appearing.
"What makes the stars really bright at night?"
"Grandma told me that the stars are worlds and that they shine brightly because of the light in that world."
"Your grandma seem to know alot, Kairi."
The three continued to pick flowers until it started to get late. Kairi's grand-mother came and, after waving goodbye, she left her friends and ran up to her grandmother. At the same time, Ienzo waved goodbye to the girl and walked up to Even, his care taker. The small raven-haired girl sighed as she held her knees close to her chest and stared up at the sky, dreaming, wondering, hoping, and wishing to see the outside worlds.
"I want to see them all…" She whispered to herself.
"Solaris! Time to go!"
An old man wearing a blue robe called out, looking for the small girl. She got up and ran up to him. "Coming Merlin!" she called out. Once she caught up to him, the wizard smiled as they both walked home, hand in hand. "How was your day, child?" he asked. "It was fine. The weather keeps getting better and better." Solaris held up a bouquet of flowers. "Here, I got you these. The ones on your desk were withering away so I went out and picked fresh ones." Merlin combed his fingers through her slightly spiked up hair and smiled. "Thank you my dear."
When the two got home, Solaris went and changed out of her clothes and into her pajamas, getting ready for bed.
"Merlin you told me there are other worlds besides this one right? How many are there?" Solaris asked her adopted father before he tucked her into bed. Merlin stroked his beard and said "Well my dear, there are countless worlds out there and it'll take someone ages to go to them all. Now just get your head out of the clouds and go to bed. Aren't you meeting with Lea and Isa tomorrow?" Solaris nodded and lied back down on the soft bed as Merlin blew out the lit candle near her bed.
In her dream, she was flying over a large white castle with glorious gold colors. She saw a trail leading from the castle to a mountain that had a great view of the surrounding areas and stone furnish nearby. She looked around and saw two children waving to a man at the bottom of the stone steps that lead up to the castle doors.
'This is…'
~3~
"Ok, Im heading out now!" Kye called out as Terra and Aqua waved goodbye at the top of the stairs.
"Bye Kye!" they called out and watched as his clothes disappeared only to be replaced by black red-rimmed armor with two golden spikes jutting out of his helmet, pointing in the direction behind him. He threw his key blade, Half Sun, into the air, only for it to repel back as a key blade glider used to travel in The Lanes Between. He climbed on and flew into the portal of light as he traveled to Radiant Garden.
~3~
Solaris literally launched out bed to get dressed. Today was her friend's, Lea, birthday and she had told him that she wanted to show him what she found within the large castle that loomed over the city. The two were always caught in mischievous acts that always involved sneaking into the castle. Isa would follow along, always telling the two that they should turn around before anyone sees them. Unfortunately, they never listen.
Solaris dressed into black shorts with a spiked wrap around it and a red v-neck sleeveless shirt that had to be tied on the side. Solaris quickly slipped on her sandals and dashed out the door, calling out to Merlin "Im heading out!" as she slips on her arm warmers that widens around her elbows, making it cover her hands as it was too long.
Solaris ran through the town and didn't stop until she arrived in front of the gate of the castle, stumbling abit. She stopped and tried to catch her breath as Lea and Isa looked up. "Hmm? Oh hey Sol!" Lea greets her and pats her on the back. Solaris weakly waved 'hi' to the two eight year olds. Solaris held up a green wrapped box and said "Happy birthday big brother Lea!" she said, hugging the red head. Lea smiled and hugged her back as he tore through the box. "Oh wow!" he exclaims as he takes out a crown made of flowers. "Thanks Sol." He said, though he really didn't expect this, he didn't want to hurt the kid's feelings. Solaris nodded and opened the gate for the two. "Shall we?" as soon as she does though, it starts to rain, a sure fire sign of telling them that this wasn't going to be one of their infiltration missions.
"What the-? It's raining?"
"No duh Sherlock!"
Lea, Isa, and Solaris all ran to their homes, telling each other that it'll have to wait for next time.
"Thanks for the gift Sol!"
"Your Welcome and Happy Birthday Lea!"
As Solaris was running home, she tripped on something, sending her flying to the stone ground. A blue twitchy creature with slanted red eyes appeared next to her. She gasped in fright but sighed in relief as she held her pet flood* near her. "Ugh, don't scare me like that." she scolded him, the pet lowering his head in shame.
Solaris slowly lifted up her upper body, using her arm as leverage. She turned to look over her shoulder to see that she tripped over a body. The girl quickly scrambled onto her knees as she crawled over to the body, "Oh my gosh are you ok?" She waited for an answer until she saw that it was not moving. "Im gonna see what it looks like…" She whispers to the pet as she carefully crawls around to see the man's face covered by his brown hair. "Ngghh…" he groaned. Solaris brushed his hair away to reveal a handsome face and a pained expression. "Quick, help me get him inside." She said to the blue unversed as Solaris closed her eyes and used a zero gravity spell on him, lifting him into the air slightly as she guided the body into her home.
~3~
Kye felt groggy and sore all over, not to mention he had a blistering head-ache. He heard whispering in the background. "Merlin, im fine. You should be more worried about him though…I've never seen him before…did he come from a different world?" a female voice squealed quietly. 'Aqua?' Kye sighed and groaned as he slowly sat up, using his elbow as support. A pair of small hands were suddenly on his chest, pushing him back down onto something soft beneath him. "Don't get up too fast. You have a fever and some cuts and bruises that are still healing." a soft voice tells him as he lets the person guide him back onto the mattress of what Kye is assuming is a bed.
Kye opens his eyes, revealing dull emerald greens due to his-"Achoo!" fever… Kye felt a warm towel being placed on his head by a small girl with glistening grey eyes, almost white. She had shoulder length raven hair and a flower adorned her crown. "Oh, you're ok…" She sighed, hugging the unversed tightly to her chest. 'Unversed!' he thought in panic as he calls for his key blade, prepared to swipe at the blue monster. The girl screamed and the creature gripped onto the girl's shirt tightly.
"Stop!" Merlin yells, casting a spell to shield Solaris. The key blade made contact to the crystal barrier and repelled backwards, sending a stinging sensation into Kye's arm. It felt like he just hit a metal bar against another metal bar.
"That blue creature is tamed meaning it will do no harm to Solaris." Merlin explained as he checked over Solaris and the tamed flood. Kye stared at it, not believing it at first as it nervously waved at the man. "Your name is Solaris?" Kye asked the girl, suddenly having an image of Aqua overlap hers. The raven haired girl nodded.
"What's your name?"
"My name is Kye…"
At the mentioning of his name, her mind suddenly reeled back the dream she had the night before. The dream of a brunette haired man waving goodbye to two children, who lived in a sparkling white castle with gold and white peaked mountains. Another world perhaps?
Solaris tilted her head to the side, her eyes were half-lidded and a small smile on her face.
"Kye…are you from another world? A world that has a white castle with gold and a path leading to a summit?" she asked, recalling all of the details of her dream. Kye looked up at her with shock as he stiffened.
The girl smiled knowingly and closed her eyes recalling her dream from last night.
"I had a dream…and I saw that place. It was bright and green, so lush of nature. And then…I saw two kids standing at the top of a stone staircase, waving goodbye to someone at the field below the stairs. Tell me Kye, was that you I saw in my dream?" Kye's mouth was wide open as he marveled at how accurate she was of his departure. It was as if she was there watching the whole time. Kye stiffly nodded his head, clearing his throat. "H-how did you know?"
Solaris opened her mouth to answer but all that came out was a tired moan as she started to sway, her sight becoming fuzzy as she slumped forward, resting her head on Kye's chest as she mumbled "Sleepy…" Kye blinked twice and smiled as he hesitated at first to pet her hair but pet it nonetheless, his fingers combing through her raven locks. Merlin smiled and shook his head. "That girl has an uncanny talent for having very accurate dreams of the future. Poor thing always gets tired out faster than usual." Merlin explained as he came over and picked up Solaris to tuck her into bed. Kye nodded and watched as the wizard tucked the girl into the bed across the room.
"Are you her father?" Kye asked, managing to sit up straight. Merlin smiled but shook his head as he took out the flower in her hair and placed it on the nightstand. "Solaris's parents both perished in a terrible house fire. The body of the father was never found…Poor girl was only four at the time so she doesn't remember much. One thing does peak my interest though…" Merlin trailed off but Kye asked "What is it?"
Merlin pointed at Kye. "That weapon you have there, a key blade is it not?" Kye stiffened and slowly reached his hand out, the key blade appearing before them. Merlin nodded.
"She too, wields the ability of the Key blade but only for a short amount of time. It's as if it does not accept her fully."
Kye raised an eyebrow as he looked at the sleeping girl. "But how and at this age?" Kye asked, not making any sense of this. Merlin stroked his beard and said "Well, it'd be best to wait for her to awaken the next morning for her to answer your questions."
With that, Merlin left the house to run some quick errands. Kye stood and loomed over the raven haired girl. Kye thought, furrowing his eyebrows, his face turned into a look of pain. He stared at the flower, figuring out it was an iris as he fingered he soft lilac petals.
'Just who are you Solaris?'