Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters.

A/N: I started looking back at my past fanfiction and rereading my favorites which in turn inspired me to update my abandoned works. :) I am slowly rewriting my current chapters and then hopefully I can get to the point of actually updating.

Updated: a huge thanks to lucky6manga for helping me edit my chapters.

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Elements, Shadows, Light

Roxas brooded on his bed looking out the window at the dark thunderstorm raging outside, uncommon in Southern California and unwelcomed by Roxas. The past couple of nights had been the same with the downpour rain, flash of lightning and crash of thunder leading to sleepless nights for the blonde. The strangest thing about the storm is it only came at night and was gone by morning leaving the sky the usual Southern California crystal clear blue. Even the scientists were baffled by the unusual weather patterns, but the one thing they did know its focal point was in Huntington Beach.

A scream interrupted the blonde's brooding causing him to let out a long sigh. His identical twin, Ventus, had been having nightmares for the past couple of nights which, now that he thought about it, was about the time the storms at night started raging. He got out of his bed to go check on his twin when the ground started to shake. 'Earthquake' was the one thing that went through his mind. Before he could even think of what to do next, the earthquake stopped as quickly as it came. 'Odd,' he thought to himself as he made his way to Ventus' room, not hearing anymore screaming.

"Ventus?" Roxas said as he knocked on the door lightly. "Are you ok?" The door opened suddenly and a blur brown pounced on him causing him to fall over.

"Sora? What the hell?" the blonde growled shoving his other brother, triplet actually, off of him. "Why are you in Ventus' room?"

"I was scared of the thunder and he was scared of the nightmares so we decided to sleep together." Sora grinned, "Although he still had the nightmare...so I guess it didn't work out for him." Roxas sighed as he shook his head standing up then offering his brother a hand to help him up. It was odd that while Roxas and Ventus were identical twins with Sora being their fraternal triplet, Sora and Ventus were closer to each other than Roxas and Ventus ever were. Not like Sora was much of a fraternal triplet anyways since the only thing different-looking about him was his hair color. Running footsteps could be heard coming down the hallway as their parents came around the corner.

"Are you boys okay?" their mother asked pulling Roxas close to inspect him for injuries.

"We are fine, Mom!" Roxas hissed, pushing his worried mother away from him. "Nothing fell over and crushed us."

"Thank goodness," she sighed as she looked over Sora just to double check.

"I'm fine mom." Sora smiled.

"Where is Ventus?" their father asked. They all looked into the room where Ventus sat on his bed, sitting up with his face in his hands crying. Their mother gently pushed them aside so she could get into the room and comfort her third son.

"Ventus sweetie," she said quietly as she sat next to him on his bed. "What is wrong? Did you have another nightmare?" He shook his head and she pulled him into a hug with a small smile. "It is ok. I am here now, so nothing is going to hurt you."

"Why don't we build a fort and sleep in it?" Sora suggested with a huge smile, "Nothing can break the fort of the Strifes!"

"I think that is a great idea Sora." Their father chimed in pulling Sora in for a gentle noogie. "We'll start setting it up. Last one downstairs is a rotten egg!" He let go of Sora and started darting for the stairs laughing as Sora chased him.

"No running down the stairs!" their mother shouted, "I don't need a hospital run tonight because one of you fell down the stairs and broke your arm!"

"More like their brain." Roxas scoffed as he turned to head back to his room only to be stopped by a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see his mom smiling down at him.

"It is called the Strife fort for a reason," she giggled, "Can't leave any Strife behind."

"Cloud doesn't have to be in the stupid fort." Roxas grumbled as he crossed his arm with a pout.

"Well he lives in New York so it could take a while," she laughed and grabbed his hand to drag him and Ventus downstairs. Their father and Sora had already destroyed the living room by moving the furniture around to stack it with sheets to form the fort.

"Hault!" their father shouted in a low voice holding a broom as if it was a weapon with bucket on his head, "Who dares approach the fort of Strifes?"

"Fellow Strifes looking for shelter," their mother answered with a warm smile.

"Then you may enter even though you smell like rotten eggs," he said trying to keep a straight face. The three Strifes crawled into the fort to join the other two where 5 sleeping bags were laid out. Roxas frowned wondering how his father and Sora had managed to get all of this done in the matter of minutes, then decided he didn't even care and took the sleeping bag on the left side. He was tired and just wanted to get to bed while the weather was calm outside. Ventus crawled into the sleeping bag next to him. Apparently Sora didn't like the sleeping arrangement so he plopped a sleeping bag between his two brothers and then wiggled in.

"Sora!" Roxas shouted scooting his sleeping bag to the far edges of the fort, "Seriously? Why do you always have to be in the middle?"

"Because it is the best spot!" Sora grinned as he snuggled with Ventus while trying to pull Roxas back. Roxas struggled for a bit then remembered that when it comes to Sora, he always gets what he wants in the end so struggling was futile.

"Night boys," their mother said softly as she kissed each of their foreheads before going to the other side of the fort to sleep by their father.

"Hey Ventus," Sora whispered pocking Ventus' sleeping bag to get him to turn. Ventus slowly turned so he could look at Sora. "I know your secret."

"What do you mean?" Ventus asked eyes wide.

"Your nightmares are causing the weather to change." the brunette whispered with a smile.

"Shut up Sora," Roxas growled as he punched his brother's arm. "That isn't even possible."

"Owwww..." Sora whimpered rubbing his abused arm. "I was just joking."

"N-no" Ventus whispered as he pulled his sleeping bag tighter to him as if trying to hide himself. "I think it is true."

Both looked at their brother trying to comprehend what their other brother just said. Roxas thought about it and it did make sense. The storms only happened at night when Ventus was sleeping and did seem to disappear when he woke up. 'Was that why he was always screaming at night? He could feel these things happening and couldn't control it?' His train of thought was interrupted when Sora started shouting.

"That is awesome!" the brunette shouted jumping out of his sleeping bag with a huge grin on his face.

"Sora sweetie," their mom said, "please go to bed, you have school in the morning."

"yes mom." Sora chuckled going back into his sleeping back now obviously not wanting to go back to sleep.

"Sora please go to sleep," Ventus pleaded, "I have a biology test in the morning."

"But you have powers," Sora grinned, "I can't sleep now."

"Sora he doesn't have powers," Roxas growled and punched his brother again in the arm, "Now go to bed before I knock you unconscious"

"Why are you always so grumpy?" Sora pouted as he scooted his sleeping bag toward Roxas'.

"Night," Roxas said closing his eyes and going to sleep. He heard his brunette brother let out a heavy sigh, but didn't say anything else.

Roxas groaned as rubbed the sleep from his eyes only to realize that something was very wrong. The world around him was all in shadows, in fact the world looked like a negative image. He could see his mother, Sora and Ventus huddled in a doorway looking like they were screaming something, but he couldn't hear them. There was groan from next to him making him look at his father that didn't look like a negative image the way the rest of the world did. That was when he remembered the earthquake. His father had pulled him from his sleeping bag and into a doorway, but it didn't work. 'The ceiling had collapsed on top of them', he remembered 'but did that mean they were dead?' Looking at his unconscious father next to him, then back around the room he tried to figure out what was going on.

Curious to see what would happen if he touched an object, he reached his hand out towards a lamp that fallen. The moment he touched it, the lamp went from being a negative image to the original colors. Startled, he pulled his hand back just staring at the lamp in confusion. 'Was this another dimension?' he wondered 'how did they get here? Could they get back?' He looked back at the lamp that he had pulled into this shadow dimension then looked at his father. Gently, he touched his father's shoulder and thought about going back to the real world. There was a sudden flash of light. The next thing he knew he was being tackled by his mother, Sora and Ventus.

"How are you two unharmed?" his mother sobbed as she kissed his face. "We watched the ceiling collapse on you!"

"I-I don't know." Roxas admitted not even attempting to push his mother off him. He saw his dad regain consciousness and hug Sora and Ventus. The earthquake had stopped it seemed for the time being, but that didn't mean there weren't going to be aftershocks.

"We should go outside," Their father suggested looking at the house that was looking very unstable. They all nodded and found a way out through a hole that was created in a wall from part of the house collapsing. To their surprise, the street looked untouched by the earthquake. Their neighbors houses' lights were still off as if the earthquake never happened. Roxas felt a tug on his shirt and looked over to see Ventus with wide eyes looking at him.

"I did it," Ventus admitted looking down in shame as tears started to form in his eyes. "It's my fault that you and dad almost died. I'm sorry."

"It is fine," Roxas sighed running a hand through his hair. "We didn't due to some miracle." He shivered feeling this strange tingling sensation run though his body, almost like an electric shock.

Ventus jumped back with a yelp as he was shocked by it shaking his hand in confusion. He looked up at Roxas in confusion then he felt it, the same sensation that came over him every time the weather went out of control, only this time was worse. Clasping his hands to the side of his head, he doubled over as he can feel these strange powers unleash from his body. The wind starts to pick up, storm clouds roll in from nowhere with the boom of thunder getting louder.

"Ven!" Roxas screamed over the wind as he grabbed his brother's arm.

"I can't control it!" Ventus screamed, tears streaming down his face. "It is completely out of control!"

"Ven, calm down!" Sora said appearing out of nowhere crouching down with Ventus with both hands on his brother's shoulders. "Concentrate."

"I can't!" Ventus sobbed.

"You can do this Ven." Sora smiled, "Trust me."

Ventus looked up at Sora, light seemed to radiate around him, both of them. There was a flash of light for a brief second, and it seemed like they were in a different world, but as soon as they arrived in that world they were back where they were. He blinked and looked around, it was as if the storm never happened.

"Come on boys," their father said as if nothing had happened, except their house being in ruin, "Lets get in the car and go to a hotel for the night."

The three boys nodded as they followed their parents to the car wondering what exactly had happened that night. Little did they know, that the events that happened that night would change their lives forever.

A/N: Ok, so this is a rewrite of the first chapter that I originally posted all those years ago. I changed it...a bit...ok...a lot, but I think it will work out better this way. Also I am reworking Sora's abilities since I didn't like them before. :) Let me know what you think