Hey there! This is my second story I managed to start up. The idea popped up in my head and just wouldn't go away. I know that I said on my profile that I wouldn't start up any new stories just so that I wouldn't get confused, but it seemed that this story would go away if I did just that. Anyways, hope you like it!

PS – I did not create Kingdom Hearts. The only things in this story that I did create was Sitara, Malory, and the future of this story.

Prologue – The Fated Meeting

A young girl was lying on the dry grass gazing up at the stars with a look of wonder in her eyes. The night itself was quiet, save for the sounds of crickets chirping softly and the grass and trees rustling from the gusts of wind that came through often in the field. The girl shivered as a particularly strong wind rushed past her. She somehow knew it was near autumn, but she felt like she didn't want to miss an event that she knew that would happen soon.

Her aqua colored eyes widened as she suddenly saw a bright light streak across the sky. Just as that light faded out, another appeared across a different spot. Then another, and then another. Soon, the dark expanse was filled with these lights and the land below had begun to glow, full of rippling textures from the dazzling display above.

The little girl started laughing, with a voice that the people of her town had claimed that it was the most beautiful voice at that age, as she stood up and started running in the same direction as the stars were heading. She kept running for a few more minutes until she ran out of breath and flopped back onto the ground again. She gazed at the sky again while trying to catch her breath, and still smiling, she lifted her right arm up as her hand grasped the air as if she was trying to catch one of the falling lights in her palm.

Suddenly, the girl felt that someone was right next to her and was watching her closely. She turned her small head filled with long gleaming white hair and saw that it was a boy just about her age. He had short silver hair that was layered near the ends. His long bangs had covered his eyes some, but the girl could still tell that his eyes were the same color as her own. The boy had on a yellow sleeveless shirt with blue trims. The shirt had a tall collar and a zipper that barely went down at all. He also was wearing some navy blue pants that went right below his knees and a pair of what looked like water shoes on his feet. On each of his wrists was a thick blue band with a white stripe going around it.

The girl thought that it was odd for the boy to be wearing such clothes because it was obvious to her that it gets cold quickly in the plains at night, especially when autumn was just around the bend. At least she had the sense to wear warmer clothes than him. She had on a plain blue t-shirt and black khaki pants. She also had on thick black sandals that were made for the outdoors and the wilderness.

Then she noticed that she could see through him as well. He was looking at her with curiosity, which was probably no surprise considering he sparked the girl's curiosity as well. "Who are you?" The boy asked, his voice echoing strangely.

The girl, however, was not willing to give away her name that easily to a stranger, even if he looked harmless. Acting as tough as she could be, the girl replied, "I'm not allowed to talk to strangers just to let you know."

"If that's the case, then why are you even speaking to me now?" He questioned with a smirk on his face.

The girl paused at this with a blank stare on her face. Then she stood up and muttered, "I don't know." She suddenly started grinning again. "Maybe it's because you're so weak-looking."

"Hey!" The boy exclaimed as she laughed and started running again. The boy stood there for a few seconds before he started laughing as well as he ran after her.

When the two kids finally stopped after the chase (the boy caught the girl), they both fell to the ground next to each other as they were still chuckling. On an unknown instinct, they look at each other instantaneously and grinned.

"My name is Riku," The boy finally said when his hard breathing slowed. "What's your name?"

The young girl closed her eyes as she felt the soft breathing of the boy named Riku. It was strange that she could warm up to a stranger so easily, especially when he is see-through. But she felt that he was someone who could be trusted. It was also strange that she could feel Riku at all, but that was beside the point at the moment.

She sighed as she opened her eyes and gazed at Riku. He almost seemed expectant as he stared at the girl next him. The girl smiled as she saw that look on his face. She held a finger to her mouth and winked. "I'll tell you soon enough. Now let's just watch the stars for the moment." She said. Riku looked slightly disappointed, but didn't object.

They both turned back to the stars and watched the meteor shower. The number of streaks of light was decreasing, but it was still wonderful to watch. The girl sighed again as she knew it would end soon. It was quiet for a few more minutes, until Riku broke it. "You know, on my island, you could see a lot of stars in the sky. Just like here, but there were rarely any showers like this one."

The girl sharply turned toward Riku. "You live on an island?" She asked excitedly. "What is it like?"

Riku laughed and then asked, "You never have been on an island before?" The girl shook her head. "Well, it's sandy, and there are tropical trees, and –"

"Are you going to say all the simple things that I know about an island from a book?" The girl interrupted with sour look.

They were both silent for a moment, then they started laughing again. It went on until the sky grew dark as there were no stars left to fall. "Aren't you going to tell me your name yet?" Riku asked quietly. "I already told you my name."

The girl smiled again and said, "Alright then Riku, I'll tell you my name now. My name is-"

They were interrupted by a bright light shining from the distant horizon. At first the kids thought that it was the sun, but the girl realized that there were still no other colors in the sky to even indicate a sunrise. The light was becoming too bright to look at and everything else was becoming paler…

"Sitara! Time to get up now!" A voice called out right by the said girl's ear.

Sitara jumped up and threw a pillow at the little girl, who jumped off the bed and ran away cackling to herself. "Malory, you little imp." Sitara groaned. She wanted to sleep a little longer, but she knew that her little sister would love to dump water on her big sister head just to annoy her even more. Besides, she needed to get ready in time for school.

Sitara opened her eyes to see the few posters she had of her favorite game series: Kingdom Hearts. It had been a while since she played it last, and she was beginning to forget most of the game play scenes. Then her mind went back to the dream she just had before. It was the same dream she had once a long time ago as a little girl, and the game didn't even exist then. Now she is nearly 18 years old and she realized that there was a character named Riku in the game series. So surely meeting a Riku then in a dream was just a coincidence.

Sitara yawned and then groaned when she looked at the clock next to her bed. It was almost time to go to school and she didn't even have breakfast yet! She jumped out of bed and the clothes from her dresser started flying in all directions as she looked for some suitable clothes to wear. She settled for a white shirt that had a pair of blue birds on either side of the golden crown that was placed on top of a pink heart with a keyhole in the center with a pair of black jeans that had diamond studs in a swirling pattern on both of my back pockets. By the time she put on those clothes along with a pair of black shoes and white socks, Sitara was running late. She rushed out of her room, ran downstairs, rushed to the kitchen to get some toast, and was, at last, out the door.

Riku opened his eyes as his alarm clock buzzed in his ear. He glanced at his clock and turned it off and then sat up in his bed. He woke up at dawn, the time that he and Sora agreed to for that day. However, Riku's mind was not on the plans ahead, but on the dream he had earlier. I wonder who that girl was in my dream? He thought tiredly to himself as he looked through the window of his room to watch the rising sun for the moment. I remember having that same dream before as a little kid.

Riku slowly stood up and went over to the table that was on the other side of the room for the clothes that he set there. He placed his clothes on which consisted of a yellow and white sleeveless jacket (with a blue stripe running through) over a black vest (that was also over of a hint of what looked like a orange colored tank-top) along with dark blue khaki pants that had a black and white belt strapped around his waist and a white wrist warmer (not sure what else you can call it).

As he started putting on his socks and gray, black and white shoes with orange shoe laces, he heard a voice call out from beyond his window, "Hey! Are you ready yet Riku?"

Riku smirked to himself as he called back, "Almost done Sora! You need to learn to be more patient." He chuckled to hear Sora grumbling to himself something about how Riku was being lazy just because he graduated recently. He walked away from his bedroom and to the front door. He paused just before it as he thought, well, it's the big day. The day we set off on the journey once again. He reached for the door and opened it to find the sunlight coming in and stepped into the outside world.

Good thing the school was close by, Sitara thought with relief. Or mom would have picked a fight with me. She had managed to reach her school and to her first period classroom before the final bell had rung. Right now she was halfway through her 3rd period class and already she was sick of school. She had way too many projects to finish as homework and she desperately wanted to chuck her backpack into a deep muddy ditch somewhere on the side of the road near her school. The only problem, however, was the fact that it hadn't rain for several days now so there would be no muddy ditch and the only thing she would have achieved (if she had tried) was just getting it slightly dirty, nothing more.

Sitara sighed as she gazed at the lights that were over her head and flickering steadily. She closed her eyes as she listened to the people around her, who were obviously not doing their work and were just talking and laughing at loud levels. Today is going to be a long day. She thought to herself.

The shirt that Sitara put on… almost ironic isn't it? Well anyways, please review and tell me what you think so far.