DISCLAIMER!: I DO NOT OWN KINGDOM HEARTS IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, so please DON'T SUE ME! I'VE NO MONEY!

AN: Yes, after over a year of waiting, I have returned with a probably crappy title, but my entire storyline has changed, I planned this all out, not how it's written but what all is planned.

Anyway, this is officially my first fan-fiction, hope you like it.

EPISODE 1:

The Beginning Journey

CHAPTER 1:

The Last Night We Ever Spent Beneath the Same Stars

It was but a simple, cool night in the Land of Departure, as it often was. The dark-blue sky glistened with the light of all the stars surrounding the well-kept world. In the large, golden building that housed the few Keyblade wielders of Master Eraqus, there were several rooms. In one of the messier rooms, a simple child with lighter-golden, really spiky hair was laying on his bead, contemplating over the lessons of the afternoon prior. Suddenly, a bright, brief flash of light shone, and caught the boy's attention. He stared out into the nighttime sky, kneeling on his bed as the comets whizzed to his right thin, bright dashes.

"A meteor shower!" he yelled to himself as he got immediately excited at the wondrous site. He then leapt off his bed and raced towards the perfect area to see the comets rain. After exiting the main doors of the apparent palace, rushing down the wide stairs, he came upon the usual training ground. It was a large, somewhat circular, flat stone platform with a very unique design on it. It was surrounded by a thick ring of grass and then by a four-and-a-half-foot-tall stone barrier, to keep people from falling to the bottomless depths below.

As he halted at his first choice, he came upon a realization. "I can't see much from here." The boy said to himself. He then looked around to hopefully find a more decent vantage point, but came upon nothing and decided to move forward to the mountain pass. When he was close to the summit, which was the optimal place to view phenomena like this, he spotted the target posts that he used as a moving target all those years ago, thinking if he should get some more training in. the golden-haired boy decided, "I've got time to spare!" and then got into his battle position, positioning his unusually-shaped Keyblade, the "teeth" of the key being behind him, rather than the traditional sword-style.

He then charged, sprung up and struck the ring that always was his target. The ring "stuck" around after the initial contact, but this blue-eyed teen paid no mind to it as he moved to the next target, which had several rings and spun around after contact. "What? You want a piece of me too?" he called to his new foe, and then performed a quick blitz as the rings began to spin due to the wind. He still made contact nonetheless. He then kept his focus on a single ring as it spun, remembering one of his earlier lessons from Eraqus. After keeping this going for a brief amount of time, the odd-handled keyblade wielder spotted a chest on a slightly high ledge, and got to, finding a set of instructions to perform a sliding dash. "Wait, what am I messing around here for?"He began, coming to a minor epiphany, "I'm gonna miss the meteor shower!" As quickly as he had said that, he had already grabbed the next ledge and climbed up it, only then to run once more towards the mountain's summit.

The summit was not as well kept as the rest of the world, but there were signs of someone being there sometime before. There were several light-posts that were partially inside the dilapidated borders that once were. The boy sauntered towards a gap in the wall that he knew would be perfect location to gaze at the falling stars. "Wow…" he dumbly gasped, staring into the sky as he felt a familiar feeling. Eventually, he decided to lay down and came upon a thought. "Why does this seem so familiar?" he thought aloud, then his eyes slowly began to close as he entered sleep..

When he awoke, he leaned forward, feeling tired after the brief nap. He then yawned, stretching his arms as he did so, and then layed down. And as he moved downwards, the blue-eyed, blue-haired woman known as Aqua came into view, catching him by surprise. The boy gave a yell as he got up, repositioning his body on his knees so he could see her better. He stared at her as she gave a light chuckle at his shock. "Gimme a break, Aqua." he told her, seeming slightly irritated at her for the unexpectedness.

She stood up, and commented, "Ven, you hopeless sleepyhead. You should have at least brought a blanket."

"But-Did I dream that place up?" wondered Ven looking down, "It really felt like I'd been there before...looking up at the stars..."

Aqua then moved her hand to gently massage the back of Ven's head, bent over to be able to reach him. " 'Cept you've always lived here with us." she reminded him gently

"Yeah."he replied somberly, looking down still, "I know." he looked up, sounding happier than just a few seconds prior. He then took a stroll towards the edge of the cliff and sat on it as Aqua soon followed him. "Hey, Aqua," he began as she sat down.

"Hm?" she hummed, her interest piqued at his possible quandary.

"Y'ever wonder where stars come from? Where light comes from?" he asked, feeling like he wondered that for years now.

"Hmm..." she thought briefly, "Well they say-" she began.

"That every star up there is another world," said a third voice as the tall, brunette man approached the two sitting figures.

They both became stunned, then turned to see who it was, only to find their good friend to be the mysterious, deep voice they had just heard. "Terra." said Aqua, who still was in a mild shock. The two quickly realized that he wasn't alone. Coming up from behind was a slightly shorter, Grey-haired male who dressed in a similar fashion to the other three.

"Celestus!" Ven yelled, waving at him frantically.

The man waved in response. "Evening, Ven, Aqua."

"Yup, hard to believe there are so many worlds out there besides our own." Terra then started to move towards the other two. "The light is their hearts, and it's shining down on us like a million lanterns." he stopped after that.

Ven was obviously confused. "What? I don't get it."

"In other words, they're just like you, Ven." Terra tried simplifying.

"Exactly, Terra." commented Celestus, who had shown up out of what seemed like nowhere like he usually did.

"What does that mean?" pondered Ven as he walked towards Terra.

Terra apparently decided to encourage Ven with an odd comment, "You'll find out someday, I'm sure."

"I wanna know now." Ven seemed irritated.

"You're too young to know now." told Terra, trying to keep Ven calm.

"Quit treating me like a kid." Ven practically yelled.

Celestus walked towards Ven, giving him a reassuring pat on the back. "One day, Ven I'll be sure to tell you what he means, okay?" Meanwhile, Aqua was chuckling at Ven's last comment, and the others soon noticed.

"Hey, what are you laughing at?" Terra asked, seeming intrigued.

Aqua took a small breath "You three would make the weirdest brothers." she then continued laughing, which caught all three of them off guard and feeling confused.

Nonetheless, they all started laughing at the thought of them all being somehow related.

After a while, the four were all sitting on the edge of the bottomless cliff gazing up into the sky at the limitless number of stars beyond their world. Just then, Aqua remembered something important.

"Oh, yeah." she began, standing up. "Terra, Celestus, you two and I have our Mark of Mastery exams tomorrow." she sounded nervous when she said this to them. "I made us good luck charms." Aqua held up four star=shaped figures that dangled on bronze chains. Each one had the same style of look: lined with a silver trim on fine-stained glass and bore the crest of the Keyblade wielder at its center. However each one had its own color. One brown, another blue, the third green, and the last one was a spectrum of white. Aqua then threw the brown one at Terra as she said, "Here."

"What? I get one too?" Ven exclaimed as he was given the emerald Wayfinder and stared at it with glee

Celestus was given the dullest one, which he appreciated with a simple "Neat. Thank you."

"Of course. One for each of us. " She explained to the other three. While she eplained, the four placed their hands which held their own Wayfinder in a circle. Then Ven made a positive remark.

"Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star-shaped fruit...and the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So as long as you and your friends carry good-luck charms shaped like it, nothing can ever drive you apart. You'll always find your way back to each other. Technically, I think you're supposed to make them with seashells," she gave a minor scoff, but I did the best with what I had."

Terra remarked, "Oy, you are sometimes such a girl." as he made some arm motions that most everyone did to provide emphasis.

As Terra simply wanted to let her know how he felt about her, Aqua noticed one word that threw her off "Hey, what do you mean 'sometimes'?"

Ven looked down, his sorrow present as hope soon shot down. "So, this isn't a real good-luck charm?" in the hope for some positive response.

"Well that's yet to be seen," Aqua informed her younger friend as she walked towards the other three, "But I did work a little magic on it." At that, Ven was really excited.

"Really? What?"

Aqua smiled and brought her charm up. "An unbreakable connection." she simplified, now raising the Wayfinder over her head.

Terra started walking away, but he brought up an interesting idea. "Well, tomorrow's the exam." a statement all too obvious, but he wasn't done, "Anybody wanna spar?"

Ven's excitement only rose at the thought of fighting Terra. "I can take ya." he declared as he summoned his Keyblade. Terra followed suit, his style more suitable for the physically stronger type of person. They both took their positions that were well apart form one another and entered their own battle stance only to keep them focused on the task at hand. Immediately, Terra started moving to his right and Ven soon closed in on him and jumped up as the first attack in a combo that he hoped for was blocked, than he tried again with similar results.

"Quit goin' easy on me. You're not gonna win unless you stay on the offensive." Ven mentored as Terra responded with a combo that Ven was too slow to dodge. Terra started with two mighty slashes right after being hit once to counter attack, which lead to his own Quick Blitz, which Ven really felt. Terra followed with a Stun Edge that, well, stunned Ven as Terra performed his finishing blow that consisted of spinning his Keyblade that easily flowed into a slightly more powerful Slam.

Aqua, who was to be the observant one for this sparring match, made a comment as she walked towards them once again. "Well, that works fine if you're fighting one-on-one. But you need to know how to handle a crowd too." Now it was her turn to teach Terra a lesson using Ven as her target. She took a deep breath, and focused a large amount of energy at Ven in random places. Then, with a yell she jumped and aimed at the parts of Ven that she focused on just before. At this Ven tried to dodge, but several large bubbles formed out of her Keyblade and bombarded Ven to no end.

Terra, who was at a safe distance, closed the large gap alongside Celestus, who took the open spot opposite him "Okay, let's wrap this up!" was his only thought that followed Aqua's Shotlock Command. The four stared at one another for a while to see who would go next. "Celestus, you haven't gone yet, have you?"

"I have not."

"Then go spar with Aqua, she's only gone once."

"Fine by me." Celestus decreed as the two positioned themselves into a battle position. "Don't think that I'll go easy on you just because you're a girl, now." he finally said, summoning his Keyblade. Now, Celestus's Keyblade was unique from all the others on a few key points. For one, the lone hand-guard merged perfectly with the blade itself. It's "teeth" made the weapon look like the letter "F", but nonetheless, it was wide and the edge was somewhat thick. Then there was the overall design of the key, it seemed...dark, mysterious. Like forgotten thorns, or something to that liking. The last difference was the simple fact that Celestus was primarily left-handed, making his fighting style something different, but had a familiar feel and look.

And then they were off...

Aqua took aim at him in an instant practically shouting a single word that would activate the spell that she was planning on using.

"Fire!" As if on cue, Aqua's cerulean Keyblade shot out an orange ball of searing-hot pain that was heading right for her opponent. Having very little time to react, Celestus decided to defend him self using the easiest possible action of blocking.

The ball quickly raced towards him as he blocked, and it couldn't have been timed better. As the fireball made contact with the Keyblade, it was reflected back at Aqua and it she took some damage, which was less than the others because of her impressive skill and resilience to magic. Then Celestus moved in to attack her from the side, but she didn't miss a beat and tried using fire again. And again he blocked the blow as he was running, but Aqua instinctively cartwheeled out of the way and into safety.

Celestus saw an opportunity, an opening, and he took it slamming his key to Aqua's side and knocking her down. She quickly rose and tried to pay him back, but only got two hits before her combo was interrupted by another fire spell. Being stunned, Aqua couldn't move as Celestus made a piercing action towards her neck, not making any contact. The fight was over.

The four stood in a much wider circle after about another twenty minutes of sparing. Ven relaxed his stance and gave the others his personal opinion. "Trust me, you guys are ready." Then the others followed suit on the relaxing status as Ven continued, "You're gonna clean up at the exam tomorrow."

"I hope it's that easy. "replied Terra who was moving towards his friend.

Aqua and Celestus soon followed. "It's like the Master said. Power is born within the heart. When the time is right, you just need to look inside yourself... and you'll find it there."

"And that light will be waiting to shine, just like the stars." Celestus concluded and Ven nodded.

He then quickly noticed that the greenish platform of light known as a "Save Point" had appeared right in front of them. "Oh! We don't wanna lost track of stuff that's happened." He was walking towards the point at this time and he saved all their progresses for the day.

Ven stared off into space, unaware that his friends were walking away only until Terra called for him. "Hey, we're gonna head back."

"Yeah, me too" affirmed Ven. He started heading towards them.

Celestus then announced, "Let's get going."

Aqua stopped and looked up to the stars, holding her Wayfinder and then staring down on it. "Together...always." and then she quickly caught up with the men as the headed back to the castle to rest for the exams.

ENTER CELESTUS'S P.O.V.

"That would be the last night we (four) ever spent beneath the same stars."

AN: YES! I FINALLY WROTE THE FIRST CHAPTER IN ONLY ABOUT 2 DAYS! AND IT TOOK 6 TOTAL PAGES! Please Review so that I can make changes as soon as I can, thanks for reading.