Summary: Hikour knew that she lived in the mordern world of Victoria Island. And was taught the mordern styles of being a warrior. But what happens when the ultimate warrior Aran meets her in a dream and sends her back in time to old MapleWorld. Thier she meets a young girl who lives in the village called Forgotten. Told the Dark Ones will return somday to rein terror to Forgotten once again. She must find the memories of the child, princess, a knight, a mage, and a young teen who resembles her two best friends before time runs out. Or has it already ran out.

To the Gates of Darken and Back

By The Doremi Family

"I see my path, But I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where i'm going is what inspires me to travel"

~Rosalia de Castro

Chapter 1. Beginning. The start of sorrow.

(a child's pov)

This place is lonely. This place where the sun never shines, where clouds rule over. This place is sad. A city of people forgotten about. This place is a fairytale, But I live here. This place is ruled by them. Those who only seek darkness to spread though others. The winged ones, the evil ones, the Dark Ones. I wanna go home. But where do I live. I want to feel my mother's embrace but what is my name. I sleep at night dreaming of a better place, but does something like that exits. I want to know the feeling of smiling out of true happiness. This place is lonely. This place where the sun never shines, where clouds rule over. This place is sad. A city forgotten about. This place is a fairytale. But I...Live here.


(Hikour's pov)(A century later)

I sat quietly at my desk watching for the last bell of the day to ring. Just few more minutes before summer started. I just coulden't believe it was the last day already, it seemed like yesterday on the first day when I spilled milk all over my best friend's new/old dress. Ah, the good times. When the bell finally rang I stood up and left to my locker.

"Hikour". I looked up to see Yuki and Yukio note to self when having twins don't make thier names different by adding another letter. I hurried over to my two besties and noticed Yuki's new style. Her hair was dyed purple in a few strands, She had an orange scarf around her neck, socks that almost reached her knees and pair of faded shorts.

"What's with the outfit". I said knowing she knew what I was really thinking.

"Hey the concerts tonight and I really wanted to wear this". She said spinning around in a circle. "And besides don't I look like Nana in this".

"Yea now she'll think you stalk her".

"Not true i'm not totally dressed like her thiers a difference between fan and stalking".

"Well the lines not that fine". Yukio said laughing after. But getting a smack on his head from his sister. "Besides I just wanna hurry for next week".

"What's next week". I heard a gasp escape both thier mouths. Was next week so important that they know what's going on.

"The 'Hero Week' remember they have it like for an entire week every five years to celebrate the week the heros defeatched the Black Mage". Oh yea now I remember, but can they remember that I wasen't in Victoria Island for the last one because I had other things to do. The last time I celebrated that week was when I was six, and still I coulden't even remember an hour.

"Also". Yuki said. "They say that every 20 years a hero enters a young trainer's dream and something amazing happens. Ah. I hope the second hero vists me". Ok Yuki you stay in that little fantasy of yours.

"And what makes you think he'll vist you". Yukio said leaning agaist the wall.

"Well what makes you think that the third hero will vist you".

"Hey!". I said before anything eles started. "Can we just have a peacefull summer without you two fighting". It was like this every year can't they just make peace. Argh. This is what happens when you have twins for best friends.

"Fine!". They both said looking away from eachother. Also if you do have twins for friends don't let them be blonds.


I walked the last blocks alone towards my way home, Yuki and Yukio lived in the next neighborhood so we weren't totally apart. But I never felt safe walking home alone everseens they moved away. I mean yea thier were some other people around. But, I always got the feeling of someone watching me. The sun was setting soon and it still wasen't safe during the night in Victoria. It may be the mordern times but these monsters are restless. If they could they would probaly all be a vampire monster.

I walked the way to my front door and opened it to be greeted by the board look of my older sisters face as she boiled water. I don't know what it was with Asno and boiled water. Maybe it was because Asno trained in the teachings of a pirate. I walked over to my sister to find my younger sister reading her book for when she starts her training for magician.

"Asno". She turned around the blackness still glued to her face. "Why don't you check on your crew thier probaly missing you".

"I saw them while you were at school". She said turning back around. "Why do you care".

"Well-".

"nee-chan just wants Teto and Onee-sama to leave so she could watch the pre-hero special". Teto said looking up from her book, for a 8 year-old she was pissing me off.

"Hikour if that's true thiers nothing to be embaressed about I watched it with mom and dad before you were born. Then we watched it with Teto then-". I saw my sister cut herself off as her expression on her face changed. "You know...Before..It happened". The three of us stood in silence as the only said that was heard was teto turning the page and the boiling water. "So thiers no reason to get us out the house". Six years ago while we were visting our cousins. thier house caught on fire with our parents inside. I missed them.

"Nee-sama". I looked over to Teto who was jumping down from her seat on the table and walking over to me. "When will you get back from the summer festival".

"At the end of summer".

"Lucky!". I looked over at Asno who now had on her bog smile and I noticed that the boiling water was now in a cup of coffie. "Wished I was back in school, I would love to go to the summer festival again".

"Why don't you just sneak in". I suggested to her knowing her awsners where always the same.

"I'm a pirate not a thief".

"Yea, yea, yea". I said walking up the stairs to my room. It was painted green with posters of bands and legendary monsters on them. Then thier was my desks and yes I have two desks one for school and another for writing and drawing. My bed was pulled on the wall that had my two windows besides it. The sheets had a the many mushroom familes on them with matching pillows. As I lay on my bed to look at the cieling I stare at the picture on it. It showed a picture of Aran and the other four heros behind her with bold words, THE STORY IS WITHIN THE HERO. I liked the poster mostly because I liked Aran she was a brave hero.(Also I wasen't sure what gender the other three heros were so I made the first a male, the second a male and the third female ok).

I sighed knowing in a few days she would be headed off to the other part of the island for the festival. It's not that she diden't like it but it was getting boring. I pulled the blankets over my body not bothering to change my clothes as I dirfted to sleep.


'This place needs a hero you know, someone who will believe in them, protect them from those who cause sorrow towards others'.

I opened my eyes to find myself in the forest. I stood up to see myself in a warriors outfit and a sword in hand. I walked though the forest not really sure where I was going I just had t move forward. I came to a stop as I saw the gate. Forgotten. Was what was written on top.

'You've come'.

I turned to my left to see a young in a white dress with blond hair and dark blue eyes. She walked over to me and said in a whisper like voice

'This place is lonely. This place where the sun never shine, where clouds rule over. This place is sad. A city of people forgotten about. This place is a fairytale. But...I live here'.


I woke up in a startle to see light streaming though windows. I rubbed my eyes a few times before pulling myself into a sitting position. I sighed in relief that it was only a dream, but it was so real. The girl was sad to. 'Forgotten' it stayed in my head for a long time untill I asked.

"Asno". She looked up from her poking her eggs to smile up at me. "Is thier a village in MapleWorld named Forgotten". She looked at me with a confussed look untill she turned to Teto the brain of the family. Teto looked at me and Asno before she stopped eating her pancakes to look at me.

"Forgotten, is a legendary village where evil winged and non-winged demonds ruled. When people entered the ones who ruled called the Dark Ones would erase thier memories and make them thier slaves". I looked at her in worry as I thought back to the little girl. Then Asno asked what happed to it is when I started listening. "Well it's only a story back. Legend has it that an angel saved the people the Dark Ones and sealed them inside a a montain inside Forgotten called Darken. But because the people still had no memory they found no reason to leave Forgotten. Soon they just rebuilt the land and made it a beautyfull kingdom".

"So what happened next". I asked eger to find out.

"Well, that's just it no one knows. Some say that it's a fairytale that it exits. But, the person who told the story...Had lived thier". I thought back to my dream back to the little girl. 'This place is fairytale. But...I live here'. I stood thier in confusion in why would I have a dream about a place like forgotten. A huried out the house when I finished my breakfest to go meet up with Yuki and Yukio, and head off to Kerning city. When I got to thier house I saw them talking over something.

"Hey guys what's up". It took me a second to process that a song from the popular band 'Still' was playing on her IPod. I reconzised it as 'Never to Late'.

No one will ever see this side reflected
And if there's something wrong who would have guessed it?
And I have left alone everything that I own
To make you feel like it's not too late, it's never too
late

"So um what's guys".

"I heard Stills' gonna be at the festival". Yuki said all happy-like.

"And Robomic". Yukio said grabbing his device back. "I like the Aku-Marin song".

"Who cares".

"I do".

"Before you two get started". I said reaching in between them. "Can we get to the train first" They exchanged glances with eachother before agreeing. But I knew that it was only the beginning of a intersesting summer.


Yea well that's the first chapter.
I'm hoping acually to continue past 20 chapters because I have a wind mind with so many ideas that the series will be long.

Hikour:Are you serious.
Me:Yes you got a problem with that.
Teto:I don't!
Hikour:You never do.

Well thanks for reading look forward to other chapters. AND! Don't forget to review. Thx