(Xion POV)
"Really Mom?" I asked. "I liked it in the World That Never Was," I told her. "Then you'll love it in Radiant Gardens," Mom said. "I had a life there!" I said. "I know, honey, but ever since your father died, I've been a mess," she told me. My mom was Larxene. I heard a sigh next to me. "Who wanted him around? He was a total girl!" My older brother Riku said. Yes, my father was Marluxia. Scary, I know, but I didn't choose him. "Riku! Stop talking about your father that way!" The platinum blonde woman said. Her antennae-like strands of hair swayed in the open top of the black convertible. Calming down a little, she said, "You are going to meet your new father. I've already met him, of course. His name is Terra Vine. He is 26, and he has a son and a daughter. His son is a dirty blonde headed senior, like you Riku (I hope you didn't get the wrong message there, Riku's hair is a pale silver, not dirty blonde), and his name is Ven, formally Ventus. I hope you can find a friend in him. As for his daughter, she has about the same length hair as you, Xi, and it is periwinkle blue. Her name is Aqua, and she is in 9th grade, like you Xion. I've been told by Terra that she is the sweetest thing on Earth. You should see them in the day, if not in your classes," Larxene said.
I sighed and continued to pout as I looked out the convertible windows. There was a lightning storm headed this way, and my mother seemed to enjoy it. The world was quickly flying by as we passed several cars on the interstate. Raindrops began to fall as we'd struck our 2nd hour on what seemed like an endless journey. Larxene felt the raindrops pounding on our heads and put the roof up. I reached into my red and golden backpack and pulled out my black laptop. I opened it up. Riku leaned over and looked at my desktop picture. It was me, Roxas, and Axel. We were eating out favorite type of ice cream (Sea-salt to be exact) and we were pushing each other and being goofy. A tear strolled down my cheek as I remembered the times we'd had together. Riku reached over and wiped the tear from my pale face. I looked up into his icy blue eyes. "It's fine," He smiled, instantly reassuring me that things would be fine after all. I opened up Internet Explorer and in the search bar: .com and pressed enter. In the little search box, I typed in: Aqua Vine from Radiant Gardens and pressed enter. I clicked on the images section and up came gazillions of pictures of a teenage girl with short, periwinkle hair. What I saw in one of the photos surprised me. Aqua was kneeling down, and she posed with dust kicked up all around her feet. She was holding a Keyblade. It was beautiful, but it looked old and loved. Riku looked over from his own laptop and whistled. "Who is that?" he asked, and then looked at the captions: Aqua Vine poses for photo shoot with Keyblade.
Riku smiled. "Hey, that's Aqua!" he said. I looked over Riku's shoulder. "What are you searching?" I asked. "Huh? Oh," Riku laughed. "I'm searching up Ven. I wondered how he looked," He said as he turned his laptop on his knees to show me. Ventus looked identical to my buddy Roxas, who had spiky dirty blonde hair, and sparkling blue eyes. I didn't know how I would handle not seeing him as Roxy. I stopped gaping at Ven and went back to looking at pictures of Aqua. I scrolled down and saw Aqua holding three Lucky Charms, all of them was Paopu fruit, and one was green, one was blue, and one was yellow-orange. "Hmmm," I said, investigating YouTube. I typed in the box: Aqua Vine, and searched. I saw a series of videos come up. Some were titled 'Aqua stars in Birth by Sleep' and 'Aqua Vine interview'. That interested me, so I clicked on it. The periwinkle headed said, "I think that Aqua is a sweet character, I mean, she sticks up for her friends, and this has just been really fun to film. Ven and Terra and I; we're close, I mean really close. We're family," She said. The reporter then said, "Do you actually have a Keyblade?" The interviewer asked. Aqua's eyes darted every which way as they then settled in a place near her gloved hand. "I'm Master Aqua, Keyblade Wielder," she said quietly. The video ended with a close-up view of Aqua's lovely blue eyes veiled with heavy mascara. I huffed half-heartedly and closed the laptop. "I wonder…" I started. "…If she's really that nice," I wondered. The sky was growing darker as the stars began to show themselves. After trying to find constellations (But failing epically), I curled in a ball and fell asleep.
(Riku POV)
I watched Xion drift off into dreamland and wondered what she was dreaming about. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders, like a good big brother, and I looked up at our mother. She was keeping her eyes on the road, but looking occasionally at the rear view mirror to see me and Xion. I eventually got tired and drifted off to sleep, dreaming of how the Vines' would act toward us.
I awoke when the sun swept sleep clean off of my face. The roof of the convertible was down, letting in the sweet scents of berries and mint plants. Larxene saw me and said, "Oh, Riku, you're awake. This is your new home, Radiant Gardens," she smiled. I gasped I disbelief. "T-this? This is our new home?" I asked. She looked into the rear view mirror and inhaled deeply. "Beautiful, isn't it?" She asked. I nodded, and Larxene looked over a sea of roses. "Marluxia would've loved it here," she sighed. "106, 106…" she started muttering. I looked at the sign as we turned. It was 'Rosemill Lane' I crossed my arms. Pretty, I thought. As we entered the shade of an evergreen tree, Xion awoke. "Hey Riku," she smiled. "Hey kid," I said as I leaned down. "This is our new city. Don't ya love it?" I asked. "Y-yeah," Xion stuttered. Her eyes overlooked the evergreen trees and everything that made a movement. "Ah, here we go, 106," Larxene said as she made a turn to go up a steep driveway. There were poppies and daisies framing the driveway. It was for great scenery, I guess. Then we saw the house. The house was huge (not mansion big, though)! The driveway flattened out as we saw a two car garage. "We're here!" Larxene said excitedly. Her high heels clopped on the pavement as she got out of the car. The blonde was in a slimming black dress that fell down to her feet. She had on a necklace that was the Organization XIII sign. Xion and I were cautiously waiting in the car until Terra answered the door. He smiled and hugged Larxene. He looked at her curiously. I read his lips. He said, "Larxene, I thought you said you were bringing children," he asked.
"I did," she said. "They're in the car," she said. "C'mon Xi," I said. Xion nodded and we climbed out of the car, backpacks slung over our shoulders. Larxene smiled. "There you are," she said. From underneath Xion's raven bangs, I saw her oceanic blue eyes carefully scan Terra. He had a piece of golden armor on his left shoulder and a metal red glove on.
He had on a grey short sleeve turtleneck and there were two red straps running from his shoulders and ending at his hips. It made an 'X'. He had on beige pants that were creased, and it looked like a skirt. I heard Xion giggle. She pressed her hand to her mouth as she made a faint snorting sound. I didn't blame her; he did look kind of goofy in that getup. My icy eyes darted from him to the floor to Xion. The house was nice; the floors paved with expensive wood and the walls painted an exotic blue. There were also carpeted rooms; the carpets the color of coconut milk. The kitchen was unexplainable. There were glass cases of table sets, and there was a black-and-silver-speckled granite countertop. There was a stove that was stainless steel and it looked expensive, like the rest of the house. There was a matching microwave directly above it. I'm gonna love it here, I thought.