~Prologue~
Our story begins where two young boys, best friends, both aged ten, play on the banks of a shore. They kick a ball back and forth and even go for a swim, but as they begin to tire, they fall back against the sand dreaming of growing up.
"Wouldn't it be great to have a better life?" One boy commented staring at the sky.
"What do you picture?" The other replied.
"I'm rich and I have power."
"Is that all you truly want?"
"Okay wise-guy, what do you imagine?"
"I don't want to be an orphan anymore...I would like a family."
"That's it?"
"That's it." The boy nodded.
The two grew and over the years, they both had achieved the things they had always dreamed. One of the men, went on to be a highly regarded servant for a royal family. While the other got an education, met someone, fell in love, and started a family. Both of these friends' lives had separated after they grew up, but soon would become intertwined again.
The Kendall family from Seattle, Washington had been through much since their return from Fantasia. Corissa Kendall has picked up the broken pieces of her old life and moved beyond her loss of her husband. About six months after the return, she met a nice man named Cassim at a local grocery store. The two became fast friends and eventually married. Corissa at first struggled with the idea of a new husband, but she knew Levi would always be with her.
Noella Kendall returned with Joel and the two together retraced Joel's history within the modern world. It led them back to the orphanage he was briefly in as a young child, but they found out who his parents were at least. Twins, Joel and Kaleb had the last name of Riordan. It was that last name that Joel asked Noella to share and they married a year after Noella's mom did. Cassim as her new stepfather walked her down the aisle and it was a glorious day.
Riley Kendall was now a spunky teenager with a busy life. As she got older, her love of all things Disney had fizzled out of her. She wasn't too fond of her stepfather, Cassim. Sure he was nice enough, but Levi was her father and always would be and that's exactly how Riley wanted to remember it. Upon entering in high school, she became an all-star athlete in two sports at school: basketball and soccer. Riley was a fierce athlete and was voted MVP her freshman year. She was team captain for both her sports by her sophomore year when she turned sixteen. However, she was on the line of losing it all with her average grades. Riley had the grades to just be on the cusp of athletic grade requirements, but she was slipping. She made friends freshman year with a guy on the boys basketball team and his name was Lucas and happened to live next door to the Kendalls. The two friends took a bus together to school every day and rode home after. Unlike Riley, Lucas was an honor roll student and would often try hard to tutor Riley to get her grades up.
Even with all this support, Riley felt like an outcast in her family. Noella her older sister was perfect in her eyes with an amazing academic record and even got to experience a life altering adventure in what the world thinks is a fictional place. Riley wanted more than to be caught behind her sister's shadow.
AN: Hello Readers and welcome to Fantasia Forsaken! I'm so glad you've decided to join me for another Disney ride! Next chapter will be out soon...can't wait to reveal more to you all. Leave me your guesses as to who you think the boys in the beginning are ;D