A/N: Hello all, and welcome to a brand new era of my work! It's been awhile! I'm pretty sure that the last time I published anything was around two years ago, so yeah a loooooooooong time. But I have returned! Just in time for the impending hype of Kingdom Hearts 3 which is slated to release THIS YEAR, GUYS! I FEEL LIKE ITS BEEN A CENTURY SINCE I HEARD THAT IT WAS IN DEVELOPMENT.

So, I've had this story swimming around in my brain and gathering dust in my Google Drive for awhile. This prologue itself is actually getting close to two years old, and that's nowhere near as old as some of the stuff I have written for KH1 and KH2. I started writing some of those ideas way back when 1.5 was released for PS3. I had intended to wait to and publish this until I had written more than just ideas, but I think that my intentions were really nothing more than excuses that I had given myself because I'm lazy and also lacked some of the confidence in this work that I needed. I decided I would publish though, not just because of the attention I would get from the KH3 release, but because when I began making these OCs I still considered myself a child, but they've grown with me, and they mean so much to me because they have been with me for the last five years. That's a little less than a third of my lifetime. So it's because they mean so much to me now that I decided it was time for me to share them with the world. I can't keep them to myself and those close to me. It's time for everyone else to get to meet these fictional people who exist in a world that's not even my own, but one that's brought me a lot of joy.

If you just read through my entire emotional rant, you are an amazing human being and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Now, without further ado, I am pleased to welcome you all into the world of the At the Heart of it All series with my story, Moonrise!

Disclaimer: All Kingdom Hearts original titles are copyright Disney and Square Enix. The author of this work does not claim any ownership of characters, places, or ideas seen in this work except those that are completely their own.

This story is unbetaed. Any mistakes made are my own.

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Prologue

"Once upon a time, a long time ago on a world far away, there lived a beautiful girl. This girl was not like the others who lived in her world, who were happy to live in the same place and see the same sights every single day. Oh no, this girl wanted to be able to go to other worlds, and see all of the stuff that they had.

"One day, while this beautiful lady was walking home, she ran into boy. She could tell that he was not from her world. He was clumsy and didn't know how to act around the people. This boy made the girl laugh, so she told him she could help him and show him around if he would stay with her and tell her stories.

"The boy agreed, and while she showed him her world, he told her story after story of his adventures and the worlds that he had been to. One story he told, he said that he had been to an island where when the moon shined on the water, magical fireworks would come to say hello to the night. Another story was how he was chased by a pack of angry bunnies for stealing all of their carrots.

"When the girl showed the boy all that there was to see if her world, she asked if he could take her to the other worlds. The boy liked the girl, so he said yes.

"The boy showed the girl so many different worlds. He took her to the world with the island, and the world with the bunnies. He took her to worlds with really big castles, and worlds with tiny buildings that mice lived in. He took her to worlds underwater and worlds in the sky. He showed her as many things as he could.

"While she was with the boy, the girl saw that he was a really good fighter, and that he did everything that he could to make sure that she was safe. She knew that when she looked deep down into her heart, that she loved the boy.

"But then one day, darkness came, and the boy knew that he had to fight it, and he had to leave the girl behind to keep her safe. She waited and waited for him, and when he didn't come back she knew what she had to do. She --"

"RAAAAAWR!"

Yué screeched when she was grabbed by her tiny waist and spun around in the air. She kicked her legs, yelling at at her attacker to drop her. She huffed when she was finally settled back on the ground, glaring at the boy who smirked at her, his hands shoved into the pockets of his white lab coat.

"Ienzo!" she shouted, her tiny five-year-old hands balling up into fists. "You messed up my story!"

The eight-year-old laughed, flicking his silvery black locks out of his face, only for them to fall right back in his eyes, "Your story is boring, Yué. It needs more action! More monsters!"

"Well, I think that her story is fine the way she had it," stated Kairi, making Yué grin.

Yué crossed her arms, a triumphant smirk on her face as she stared at the boy, "See! Kairi likes my story!"

Ienzo groaned, "Girls are so weird! Stories are for babies anyway!"

Yué gasped, "Are not!"

"Are too!"

"Are not!"

"Are too!"

A laugh directed the children's attention to the door the the castle, where a pink-haired teenager was striding towards them, a smile on her face as she chuckled at their bickering. The three children stopped their previous conversation, shouting "Tui!" as they ran to greet her.

Tui knelt down to hug them, giggling as all three children fought to hug her first, only for her to pull them all into a group hug.

"And just what was it that you two were on about?" asked Tui, her gaze flickering between Yué and Ienzo.

"Ienzo said that my stories are for babies!" declared Yué, pointing her tiny finger towards the boy.

"Is that so?" questioned Tui. Yué nodded. "Well, I'm sure that he didn't mean it, did you Ienzo? You know that it would hurt Yué's feelings to think that you didn't like her stories."

The little boy looked down, he didn't want to hurt his friend, "I like your stories, Yué. I'm sorry I said I didn't."

"It's okay. I forgive you." Yué grinned.

Tui smiled, rising from her position on the ground and taking Yué's hand, "Good. Now go on, Ienzo. Even was looking for you earlier."

Ienzo nodded before running off towards the castle.

"Do you need us to take you home, Kairi?" asked Tui.

The little red-haired girl shook her head, "No, Grandma will be here soon to come and get me."

"Okay," nodded the teenager. "See you later, Kairi!"

"See you later, Kairi!" echoed Yué, waving goodbye to her friend as she walked down the steps hand-in-hand with Tui.

"I think it's time we go home and rest for a bit, don't you?" inquired Tui.

Yué nodded, skipping down the steps and pulling Tui along with her. "Yep!" replied Yué, giving her big sister a smile. "But can we go visit Merlin first?! He likes my stories too!"

Tui giggled at her little sister, the young child's dark hair bouncing with each step and her silver eyes shining. "Well, of course we can! I'm sure that Merlin would be glad to hear your story!"

"Thank you!" cheered the little girl, taking off in the direction of the wizard's house.

Tui shook her head, chasing after her little sister.

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A/N: Again, thank you all so much for reading! Reviews make me very happy. They feed my creative appetite and make it easier for me to get works out when I read the encouraging words of those that are enjoying my work, so please, REVIEW. :)

Tui and Yué should be meeting our dear Ven next chapter, so until next time!

KEEP THOSE LOVELY WORDS COMING.

I would also like to announce, that in honor of the publication of this work, I have posted a brand new teaser to the At the Heart of It All Teasers, so go check it out.u