Kingdom Hearts: Keyblade Academy _

Prologue

In the beginning, there was darkness, light, and hearts. One hundred years ago a great Keyblade war raged until there were only a few Keyblade masters were left. Three noble Keyblade masters set out on their journey of their own, afterwards.

Master Terra wanted to enhance his own abilities away from his home, the land of departure. Master Ventus, also known as Ven, blindly followed his friend Terra into a void to know where, and Master Aqua set off to retrieve both her friends.

Their story ended on the Keyblade graveyard; Terra trapped inside his master armor, Aqua fallen into the realm of darkness and Ventus, whose heart was released.

Ten years later, a new trio of fate emerged. Sora, a simple boy who wanted nothing more than to be with his friends Riku and Kairi. Riku always wondered what lay beyond the skies of Destiny Island, so he made a promise with Sora and Kairi to travel all the worlds and meet new people. Kairi felt left out when it came to making decisions; she was mostly in charge of easy things but it never lowered her self esteem. She always found a way to make sure she was connected with Sora and Riku.

One night, Sora, Riku, and Kairi's lives changed for what seemed like the worst. Darkness consumed Destiny Island.

Sora then started on his journey to finding his friends with the help of his new friends Donald and Goofy. They offered their assistance after learning he was a Keyblade wielder, watching him fight his way through wave upon wave of Heartless. While searching, he managed to find Riku who had given into the darkness. He told Sora he could have come with him if he tried harder. After not seeing Riku for some time, they met again at Hollow Bastion where Kairi and six other princesses were sleep. As they met on top of a ice pillar Riku called the Keyblade from Sora, showing that he too was a Keyblade wielder. Sora and Riku met up again in the grand hall where Sora recalled the Keyblade from Riku, proving he was that Keyblade's true master. Riku then explained that Kairi's heart was connected with his. Sora then took Riku's weapon with the ability to unlock people's hearts. He unlocked his own, releasing Kairi and turning himself into a Heartless. He was restored to normal when he reunited with Kairi after defeating the evil Heartless possessing Riku named Ansem.

Ansem's goal was to open Kingdom Hearts to get what was inside. Sora then proved that Kingdom Hearts was light, defeating Ansem but also locking his friend Riku and King Mickey in the realm of darkness.

One year flew by and Sora awakened, finding a note in his friend Jiminy's journal saying thank Namine. Sora then went on another journey to find Riku and Kairi. He traveled different worlds until he returned to Twilight Town to find a portal to The World That Never Was. On the way there, he came across Axel of Organization 13, an organization bent on turning powerful people into Nobodies. (A Nobody is a being born when a strong hearted person loses his heart.) Axel unleashed all his power to destroy all the Nobodies in the area thus killing himself.

As Sora proceeded to The World That Never Was, he came across a cloaked figure wielding a Keyblade. Sora defeated him, revealing that the cloaked figure was Sora's Nobody, named Roxas. They joined together making Sora whole again.

As they fought their way through the organization's castle they came across Kairi who was brought there by one of the organization's members named Siax. Namine and another cloaked figure then freed her. She was given a Keyblade, proving she had the power to wield a Keyblade. Once Sora catches up with her the cloaked figure begins to leave until Kairi calls for him to come back, calling him Riku. Kairi then tells Sora think hard and focus on him revealing that it was Riku whose appearance had taken on Ansem's; the Heartless who used his body. After following Ansem to the Destiny Islands, Donald, Goofy and Sora faced off with him and his many forms. Once the door to darkness was opened, Sora finished Ansem off. Sora, Riku and Mickey closed the door to darkness, with Sora swearing he would find Riku again.

On an unknown plane, After the fight with Xemnas, Riku and Sora were separated from their friends. They defeated Xemnas once and for all, but Sora and Riku were sent to the realm of darkness. After spending some time there, they returned to their friends in Destiny Island.

A year passed and Riku and Sora were put through the Mark of Mastery exam, the same one Aqua and Terra took the day Terra left. As they went through the exams it was revealed that a Battle of the Hearts is coming between Thirteen Dark and Seven Light. Sora and Riku returned to Master Yen Sed, who trained King Mickey to become a Keyblade master.

Riku was the only one to pass his exam. Sora then left to go and thank his friends, the Dream Eaters who helped him on his exam.

After another year goes by, Sora, Riku, and Kairi all became Keyblade masters now and were tasked to go and awaken Ventus and Aqua. Sora went alone to wake Ventus while Riku and Kairi fought through the realm of darkness to find a sleeping Aqua. Sora discovered Ventus and awakened him by connecting their hearts. When Sora, Riku, Kairi, Aqua, and Ventus returned to Master Yen Sed's castle they found a person named Lea who claimed that he was Axel's real self. After giving his life to save Sora's, his heart his heart reunited with his Nobody bringing him back to existence.

As they tried to find Xehanort, the true mastermind behind the past events, Axel then travelled back in time to find his past selves forming a new Organization 13. As Kingdom Hearts stopped being filled with hearts, Xehanort gathered his Thirteen Vessels of Darkness in the Keyblade graveyard where they come face to face with the Seven Lights.

As their fight waged on, more people from other worlds began to show up, helping the Seven lights overpower Xehanort and his vessels. Aqua and Ventus fought what what they thought was hallowed armor that Terra used until Ventus knocked its helmet off, releasing Terra from the armor. Sora and Riku then unlocked the evil in master Xehanort's heart turning him into a Vessel of Nothing. Sora, now wielding the strongest Keyblade, the "X" blade, began to restore the Keyblade graveyard, reactivating the billions of Keyblades scattered them through worlds in time.

Years passed. Mickey is now a Master, and decides there should be an easier way to find Keyblade Masters to help keep the worlds at peace and clear them from evil. Thus the Keyblade Academy begins construction.

Many years after these events take place, our heroes have passed on and it is time for a new generation to step up.

End of prologue _

Chapter 1: Entry Exam

"Welcome to the Pre Keyblade Academy. Here, we will test you to see if you can wield a Keyblade, perform a simple magic spell, and test your hearts one by one. First please fill out the information form in front of you. " Hearing this filled Kage with fear. He looked down at the paper; a few boxes were stacked on top and next to them were simple questions. "What is your name, gender, birthday, etc." The last of the papers were turned in to the man sitting at the desk overseeing the examiners. Ten minutes went by and out of 50 people only 22 turned their papers in.

"Hey, what's wrong? This is the easy stuff," he whispered to the guy next to him. The guy didn't even have anything written down.

"There's no words here, man." He sounded nervous. The proctor walked to the front of the room Kage sat in the front row on the edge. The proctor held the papers that were turned in, in his hands.

"If you did not turn your paper in, then I am sorry, and have to ask you to leave." Mutters came from the back rows. "This was the first test. A test of the eyes. Words are the number one liars in this universe. If you couldn't see these words you can not see the lies in front of you." As people began to walk out the instructor began to draw something on the board. "Can any of you tell me what this is?"

Kage raised his hand. "It's a keyhole?"

"Correct. In the academy they teach you that key holes can be anywhere, so if a world is overrun by darkness you could stop it without spending all day looking for it."

"So all we have to do is find the keyhole and close it?" A girl behind Kage asked, slightly rising out of her seat.

"It's not that easy. A world Keyhole could be anywhere or anything something that's been tampered with or holds a purpose to that world. Let's take a walk to the library of Jiminy." The small class of people walked down the hallway. Kage looked out the window running parallel with the walls.

There were statues there. A tall male with long hair standing next to a shorter one with spiky hair and a female. "Those are three of the seven lights that fought in the great war for Kingdom Hearts." The instructor waltzed down the hall calling out facts. "Oh! I almost forgot, my name is Mr. Lea." He looked back, smiling.

"Lea? Sounds familiar…," the girl from earlier said, pulling out a small journal. Kage peered back at the garden. He saw a small shadowy figure sink into the ground. "Found it! Lea was one of the good Lights that helped fight in the great war for Kingdom Hearts." She shut journal and tucked it into her bag.

"Yup. I'm Lea the third. That Lea is my grandfather," he said, rubbing under his left eye. There was a mark under it in the shape of a stretched diamond. "But that's Mr. Lea to you guys, got it memorized?" He continued walking, poking his head on the side with his finger. They reached the end of the hallway where a large door was. Mr. Lea pushed the door open but it was a pitch-black room; he gestured for the class to enter. As Kage stepped through the door he heard mutterings but it started to fade.

'What is this place?' Kage thought to himself, tripping over something. He started falling head first until he slowed down and landed on his feet. He began to step forward but he couldn't see a thing in front of him.

"You're surrounded by darkness, alone, helpless. What do you do?" a voice whispered around him. He brought his foot down hard and the darkness broke from the ground, revealing a platform with a picture of a glass heart with red marks in it. "You've found your source of power. Your light, use it to make the door appear."

"What are you talking about?" Kage barked, jumping forward at nothing. His dark chin- length hair got in his eyes. A giant black creature began to pull itself up on the platform. Kage ran to the opposite direction bumping into a door.

"A door? The door!" Kage snatched the door open, slamming it behind him as he ran out. He spotted a fellow student in the next room, which had bright sunshine streaming in from the windows wrapped around it. "You okay?" The girl turned around. Kage recognized the girl from earlier with the journal. He stood up, making eye contact with her. They were a dark brown, complemented by her shiny shoulder-length mahogany hair.

"Oh wow, are you ok? You look like you just saw a ghost."

"Yeah, I'm fine." He shook off a little dust from his clothing. "Hey, just between us," he leaned in closer to the girl. "What did you see? When we went into the room?"

"I fell… then landed in this cave-like place with drawings all over it, then a door appeared and I went through," she said, looking down. "And now I'm here," she squeaked, looking back up.

Kage moved away from her. Mr. Lea had appeared, standing in front of two other students.

"Looks like some people didn't make it through," she observed him. " My name is Shoku. What's yours?"

"Kage."

gestured for everyone to gather around him. "Good job. You've passed the test of the heart. If you wanted to be a Keyblade Master badly enough, you would have found your way here no matter where you were. Your heart would have opened a door to where you needed to be."

"What about the ones who didn't make? Where did they go?" Shoku asked.

"When they entered the room and began to fall, they landed in the main office ready to be sent home." He made a Keyblade appear out of thin air. "Your hearts wanted you to find this. This is a phantom Keyblade." He waved it around. The blade part was transparent. "I'm not a Keyblade wielder but I can make my weapon take the shape of one temporarily."

"What's the point of that?" A guy called out from the back of the crowd, standing out because of his height and the shoulder-length shock of electric-blue hair."If it's not the real thing, how can it help anyone?"

"False. The only thing that separates a Keyblade from a regular weapon is it's ability over hearts and ability to lock and unlock worlds. When my weapon takes the form of one, it gains those abilities. These weapons are called 'Chakrams'; they return to me after I throw them, help me perform magic and when in need, turn into a Keyblade." He lifted the circular weapon up, making a blade the shape of a key from flames. "This is no easy thing to master. You need years and years of practice to get the blade to manifest and even more practice to learn to control it while fighting." He said, letting the blade disappear.

"What's the point of showing us this?" The boy scoffed, straightening to his full height so he could see over the heads of the crowd, directly into Mr. Lea's eyes..

"What's your name?"

"Kanji," he said holding his head up proudly.

"Well, 'Can-gee', shut up and let the teacher talk." The students laughed and Kanji stepped back into the crowd. "Now, this test is to see which school you will be placed in. There are two schools; both called Keyblade Academy but one is for those who can only manifest halo Keyblades and one for those who can wield true Keyblades. Both are equally important."

He walked over to a podium in the back of the room where a Keyblade was laying down. "This is a True Keyblade. Each of you will come and pick it up. If it stays in a solid form you're going to the True Keyblade Academy. If it becomes transparent and weightless you will go to Hallow Keyblade Academy where you will be trained to summon a phantom Keyblade from your own specialized weapon."

The students in the crowd nudged each other, none of them willing to go first. Kage staggered out after a particularly hard shove. "Good, a volunteer. Come on up." Kage walked to the podium and placed his hand out. "Now pick it up." Kage placed his hands on the Keyblade, closed his eyes and lifted it. "How does that feel?"

"Kinda heavy." He opened his eyes. " What does solid mean again?"

"Solid means True Keyblade Master. Got it memorized?" Kage nodded and placed it back down. "Stand over on the left side of the room please."

As Kage walked away Kanji rushed up to the Keyblade. "Oh, great. Let's get this over with." Lea chuckled.

"I might as well go stand over there with him." Kanji picked up the Keyblade. "I'm obviously a…." The Keyblade faded and could be seen through.

"Hallow Keyblade Academy. Go stand on the right side of the room." Kanji set the Keyblade down and slowly walked to the wall.

One by one people came up and were placed in either academy. There were about ten True and fourteen Hallow. The last one to step up was Shoku.

"You can do it, Shoku!" Kage yelled from across the room. She lifted the Keyblade.

"How does that feel?"

"Kinda light…" She looked at the Keyblade but it wasn't hallow.

"True. You must have the rare ability to wield two Keyblades." Mr. Lea said, coming around the podium. "They say that if a Keyblade weighs lightly for it's wielder, than the wielder can withstand another."

Shoku ran over and stood next to Kage. "You may now consider yourselves as students of the Keyblade Academy. Don't feel sad if your friend is not hallow or true. The schools are down the road from each other and you'll have plenty of free time living on campus."

He said with a smile. He raised his hand and both groups were swallowed up by flames and teleported away.

As Mr. Lea glanced down on the table, he frowned slightly, studying the test Keyblade. 'This Keyblade's chain was white when we got here. But now, it's black. I wonder what that means?' he thought to himself.

Kage and the other true Keyblade wielders found themselves standing in front of an apartment building. A black-haired rabbit with long ears waited for them at the entryway, rubbing his round black nose. Kage stared at the mouse.

"My name is Max, and I am your dorm manager. Go inside and select your room. Dinner's at six o'clock sharp. There I will explain how the class selection goes. If you have any questions feel free to ask me." The mouse was no more than two feet tall, but he opened the heavy door for his new students easily, his black and grey armor clanking with his movements.

Kage made his way up to floor three and found a room all the way at the end of the hall. His clothes were already folded and put away in the dressers and had a letter on the bed.

"If you're wondering how your items were already in this room, don't."

At the bottom of the paper was a stamp in the shape of a mouse.

End of chapter 1

Authors note

Thank you for fighting through this very long chapter I know the prologue was ridiculously long. I'll try and update this story every four to Seven days. This is my first time writing something Kingdom Hearts related so I made it a next generation story so I couldn't get anything wrong story wise. I'm a huge fan of the series. No flames in the reviews please and thank you.