Chapter 1
He looked down at the strange weapon in his hands. Their sleek designs made the guns look elegant yet lethal. The one in his right hand was jet black with a beautiful sapphire crystal inlaid in the grip with obsidian bat wings surrounding it. The other was a pure, blinding white with a certain yellow star shaped fruit inlaid into the grip with white angel wings surrounding it.
"Wha? What's goin on?" he asked himself
"Y-you what is that thing?"
As he continued to gaze at his new possessions, the sandy blonde haired teen started to recall the chain of events that led to his current predicament.
"Roxas! Wake up! We need to get to the courtyard!"
"Wuzzat?"Roxas answered sleepily, "What do you want so rely in the morning Sora?"
"We need to get to the courtyard for our exam remember!" replied Sora anxiously as he paced around the room while running his hand through his chocolatey brown tresses that continued to defy all physics by spiking out in different directions. His sapphire eyes also jumped around inside their sockets as he tried to look at everything in Roxas' messy room at the same time.
Roxas slowly crawled out of bed ignoring Sora's antics entirely. As he tried to stumble into bathroom, Sora's pacing finally got the better of him.
"Sora!" Roxas shouted.
"What?"
"Stop pacing and get out of my room I need to take a shower."
"Oh. Ok" Sora replied dumbly and walked out of the room seemingly calm.
"Why'd I have to be related to such a weird person?" grumbled Roxas to himself as he stripped and stepped into the shower. As the hot water hit him, he visibly relaxed and let out a breath he didn't even know he had been holding. As he let the hot water run over he closed his bright cerulean eyes and thought about the different things he had to do today.
"Shit! The test! That dumbass was right, it is today!" He proceeded to quicken his shower and jumped out to get his usual attire on even when his hair sandy blonde hair was still wet.
After his shower and other hygienic chores, Roxas was ready and met Sora downstairs.
"Alright Sora you ready?" asked Roxas
"Yup!" quipped Sora energetically. "You want breakfast really quick?" he included as a second thought.
"Nah, I'm not really hungry right now and don't we still need to catch up with Riku?"
"Crap I completely forgot about him!" he jumped up nearly knocking his bowl of cereal over, "We need to go now!"
"Haha. Alright calm down we can go now and I'm pretty sure Riku will wait for us. He can't do anything without us." Roxas joked.
"Haha yeah. He probably wants us to take the exam for him hahaha." Sora replied as they walked out the door and down the street.
"What do I want you guys to do for me?" a certain platinum haired boy named Riku asked, coming from no where and startling Sora
"Oh uhhh..."
"What Sora is trying to say is that we wanted you to make us a sandwich since we're doin you the great favor of taking the test for you so you can pass." Roxas grinned at Riku.
"Oh haha. I bet that I"ll already be a master before you guys even summon your first keyblade." Riku countered flashing his own winning smile at Roxas.
The small group walked through Twilight Town passing the assortment of shops and buildings, while still chatting about random things the whole time. The townspeople waved and greeted the three famous boys on their journey to the castle. These boys were the latest candidates for the test of realization since the last test 10 years ago.
"Hey Riku whats that box thing behind your back?" questioned Sora, puzzled. "It kinda looks like a lunch box doesn't it Roxas?"
"Yeah. Why are you carrying a lunchbox around?"
"...My mom made us some...sandwiches for lunch." the silver haired boy replied sheepishly.
"Hahahaha. Dude you just made us sammiches haha." Sora laughed holding his gut.
"Thanks for the food princess haha." Roxas managed to choke out through his laughter.
"Ok, my mom made them! And if you dont want them, then I'll just eat 'em all." Riku retorted angrily while storming off ahead of them just like what a 6 year old girl would do.
Both Sora and Roxas looked at each other and a silent agreement passed between them. They ran to catch up with Riku.
"Hey, who said we didn't want the food? Your mom makes the best sandwiches ever." Sora said trying to catch his breath.
"Yeah man. I love your mom's cooking. She's like a freakin genius in the kitchen." Roxas stated with his usual grin.
"Wow Roxas that was really sexist. You wanna fix that statement at all." Riku asked jokingly
"Are you kidding Riku? We all know that you're the sexist one in this group."
"Hey! I'm not sexist. I just think that women have their place in society while men have theirs."
Roxas and Sora look at each other.
"Umm Riku. What you just said was almost the exact definition of sexism." Sora explained matter of factly."
"Well it's true so you can go suck it."
Again Sora and Roxas share a worried look about their close friend.
Before anyone else had a chance to say anything else, Sora exclaimed excitedly, "Hey guys look we're here!" running forward and throwing his arms out wide.
Roxas lowered his head in shame and shook it at being related to an idiot. "Yeah, Sora we know. We've been to Castle Oblivion before too."
"Yeah. This is where we got selected to take the test because of our potential remember?" Riku added on with sarcasm.
"Yeah and now this is where we're all gonna succeed too!" Sora yelled at proudly. "Guys, let's make a promise. We all come out with a keyblade in our hands. Got it?" he said turning around with a triumphant grin and a shine in his bright sapphire eyes. Roxas and Riku both flashed their own smiles and agreed with a sense of pride, certainty and power.
The trinity walked through the heavy gold doors and into the blindingly white atrium. The interior of the castle had a stark difference to the exterior because where the outside was a dull gold and teal color, everything on the inside was a pure white with intricate designs on the floor and walls. Despite the ornateness of the design the whole room was empty except for a few pedestals scattered here and there. In the center of the room stood a solitary figure.
He spoke to all three boys at once, "Good day to you keyblade bearers to be. Are you ready?"
Roxas replied first, "Thanks for the warm welcome Ventus."
"You know I can't be your friend today. Today I'm your proctor." the man named Ventus replied in as much of a monotone as possible. Ventus' resemblance to Roxas was eerily creepy as they both had the same hair style and even facial features. The difference was in their eyes and their age. Ventus was about 10 years older than Roxas and his was eyes were a lighter shade of lapis than Roxas'.
"It's alright. We know you have a job to do." Sora chimed in an understanding tone.
"Wow Sora, that was surprisingly sage-like." Riku stated surprised.
"Moving on. The three of you will each enter a different chamber and from there you will receive your instructions. So if you will" Ventus motioned towards the three doorways behind him.
"Guys. Remember our promise." Roxas stated calmly while staring straight ahead at the middle doorway.
Sora nodded with fierce determination etched across his face while staring at the left doorway. Riku did the same with the right one.
The trinity strode forward at the same time with powerful steps that resounded within the atrium with purpose. They stepped through their respective destinies with burning hope and desire to what was ahead of them.