The guild of light
chapter 1
Taking a deep breath Alerna gazed out over the lake before her. It was the middle of July and the weather was warm and beautiful. She sat on top of a grassy hill overlooking the lake that her family lived next to. Next to that was a thick forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. The edge of it ran rite in front of there house.
A chipmunk scurried its way over to her. It stopped and looked around for any sign of a threat. When it was sure there was none it scurried over to Alernas hand. She was holding a peace of bread out for the chipmunk. Every day she came up to the hill to feed the chipmunks. It was a habit of hers ever since she was a little girl. She still was one, but she had just had a birthday so she felt much older. She was now 9 and that meant that she was now old enough to carry a weapon.
The land that she lived in was a dangerous place. It was often full of cut throats and bandits. So it was very coming for people to wear a sword at there belts. But children where not aloud to carry weapons for fear that they would hurt themselves or others. When a child became 9 they where aloud to carry a sword just like everyone else. Because of this her father had given her a very special birthday present. It was her very own sword. It was about a foot and a half long and razor sharp. The hilt was wrapped in copper wire and across the base of the blade was carved "Alerna" in neat cursive.
Alerna had been so happy that she threw her arms around her father and hugged him tight. She then begged him to teach her how to use it. Her father had laughed and pried her arms from around his waist. He told her that he would begin teaching her first thing the next morning.
The next day had come and gone, and she was taught all sorts of tricks. Her father taught her all day. She was a fast learner. Every trick he taught her, she would be able to do effortlessly with in an hour.
They had trained for a week so far. Today was her day off from training. Her father had work that he needed to do. His name was Mathius. He was a blacksmith and he got orders every day for armor, weapons, and all kinds of equipment. He had been putting those orders off to teach her how to use her sword, but today he could not wait any longer. So today Alerna had a free day wile her father worked.
Her mother was a beautiful woman with the same deep red colored hair as her. her eyes where the same too. They where the clearest shade of deep blue. She was a tall woman, almost taller than her father. Alerna always imagined she would look just like her mother when she grew up.
The chipmunk scampered off with the remains of the peace of bread in its mouth. Alerna watched it go and smiled. Chipmunks where so cute. With a sigh she leaned against a rock and looked out at the lake. Suddenly something slapped her on the top of the head. She jumped up alert for any attack.
"Gotcha!" Someone yelled as they ran back towards the house.
"JAX!!!" She yelled rite before chasing after her little brother. Jax was only 7. He was a terrible trouble maker. There was never a problem around the house that Jax was not responsible for in some way.
Jax got back to the house before she did. He ran in the back door and slammed it behind him. "Don't slam the door!" their mother yelled from the basement. Alerna flung the door open and charged in after him. She slid to a stop on the kitchen floor and looked around for him. He was no where to be seen. Then she heard him running up the stares. She grinned to herself as she charged after him. This was not the first time he had done this. She knew exactly where he was going.
She ran up the stares taking them two at a time. When she got to the top she ran down the hall to the last bedroom. She flung open the door and dropped to her hands and knees. Jax was hiding under the bed.
"Don't hurt me!" he cried holding onto his pillow.
"But you where the one that hit me!" Alerna said angrily. She reached for him but before she could grab him she froze. Both there eyes grew wide as they heard something form outside. The sound of steal against steal. At the same time they both scrambled out from under the bed and ran to the window.
Just as they reached the window, they both jumped back. Something small and black jumped up onto the window sill from outside. It had big yellow eyes and little black antenna.
Outside the sky suddenly grew dark. Thick clouds rolled in from out of nowhere casting everything in shadow. The little creatures eyes flashed then it sprang at them. "Get down!" Alerna yelled. She drew her new sword and at the same time spun and kicked her brother in the chest. He fell to the floor and slid out the door.
The thing landed on her back and knocked her to the ground. She landed hard and dropped her sword which skittered across the floor until it hit the far wall. Sharp little claws slashed at her back. She cried out with pain as she felt warm blood began running down her back.
Rolling over she knocked the think off of her. Scrambling to her feet she grabbed her sword. She spun to face the creature only to find it wasn't there. Looking around frantically she finally saw it on the ceiling. It jumped towards her. She quickly sidestepped and cut the thing in half in mid air. The creature exploded in a cloud of black vapor.
Alerna fell to her knees gasping. Her back hurt really badly. The cuts felt deep. Lightning flashed outside making her remember what she had been looking for. She got to her feet and ran to the window. Her father was outside battling something dark. It was completely black, but it had a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. The thing flowed from movement to movement like water. It looked so effortless. But by the way her father was knocked back every time he blocked an attack, she guessed it was anything but easy.
"I'M COMING DAD!" Alerna called from the window. Her father seemed to freeze when he heard her. Then he whirled around to look at the window.
"NO! ALERNA! TAKE YOUR MOM AND BROTHER AND GET OUT OF HERE!" he yelled at her. He blocked another attack from the thing. Alerna looked back at him for a second and then nodded. Turning she ran to the door. She was amazed at all the blood on the floor. She wondered whose it could be.
She got to the door and flung it open. Her brother was pressed up against the far wall looking terrified. Alerna ran to him and grabbed his hand. "Come on. We have to go." She said as she started to pull him. He reluctantly stood up and fallowed her.
Alerna raced down the stares looking for her mother. She met her in the hall at the bottom of the stares. Her mother had just been about to come up looking for them. "We have to get out of here." Her mother said grabbing her hand and pulling her along.
They ran out the front door into the pouring rain, there mother pulling them along. "MOM!" Alerna cried out as she stumbled.
"What is it?" her mother said not stopping for even a second. Without warning a black form fell out of the trees and landed on the path in front of them. There mother froze in mid step. Alerna spun around her mother and wiped out her sword. In the same movement she brought the sword slashing down towards the thing. She sliced it clean in half. The thing seemed to melt with the rain.
"Come on!" Alerna said holding out her arm. "I know where to go!" Her mother looked hesitantly at her, but then took her hand.
They ran through the forest down a little beaten path. The path fallowed a rock wall that ran just to there right. Making sure not to trip on any ruts Alerna ran to a dark opening in the rock wall. It was a cave she played in a lot with her brother. No one else knew about it because the entrance was mostly blocked by trees.
Stopping in front of the opening she pushed aside some branches to reveal the entrance to the cave. "Come on." She whispered. "Get in before they find us." But before any of them could take a step inside a form rose up out of the ground behind them.
Alerna whirled around to see a gigantic black form looming over them. It had long tactical like arms with claws at the end of each. It seemed to have long hair that wiped around its head as though caught in a fierce wind. Its body looked inhuman. It was misshapen and grotesque with an arm coming out of the middle of its chest. Deep with in the twisting mess of hair Alerna could see 2 glowing red eyes that stared directly at her.
Alerna held out her sword ready to defend her family. One of the things arms shot towards her. Acting fast she stepped to the side and tried to slice the arm in half. As she made contact with the creatures arm she felt her sword rip out of her hand, and her right wrist snap as though it was nothing more than a twig. The claw shot past her as she cried out and held her shattered wrist to her chest. Her hand now hanging at an unnatural angle.
Suddenly gasping she spun around. Her family had gotten out of the way of the claw as it shot past. Her eyes grew wide as she saw the claw continue past them and smash into a tree. The thick tree trunk that was hit was blasted into tiny splinters.
"No!" Alerna thought to herself. "What am I going to do? I can't fight this thing. Its way to strong. But I have to protect my family." Her mind raced frantically. The giant form loomed over them blocking out the sky and the rain. It seemed to be studying them. Then slowly it began to lean forward. Alernas mother held Jax to her leg as she slowly backed away from the creature. Alerna just stared at the thing with a blank expression on her face. There was nothing she could do. Rain ran down her face as she stared up at the creature. It leaned farther and farther forward until it began to fall.
"ALERNA GET OUT OF THERE!!!" her mother yelled.
Alerna snapped out of her trance just as the creature collapsed on top of her with an earthshaking crash.
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Everything was black. Alerna slowly opened her eyes only to find that there was nothing to see. She hovered in an empty void. Everything around her was black. In the darkness she felt around. She did not feel anything to stand on. She was just floating in mid air. She ran her hands over her body then up. She felt the hilt of her sword in its sheath, then she felt her face. She ran her fingers over her eyes to be sure they where still there.
Gasping she felt her wrist. It was healed. The bone was no longer broken. She could use her hand again. But instead of making her happy this worried her. Where was she that this was possible. Was she dead?
She shut her eyes as tight as she could hope it would do some good. When she opened them again something was different. There was a faint glow around her. It came from below her. Twisting her body she looked down. She gasped again as she saw an amazing circular stain glass window. Across the glass where pictures of her, and her family. She stared at it in amazement. It was so beautiful.
Slowly she felt herself being lowered towards the window. Ever so gently she came to a stop just above the ground. Looking around for any sign of danger she lowered a foot hesitantly to the ground. As soon as her foot touched, the force that was holding her up vanished. She fell to the ground in a crumpled mess. Quickly getting to her feet she looked around her again. There was nothing here. She ran to the edge of the platform and looked down. The building she was on faded into blackness.
Alerna slowly turned and looked around again. She walked to the center of the floor and looked up.
"The perfect time. For a second chance"
Alerna spun around wildly looking for the source of the voice. She saw nothing else on the platform. The voice echoed around once again, but she did not hear it. It was inside her head.
"Don't be afraid. You are safe. For now…"
Suddenly there was a loud crack. A fracture ran through the center of the glass floor all the way to the other side. Another crack sprang off that one, and then another. Alerna backed away slowly as more and more cracks appeared on the surface of the glass floor. Alernas foot reached the edge of the platform. There was nowhere else to go. She looked back to the center of the floor as it exploded. Tiny fragments of glass shot in all directions as the whole floor collapsed in on itself taking Alerna with it.
Large fragments of glass fell at the same speed as she did down into the blackness. There was nothing she could do. She just fell, all the wile trusting that the voice said she was safe.
Far below Alerna saw another stain glass window. It was bright blue and pink. It showed two figures arm in arm looking down at a point below them. Alerna looked closely at it. It was a man and a woman. The woman had long red hair just like hers, and the man had spiky gray hair. Above them intertwined in blue and pink was the shape of a heart. Alerna looked again at the people as she came closer and closer to the tower. Her eyes grew wide as she realized. The woman was her.
She felt herself slowing. Her body did a slow summersault in the air and she came to rest gently on her feet.
"You hold great power with in you. The power to change the future. Trust in it. Give it form."
Alerna looked around for the voice again. She knew it was in her head, but what was causing it? There was a flash and in front of her hovered her sword. Her hand immediately flew to her waste only to find her sword still there. She pulled it out slowly and her heart fell. The blade was broken half way down its length. Broken by the monster. In front of her hovered a new blade. The same as her old one, but with a full blade. She slowly reached out to take it, but the voice stopped her.
"Know this. Things are not always how they appear. Though something seems good, it may harm more than help. Be sure in your resolve before you cast off the past."
Alerna hesitated and looked at the sword in front of her again. It looked the same as her old one, but something was different. The handle was wrapped with wire the same as hers, but it looked perfect. Her father had made her sword by hand. The wire around her handle was good, but uneven at parts. Also along the hilt was a scratch that her father had done accidentally when they where sparing one day. He had sliced her arm, and her mother had yelled at him for an hour wile she bandaged her up. The sword in front of her had no scratch.
She looked back down at the sword in her hand. Then she replaced it in its sheath.
"You have chosen wisely"
Suddenly the sword in front of her turned black. The blackness spread out from the sword. It expanded rapidly until it reached and enveloped her before she could do anything.
Alerna opened her eyes to find herself on another platform. This one was a picture of herself again. She was older now. She looked like she was in pain as she looked off to the side. In the opposite direction from where she was looking, her arms where held open. A baby wrapped in cloth was falling from her arms.
Alerna did not like the picture. She looked at the baby falling from her arms but she could not make out anything.
"The future is a twisted path. You have the ability to start, and end it. But first you must face the present."
A huge shadow suddenly rose up from beyond the towers edge. It was so large that it towered over the stain glass platform. The figure was black, but it was lit by the stain glass floor. Alerna gasped as she saw the figure. It was her father. He stood over her glaring down. He wore no shirt so the muscles in his chest stood out clearly.
"You must defeat the present to move on to the future."
"What!?" Alerna said in horror. She drew the broken sword and looked at it, then she looked up at the figure of her father. He glared down at her. Suddenly the sword glowed white. The blade shot forward and extended. The handle widened and circled around her hand. When the light banished she was holding a new weapon. It looked like the blade of a scythe turned to be used as a sword. The blade came out of the hilt and arched upwards. At the end on the back of the blade, three tiny blades stuck out so it looked like a very menacing and misshapen key. It was a pail blue color, and from the end of it dangled a keychain in the shape of a tiny sword.
"Use the weapon to defend yourself."
Alerna looked at the weird sword, then she looked up at the figure of her father. He began raising his huge arm. Alerna just looked at him. She began trembling.
"I can't fight him. I can't kill my dad…" she said.
"You must or you will be finished."
Tears began running down her face as she watched the figure raise it arm higher ready to smash her. "I cant… he's my father… I can't fight to kill him."
"You have to. Use the sword. Defend yourself." The voice was starting to sound frantic.
Alerna was shaking violently now as the thought shot around in her head. What was she going to do. She would not hurt anything that looked like her father. She could not. Slowly her body stopped shaking. She began crying harder as she held up the new sword, and then flung it off the edge of the platform as hard as she could. Then she looked up into her fathers eyes as he began to bring his fist down. Alerna fell to her knees just as the fist smashed through the platform.
She was falling again. Glass shards sparkled around her. Below she saw another platform. This one had a picture of a girl with red hair. She was smiling happily with a brown haired boy on her right, and a tall gray haired boy on her left. Alerna had no idea who any of the children where. But just the sight of them made her smile. She wiped the tears from her face as she fell towards the platform.
When she was standing on it the voice started up again.
"You have made a wise choice and have set your course for the future. You value family over your own life. That is a quality few poses. You have earned the rite to carry this keyblade." The weird sword that she had thrown away appeared in her hand again. "Its name is Family Ties. Use it well through out your life. Though it will be short, you will achieve everything you desire. Live it well."
Then the lights went out. Alerna felt the ground shaking. She was back with her mother and brother and the huge black creature falling towards her. Acting instinctively she brought the keyblade up in front of her. Light suddenly flashed all around her. No… not light... Lightning. She looked up again and saw the huge black form falling towards her. She brought up her sword ready for the thing to fall. Finally it did. It fell off its balance and plummeted towards her. Alerna was ready, she swung her sword around and sliced through the thing as it fell onto of her. As her sword ripped through the things body, everything behind where she cut turned to vapor. Before the thing could hit the ground it had turned to dust that rained down on top of her.
Alerna spun around looking for her mom and brother. They where standing a short ways away, staring at her. Her mother was looking terrified at the site of the weapon in Alerna's hands.
"Come on." Her mother said holding out a hand to her.
"But we have to-" Alerna started to say.
"That doesn't matter any more. Let's get back to the house. Protect us. I know you can."
As they walked back, her mother kept an arm around her shoulder. It was like she knew something was wrong with the sword. It was like it meant something very bad to her. Alerna could feel an impending since of dread approaching.
The clouds overhead where still dark. A thick fog now covered everything after the rain passed. It made everything hot and sticky. Alerna kept expecting something to cone out of the fog and attack them, but nothing did.
They got back to the house without any incident. There father was around back. Leaning against the side of the house. There was a long bloody gash running across the front of his chest down to his hip.
"Mathius!" her mother cried running to his side. He looked up when she cried out. She took one look at him the backed away. "il go get the medical kit!" her mother said turning.
"no!" her father called out. She froze in her tracks. Turning back she saw that his eyes had fallen on the new sword Alerna held. The color quickly drained from his face. He tried to get up but only slumped lower against the wall. Alerna quickly ran to his side. as she leaned over he grabbed her shoulders and pulled her down to eye level. He looked her strait in the eyes. His face seemed a mask of sorrow. He stared deep into her eyes, then pulled her into a tight embrace.
He said nothing as he hugged her. He just hugged her close. Then he let go of her and held her at arms length. "I'm so sorry sweetie." He said. "This is all my fault. If I hadn't taught you how to use a sword, this never would have happened. I'm so sorry."
"Sorry for what?" she said confused. "Do you mean this thing?" she held up the sword. Her father seemed to recoil a little from it.
"Yes, that is what I am sorry about." He sighed and closed his eyes. "That thing that you hold in your hand is called a keyblade. Our world has chosen you to be its guardian and protector."
Alerna stared at him dumbfounded. The fog swirled slowly around them.
"Because you are now the protector chosen by this world, you will have to go far away from here."
"What? But why?!?" Alerna cried. She didn't want to leave. She wanted to stay with her family. She cared about them more than she did her own life. There was no way she was going to leave them.
"You have no choice. You have to go. You are going to go to the guild of light. They will train you there on how to use your keyblade. Then once your training is complete you will go on missions to different worlds to help people who need you."
Tears filled Alernas eyes. They filled her father's eyes also. "w- When… when do I have to go?" she stammered trying not to cry.
Her father sighed. "I don't know. But we can be sure that it will be soon." He looked back at her. "I'm so sorry baby."
Alerna could not hold the tears back any more. She broke down and threw herself into her father's arms. He held her as she cried.
That night nobody slept. Everyone stayed up with Alerna. They all wanted to be close to her because they knew that soon she would be gone forever. She was glad that they where all there. That her last moments would be spent with all of them.
She sat in-between her parents, both of them holding on to her waiting for something to happen. No one knew what it would be, just that something would come. A few hours before dawn it did. There was a nock at the door. Alerna felt both her parents stiffen next to her. They exchanged a dreaded look, then her father got up to answer the door.
A woman stood on the front steps. Her face illumined by a torch she held in her left hand. She had long blond hair that hung over the shoulders of her white robe. The woman looked Alernas father up and down, then she said in a gentle voice "are you the father of Alerna Phillida?"
"Yes" he said in a tone that sounded like his very life was being drained away. "Are you from the guild?" he asked.
The woman studied the look in his eyes and then sighed. "I'm afraid I am. I'm sorry."
"Don't be" her father said. She did not think he could sound any more depressed that he already was. "Come on in." he held the door open for the woman. She nodded and stepped inside.
The woman's eyes fell on Alerna the instant she entered the house. "You must be Alerna" the woman said with a hint of a smile. "I'm here to take you to the guild of light. Are you ready to go?"
Alerna looked at each member of her family in turn. She wanted to ask the woman is she would ever see them again, but she was afraid of the answer. So instead of asking anything she walked over to her father and hugged him. Then she hugged her mother and then her brother. She wanted to cry, but she found she couldn't. She could not do anything.
Then the woman put a hand on her shoulder and gently led her out of her house for the last time.
Alerna now sat in a chair on a space ship. The woman had a ship waiting for them. Inside where 5 other kids. They where all boys. 4 of them looked to be 14 of 15 years old, but the last boy looked to be the same age as her. All the other boys looked excited and happy to be going somewhere new. But the younger boy looked the same way that Alerna felt. Depressed. Like her entire life was being taken away peace by peace.
The boy had short gray hair and dark brown eyes. He stared at the floor, not looking up when Alerna stepped into the ship. Alerna looked at all the other boys who where talking and laughing. The sight of them made her feel sick. She could not feel happy even if she wanted to.
Slowly she walked over to the gray haired boy and sat down next to him. He looked up angrily as though to tell her off for sitting anywhere near him, but he stopped dead when he saw her. His expression of rage slowly slid of his face to be replaced by surprise.
Alerna wiped her eyes and looked at the boy. "Hi. I'm Alerna." She said quietly.
"I'm Serif" the boy said still surprised. "Did you just get here?" he asked. Alerna nodded wiping her eyes again.
"I just lost my whole family." She whispered looking at the ground.
"Yeah… so did I" Serif whispered also looking down. After that they said nothing more. They just sat together in silence, sharing the same pain. The same grief.
Even though they had just met, they became fast friends. When they arrived at the guild later that day, they where put in rooms according to age group. Because they where the same age, they where put in the same room together. Neither of them had a problem with this. They both wanted company. They both felt the same way, and as though through a mutual understanding they both comforted each other.
The guild did not bother them the rest of the day. They stayed in there room together. Both of them crying at different points over there lost families. It was very painful. Eventually they both cried themselves to sleep. They lay on the floor of the room, holding each others hands.
The next morning Alerna was woken up by what appeared to be a mouse. He had big black ears and a tail. He wore a white robe and a kind smile on his face. In his arms he carried a rolled up bundle of something. Alerna stared at him astonished. She had never seen another creature act like a human.
"Is there something on my shirt?" the mouse asked looking down at himself.
"Uuhhh… no." Alerna said giving herself a mental shake.
"Good. Then get yourself up. Its time for breakfast." The mouse said happily. "My name is Mickey, and I will be looking after you today."
Alerna nodded dumbly still not sure what to make of the situation. "You will need to get dressed first" Mickey said. "Here are your new cloths." He held out the bundle to her. Taking it Alerna unrolled it to find two identical white robes the same as Mickey's.
"Get dressed. I will be waiting outside when you are ready." Mickey smiled then turned and walked out of the room closing the door. Alerna looked around for some place to change. She spotted a door across the room that she had not seen before. When she opened it she found a bright white bathroom. She stared at all the shiny spotless marble along the floor and sealing.
Suddenly her stomach growled pulling her out of her trance. She quickly pulled off her cloths and pulled on the white robe. It fit perfectly. The top half had long sleeves that where just the rite length. It hugged her body perfectly almost like a second skin.
The pants did not hug her legs the same way the shirt did. They where a bit looser giving her more room to move around. There was even a pair of shoes that where the perfect size for her. She looked at herself in the mirror. It was the first time she had seen her reflection in a few days. She looked like a mess. Her hair was tangled and her face looked filthy. She looked around for a brush of some kind, but there was none around. So she went to the sink and dunked her head under the facet.
When she had cleaned herself up as best she could she opened the bathroom door. Serif was still sleeping on the floor. Alerna walked over to him and poked him. He stirred but did not get up. He waved his arm and rolled over in the other direction. Alerna poked him again, this time a little harder. He jumped and sat up.
"What? What is it?" he said groggily.
"Its time to get up. Time for breakfast."
"Breakfast?" Serif said waking up instantly.
"Yeah, but first you need to get dressed. Here are your new cloths. The bathroom is over there." she pointed back the way she had come. Serif looked at her confused then started pulling off his shirt.
"No not-" she started to say, but he was already pulling off his pants. "eeewwww!" She cried as she ran for the door to the room.
"hay! Wait for me!" Serif called after her. Alerna played no attention as she ran outside and slammed the door behind her.
"is something wrong?" Mickey asked a little concerned
"he- I- ewww!" Alerna stammered finally shuddering and falling silent. Mickey smiled. He had an idea what had happened.
No more than 30 seconds later Serif was standing in the doorway ready to go. His shirt was on backwards, and the left side was ticked into his pants. He looked incredibly filthy next to the whiteness of his robes.
"where's breakfast?" he said slightly out of breath.
Mickey laughed at the site of him. "oh that's a good attitude to start the day. Fallow me." He said turning and walking down the hallway.
Alerna had never gotten a chance to look at the place they where in last night, but now that she did, the sights left her speechless. the walls floor and ceiling where all a spotless white. The ceiling was arched with designs all along it. everything looked to bright and alive. The white made it seem as though there where no shadows anywhere around. As though darkness was afraid to enter the bright halls of this place. But something was bothering Alerna. There was no light. Well, at least none that she could see. Everything around them was bright, but there was no source for the light to be coming from. She looked around amazed that she could not find even one place where the light could be coming from. As she looked her eyes fell on the people around her. some of them where in beautiful white robes. Others in suits of armor as though they where getting ready for battle.
It was a little wile before Alerna noticed all of them held a sword like the new one she had. They didn't look the same, but they all looked like a key in some way. Alerna stared at a bright gold one that a man held in his hand.
"come on." Serif hissed in her ear. She jumped, surprised out of her trance. She turned to see Serif pulling at her sleeve. Mickey was now a good distance downs the hall. He kept walking at a brisk pace as though he had no idea his charges where not with him. Alerna and Serif ran to catch up.
they turned a few more corners until the smell of food reached them. Serif perked up immediately. "I smell it!" he said excitedly. Then he took off running. "wait!" Alerna called before taking off after him. Mickey smiled to himself. It had been so long since they had children as young as them in the guild.
Serif slid to a stop in a grand hallway. The walls and floor where as white as the hallways. The ceiling arched far overhead with windows just below the ceiling. Everything seemed to glow. But Serif noticed none of this. He only had eyes for the food that was on the long tables. he ran to one of the tables and jumped into a seat. Alerna fallowed more slowly. She noticed all the strange looks they where getting from the other people eating breakfast. She sat down next to Serif that already had a plate piled high with food. Even though she was hungry, she ate slower than Serif did.
By the time they where finished, Serif was complaining that his stomach hurt. Alerna could not help but laugh at him. when they left the dining hall they met Mickey right away. he was standing in the doorway waiting for them.
"are you two full?" he asked cheerily. Alerna nodded happily. Serif just groaned as he held his stomach. "Good! Then it is time to start your training."
"training?" Alerna said. "What training?"
"why, it is the reason you are here. To learn how to master your keyblade. To become a skilled keyblade master so you can help defend the universe from darkness. We will train you in many different skills including magic and spells. As well as advanced sword fighting and defense. In the beginning I will be your teacher. But once you two master the basics then you will move up and learn with someone else."
Alerna just stared at the mouse, she had no idea what to do. Serif on the other hand just held his stomach and moaned again.
"come now. You two need to get dressed. Then your training will begin."