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Flipping the page from the three friends she saw a new group of three friends. Again there were two guys and a girl, much younger than the three before. These three were sitting on a tree that had curved and grown almost parallel to the ground. The sky was bright, a clear day, the background a sea, the scene apparently taking place on an island. In the branches of the strange tree were several large yellow fruits shaped like five pointed stars. She felt like she had met these three before, but they had looked different then…much younger. Once again she heard the girl's voice in her head.

"This is where it all started over," said the voice. "A journey that would affect all the worlds. A journey to save all the worlds. A journey to save those who were lost. It all starts with Riku, Sora and Kairi…"


2nd Day


"Let's go to Disney World!" said Ventus suddenly, surprising both Aqua and Terra. Terra looked incredulously at their friend.

"We don't have any munny," he said.

"We have plenty!" insisted Ven.

"That's all set aside for living expenses," said Terra. "We can't use it for this."

"Aw…" said Ven, visibly deflating from his earlier enthusiasm.

"Why don't we go to the beach instead?" supplied Aqua. "We can even get some quick jobs, someone is always hiring during this period of time. This way we get to go somewhere and we don't spend our savings."

"Yeah!" said Ven. "Let's do it!"

"Makes sense," agreed Terra. "We'll need munny for the train ride, so that'll be 3000 munny."

"We also need to get some watermelon!" said Ven. "And other snacks!"

"Then we'll need more than 3000. Let's see…How about we get 5000 munny for the trip? Between the three of us that shouldn't take too long."

"We'll work for several hours and then meet up at the station a little after noon," said Aqua, getting excited for the trip. Her friends smiled at her and she saw on their belts that they were wearing the pendants she'd gotten them the day before. Her own pendant was on a chain around her neck.

"Then what are we waiting for?" asked Terra, belaying his own excitement. "Let's get working."

"The person who makes the most gets first choice of snacks!" said Ven.

They separated at that point, each going off to make some munny as fast as they could. Aqua went off and saw a sign asking for help putting up signs for an upcoming tournament. Terra and Ven were planning on participating and kept insisting she join also. She wasn't a fighter though so she had to keep declining, noting that she'd probably get knocked out quickly in the first round. She ran all over the Tram Commons, slapping signs onto the walls as quickly as she could. While she did so she caught the brief sight of Ven on a skateboard going all across town and handing mail to people. At one point she passed an alley and saw terra using a club to break apart piles of junk to make them easier to dispose. The time flew by and instead of getting tired Aqua was just getting more and more excited for the trip to the beach. Soon she had 2000 munny, probably more than enough to pay for her share of the trip. It was almost noon, only a few minutes before they were supposed to meet.

Aqua started to run across the Tram Commons and saw the skateboard that Ven had been using just lying around. She hopped on the skateboard and rode it quickly through town, even grinding on a rail at one point. Soon she made it up to Station Heights where she saw Terra and Ven standing around, waiting for her. They waved as they saw her approach and she waved back. Suddenly the shadows in front of her darkened and expanded unnaturally. Moving on instinct Aqua tried to swerve to avoid the shadows but her front wheel caught in the shadows somehow and her board seemed to tilt into the ground. She flew forward off the board, turning and skidding on her right shoulder and arm.

"Aqua!" yelled Terra and Ven at the same time, running over to her. Her arm felt hot and as they helped her off the ground she saw that she'd skinned a large section of her arm. She winced slightly in pain as her arm was exposed to the air.

"We need to get you to the hospital and make sure you're fine," said Terra, looking at her with concern.

"But, the beach," said Aqua, concerned over all the work she'd had everyone go through with her idea.

"The beach is unimportant," insisted Terra. "We need to make sure it doesn't get infected and that nothing is broken."

"That was a pretty nasty fall," said Ventus. "You suddenly pitched forward for no reason."

"It was the shadows," said Aqua, knowing it sounded weird but convinced that the shadows had tripped her board.

"Probably just a hole you didn't notice until too late," said Terra.

Ven looked around Station Heights. "I don't see a hole. And where did your board go?"

"We're wasting time," said Terra. "Let's go."

"Ok," agreed Ven.

"Ok," said Aqua annoyed at herself. She was stupid to be blaming her mistakes and problems on shadows…