Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. If I did, instead of working on Final Fantasy I-don't-even-know-what-number, I'd have all the workers be working on Kingdom Hearts III. I also do not own the Destiny Keeper, Anna, or Lunar. That concept as well as those two OC's belong to Crystalmaiden62 (check out her stories, they're awesome!)

A/N: Glad I got positive feedback! Fun fact, I have a deviantArt account! The link is at the bottom of my profile page. You can find artwork of the Hamilton siblings as well as their profiles (coming soon). I hope you enjoy my (crappy) art!

Sorry this took me so long to get out there. I was busy for a while with finals and such, but now I'm on summer vacation, so hopefully I'll be able to update more often.

Remember, flames will be used to roast marshmallows and make s'mores.

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Chapter 2

Not-so-Destined for Great Things

Liz's POV

I knew I was destined for trouble when I figured out how to use a lighter when I was fifteen months old and nearly set the house on fire. But this was just WAY too much.

When I woke up, I was in my bed. I knew something was wrong because, unless I sleep-walked to my bed or Will carried me in the middle of the night, I was supposed to be hunched over at my desk. Well, the neck and back pain was still there as well as my eyes from sleeping with my contacts on again. Since I was still half asleep, I didn't notice anything different as I wandered in a zombie-like state to the bathroom. I went an entire fifteen minutes of brushing my teeth and washing my face without realizing something was severely wrong.

Yeah, I'm slow. Leave me alone.

I wiped the water from my eyes and opened them, but instead of seeing the usual blurred blob of my face when I haven't put on my contacts or just left them in overnight, I saw blonde hair sticking up in a way that defies gravity and the bluest eyes I can only see on a Kingdom Hearts character.

I ran out the door and looked down the halls. My house doesn't have this many halls. And it's not this big. And I am most certainly NOT a boy! And I am definitely sure that I'm not Ventus from Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep!

I did the only sensible thing. I fainted.


Ven's POV

I woke up hunched over at my desk with a major pain in my neck, back, and eyes. Weird, I remember going to my bed. I peeled open my eyes and blinked a few times until I realized I was wearing contact lenses. That's when I knew something was severely wrong. I got up and ran into the nearest bathroom. When I looked in the mirror, my mouth dropped. This HAD to be a dream. It could not be possible because I was in the body of a girl.

Or at least, I think it was the body of a girl because my vision was wrecked beyond belief for some reason.

"Liz? Are you okay?" someone said.

I turned and saw a black and blue blur, but from the voice I could tell the person was a girl. When I didn't say anything to reply her question, her eyes widened and she ran off yelling, "Will!"

A couple minutes later, she came back with another blur. From what I could tell, either the blur was an extremely tall woman or a guy around Terra's age. I assumed it was the latter. He observed me, or more specifically the body I inhabited, and then glared at me.

"Okay, who are you and what did you do to my baby sister?" he asked. The voice confirmed the person was a guy.

"I-I-I have no idea what you're talking about," I stuttered.

"You are definitely not my sister. Never in my life have I heard her stutter."

"I don't know what happened. One day, I'm training with my two best friends and the next, I'm in a random girl's body and a place I don't know!" I cried, on the verge of a panic attack.

"What? Will, this has to be a stupid joke. She cannot possibly be serious," the girl said. I bit the inside of my cheek to keep myself from crying, but it didn't work because my eyes were already really dry from the contact lenses.

The boy looked to me and said, "Open your eyes for me."

I did so and he examined my eyes quickly and then took something from the inside of the mirror and dropped it in my eyes. I'm pretty sure it was eye drops since it relieved some of the pain. Then he took out the contacts and handed me a pair of glasses, which I put on without hesitation.

"Better?" he asked. I nodded. He turned to the girl and said, "I think she's telling the truth."

"And you're not freaking out about this, why?!" the girl cried. The boy shushed her and then continued in a hushed voice.

"First of all, keep your voice down so that we don't freak out Mom. You know how worried she gets. Second, I am freaking out. I'm just trying not to show it."

I cleared my throat. The two looked at me. "Um, are you going to help me?" I asked.

"We will, but first, can you tell us your name?" the boy said.

"I'm Ventus, but my friends call me Ven."

The boy looked like he was going to start hyperventilating when I said that. "Come with me," he said. I didn't get a chance to respond when he grabbed my wrist and dragged me down the hall and into the room I was in previously with the girl tailing behind us.

"Um, what are your names? I don't really want to address you two as 'boy' and 'girl' all the time," I said a bit shyly, I admit.

"My name is Victoria Hamilton, but everyone seems to just call me Tori," the black haired girl said with her chin held up high, showing her pride. She gestured to the boy at the computer, "This is my older brother, William, though he insists on everyone calling him Will. While I find it nearly impossible to believe your story, you seem to be honest enough, so I suppose I'll trust you. For now."

I nodded meekly. The girl reminded me of a war general. She looked like the kind of person who, if you cross her, can possibly kill you in your sleep. I knew immediately not to get on her bad side or I wouldn't survive long enough to see my friends again.

And then Will let out a curse and banged his head on the desk in frustration, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"What happened?" I asked.

"This is so unbelievable . . . and yet, it's still possible considering . . ." Will muttered, probably not meaning to say it out loud.

"Well, spit it out!" Tori yelled.

He turned and looked to us with a grim look and I knew whatever was going to come out of his mouth wasn't going to be good.


Liz's POV

"Ven! Ven, are you okay?" a voice said.

"Tori, shut up," I mumbled as a response.

"Ventus!" Okay, that voice sounded eerily familiar. I blinked open my eyes and saw the familiar brown haired young man from the Birth By Sleep game.

Then I remembered what position I was in. I looked down at my body and saw a male physique and realized that it wasn't a dream and I was actually in Ven's body. In the Land of Departure. With Terra a foot away from me. Needless to say, it was awkward.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

I had to calm down and not freak out or else things would be very bad. I'm not sure on what Terra's reaction to a girl in his best friend's body. Or Aqua's for that matter. There was only one person I could actually talk to about it and that was Master Eraqus since he might know what's going on. Or Yen Sid, but I prefer talking to one person within the same world and not have to travel through the worlds to talk to the other.

I forced a smile and said, "Yeah, I'm fine. I was walking in when I bumped my head on the doorframe and passed out." I prayed he would buy it. That was one of my worst lies yet.

Luckily, he did, "Well, you should be more careful next time."

He held out his hand and helped me up. "Thanks," I said.

I let him into the bathroom and began walking off calmly, passed by Aqua and said hi in a Sora-like, cheerful way (that almost made me want to gag), and then bolted as fast as possible to find Master Eraqus. It took me a while, but I managed to find him in the kitchen, sitting at the table, sipping what I could only assume was coffee, and reading a book.

"Ah, Ventus. Come in, come in," he said.

I did so and said, "Master, I have something to tell you."

"Yes, what is it?"

"Um . . . ImnotVentusIsomehowendedupinhisbodyandIneedhelpfin dingoutwhy!"

". . . I'm sorry, Ventus, could you repeat that? I couldn't catch that."

I sighed and responded slowly, "I'm not Ventus. I somehow ended up in his body and I need help finding out how and why."

He blinked. I started chewing on my nails without even noticing. It's a nervous habit. That's when he seemed to realize what was going on and composed himself.

"I see. You do seem to have a different air around you," he said.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Ventus is much more restricted and shyer than you are. You are bold and confident."

"Um . . . thanks . . . I think. So, can you tell me what's going on and how I got here?"

He got up from his seat and said, "Follow me."

I followed him to the . . . what is it, the throne room or something? You know, the place where Terra and Aqua had (or in this case, will have) their Mark of Mastery exam? I don't know what it's called, so I'll just call it the throne room.

Anyway, Master Eraqus led me to the throne room and behind the throne. He summoned his keyblade and a keyhole appeared on the wall, but it wasn't the same as the one used to seal the Land of Departure. For one, that keyhole is behind the chair, not on the wall. Second, this keyhole was smaller and didn't have that kind of glow. A minute later, a door appeared on the wall. I didn't question the magic of the keyblade. He opened the door and gestured for me to go inside, which I did. Once he entered, he closed the door and I could tell the door either disappeared or just went invisible.

There were bookshelves all over the place, nearly touching the, quite frankly, high ceiling. Each bookshelf was filled to the brim with books, but not just ordinary books. These books moved and shifted constantly, going from one shelf to another, getting put back from carts that also moved on their own, flipped themselves open and then closed themselves again and put themselves back in the shelves, so on and so forth. The mysteries of the Land of Departure never cease to amaze me.

Another thing about the library (at least I think it's a library, either that or it's a huge room to put a desk in) was that it was a freaking maze. Everywhere you turned, there was either another place to turn or a bookshelf like a dead end. Luckily, Eraqus seemed to know where everything was and led me through the labyrinth of a library.

"I don't remember this being in the game," I muttered. A little louder so Eraqus could hear me, I said, "So, what is this place?"

"This is the library. Here, my students may study to further their knowledge and spiritual training," Master Eraqus explained.

"Wait, there's spiritual training needed for a keyblade?"

"Of course. One cannot simply summon a keyblade, cast a few spells, and charge headfirst into battle."

Actually, that was my method of playing in the games when I wasn't using a guide, but I didn't say that out loud.

He continued leading me through the maze until we reached what I assumed was the center. There was a huge, glowing orb sitting on a pedestal. It was glowing brightly and reacted when we entered the area.

"Is that . . . ?" I asked.

"Yes, the Cornerstone of Light," Eraqus said.

"But I thought there was only one and that's in Disney Castle."

"There are a handful of worlds with a Cornerstone within the core of the world, and this is one of them. It protects us from darkness and fuels this world with light."

I didn't respond. I was too shocked to say anything.

Everything I knew, or thought I knew, about the game was just changing before my eyes. It was awesome, but weird at the same time. I can't really explain the feeling very well.

Before I could say anything, the sphere glowed and a holographic projection appeared in front of the two of us. I didn't know what exactly it was. It looked like a battle scene like from a movie, only in a desert area. With keyblades everywhere implanted into the ground. And armored figures battling each other.

Oh.

Right, Keyblade War.

When the battle was over, a mysterious figure wearing armor stood beneath the light of Kingdom Hearts. A beam of light from the Kingdom Hearts moon hit the figure and a mysterious voice said, "You have been chosen to complete my task. Use my light wisely."

The image faded and showed a teenage boy, probably my age, with black hair holding a moon-like keyblade. He was battling a bunch of Heartless with a purple-haired girl. I raised an eyebrow at that, but before I could ask questions, the image faded to two different girls. One of them had shoulder length brown hair and the other was wearing a yellow dress and had . . . green hair.

I didn't question it.

The brunette was holding the same keyblade the boy from before was holding. The green haired girl was holding a . . . pink and red keyblade . . . with a heart indent in the teeth . . . that was the point in time where I said, "What the fudge?"

Well, I said a different word besides fudge, but you get the idea.

The projection then faded away and Eraqus began speaking again, "I have good reason to believe that you might be who I have been waiting for."

"And that would be?" I asked.

"The Destiny Keeper."

. . .

. . .

. . .

"I'm sorry . . . what?!"

"The Destiny Keeper is the keeper of fate, the one person who knows the future events without the aid of magic. They guard the destinies of each person in this realm and hold the very light of Kingdom Hearts within themselves, putting their hearts upon the same ranking of that of a Princess of Heart," he explained.

I could only stare at him until I blinked and responded, "Okay, gramps, I don't know what your smoking, but you've got the wrong person. I'm not a guardian or whatever, this is just a huge mistake."

"How else did you enter in this world?"

I opened my mouth to respond, but I really couldn't respond to that, so I just said, "Well, do you have any proof of me being the destiny whatever?"

"The Lunar Wish keyblade."

That was the breaking point for me and I started snickering like crazy. I'm sorry, it was just a really ridiculous name! At least, it sounded that way to me. Eraqus looked at me and asked, "Is something the matter?"

"Oh, nothing's wrong," I managed to say between snickers.

"Anyway, the Lunar Wish keyblade—"

I couldn't hold back snickers, so I just burst into full blown laughter that I'm almost positive could be heard echoing throughout the library.

"Is there a problem?" Eraqus asked with ice coating each word. I stopped laughing, remembering that the old geezer standing next to me was a keyblade master and could whoop my ass into the next century if he wanted to, regardless of whether I was in Ven's body or not.

I cleared my throat and said, "Not anymore, sir."

"Good. Now, can you summon Lunar Wish?"

I held out my hand, closed my eyes, and breathed a bit. Will always said that summoning a keyblade can't have anything to do with concentration and the characters must just let the energy flow or something like that. I didn't try to concentrate or even try to summon a keyblade, I just stayed relaxed. A few seconds later, I felt a weight in my hand and I opened my eyes.

Instead of holding the moon-themed keyblade from the hologram, Wayward Wind was there. I wasn't surprised considering the fact that I'm in Ven's body. I dismissed the keyblade and turned back to Master Eraqus.

"Yeah, no good," I said.

"I see . . . then that brings up the issue on how you came into this world through Ventus's body . . ." he responded.

"That's the million dollar question . . ."


Ven's POV

"Will? What are you trying to say? My sister is in the computer?!" Tori cried.

"Not in the computer necessarily, but in the game," Will said.

"So let me get this straight: you think, somehow, Liz and Ven switched bodies after Liz made an account on that new game you were talking about and the evidence supporting that is the fact that kids in different parts of the world where the game was already released have been reported either missing or have gone insane after making an account?"

"That's the gist of it."

Tori just stared at her brother. I didn't blame her, the idea sounded just as crazy to me as it probably did to her.

"That's it! My family is completely insane! Either that or I'M going nuts!" she cried. "I mean, what your saying is completely illogical and impossible! This simply does not happen! How on earth can a character from a video game switch bodies with someone in the real world?!"

"Tori!" Will yelled, causing her to stop where she was. "I know it sounds completely insane, but it's the only theory we have right now! Unless Liz somehow developed multiple-personality-disorder overnight and thinks she's a fictional character from a video game, this is the only explanation we have!"

"So how do we get ourselves back to normal?" I asked.

"I have no idea." He turned back to the screen and sighed.

I leaned on the desk as Tori was scanning the screen with her eyes and chewing on her nails. I glanced at the screen and noticed something blinking in the corner.

"What's that?" I asked, pointing to the blinking icon.

"Huh?" Will asked. He looked at the icon and gave a confused look. "That wasn't there yesterday."

"Well, click on it!" Tori said.

"I am! I am!" He did so and a message popped up.


News Feed: Multi-player mode now allowed! Enjoy.


"How convenient," Will said, suspicion laced in his voice. He pulled up a new tab and went on a website called Google and tried to look up the creator of the Program.

"What? What's going on?" Tori asked.

"There's a multi-player mode activated now, so we can go in and try to find Liz. But I'm wondering why it just came out today . . ."

"Pure coincidence?" I suggested, though I wasn't even sure about it.

"Either way, we can get Liz, so let's get started!" Tori said, shaking Will.

"Easy, easy!" he cried as Tori stopped shaking him. "God, never saw this side of you, Tori."

"That's not the point, let's go, let's go!"

"Okay, okay, calm down!"

I couldn't help but smile as I watched the two of them. They kind of reminded me of Terra and I. But that's when the smile fell from my face when I realized that I missed Terra, Aqua, and Master Eraqus more than I realized. It hadn't been very long since I was gone, but I was actually really scared I would never see them again.

"Hey, Ven."

I looked up and saw Will staring at me.

"Ready to get started in making our avatars?" he asked.

I cocked my head to the side and asked, "What's an avatar?"

He gave an evil grin and said, "Your about to find out."


A/N: I don't know anything about contacts or glasses, so I had to do some research. I hope I nailed it down accurately enough. If I didn't, please let me know so that I can edit that. I want to make that accurate enough. And the reactions might not be that realistic, but I did the best I could.

And as I said, the Destiny Keeper belongs to Crystalmaiden62. ALSO! If you want to, you can use the Program for your story, BUT YOU HAVE TO CREDIT ME.

Just a note, I don't think Lunar Wish is a silly name, I think it's really creative, but that's just part of Liz's personality.

And I had to add that last part. I couldn't just leave this on a depressing note. And I'm really sorry for no action and for disappearing off the face of the planet for the past few weeks. But I'm alive and hopefully I'll be able to bring out more chapters faster now.

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