READ THIS BEFORE PROCEEDING: A/N This a...revised version of the same chapter. There aren't that many changes in the beginning, but the are more noticeable in the fight and everything past that.

Darknesskitsune1235: Thank you. This story takes place in a time period in which Sora has yet to vanquish them. When exactly is up to you.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except Veda, the plot, and other things.


Chapter 2

It was raining when Veda stepped out of an alleyway, sporting a red raincoat over his clothes to prevent him from getting wet. The ship made it to the world a little bit a go, while he was reading a book on some form of magic called 'pyromancy'. It was rather interesting. It had told about various forms of fire magic from pillars of flames, fire whips, and even flames that heal anyone in close proximity.

He shook his head and pulled up the hood and stuffed his hands in to the coats pockets as he looked up and down the empty streets. It looked like any other street he has seen in his lifetime. He looked up, squinting as the droplets of rain hit his face, to see it was night and spotted a rather strange sight.

Odd. He thought as he gazed at the shattered moon in the sky. Never seen that before. Then again, new world, new rules and environment. He looked back down and took one last look around before turning in one direction and started walking. Better start moving. I need to find Beacon and Ozpin. He thought as he listened to his footsteps and the rain hitting the ground, the only sounds in the empty streets.

As he walked his mind began to wonder to other things. Things like the Grimm and the Heartless. His master had said that the two were similar. To an extent at least. But he wondered how far those similarities went. Apparently they both are, basically, an embodiment of darkness. But that was the ONLY similarity that his master had told him about. He wanted to know more. LIke if the Grimm had different types like the Heartless. Why did the Grimm attack things? The Heartless do it to obtain hearts. Maybe the Grimm do it for food? Like wild animals? That was a topic he would read more into.

He also thought about the world itself. Remnant seemed like an interesting place. From the shattered moon to the Grimm, the worlds own darkness. This world seemed rather unique compared to any other worlds that his master took him to for training. It was also...bigger than he expected. Which could be problematic considering the fact that he was looking for the keyhole. Money wasn't really a problem because those little, transforming gems that his master called munny. Those little things tend to transform into the currency generally accepted in whatever world they were in. So that was no problem.

Veda stopped walking when he heard a familiar sound and something hitting the ground with a loud splash. He turned and drew his keyblade just in time to block from an attack a shadow. In appearance, his keyblade was grey with a black cloth wrapping around the body and the teeth resembled a bird with its wings spread wide. The hilt and keychain looked like wings, the hilt being grey and the keychain being back. The shadow bounced off his Keyblade and landed a few feet away from him as more heartless, four, appeared behind it. another Shadow, two Soldiers, and one Large Body.

Veda narrowed his eyes and focused and waited for one of them to make the first move. It didn't take long as one of the soldiers dashed at him, claws poised to strike him down. He raised his his Keyblade, named 'Gray Raven', in defense just as the heartless struck causing it to stagger back. Taking advantage of this, Veda unleashed a series of strikes upon the being of darkness, each one stunning it so he could continue his little combo, before ending it with a powerful strike that sent the Heartless flying into a nearby wall, vanquishing it with a crystal heart ascending to the sky, as the other Soldier charged the boy. Veda readied himself as the heartless ran at him at a blistering pace before jumping in the air, spinning itself in the air like a wheel with its claws outstretched. Veda decided that it would be a better roll out the way of the attack as the Heartless made contact with the ground, the claws of the monster tearing into the ground before stopping once it realised it missed its target.

Before he could attack the Soldier, Veda yeleped in a mixture of surprise and pain when he felt something scratch his back accompanied by the sound of tearing fabric and warm liquid running down his back. He quickly spun around, his Keyblade outstretched. and landed a solid hit on a Shadow that had sneaked up on him. The weaker heartless was sent flying back before its head hit a wall and it was disappeared in a haze of darkness. Veda turned and jumped above the Large Body just as it was about to ram him. He turned his head and saw the Large Body had left its back exposed because of that attack before narrowing his soon as he touched the ground, he moved at a speed that made it look like he vanshied into thin air before appering next to the weak spot of the bigger Heartless. He lashed out at the spot, each hit sending the Large Body into the air a bit., before he sent the Heartless skyward with a upward slash.

Veda made to follow, but a Soldier and Shadow occupied the space the Large Body was once in, trying to get hit on the boy. Thinking quickly, the Keyblade wielder muttered a spell under his breath and a transparent dome appeared around him, defending all angles. Both attacks struck the shield and was absorbed into it before the counterattack activated and a spray of light vanquished both both heartless, a crystal heart rising from the puff of darkness that was a Soldier.

One left. He thought as he looked up to see a the Large Body falling quickly on him. He again muttered a spell under his breath, this time mixing it with another, and one large fire red balloon appeared above him and under the Heartless. Not to long after, the Large Body land on the balloon, causing it to burst into flames and deal a large amount of damage, vanquishing the Heartless and causing another heart to ascend to the heavens.

Veda stood there unmoving, waiting incase there was more, before finally dismissing his Keyblade and sighing before muttering yet another spell. A light palette of flowers appeared above his head, sprinkling a healing light on him as flower petals flew around him and He rubbed his head and felt that his hood had flew off during that fight and now his hair was wet and laying flat against his head. Figures. He thought as removed a strand of hair that was invading his vision and felt the spot he was hit and felt that the wound, along with his coat, closed up. Well, at least that worked out. Gotta find that school. With that in mind he walked in same direction he was heading before being attacked by enemies.


Later...

Veda yawned as he rounded another corner. He had been walking around the moonlit town for half an hour now and he had come up with two conclusions.

He was lost and his feet were killing him.

Honestly, it wasn't the best of ideas to search for a person and school in the middle of the night but he didn't except the streets to be so...empty. Seriously, where is everybody!?

That's it. He thought as he stopped and started to look around. I'm going to stop and rest for a little bit. Then I'm going to look around for 10 more minutes and if nothing turns up I'm heading back till morning. His eyes landed on a small, two story building that doubled as cafe with an awning covering the tables set up outside. That places seem nice. He thought with a small smile as he made his way over there.

After reaching one of the tables and sitting down he crossed his arms in the table and laid his head in them and closed his eyes. He was only going to lay like that for awhile and not nod off, but the sound of the raindrops seemed to lull him to sleep and the fact that he was tried already didn't help much. He barely managed to fight off the empty blackness known as sleep, but he would sometimes let go for a few minutes which would result in gaps in his memory whenever he would look up.

When he woke up again he did not hear the sound of the rain hitting the concrete ground as he looked up from the makeshift pillows that were his arms. He examined his surroundings and found that the rain had indeed stopped and the world around him seemed to have acquired a greyish hue signifying that it was early in the morning. He sat up straight and stretched, humming in satisfaction when he felt his joints just snap into place.

"Have a nice nap?" He looked up where he had heard the unfamiliar voice come from a man in a very dark, almost black, green suit jacket and pants. He head a black vest under the jacket and a light green shirt under that with a matching scarf wrapped around his neck that had a small, purple, cross-like emblem on it. He also had silver hair and brown eyes that were somewhat covered by his shaded glass spectacles. Veda also noticed the cane that he was carrying at his side looked suspiciously like a weapon. Using his free hand, he gestured to a seat in front of him. "Do you mind?"

The younger male raised an eyebrow at the question, spying some empty seats in the corner of his eye, but nodded silently. The man thanked him and took the aforementioned seat, leaning his cane against the table and pulling out a device the Keyblade wielder had never seen before

Veda furrowed his brow in thought as he looked at the new piece of this worlds technology, that looked very much like his phone in his inventory, before sighing and laying his head on the table in front of them. The man noticed this and raised eyebrow at the action.

"Is something troubling you?" He asked as he looked at the device in his hands.

"I'm just a bit tired." The boy answered. "I've been up most of night looking for someone." He yawned loudly before continuing. "He's the headmaster of some academy, Beacon I believe it was called." He looked at the man across from him, his head tilted slightly. "Do you know where that is?" The man chuckled lightly.

"I might," He answered, an amused smile on his face, giving Veda a glimmer of hope. "But why do you need to see him?"

"My master sent me to look for him and help with a problem," The Keyblade wielder answered, eager to finally end his search. "but for some reason, my master didn't give any clear description of the man or the location of his school." He sighed again. "Please, tell me where I can find him." The man chuckled again.

"That sounds like Tom." He said, causing Veda to look at him confused. "Well, consider your search over." The man extended his hand across the table and in front of the somewhat confused Keyblade wielder. "It is a pleasure to meet you Mr. Zuttermeister." Veda blinked at the offered appendage before a smile tugged at his lips.

"The pleasure is all mine, Professor Ozpin." Said an elated Keyblade wielder as he took the Professors hand in his own firm grip. "You have no idea how great it is to finally meet you."

"I would imagine so." Ozpin said, his amusement bleeding into his voice a tad. "I'm surprised. When Tom said he would send over his student I thought he would send someone a bit...older."

"Aren't you the headmaster of a school for people around my age?" The younger male asked, confused as to why the headmaster was surprised by his age.

"Well, yes. But unlike my students, you're almost done with your training, and your around the age of a first year student. Most have long way to go until they reach that point." Ozpin looked at the Keyblade wielder over a bit. "You could probably teach them quite a bit…" Veda smiled at the praise he was receiving.

"I don't think I could do that," He said bashfully. "I'm not that great with people, let alone a whole classroom full of them."

"Ah, your master told me about your lack of social skills." The Professor said with a hint of understanding. "I have a student who has the same problem as you. Perhaps you could help each other out..."

"Perhaps…" Veda replied a little hesitantly as a thought came to him. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"I'm here to pick up a fresh supply of coffee beans." The man answered. "After I do that, then we'll head to the airfield."

"Airfield? Why?"

"To get to my school," Ozpin answered simply. "It's the fastest way to get up there."

Up? Veda thought to himself. "Um, okay." The sat there in silence as the seconds ticked by. "Um, Professor?"

"Hmm?"

"Can you tell me more about your school?" The boy asked, hoping that this little history lesson would help make the time move quicker.

"Of course, but first, Let me tell you a story." Veda was a bit confused as to why the man needed to do this, but let him continue regardless. He liked stories anyway. "See, man was born from dust…"


EDIT: A/N: That feels much better.