"All Aboard!"
The sun was shining brightly over Twilight Town. The air was crisp, and a sea breeze was blowing over sunset hill. The sound of the railway that passed beneath the mound buzzed like an annoyed bee hive, as the last days of the summer were finally drawing to a close. The sound of a child giggling away merged with the joined laughing of a confident group of teenagers, until the masses just joined into one sound. Away from the station though, the sounds began to fade away.
A boy was lying on the grass at the top of the hill. Blonde hair stuck out in seemingly random directions from his head, and his white trousers and jacket both contained similar black markings, like charcoaled burns. His face, apart from the light dustings of dirt, was surprisingly beautiful, almost as if it had been shaped by an artist.
"Hey, are you ok?" a girl ran up to the boy, and knelt down beside him, concern and bewilderment in her eyes.
Slowly, the boy opened his eyes, and squinted because of the sharp light. Groaning, he turned himself over and looked up. The girl had long, wavy brown hair, and caring green eyes. Blinking unsteadily, he hesitated when he opened his mouth, and finally managed to come up with a few words, "Who...where..."
"Wow, you must have slept up here, you look tired!" exclaimed the girl, helping up the boy, "I'm Olette, I live here. You know...Twilight Town...you're on Sunset Hill right now."
"Twilight...town..." the boy struggled with the phrase, his eyes filled with bewilderment. Looking, he saw a small town layout beneath him. To his left, he could see a ridge that covered his vision, and to his right he saw a railway line leading into the distance.
"I…guess you aren't from around here..." Olette concluded, hands on hips. "Well, I guess I can show you around..."
"Oi Olette, come on! We haven't got all day!" A loud voice shouted out from lower down the hill.
The boy jumped, and looked around. Olette just laughed "Don't worry, that's my friend, Hayner, he's pretty impatient. Come on, I'll introduce you!" and with that she turned and ran down a path. The boy started to follow, but stopped as he felt something move in his pocket. Rummaging, he eventually pulled out a pendant and a small slip of paper. The pendant was a beautiful design, a blue gem encrusted inside a gold frame, which sparkled in the gold light. Folding open the paper, the boy took a brief pause, until he realised that the sketchy black markings were words, spelling out a simple sentence.
Find Axel –N
Turning over the paper another sentence was revealed, this one above a small sketch of a heart among clouds.
Kingdom Hearts is waiting, Roxas.
"Rox-as..." muttered the boy slowly, and returning the note to his pocket and hanging the pendant round his neck he looked up suddenly. Remembering Olette, the boy broke into a jog down the path and into the town...