No one's Pov
On a small island, a man in a black cloak carries a large white sheet under his arm. The sheet is cloaked around near-dead boy. The man places the boy over the trunk of a palm tree.
"There, you see? An empty world, like a prison. I image you'll be right at home." the man said. The boy, Ventus, looked at the ground with his lifeless eyes, then closed them and drifts off, falling into darkness.
Ven's Pov
Falling... falling into darkness. This must be the end for me. What will happen to me?
"Hey, where am I?" a voice asked. Who was that?
"Who's there?" I asked. A bright light illuminated the darkness. The sheet that was wrapped around me faded away. I gently floated down to a platform.
"I'm a brand new heart." the voice answered.
"But this is- Why are you in my heart?" I asked.
"The light brought me. I saw it shining in the distance... and followed it here." it told me.
"Yeah. That was my light. But my heart is fractured. And now... the little I have left is slipping away." I said.
"Then you should join your heart with mine." it suggested. Huh? The platform suddenly began to glow. The missing section began filling in until the platform was restored. "Now our hearts have touched. Nothing else will slip away. And one day... you'll be strong enough to win back the part that already did." it said.
"Right. Thanks." I said, thankful for whoever helped me.
"It's time to wake up now. All we need to do is..." the voice said.
"Open the door." we said in unison. The light covering the platform evaporated into tiny shards of light, revealing my Station.
No one's Pov
The cloaked man took one last look at the boy before taking his leave. He stopped, hearing a rustling sound. He looked to see the boy's arm stretched upward and in his hand, appeared a Keyblade.
"A Keyblade?" the man exclaimed. The Keyblade glowed and shot a beam of light towards the sky. The man grinned evilly, believing he found the one. The unconscious boy opened his eyes to see the sparkles from his Keyblade. They twinkled like stars.
Present
Ven's Pov
I stared at my bedroom ceiling for a long time. What was that place? My thoughts were interrupted by the sudden impact of a small girl jumping on me. It was a girl I knew too well and care for more than anything. A 5 year-old, starlight-haired, sky blue-eyed girl named Hikari.
"Ven! Ven!" Hikari exclaimed. She was always so hyper when she was excited. Kinda like me.
"What is it?" I asked.
"There's a meteor shower happening right now!" she said. I looked out my window to see she was right. "Come on! Hurry!" She hopped off my bed and ran out of my room. I went to run after, but then remembered something. I quickly scanned my room and found the item I was looking for was on my desk. I grabbed it and hurried after Hikari.
"Hikari, slow down!" I yelled. We ran out the front door and down the steps. "We can't see much from here." Hikari half turned around.
"So let's get closer." She said and took off running again. If she could move this fast now, I can't image how fast she'll be able to move in like 10 years. I ran after her. I came to a small training ground.
"I've got a little bit of time." I said to myself and practiced honing my skills for a couple minute when I heard Hikari calling me.
"Come on Ven! We'll miss the meteor shower! she shouted. She got close enough to the bottom of the ledge. "Balloonga!" A large, orange balloon appeared in front of her. She jumped up and on to it. She jumped, popping the balloon and propelling her into the air. She landed gracefully on the top ledge. It was amazing that even a 5 years old, she could cast powerful spells. The spells she knew were Balloonga, Sparkga, Waterga, Reflega, Curaga and Stopga. Master Eraqus had told us Hikari was special. She sure was. "Come on, slowpoke!" I hurried after her and soon we came to a good enough spot.
"Wow!" I exclaimed. Several meteors flew across the sky. I laid on my back and Hikari rested her head on my between my stomach and chest. "Why does this seem so familiar?" I asked myself, looking up at the stars. I felt my eyes starting to close. I tried to fight it, but let them fall shut. I opened them again to see the meteor shower was over. I sat up and Hikari rolled until her head was resting on my leg. I looked around. I yawned and laid back down, only to see Aqua's face hovering over mine. I jerked up, causing Hikari to wake up.
"Aqua!" Hikari yelped. She giggled at our reactions.
"Give us a break, Aqua." I said.
"Ven, Hikari, you hopeless sleepyheads. You should have at least brought a blanket. Especially you, Hikari. You'll catch cold." Aqua told us. Hikari shook her head.
"I'm fine." she said.
"But- Did I dream that place up? It really felt like I had been there before... looking up at the stars..." I said, puzzled. Aqua ruffled my hair a little.
"'Cept you've always lived here with us." Aqua tells me.
"Yeah... I know." I said.
"Ven, please don't be sad. I like it when you're happy." Hikari said with a sad tone. I patted Hikari's head and smiled at her. The 3 of us move to the ledge and we looked up at the sky.
"Hey, Aqua. Y'ever wonder what stars are? Where light comes from?" I asked.
My Pov
"Hmm... Well, they say-" That's when Terra's voice cut in.
"That every star up there is another world."
"Terra!" I exclaimed.
"Yep, hard to believe there are so many other worlds out there besides our own. The light is their hearts, and it's shining down on us like a million lanterns." Terra said.
"What? I don't get it." Ven said.
"In other words, they're just like you and Hikari, Ven." Terra told him.
"What does THAT mean?" Ven asked.
"You'll find out one day, I'm sure." Terra said.
"I wanna know now." Ven whined.
"You're too young to know now." Terra told him.
"Quit treating me like a kid." Ven said. Both me and Aqua laughed at them.
"Hey, what are you 2 laughing at?" Terra asked me and Aqua.
"I can't help it. You 2 would make the weirdest brothers." Aqua said. They gave us weird looks, but joined in the laughing. These were the times I loved the most. Being with Ven, Terra and Aqua. This is what I hoped for; that we'd always be together like this. I noticed that Ven had something in his hand. Why didn't I notice it before?
"Ven, what's that?" I asked, pointing to it.
"Oh, this is something the 3 of us made for you." Ven said, handing me a light brown rabbit doll, with light, plastic maroon eyes and a blue vest that was held closed at the top by a yellow button(to get a better idea, watch Suite Precure episode 32. The doll looks just like the one that is turned into a Negatone).
"She's so cute!" I said, hugging her to my chest.
"Do you like her?" Terra asked.
"I love her!" I said.
"What're you gonna call her?" Aqua asked. I looked at her for a minute and came up with the perfect name. The name that would describe my treasure perfectly.
"Takara." I answered. We all sat on the ledge together and looked at the stars.
"Oh yeah." Aqua said, getting to her feet. "Terra, you and I have our Mark of Mastery exams tomorrow." She dug through her pockets and took out 4 necklaces. "I made each one of us a good luck charm." She gave one to each of us.
"I get one too?" I asked, happily.
"Yep. One for each of us." Aqua said. We held them out so we could see the others. Our Wayfinders were made from stained glass with silver frames, had brown stitches and a brown cord tied to the topmost shell, and the token was Terra's Mark symbol. Aqua said since she didn't have the actual shells needed for them, she made the charms from other materials. The token in the middle was silver on Aqua, Ven and my Wayfinders, but was gold on Terra's. Aqua's "shells" are mostly blue with cyan tips, Ven's are light green with sea green tips, Terra's are orange with yellow tips and mine was greyish-white with light silver tips.
"Where'd you get the shape from?" I asked Aqua.
"Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star-shaped fruit... and the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So as long as you and your friends carry good luck charms shaped like it... nothing can ever drive you apart." Aqua said.
"Wow... I hope I get to see it one day. Along with any other worlds that are out there. I wanna see 'em all!" I said. They all laughed at my enthusiasm. Ven helped Terra and Aqua practice for the exam and we decided to head back.
No one's Pov
The 4 friends headed back to the castle, with Hikari holding her new companion in one hand and holding Ventus's hand with the other.
"That would be the last night we ever spent beneath the same stars."