Kingdom Hearts: The Tale Of Aeon
Chapter 2: The Exam.
AN: I still only own my oc.
The next day Aeon got ready for his exam. After a shower he put up his robes and walked to the hall where the exam was held. After arriving Aeon did some last minute training. Practising his strikes and strategies. After training Aeon waited the others and started reading his book again. " There is no hate only joy. For you are beloved by the goddess. Hero of the dawn. Healer of worlds. Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soul. Pride is lost. Wings stripped away the end is nigh." "LOVELESS. Act II." Aeon heard Aqua saying that after he read the quote. "Hmph. You remember." Aeon told Aqua with a smirk. "It is impossible since you quote the acts every day." Aqua answered back earning a chuckle from Aeon. "true enough. Ready for the exam?" Aeon asked her. With a nod Aqua looked behind her as Terra and Ven arriving to the hall. Little while after they arrived their master Eraqus arrived as well a dark skinned old man following behind him. Knowing they were ready Eraqus delivered his speech. "Today you will be examined for the mark of mastery. Not one but three of the keyblade's chosen stand here as candidates but this is neither a competition nor a battle for supremacy not a test of wills but a test of heart. All of you may prevail or not. But i am sure our guest Master Xehanort did not travel all this way to see our youngest prospects in years fall short of the mark." Eraqus said as he looked at the old man and continued. "I trust you are ready." Eraqus said to the trio which they answered that they were ready. "Then let the examination begin." Eraqus said as he took his keyblade and summoned several light orbs. Aeon, Aqua and Terra then got to their battle positions. Suddenly the orbs were emitting a dark aura which startled the trio but they started defeating the orbs. As Aeon fought the orbs he saw one of them going towards Ven and as he tried to warn him Ven defeated the orb. "Don't worry about me. You three focus on the exam!" Ven shouted at them. "But Ven you're in danger here! Go wait in your room." Aqua tried to tell Ven but he didn't listen. "No way! I've been looking forward to this seeing you three become masters. I'm not going to miss it now!" Ven told them "He can take care of himself. He's been out there training just as hard as us." Terra said as he had faith in him. "Okay but be on your guard Ven." Aeon said as they started fighting the orbs. As Aeon defeated one of the orbs he saw a orb attacking Aqua and she wasn't noticing. Aeon seeing that pushed Aqua out of the way and took the attack which resulted a spear of light to be stabbed through Aeon's left shoulder. "Aeon!" Aqua shouted horrified as Aeon defeated the orb. Hissing in pain Aeon was feeling angry and something inside him snapped as he started to fire blade beams at the remaining orbs. After destroying the orbs Aeon staggered to the floor in exhaustion and pain. "Are you okay?" Aqua asked him as she healed him. "Yeah. I'm okay. Thanks Aqua." Aeon told Aqua. "No problem Aeon." Aqua told him smiling. "What was that power? It felt sinister. Was it the darkness?" Aeon thought while Eraqus started talking to them. "That was unexpected but one must keep a still heart even in the most trying of circumstances. It was an excellent test one i chose to let unfold. However Aeon. What you did was brave but your heart was not still when you got injured but your actions did not emit any darkness. However you might still have a chance. Which brings us to your next trial. Now Aqua, Aeon and Terra the three of you will face eachother in combat. Remember there are no winners only truths for when equal powers clash their nature is revealed." Eraqus told the trio as they got to their battle positions. "Begin!" He told them as they charged at eachother and clashed their keyblades. For a while it looked like Aqua and Terra had the upper advantage over Aeon as they cornered him. However. Aeon casted mines to the floor and jumped over the two with the help of the wall and after landing and snapping his fingers the mines exploded. After that the duo charged at Aeon once again but this time Aqua fired magic spell while Terra dealt physical attacks at him. Aeon blocked the magic spells and barely blocking Terra's strikes and after that their duel ended. After the battle Eraqus and Xehanort started talking to eachother which left Aeon thinking about what happened at the first trial. "What was that? Master said it did not emit any darkness but i'm not sure." Aeon thought. "Yes. Soon. Soon i will be awaken once again." Aeon heard an eerie and sinister voice and looked behind him but found no one. "What's wrong?" Aeon heard Aqua ask him as he looked at her. "Nothing. Nothing is wrong Aqua." Aeon told her as he saw Eraqus signaling that they have reached a decision. "We have deliberated and reached a decision. Terra, Aeon and Aqua. You three performed commendably. However. Only Aeon and Aqua has shown the Mark of Mastery." Eraqus told them as shock was visible everyones face and Aeon saw signs of disappointment on Terra's face. "Terra. You failed to keep the darkness within you sufficiently in check. But there is always next time. That is all. Now Aeon and Aqua. As our new Keyblade Masters. You both are entitled to certain knowledge. Please wait here for further instructions." Eraqus told them as he and Master Xehanort walked away.