Here's the next chapter! Thank you guys so much for all the positive feedback on this story so far! It really makes me happy to know you guys are enjoying it! In this chapter we'll get to meet more of the next generation! Hope you guys enjoy and like the new characters!

Chapter 1: The Next Generation

Avalon and Lyle walked up the dirt path to Destiny Islands High School laughing and talking the whole way. These were the moments that always made her feel happy. Lyle was always there for her ever since they were children and she just couldn't imagine her life without him. Him or her parents and even Lyle's parents, she couldn't stand the thought of her life without them. Still after all this time, she still felt as though something was missing from her life. Avalon couldn't explain it, but she always felt as though she was meant to do more with her life than just living on these islands. Maybe there really could be other worlds out there...

"Lyle! Avalon! Hey!" A voice called out to them. Both Avalon and Lyle spun around to find three middle school kids running up to them.

The one that had called out to them was a girl around twelve with long, curly light brown hair tied in a yellow bow and brown eyes. A brown cowboy hat with a blue band around it. She was dressed in a short, yellow, overall-style dress with a pink heart on the chest. Underneath was a light purple t-shirt with a ruffled collar and sleeves. On her feet were brown cowboy boots with blue designs near the top. And on her wrist was a blue beaded bracelet. This was Ivy, daughter of Irvine and Selphie.

Next to her was another boy that appeared to be twelve years old. He had short, spiked brown hair and bright blue eyes. He was wearing a yellow, white and blue zipped-up short-sleeved hoodie with red pull strings tied in a bow bow at the collar. Blue beach shorts with the black Zanarkand abes symbol on his left pant leg and dark blue lace-up ankle boots. This was Wayve, son of Tidus and Yuna.

Lastly, was Vidina, son of Wakka and Lulu. (1) He had bright red hair that perfectly matched his father's style peaking out from under the white moogle hoodie. His red eyes matched his mother's. His muscles were well defined even though he was only thirteen. The moogle hoodie was sleeveless, had yellow pull strings crossed over the v-neck opening, a yellow front pocket, purple wings and a red pom pom on the top of the hood. He was wearing black wristbands, black knee-length pants with red trim, two crossing belts on his hips and black and red sandals.

"Hey guys!" Avalon and Lyle waved back. "Is the middle school done classes already?" She asked.

"Yup!" Wayve nodded excitedly. "Our last day of school was yesterday!"

Lyle released a soft chuckle. "It's news like that that makes me miss middle school. So where are you guys off to?"

"The play island of course!" Vidina exclaimed. "You're coming after you get out of class, right?"

"Sure." Nodded Avalon. "We'll see you guys then."

"Yeah! See you guys later!" Smiled Ivy as she, Wayve and Vidina parted ways with Avalon and Lyle with friendly waves. The two highschool students watched as the trio walked all the way to the beach where the boats to take them to the play island were waiting for them.

Once they were no longer in sight, Lyle looked down at Avalon. "We should keep going, we don't want to be late on the last day. You know how my mom is about her students being late for her classes."

"Yeah, yeah." Avalon said as she and Lyle started walking again. "What about the times she's late herself?"

"Hey!" Lyle laughed as he ruffled her spiked hair. "That's my mom you're talking about!" The two friends joined in laughter as they approached the school.

When they entered the building and took their seats at the desks, other students started to pile into the classroom. A great number of them friendly with each other and saying their hellos to Avalon and Lyle. Destiny Islands was a very small, tight-knit community and everyone in some way knew each other. The building itself was very open, letting in the beautiful, natural warmth and sunlight the tropical setting had to offer.

"Okay, okay class settle down." A cheerful voice spoke as their teacher entered the room. Immediately, all her students took their seats as she stood at her desk. She had brown eyes that perfectly matched Lyle's and her face was filled with faded freckles. Her long, messy light brown hair was tied back in a pony tail. She was dressed in a green tank top, white kapris and brown sandals. Around her neck was a white stone necklace and on her ring finger was her wedding ring.

Lyle's mother, West technically didn't have to work considering Riku, her husband was the mayor. But, teaching was something she enjoyed, despite her clumsiness in the classroom on more than one occasion.

"Now, I know you're all excited to get started with summer vacation so I won't keep you any longer than I have to."

~*KH*~

Twilight Town

At Twilight Town's famous train station, a young man around fifteen with pale blonde hair sat atop its clock tower with a sketch book in hand. His hair was spiked only at the tips while the rest was smooth. His eyes were a bright, cheerful sky blue as he sketched the sunset before him. He was dressed in a school uniform with a long sleeved white shirt, an orange sweater vest with a logo on it containing a yellow silhouette of the clock tower and the letters TTHS, standing for Twilight Town high school. Around his neck was a yellow tie and he was also wearing black dress pants and matching dress shoes. Lastly, around his wrist was a checkered wristband. The young man's name was Nero and he was the son of Roxas and Naminé.

"You're here early." A familiar voice to him spoke. The blonde boy looked up to find a teen just a year older than him had arrived. He had spiked, messy red hair peaking underneath a black beanie and wearing the same school uniform as him. His eyes were bright green and shone with mischief. This was his best friend, Blaze, the son of Lea amd Lydia. They'd known each other since they were children and had been inseparable for years. Practically since birth.

"No, you're just late." Nero smiled at his friend as he sat down next to him.

"Sonya and Jenny not here yet?" Blaze asked, looking around the clock tower for their two other friends.

Nero shook his head as he set down his sketchbook and reached for a plastic bag. "No, Sonya said she had some last-minute student council stuff to do. And I think Jenny stopped at home to change since the middle got out much earlier than us." He reached into the bag and pulled out two familiar blue sea-salt ice cream bars. Nero handed one to Blaze and kept the other for himself. "Curtosey of my dad's ice cream shop." Roxas had opened up an ice cream shop while Naminé had become a professional artist.

"Thanks, dude." Blaze smiled as he took the ice cream offered to him. "Man, I get she's the student council president and everything but Sonya's way to much of an egghead sometimes." He grumbled as he took a bite of the salty-sweet treat.

"Don't let her hear you say that." A new voice spoke. Nero and Blaze turned to find a girl around twelve years old approach them. She had short black slightly spiked hair that was held back with a green headband and brown eyes. wasn't wearing a school uniform at all and instead was dressed in much more casual clothes. A collared, button-up shirt with sleeves rolled up to her elbows and a purple bandana tied around one of her wrists. Atop her shirt she wore a red sweater vest with a purple plaid tie around her neck and not tucked in to the vest and a blue denim skirt with a slightly ripped trim and a black crossbones insignia near the bottom. Her black converse had undone green laces and she was wearing baggy white socks. A black camera with a green strap rested across her chest. This was Jenny; daughter of Pence amd Naomi.

"Remember what happened last time you called her that?" She asked.

"Ugh. Don't remind me." Groaned Blaze. "I still have the bruises."

"Then maybe I need to beat some more sense into you!" A female voice exclaimed as a teenage girl joined them on the train station's room. She was fifteen-years-old and had dark brown, curly hair that reached a little ways past her shoulders. A portion of her hair with a blonde braided hair band. Her eyes were brown and she was dressed in the same school uniform as Blaze and Nero only instead of pants, she was wearing a black pleated skirt and knee-high orange socks. On her wrist was a blue beaded bracelet and around her neck was a gold bell necklace. This was Sonya, daughter of Hayner and Olette.

"And let me guess, the idea of getting your summer homework done early didn't even cross your minds?" Sonya leaned down to Nero and Blaze and placed her hands on her hips.

Slowly, Nero and Blaze looked at each other, then back to Sonya. "Summer literally just started!" Blaze wined.

"Well don't come crying to me when you guys leave it to the last minute again." She said as she pounded her fists together. "If you do then you'll you'll have to answer to my fists and my struggle bat!"

"Geez! Okay, okay I get it!" Blaze held up his hands in defeat.

Jenny giggled softly. "Well, she's not the struggle champion for nothing." Both she and Sonya joined Nero and Blaze on the edge of the clock tower as Nero handed them both their own ice cream bars.

"Well maybe this year I'll finally take that title." Nero said.

"That so?" Sonya asked, taking the ice cream from his hand. "I guess we'll see." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small, round yellow crystal and held it out to the sunset. A crystal from the struggle trophy she won the last summer.

One by one, Nero, Blaze and Jenny pulled out their own crystals from the same trophy. Nero held out a blue one, Blaze had red and Jenny had green.

The four of them had been friends forever. Nearly inseparable for as long as any of them could remember. And sitting atop the clock tower looking out at the sunset with these crystals and ice creams in hand it felt like their lives were perfect and nothing could separate them or break up their friendship.

~*KH*~

Land of Departure

At the Land of Departure's open grassy plaza two young warriors were training with their keyblades. The stars shone above them but they were entirely focused on their battle.

The one who clearly had the upper hand in this battle was a young man of about fifteen. He had long, unkept, spiked light blue hair that reached a little ways past his shoulders and matching blue eyes. He had a strong, muscular build and was dressed in a sleeveless, dark blue zip-up turtleneck shirt with yellow belts crossing his chest. He had long, light brown oriental pants with a white sash around his waist and a gold heart symbol on it and black arm bands completely covering his fore arms. His shoes were a simple dark blue. This was Daichi, son of Terra and Aqua.

The keyblade he was wielding was big, thick, bulky and coloured blue, yellow and gold with a keychain of the same gold heart symbol that was on the sash of his waist. It was known as Earthly Wave.

His opponent was a girl around fourteen. She had long blonde hair tied in half pigtails and bright blue eyes. She was wearing a familiar checkered wristband on one wrist, a white and purple tank top with a black hood. Crossing over her chest were two green straps with a silver heart symbol on her chest. White kapri leggings underneath green short shorts covered her legs while a black and white checkered belt rested on her hips and a black choker was around her neck. Her shoes were black and purple. This was Zephyr, daughter of Ventus and Xion.

The keyblade she was using was shorter and was mostly purple with a green wind-like ribbon flowing around the weapon. There was a silver star near the hilt and a green wing for the teeth and the keychain was a shooting star. It was known as Windwhirl Star.

Daichi was able to knock Zephyr off her feet in his last strike, causing her to drop Windwhirl Star.

"Giving up already? Come on, Zephyr I thought you were stronger than that!" Daichi laughed.

Zephyr shook her head and laughed. "Come on, I almost had you!"

"You did." Daichi acknowledged as he held his hand out to her. "You're getting better." Zephyr gladly took her childhood friend's hand as she was pulled back up to her feet.

The blonde looked up to the sky as she noticed a few shooting stars begin to fly by above them, one after the other.

"Daichi, look! A meteor shower!" Zephyr exclaimed excitedly as she pointed up at the sky.

"Really?! Wow! Look at that!" Daichi smiled as he watched the stars with her. Each glittering star passing over them, one by one each more beautiful and brighter than the last. The two friends watched the sky until the short, brief meteor shower passed.

Zephyr released a dreamy sigh as the meteor shower ended. "I love looking up at the stars. It's stil so hard to believe that each and every one of those stars is another world."

"No matter how many times our parents tell us that, it's still amazing." Daichi agreed. "One day we'll get out there."

"I can't wait for our first mission out there." Zephyr said. "Even though the heartless disappeared with Master Xehanort's defeat, I still want to do my part to protect all those worlds."

"You and me both." Agreed Daichi. "Oh! I almost forgot! Mom finally taught me how to make wayfinders!" He exclaimed as he reached into his pants pocket and pulled out two handmade wayfinders. One purple and the other yellow and dark blue. "Here this one's for you." He handed her the purple one.

"Daichi, thank you!" Zephyr exclaimed happily as she held the wayfinder close to her heart. "Now our friendship's unbreakable right?!"

"Right! Well, according my mom anyway." Daichi said. "Well, we've got time before dinner, want to go another round?"

"Yeah! I'll take you down for sure this time!" Zephyr exclaimed excitedly as she pocketed the wayfinder and summoned Windwhirl Star. The two of them quickly began their battle.

Watching from the balcony above were Zephyr's parents, Ventus and Xion. The two hadn't changed much in personality intwenty years. Xion's hair had grown slightly longer and Ven's spikes in his hair had increased. They were both dressed in long robes Ven black and white and Xion's black. The outfits they had on underneath were reminiscent of what they once wore twenty years ago. They themselves along with Terra had become true keyblade masters while Aqua was the head keyblade master.

"They're really getting stronger." Ven smiled as he watched Daichi and his daughter battle. "They may even be ready to take on the mark of mastery soon."

"I think so." Agreed Xion. "I miss that, being able to fight alongside your friends."

"You miss them don't you?" Ven asked as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Roxas, Lea and Naminé?"

"Of course, I miss all our friends." She sighed. "But I know that with the circumstances, Twilight Town and Destiny Islands next generation couldn't know about other worlds.

Ven pulled his wife into a tight embrace. "We'll see them again."

~*KH*~

Atop his trone, a dark smirk graced the dark prince's lips. He slowly rose from his throne and held out his hand, summoning a corridor of darkness before him.

"It's time to set the prophecy in motion. I'm coming for you now, daughter of Sora and Kairi, my princess. You will be mine and nothing will stand in my way. I will succeed where Xehanort amd Maleficent failed. The heartless and I will cover the worlds in darkness."

A dark, villainous chuckle emerged from his lips as he stepped into the corridor. A clear destination in mind; Destiny Islands.

Thanks so much for reading you guys! I hope you guys liked the new characters! Naomi's the only one I don't own; a brief cameo and mention from my good friend DarkMaiden95's OC grown up version. I've got a few drawings of them up on my DeviantArt page and I plan to have them all up and done at some point. Don't forget to leave a review!

(1): the name of their actual son in Final Fantasy X-2. Just a grown up version.