A/N: Well here it is! The first chapter! I really appreciate the feedback you guys gave me. Keep in mind that this fic isn't going to be OC-centric, I've plan to give the canon characters some major roles too. The only one who isn't going to be in this story is Sora, cause we gotta make Yume the main character right?

Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Destiny Awaits

Yume awoken by the seashore on the beach where she slept. She felt the sun beaming down her face, it was so hot. The young girl put her hand over her face to block the sun's rays. That place she was in, that voice calling her. Was it all a dream?

But it felt too real.

Yume used her strong arms to push herself out from the warm sand. In front of her was the blue ocean waving by her feet. It was calm and soothing. It made her feel relaxed after that traumatizing event. She let out a soft yawn before laying back on the sandy ground. To her surprise, a spiky haired boy appeared in her view out of nowhere.

"Woah!" Yume said as her body jolted back up from the shock.

She turned around, and sat on her knees to face her best friend Takeo.

He wore a light-green shirt with a dark-green star in the center. Over it was a brown colored vest, with pockets on both sides. He had brown knee-length pants with belt pockets, and red sneakers with black on the bottom. His hair was light brown and spiky while being swift aside.

Takeo laughed at his friend's reaction. Her face was priceless.

"Give me a break Takeo." Yume glared at her spiky haired friend.

Takeo put his hands on his pockets with a smirk still on his face.

"Yume you lazy bum," he teased. "I knew I'd found you slacking off."

"What?" the blond girl raised a brow. "No, this huge black thing swallowed me! I couldn't breath and-"

Yume was cut off as Takeo playfully chopped her on the head. As if he'd believe that crazy story. "Ow!" the blond girl moans in pain as she rubs her sore spot.

"Did you have another bad dream?" he asked as he bent over so they were face to face.

"It wasn't a dream!" Yume debated. "Was it? I don't know…"

It was hard to believe if it was real or not. But she was too tired to even think.

"What was that place?" she asked herself out loud. "So weird…"

"Sure whatever," Takeo scoffed as he walked to the seashore. "Try to lay off on the sea salt ice cream."

"Say Takeo," Yume asked. "You ever wonder what other worlds are like?"

That has been something he's had in mind for a while. Ever since they were little, they yearn to know what was outside their island. They'd known there were other worlds out there beside their's. But they've never had a chance to see for themselves.

"Well," Takeo spoke. "I've been thinking about it."

"Have you ever thought about checking it out?" the blond girl asked curious.

"To tell you the truth, I like it here." the boy responded while staring at the ocean waves.

"You sure?" Yume raised a brow.

"But you know what?" Takeo said in second thought. "I wouldn't mind seeing what's out there."

"Me too!" Yume agreed. "And all those other worlds! I wanna see them all!"

"Hey!" a voice yelled.

Yume and Takeo turn to the owner of the voice. It belonged to a boy their age with silver shoulder-length hair and teal eyes. He wore an orange short-sleeve shirt with a black collar, with a zipper on the center. There was a black 'X' symbol on his chest. He had a pair of dark blue pants with black spencers, and black sneakers. He was holding a huge log over his shoulder. He was stronger than he looked.

His name was Kasturo.

Next to him was a girl with long raven hair that went down her shoulders and had blue eyes. She wore a pretty hair clip with a blue flower hair clip on the left side of her bangs, a black choker on her neck, a shoulderless mid-sleeved baby blue shirt with frills on the cuffs, over it was a blue spaghetti strap top, and a navy blue skirt with a black belt that possess decorative stars and a zipper. She had on a pair of blue socks that went a bit over the knees and a pair of black slip ons. She wore a yellow bangle on her left wrist, and a pair of golden star earrings.

Her name was Nene.

There was another boy besides her. He had black spikey hair and brown eyes. He wore a pair of blue glasses, a maroon sleeveless shirt with navy blue outlines and a zipper, long black pants, and a pair of the blue sneakers. He had black wristbands on each of his wrists, and blue band on his right shoulder.

His name was Ray.

There was a little girl standing next to him. She appeared to be younger than the rest of the gang. She had silver short hair like Katsuro, but with feminime curls on the sides, unlike him she had purple eyes instead of teal. She wore an orange top with mid-sleeves similar to Nene's that had frills as well, it possesses a cross on the center on her torso, a flower pattern yellow skirt, and a pair brown sandal with mango decors on the strap. She had an orange headband on her head. And a red bangle on her right wrist.

She was Katsuro's little sister Aina.

"Well looks like you two love birds have been slacking off this whole time." Katsuro said in a teasing manner.

Yume and Takeo blushed at his comment.

"Hey!" Yume scold. "That's not true!"

"Yeah," Takeo agreed. "Yume's the one that dozed off in the middle of work." He pointed at the blond girl who narrowed her eyes at him. That was just like him making her the scapegoat.

"It's ok," Nene said in a sweet tone. "We still have a lot of things to do before the raft is ready."

"Yeah," Aina chirped. "Plus, we need to pack food and other essentials for our journey."

"She's right," Ray stepped in. "We can't go off without something to sustain us. It's gonna be a long trip."

"No need to worry," Nene held up her hand in a 'rest assured' position. "My mom made a pack of rice balls for us. They should last us at least a week."

"Good," Takeo nodded. "But we're gonna need more than that. Like Ray said, we'll be traveling for a while."

"That's not a problem," Yume chip in. "I can bring some of my mom's curry. She's gonna make some for dinner tomorrow."

"Mmmm," Nene said as she licked her lips. "You're mom makes the best curry in the whole island Yume!"

"So true," Aina agreed as she did the same.

"Food aside," Katsuro said as he threw the log towards Takeo who barely caught it. "We need to focus on the raft first. I already asked Hope and Noel to bring some more logs."

"And I got Vanielle to get rope to tie up the raft." Nene added.

"Katsuro and I will get a cloth for the sail," Aina pitched in.

"I'll gather some stones and put them in a bag," Ray said. "That way we can use it as an anchor to set sail."

"Well," Yume said as she put her hands behind her head. "I think we got everything settled!"

"Alright everyone," Takeo said as he held the log over his shoulder. "Let's get to work."

"I'll race ya," Nene said as she ran ahead of her friends who were off guard. "Last one in is a rotten egg!"

"Hey," Yume yelled at the raven haired girl. "No fair Nene! You got a head start!"

The six friends ran off together as they raced across the island, they all smiled and laughed along the way. They couldn't wait to travel to the outside worlds. Who knows what was out there for them.

The Land of Departure has been in good shape since it's return. Not only was it back to normal, it was better than its original form. The building was much larger and it had more rooms, at least four. The fourth one was a guest room.

Aside from that, nothing has changed. Everything else was still the same, the sky was still site full as it was filled with numerous stars. The earth surrounded the land, along with the training ground near the entrance. The castle was still floating like always.

Sleeping on the training ground was a young boy who appeared to be a preteen, twelve to be exact. He had spiky blond hair and blue eyes. He wore a short sleeved black and white jacket over a black collared vest, a piece of platinum armor on his left shoulder, a pair of gray jumpers, a gray wristband on his left wrist, and a pair of gray shoes with silver armor.

He was snoozing under the stars, where it was peaceful and quiet. Before he came here, he was in his room playing his action figures when he noticed a shooting star from the night sky. It gave him the impression that it was a meteor shower, so he stormed off from his room and quietly went outside without waking his family.

He knew that if his mother found out that he was out past his bedtime, he'd be in major trouble. She was a kind woman, but she can be firm when angry.

His eyes fluttered as his vision cleared up, all he could see was the midnight blue sky above him. It was good the lights were on, otherwise it would've been really dark. And that would've been scary.

But at least the stars were pretty to look at, they were the lights that lit up the night sky. He couldn't stop looking at them.

There's been this question he had in his mind for a while.

He wondered what stars were like.

The young tween let out a yawn before laying back on the ground, only to be given an unexpected view of a girl's face.

"Woah!" he sprung up the minute he saw her.

His reaction made the girl giggled. Of course it was none other than his older sister. She appeared to be at least fifth-teen due to her nice curved figure, and developed breasts.

"Give me a break Marina," he said with a pout.

His sister was as beautiful as his mother. She had her blue wavy hair that was long as it went down her shoulders. She had spiky swift bangs she got from their dad, her eyes were blue of course, and her skin tone was similar to their mother.

She wore a sleeveless navy blue dress that went down to below her hips and had a silver cross on the chest, and a navy blue shawl that went around her neck, and two cropped sleeves that up to her upper arms. There was a piece of sapphire armor on her left shoulder, and a pair of long dark blue boots with silver armor on the shoes.

"Viento," she said. "You hopeless sleepy head. What would mom and dad say if they saw you out here this late?"

"You're not gonna tell them are you?" the young said in fear.

Instead of being mad at her brother, Marina just gave him a pat on the head. "Of course not," she said. "But next time at least bring a blanket."

Viento signed in relief. His sister wasn't the type of person that would snitch, but he still couldn't help but feel paranoid of her. She can be just as strict as their mother when you get on her bad side. Who knows what she would do.

Viento got up to the ledge of the training ground to get a better glimpse of the shining stars. Marina did the same as she sat right next to him.

"Say Marina," Viento began.

"Hmmm," Marina turned to her brother.

"You ever wonder what stars are like?" the young boy asked.

"Well," Marina looked to the night sky. "They say that-"

"That each star out there is another world," a voice said from behind.

The two siblings turn to see who was behind them.

It was a guy who appeared to be older than even Marina, at least sixteen.

He had short brown hair that went down to his shoulders, a pair of orange eyes. He wore a short sleeved black shirt with a yellow cross on his chest, a pair of maroon red sirwal trousers, a piece of golden armor on his left shoulder, black wristbands on both wrist, and a pair of silver armored back shoes.

"Madera!" Marina said.

"Yep," Madera nodded. "It's hard to believe there so many worlds out there besides our own."

"How many do you think they are?" Viento asked curious.

"Millions," Madera replied as he walked up to them. "Billions to be precise."

"Wow!" the young boy said astonish.

"Each one of them is up there," Madera stated as he sat next to Viento. "And they're shining down on us like a billion lanterns."

"Huh," Viento raised a brow. "I don't get it."

"In other words they're just like you Viento," the young man said to the blond.

"What do you mean?"

"You'll understand someday when you're older,"

"I wanna know now,"

"You're too young to know now,"

"I'm not as young as I look!"

Marina tried to fight the urge to laugh but it was no use. These two were just too hilarious.

"What's so funny?" Madera asked.

"The way you guys babble," Marina replied with a giggle. "You two would make the weirdest brothers."

The boys were dumbfounded by the blue-haired girl's comment, but laughed along anyway.

The three friends continued to watch the stars together, wondering what was up there. They grew curious as to what kind of worlds lay out for them. It was a big mystery for them. They hope that soon they'll have the opportunity to see for themselves.

Marina's head jolted up as an important memory popped in her mind.

"Oh," she said as she got up. "Madera, you and I have our mark of mastery exam tomorrow!"

"Oh yeah," Madera remembered. "Your mother is gonna test us to see if we're master material."

Viento was so psyched to see his sister and his best friend take the mark of mastery exam. It was gonna be the day they become masters. He has been watching them train real hard these past few weeks, he could tell they were very determined to become true masters.

"I can't wait," the young boy said excitedly. "I just know you guys are gonna ace this exam with no sweat!"

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Marina pulled out three stars-shaped charms from her dress pocket. One was orange, one was green, and one was blue. "I made us good luck charms!"

She passed the orange one to Madera and the green one to Viento.

"Cool," Viento said in awe. "I get one too?"

"Of course," Marina showed off her blue charm. "One for each of us."

"Looks nice," Madera praised.

"They say there's this star shaped fruit," Marina explained. "And it binds a strong connection between two or more people."

Viento looked at his lucky charm in disappointment.

"You mean this isn't a real charm?" he asked disheartened.

"Well not entirely," the blue haired teen placed a hand on her brother's shoulder. "But I did implement a little magic on them."

Madera let out a slight chuckle at the girl.

"Sometimes you can be such a girl,"

Marina raised a brow as she put her hands on her hips.

"What's that supposed to mean?" she asked displeased.

"They're very pretty sis," Viento complimented as he didn't want his sister to feel offended.

"Thanks," Marina said with appreciation.

The trio held each of their charms out in a circle.

"As long as we have our charms, we'll be together no matter what." the blue haired girl stated.

"Of course," Madera nodded. "We'll always be together regardless."

"Yeah," Viento agreed. "Always!"

The three friends decided to call it a night and went back inside the castle.

"Together. Always." Marina said as she took a final glimpse at the night sky before catching up to the boys.

It wasn't easy being the ruler of Disney Castle, but for King Mickey he wouldn't have it any other way. Ever since he returned home to his beloved Queen Minnie, things have been peaceful thus far. Donald and Daisy were finally married, Goofy and Clarabelle have been recently dating, and his son Max has been training hard on his knighthood, hoping that one day he too can help out the citizens of other worlds like his dad.

The mouse king was occupied with a bunch of paperwork that needed to be done in the library. He scribbled through every inch of paper with his feather inked pen, it was a lot of work and he wasn't even close to finishing. He wiped the sweat that was tickling down his forehead with the back of his white glove. Things can't get any harder than it already was.

A crack started to form from the door as it was slightly opening.

"Who is it?" the King asked.

The mysterious figure turned out to be his dog Pluto who appeared to have a letter in his mouth.

"Oh, heya Pluto," Mickey greeted. "Whatcha got there?"

He took the letter from his pet's mouth and noticed a blue seal on it.

"It's from Master Yen Sid?"

The King opened the letter and began to read it from top to bottom. He gasped as he placed his hand on his mouth.

"Oh dear!" he muttered.

A/N: Believe it or not I'm one of the few that ships Ven and Aqua. I know some of you may be thinking that Aqua is too old to date Ven, but personally I don't think so. I always believed that Aqua was a young woman in her late teens, at least 18. I'm not too found of the TerraxAqua ship because people only ship them due to the age gap and that's it. But in canon there's never been any hints that they like each other, and because of that I've never understood the point of the ship when they have no chemistry at all! Besides age is just a number!

See ya later!