Hey everyone,

Well, Roxas being a Faea seems to be winning out. Right now, at the moment of me writing this, the score is in favour of one of our favorite blondes being a Faea. I am very glad that you lot all agree with me as letting Roxas being a Faea further proves that he and Sora really were two different people and that they both deserved their own lives.

Let's do this,

Venquine1990

Chapter 60

Roxas And Sora

1st of February 1996

Destiny's Haven

Roxas' POV

Late last night an ethereal voice told Xion, Isa, Axel and myself that, bar Isa, we'd get to meet Sora's parents today. It shocked me enough I almost fell off the Clocktower for the second time in my young life. Though this time it was Axel that saved me instead of the whole event taking place in a virtual world where another controlled what happened to me.

I know that Ansem the Wise, the man once known as DiZ when I was first born, is back to leading the people of Radiant Garden and every time I travel to said world to visit Lea, I make sure to avoid the man. On one hand I know he suffered in the Realm of Darkness for his crimes and that he feels regret, on the other I need more time to truly accept this.

Still, the idea that I might meet the people who have claimed me as their son was terrifying enough that I almost wished I was still the heartless Nobody that Xemnas found in Twilight Town so long ago. The whole night I wondered and pondered over what it would be like to meet said people.

Then dawn had come and I had been a bit of a nervous mess. Thankfully Axel and Isa calmed me down just before the bright light of Lady Destiny brought us to her realm. And just like when we had been told, Isa hadn't shown any sign of envy or annoyance that he was excluded. He had kissed us both goodbye.

And when we arrived, I discovered that we weren't alone. Terra, Aqua and Ventus had been with us as well as two other groups of people I didn't know. But still something drew me to the man who had messy black hair, glasses in front of his hazel brown eyes and a bit of a lanky frame.

Axel had explained most of the situation to Terra, Aqua and Ven and I wondered what Lady Destiny had told them the other night. The young girl, who I guess is Jessica, explained the rest of the situation. She explained a bit more about magical beings and about what she and her family had been doing these past few days.

After this she had introduced the two groups of people to us. It had amused Ven, Axel and me when the girl had suggested that we'd call her friend Jordan, because his name and Lea's are just too similar. Her friend had easily accepted this.

Then I had taken my chance to voice the concerns and fears that had been building within me ever since the other night. I had approached the family and asked the messy-haired man named James if he really meant what he had Lea tell me.

The man had grinned at me in a way I have never seen someone smile at me. It was full of love, but the love seemed different from how Axel or Isa would smile lovingly at me. "I did. You're Sora's Nobody, which basically makes you his brother. You're as much my son as he is, Roxas. And the same counts for you, Axel, thanks to Lea's bond with my little girl, Jess."

And while I had already expected it from Sora, I had been really touched and relieved when I saw Jessica nod in agreement. James had silently invited me to hug him and I had reacted upon instincts I didn't even know I had until that very moment.

A few moments later I learned about one of the downsides of being a magical being as Jessica growing her first tail had apparently hurt something horrible. And while I am used to a lot of different kinds of battle damage and injuries, the idea of my hipbone breaking and then regrowing itself still has me wince something horrible.

I had been deeply amazed and impressed with how Jessica worked together with her friends as they performed some kind of song. The fact that the girls were constantly moved from one spot to another in less than a second had shocked me, but my new father explained it to me. "This is a special room that accommodates to whatever the residents might need."

The song had ended and instantly Lea had reacted. Yet his sign of affection had been interrupted by another tail growing from Jessica's backside. It had looked as horribly painful as the girl described the last one to feel and Lea had cast the Curaga spell as soon as the tail appeared.

When Jordan had asked my parents if there wasn't anything we could do, it was obvious that it broke my mother to tell him that there really was nothing as, apparently, even their strongest sleeping potion only postponed the painful sensation.

I had felt a whole new form of horrified when Jessica explained the sensation of this tail growing out and had agreed wholeheartedly with her and the others when she expressed her relief that her other tails wouldn't hurt as badly. I don't even care how she might know, I'm just glad.

After a few minutes of tentative silence Axel shows off his usual startling brilliance as he asked about what my relation to the Potters might mean for my chances to be a Magical being. My mother hadn't been entirely sure, because of my origins and how little he knew about me. Yet he had still voiced two options that he believed to be most viable to be possible.

Instantly my worries and fears had come back full force and I had asked about my bond with Axel and Isa. But mum had reassured me. "A Potter always knows who their heart belongs to. I might have had a crush on your aunt Lily, but my feelings for your dad were already there, even before he told me about his own heritage."

And Xion had alleviated the last of my worries. She had hugged Axel and me both close and reminded us that, regardless of anything and everything, we're always best friends. And I had happily hugged her in return and agreement.

After this we had watched a portion of the finale of the movie and I had actually been somewhat awed and amazed. Sure, while I stayed in the Digital Twilight Town I experienced most of Sora's memories through dreams, but I never really got a chance to analyse or study them. So regardless of this, I never really knew about most of what I saw.

And what I saw reminded me of the break between Axel and me just before I got caught by Riku and DiZ, but it also reminded me of the fight I had with Axel in the Digital version of the Old Mansion and even my many fights with Xion before she reunited with Sora.

Then, when Riku finishes his meeting with someone who eerily reminds me of Xemnas, the movie halts and we decide on a break. I can tell that both Sora and Jessica need one, but at the same time I am also very much looking forward to this break.

"Okay, I say we check to see if the Special Room can divide itself in two. Then Sora, Riku and I can use one half for their challenge and you and Roxas can use the other half for your studying." Dad suggests and we all nod.

Xion wonders: "The doors are double doors, right? So if Mr. Potter opens one and Mr. Black the other, you should be able to get this done, right?" My parents nod in agreement, though mum also tells her and the others that friends of his kids can call him and dad by their given names.

Mum and dad share a look, both before they grab hold of one of the handles each and after. Many emotions are shared in those two gazes, such as love, determination and a strong sense of gleeful satisfaction. As if just being near the other gives each of them a sense of delight, peace and joy.

For a second I wonder if I will experience the same once my own nature comes out. But then I realize it. I already share these experiences with Isa and Axel every time we're together. I smile at one of my two boyfriends, who smiles back at me.

The doors open.

Instantly I can see that Xion's idea worked. The doors had been double doors at first, but now there is a small frame between the two and a wall that extends from it, splitting the room behind it in half. And both rooms are also very, very different.

My mum is standing in front of a room that looks somewhat similar to the warm red and brown room we arrived in, with a couple of comfortable looking chairs and beanbags, side tables and bookcases that I'm sure are full of books about my potential species.

Yet dad is standing in front of a room that can't even be called a room. Instead it looks just like Destiny's Island, the beach where we celebrated the defeat of Master Xehanort and where we all got together while Sora was looking for Kairi. Though at the same time there are lots and lots of flowers set on the platforms behind the beach.

Dad takes Sora and Riku with him and I follow mum along with Axel. And as we leave, I also notice that Lea walks into the room on the other side of the Video Room with Jessica and Lily.

The door closes behind us and the three of us head for the closest bookcase.

Out of anxious anticipation I speed up my step a little, passing by mum without realizing it, and I reach the bookcase before him. And thankfully there are titles written on the side cover of the books and most of them all have one word somewhere in their title.

Faea.

I feel deeply relieved and elated at knowing that I, just like Jessica and Sora, have a Magical inheritance of my own. Yet then mum confuses me as he says that, while the titles solve one problem, we have a harder one to solve next.

I turn to him and he explains: "You were born as Sora's Nobody. But we don't know your actual birthday, how old you were when you came to be, anything. So even if we read these books, we won't learn much more about you and your kind. We'd still be left guessing on when any of these symptoms would start showing themselves."

The man finishes with the soft whisper: "And then I'm not even talking about the fact that, as much as I already recognize you as my boy within my heart, I really don't want to know what happened to my eldest for you to be born." Both of us wince and Axel gently tells him that he'll find out soon enough, that it happened inside the castle.

Mum grimaces.

He sighs and I ask him if he knows of anything we might be able to do next? The man nods, yet he says: "I do, but we need Lily for that. The right Potion can determine everything. Your age, your parentage, how strong your magical core might be, what kind of Faea you will become as there are many different kinds of Faea, the works.

But the potion is incredibly complicated and takes almost two months to brew. Plus, it will require a bit of your hair and blood at various stages. Meaning that, if you want your aunt to make this potion, you'll have to come to Hogwarts with us."

Instantly I ask: "But what about Axel? Isa? Xion?" Mum smiles and shrugs as he says: "If they want, they can come along, of course. And besides, I think it will be good for you, a chance to see the world where you could have been born in if Sora hadn't been taken at birth."

This really intrigues and awes me and Axel crosses as he comments Now there's an idea. I turn to him and he grins. Instantly I realize what's going on. Axel's already been to the other world, the one that would have been my home world if things had been different.

Yet because Isa's not here with us to decide, I mutter: "Lady Destiny, would it be possible for us to travel between Twilight Town and the world of my family's birth?" My face splits into a grin at the end and the grin expands when I feel Lady Destiny send me a strong, warm sensation, which tells me without words that she approves.

I grin at one of my two boyfriends, who grins back at me. I turn to my mum and explain: "I won't make one decision that can influence my future long-term without my two boyfriends. But Isa wasn't allowed to come with us and I don't want to exclude him from this as well.

Once we've had our discussion, Lady Destiny will help me get to your world, just like she did Lea and Axel when they travelled between worlds."

Mum grins at me in pride and asks me if we should ask Aunt Lily to start on the potion. I nod as I know that, if nothing else, I can travel between worlds whenever my aunt needs something from me. Axel offers to go get her and suggests that I should start my self-education.

I agree with this and mum picks out a few books from the shelf in front of us. "Here, Roxas, this book should help you determine what kind of Faea you'll be. It might also help us make an educated guess on your actual age as some signs show themselves somewhere between a Faea's 13th and 15th birthday."

I gratefully take the book, even as I wonder: "Could the day that Sora sacrificed himself and created me be considered my birthday? And what even is a birthday? Is it like the parties that we've been having for Sora, Kairi and Lea these past few months or something?"

Then suddenly I notice that another book has taken the spot of the book that mum gave me. I pluck it from the shelf and my eyes widen when I read the title. Differences and Similarities. What makes a Nobody still a human by Vexen.

"Why didn't Xemnas let me read this? Why didn't Axel tell me about this? Did he not know that Xemnas hadn't given me this? Or should Vexen have given me this and did Xemnas forbid him? Or did Vexen just forget because he was too busy with the Replica research? I should at least ask Axel about this book."

I put the book down on a side table next to a comfortable beanbag and drop down into the beanbag myself. I cuddle into the fabric until I've created a bit of a comfortable crevice for myself and open the book on Faea instead.

A few minutes later Axel and Aunt Lily come in and Aunt Lily tells me that she will need to take a small bit of blood as that, along with water, is the base of the required potion. I ask her how much she needs and she holds up a small vial as he says:

"I just need to make a small incision in your wrist and then fill this vial, that's all." I give her an easy nod and two minutes later the vial is full and mum has healed my wrist with a simple spell.

I feel deeply intrigued to see their kind of magic and then dad asks:

"Lady Destiny, is it perhaps possible to take Ron's old working station with us from last time he came here?" Strangely enough a simple suitcase appears beside him. Yet this is enough for the man, who smiles and thanks the deity.

Then Axel notices the other book and instantly his eyes widen. But this is short-lived and he asks: "Old Superior never provided you with that text, huh?" I shake my head and ask him if he had been given the book. He nods to confirm this and yet again I wonder if this really was Xemnas' work or if Vexen had simply forgotten.

I make a silent promise to myself to ask Even after I've had my discussion with Isa. And while I feel quite sure that Isa will be happy to come along as the man always deeply enjoys it when we include him in something, I return to my own text.

At the same time

Sora's POV

It felt pretty great to watch dad and Jess see where Riku, Kairi and I lived the last few days, but being in a perfect simulation is even better. As soon as I saw what dad had asked the room to become, I had pulled off my shoes.

And stepping on the sandy beach felt just like it did only a few days ago. Though at the same time I suddenly felt shocked to realize that Riku, dad, Jess and I have only been here for less than a week. "It feels like so much longer, like so much more time has passed." I think to myself.

Riku, who has a bit of a confused grin on his face, asks why the room changed to represent the Islands and dad answers: "Two reasons. One, I wanted to really experience where you boys grew up for myself. And two, this whole thing that needs to happen isn't going to be easy, so I figured a relaxing environment was in order."

Riku and I grin at each other over his first reason, yet his second wipes the grins off our faces. We nod in understanding and I ask dad if he has any ideas on how we can do this.

Dad grimaces and says: "Like I said, the best way for you proceed onto the next phase of your bond is through Veela Allure. This is definitely not going to be easy, but I do think it's better than the alternative. And the alternative is that we wait for something similar to what Jess is currently experiencing to happen. And trust me, son, with Veela, that works very differently."

Already Riku and I share a grimace before Riku asks how we're supposed to do this. Dad sighs and says: "First, it's going to be a battle of wills. Sora will unleash his Allure and you need to fight it. Not in such a way that you can resist it or that it turns you into a mumbling, fumbling fool like it does others who are affected.

But rather in such a way that you make it your own." Instantly Riku and I are grinning at each other. Dad's worried look temporarily vanishes at this and I happily reassure him that Riku is brilliant at doing things like that. Riku nods and says that, over the past few years, that is exactly what he's been doing when it comes to the Darkness.

Dad is obviously very relieved about this, yet his relief is short-lived and so is his grin. "Okay, that's good. However, the next point is vital. Riku, once you have control of the Allure that Sora is going to release, you need to work on sending the Allure back to him.

What happens next, I really don't know. Sora's not the first Veela to have a Dominant mate who isn't a Magical Creature or Being himself. It's happened quite often and there's always been a 50/50% chance of things happening.

In half of the cases the Veela Sub in question simply accepts this, lets the Allure surround them and submits to it, and thus to their mate. However, in the other half, the Veela tries to resist. And the reason I can't be sure which is going to happen is because, once Sora gets affected by the Allure, it will be his sub-conscious that will decide.

And that, Sora, is vital. You cannot consciously try to influence your subconscious reaction. Trust me, you don't want to know what you'll do if you try and I don't want to see you hurt yourself like that." Riku shakes his head to prove that he agrees with this.

I take a deep breath as the whole thing sounds quite harrowing. Yet at the same time I feel a strong sense of excitement at the idea that this will bring Riku and me even closer together. "Our hearts have already been connected for years, long before Ansem tried to break us apart. Now we'll be even closer together." These thoughts increase my excitement.

"Alright Sora, do you remember what it felt like to let your Allure out?" I grimace at this as I definitely remember the sensation and what I saw it do to Riku, how it – as dad said – turned him into a mushy mess.

I push these thoughts to the side and just focus on the sensation once again. I feel the power of the Veela within me react, feel it flow through me and feel as if something seeps from my skin and through my cloths. For a moment, I can even smell the scent of my own Allure myself.

A soft scent of coconut, chocolate and peaches.

I don't fully focus on this as part of my attention is on Riku, who had gone to stand opposite me with a few feet between us.

Yet nothing seems to happen.

"Sora, you need to release control of where your Allure goes. You're not letting it permit the whole room. It needs to reach Riku and affect him, but you're subconsciously trying to keep it away from him. Let this happen, son." Dad explains and encourages me.

I wince as I hadn't realized I was doing this. Riku smiles at me and gently tells me It's okay. I can do this. And because I know that he's right, I smile at him. And as I smile, I feel it. A light strain in my form relaxes and evaporates.

A few seconds later the crystal in Riku's eyes turns back to that same soft grey as the last time and the same goofy smile shows on his face. For a moment I feel the desire to pull back as I don't want to see Riku like this.

Riku opens his mouth, as if he wants to spout some goofy nonsense, but then he grunts instead and closes his eyes. He presses his fist against his heart and starts to breath in and out very slowly. And upon his third breath, I notice it.

A shift in how the scent that emits from my skin flows around the room.

I notice dad looking from Riku to me. The man had an impressed look on his face when looking at my mate, yet now he looks at me with a look of encouragement. And because I can now sense my control over the Allure, I let it go a little more and also draw a bit more from deep within me.

The fruity and sweet scent flows through my nostrils again as the strength of the Allure is increased. Yet while the goofy grin shortly returns on Riku's face, he keeps himself focused on his breathing. And with each intake of breath of his I can sense that shift take place.

The grin on my face grows as, the more that I let my Allure out, the more Riku seems to absorb it into his own heart or something.

And after another few minutes I sense it again. Another shift in the air. This time I can both sense it and smell it. A scent of palm tree leaves, sea-water and mint. The scent seems far away, yet I can still smell it as it tries to mix with my own scent.

For a moment I feel like just letting the scent take dominance in the room. But then, even before I realize it, my own Scent pours out of me even more. My eyes widen and I wonder what might happen. Then I hear it.

"Alpha wrong. Not Submissive. Dominant." I truly didn't expect these words to come from a voice deep within me, or what happens next. "We've always been rivals, haven't we? You've always pushed me, as I've always pushed you."

The words don't seem to emanate from my memory or my mind, but my heart. And the same voice as before speaks again, as if replying to the words. "Challenge. Bond formed. Now submit. No more fighting. No more running. Mate with us. Mate for life. We must protect. We must return mate's devotion."

And it's these words that convince me. I feel even more of my Allure come out, feel my inner Veela croon and craw and call out in glee. For a moment I even feel as if an image of the form I took when I battled Riku covers me, as if the Veela within me and I are truly one.

One mind,

One heart,

One soul,

One being.

I look up as I can feel Riku's scent fighting my own, the mint clashing with the peaches, the coconut with the palm tree leaf smell and the chocolate with the sea-water. Riku looks confused and concerned and so I convey my desires and believes in my gaze.

Silently I tell him: "It's okay, Riku. This is how we were meant to be. You've protected me over and over. Now let me reward that devotion. Let me take care of you. You don't have to be afraid of anything ever again. Not anymore. You are my Road To Dawn – but let my heart be your home."

Riku's eyes widen as he might just be able to hear the thoughts I try to convey through my scent, my Allure and my gaze.

I see his tense form relaxing, I see him breathing in and I feel him retracting his scent back within him. At the same time I feel my own scent take dominance within the room, the two scents mixing even as his minty scent recedes.

Gently, ever so gently, I let my Allure and scent flow towards him and this time a different grin grows on his face. Not a goofy one, but one of grateful, loving acceptance. And I grin back at him as I guide my Allure to envelop him.

"Well, I certainly didn't see that coming. I – I didn't even know that was possible." Dad mutters after a few minutes. And the sound of his voice reminds me that we weren't alone, that it wasn't just Riku and me in this room, on this fake version of the Play Island.

I turn to him and say: "The Veela within did accept Riku winning that first fight as that proved how much he wanted to be with me, how far he was willing to go to be a part of my life. But we were wrong about his role in my life. He's not the Dominant in this relationship, I am."

Dad looks startled at this and Riku smiles as he says: "And after everything we've been through, that certainly makes sense. I've fought and battled and struggled long enough. Now, I can finally be where I belong. I can finally go home."

And while he's taller than me, I happily, protectively wrap my arms around his form. "Ours. Ours at last. Mate is ours at last." The Veela within me croons in gleeful excitement.

And I agree wholeheartedly.

Okay, that happened,

To be honest, I felt the need to put a bit of a twist on the whole SoRiku pairing in this one. In all stories where I pair Sora and Riku, I constantly make Riku the Dominant one, but Sora has always been the more versatile and even slightly more powerful one. So, like Scififan33 pointed out to me, this just makes a little more sense.

Though quick warning: I might fall back on the Sub-Sora behaviour in later chapters. It won't happen intentionally, but if you spot it, please let me know.

I have to admit, this new paragraph style is kind of growing on me. Not enough that I am going to edit all of my stories to be this way, but it still is. Though it's still a nightmare to edit in Doc Manager. Heh, I'm okay with that.

Okay, see yah,

Venquine1990