Disclaimer: I own Nothing!
Also, a few words before you begin reading, yes, I skipped over the grand battle in kh 3. But this is not without reason. I simply did not know how to change it. I was suggested to add the Knights of the Round Table or other heroic spirits, but I have no luck coming up with how to add them into the battle without straight up making the battle end within a few seconds due to how strong a group of 14 or 15 heroic spirits could be. Instead, opting for a time skip was my best course of action. I will give an over view of what happened in the short two year time skip in the fanfic then I will get to the actual story line. This is by no means supposed to just be a fluffy fanfic, I will add battles, I will add flare, but there will be more relationship building moments, have to build characters up more somehow. One last thing, I will not rush Mordred and Ventus' relationship, they are fast friends but they deserve to slowly get closer. I hope you all Enjoy!
Prologue: The Time Which Passed
We begin our story in the land of departure, watching as a young man packed up his room. This young man's name is Ventus, he is a newly ordained Keyblade Master, having passed his mark of mastery exam two weeks earlier.
Ventus is one of the youngest keyblade masters, being only 18 years old, but he earned this after all he had been through, and after all his work to become stronger and more responsible.
But, what happened during the two quick, and hard working years that lead to this moment. Two years ago was the second keyblade war, which was a battle against thirteen seekers of darkness lead by Xehanort, and the Guardians of Light.
It was a hard fought battle, but that is not what needs to be reviewed. After the battle ended the Guardians of light spent a day of fun and relaxation, a day of respect for those who passed, and a day to catch up, being reunited with his friend Chirithy.
Ventus, as much as he enjoyed spending time without training, he had a single thought in his mind.
"Vanitas could be out there somewhere, I have to get stronger. I am unsure of how Mordred would react, if she even remembers me." Thought the blonde keyblade wielder as he sat in his room.
He wanted so much to reunite with the Knights of the Round table, but he had a more urgent matter to attend to. His friend, Sora, had disappeared at the end of the keyblade war, and everyone was wishing to find him.
First off, he needed to train more. Following Master Yen Sid's teachings as well as more teaching from Riku, Sora's best friend, he learned more spells, got stronger, faster, and built up more endurance.
He pushed himself past his limits as quickly as it could, his wing blade ability evolving to where he can summon more of them and then again he gained new abilities.
These abilities were learned by Sora and Riku when they took their own Mark of Mastery Exam. It took weeks to master them, needless to say, it was much easier to control what Riku called "Flow Motion" but Ven felt that just controlling it wasn't enough.
And what was more surprising was how he could change his keyblades into different forms other than his glider. He kept four keyblades in his arsenal, Wayward Wind, Lost Memory, Ultima Weapon, and Rebellious Knight.
Wayward wind could change into a long bow which shot beams of light.
Lost memory could turn into a dual bladed scythe which was more like a pendulum blade.
Ultima weapon, his being different than Sora's, could turn into a light cannon, but a much less chaotic looking one.
And Rebellious Knight, being Ventus' closest connection to Mordred, turned into a regular broad sword which sent bursts of energy out of itself while also being able to split into two matching blades.
After he was able to master the keyblade transformations was when he was sent with Terra and Aqua on their journey to search for Sora, the guardians of light were split into groups of three to search for their missing friend. The whole quest took a month and a half to complete, in the end it was Riku and Kairi who found him and brought him back.
But during Ven, Terra, and Aqua's Journey in the realm of darkness, the trio became much stronger. They held fast against the darkness, and wouldn't let it corrupt them again.
For most of the two years, more training was Ven's routine, but he spent time with each of the Gaurdians of light, strengthening their bonds as well. He even ended up joining a Sewing Circle with the three good fairies because he ended up enjoying making dresses thanks to that occurrence in Cinderella's old home.
He visited old worlds aside from Camelot, which he couldn't find anymore for some reason.
The day in which he finally was able to take his Mark of Mastery Exam he was tasked with a journey into dreams like Riku and Sora, this journey through still sleeping worlds is what allowed Ven to learn of the tragedy of Camelot.
He saw the nightmare in which the people of Camelot were trapped, a battle between Mordred and the King. He managed to fix the world, and in the process, he brought a relief to the Knights of the Round Table.
They would no longer have to go through that nightmare which was something they saw almost every time the fell asleep in the throne of heroes.
To be honest, Ventus had not known of the throne of heroes just yet, but it was only a matter of time as today he had to visit Yen Sid to be Assigned the world he'd be guarding.
Before he could go, he had to get changed into his new clothes and armor, he also had to have Aqua help him with his hair, which he purposefully let grow out.
He changed into a mostly white, and grey, outfit which consisted of a pair of grey hakama pants like what terra wore, but instead of staying open it flowed inwards to wrap around his shin, which was thanks to a pair of armored boots which replaced his regular armored shoes.
To pay homage to his friend, Mordred, he added a half-skirt which was grey with a white trim on one side, then a white with grey trim on the other.
He wore a sleeveless black muscle shirt with white arm covers that started under his shoulders like Mordred's, which in all honesty he didn't see those, he just thought of adding them randomly so he wouldn't have to deal with feeling cold armor on his arms.
He kept his white and black checkered wrist band which had a white trim on, but he added a matching one to his other wrist as they went over the arm covers, which also had a pair of fingerless gloves like Terra's one hand.
On the black muscle shirt was a red and blue set of decorative markings, reminiscent of the markings on both Mordred and Arturia's armors.
As for his armor, well he did keep the greenish brass color. On both of this arms were the gauntlets, similar in design to Terra's of course it went from his shoulders down to his hands, instead of a black circle which would be pressed to release the full armor was now a white circle.
He heard of how the X-sigil was how certain Keyblade Wielders could be tracked so in lieu of having the gauntlets connected to him with the black x binding, he asked for the gauntlets to be strapped to him just by the arms, which actually worked very well.
His chest was kept unarmored, the half skirt was covered in armor however, he looked more like a samurai if anything, but his full armor was more Knight based.
After he got dressed he had Aqua help him with his hair, sitting down on the floor while she sat on his old bed. She brushed his hair back, making small braids on the sides of his hair she pulled the rest aside from his bangs into a wild ponytail, another reference to Ven's lost friend.
However, he couldn't comb his bangs like Mordred's but he combed it in a way to suit himself.
"You know, it's really surprising." Aqua said, sighing as she was finishing up with Ventus' hair.
"How so?" Ventus asked as he chuckled.
"You've gotten really strong these past two years, me and Terra say that a lot, but we mean it. You've been through a lot, maybe even more than we believe, but you can smile so happily." The blue haired Keyblade Master said to her friend and little brother figure.
"I.. I've had dealt with the pain, I remember everything.. my past... it isn't happy, I'm not ready to even tell you all about where I come from. I know you've said I spent my entire life here, but we all know that's not true." Ventus replied.
"But, despite my past, I'm no longer lonely. I have all of you and I am happy because of that." He added, smiling softly as he stood up, Aqua standing up after him.
"You've grown, you've grown way to quickly Ven. But, I'm glad You, Terra, and I have had this time." Aqua said as she hugged him, still surprised he grew to be almost as tall as Terra.
"You need to stop being a tree!" She added with a joking tone as she playfully punched his arm.
"Tell that to Terra, he needs to stop being a mountain." Ventus joked back as they walked off, Ven carrying his belongings in an enchanted bag.
"Is that how you want to leave? Insulting me for fun?" Asked Terra, as he chuckled while walking over.
"No, but I will say this, get your ass in gear and propose to her already. That ring you had me help you choose out shouldn't go to waste." The blonde keyblade master said as he teased Terra, Knowing his plans to propose to Aqua.
The blue haired woman blushed deeply at the thought of Terra proposing, she didn't even know Ven helped Terra pick out a ring.
"H-Hey!" Terra exclaimed as he blushed like a madman. "Don't ruin the surprise!" He added.
"Too late!" Ventus said as he opened a gate to the Mysterious tower and he put his full armor on, running through it before the two could react, picking up Chirithy who shrunk himself with magic.
Chapter 1: The New Dawn Peaks over the Horizon;
Ventus made it to the Mysterious Tower, ready to meet with Yen Sid and Mickey on his assigned world's coordinates. As he walked into the office of the Wizard and Keyblade master, he was surprised to see that Mickey was helping the three good fairies pack up another magic bag.
"Ah, Ven! You're here earlier than expected!" King Mickey said as he greeted the blonde keyblade master.
"Well, I can't be late if I want to prove responsibility, now can I?" Ventus said with a chuckle, giving the child sized mouse king a hug.
"Ventus dear, you will remember to keep your promise, will you? Our sewing circle would be incomplete." Asked Merryweather
"Please do, it is not often you find a male who finds it fun to sew." Flora said, Fauna Agreeing.
"Fairies, please, he is not here for the sewing circle, and you know that Knitting is also enjoyable." Yen Sid Scolded the fairies lightly, also bringing up his enjoyment of Knitting.
"Don't worry, Just because I'm a Keyblade Master doesn't mean I'll skip on our Sewing Circle. Or that Knitting lesson you wanted to give me." The blonde keyblade master said with a sigh, looking at both the fairies and the old wizard.
"Thank you Ventus, now, back to the real reason you are here, during your own dive into the realm of dreams, gaining the power of waking as a precaution, you also reawakened more worlds that were sleeping. One of these worlds being Camelot." Yen Sid began, hoping to get the point across early.
"So, I am assuming that you wish for me to become Camelot's personal Keyblade Master?" The blonde keyblade Master asked, slight surprise in his expression.
"You would be correct, but, while the people of the world are rebuilding, they do not have a king anymore or the knights of the round table to guide them. Which is why we have done some research into something known as "The Throne of Heroes" which while still new to us, should help you." The Wizard continued.
"The Throne of Heroes is a place where heroes of the past, or rather, spirits of those with stories of great deeds go to rest. Those spirits are summoned into different classes to fight in what are known as Holy Grail wars. Dreadful battles all for the sake of getting a wish granted by a golden chalice." Yen Sid explained.
"Sounds similar to the Keyblade war.. but much more organized for some reason." Ventus said, dread in his voice.
"Yes, but the servants rely on mana from the Grail to stay in somewhat of a physical form, due to our capabilities with what the magi who summon the heroic spirits, or servants, call "True Magics" such as Kaleidoscope magic, we don't have to use the "Holy Grail" to provide the spirits Mana if we summon them." Yen Sid replied.
"Are you saying that there is a chance that Mordred, Arthur/Arturia, Merlin, and the other Knights of the Round Table could possibly be summoned?" The young man asked.
"Using the right Catalyst, such as the round table itself, you can possibly summon all of them with a mass summoning, a summoning circle design is provided in a small booklet which is in that bag that Mickey and the Good Fairies packed." Answered Yen Sid, smiling as he motioned to the bag.
"We've also done some studying of the strange crystals you collected over the past two years." Mickey said with a smile. "Apparently they are called "Saint Quartz." They can be used in lieu of blood to summon heroic spirits! It takes three of the crystals to summon one." He added.
"We managed to collect up some ourselves so you didn't have to use blood to summon the knights of the round table. We may have gone overboard however. We collected 260 of them." The King said with a nervous chuckle.
"I myself have about 190 of them due to where I go to collect them, there are surprisingly a lot of them in Olympia Near Hades, and in the dessert of Agrabah." Ventus replied, remembering how much he collected, most of which were gathered by collecting up small fragments.
"Anyways, please take the bag and use it's contents to reunite with them, but before you leave we have two gifts left to give you." Yen Sid said before he handed him a large crystal, one that was the same as the crystal on the back of the middle throne in the land of departure's castle.
"This crystal should be able to be placed on the back of the throne in Camelot's Royal Castle, use your keyblade on it to change the castle to your own suiting or just rebuild it if you wish not to change it much. The crystal will also help fix damages to the world of Camelot." The wizard explained before he then handed Ventus a small white object with two buttons on it and a tiny gummi ship.
"A gummi ship and... a key for it?" Ventus asked, confused as to why he was given a gummi ship of his own.
"We know you won't use the gummi ship for your main way of travel, but if you want to show the Knights of the round table without having them in spirit form, please use the gummi ship." Mickey said with a smile, getting a nod from Ventus.
Yen Sid stood up, leading Ventus while Mickey and the Three Good Fairies followed, they walked Ventus out of the Mysterious tower where the Guardians of light were all there waiting for him. As well as the princesses of Heart for some reason.
Ventus met the princesses of heart but he didn't know why they would be here of all places.
"Surprised that we brought them here?" Sora asked with a chuckle as he walked over to Ventus.
"Yeah, why did you? I'm not upset about it, but why?" The Light Bearer asked.
"Well, You see." Sora was going to explain before he was suddenly interrupted by Cinderella.
"We wanted to wish you good luck, you may not have helped us all but Snow White, Aurora and I are happy with how you have helped us those years ago." Cinderella began, smiling at Ventus.
"We also know that your heart is just as pure as ours so.. we decided on something big!" Aurora said with a quiet laugh as she thought about it.
"Judging you from what we were told we all agreed on a course of action which may or may not have made your friends laugh." Jasmine said as she gave a smile.
"We do hope you aren't upset about it." Snow white said.
"We are nominating you as an honorary Prince of Heart!" The princesses all said at once with a happy tone while the Guardians of light fought back laughs.
"Just how many titles am I going to Receive!? I'm a Knight of the Round Table, The "Light Bearer", Guardian of Light, and Keyblade master, now I am a Prince of Heart?" Ventus asked with a faint blush on his cheeks in embarrassment.
"Wait, When did you become a Knight of the round table?!" Asked Sora, Lea, Namine, Xion, Roxas, and Kairi asked.
"Knight of the round table as in King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?" asked Alice, and Belle.
"Well, it is a different version of King Arthur, there are two different versions of Merlin as well! The second one I met is young looking, doesn't have a beard and is also known as the Mage of Flowers. He reminds me of a womanizing version of Lauriam." Ventus explained, leaving the part about Lauriam as a whisper.
"Yes, there are different versions of certain figures in history, the king Arthur Ventus knows of is from a section of worlds called the Nasuverse." Yen Sid explained.
"King Arthur in the Nasuverse's land of Camelot is actually a Woman! She pretends to be a man due to how old fashioned the people are there." Ventus said with a sweat drop.
"... I have no words, I've heard it all." Lea said in shock.
"How did Mordred come into reality then?" Riku, Terra, and Aqua asked.
"Mordred is a Homunculus created by Morgan Le Fay, I don't want to get into the specifics but she is also a girl who pretends to be a man. I'm assuming Gareth is one as well. They looked rather feminine and their voice was as well, not to mention they wore a skirt." Ventus answered.
"I got the idea my new hairstyle from Mordred, using it as a sort of way of honoring her since I was her first friend." He added, the Guardians of light nodding at this, Roxas himself finding that to be hilarious yet useful for when the two are in the same room together.
"I guess this has gone on a bit too long, we don't want to keep Ventus from his task." Yen Sid told them all, not wanting to rush the goodbyes, but they had a schedule to keep since he knew that the other Guardians of light were planning on visiting him in his new home for an actual celebration later.
The Gaurdians of Light all lined up on one side while the Princesses of Heart lined on the other side, all of them forming a path.
"All together now!" Mickey said with a smile as everyone aside from Ventus all shouted.
"GOOD LUCK, MASTER VENTUS!" they said in unison Yen Sid placing a hand on Ventus' shoulder he had him summon a gate to Camelot, sneaking a Chinese Falchion into the bag with the saint quartz with some magic as a request from a certain Mage of Flowers who wanted King Arturia to be happy when she was summoned.
Ventus thanked everyone and summoned his full armor again, walking through the gate he then headed straight for Camelot. The other half of the gate opened up into the throne room of the castle, getting a head start in what Yen Sid asked him to do he went and placed the crystal behind the throne.
The crystal glowed, attaching itself into the core of the world so that Ventus could use it. He summoned his keyblade, using Rebellious knight, charging it full of mana, he plunged it into a ephemeral key hole which shined brightly.
As mana surged through the crystal into the core of the world it was amplified, and a surge of light traveled through the land, buildings were rebuilt, plants rejuvenated, and air cleared, everything was healed.
The people in the world were amazed, they watched the surge of light with interest as it then came back, surrounding the castle which then changed.
It became larger and more extravagant, it now stood on a hill, it looked like a bigger version of the castle in the Land of Departure.
The sight was amazing to the people outside of it, those who were truly curious would go as far as to walk up the steps and knock on the large door. Ventus heard the knocking of course, so he would finish up his first task and he'd summon Lost memory, attaching it to his hip as he walked to the door and opened it.
Those who watched the door open did not expect to see the Light Bearer, the Dreaming Knight who had been lost the same day he became a part of the Round Table Order.
"It's Ventus!/The Light Bearer!" People talked amongst themselves as they saw the young man walk out of the transformed castle.
"CITIZENS OF CAMELOT!" Ventus said, using magic to amplify his voice out into the crowd, everyone in the village stopping whatever they were doing to walk over to the castle steps.
"IT HAS BEEN FAR TOO LONG SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I HAVE HEARD THE PLIGHT AND I WISH TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT COMING BACK SOONER, IT WAS UNFAIR OF ME. EVEN IF MY UNCONSCIOUS STATE WAS WHAT KEPT ME AWAY." He announced, apologizing for his absence.
"HOWEVER! THAT IS ONLY ONE THING I HAVE COME TO ANNOUNCE, FROM THIS POINT ON IT IS MY DUTY TO GAURD THIS LAND, I MAY BE BUT ONE PERSON, BUT I HAVE MANY MORE COMRADES WHO WILL HELP AT BUT A CALL." He continued, the people of Camelot's interests piqued.
"ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK OF MY SECONDARY DUTY, I AM WHAT IS KNOWN AS A KEYBLADE MASTER, THIS BLADE AT MY HIP IS ONE SUCH BLADE. IT IS MY DUTY TO TEACH ANYONE WHO COME IN POSSESSION OF, OR BELIEVE TO BE ABLE TO GAIN THE ABILITY TO WIELD SUCH A BLADE." The Keyblade Master spoke out.
"AND I KNOW THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET USED TO, BUT WHEN I MEAN ANYONE, I MEAN BOTH MALES AND FEMALES. I AM NOT GOING TO FORCE THIS HOWEVER, IT IS BUT AN OPEN CHOICE. I, I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FULLY LEAD THIS KINGDOM, BUT I WILL DO BEST TO OFFER WORDS OF WISDOM IF NEEDED AS WELL." He finished, bowing before everyone.
After his announcement, the people talked amongst themselves again.
"He would even have a female learn?" A few said.
"He sounds so earnest, where are the other knights though?" Another few added.
"We can trust him." Said one voice, one that silenced the crowd.
Everyone turned to the voice, it was an older man, one in about his forties, not too old, but still old to them.
"Ventus! You beat me in that tournament twelve years ago! You saved this kingdom from those creatures even if it was suicide! You have my trust, even if I was bitter about my loss for a year or two." The man said, it really was the one he beat in the tournament.
He walked up the steps and he knelt in front of Ventus. " You may not be the king, but, your word alone is what I need to trust you." He said as he then looked up to Ven.
The people watched this sign of respect, and one by one, people kneeled, following the Man's gesture of good faith.
"Thank you, THANK YOU EVERYONE, I PROMISE TO DO MY BEST!" Ventus announced with a bright smile, one that brought joy to the people, their Light Bearer was truly back, and a New Dawn Rose with his return.
"SHINE BRIGHT LIGHT BEARER!" shouted the people as they stood up and cheered for him, and he did the best thing he could, he took his keyblade and used light magic to create a bright light which would become a symbol of the bright future in the restored Camelot.
People then began Celebrating, and Ventus thanked the man again, the man nodding and he headed down the steps, allowing Ventus to be approached by more people.
He spent a few minutes conversing amongst the citizens before he eventually had to walk back into the castle. Once back inside he closed the door and sighed, he needed to finish setting up.
He found a bed room that would was made for him with the magic of the crystal and he used more magic to organize his stuff in the room.
He left Chirithy in his room, who was tired that day since he spent the night before staying up, leaving a note for Terra and Aqua of things to bring for a party he wanted to help plan, and keep a surprise for his friend. Ventus then took the bag of saint quartz and summoning materials to the room with the round table, which was ever so slightly renovated.
The young man would move the chairs, creating a summoning circle around the round table, and he aligned enough saint quartz to summon the Knights of the Round Table, Merlin, and the King. He found the black and white Chinese Falchions, he didn't know what to do with them so he just placed them against the wall.
He took a deep breath and he channeled mana into the magic circle, the saint quartz disappearing as suddenly three silver circles of light appeared, spinning around to a high velocity before they crackled into gold rings.
One by one figures appeared, the rings appearing and disappearing multiple times. After about five minutes, the figures opened their eyes, looking around, noticing each other.
"MORDRED/TRISTAN/GAWAIN/LANCELOT/GALAHAD/GARETH/AGRAVAIN/GAHERIS/KAY/BEDIVERE/PALAMEDES/PERCIVAL/MERLIN/MY KING!" They all yelled in unison, not expecting to all be summoned at once, two groups of the knights summoned their weapons about to battle.
"STOPZA!" Ventus yelled, stopping the summoned spirits from moving with magic, Merlin not being stopped as he wasn't going to battle anyways.
"That voice?" Lancelot said.
"So familiar..." Galahad added.
"Could it be?..." Tristan asked before they all slowly turned their heads once the spell wore off.
"VENTUS!" Mordred yelled, dropping Clarent, her helmet uncovering her face at will as she ran over to her first friend, he came back. She hugged him, nearly knocking him over due to her strength.
"Woah! H-hey. I'm back.." he said, returning the hug, Mordred blushing in embarrassment as she realized she acted like a female who just saw her crush.
"You've grown, very much so as well." Merlin said with a smirk as the young man was indeed taller, Mordred realizing that her face was now down to his chest.
"It seems he summoned us all, he is now our master." Bedivere said, chuckling lightly to himself.
"Well, I'm a keyblade master now, but I guess this makes me a double master, this gives me yet another title today." Ventus sighed.
"How many titles do I have again? Keyblade Master, Summoner, Light Bearer, Knight of the Round, Guardian of Light, Prince of Heart, six.. I have six titles." The keyblade master sighed deeper as he gained yet another title.
"Gaurdian of Light?" Arturia asked.
"Prince of heart?" Agravain asked as well, everyone clearly confused.
"It is a long story. Trust me, very long, even I have trouble wrapping my head around it still." Ventus replied with a chuckle.
"The fuck is a prince of heart?" Mordred asked.
"It is an honorary title, you see, in all of the worlds there are seven maidens with hearts of pure light called the Princesses of Heart, since I have a heart that is a pure light as well, they call me the Prince of Heart." The Guardian of light explained with an embarrassed expression.
"Wait.. does this mean you are very innocent as well?" Merlin asked, ready to slowly corrupt the young man's innocent mind for fun.
"My heart is pure, pure unadulterated badass, and just because my heart is pure doesn't mean I don't know what nsfw stuff is. I just avoid it because my friend Aqua would act like a disappointed mother and try to ground me even if I'm an adult." The keyblade wielder said with an unamused face.
"Ooh, feisty." Merlin teased.
"Oh sod off dick wizard." Ventus said with a sassy and joking tone.
"I take offense to that young man! How did you know?" The mage of flowers asked in curiosity, the knights of the round table minus Mordred and Arturia looked at Merlin with suspicion. Arturia glanced at Ventus with an equally confused, and worried look.
"Wouldn't you like to know flower boy?" Ventus replied with a sassy tone, doing a little remix of a video he was shown by Roxas' friends Hayner Pence and Ollette.
"Don't site the deep magics to me Ventus, I was there when it was written." Merlin replied, his inner meme lord showing.
"Ok, memes aside, we don't have the time, I'll just straight up say it. Arturia is a Woman, how you all were so dense to not realize that is beyond me, I mean Kay probably knew, and Mordred herself probably knew. Mordred is also a woman, but I do believe she prefers being referred to as male." The blonde keyblade wielder explained.
Most of the knights of the round table were deeply shaken, but they took a few moments and accepted it.
"How.. how do you know this?" Mordred asked in embarrassment as she blushed.
"Your facial structure, your voice and the fact that your legs are more slender than a male's, just wearing armor doesn't hide that. Also your waist is clearly skinnier than a male's without use of a corset, also Arturia clearly is wearing a dress!" Ven answered, Mordred sighing and admitting defeat.
"I'm not going to think any less of you. My friend Aqua is a female and she became a keyblade master before me!" The keyblade master said, making Mordred smile softly, thankful for that.
"Anyways, the castle was changed with magic, not too much but it is more reminiscent of the castle from the Land of Departure so the layout is only slightly changed, I want you all to take an hour or two to fully get used to the place again." He said, smiling softly.
"Understood, but, Ventus... what are those?" Bedivere asked, pointing towards the two Chinese Falchions against the wall.
Arturia looked over to them, she rushed over to them. "These are Shirou's Blades! How did you get them?" She asked, looking at Ventus Expectedly.
"I honestly don't know, they were just in a bag of saint quartz and a summoning circle design book that Master Yen Sid gave me. Who's Shirou?" Ven asked, causing Arturia to blush deeply.
"W-well... he's... he was my master in the fifth Holy Grail war.. he's also my Sheath and Consort..." the blushing servant said.
"So he's your boyfriend. Well, of there is a chance he is a heroic spirit, I could try to summon him for you." The young man said with a smile, Arturia nodding happily at the thought.
Ventus then moved the round table with magic, placed the two Chinese Falchions in the middle of the summoning circle and dropped three more saint Quartz into it as he channeled manna into the circle again.
Another set of gold rings of light spinning again and a red haired Japanese man with a white kimono, one arm covered, no shirt, and red pants with a blade at his hip appeared.
"Psuedo Servant Saber, Emiya Shirou, Host of Sengo Muramasa the Demon Blacksmith. Are you my master?" The young man that was just summoned asked, quickly being hugged by Arturia seconds later.
"Woah!.. Arturia?" The red haired man asked in shock as he was hugged by the woman.
"SHIROU!!!" The king exclaimed as she hugged her lover closely, Shirou hugging her back a few seconds later, Ventus smiling at the scene.
"Father, you said this person was your Sheath and Consort? Does this make him my new mother?" Mordred asked Arturia.
"It would also make him the queen, wouldn't it." Merlin added for shits and giggles, the rest of the knights of the round table quickly doing the math before all shouting together.
"ALL HAIL QUEEN SHIROU!" They exclaimed happily, getting a laugh out of Ventus.
"Welcome to the new and improved Camelot Shirou, my name is Ventus, just call me Ven. Arturia, you can go spend time with him, help him get used to the place while taking time to get familiar with the slight changes as well." The blonde keyblade wielder said as he started exiting the room.
"The same goes for all of you, I have to go get out of these gauntlets, the armor as well. Today we celebrate!" He added as he left the room to go back to his for a brief set of minutes.
"That's our master? He seems pretty laid back." Shirou said, smiling softly.
"Oh! I haven't told you about him yet, he is the last knight of the round table, he wasn't properly recorded due to his fall into a magical slumber but he is Ventus, the Light Bearer." Arturia quickly explained.
"He aged only two years since we last saw him. Does that make him Mordred's age?" Tristan asked in confusion.
"Technically he was asleep for ten years, his heart falling asleep and leaving his body must mean his body didn't age, meaning he waited another two years before coming back, that or he had to wait. So he is technically 29 chronologically." Merlin explained with some quick deduction skills.
"That doesn't matter right now! My only friend is back and I need to hear about why he fucking waited two more years to come back!" Mordred yelled as she quickly headed out.
"Only friend? Does that mean?" Shirou asked Arturia Subtly.
"They met during a tournament and fought against each other, Ventus won, they both became friends fast afterwards." The female king explained as she began walking to her room, Shirou following next to her.
As everyone walked throughout the halls of the renovated castle they enjoyed the new color that was brought to it. It was much more joyful for them all, and less dreadful than it was many years ago.
Once Ventus was back in his room Chirithy hopped up from lying down and walked up to him.
"Hey Chirithy, sorry for not talking much. So many things to get done today." The keyblade wielder said as he greeted his dream eater.
"Don't worry Ven! I am sensing a powerful person running over here though.. should I be concerned?" Chirithy asked, tilting his head adorably.
"That's probably Mordred, I haven't been here for twelve years, she's no doubt upset with me." Ventus replied, patting Chirithy's head before he removed the armor he wore.
Allowing his keyblade to dissipate for the time being he kept his shoes on so that he could use the armored boots to call back the other armor in case it is needed.
The door of the room was pushed open and in walked Mordred, who allowed her armor to return to spiritual form as she ran there.
"You have a lot of explaining to do you Bastard! You couldn't have come back two years earlier?" Mordred asked, grabbing Ventus by his shirt, lifting him closer to her with her inhuman strength.
"Xehanort happened when I finally woke up, a short scale Keyblade war happened, a friend of mine went missing, and the other Guardians of light had to go on quests to see if they could find him." Ventus began explaining.
"That and I felt that before I could face you I should be stronger, strong enough to prove that while I stayed the same, I could be prepared to live up to your expectations, to the other knights' expectations as well." He finished quickly.
Mordred dropped him, hiding the tears in her eyes as her fists shook.
"I died Ventus... I died waiting for you... waiting for my only friend to come back. I don't care about your strength you idiot!" She yelled at him, tears flowing down her cheeks.
Ventus took a deep breath and he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close.
"I really am a terrible friend sometimes.. I'm sorry for making you wait, but I promise, from now on, I'm here to stay." He said to her, Mordred just accepted the hug, crying into his chest, just like she let him do when he first explained why he couldn't stay all those years ago.
"You better.. you fucking better... idiot." She said as she hugged him back, finally letting joy come back to her as she hugged her friend. Once she calmed down she then looked down at Chirithy, finally noticing him.
"The fuck is that?" She asked.
"Oh, that's Chirithy. He's a dream eater... he was one of my first friends when I started out as a keyblade wielder." Ven replied as he introduced the silver and grey stuffed animal-like creature.
"It is nice to meet you miss Mordred!" Chirithy said happily as it greeted the knight of treachery. Mordred only nodded to him, very confused about Chirithy's existence.
The trio would soon make there way down to the throne room, Mordred shocked to see several more smaller thrones on either side of the now larger throne.
"Surprised?" Ventus asked, chuckling to himself as he lead her over to the thrones, smiling as he saw her reaction.
"Why are there all of these thrones?" She asked, curiosity taking over.
"Well, since I am a keyblade master, it is my duty to teach the next generation of keyblade wielders, I figured since I was summoning all of you, you all could help me with training and teaching combat lessons. Hence the extra thrones." Ven answered happily.
"That would also explain why there are so many more bedrooms. You are making this castle into a live in academy." Bedivere said as he walked into the throne room with the other knights who were no longer wearing their armor.
"To think, one of our youngest Knights is going to be a teacher! It is rather nice to think about." Gawain added with a chuckle.
"Oh, who is that little fellow on your shoulder? He reminds me of Cath Palug!" Merlin said with Excitement.
"This is Chirithy, he's a dream eater." Ventus said, introducing Chirithy yet again.
"He's rather cute!" Gareth said, smiling as she walked over, happily greeting the dream eater.
"You know, I believe this might have been said before, but, it is very surprising to see how much you've grown Ventus, you have gained many titles and no doubt many more abilities." Galahad said as he smiled.
"That is an understatement, Dimension links and shot lock commands aren't all I have. I can use an ability called Flow motion, I have the power of waking, I can transform my keyblades into different forms other than a glider!" Ventus replied.
"Also, I haven't showed you all this yet. But I got this keyblade last time I was here." He added as he summoned Rebellious Knight showing it off, Mordred in disbelief.
The blade was similar to Clarent, however, the handle guard had a uniform addition all the way around the handle and it had another addition to it which made Mordred smile.
"Amazing! It looks like Clarent but... it is much more!" Tristan said as he gazed upon it with the others.
"It's name is Rebellious Knight, It can fire beams of red energy from itself, strengthening whatever attacks I want it to. It can change into a splittable broad sword that I can use as either a regular blade or set of blades for heavier or quicker attacks." The keyblade master explained.
"It is a rather interesting blade." Shirou said, walking into the room with Arturia in tone, both of them happily standing side by side.
"You said you had more of them?" He asked, interested in seeing his master's arsenal.
"Oh right! Starting off with Wayward wind, while not my first keyblade, I can't summon my first one anymore. Missing Ache required me to have darkness in my heart which is no longer there." Ventus replied, summoning the Black and bronze keyblade which had a unique nearly wing like shape to it.
After a minute he then focused energy into it, turning it into a long bow which just looked like the bladed part was copied along with the top part of the handle guard.
"It can change into this bow so I can fire arrows of light, much like the beams of light my wing blade can fire." He explained, passing it around before he let it disappear.
"Next off is Lost Memory." He continued as he summoned the angelic looking blade, then suddenly changing it into it's pendulum scythe form.
"Then Ultima weapon." He continued, going through the last two of his keyblades in order. Shirou, Arturia, Merlin, and the Knights of the round table all clearly impressed with the showing.
After the showing they all chatted for a few minutes before a gate opened, the knights were about to go on the offensive but Ventus stopped them as suddenly the whole throne room became dark.
After a few minutes of confusion the lights turned back on and the whole throne room was surrounded with decorations and there were now tables with food and drinks on them, the other Guardians of light have arrived.
"SURPRISE!" They all exclaimed, Sora, Riku, Terra, Lea, Donald, and Goofy all using party poppers to spray confetti into Ven's face.
"...Ven... who are they?" Agravain asked as he subtly leaned over to the Keyblade wielder.
"They are the other Guardians of Light, and more friends of mine. Knights of the round table, Merlin, and Shirou meet Sora, Riku, Kairi, Lea, Roxas, Xion, Namine, Terra, Aqua, King Mickey, Donald, and Goofy." Ventus said.
"Fellow Guardians of light meet, King Arturia, Queen Shirou, Mordred, Kay, Gawain, Agravain, Gareth, Galahad, Lancelot, Merlin, Tristan, Palamedes, Gaheris, Lancelot, Bedivere, Percival, and Merlin." He added, fully introducing the two groups while motioning to each.
"You weren't kidding when you said King Arthur, Mordred, and Gareth were actually women.." Lea said in surprise.
"Why does that Roxas Fellow look like you Ven?" Lancelot asked in confusion.
"Roxas is Sora's former Nobody, nobodies are the empty husks of people who lost their heart and turned into a heartless, those with strong hearts leave behind a husk that looks like them while they had their heart." Ventus started to explain.
"The reason Roxas looks like me was because when Sora once lost his heart while trying to save Kairi, my heart resided inside of Sora's heart while it was healing, that influenced Roxas' appearance." He finished the explanation.
"Roxas is his own person now, he has his own heart and everything." He added, not wanting to leave that out.
"Does this mean he's technically your homunculus-like son?" Gaheris asked.
"He isn't my son, if anything he's a magical doppelgänger. That and he may look 18 but he's technically 5 years old." Ventus said jokingly.
"Oh har har! Says the guy who's technically nearly thirty despite looking 18!" Roxas joked back, his voice a little deeper than Ven's but they sounded alike.
"Don't disrespect your elders sonny, I can whoop your backside with one arm tied behind my back and both my eyes covered!" Ventus shot back, jokingly sounding like an old man as he and Roxas laughed.
"Do these two regularly joke like this?" Gawain asked.
"Yeah, we poke fun at each other sometimes, but believe it or not those two are a great duo during Karaoke." Riku explained, smiling at the two's antics.
"Karaoke?" Gaheris asked in confusion.
"Basically you pick a song off of a monitor, and you try to sing the lyrics in the most accurate way possible. Ventus and Roxas sound like a guy named Jesse McCartney when singing, he's a famous pop singer where we're from." Lea explained.
"You mean the American Pop singer from the early 2000's?" Shirou asked, receiving a nod from Lea.
"We have caught those two singing Jesse McCartney songs so accurately it scares us sometimes." Terra added, showing the Knights of the round table, Shirou, and Merlin a video of Roxas and Ventus singing "Can't let you go" by Jesse McCartney.
Ventus sang the higher parts while Roxas sang the slightly lower parts during the echoed lyric sections while they traded off normal lyrics in the video.
"Oh my!" Gareth exclaimed as she blushed softly, finding Roxas' and Ven's singing voices alluring for some reason.
"Tch. Stupid. But Ven does sing well." Mordred whispered to herself, unaware of a light blush forming on her face.
"Don't tell Aqua but I caught Ven singing the song "Right where you want me" while resting after training once." Terra said quietly as he silently showed Them the video for that one. During this time Sora, Roxas, and Ventus were chatting, very distracting.
"Roxas sang that once on his break while we were in that old Organization which we fled from. I sadly didn't get a video." Lea said with a chuckle.
"Don't get me wrong, Ven is still rather innocent, he's had "the talk" but we don't believe he actually knows the meaning behind that song." Terra added quietly.
Meanwhile Gareth was just blushing up a storm due to the inappropriate sounding nature behind the song, Mordred was ignoring it because she couldn't even comprehend how Ventus would sing that without not realizing the context.
"I see I see." The knights of the round table other than Gareth and Mordred said while nodding.
"Ok, we are here to celebrate Ven's success in becoming the guardian of this world! Not hog the Knights' attention!" Aqua said, pulling on Terra's ear.
"Sorry!" The tallest keyblade wielder said as he winced in pain.
"You really have yourself whipped by Aqua.. just grow a pair and propose already." Lea said, the other male keyblade wielders nodding in agreement, making Terra blush deeply.
"You must be Mordred, I must admit, I am very surprised to actually see your face, but I am glad I can meet the girl that Ventus was so excited to get back to, even if he wanted to become a Keyblade master first to prove himself." Aqua said as she looked at Mordred with a smile.
"He has gotten a little more rebellious since he met you, but not in a bad way, he's still a good guy after all, just has a lot of sass to pass around." She added, Mordred smiling at this and giving a laugh as she blushed ever so slightly more.
"Sass? Lea still has the funniest moment of that when he was still in the organization! I forgot about him and when I finally remembered him he said "I'm so Flattered" and set a whole room on fire then tried to kill me!" Roxas said with a laugh at Lea's Expense.
"Vanitas asked me "it's always about your friends, isn't it?" When we were fighting in my subconscious and I replied with "at least I have some" before promptly beating the shit of his edgy ass." Ventus defended his sassiest moment with a smirk.
"Ven! No cursing!" Aqua Scolded him.
"Ok Key Mom." Ven said with the same smirk.
"Don't talk to your mother like that!" Lea jokingly said back.
"That's rich from the dead beat uncle who's gay for his blue haired functioning boyfriend." Roxas said, both of them taking a jab at Lea.
"Be nice to your uncle." Terra sighed.
"Ok Dad." Ventus replied, blushing softly after he realized he actually called Terra Dad.
"Roxas, kill me, I can't go back from this, you're the original now. Take care of Chirithy for me." Ven said as he walked over to Roxas.
"Live and suffer the results of your actions, for your sins are unforgivable." Xion jokingly said, wanting in on the fun.
"Xion, I'm hurt, you were supposed to be the merciful one." Ventus replied.
"Does that look like the face of mercy to you?" Namine asked while laughing.
"Clearly not. You have been betrayed, tricked, and quite possibly bamboozled." Sora answered, nodding, holding back laughter. While this happened Mordred laughed a little at Ven's false suffering.
The four oldest members of the Guardians of light explaining a few things to the Knights of the round table, Merlin, and Shirou while this was going on.
"Kairi, as a fellow comrade in the Princesses and Prince of heart group, please, end me." Ventus asked of Kairi, who laughed a little.
"Ven, stop being dramatic, you only called him dad once." Kairi said, stopping herself from laughing more.
"That's it, you are no longer my friends, Mordred is my only friend, I leave all my belongings to her and Chirithy." Ventus said, walking to Mordred and resting his chin on her head.
Everyone laughed at what had transpired and slowly they actually began the party, all of them swapping stories and sharing more laughs while the two groups got to know each other.
Once the party ended everything was cleaned up and the rest of the Guardians of light went on their way back home. The Camelot Crew all sharing a few more drinks and laughs before all of them headed to bed.
Chapter end.
This took til like, 11:30 pm to finish. I am the king of no sleep.