Welcome back! Chosen wielders of the Keyblade! And to those who have been prepping themselves for the coming of Kingdom Hearts 3! This is Star's Keyblade4114m bringing with me the long awaited return of The Seven Shooting Stars of Light and the Thirteen Immortal Darknesses! Yes, my friends, it is time to re-enter the first ever story I wrote on this site. With KH3 a mere couple of days away, and with how much more has been revealed to us through the trailers, Star, Marco, Janna, Jackie, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang, and finally my OC… Rosa Avenger, are preparing for their most daring adventure ever! Their adversary is none other than Toffee of Septarsis, who has allied himself with Master Xehanort. A Keyblade Master who along with his thirteen seekers of darkness seek to re-forge the X-Keyblade so that they may locate and unlock Kingdom Hearts.
A/N: How's that for a welcome back, huh? Anyway guys, good to finally be writing for this story again after so long. Since KH3 is coming out this month and with everything we know thus far thanks to the trailers, I thought it was time to bring this story back into the light. Last time, which was a long time ago. Marco and Ruby had successfully freed Janna's heart, Janna was found out to be a Keyblade wielder and got her Keyblade, Rosa Master was revealed to be Asteria Butterfly, one Star's ancestors (Yes, I'm aware of the events and revel of S3. But that will not be applied here, so deal with it.), So yeah that's about where we are at this moment.
So, who is ready to dive back into this story?
A/N: Quick thing, Thanks to the trailers, we now know who the other members of the true Organization 13 are. So I have less of a headache to work with, so… yeah. Okay I'm done, let's get this story going!
Chapter 10: Summer Adventure To Another World
Summer, a time when kids can play, be with family and enjoy their free time away from the responsibilities of school or other things. However, that was not on the minds of the group gathered in the castle bedroom at the moment. This group consisted of Star Butterfly, Princess to the kingdom of Mewni and current owner of the royal magic wand. She was sent to earth by her parents to learn to use the wand and to prepare her for when she would become queen.
Marco Diaz, a regular boy from earth whose family was picked to be Star's host family during her time on earth. During which time the two have gone on numerous adventures and fights, which has caused the two to form a very strong and trusting bond, making them a formidable team.
Next was Janna Ordonia, a childhood friend of Marco's and also a constant source of trouble for him too. She has known Marco since they first met in kindergarten, since then they have had this little routine where Janna would somehow get ahold of Marco's things without his notice. While this does annoy him, he tends to let it go, knowing Janna would return what she takes from him. Despite this, the two have a very good friendship.
Moving forward; we have Jackie Lynn Thomas, a very laid back and kind girl and Marco's (not so) secret crush. She enjoys and has a talent for skateboarding, and likes history books and mellow music. She has also stated that she admires Marco's never-give-up attitude.
Due to recent events, these four have come into contact with the five other people in the room.
The first of these five is Rosa Avenger, a girl with long crimson red hair and eyes. Rosa is what's known as a Keyblade Wielder, someone chosen by a Keyblade, a mysterious weapon, to fight to protect the light of all worlds. She comes from a world far removed from the ones Star and Marco have seen.
Next we have Ruby Rose, a 15 yr. old girl with silver eye with a love for cookies. Ruby is the leader of a group known as team RWBY, she comes from a world known as Remnant; where she is taught to fight Grimm, the monsters of her world. Like Star; she is a very cheery and bright person and a bit of a weapon geek. Her weapon is Crescent Rose; a High-Caliber Sniper-Scythe a hybrid between a sniper rifle and a scythe. It has also been given the ability to transform in a keyblade called Crescent Rose Fenrir, which signifies Ruby as a Keyblade Wielder like Rosa.
Next, is Weiss Schnee, the second member of team RWBY and heiress to the Schnee Dust company of Remnant. Weiss is Ruby's supposed best friend, even though she repeatedly says otherwise. Never the less; she does respect Ruby as both a leader and friend. Like Ruby and Rosa; Weiss has been Chosen to be a Keyblade wielder, her weapon Myrtenaster a multi action rapier, is able to transform into a keyblade known as Myrtena Splitter.
Moving on, we have Blake Belladonna. She is the third member of the team and usually the least vocal. She displays a cool, reserved, and serious personality most of the time but does not lack a humorous side, which is usually in the form of dry wit and sarcasm.
Lastly is Yang Xiao Long, the accurately named brawler of the team and Ruby's older sister. Yang is very straightforward and confident, as well as being cheery and energetic like Ruby and Star. She is quite adventurous and flippant, carefree and will sometimes make sarcastic comments and jokes even in the heat of battle.
The group of nine had just informed Rosa's master, former queen of Menwi and one of Star's ancestors Asteria Butterfly, The Mother of Stars of what had been going on since she instructed Rosa to travel to Star and Marco's world. She had a thoughtful look on her face as her mind processed everything that was told to her.
"I see; it seems like dark time truly are coming." Asteria said as faced the group. "The fact that you ran into Ansem, means that "he" is once again trying to open the door." "Master Asteria," Rosa said. "When you mean the door, you don't mean?" "You know exactly what I mean, Rosa. The door that leads to the light of all worlds."
"Light of all worlds? What's that? Is it someplace we've never been before?" Star asked her ancestor curiously. "Well yes Star, it is." Asteria said before continuing. "You see, long ago keyblade wielders from all worlds came in search of world known as Kingdom Hearts, which is said to be where we received the gift of light" "Really? But my mom told me that all light magic comes from a place called the magic realm." "That's true Star, but I wasn't referring to light magic. I'm was talking about… well hmm… maybe I could better explain it if you'd all be willing to come to the Land of Departure."
"Wait, What!?" Ruby and Star shouted in surprise.
"Yes, I think it would be nice to get to see my great, great, great, great granddaughter and her friends face to face." Asteria said smiling. "Plus, it gets a bit lonely around here whenever I send Rosa out." "Is Rosa the only student you have right now, ma'am?" Marco asks. "Well no, I have three others. It's just; unlike Rosa who lives with me here at the monastery, my three other students live away at the hieratical cities. So I only ever see them when they come by for their lessons."
"So your place kind of works like a combat school for rookie huntsmen?" Yang asked. "Something like that, yes." Asteria said.
"Whatever, Let's just go!" Star said barely able to contain her excitement. "I want to see what this Land of Departure place looks like and I also want to meet my super cool great, great, great, grandma who became a Keyblade Master!" "Goodness, I didn't think I made that much of an impression on you." Asteria said.
"Just hold on a second," Marco said. "I just want to know depending on what we here, what will happen then? Because with everything that's happened; it seems like…. I don't know, we're going to be stepping into something big here." "Well, you're not wrong there, Marco." Rosa said. "There is something… important. And it involves you, Star, Janna, Ruby and Weiss."
"Rosa is right," Asteria said. "There is something of great importance that you all need to know. For that reason, I'd like to speak with all you in person. Afterwards, I'll let you decide on what you feel you want to do."
The room soon fell silent as everyone had different thoughts going through their minds. This didn't last long as Star was the first to speak up.
"I still want to go. I mean if it's something really important that my great, great, great grandmother Asteria needs help, then as her great, great, great granddaughter and more importantly as her family… I want to do what I can to help." Star said which really surprised the others and made Asteria smile at what Star said. "Well if Star's all for it, then I guess I'm in too." Marco said. "Someone has to make sure she doesn't go overboard or cause any major damage to anything important." "Oh come on Marco, since when have I ever – " "Star? Do you want me to breakout the list again?" Marco said which effectively caused Star to groan. "Okay, oaky Marco, I get it. I'll try to not get too crazy." "But I know you'll find some way, Star."
"Well since Star and Marco are up for it, then count me in too." Ruby said. "I'll go as well," Weiss said. "Like Marco, I have to make sure you don't do anything reckless or something that will embarrass our team." "I'm not sure if I should be thankful or hurt by what you said Weiss." Ruby said confused.
"If Ruby and Weiss are in, then count me in too." Yang said. "Same here," Blake said.
Star then looked over to Janna and Jackie.
"You already know Star; if you and Marco are doing something crazy this summer, I'm tagging along for the ride too." Janna said as she causally twirled her keyblade around in her hand. "Besides, I want to see what I can do with this keyblade of mine here. It practically looks made ready for a few things I have in mind." "Yay! Janna's on board!" Star cheered.
"Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing." Weiss said. "You and me both." Marco added as he looked to Jackie. "So Jackie, what about you? You don't really have to come if you don't want too."
"Are you kidding Marco? Of course I want to come." Jackie said which surprised Marco. "Really?" "Yeah, really. This looks like it'll be a real blast; plus, I might see some cool places to skateboard."
"Oh trust me Jackie," Rosa said. "There are some pretty cool place in the Land of Departure to skateboard. As well as a couple in the monastery that I found – " "Rosa!" Asteria shouted. "I told you to not skateboard in the monastery. You remember the last you did, right?" "Oh yeah; hah. But in my defense, you came out of nowhere with that stack of books just as I was rounding the corner." "I wasn't expecting one of my students to be skating in the building where I'm teaching them to be protectors of the light!" Asteria argued before sighing. "Anyway; since your all in agreement to coming, Rosa? You'll be leading everyone safely to here. And I mean Safely. No recklessness, understood?" "Don't worry Master Asteria, I'll make sure we all get there safe and sound." Rosa said confidently. "Alright then;" Asteria said before looking to the others. "I'll see you all soon then." She said kindly as the mirror shinned before dimming, confirming the connection was cut.
"Sooo…. When do we leave?" Janna asked. "I guess as soon as you guys are ready?" Rosa answered.
"I'm ready right now! Let's go! Let's go!" Star said excitedly. "Same here! I want to see where your learned to fight and use a keyblade, Rosa!" Ruby said just as excited as Star, while Weiss sighs and Marco chuckles nervously.
After Marco let his parents know where he was going and having Jackie and Janna do the same, everyone got ready to leave for the Land of Departure.
"So how exactly is this going to work?" Marco asked Rosa. "Simple Marco; me, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang each have a Star Shard, right? So as long as you four are each holding onto one of us, you'll be traveling to the same place as us." Rosa explained.
"Okay? So question, what happens if we let go during travel?" Jackie asked. "Umm… that's a good question, I guess you get lost in the lances in between forever?"
"What!?" Marco shouted. "Oh relax; that hardly ever happens though." Rosa said waving it off which didn't relieve Marco's doubts. "Okay, can we just get going before I start having second thoughts about getting lost in something that is basically a magical freeway?" "Sure, sure. Now everyone partner up."
"Mind if I ride along with you, Ruby?" Star asked. "Not at all Star." Ruby said as Star placed her hand on the silver eyed girl's shoulder.
"So Weiss?" Marco asked. "Would you do me the honor of being my ride partner?" he said in a mock gentlemen's voice. Weiss had to hold back from laughing at his act before responding in a similar manner. "Why I would be quite honored."
"So this is like your first time doing the jumping to other worlds thing, right?" Janna asked Blake. "Yeah, wasn't really expecting all this when I decide to become a huntress." "Yeah, since I met Star, I've just been going along with the chaos she causes sometimes and have been having a blast with it. Sometimes the unexpected things in life are the most fun." Janna said grinning. "And I plan on having a lot more fun with more of these unexpected things happening." Blake just sighed before looking back at Janna with a slight smirk. "How about first we make sure you don't get lost in what did Marco call it before? This magical freeway we're about to head into?" "Sounds good to me." Janna said as she placed her hand on Blake's shoulder.
"Up for hitching a ride with me, Jackie?" Yang asked. "Sure, I'm up for it. You seem like you 've handled your fair share of crazy rides before." Jackie said in a friendly knowing way. "You could say that, but I'll make sure you don't go flying off and get lost, kay?" "Alright, I'm counting on you." Jackie said as he placed her hand on Yang's shoulder.
Once Rosa saw that everyone was teamed up, she summoned her keyblade, Neo Light Seeker to her hand. She then points it upward as a thin beam of light shoots from it, creating an opening above them. "Okay guys; hold your Star Shards up in the air and get ready for the craziest ride of your lives!" Rosa said excitedly as she held up her Star Shard.
As soon as Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang held their own shards up, they along with Star, Marco, Janna, and Jackie began to glow with white outlines as they started to float off the ground.
"Umm… okay, so now what happens now?" Marco asked as he makes sure he has a firm hold on Weiss' shoulder. "Like I said, you hold on tight." Rosa said as she soon turned into an orb of light and shot right into the portal shouting "Wahoo!"
"We're traveling like that!? Awesome!" Star said. "I know, right? You ready to go, Star?" Ruby asked. "You now it!" "Alright, let's go!" Star and Ruby soon turned into a light orb and flew right into the portal.
"Hang on Jackie!" Yang said. "Wasn't planning on doing otherwise." Jackie said as she and Yang soon turned into an orb and followed after Star and Ruby.
"Ready?" Blake asked. "Copilot Janna, ready for takeoff." Janna joked as she and Blake soon transformed and flew into the portal, leaving Marco and Weiss last.
"Alright," Weiss said. "Let's get going." "Ah, hold on." Marco said. "What is it?" Weiss asked. Marco then summons his keyblade Path towards Nightfall to his hand and fires a thin beam of light at a backpack that was sitting in the corner of the room. He then flicks he keyblade causing the backpack to vanish before reappearing on Marco's shoulder. He then points his keyblade at Star's spell book that was on the nightstand near her bed. "Marco, what's that book?" Weiss asks. "Oh, this Star's family spell book. I figured she might need it, so I'm going to bring it with us." Marco said as he flicked his keyblade making the book disappear before he soon felt it reappear in the backpack. "Okay, all set Weiss." "Right then, let's get going." Marco and Weiss soon turned into and orb of light and flew into the portal as it closes behind them.
(The World that Never Was, The Castle that never was, Where nothing gathers)
Toffee, Ansem, and Cinder had just finished informing Xehanort, Xigbar and his younger self of what happened with their plan. The fact that they didn't get Janna as a possible vessel was of little consequence, what really pleased the old keyblade master was the fact that not only had they encountered more keyblade wielders, but that the boy Toffee had mentioned was also a wielder as well. Ansem had also mentioned that he could sense the power of darkness from the boy. It was faint, but it was certainly there.
"Hmm, it seems there's more to that boy than what you previously thought, Toffee." Xehanort said with a knowing smirk. "I must admit; I knew Marco had something unique about him, but I didn't quite expect it to be him having a keyblade." Toffee said as Xehanort chuckled lightly. "The Keyblade is indeed a curious thing; with wills of their own they can choose whom they believe is worthy of wielding them based of the heart that person has."
"If that's the case, then can I assume I would not be worthy of wielding one?" Cinder asks the old keyblade master before Ansem speaks up. "Keyblades are not only drawn to those with hearts of light, if your heart and desire are one in the same and they are strong enough, then you may be deemed worthy of wielding a keyblade." "Really? Hmm… I suppose time will soon tell then." Cinder said before addressing the group. "So how should we proceed from here?"
"There is still a lot on our to do list to be honest;" Xigbar said. "Like knowing who our lucky seven pure lights are going to be. These new keyblade up and comers or some lucky enough to dub princesses of heart?"
"I believe I may be able to contribute in that regard."
Appearing in the seat next to Ansem was Xemnas, Xehanort's Nobody. Like, Xigbar, Ansem and Young Xehanort, he wore the black coat, gloves, and knee-length boots with silver trimming and high concave indentations in the top. He also shares the same skin and eye color as his original. Xemnas's hair is long, reaching to about mid-back, silver in color, and some of it falls over his shoulders.
"Boss man, welcome back." Xigbar says crassly as Xemnas nods in greeting before Xehanort addresses him.
"What news do you bring with you, Xemnas?" "I have been conducting my own search for those that would prove to be worthy candidates to be the seven pure lights. I've already had the others dispatched to the worlds they reside in to see if this holds true." Xemnas informed Xehanort. "Very well then," the old master said before looking out to the others. "The rest of you will head to other worlds in the meantime, I've no doubt that these new keyblade wielders will appear once darkness begins to take root in these worlds."
Everyone nods in agreement and vanish from the meeting room to leave and begin their tasks until only Toffee, Xehanort and his younger self are left.
"Hmm, I think I'll keep an eye on Marco for a bit. Just to see how far his development as a keyblade wielder goes." Toffee said as he soon vanished too.
"I believe I'll also be keeping an eye on this boy and his friends as well." Young Xehanort told his older-self. "Hopefully he's not as ignorant as Sora was." He said as he vanished too leaving Xehanort thinking of what has happened so far. Or more specifically, about a certain boy.
"Marco Diaz huh," he said as an intrigued grin appeared on his face. "It seems destiny has given rise to yet another hidden key."
(The Land of Departure)
A portal soon opens in the middle of a courtyard overlooked by a large building that had two large golden chains connecting it to two mountain peaks in the distance. Rosa then came flying out and skid to a stop in front of the stone stairs leading up to the building. "It's only been a few days, but it feels like I've been gone longer than that." Rosa said as she looked around at the serene and quiet courtyard. That quiet was soon disturbed as Star and Ruby came flying out of the portal and landed face first on the ground behind Rosa who was really trying hard not to laugh. "Great landing you two, haha."
"That is so not funny," Ruby said as she and Star dusted themselves off. "Not my best landing while coming out of a portal, but it could have been – Holy Mewni! Look at this place!" Star said in amazement. Ruby looked and her eyes widened as she and Star looked out at the large cities that sat atop the mountains. "Wow! Rosa, you really live in a place like this!" Ruby asked.
"Yep, impressed?" Rosa said.
Soon Yang and Jackie came out of the portal, followed shortly by Janna and Blake.
"Whoa! Now that's what I call a wild ride!" Yang said still feeling the adrenaline rush from flying through a space between worlds. "That felt like I was doing going down an incline at high speed on my board." Jackie said as she and Yang high fived.
"I had a feeling those two would hit it off." Janna said. "What was your first clue?" Blake said as she looked around at where they were now. "So this is the world where you come from Rosa?"
"Yep, what do you guys… hold on," Rosa said looking around. "Where are Marco and Weiss?"
When Star and Ruby heard this, they soon started to wonder too.
"Yeah, where are those two?" Janna said. "Well me and Jackie saw then before we jumped into the portal…" Yang said. "Yeah, so they should have come right after us." Jackie finished.
"You don't think they could have ended up somewhere else, do you?" Blake asked. "Well… I mean it's possible. You guys haven't really been using your Star Shards till just now;" Rosa said. "But Weiss and Marco are level headed enough, I'm sure they'll been here soon."
"Are you sure?" Star asked with a bit of worry in her voice. "Positive Star," Rosa said as she confidently points to her heart. "My heart here tells me so. And if it says they'll be alright, then that's enough to convince me." "Wow, really?" Star said. "Yep, just believe Marco and Weiss will be – "
Before Rosa could even finish, everyone sees Marco and Weiss come tumbling out of the portal.
"There you guys are!" Yang said. "We were starting to think something happened."
Star and Ruby soon bolted over and tackled/hugged both Marco and Weiss to the ground.
"We're so glad you guys are alright!" "We thought you might have ended up somewhere else!" Star and Ruby said in both joy and relief as they tighten their hug on the two.
"Guys? Can't… breath…" Marco wheezed out. "Would you both let go of us before we suffocate to death!" Weiss shouted which immediately got Star and Ruby to let go of them both so they could get some much needed air.
"Oh, sorry you guys," "Yeah, we were just worried is all." Ruby and Star said.
"It's cool, sorry we worried you guys like that," Marco said as he got up and dusting himself off. "I was not expecting to be dumped out of the portal like yesterday's garbage." Weiss complained as she stood up with help from Ruby. "Is this going to happen every time we travel this way, Rosa?" "Hmm, probably." Rosa said. "You'll just have to work on your landing is all I guess." "Of all the… fine then." Weiss says.
"So what kept you guys anyway?" Janna asked them. "Oh right," Marco said as he opened the backpack and took out Star's spell book. "I was getting Star's book of spells; in case she might need it."
"Oh Marco, that's so nice of you to do that." Star said as she took her book from Marco. "That's a really big book, Star." Ruby said. "Well Ruby, this book has been in my family for generations. Every Queen of Mewni has written every spell they've ever mastered into it." Star explained. "So every single person in your family who's gone on to be queen has written in this book?" Ruby asked shocked. "Yep,"
"So Star; including your mom, how many queens of your kingdom have written in this book?" Blake asked. "Well I'm our kingdom's 32nd princess, so including my mom that makes…. Oh, 31."
"So there's like a lot of different spells from each person who became queen from your family in this book and you have to learn each one of them?" Yang asked. "That sounds like a lot of reading, I think my head would burst if I had to do that much studying." "Yeah, well Star mainly makes up her own spells. She only ever looks at the book when she needs a specific spell for something." Marco said
"Yep; But enough about the book, Marco you've got to see this place. It looks so amazing." Star said as she dragged Marco over to look. "Yeah Weiss, you got to see this too." Ruby said as also pulled Weiss over.
The two were indeed amazed at the cites built into the neighboring mountains and the town and villages down below. "Wow, this place is really something Rosa." "Agreed, I've never seen a place quite like this one. And you really live here?"
"Yep," Rosa said proudly. "Born and raised here since I was baby. People around called me "Unpredictable Scarlet", since I was pretty energetic when I was a kid, it was hard to tell what I would do next."
"Surprisingly; people here still call you that, Rosa." The group turn around at the sound of a voice and see Asteria walking down the stairs to them. "Those it was often followed with stories of how you knocked everything over or caused a huge mess." "Oh right, forgot about that part, haha." Rosa said laughing a little while Asteria sighed as she reached them. "At any rate;" she said as she looked at everyone, "Allow me to personally welcome you all to the Land of Departure and to the Keyblade monastery."
"Oh it's uhh… I mean… nice seeing you again." Ruby says as she awkwardly salutes which made Asteria and the others laugh while Weiss shook her head. "It's nice to see you haven't changed since I last saw you, Ruby." Asteria said kindly. "Weiss, it's good to see you again." "Likewise ma'am." Weiss said politely as she curtsied. "Blake, you look more… at ease now." Asteria said. "I take it you were able to work things out concerning your… problem?" "Yes ma'am, thank you for your concern." Blake said kindly. "I didn't really do anything to be thanked for; you chose to have faith and believe in your friends and your choices." Asteria said which made Blake nod in agreement. "Yang, I hope you're still watching out for Ruby?" "You bet," Yang said. "Although I got a say; I was kind of curious as to what you looked like under that hood you wore. I figured you were hiding some scars or something on your face." "What… gave you that impression?" Asteria asked. "I… may have seen it in a movie… maybe?" Yang said playfully. "But now that I look at you, you look a lot like Star here. I mean except for the fact that you both have different eye, hair and skin color."
"I was just thinking the same thing," Rosa said.
"Really?" Star asked as she and Asteria looked at each other along with everyone else.
"You two actually do look similar." "Yeah, it almost seems like you could be sisters." Marco and Weiss said.
"Well believe it or not, most girls born to the Butterfly family surprisingly share the same farcical features. There are a couple of queens whose features are different, but me, Star and a majority of the former queens of Mewni have the same faces." Asteria explained. "Oh, so that's why my mom's hair looks like mine when she doesn't have it all done up." Star said amazed at what she heard. "Also, she showed me a picture of her when she was my age and she looked just like me." "Like I said, are looks are genetic." Asteria said. "They also have the gift of catching the attention of very suitable… others, hehe."
"Others?" Ruby asked confused. "You my good friends?" "Hmm, you could say that." Asteria said but saw that Weiss and Blake knew what she meant, while Yang and Janna smirk at her meaning. "Well, why don't we all head inside? There's a lot that needs to be discussed. Also I'd like know how everything on Mewni has changed since my leaving." She said smiling at Star as she led the group up the stairs to the building. While they followed, Star was playing with a lock of her hair, thinking about what Asteria had said about her family's facial features.
'The attention of a suitable other?' Star thought as she glanced over at Marco. 'Is that how Asteria met her husband? And how mom met dad? If that's true, then did Marco ever…' She thought as she looked the other way to embarrassed to even complete the thought. Rosa looked back and noticed Star looking away from Marco with a noticeable light dusking of pink on her cheeks she was not aware of.
'Master Asteria, you sneaky little…. Now she's got Star thinking.' Rosa thought as she laughed internally.
As Asteria lead everyone through the monastery, the group looked around in awe and wonder at what they were seeing. The walls were adorned with interesting depictions and symbols carved into them, some they could recognize and some they couldn't.
"This place is huge!" Star said in amazement. "I bet a lot of people come here to learn how to use a keyblade." "Well only a select few Star," Asteria said. "Remember, only those who have been deemed worthy can wield a Keyblade. Not every person is chosen, no matter how good hearted they are." She said. "But to me, that just means they're light is already bright enough that can help others without a keyblade." "Wow, really?" Star asked. "That's what I believe at least."
As they continued walking the halls, they soon came to an archway that lead to a large open grassy area. In the middle of it was a large tree with a wooden bench close by it. Asteria lead the group to the tree, where she ushered for everyone to sit along with her.
"Ah, one of my favorite places to relax in this place." Rosa said as she laid back on the grassy with her hands behind her head. "Rosa I didn't bring you and your friends here to catch up on sleep, we're here to talk, remember?" Asteria said in slight annoyance. "Okay, okay, just happy to be back here is all." She said as she sat back up. Once she did Asteria took a breath before speaking. "Now then; based on everything I heard from you all and with appearance of the Heartless in your world along with the person Rosa described, I believe it's safe to assume… that Kingdom Hearts is once more being targeted." She said. "Star, remember when I said that Kingdom Hearts was where all light came from?"
"Yeah," Star said. "Well what I meant is the light of all living things." Asteria said which surprised everyone except Rosa, who'd already heard all this.
"Light… of all living things? What does that mean?" Ruby asked. "Master? Maybe you should tell them that story first?" Rosa said. "It may give them a general idea of what you mean."
"Good point Rosa," Asteria said. "Okay, I'll need you all to listen. Long ago, the worlds that we all come from and know of, were once a part of one single world. The people of that world lived in peace, bathed in the warmth of the light that came from Kingdom Hearts, which protected by its counterpart the X-blade"
"Hold on," Yang said. "So you're saying a long time ago, Remnant use to be part of one bigger world?" "That's right," Asteria said. "This includes Mewni and Earth as well, all worlds were once one in the same at a time."
"So mine and Marco's homes where once the same?" Star asked amazed. "That's kind of hard to picture," Marco said. "But it would be kind of cool, getting the meet Star and all you guys if we lived in the same world and if we all met." "That would be amazing! We be besties and be living in the same place." Star said excitedly as she brought Marco in for a crushing hug.
"But then; if Remnant, Mewni and Earth were once part of the same world, then why are they all separated now?" Blake asked. "Yeah, what caused them all to be what they are now?" Jackie added.
"Well that leads me into the next part of the story, the cause for why the worlds are as they are now." Asteria said. "This happened due to the darkness… that grew within people's hearts." "Darkness… in people's hearts?" Janna said as she thought back to how Ansem and Cinder awoke the darkness in her own heart. "That's right, allow me to better explain it." Asteria said. "Now as I said before; the worlds we know of today were once one in the same and everyone lived in peace, bathed the light from Kingdom Hearts. However, soon people began to fight over the ownership of the light. Wanting to keep it all to themselves out of greed and jealously, which allowed darkness to be born in their hearts."
"When I heard this part it didn't really surprise me," Rosa said. "When something amazing is given to everyone, sooner or later there's going to be people out there who think they should have more of it than everyone else." "Same here," Yang said in agreement. "People who want more of something just to satisfy their own ego are I tend not to hang with."
"People like that are known to just drag others down with them." Weiss said.
"Okay, so Miss Asteria. What happened next?" Ruby asked. "Well soon people began to fight over the light of Kingdom Hearts; using Keyblades made in the image of the original, thus beginning the Keyblade War. The Darkness accumulated from the war's greed and jealousy spread, swallowing the light and the hearts of those who had nothing to do with the war. It time; darkness covered the world and the X-blade shattered into twenty pieces, seven of light and thirteen of darkness, and Kingdom Hearts vanished into the darkness." Asteria said. "But thankfully; small fragments of light survived, in the hearts of children."
"No way," "The hearts of children?" Janna and Weiss said in surprise as Asteria nodded her head and smiled. "That's right; with those fragments of light, children rebuilt the lost world. Which is the world we live in to this day. But the true light; the light of Kingdom Hearts, still sleeps deep within the darkness. That's why the worlds are scattered, divided from each other. However; it's said that one day a door to the innermost darkness will open, and the true light will return. And once that day comes, all worlds once separated will coming together as one again." Asteria said concluding the story which left everyone except Rosa awestruck.
"Whoa," Jackie said. "That's just…. I don't even know what to say right now." "So all our homes are separated but still here thanks to light that were in the hearts of children." Ruby said. "That's… so… AMAZING!"
"You didn't have to shout that, you dunce!" Weiss said while covering her ears. "Well kind of can't blame Rubes for it," Yang said. "I mean the world we all know wouldn't be here if it wasn't for light that came from kids."
"So even back then kids had to save the day for adults? That just goes to show that the younger generation can do things they can't." Janna said as she laid back on the grass with head resting on her hands. "Janna, I don't think restoring the world proves kids can do anything that adults can't do." Jackie said. "She has a point Janna," Blake added. "Tell me one time then, when an adult saved the world?" Janna said. "And you can't use history or something from a romance novel or whatever." "Is she always like this?" Blake asked Jackie. "You have no idea, but you get used to it." Jackie said laughing a bit.
"Marco can you believe it!" Star said as she shook the Latino boy back and forth excitedly. "kid like you, me, Ruby saved the world from and put it back together! It so cool I can hardly believe!" "Star, I get your happy, but can you ease up on the shaking… please?" Marco pleaded with his over excited friend.
Rosa and Asteria looked on at the excited group as they talked about what they heard with Rosa laughing quietly and Asteria giggling.
"Well they took that better than I thought they would." Asteria said. "I figured Star and Ruby would be more excited about the fact that kids remade the world, so I wasn't worried much." Rosa said before looking to her master. "So, since they all now know about Kingdom Hearts and everything…." "Yes," Asteria said. "I also tell them about roles they've been chosen for, as well as what lies ahead." She said as a gentle wind blew and she and Rosa looked up at the sky. "Now I wonder," Rosa said with an excited smirk on her face, "How many other lights will we come across?"
(World: Unknown, Area: Japan)
A boy with straight blue hair and bands down to his neck and amber brown eyes who looked to be around 16, wearing a high school uniform was looking up at the sky as the wind blew.
"Shido! What are staring up at the sky for?" "Huh?" The boy named Shido said as he looked to the person who was walking with him who was a girl with very long, dark-purple hair tied back with a ribbon of sorts, and matching dark purple eyes with white irises. She was also wearing a similar uniform. "Oh Tohka, I don't really know. Guess I was spacing out." Shido said to the girl named Tohka. "Maybe you didn't eat enough before we left the house." I… don't think that's – " Before Shido could finish his sentence, Tohka was already quickly dragging Shido off down the street. "Wait Tohka, where are we going!?" "To get something tasty to eat so you won't space out anymore, so come!" "But we'll be late for school, Tohka hold on!" But Shido's words were lost in the girl's rush for food.
(World: Unknown, Area: Lambert)
A boy with blue eyes, black hair and wearing a knight's uniform was looking up at the sky in curiosity. He then felt someone tap his shoulder, and sees a girl with bright green eyes and orange hair with a flower in it, wearing a blue and white dress.
"Alto, your spacing out again." The girl said to the boy named Alto. "Oh, sorry Lisette." Alto said to the girl now known as Lisette. "It's fine, but what were you looking in the sky?" "I'm not really sure, I just got this strange feeling all of a sudden." "Strange feeling?" Lisette said. "It's probably nothing to worry about." Alto said. "If you say so. Anyway Let's get going, Commander Claus and the others are waiting." Lisette said. "Right, let's go."
(World: Otherworld, Area: Sky Gates)
Wondering around a desolate area with pointed stones scattered about was a girl with dark blue hair tied into un-even spikey pigtails. She had a very small and thin disproportionate figure, as she is very skinny. She was wearing a long blue coat with double layered sleeves and a hood attached to it as well as a star printed on the back of it. She wears denim shorts with two belts, a white one and a brown one and blue heeled boots. As she was walking through the barren area, she suddenly looked to the sky as if expecting something. When nothing seemed to happen, turned away and continued walking. Just as she did, a light breeze blew by causing her to stop again. When she looked up this time, she saw what looked like a small star. She then began to wonder what this meant?
(World: Britannia, Area: Boar Hat Bar)
'Hmm, now what could that mean, I wonder.' Was the thought of the person sitting outside of a bar. The person was a child with messy blonde hair and emerald green eyes. He was wearing an ordinary, clean white button-front shirt and a black sleeveless vest on top with a loosely worn tie. Without any socks, he wears a pair of black boots. Right now he was looking up at the night sky when he spotted a few stars that were shining brighter than the other ones. 'Maybe Gowther will know… when we find him that is.' The boy thought.
"Sir Meliodas?" a voice says from behind him. He turns and sees a girl with slender yet curvaceous figure and regular height. She has very pale skin, large light blue eyes, and long silver hair reaching her waist with her bangs covering her right eye. She was wearing a pink buttoned shirt with a black ribbon exposing her belly button, a dark mini skirt strapped with a pink belt, a black stocking on her left leg, and black-white heels. "Ah Elizabeth," the boy named Meliodas said. "Did Hawk mess something up? Do I need to put roasted pig on the bar menu soon?" "No, no, no! Nothing's wrong!" the girl named Elizabeth said frantically. "I was just coming to see what you were doing, is all." "Ho-ho, really?" Meliodas said as he suddenly appeared behind the girl and began groping her… assets. "S-Sir Meliodas!" Elizabeth stammered in surprise. "If you were interested with me, I wouldn't have complained." Meliodas said playfully as he removed his hands from Elizabeth. Much to the girl's relief. "But, I was just looking up at something interesting." "Something interesting?" Elizabeth asked. "Yeah, up in the sky. There are a couple of stars shinnying brighter than the rest, see?"
Elizabeth looked up into the sky and indeed saw several Stars shinnying bright.
"So pretty," she said captivated by the sight. "Yeah," Meliodas said. "But I wonder if they mean something?" "Well, my father told me once when I was little, that the sky we look up at is shared by many other worlds besides our own." Elizabeth said, remembering what her father told her. "One sky, one destiny." "Ooooh, that sounds interesting. Maybe we'll run into someone from another world whose looking at the sky right now… probably." Meliodas said before they heard the sound of something crashing. "Sounds like Hawk dropped something. If it's another bottle, then the first customers we get tomorrow get suckling pig with their drinks." "Sir Meliodas wait!" Elizabeth said as she hurried after the boy, but stopped to look up at the stars again as a light wind blew. "I fell as if… something will soon happen. But what?" Elizabeth said but soon heard the sound of terrified squealing and was reminded of the current crisis. "Hawk! Sir Meliodas! Please wait!" She said as she quickly ran inside.
The Lights, shinnying brightly Begin to gather,
The Darkness, slowly creeping from the abyss,
Both will soon clash once more for the Ultimate light.
The truths have been reveled, opening the doors.
But lie beyond them, is yet to be known.
"A scattered dream that's like a far off memory... A far off memory that's like a scattered dream... I wanna line the pieces up... yours, and mine..." – Sora Kingdom Hearts
A/N: Okay, I forgot how long it took to write out a chapter for this story. Hey there guys, well I'm happy to say that The Seven Shooting Stars of Light and the Thirteen Immortal Darknesses is officially back in action! Now that we have the long awaited Kingdom Hearts 3 within our hands, I can really give this story a jumpstart. Now as may have noticed but I'll say it anyway, I've added a two new worlds for our guardians to visit. I'll also be dropping a few others that they'll be headed too.
Here's the list now: Big Hero 6 the series, Hercules, Date a Live, Black Rock Shooter, Stella Glow, Nanatsu no Taizai, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Cars.
This is the list so far, I'll be putting on my page soon. If there are any other worlds you think I should put, let me know in your reviews. I hope you guys are pumped for this story's return!
May your Heart be your guiding Key!