A/N: Welcome again to… Okay I really need to put more into this story. I honestly don't know why I have letting this one fall to the way side so dang much! But aside from my letting this story laps so darn much, let's get back on track. Star, Marco and the others will be setting out soon to find the other guardians of light they'll need to face off against Toffee, Xehanort and his thirteen seekers of darkness. But of course first; they'll have to prepare. Meaning one; a couple of them, (Mainly Star, Jackie, Yang and Blake) will have to see if they can wield a Keyblade. Two, they need some training in both combat and magic use (Yes, a couple of them will be able to use magic. But Star will be getting an advanced teaching from Asteria). And third, their getting some new outfits. Team RWBY will be getting their time skip outfits, while I'll be coming up with some for Janna, Jackie and Star.

Now that we have that out of the way, Let's dive in people!

Chapter 11: Strengthen the Light and the Hearts of the Chosen

(The Land of Departure, Keyblade Monastery)

After Asteria's explanation of what was going on and what was at stake, she led the group back into the monastery where she would explain and begin to prepare them for the many trials they would no doubt face in the coming days. Well more of the preparing part, due to her student Rosa jumping the gun once again and telling them before Asteria could get the chance to.

"So basically; what your saying is that before we can make any kind of progress in fighting this Xehanort and his Thirteen Seekers of Darkness who are after Kingdom Hearts, is to first strengthen ourselves first before going out to other worlds and looking for these other Warriors of Light. Did I get all that Rosa?" Weiss asked.

"Yep, that's everything." Rosa said.

"So Ansem, the guy who we saw back on earth is one of these Thirteen Seekers?" Marco asked. "And he's this Xehanort guy's Heartless?"

"Yep. Except he's a lot smarter and defiantly a lot stronger than any other heartless out there in the world." Rosa said. "Which makes us very lucky he didn't decide to fight us back then; otherwise there's no telling what would have happened to us."

"Is the guy that Strong, Rosa?" Yang asked.

"We're talking about the Heartless of a Keyblade Master Yang," Blake said, "I don't think we should take someone like him so likely."

"Blake is correct in what she's saying." Asteria said. "Ansem, as well as anyone of Xehanort's Thirteen are not to be underestimated."

"Okay, I got it." Yang said once she felt the seriousness in Asteria's voice.

"Well for right now, let's focus on another matter right now." Asteria said kindly. "Such as seeing if a few of you are capable of using a Keyblade." She said as she summoned her Keyblade, Star Seeker to her hand.

"You want to do this right now, Master Asteria?" Rosa asked.

"I don't see why now? Since you basically explained everything I was going to tell them anyway, Rosa." She said as she noticed the embarrassed look on her student's face as she realized that fact herself. "Now then, as we have confirmed that Ruby, Weiss, Marco and Janna are able to wield a Keyblade, that leaves us with Star, Jackie, Blake and Yang. So which of you four wished to try first?" she asked.

"Me! Me! I want to try first! Please, pretty please!" Star said excitedly as she ran up to Asteria eager to try first.

"Okay, okay Star, let's see if – " Just as Asteria was speaking; Marco's Keyblade, Path towards Nightfall suddenly appeared in his hand much to his and the others surprise.

"Whoa! What the heck?" Marco said.

"Marco, why did you just suddenly summon your Keyblade?" Ruby asked.

"I… didn't." Marco said, confused as to why his Keyblade chose to appear without warning. "It just suddenly appeared in my hand for some reason."

"Hmm… that's really strange." Rosa said. "Since Keyblades have wills of their own, it's natural for them to act on their own sometimes. So yours showing up just now without you calling it, means something caused it appear. But what?"

The answer soon made itself known, as Marco's hand began to raise his Keyblade up until it was pointing right at… Star.

"Umm… huh?" Marco said still confused as to what was going on.

"It's pointing… at Star." Janna said. "Why… is it doing that?"

The eye of Marco's Keyblade looked towards Marco before looking over at Star.

"I believe Marco," Asteria said getting everyone's attention, "That your Keyblade may want Star to hold it instead of mine own. It seems to have taken quite a liking to Star for some reason or another, if I had to guess." She said smiling.

Star and Marco both remembered during the time when Janna was controlling the Heartless she summoned and Marco had first gotten Path towards Nightfall, that the keyblade was already quite found of Star.

"Well it doesn't really matter who's Keyblade Star wishes to hold," Asteria said, "So long as she's able to hold it and it doesn't swiftly return to Marco's hand, then we'll know that she's able to wield one." She explained.

"So that's how some people are picked to be Keyblade Wielders too?" Jackie asked.

"Precisely." Asteria said. "Now then, Marco, if you would be so kind as to let Star try holding your Keyblade, please?"

"Oh, uh yeah." Marco said as he held the grip of the Keyblade out for Star to take. "Here you go Star, whenever you're ready."

"Okay then." Star says as she reaches out to grab the handle. Once Star has her hand fully grasping the handle of the Keyblade, Marco let's go.

Everyone looks to see if anything happens; but after about 6 minutes, Janna finally broke the silence.

"Okay, Star's holding it… and nothing is happening." Janna said.

"That's the point." Rosa said. "The way this works; is that if Star is worthy enough to wield a Keyblade, then it will stay in her hand. If she's not meant to wield one, then Marco's Keyblade would have vanished and reappeared in Marco's hand. Meaning Star can't wield one." She explained.

"So the fact that Star is still holding Marco's Keyblade," Jackie started.

"Yep, she's still holding it. Which means Star, you're officially a Keyblade Wielder, congrats!" Rosa said as she clapped her hands together.

"What really!? I… I can use a Keyblade now too!?" Star asked excitedly as she looked to Asteria.

"Well Star, all the proof you need is right there in your hand. Seeing as how Marco's Keyblade hasn't left your hand." She said laughing a little as she saw her great, great, great, great, granddaughter's eyes almost pop out of her head in un restrained joy. "Alright, alright Star. I know your very excited knowing that you're a Keyblade Wielder, but can you please calm down now? Remember; we still have to see if the others can wield on too."

"Oh, right. Sorry, I'm just really excited is all, haha." Star said as scratched the back of her head sheepishly.

After Star gave Marco his Keyblade back, Asteria continued with the assessment as she presented her Keyblade to Jackie. As the platinum blonde took hold of the mythical sword, everyone watched for anything to happen. As Asteria saw her Keyblade still in Jackie's hand, she confirmed that was also able to wield a Keyblade.

"So we're 2 for 4 now, not bad." Rosa said.

"Yes, this is very fortune. But let's not get too ahead of ourselves now, Rosa." Asteria said. "Now Yang and Blake, which of you would like to – "

"Wait, wait!" Ruby said cutting Asteria off, "Let me and Weiss do it! Let Yang and Blake try holding our Keyblades!"

"And just what brought this idea to the forefront of your mind?" Weiss asked.

"Well, I mean, Marco let Star hold his Keyblade to see if she could use one. So I don't see why Yang or Blake can't do the same thing with our Keyblades." Ruby explained.

"How about the fact that Marco's Keyblade was the one that came out and wanted Star to hold it." Weiss reminded Ruby. "And if you've noticed, neither of our Keyblades are rushing out right now."

"Still, that doesn't mean we can't let them try holding them Weiss." Ruby said pleadingly to her teammate.

"Alright, alright. If it will get you to stop acting like an abandoned puppy," Weiss said as she drew Myrtenaster and transformed it into her Keyblade Myrtena Splitter. She then turned to Blake and held the Keyblade out to her.

"So I just have to hold onto it and see if it disappears or not?" Blake asked.

"That's the general idea, yes." Weiss said.

"Alright then," Blake said as she took hold of the Keyblade from Weiss's hand and waited.

It looked like Blake was able to hold it, but Myrtena Splitter soon vanished from Blake's hand and reappeared in Weiss's.

"Awww," Ruby said disappointed. "I looked like Blake had it for a second there."

"And that's why you shouldn't have gotten your hopes up like that." Weiss said as she transformed her Keyblade back into her regular weapon. "We don't know what the Keyblades are looking for when they are considering other people as wielders."

"Well yeah, I guess." Ruby said still a bit disappointed. "But still…"

"Ruby, it's okay." Blake said. "I really don't' mind if I'm not picked to be a Keyblade wielder, doesn't mean I still can't help my friends and teammates."

"There, you see? Blake isn't acting like it's the end of the world just because the Keyblade didn't choose her." Weiss said.

"Hey! I wasn't that upset about it." Ruby said as Weiss, Blake and Yang each raised an eyebrow at her. "Well… okay maybe like… 15% of that, but that's it."

"If you say so Ruby." Yang said smiling. "So if you're finished mopping little sis, do you mind if I try holding your Keyblade so we can wrap this little thing here up?"

"Oh, yeah sure." Ruby said as she pulled out Crescent Rose and changed it to its Keyblade form. Ruby then held it out for her sister to grab as everyone watched. But just like with Blake, the sword quickly fled back into Ruby's hand.

"Well, can't say I'm not surprised;" Yang said, "But hey, 2 out of 4 isn't bad if you ask me."

"Well now that we've confirmed those who can wield a Keyblade, I think it's time to move on to the next step." Asteria said. "We'll begin training how to properly fight with your Keyblade as well as performing basic magic."

"Wait, hold on." Star said. "Magic? How is that going to work? Marco, Janna and Jackie can't use magic like I can."

"Allow me to explain that." Asteria says. "You see the Keyblades are natural conduits for magic, so much so that even someone who has no kind of formal training with magic can perform it to the level of someone from our family Star." She explained. "I would even go as far as to say that an untrained Keyblades wielder could rival a member of the High Commission, while a trained wielder could possible take on three of them at once."

"Holy! Really!?" Star said surprised. "A Keyblade wielder could take on the Magical High Commission, that's crazy. Wait, does that mean that you could beat them Granny Asteria?"

"Well, I'm not saying that I could out right beat them, Star." Asteria said. "But I think I could at the very least win out against Hekapoo, Rhombulus and Lekmet. Omnitraxus and Glossaryck on the other hand? They would be a lot more challenging."

"What about my mom? Do you think you could take her on?"

"Well that depends on the level of skill between us; but I think it would be about even between me and your mother Star."

"Okay, if were done with the boring talk now," Rosa said. "Can we get to the fun parts now please?"

"Wait Rosa," Asteria says. "Before we can start the training, I think a change in attire is needed first."

"You want to give them new clothes now? How long is that going to take?"

"Not too long really, remember how I said I was working on something before you left here?"

Rosa thought for a moment before she remembered what her master was talking about.

"Wait, you mean that time when I saw you… but how could you have?"

"The stars Rosa," Asteria said. "the stars."

"Oh right, forgot you can read the stars, hehe."

"Since Ruby and Marco seem to already be fine with what their wearing due to their venturing into Janna's heart, it seems I'll have two sets for when we locate any other wielders."

"How come we need to change while Marco and Ruby don't have to?" Janna asked.

"It's due to the fact that their clothing has a special property that allows them to use unique abilities and skills." Asteria explained. "It will also allow them to best… blend in with the worlds you'll all no doubt be visiting during your searching."

"Oooh, okay then." Janna said.

"Well I wasn't expecting to get a free outfit when coming here." Yang said. "Just hope it's something that suits my style is all."

"Don't worry, I made sure that the outfits match each of your taste myself." Asteria said confidently. "Please follow me this way."

Later on; Asteria, Marco and Ruby waited in the Great Hall while the others were getting changed into the clothes Asteria provided for them. Asteria looked over from one of the two seats in the hall she was sitting in at Ruby who seemed to be distracting herself by humming while listening to music from a pair of red headphones she had. She then looked over at Marco, who was sitting on the ground in a lotus position with his Keyblade in his lap and his eyes closed.

'According to what Rosa told me; These two managed to awake the power of Drive Forms. And from what they told me, it seems it was the power of Valor that they were wielding based on the fact that they said they both were wielding two Keyblades.' Asteria thought. 'I never imagined that they would be able to gain use of that power yet; especially Marco, not after just acquiring his Keyblade in such a short time. Which makes me wonder, just how deep is the pool of his potential?'

Asteria's thoughts were soon cut- short by the sound of very excited cheering coming from her great, great, great granddaughter, which also got Marco and Ruby's attention too as she came racing into the hall in her new outfit along with everyone else.

"Marco Look! Look at my new outfit!" Star said energetically as Marco stood up to get a look at Star's new outfit.

Her outfit was a unique hooded pale blue and-black dress, with two small black cat ears. There are black ruffles on one side of her skirt and plaid on the other. She wore thick belted black boots that white stars on their sides. She was wearing thin white bracelets on her left wrist and her silver spiked bracelet on her right wrist. Finally, Star wore her magenta hairband. (It's Kairi's KH3 outfit, but I did a bit of tweaking to it.)

"Wow Star, you look great." "Yeah Star, you look amazing." Marco and Ruby said.

"I know right? This outfit practically screams me." Star said happily as she twirls around.

"Was it really necessary for you to scream your head off like that? Honestly Star, you are worse than Ruby sometimes." Weiss said as she walked over in her new outfit. It was a short, glittering dress with a color gradation of blue to pale blue at the hem, a sweetheart neckline, and a white, tulle petticoat. A white ribbon is wrapped multiple times around her waist, and over the outfit is worn a slightly sheer long-sleeved blue shrug fastened at the collar with a large sapphire broach that has three pendants dangling from it. Printed on the back of the shrug is the Schnee Crest. Completing her attire are dark blue wedge heels and sapphire drop earrings.

"Whoa Weiss, your outfit looks really cool too." Ruby said.

"Yeah, Ruby's right. It looks as if it was made just for you with how graceful it looks." Marco complimented.

"Well of course; and thank you Marco." Weiss said.

"I think what Marco meant to say is that it looks exactly like something you'd wear. Given how it looks like it's made from snow and ice, Ice Queen." Yang said jokingly as she and Blake walked over.

Blake was wearing a long white tailcoat with dark gray lining and a sleeveless black crop top. The crop top has rectangular and diamond-shaped cutouts around the neckline. Additionally, she wears a white belt over black fitted pants. Across her torso is a diagonal strap that contains a smaller magnetic clip used to sheathe Gambol Shroud. She wears thigh-high black heeled boots with gold-colored edging around the top. The left boot has a belt wrapped twice around the thigh. Each boot bears her belladonna emblem in white on the outer side of the thigh, and a white pouch is attached to the back of her belt.

Yang was dressed in a tan jacket with orange lining and gold edging, unzipped halfway to show an orange crop top. The coat has darker brown short sleeves, a thick collar that completely encircles her neck, and two long gold-trimmed rectangular tails. She also wears fitted black pants. Around her hips and over the tails of her coat is a brown belt, which has two pieces of dark brown material trimmed in gold attached to it. The first covers from her left hip to the back of the belt and is folded over the belt, and the second is attached from the right hip and almost around to the other piece of material. She wears knee high brown boots with gold caps on the heel and toe, with the heel cap attaching to a gold strap across the front of her ankle, and a gold zipper on the upper half of the front of the boots. A single small buckled strap is on the upper outside of her boots, and a purple bandanna tied around her left knee. A pair of black fingerless gloves along with her twin gauntlets reaching to mid forearm complete the outfit.

"Wow! Blake and Yang you guys look great too!" Ruby said.

"Thanks Ruby." Blake said.

"Yeah, thanks little sis." Yang said. "You defiantly weren't kidding when you said you had our styles in mind." She said looking over at Asteria.

"I'm glad the outfits are to your liking." Asteria said kindly. "But where are Janna, Rosa and Jackie?"

"Still back there," Weiss said. "Thier helping Janna with here outfit."

"Oh, was there a problem with the size maybe?" Asteria asked.

"It wasn't really the size that was the problem." Blake said.

"It was more of trying to convince Janna to put it on, since she was embarrassed of wearing it." Yang said snickering.

"Why would Janna have a problem with the outfit?" Marco asked.

"It may have something to do with the fact that there's a… sigh, certain color that's on it." Weiss said as she sighed.

"A color?" Marco said confused.

"Well what color is on it that could make Janna adamant about wearing the outfit?" Ruby asked curiously.

"It's pink." Star said which caused Ruby and Marco to look at her strangely. "Yep, Janna didn't want to wear the outfit my Granny Asteria made for her because it has the color pink on it. Which is Janna's favorite color by the way." She said smiling.

"What?" Marco said not believing what her just heard. "Janna; the same Janna that's into graveyards, demons and undead… likes the color pink."

"I thought her favorite color would be something like black or violet. You know, since she's into the whole dark and creepy stuff." Ruby said.

"Nope, that girl is into the color pink Ruby." Yang said.

"I had no idea she would be that embarrassed about the color." Asteria said.

"If you ask me, I think she's over reacting." Weiss said. "I mean, it's not as if you made the whole outfit pink. The color is only present in a few place on it, so there's no need for her the act embarrassed about it."

"The outfit is mainly black too, so I don't think she has to worry unless someone points out the pink on it." Blake added.

"Exactly;" Rosa said as she came into the hall and joined the others. "I don't see why Janna is being so stubborn."

"Can we assume that you coming out here means that she's finally finished with her "crisis"?" Weiss asked.

"Thankfully yes." Rosa said as they soon heard the Jackie and Janna coming.

"I still don't like it."

"Janna seriously, you have got to get over it." Jackie said. "Besides it's not even all that noticeable."

"Do you not see these frilly pink ribbons on this thing?" Janna complained. "or these pink stripes on the front and on these gloves I've got on?"

"Again, your overreacting." Jackie said as she came through the entrance in her new clothes. It consisted of an ocean blue strapless mini-dress made up of three zippers (two are for decorative purposes) as well as a white halter top underneath her mini-dress with a black hood. She also wore three bracelets on her left wrist a black belt reminiscent of suspenders with a note book shaped bag attachment, and white sneakers. "Really hope we didn't keep you guys waiting too long." (Kairi's KH2 outfit. figured Jackie could rock this one.)

"It's fine Jackie, no need to worry yourself over it." Asteria said. "May I assume that Janna is hiding behind the wall next to you?"

"Yeah, she's still not too okay with her outfit."

"Understatement of the year Jackie." Janna said from behind the wall while Jackie rolled her eyes.

"Come on Janna, the outfit does not look bad at all. And the pink is barely noticeable." Star said, But Janna still refused to come out. Star then had an idea that may get Janna to come from behind the wall. "Okay Janna; if you don't believe what me or Jackie say, would you come out and at least let Marco see your outfit?"

"W-What!?" Janna stuttered.

"Star does have a point," Yang said jumping in, "she, Weiss, Blake, Rosa, Jackie and me have seen your outfit already. The only ones who haven't seen it yet are Ruby and Marco."

"They don't need to see it!" Janna said.

"Well why can't we?" Marco asked. "Janna I'd like to at least see what your new outfit looks like; I bet it's not as bad as your making it sound."

"Yeah Janna," Ruby said. "I bet it looks really nice on you."

It was silent for a few seconds before Janna spoke up again.

"Fine; but only because I don't feel like seeing Marco begging to see this thing alright?" Janna said.

As Janna stepped out from behind the wall, Marco's eyes widened when he saw the outfit she was now wearing.

Janna was dawned in a short black, frilly style dress with a layer of white ruffles over black ruffles of the skirt. The top had a raindrop shape opening on the front, and the straps of the top cross before reaching her neck on either side. The top had an open back with two x-shaped crossing stitches tightening it at her waist. A strip of pink goes down either side at the front of her top and ends at bows above her ruffles. Five golden buttons are distributed evenly going down the top on either side between the pink strips.

Around her neck was a black collar that had a skull-shaped tag attached to it.

She wore a pair of black fingerless gloves that reached from her elbows to her knuckles. Each one had a pair of pink stripes running down from her knuckles to her elbows.

She wore black boots that reached her mid-thigh and have a slit down to either knee. She had a black cloak underneath her skirt. It ran from her waist down to her ankles and is split down the center with the inner lining being pink.

Finally, Marco and Ruby noticed that the beanie that Janna usually wore was not present. They also noticed the enormous blush that was on Janna's face as she was looking away from them. More specifically, looking away from Marco.(Yeah, this one came from the anime/manga Seraph of the End. Guess which character rocked this outfit?)

"Janna?" Marco said.

"W-What is it?" she asked.

"I… don't see the reason why you were embarrassed about being seen in this? If anything; it looks really cool on you, makes you look like some kind of… vampire queen or something."

The moment Marco said that, Janna's face instantly glowed red before hearing Ruby speak.

"I'm not too sure about that Marco, she looks more like a dark witch to me."

"That's exactly what I said! But Janna still didn't think so." Star said.

"And I said that was ridiculous." Weiss said. "The outfit clearly gives her to look of a noblemen's daughter."

"And again, I said that was dead wrong Ice Queen." Yang said. "Because for one; she doesn't act all snooty and pompous like… certain others." She said smiling while looking away.

"And just whom are you referring to?" Weiss asked.

"Oh no one special, don't worry about it."

"Then why do I have the feeling you were talking about me?"

"Don't know where you got that idea from."

"The smile on your face is proof enough!"

"Alright! Shut it! Geez," Janna said as she walked over and punched Marco in the arm.

"Hey! What was that – " he started to say before Janna cut him off.

"Thanks… for the compliment." She said.

"Oh, well… your welcome."

"Alright then;" Asteria said as she clapped her hands together, "now that everyone is ready, shall we start the training?"

After leaving and going down the mountain path, the group arrive at the monastery's training ground. There they can see training dummies, targets and many other things that were used for training Keyblade wielders.

"Welcome to the training ground you guys!" Rosa said. "This is where you'll be learning the basics of how to fight with your Keyblade and learning the use of basic magic."

"Thank you Rosa for that… introduction." Asteria said before seeing Jackie with her hand up. "Yes Jackie? Was there something you wanted to ask?"

"Yes ma'am, it's just… how are Star and I suppose to train? We don't have our own Keyblades yet." Jackie asked.

"Oh yes that. Don't worry, that won't be an issue." She said as she walked over and stood in front of Jackie. "Now Jackie, I'll need you to stay calm seeing as it has been awhile since I've last done this."

"Umm, okay I guess." Jackie said unsure of what was going to happen.

Asteria closes her eye as the necklace she wore began to glow and a while light envelops her body.

"Whoa, what is that?" Ruby asks.

"Just watch and see you guys." Rosa says.

Asteria then stretches her hand out and places it in front of the spot where Jackie's heart is. Jackie is soon enveloped in a blue light as she begins to feel as if someone or something is calling out to her. Asteria then pulls her hand away from Jackie and opens her eyes as they both stop glowing.

"Okay, that should it." Asteria said. "Now Jackie, I would like to hold your hand out and concentrate for me please?"

"Sure, okay then." Jackie said as she did what Asteria asked. Once she did, as small vortex of water began to gather in her hand as everyone aside from Rosa watched in amazement. Jackie then unconsciously closed her hand around something that was within the vortex, which caused it to vanish and in its place was Jackie's Keyblade.

it had a guard that was circular and somewhat jagged around its edges. The upper half of the guard was black, the center was grey, and the bottom of it was colored white. The handle was a featureless, grey rod. The shaft was thin and navy blue in coloration, except for the tip, which was silver. The base of the shaft also sports two diamond-shaped bumps. The teeth were comprised of a rectangular frame lined with four short, blunt spikes. The frame and spikes were also navy blue. The teeth also had three silver pieces bent at right angles; two on the inside corners of the frame and one on the inside center of one side. The Keychain links and token resemble water drops.

"Whoa! What was that!?" Ruby asked excitedly.

"That was Master Asteria drawing out the Keyblade of Jackie's heart." Rosa said. "She's had that ability since I've known her, in fact that's how I got my Keyblade."

"So we basically have magic swords sleeping inside of us?" Janna said. "Defiantly the coolest thing I've heard about myself today."

Jackie lightly swung her new Keyblade through the air, curiosity and amazement in her eyes.

"So, this… was inside me the whole time?" Jackie said. "I had no idea."

"Well I can't blame you for that, I had no idea either that such a weapon was sleeping inside my own heart." Asteria said. "It may seem a bit strange at first, but give it time and soon you and your Keyblade will be able to do great things together."

"Alright, cool." Jackie said as she looked at her Keyblade with a smile. "We'll try and do our best."

"My turn! My turn!" Star said excitedly as she came up and stood in front of Asteria.

"Okay, okay Star. I'll need you to calm down first dear, okay? This process requires you to be relaxed and focused for it to work properly."

"Oh, okay." Star said as she takes a deep breath before releasing. "I'm ready now."

"Okay, let's begin."

Just like with Jackie, Asteria held her hand up in front of Star's chest where her heart was as she was enveloped in the white light again. Star also had her eyes closed and was enveloped in a golden light.

"Okay Star," Asteria said as she pulled her hand away, "now just as I told Jackie, stretch your hand out and focus on calling your Keyblade."

"Got it."

Star stretched her hand out as she concentrated. Soon a vortex of light with blue stars and yellow moons appeared in Star's hand before quickly disappearing. In its place, to Star's absolute joy was her Keyblade. It was in the shape of a classic skeleton key with a gold handguard, and a blue blade patterned with stars. At the four corners of the handguard are five-pointed star designs and the keychain was gold colored with the token being five-pointed gold star with a pink heart in the center.

"Look you guys! I finally got mine!" Star cheered happily… and loudly as she waved her Keyblade in the air.

"That's great Star." "Yeah Star, your Keyblade looks really amazing. It even has stars on it to match with your name too." Marco and Ruby said.

"While I know your happy about getting your Keyblade, you didn't have to blow our eardrums with the yelling." Weiss said.

"Oh leave her be Weiss," Rosa said. "let Star enjoy her moment."

"Yeah, I mean she just got her Keyblade and everything. I'd say she's earned right to celebrate a bit." Yang said.

"Sigh, alright." Weiss said. "But now since both Star and Jackie have their Keyblades, shouldn't we start the training now?"

"That's true, she should begin now." Asteria said. "Now that everyone is ready, let's begin the first lesson shall we?"

"So what exactly is the first lesson?" Janna asked.

"Well we're going to be starting with basic combat training, since both you and Jackie I'm guessing don't normally fight in the traditionally sense, correct?" Asteria asked.

"Right, good point." Janna said shrugging her shoulders.

"So to start; we're going to have a light sparring demonstration, then you'll both have your try at it. Understood?"

"Got it." "Yeah, I got." Jackie and Janna said.

"Alright; so to begin… Star and Weiss? I'd like you two to spare with each other so Janna and Jackie can get a sense of what to do."

"Of course," "No problem! I was hoping to get the chance to fight with my Keyblade soon!" Weiss and Star said as they both walked to the open training field and stood opposite to each as Asteria and the others stood to the side.

"Now before we begin; I'd like you all to know something important," Asteria said, "this match is to simply show two of the Keyblade's Chosen a chance to see what a battle between two other Chosen is like. But this is match is neither a competition or a battle to see who is better. Not a test of wills, but rather a test of the strength of one's heart. Is that clear?"

"Yes ma'am," "Right, got it." Weiss and Star said.

"Well then," Asteria said as she looked at both girls, "Whenever you two are ready?"

Weiss drew Myrtenaster and shifted it into its Keyblade form, while Star summoned her Keyblade in a storm of blue and yellow stars and moons as they both to their ready positions.

"Now… begin!"

(Song cue: The Tumbling - Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)

Star quickly dashes towards Weiss and swiftly swings her Keyblade at her from the left. But Weiss quickly jumps back, avoiding Star's attack completely before swinging her Keyblade and launching several ice cycles at Star.

"Whoa!" Star shouted as she moving around to try and avoid getting hit by the ice projectiles. "Okay then, if that's the way she's wants to play," Star then begins to spin her Keyblade in her hand as the tip of it starts glowing pink, "Crystal Dagger Heart Attack!"

Star then swings her Keyblade shooting off a stream of heart-shaped, pink crystal projectiles.

Weiss quickly creates a barrier around herself as the crystals begins pelting against it.

"So you figured out you could use your Keyblade to cast your spells the same way you do with your wand?" Weiss said as she kept the barrier up.

"Yep," Star said, "Plus, I can also do this. Check it out!"

Star then charges towards the barrier while holding her Keyblade with both hands. As she got closer, she stopped and jumped into the air and then came spinning back down like a saw blade all while her Keyblade glowed blue.

"What is she?" Weiss didn't time to finish her thought as eyes widen, before she quickly moved out of the way as Star came crashing down, creating a dust cloud on impact.

When the dust cleared up, Weiss and the others eyes widen when they saw what was now in Star's hands. In place of her Keyblade, she now held what looked to be a massive Axe Sword that had the same colors as her Keyblade. The weapon looked to be about a meter long and quite laborious, but Star seemed to have no problem at all. The blade had a moon on both sides and a star at the base of the handle.

"Whoa! What did Star do to her Keyblade!? It looks so different now!" Ruby said in excitement.

"Different is an understatement here Ruby," Yang said. "it looks like she turned it into some kind of giant axe."

"I think it looks more like a tomahawk," Marco said.

"Whatever it's called! How did Star even do that!?" Ruby asked.

"That's a pretty good question," Rosa said, "What Star just did was something called Keyblade Transformation. It's something similar to what you and Weiss do with your weapons Ruby, except it doesn't require a keychain to do it." She explained.

"Wow, that's so cool!" Ruby said.

"And it sounds like something pretty advanced, how can Star do that when she only just recently got her Keyblade?" Blake asked.

"Again a very good question… that I don't have the answer to." Rosa said. "Maybe Star took inspiration from Ruby and Weiss whenever they transformed their Keyblades into their regular weapons."

Asteria looked on closely as Star and Weiss continued to sparring.

'This match is defiantly telling me a lot here,' she thought as she saw Star use her transformed axe blade to smash through a glyph Weiss summoned to try and block the attack. 'I didn't expect Star to able to use a Keyblade transformation this early. And it seems to grant her immense strength which in turn allows her to break through both physical and magical defense.'

Weiss managed to jump over one of Star's attacks, landing behind her and firing several ice cycles at her which made contact. However, Star noticed that the attack didn't hurt as much. In fact, she felt as if the attack hardly did anything.

"Hey Weiss, was that supposed to hurt? Because I hardly felt that." Star said as she turned around and rested her axe sword on her shoulder.

"What? What do mean you hardly felt it?" Weiss asked, a bit offended. "Granted I wasn't really trying to hurt you, but that attack should have a least stung a bit."

'And it seems to also increase her durability and stamina.' Asteria thought. 'But from seeing from how Weiss was able to dodge and then attack before Star could react in time, using that transformation hampers her speed greatly. I think I've seen what I need to see.'

(Song end)

"Okay' that's enough you two." Asteria said, signaling for Weiss and Star to stop. "Well done both of you, that was a good and very surprising match."

"Surprise is defiantly a word I'd use." Janna said smirking. "Star almost the Ice Queen here into a pancake."

"I highly doubt that would have happened," Weiss said.

"Says the girl whose glyphs Star kept smashing through." Blake said.

"Yeah Star, you were smashing through Weiss's glyphs like glass." Ruby said.

"Not to mention how you shrugged off those hits before, not bad Star." Yang said as she patted Star on the back.

"Thanks guys," Star said, "it felt really fun fighting with something that's not my wand. And it was really cool that I could change it into something else just like my wand!"

"While we're on the topic; could you explain what that was you did anyway?" Weiss asked.

"What Star did during that fight was what's called a Keyblade Transformation," Asteria said, "it's a skill in which a Keyblade wielder is able to transform their Keyblade into different things from weapons to even vehicles for transportation. It's similar to how you and Ruby are able transform your weapons into your Keyblades, only Star doesn't need a keychain."

"Is that so," Weiss said as she looked at her own Keyblade, "I'll have to see if I'm able to perform that too while we train." She said interested.

"Now then, Janna and Jackie." Asteria said. "I hope you both took note of how to fight with your Keyblades from watching Star and Weiss?"

"I think I got the basics of it." Jackie said.

"Same." Janna said.

"Alright then, let's continue for a bit longer then." Asteria said as she continued training the young Keyblade wielders for the rest of the day.

(Kingdom of Mewni, Butterfly Castle)

Queen Moon Butterfly was currently in her office going over a couple of documents. They mainly focused on the creatures known as Heartless than Glossaryck had told her and High Commission about. As Glossaryck had suggested before, Moon called each dimension's ruling kingdom and told them not attack the Heartless and just leave them. She also told them to make sure that their citizens didn't go near them either, if the creatures were to sense the presence of another close to what they've claimed as their territory, they will attack and advance on their kingdoms.

"Well it looks like your taking my advice is helping a bit there my Queen."

Moon glanced over to her right and saw Glossaryck looking over at the recent report she had received.

"Yes, thankfully." Moon said as she picked up two reports that came from the Waterfolk and Spiderbite Kingdoms. "After I managed to pass along the intel of the creatures, the kingdoms have begun making sure that no one goes near where they were spotted. They do send scouts out every now and then to check on their activity for any signs of change, but so far nothing out of the ordinary."

"Well that's good to hear and all." Glossaryck said as he floated over to the window and looked out towards the sky while a pudding cup appeared in his hands.

"Glossaryck," Moon said as she looked up from the report, "just out of curiosity, how long do you plan on staying around here? Shouldn't you de back on earth training Star?"

"Hmm… you do have a point." Glossaryck said as he ate a spoon-full of pudding. "Hmm… three days in half."

"Pardon?"

"Well you said I should be training Star, so I'll be sticking around here for three days in half." Glossaryck said. "After which I'll see myself out and resume Star's training where I'll start pushing her to the more… advanced magic she'll need to know."

"The more advanced magic?" Moon said. "While I'm all for Star learning the more advanced spells from her family, I'm just finding myself a bit… concerned with her learning those… spells."

"Oh come now my Queen, Star will be fine." Glossaryck said as he scraped the sides of his empty pudding cup. "I'm pretty sure Baby herself even said that her level of magic surpassed even yours at her age."

"Yes, I'm aware of that. But she also said that Star's level of magic was comparable to…"

"Queen Eclipsa, I know." Glossaryck said. "It's true; as someone who also mentored her back then during her time on the throne… brief as it was. I can defiantly say for sure, that Star and Eclipsa are very equal to each in terms of power. However; while Eclipsa's power stemmed from dark magic and using it only for herself, Star's level of magic stems from wanting to use it to make her friends and eve those she hasn't met happy. And that's the real difference in their magic, my Queen."

"I see," Moon said as smiled at what Glossaryck had said.

"Anyway; no doubt Star's having a tone of fun right now. So I'll give a little bit more time before I go back to resume her training. I think she'll enjoy the kind of training I have in store when I see her again." He said with grin as he puffed away the empty pudding cup. "Well that's the end of that pudding cup, I'll have to see about that new brand with the yada-yada berries mixed in that Quest Buy has on sale today."

"Glossaryck," Moon said, "You do know that Yada-Yada berries turn you to stone."

"True, but you can't say that they don't taste refreshing." He said as he opened a portal. "Don't wait up."

Moon just shook her head as her former mentor left through the portal.

"And yet the berries have the unfortunate side effect to turn you into a lawn ornament." She said as she continued to look over the reports.

A/N: Okay we are done for now. So not much to this chapter, it was more or less a setup. So yes Glossaryck will be leaving Mewni to meet up with Star, as well as getting to see Asteria again. Plus, everyone has their new outfits and Jackie and Star have their Keyblades. Now the training will probably be about another chapter before they all head out the start searching for the other guardians, so maybe after Glossaryck get's there i'll have a bit of s time skip? I'm not too sure yet.

Anyway; hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I'm out, later! ;)