Chapter II: Destiny Islands (Part 1)
It was a beautiful summer afternoon on the Destiny Islands. Many kids enjoyed the day by playing on the sister island of the town.
On of those kids is Sora, a fourteen year old boy sleeping by the beach. He opened his eyes and looked up to the clear blue sky over the endless ocean. To most people it would look like a beautiful sight but to Sora it's an everyday sight.
He yawned and laid back to go back to sleep again. Only to see a certain redhead girl right over him looking down at him. Sora leaped up surprised. He heard a giggle behind him as he felt his heat slow down back to normal.
"Sora you lazy bum!" The fourteen year old girl said.
"Aw give me a break Kairi." Sora grumbled.
"I thought I'd find you two here napping." Kairi said turning to Sora's side. There still asleep next to Sora was his twin brother Koga. He looked just like Sora from his brown hair color to his tan skin. Though unlike Sora's spiky hair which sticks up, Koga has his brushed down almost like Riku's. He wore a white t-shirt with blue sleeves and blue stars dotted all over. He had a black sleeveless jacket over his shirt and he wore brown baggy pants with large brown sneakers. To top it off was a silver necklace with a star on it similar to Sora's crown necklace.
Kairi stood over Koga. He noticed the shadow Kairi was casting over him and stirred awake. His drowsy blue eyes opened and looked at Kairi who was inches away from his face.
"...The sky looks pretty today."
Kairi giggled and Koga suddenly realized who he was talking to. His face turned bright red as he sat up.
"U-uh Hi Kairi, good morning I mean afternoon!"
"Good afternoon to you to silly!" She said helping him up.
Sora smiled. His brother was a easily flustered one but he was really close with him and their two friends.
"Ugh, man. I had a strange dream." He groaned as he wiped sand out of his hair. "Stupid sand! First a big shadow monster and now sand!"
Kairi giggled. "Well that's what you get for sleeping in the sand."
Sora's smile dropped and he felt his hair stand up. "Huh, what'd you say?"
"Sand! You know sand get's on my nerves. It's rough, coarse, and it gets e-"
"No, I mean the other thing!" Sora exclaimed grabbing him by the shoulder and turned him.
"Oh the big shadow monster, it was all part of the dream I just had. It was so weird, there were a bunch of these glowing platforms of these pretty girls, then I fought these weird Shadow creatures. Then I was falling, I used a crossbow (don't know where the ammo came from), and then my shadow turned into this big monster that swallowed me up. This dream was so strange, I couldn't even tell if it was real or not."
"I had a similar dream too." Sora said, Koga turned to him surprised. "There was a weird voice guiding me along."
"Oh wow." Koga said eyes widened. "We always had similar dreams in the past, almost like we share it."
"But that place felt so real..."
"I know, what was that place?" Koga murmured.
"Anyway," Kairi interrupted their conversation. "If you two are done lazing about we need help with the finishing touches on the raft. Riku said it should be ready in about three days."
"Really!" Koga jumped up and his eyes sparkled with excitement. Out of the four of them, Koga was the most excited for the completion of the Raft. It was his and Riku's original idea to build a raft and to set sail to other worlds. Because as everyone knows, you can sail to another world.
Kairi walked past them and looked towards the horizon. "Yep, he should be coming over here shortly so try to look like you're actually getting work done."
Sora walked up to her. "Hey Kairi, what was your hometown like? You know where you grew up."
Kairi sighed. "I told you, I don't remember. I just ended up here washed ashore almost ten years ago with no memories of where I came from."
Sora and Koga remember that day. They were playing by the beach when Koga found a red haired girl with a white dress and tiny pink shoes washed ashore. Although washed ashore is another way of saying she literally fell from the sky during a meteor shower. For awhile Koga thought she was an angel...
But after awhile he really warmed up to her and they all became inseparable.
Koga grabbed her hand comfortingly. "Don't you ever miss it?"
"No, I'm happy here with you guys. You two are my best friends." She smiled at the two.
Koga gave a huge grin back and wrapped an arm around Sora's shoulder and Kairi's too.
"Hey!" The trio turned to see a white spiky haired 15 year old boy walking over to them carrying a wooden plank. "Aren't you forgetting someone?"
"Sorry Riku!" Koga said. He and Sora ran up to him and gave sheepish smiles.
"I guess I'm the only one working on the raft around here." He tossed the plank to Koga knocking him over. Sora frantically helped his pinned brother.
"Don't worry Riku, we'll all fix it together!" Kairi exclaimed.
"Nah, I'm too tired now." Riku said flatly as he sat on the ground.
"I'll race you guys to the Raft!"
"Huh?" Sora said, struggling to lift up the plank, when it came to physical strength Riku outmatches them by a lot.
"Seriously?" Riku sighed.
"Ready? Go!"
Riku and Sora quickly looked at each other and started running, Sora accidentally letting go of the plank. Koga shrieked and rolled over before it fell back on him.
Kairi giggled. "Come on Koga, they're getting ahead!" She pulled him up and dragged him along. They passed by three other islander kids who they hung out with from time to time; Selphie Tidus and Waaka.
"Hey Kairi, where're you heading mon?" Waaka asked holding his ball.
"Nowhere, just racing!" Kairi semi-lied.
"That's fun!" Selphie said. "Me, Waaka and Tidus are gonna go check out the secret place."
"Well you two have fun!" Kairi said.
"Well tell Riku he still owes us that rematch!" Tidus said.
"Alright!" Koga shouted as he got pulled away with the others.
"So we tie the rope here right?" Sora asked. The raft was looking good. The frame was all done and all they needed to do was set up the mast. It wasn't an enormous raft but it was definitely big enough for elbow room up to 4 people. It was also well hidden on a certain end of the island where other's won't find it.
Riku turned to Sora. "Not if you want the sail to get blown out from a strong wind."
Sora pouted. "It's looks good!" He turned to Koga who was helping Kairi tie the sail to the mast. "Koga help we out here."
His brother shook his head. "Sorry but I agree with Riku. You are not good at tying a knot."
Sora grumbled. "Traitor..."
Kairi shrugged. "I just don't want our trip to be a short one.
Riku looked into the sunset, they've been working for hours now.
"Alright that's enough for today. It's getting late, we'll finish up tomorrow."
The others nodded and put their work down. They followed him to their spot. It was an tiny island connected to the larger island by a wooden bridge. Riku decided to name it 'Riku island' claiming to be the first to set foot on it, even if there was already a safety ladder on the side in case someone falls off.
They all leaned on a low hanging tree growing fruit.
"Things are looking good for the Raft. We gotta just put up the mast tomorrow and we should be done." Riku said.
"We gotta just collect supplies for our journey and we will be ready to go." Kairi said.
"What do we need that's so important?" Koga said.
"Well for starters, fresh water." Riku answered nonchalantly
"We got plenty of water around us."
"We can't drink ocean water Koga."
"Yes we can, we just need to boil it."
"Where will we get fire to boil it?"
"From the raft."
"..."
"What?" Koga said wondering why everyone was staring at him.
"So, Kairi's home is out there somewhere right?" Sora asked, changing the subject.
"Could be." Riku said. "We'll never know if we stay here."
"But how far could a raft take us?"
"I told you we should have gone with a pirate ship." Koga said. He was still upset they didn't go with his idea of a ship.
"We'll see how far the raft takes us, if it works well then we can think of something else."
"Like the pirate ship?" Koga asked with puppy eyes.
Riku chuckled. "Yeah, the pirate ship."
"Suppose we get to another world, what would you do there?" Kairi asked.
"I know what Koga would want to do." Sora grinned.
"I wanna take in the sights, the people, I just wanna see what's out there!" Koga said with passion and glee.
Riku looked down. "I haven't really thought about it." Everyone stopped their laughter when they saw how serious Riku sounded. "I always wondered why we're here on this island. If there are other worlds out there then why did we end up on this one?"
"It's not so bad. It's beautiful and warm here." Kairi said.
"But also small. And if there are other worlds then ours is just a piece of something much greater. So we could have easily ended up someplace else right?"
Koga nodded looking up at the stars starting to appear in the sky. "You're right, from what I know every star out there is a world, and there are alot of stars! Kairi is from one of those stars, so out of all of them why did she end up here?"
"Exactly." Riku said. "We won't know the answer if we stay here. That's why we need to go out there and find out for ourselves." He stepped up and walked closer to the sunset. "It's better than staying here, doing the same thing over and over again. So let's just go."
Everyone else looked at each other in surprise. They didn't know Riku thought that way about home.
"You've been thinking a lot lately haven't you?" Kairi said.
"Yeah, thanks to you. If you never came here I probably wouldn't have thought of any of this." He looked to the girl. "Kairi thanks."
Kairi smiled. "Your welcome."
"Well look at the time, we better head back before our parents get upset." Koga suggested.
"Right." Kairi said as she got up and ran on ahead to their small boats. Sora and Koga got ready to go.
"Koga, hold up!" Riku said tossing something to him. Koga caught it and looked at it. It was a Star shaped fruit that only grows on the tree that they leaned on.
"A paopu fruit?" Koga looked at him confused.
"If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll become a part of each other's lives no matter what."
"Okay?" Koga narrowed his eyes. Then they widened when he came to the realization. Sora and Riku looked at him with smug grins.
"Come on, you know you want to try it."
"No way man, no way!" Koga's face went beet red.
"Don't lie to us bro. We've seen the way you look at her." Sora snickered.
"I am not sharing the paopu fruit with Kairi!" Riku chuckled and left them.
"Liar, we all know you like her..." Sora teased.
"No I don't!"
Sora scoffed and took the fruit from his hand. "Then I guess I'll give it to her."
"NO!" Koga tackled Sora and the two brothers wrestled for the paopu. They both pulled on it hard, neither one letting go until it suddenly tore in half.
Koga looked at it in shock. He glared at his twin brother. "Now look what you've done you... you... jerk!" Sora snickered at the childish insult. Koga was always the more childish one of the pair. "I can't give Kairi half a paopu fruit!"
"I thought you didn't want to give it to her?" Sora smirked.
Koga's face paled. "I-I do-don- BAH!" He fumed as he stomped back to the boats, Sora smugly following behind.
Meanwhile at Disney World
It was a lovely day in Disney World. The sun was shining, the flowers are blooming, and the citizens walk around enjoying their everyday lives. In Disney Castle Donald Duck, the King's royal mage, walked down the hall dressed in his formal wizard outfit. He passed by some of the servant's, magical walking brooms. He waved hi to them even though they can't talk.
Donald stopped in front of the grand door to the throne room where their king resides. He cleared his throat and knocked on the door, opening the smaller door that was hidden in the big door. He walked through and walked down the ridiculously long and empty grand hall where the throne resided at the end.
He gave a bow towards the throne. "Good morning your majesty." He straightened his hat back up and looked at the throne. "It's nice to see you this mor- WHAT?!" His beak dropped as he saw that their King wasn't in the throne. He is always at the throne, the only times hes off is when he has other things to attend to but he usually tells Donald about it.
In the place of the King there was his trusted dog Pluto sleeping on the throne. What was most curious was the letter in his mouth with the King's seal. He took it from Pluto and read what it said carefully. When he was done he looked at Pluto with a stoic face. The dog was panting happily unaware of what the letter said.
Anyone that was nearby would hear Donald's squawking/screaming as he ran out of the throne room into the garden. There he saw his close friend and the Captain of the Royal guard, Goofy. Said knight was sleeping on a patch of grass.
"Wake up Goofy, wake up! This is serious!"
But Goofy kept snoring. Donald got frustrated and decided to give him a jolt to wake him. He pointed his staff at him and shouted,
"Thunder!"
A bolt of lightning came out of nowhere and struck Goofy, it seemed to do the trick and he yawned and looked at Donald.
"Hey there Donald, G'morning." He said cheerfully, Donald didn't look as pleased.
"We've got a problem Goofy but you can't tell anyone!"
Goofy narrowed his eyes in confusion. "Queen Minnie?"
"Not even the queen!" Donald shook his head.
"...Daisy?"
Donald squawked angrily. "No, it's top secret!"
Goofy chuckled and waved. "A'yuck G'morning ladies."
Donald stiffed and slowly turned around to see said two ladies looking at him. Daisy had her hands on her hips demanding answers.
The mage chuckled nervously. So much for top secret...
So what you guys think of Koga? You like him, think he's annoying, or don't care.
You probably got some questions to ask, and just like Kingdom Hearts the answer will lead to more questions until it becomes a huge complex mess of a plot!
So I'm not answering.
HAVE FUN!