"It's true! I saw it with my own eyes!" The young brunette exclaimed. His cerulean eyes sparkled in excitement. He stood just outside the secret place with his best friend Riku. "You sure you didn't just hear it this time?" The older friend asked sarcastically while brushing a strand of silver hair away from his cute cherubic face. Sora angrily balled up his fists. "What difference does it make? There's a huge monster in there, I tell you!" He retorted getting frustrated with the fact that Riku refused to believe him. "All right suppose there is a monster." He paused, his voice barely above a whisper. "Think we can beat it by ourselves, Sora?" Riku asked, a glimmer of uncertainty in his sea green eyes.
The younger boy just smiled. "No problem. Let's do it!" He pulled out his toy wooden sword, holding it up with an air of confidence. A faint unidentifiable sound is heard in the background. "Listen! There! Can you hear it growling?" Sora smirked, happy that he proved his point. Riku pressed his fingers to his lips. "Shh, quiet. We've gotta be careful." Sora nodded in agreement. They pushed aside the moss and leaves the covered the entryway and crawled through the hole which led to the center of the giant tree. They looked only to find nothing there. "See that? It was only the wind making that noise." Riku commented, much to his relief.
Sora hung his spiky brown head in disappointment. "Aw, man. I wish it was a monster." His attention was diverted to what looked like a wooden door with no handle. "Hold on. What's that over there?" The older boy walked up to it to inspect. "A window, or maybe a door?" He ran his small fingers along the embers of wood. "It won't open." The younger boy leaned against the moldy cave walls. "Geez, is that really all that's here?" He asked to no one in particular. "What do you expect in a boring place like this?" His friend coolly replied.

All of a sudden his eyes lit up as he got an idea. "Hey, Sora!" The boy turned his gaze towards him. "Hm?" "When we grow up, let's get off this island. We'll go on real adventures, not this kid stuff." Sora seemed to perk up a bit. "Sure But isn't there anything fun to do now." They both stared at the ground as they tried to figure out what to do. "Hey, you know the new girl at the mayor's house? She arrived on the night of the meteor shower! We can go meet her." Sora suggested. Riku nodded. "Okay!" The brunette left. Riku went to leave but saw something new on the door. It appeared to be a giant keyhole. 'Weird,' he thought as he trailed off.