I don't own Sora, or Riku, or Kairi, but I wish I did. The person I do own, is Dory, so you take her, you die! I really have the Moon Mythril Blade you know. Wrote a book about it. Weeeeell.. I'm rambling. I'll shut up now.

Oh yeah, there's a song in here too, that I don't own.

The Moon Child

The Truth Behind The Keyblade

Ever heard of the 'keyblade'? Did you ever wonder whether his world was real...or not? Do you even know what I'm talking about? Well, I'm Dory. One of the Keyblade Bearers friends, and I will tell you what really happened, and it's not all that Disney hiked it up to be. In fact, they left me out completely...how dare them. Well, anyway, Here I am, typing away, and you're probably wondering when we're going to get to the real story. I'll just do my story... it entertwines with the legend anyway.

Chapter one

And the years passed by...

It was raining hard that night. The boat was being tossed, and turned. I was nine, and so was my sister, Selphie. Selphie had always been the family favorite, she has new dresses every day it seems, although she only wears one. It's short, and yellow, and it disgusts me. I, on the other hand, was always the voice of reason. Head-strong, and strong willed I never gave up. In fact, with my wooden sword in hand, I would protect my family at all costs. Well, now it would cost me a lot. Today I had my first encounter with the heartless. Vile creatures they were, creeping up onto the boat like shadows, and attacking when you least expect them. Mother was the first to spot one. Of course, she ushered Selphie into the small cabin, and left me out to fend for myself. Before a battle could even begin, I fell into the water. Strangely, I landed on my feet, on a plat form. There was a woman on it, (and no it wasn't snow white or any Disney person...) and as I looked around, there were three pedestals. There was a different weapon on each one, on the tip of the triangle was a sword, at the right base there was a shield, and on the left there was a wand. Instictively I walked over to the sword, and picked it up. A voice came out of nowhere. "You have chosen courage and destructive power. Are you sure?" It asked me. I thought it over. "...Ya." I said hesitantly, and the shield, and the wand fell over. Shadow heartless sprung up around me. "Wrong answer????" I asked shakily, and the heartless came closer. They all turned into one dark shadow, and it devoured me. When I could see again, I was on a different platform, and the shadows had turned into a gigantic figure with a hole in it's stomach. I fell back, and stared up at it, clearly terrified. My sword dissappeared, and shadows began to engulf me. "Dory, don't be afraid." A cool voice whispered in my ear. Somehow, it calmed me. The voice sounded so familiar, but I had never heard it before. I stood up, and a sword appeared in my hand. I charged at the creature, and my sword began to glow. It melded itself onto my arm, and I cut off the creatures hand as it tried to grab me. I cut through it like butter. The platform began to shake, and the sword dissappeared. The creature too dissappeared, but so did the platform. I fell for what seemed like an eternity, until I found myself in the water on an unknown beach. The water was seeping away from my feet, and turning into a wave behind a boy. His hair was fiercely blond, maybe even silver, and his eyes were piercingly aqua. He wore a bright Yellow muscel shirt, and although he seemed only to be 11, he was incredably strong. His pants were blue, and bagged slightly. The sight wowed me. I fell immediately head over heals. He had a hand out to me, as if urging me to go with him. I looked back at the beach hesitantly. Was this some kind of trial? I didn't know. All I knew, was that this boy had completely stolen my heart, and I didn't care about anything else. I ran to his side, and took his hand. Grinning, he pulled me close to him, into a warm embrace. The wave hit us, but the warmth didn't leave. As I looked around, the water surrounded me. It urged me to surrender to my emotions, and instincts, but I wasn't sure I could. Another wave hit, this time with more force. The boy almost lost hold of me, but he didn't. Another wave hit, and he was lost. I fell back into nothingness, finally landing back on my boat. I jumped to my feet. The heartless lay dead on the deck, yet sobs could be heard from inside the hut. I ran in, and saw my father laying dead in between my mother, and Selphie. As if being controled by an outer force, I walked in. My mother looked up at me. "It's all your fault!" She cried, but I didn't hear her. I knelt beside my father, and felt an unfamiliar pain in my chest. Within the moment, my father rose to his feet, knocking me backwards. I hit my head on a nail, and cried out in pain. However, nobody noticed. As they were busy embracing each other, I walked out to the deck. An island was coming into sight, and people could be seen on the pier. There was a boy with spikey brown hair, and stunning blue eyes. Beside him, was a girl with short reddish hair, her eyes were surprisingly blue. Behind both of them, was the boy that I had seen before. Upon seeing him, I ran to the side of the boat, almost urging it to go faster. It wasn't long until we reached shore. I ran out to the pier, hoping that the boy would recognize me, but he didn't. "Hi, This is Sora," He started, waving to the spikey haired kid, "Kairi," He continues, waving to the girl, "And I'm Riku." He finishes. I nodded to each in particular as my family passed me, Selphie nearly knocking me into the water, had it not been for Riku catching me. We looked into each others eyes. "Thankyou." I whispered, and looked at the other two who were gawking. Riku nodded, and led me to an unstained wooden bridge that led to a seperate, much smaller island. It had a tree on it that didn't grow up, but out accross the top right corner of the island. Kairi and Sora climbed on easily, so I followed suit, and sat next to Kairi. Riku sat next to me. They started chit chatting about something I knew absolutely nothing about, so I kept my mouth shut. "I think we should show her." Riku stated suddenly, and my ears perked. "No Riku." Sora said without looking away from the water. "Aw, c'mon Sora!" Riku pled. "No." Sora insisted, and I hung my head. "Show me what?" I asked curiously. "Kairi, what do you think?" Riku asked as if he hadn't heard me. Kairi, who had been staring dreamily at the sunset looked at him. "Hmm?" she asks. "We can't let her in." Sora informed her. "Oh." Kairi stated. I bit my lip. "Can't let me in where, can't show me what?" I asked, poking my head in between. Without warning, Riku took my hand, and started running with me. Sora jumped to his feet. "What are you doing Riku, we all have to agree!!!" He shouted, and Riku paused. "I'm showing her, whether you want me to or not!" He shouted back, but let go of my hand. "Unless you want to try a battle..." He stated clearly, slyly. Sora grinned, pulling out his wooden sword. "Get back down here!" He ordered as his way of excepting. Riku nodded, and motioned for me to wait. He pulled out his wooden sword as he walked down to the island, and Sora charged him, taking him for not being ready. Riku dodged easily, and Sora fell off the island, and into the water. Riku put his sword back calmly, and returned to my side, taking my hand once again. He led me to a cave with Sora shouting after us. "Oh shut up, you lost." Kairi scolded loudly, and Sora did as he was told. The cave was all together beautiful. There were paintings, and odd carvings everywhere, and what looked like giant roots hung from the ceiling, connecting to their adjecent wall. In the back was a door without a keyhole, or even a door nob. On the right side of the cave, there was a smooth spot, and two small carvings of people. One of a spikey haired boy, and the other of a short haired girl. Clearly Sora and Kairi. On the opposite wall was the picture of Riku, a little deeper then the others as if the one who carved it had been taking out their anger on the wall. "Explanation please...?" I requested quietly, staring. Riku stepped proudly in front of me, and pointed to the wall with the two carvings. "That's Sora and Kairi, they carved each other." He stated, and pointed to his own picture. "That's me, I carved it myself..." He said, a slightly shy tone evident in his voice. I tilted my head. "Why did Sora and Kairi carve each others pictures?" I asked, watching carefully as Riku picked up a sharp rock. He turned around to face me. "Because, that's the rule." He stated, and got busy carving something beside his picture. Sora and Kairi appeared at the mouth of the cave, but we didn't notice. I walked up beside Riku, and saw that he was carving a picture of me. Once he was done, he stood up. "You are now a fourth of the Destiny Island Pre-Teen Society." He said proudly. I tilted my head, admiring his work. "KISS, KISS, KISS, KISS!!!!" Sora shouted, and I turned toward the door, hand over my face to keep them from seeing that I was blushing. Riku started toward him, and he jumped back. Kairi started laughing histerically, and Riku glared at her. I just sat down against the wall, hand still covering my face, and closed my eyes. Quickly falling asleep. They argued for a while before noticing I was asleep. Scratching their heads, they sat down, and fell asleep also. The days passed by like hours, and the months passed by like days, until finally I was accepted by the 'Destiny Island Pre-Teen Society'. Finally, it was my 10th birthday. I was shaken awake by Kairi. "Wake uuuuuuup sleepy head!" She shouted, making my chances of sleeping through it close to impossible. I bolted up, causing Riku to grimace at the headache I must have had. Riku chuckled lightly, "Was that necissary? You gave me a headache just thinking about it.." He muttered jokingly to Kairi. Kairi glared, "Then don't think about it." She suggests cooly, and glances back at Sora. He jumped, "Y-yeah, like she said." he stated sharply, putting something behind his back. Riku laughed, and hopped off of the rock he was sitting on, kneeling next to me. He handed me a bag, "Selphie said to give this to you." He announced. I glanced into it, and smiled slightly, it was a set of clothes, "Tell her thanks, then." I muttered in response, putting the bag behind me. Riku nodded, standing back up. He bowed, "Your wish is my command." He stated jokily, and jogged out of the cave. It was about 10 minutes when he came back. "Okay.. Sora, where's the cake?" He asked, looking at Sora. He blinked, "C-cake? I thought Kairi was.." Kairi blinks, "Nobody told me I was supposed to-" Riku laughed, and shook his head, "Thought this would happen.." he managed, and pulled a small, home-made cake out of a bag, "So I told mom to make this." He put it down in the middle of us. Sora grinned suddenly, "Hey! After the cake, let's all take turns battling Dory!" he suggested brightly. Riku glares, "I've told you, she shouldn't have to-" He started, but I interupted by saying, "that'd be great!" Sora shifted his attention to me, "Yeah!" He exclaimed, and Riku cleared his throat. Sora looked back at him, "Oh c'mon, I won't hurt her much!" He protested. Riku narrowed his eyes, "Much?" He pressed. Kairi shifted, "C'mon Riku, she's not a baby. I'm sure she can handle us." She stated, glancing at me, "Besides, she probably won't let him hurt her, nevermind much." She added, and smiled. Riku shifted, "But.." I stood up, "I'll be fine Riku!" I stated, and hopped around a few times before looking at the bag. I picked it up, and ushered everyone outside before securing a boulder in front of the door. I changed quickly. After letting them back in, Riku uncovered the cake, and we ate. Sora was very enthusiastic about getting to fight me. I had never shown them whether I could fight or not, so it made sense to me. Sora and Kairi went outside to get ready for me, but Riku held me back. "Hey... uh, I had a feeling they wouldn't get you anything for your birthday... and ya. Here." He handed me a small box before rushing out of the cave. I blinked a few times, and opened it up. Inside, was a small key, about an inch long. It was silver, with 33 diamonds inlaid. A silver chain hung from it. The chain was long enough for it to be a necklace. I smiled faintly, and put the necklace on, fixing the key so that the diamonds would show. I then hopped out of the cave. Kairi was apparently supposed to fight me first. Her weapon, was a jump rope. I lifted an eyebrow at it skeptically, but shrugged it off as I got ready for the fight. It wasn't long until I hit her over the head, and she backed up. "I loose!" she announced. I lifted an eyebrow, "eh?" I asked. It had been an easy win.... Sora was next. He had a wooden sword like mine. We exchanged blows. Niether of us was about to give up as easily as Kairi had. Eventually, Sora worked his way into my defenses, until he had his stick coming dangerously close to my neck. He suddenly thrust at it as hard as he could, and it was Riku's wooden sword that stopped him. "You are not aiming to kill, Sora." He scolded cooly. Sora blinked, and shook his head. "Sorry..." he muttered. I was disoriented from the sudden appearance of the stick. I had been going easy on him before, being careful to only defend. But now I was mad. Very mad. He had tried to hurt me. Seriously hurt me. My anger seared through my veins like lava had replaced my blood, and my fixed smile turned into a forced smirk. Sora smiled, finding himself triumphant. I knocked Riku's stick away from me, and broke into a series of attacks on Sora. I hit his head, his arms, his back, but not once did I aim for his neck. I was angry, but I didn't want to harm him badly. Just a few bruises... Riku watched, amused as I knocked Sora into the water countless times, refusing to allow him to stay on the dry land for long. But eventually, Riku held me back, and whispered soothing words into my ear until I calmed down, and Sora was safely by Kairi. He then released me, and picked his stick back up. He looked at me. "Don't hold back, I'm the strongest of us all." He warned, and waited until I was ready. I nodded, and stood straight, ready for the fight. I did hold back, for the first two hits, when he cornered me, and asked if I gave up. I shook my head no, and attacked him, catching him off guard. But he stopped my string of combos on the second one, by taking hold of my stick, and wrenching it out of my hands. "Huh? Wha? Isn't that cheating?" I complained. Sora and Kairi laughed loudly. "Anything goes here." They stated. Riku shook his head, and chuckled lightly, "It seems you lost..." So, for the next year, I woke up early every morning, and faught either Sora, Kairi, or the scarecrow. I was starting to get good, when my next birthday came. Riku and I had become steadily closer. Closer then we were last year, anyway. I woke up early that morning too, on my birthday. I had every intentions of practicing with the scarecrow, but Riku was already awake. Sora and Kairi were still fast asleep. I sat up, and tilted my head, "What're you doing up so early?" I asked curiously, absently fiddling with the key necklace he had given me. He looked at me, and smiled, "Waiting." He stated with a shrug. I contemplated this. "For what?" I asked finally. He got off the rock he was sitting on, and kneeled in front of me. "For you." He informed me, and handed me a plastic bag. In which, was the outfit that Selphie had told him to give me. I smiled, and took it, "Thanks..." I got up, and looked at Sora and Kairi, still asleep. Riku paused, and took my hand, "C'mon I know somewhere where you can change." He said as he started leading me out of the cave. He led me into a tree house, and drew the curtain/door closed. I changed quickly, as usual, and emerged from the room. Riku smiled at me, and let me climb down the ladder before handing me my wooden sword. "Let's see what you've learned over the past year." He suggested, stepping back, and raising his own stick. It was then that I realized that Riku had become much more confident in my battling skills. I nodded. "Alright!" I said enthusiastically, and held my wood at ready. "Ready!" He came at me with the same series of blows that I had gone at Sora with. I blocked them all, and countered by hitting him on the arm. He smiled. "Good.Next..." He dropped his sword, and grabbed mine. I had worked out a response for this shortly after he did it to me the first time, and picked up his sword, holding it in a defensive position. His smile broadened. "Very good. Now..." He took hold of my arm, and held it behind my back, causing me to drop the sword. "What do you now?" He whispered. I tried to wrench free, but couldn't. We just stood there for a while, I was thinking, Riku was waiting. I closed my eyes, and twisted my arm so that I had hold of Riku's wrist instead of him having hold of my arm. Unfortunately, that hurt quite a bit, and I let go of him, whimpering quietly, and holding my shoulder. Riku blinked a few times, "You... weren't supposed to do that..." He muttered, and knelt beside me as I fell to the ground. He examined my shoulder, and winced, "Out of the socket... I can put it back... but it'll hurt for a few seconds...." I nodded weakly, a few seconds was better then always. He nodded in return, and took hold of my arm with one hand. He held my shoulder with the other. And with one quick motion, he popped my arm back in the socket. I gritted my teeth to keep from crying out, and smiled in return. "T-thanks.." I whispered, and stood back up. "That was just a practice, by the way. I know you didn't know how to get out of that-" I interupted, "Let's continue." I picked up my wooden blade. He paused before smiling. "alright." he muttered, thinking about what to test me on next. He made a series of slashes, that I blocked, and was about to test something when Sora called us. "Hey! Guys! Get over here!" We both put our sticks down, and walked over to him. Kairi was standing beside him. Not much more happened on that birthday... at least not until it got dark. We were sitting around my birthday cake, and it was time for me to blow out the candles. So I did. And when I did, I made my wish... the one that I wasn't about to tell anyone. I wished that Riku would kiss me tonight. The very thought made me blush, but..... We ate with Sora, Kairi, and Riku all talking very loudly, and happily. I was rather quiet. Before long, everyone went to bed except me. I walked outside, and stared at the water. I hadn't gotten my wish. Of course not. Now that I actually thought about it, it was stupid. Why would he kiss me in the first place. "Dory." a cool voice called, announcing someones presense. I recognized the voice as Riku. I blinked slowly, and looked back at him. "Yes?" I asked. I was shocked to realize he was so close. He walked up beside me. "You did well... during the practice match you know." He stated, glancing at me. I smiled, "Thanks..." I murmured, lowering my eyes. He turned to look at me, "You're so innocent.. how do you do it?" He asked me. I blinked a few times, looking at him, "W-what do you mean?" I replied, confused. He smirked, and shrugs, "Anyway.. what did you wish for?" He asked pointedly. I shifted, "Something that didn't happen............." I answered quietly, he inched closer to me, "It will if I can help it.." He turned me toward him, and lowered his head to mine. My eyes widened, and then shut as he pressed his lips to mine. We stayed there for a few minutes, completely unmoving, until he pulled away. "There. Some wishes come true." He whispered. I blinked a few times, "How did you-" I would have run away, but he had his arms tight around my waist. He grinned, "Nevermind that......." he pressed his lips to mine again before letting go of me, and walking back into the cave. I followed him with my eyes before looking back at the water. I sighed deeply, and walked back into the cave... Riku was nowhere to be seen. I shook my head, and went to sleep. The rest of the year, Riku and I kept getting closer, past the 'friends' line. When Sora figured it out, he never missed the oportune moment to tease us about it, but that didn't bother me. I was quite enjoying the everyday hug. And then came my next birthday. Twelve years old. I had started to loose my innocence by then. The battles had hardened me, and knowing that Riku would always be there to catch me if I fell made me more trusting. Absolutely nothing happened that birthday, so I'll skip past it. The rest of that year was... interesting. During it, I had won the title 'Battle Queen' of Destiny Islands, but I still couldn't beat Riku. I kept insisting that if it hadn't been for Riku's new tricks, I would be able to beat him. His new 'tricks' was how close we've gotten. He'd sneak a kiss whenever he could, or even when he couldn't. That would always catch me off guard, and I'd go limp. My thirteenth birthday came around, and there was something different about the wind when I woke up. Something had changed. Riku was by my side as usual, petting my hair. I pulled away from him, and held my hands out, waiting for my normal outfit. He laughed, and handed me the bag. "You're a teenager now, you know." He stated as he turned around so I could get dressed. Sora and Kairi had already left, and we were alone. I pulled my shirt on, "Yeah, so?" I asked curiously. He laughed, "So you're grown up." He told me. I blinked, and pulled on my shorts. "Not completely." I said defensively. He turned back around, and looked at me, "No, not completely. But your body is..." my jaw dropped. Was he allowed to say that? Why would he say it, we weren't fighting.. unless he meant it... nah, that couldn't be the case. He grinned at my reaction, and chuckled. "Meet me outside. Get your sword." He ordered, and walked out of the cave. I sighed, but knew better then to cross him, so, I picked up my stick of a sword, and walked outside. Sure enough, he was waiting outside for me, his arms crossed. What I didn't expect, was a crowd of people our ages. "Happy thirteenth birthday!!" They all shouted once I got out of the cave. I blinked a few times, and began laughing gleefully. From somewhere higher, someone started playing instruments I wasn't familiar with. I gasped as Riku held a hand out to me, it reminded me of the time when I was nine. I grinned, and took it. The tuning of the instruments turned into an up-beat song, and Riku, almost immediately, started dancing with me. BIG surprise. My wooden sword lay by the mouth of the cave, forgotten as we danced away. Sora and Kairi were standing up on the deck of the treehouse, clapping with the rythem. This had to be the BEST birthday party I had ever heard of, much less been the center of! But the happiness was quickly stopped short, as the music scrieched to a stop. I looked up at the tree tops, and then at the water, which had gotten dark. Riku instantly moved closer to me. I looked around despirately, wishing to know what was going on. It was then, that everything got silent. The people, the waves, the wind.. everything. It was as if the world had stopped. Everything was still, except Riku and I. It was as if it was in slow motion, but I felt this world crumble around us. It crumbled into pieces, until all that was left was the little strip of land that Riku and I stood on. This, my friends, this is where my story, really begins.