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The sun set over the strange city, a city built around Destiny Island. It was like a monster engulfing the peaceful island within its impossible boundaries. The island itself remained untouched by time a gift it had been granted, but a curse also lies upon those enchanting sands. The island is deserted rarely has anyone set foot upon the soft sands or played in the cool, refreshing, crystal blue waters. Cursed paradise, it's everything you've ever wanted but at a price. The only bridge between humanity and paradise is a small trolley running from the city to the very edge of the cursed refuge. The golden light baths the city and shuns the island for reasons known only to the sky itself. A soft breeze rustled the branches of the palm trees and traveled across the ocean into the city. The streets were busy covered with people traveling in every direction. Few cars zoomed across the roads most soar through the skies. Words flash across the buildings everything seems rushed in an unknown preparation. People walk quickly not acknowledging one another to involved in their own lives to see anything for what it really is. The soft rays of the setting sun fall gently through the bedroom window of a young teenage girl. The girl sat staring off toward the island questions racing through her mind. A small black laptop rested on her knees, she glanced at the screen remembering the report that she had to finish. She was only about fourteen, a young girl with long brown hair that covered her left eye. Her right eye gleamed in the dieing sunlight it's brilliant blue color dancing with flecks of gold. She looked at her wrist as a ringing filled the room. She pressed a button on what appeared to be a watch. "Melissa here what do you need Wesley?" she asked glad that there was an interruption. A small screen unfolded from her watch and displayed a picture of a young boy around her own age. His hair was a golden blonde and his eyes a deep magnificent blue. If his hair had been brown he would have been Sora's twin.
"Melissa, I was wondering what you're doing for your History project." the boy, Wesley said. "I cant think of anything." He sighed putting his head in his hands. "This is impossible." The girl, Melissa smiled encouragingly.
"You'll think of something Wesley, you always do." She reminded him. There was a small icon in the middle of the screen. "Jackson's calling, hold on I'll link us." Melissa said pressing a few more buttons on her watch. The screen cut in half. The right side displayed Wesley and the left side had a black haired teenage boy. His eyes were a sharp, dark green and his hair was a long silky black. He looked almost like Riku with the smirk on his face.
"Hey Melissa," he said with a false cheerfulness she could see by the look on his face that he, like everyone else, was very stressed. He glanced to the right side of the screen. "This is bad," he groaned. "Even the great Wesley is having homework trouble."
"I know! Look at this!" Melissa said. With her free hand she picked up the assignment list. "List your mom, dad and any siblings , your mom's mom and dad, your dad's mom and dad, it never ends!" she complained waving the sheet around.
"Calm down," Wesley said laughing. "I'm sure we'll figure something out. Hang on guys, Dona's calling." His side of the screen went blank for a minute then popped back on, but now it had been split into three parts. Wesley on the right, Jackson in the middle, and a teenage girl, Dona, on the left. Her long smooth black hair was short except for two very long strands on either side of her head giving off the illusion of dog ears. Her eyes were a simple hazel color and on her face was a big smile. "Back." Wesley announced.
"Hey guys have you seen Raven yet?" Dona asked looking around her. Wesley and Melissa shook their heads. Jackson groaned and rolled his eyes but decided to refrain from making a sarcastic comment. Dona looked down disappointedly.
"Sorry Dona, only thing I've seen is the screen of my computer." Melissa moaned. "This family tree is impossible, my dad and brother left when I was four, my mom hardly even remembers I exists, the only space I can even think to fill in is way up at the top." Melissa looked at the sheet and began to read the question: "One thousand three hundred and thirteen years ago, the year of the Great Sora's disappearance what was the name of your family member closest to his age." She paused glancing at the three people on the screen who clearly had no idea what the question meant. "The answer is the Great Kairi, I'm her great, great, you get the picture granddaughter."
"At least you know that much." Wesley said looking at the question on his sheet too. "I think I was related to Tidus I'm not exactly sure. This would be so much easier if my mom was still here! Why did they have to leave?" Wesley asked. No one answered. They weren't supposed to they all remembered that day.
"I still remember it happening, when they left. My dad said they had seen some strange Heartless activity, so he gathered a group of people, including my brother, Axel, Wesley's mom, Jackson's dad, Dona's dad, and Raven's mom. They left in the ship and..." Melissa didn't have to finish that sentence they all knew what happened next. The ship vanished into the sky and none of the occupants were ever heard from again. Melissa looked up seeing an exclamation point flashing in the middle of her screen. "Guys, Raven's calling! She says it's urgent!" Melissa fiddled with the buttons on her watch again and the screen expanded allowing another person to appear on Dona's left. This person was a teenage girl with long white hair her eyes were navy blue and shining with excitement. She was panting as if she had just run a marathon race. "Wow Raven you look...um....tired" Melissa said for lack of anything better to say.
"Yeah...sorry...I...just...came back...you....won't....believe...the...news...I have!" she said between desperate gasps for air. There was a long moment of silence as Raven caught her breath. Raven is normally a calm girl who rarely gets excited over anything, even her own birthday. The group had never seen her act this way. "The adults can't shut the trolley off! It's the weirdest thing! It'll be running all night because no one ever goes out after dark. This is our chance! Our chance to find out what lies on the Forbidden Island. There's only one catch, we have to go tonight, no exceptions."
"But no one ever goes out after dark! Heartless still roam the streets." Melissa said shaking her head. "It's too dangerous, one of us could get hurt."
"Don't be such a baby Melissa," Jackson said A smirk on his face. "The Heartless in the city are weak no stronger then shadows. Plus they never take any more then they need, they're scavengers not predators." Melissa still looked unconvinced.
"That's what worries me, Heartless have a record for being greedy and ruthless. This scavenger thing won't last long, soon we'll be hiding from them." Melissa said looking back out of her window. The sun still shone behind a hill.
"Always an optimist aren't you Melissa?" Wesley asked turning his head to look out his own window. Melissa shrugged not even smiling at his comment. "I agree with her though," Wesley said suddenly. "It's way too risky."
"Wait I have a message. One moment," Melissa put her friends on hold as one picture filled her entire screen. It was a woman with blue eyes just like Melissa's visible one. The woman had the same brown hair but it was pulled back into a bun, she also had the same phony smile on her face.
"Mallory...er...Marla...um...Megan...daughter dearest this is your mother I'll be home late tonight don't wait up for me, I'll be home when the sun rises tomorrow, make dinner for yourself like a good girl. Love you sweetheart buh-bye!" the woman called. Melissa glared angrily at the message. A new fiery rage sprouting up within her.
"Mallory? Marla? Megan?" she asked herself angrily. "My name's Melissa." she growled. This new rage filled her with unbelievable courage. She flipped back to her friends. "I'm in, so when do we leave for the Forbidden Island?" she asked. Jackson and Raven exchanged grins of triumph.
"We leave at eleven thirty, that way we'll arrive there at midnight." Raven said. She signed off. Jackson smirked again and also hung up. Dona looked around trying to comprehend what happened after a few seconds then she too signed off. Wesley groaned and finally signed off leaving Melissa alone to regret the decision she had just made.
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