Tidus was in mid air, surrounded by darkness. "Wakka…Selphie!" he called out, but sadly got no response. He felt himself slowly falling down to the ground. When he touched the ground, it made a small tapping noise. He took a couple of steps forward until he heard a strange voice.

Tidus…

Tidus looked up in the sky and asked "Who are you…and how did you know my name?"

Tidus…you are at the fork road in destiny. In one road, you will go back to your island, with your parents and be taken over by the Heartless.

Tidus repeated "Heartless?"

Then his eyes went wide and shouted "Do you mean those darkness creatures with the yellow eyes?"

The voice ignored his question and continued talking.

On the other road, you will travel to other worlds and you might find your friends, but you will have to deal with Heartless.

Tidus shouted "But…if I go on the other road, what will happen to my parents?"

The Heartless will destroy your world…

Tidus shouted "Wait, if I stay in my world, then the Heartless will take over and destroy me, my parents, and everyone else their and I will never see my friends again! But if I go to other worlds than my world will be destroyed anyways, but I will live and I might see my friends."

Correct…

A tear ran down from his eyes to his check and cried "My parents would want me to live…so I will find my friends and find a way to restore my world…by going to other worlds!"

The tear went down his face and fell off and hit the ground. When the tear hit the ground, the dark area transformed into a road leading off in two different directions.

Then your destiny leads to the left road…

Tidus looked at the left direction and started walking in that direction. He walked for a while, until he saw a white, wooden door. This door was special for some reason unknown to Tidus; he could just feel there was something weird with the door.

One last chance, you can always go back to your island, at least you would be with your family.

Tidus said "I know, but I consider my friends family and if I find them, then we will find a way to save the people of Destiny Island."

He put his hand on the door and opened it, but couldn't see because there was a blinding light shining.

"Where am I?" Tidus mumbled in a bed.

A man walked over to him and said "You're awake? Oh, well, you're in the Inn."

Tidus got out of the bed and yawned "That was a good sleep; I can't believe all that was a dream, and it seemed so real."

The man scratched his head and replied "I really don't understand, but I think I need to get you some food. You must be hungry; you were asleep for a full day."

Tidus's eyes widened and his jaw almost dropped out of his mouth. He shouted "A full day? Wow, I never slept that long before."

He got a better look at the man and saw what he really looked like. He had a red coat on and a black outfit underneath that. The black outfit went up a little over his face, so you couldn't see his mouth a little, but when he tilled his head down, you could see it fully. He wore sunglasses and had a scar down his left eye. He had black hair and it was starting to get gray. The most notable feature was that he had a giant, bulky sword in his sheath.

The man got some food off a table and they both shared it. After they were done, Tidus and the man went outside, but Tidus looked around in disbelief. He was in a town! It was filled with as many building as the eye could see. There was a mountain in the background that didn't have any buildings on it. The biggest building there was a giant clock tower.

Tidus shouted "This isn't Destiny Island!"

The man looked at him funny and said "Destiny Island…this is Twilight Town."

Tidus looked up into the sky and whispered "I did leave my world then…the dream was true."

The man looked at Tidus after he heard him whisper and replied "Dreams come from the heart…trust your heart."

Some of the creatures that appeared on Destiny Island appeared and the man continued "If you do not trust your heart…you become Heartless food."

Tidus automatically took out his sword, but the man said "A weapon like that will never hurt a Heartless."

Tidus looked at the fast approaching Heartless and asked "This is the only weapon I ever had! I don't have any others!"

The man calmly said "Look into your heart and you will find a stronger weapon."

Tidus closed his eyes and saw darkness, but then a blinding light overcame that. After a couple of seconds, he opened his eyes to see not his wooden sword, but strong metal sword. It grew larger than his other sword and was silver. The handle felt comfortable and the weight of the weapon didn't feel too heavy or too light, it was perfect for him.

The man said "It's now time we destroy the shadows."

The two used their swords to slice at the Heartless. Tidus wasn't use to using a strong weapon, but he liked this new power. He got revenge for what the Heartless did to his friends, family, and his world. He screamed "You destroyed my life! Now I will destroy yours!"

His anger caused him to lift up the sword above his head and have it go straight through a Heartless, splitting it in two. The man watched him fight as he fought the Shadows. He thought "He has great power, but most of it has been untapped. I will make sure he becomes stronger. The worlds need a hero; I will make sure he helps to defeat the Heartless. But I get a strange feeling I know him, he looks so familiar."

After a while of fighting the Heartless, Tidus began to get weak and was tired. The man said "I guess I am done having you train for now."

In a moment, he ran around and slashed all the Heartless in sight. Tidus looked in amazement as he walked over to Tidus. Tidus asked "Why didn't you do that in the first place?"

The man said "You had to train fighting Heartless with your Raynd sword."

Tidus looked at his new weapon and repeated "Raynd?"

The man nodded and said "The name is from another language, it means heart. Use your Raynd to defeat the Heartless."

Tidus looked at his Raynd one more time; then put it away and asked "All this time, I never knew your name. What is it?"

The man smiled and said "My name is Auron, what's your name?"

The kid smiled back and answered "Tidus,"

Auron replied "Follow me, Tidus."

Tidus watched him walk and then ran to catch up to him. He didn't know where he was going, but he knew he had to follow him to find his friends.