Ch.3

"Terence! Terence!" Tinkerbell shouted as she flew over to his house, hoping that he was already home rather than still at work for the day.

Thankfully he was home. He opened the door seconds later and greeted her. "Oh hey Tink, what's-"

Tinkerbell grabbed his wrist and began to pull him upward. "Come on, we got no time to lose!"

"Wai, hold on! What's going on?"

"I got Roxas to stay and wait for me. So you can actually meet him now!"

"Wait, seriously?"

"Yes seriously! I was really lucky to catch him before he left! So let's go already! We don't want to waste any more time!"

Terence could only follow behind Tinkerbell, knowing he wouldn't have a choice either way. But he still would follow after her even if she had not been dragging him. If they could finally get some answers to this long awaited conundrum.

They flew for a bit, leaving Pixie Hollow and heading into the forest of Neverland. Soon they came to a clearing and Terence looked ahead and saw a boy standing there. He wore all black just like Tinkerbell had described. The closer they got he could even see the funny hair that was sticking out in various directions.

The two of them flew up closer to Roxas and Tinkerbell finally let go of Terence's wrist. She flew right up to Roxas and gained his attention. I'm back. "I'm back, and I brought my friend with me." She pointed over to Terence who waved.

Roxas furrowed his brows slightly. "You wanted me to meet a friend of yours? That's what this is all about?"

Terence's eyes widened with surprise. Hearing the voice… It was almost surreal. He had to blink a few times, wondering to himself if he had heard correctly. Did he actually hear this boy having the same voice as him, or was listening to Tinkerbell say they had the same voice, influencing his thoughts?

"Um, hello I guess," Roxas said waving to Terence.

Finally Terence shook out of his thoughts. He looked at Roxas and then over to Tinkerbell. "Wow Tink, you were right. That's… that's just really weird."

Roxas let out a small gasp, his eyes growing wide. "What? I… I can…" He shook his head slightly. "I can hear you?"

Now it was Terence's turn to be surprised once more. He glanced at Tinkerbell who looked just as confused. "Huh? What does he mean by that?"

"I mean like… I can understand what you are saying," Roxas replied, his face still stuck with that shocked expression. "And… you sound like me."

Terence flew a little bit closer to Roxas, all of this feeling far weirder than ever before. He tried to think of a reasonable answer to give to Roxas, but nothing proper was coming to his mind, Instead he said just literally was one his mind. "This is so weird."

Roxas held his hand out, with the palm facing up, he wasn't too sure about fairies, but he had a feeling that flying around and fluttering those wings had to be tiring. A second later Terence landed and stood there, looking thankful to rest his wings.

Roxas finally answered him after that. "Yeah… How come I can understand you, but I only hear jingles from Tinkerbell?"

Tinkerbell hummed as she came a little closer, also landing on Roxas's hand. "That is a good question. Maybe it has to do with you two having the same voice."

Terence shrugged to her. "I mean that is really all we have to go off of this."

"Huh? What did she say?" Roxas asked.

"Oh," Terence replied. "She was only saying that maybe we can understand each other because we have the same voice. But that's really all we know."

"So you don't actually know why our voices are the same?"

"Not a clue I'm afraid," Terence replied before crossing his arms. "But it's nice to finally meet you. Tink has been telling me about you for a while. I'm Terence."

"Nice to meet you, and I guess if Tinkerbell has talked to you about me, you already know my name?" Roxas said. Internally he felt like that was something that he shouldn't have let happen, considering how secretive the Organization was when traveling to world. But at the same time he trusted Tinkerbell, plus it led him to the strangest discovery ever.

"Yeah," Terence replied. "I'm sorry, but this is still so weird."

"No I get it. It's weird for me too."

"Hmm…" Tinkerbell hummed softly then snapped her fingers. "Wait! I got it! Ask him about Ventus! That could lead us somewhere."

"All right, I'll give it a try," Terence said. "Uh, Tink wants to know if you know anyone named Ventus."

Roxas tilted his head. "Ventus? Never heard of anyone by that name."

It was weird for Roxas. He had never heard the name before, but for some reason it surged something inside of him. Some weird feeling that could have been familiarity, but he didn't think too hard on it. The little fairy boy with the same voice as him was far more distracting.

"What? How can he not know Ventus? They look exactly alike!"

"Well I don't know, Tink. Maybe it is just a coincidence," Terence replied. He then looked over at Roxas, who still had the most confused face ever. "I'm sure we can figure out the reason eventually. There has to be some actual reason after all right?"

"Yeah," Roxas nodded. "Though… who is Ventus? Like what does he have to do with me?"

"Well," Terence started to say. "I never met the guy, Tink has, but it was over 10 years ago."

"10 years ago?!" Roxas exclaimed. He staggered back slightly before placing a hand to his head. There was that strange feeling again. The weird feeling he didn't understand. Why did that sound right? Like he had never heard anything like this before, but he believed them. His head started to ache slightly the more he thought about it, and he knew it was only going to get worse the longer he sat around just thinking about it.

"That's… I honestly don't know what to make of that. I… I think I just need some time to think about this." It wasn't a lie… not really. Roxas did want to think about it, but he also knew that he shouldn't dawdle too much after a mission. He had to get back sooner than later… though he wasn't sure what was going to happen once he got back and headed to the clock tower. But that was to think about later at least.

Roxas cleared his throat. "I do need to get back now, but…"

Tinkerbell flew off from Roxas's hand, getting a bit closer. "Wait! You're going to leave!? But we need to find out the answers to this!"

Roxas blinked for a moment and Terence remembered that he had to translate for Roxas. After he did Roxas shook his head. "I really can't stay out too late. I'm expected to be back and return my report on the Heartless."

"But…" Tinkerbell started to say, her hopes starting to dwindle.

Terence moved closer to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, it's okay Tink. Even if Roxas heads back, we still found some more info. Maybe now The Keeper could have a better idea of what this all means."

"Yeah… I guess you're right," Tinkerbell said, slightly. She was so ready to find out the answers right then and there. She really hated having to wait even more. But if that was all that they could do, she knew that there wasn't anything else she could do about it. She gave Roxas another look. "Does that mean you will come back some time? Maybe later on once we look into this more?"

Terence told Roxas what Tinkerbell said and then Roxas gave his answer. "I'm not too sure how soon I could be back. Just depends really…" he started tos ay more but he could see the disappointment on the little fairy's face. "But I will try my best to be back when I can okay? I promise."

Tinkerbell's face lit up again and she nodded. "Sounds good!"

After that Terence and Tinkerbell watched as Roxas headed off someplace else. When he was out of sight they turned to look at one another. Tinkerbell was beaming. "See? See?! What did I tell you! It's the same voice!"

"Yeah I heard," Terence chuckled. "But it still doesn't make any sense how he was able to understand me. It can't just be as simple as we have the same voice."

"Well let's go tell The Keeper! See what he has to say once we tell him what we learned!"

Once again before Terence could even respond. Tinkerbell grabbed on to him and started flying back towards Pixie Hollow. Terence didn't fight against her pull though. He knew that she wanted to get to the answers as quickly as possible, but now that he had met Roxas, he also was wanting the answers as well.

"Well this has turned into quite the little event," The Keeper said once Tinkerbell and Ternece explained their story.

"So do you think it means anything? Like if there is any connection?" Tinkerbell asked.

"I think there just may be. I had many theories before, but without enough information I was never able to confirm or deny any of them. But now that you mention that this boy could understand Terence, I think I have an idea."

Terence and Tinkerbell waited as The Keeper went to grab something. He returned looking through a notebook with a bunch of writing in it. He flipped through a few pages and then stopped. "Ah, here it is. Let me just write what you told me and…" The Keeper started to write more and more. "Yes, I think that this may actually make sense now."

"Well? What is it?" Terence asked.

The Keeper chuckled softly. "What I think it may be, it is something quite special. The only reason that I can think of is this… You, Terence, were born from the boy's first laugh."

A silence fell over the room after that. Terence's eyes were wide with a clear look of shock. That was not an answer he was expecting. He couldn't even get his thoughts straight after hearing that. Everything felt disjointed and out of place.

It was even surprising to Tinkerbell. Not just because of the answer The Keeper had given, but also because she had never seen Terence so perplexed before. But there were still many questions wandering in her mind. "But then which boy is it? Or is it both? Cause if Roxas and Ventus are connected somehow, wouldn't there be a fairy from both not just one? Cause I don't think we have even seen any other fairy with the same voice as Terence."

"Hmm," The Keeper hummed. "Well I cannot say for sure what the deal is with this Ventus and Roxas. There are many more things about the world beyond ours that we don't know about. There may be more to them than we know, but without more knowledge on the subject I am afraid I cannot be anymore help."

"So if Terence was born from Ventus or Roxas's laugh… whatever the deal is… is that why they also share the same voice?"

The Keeper smiled. "I have other notes pertaining to that. I believe that we do sometimes take on traits of the human whose laughter creates us. Whether it is in appearance, personality, or even voice."

Suddenly a million new thoughts came to Tinkerbell's mind. This new information was far more than she expected, but it excited her greatly. "But what about me and Peri? We came from the same laugh, and while yes we have a lot of things in common we also have a lot of things that are different between us."

The Keeper stroked his chin for a moment, looking deep in thought. After a moment he gave a wise looking smile. "You have come from the same laugh yes, so while we do not know anything about that human, we can only assume that pieces that each of you have could be from them. A split is what I mean to some degree. Perhaps the human has the same hair color as you but the personality of Periwinkle. Or maybe she shares the same voice as the human, but the human a personality like yours. Do you understand what I mean, dear?"

"Yeah! I totally get it now! Oh man now I definitely gotta tell this to Peri! Maybe… Maybe next time she goes to the Mainland she could," Tinkerbell started to say but then she caught The Keeper raising an inquisitive look at her. She chuckled. "I'll just save it for when I tell her."

The Keeper nodded. "Yes yes. I must say that this has been quite the find. I will thank you again for telling me this. Discovering that a human can understand a fairy that was born from their laugh… and furthermore can share similar traits… truly fascinating!"

After that Tinkerbell and Terence headed back home. They flew back to Tinkerbell's house first just as the sun was about to set. Tinkerbell was still smiling the entire way, happy with the answers that they had fought. Though Terence on the other hand had been far more quiet than usual ever since The Keeper told them his theory.

"Terence?" Tinkerbell asked once they stopped at her front door. "Are you okay?"

Terence nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just can't stop thinking about it."

"Is something wrong about it? We discovered the reason why you share the same voice and Ventus and Roxas. Isn't that great?"

Terence sighed before smiling a little. "Yeah it is great… but it is still just a bit weird. Like… What are the chances of that happening? That a fairy meets the human whose laughter created them? Especially having the human end up here in Neverland. I… I don't really know how to explain it."

"I guess it must be pretty weird," Tinkerbell said as she studied Terence's expression. It was still strange to see him look so out of it. Tinkerbell started to frown slightly. "I'm sorry if all of this weirded you out too much. I think I may have gotten too caught up in trying to find the answers to really see how you felt about it."

Terence shook his head, starting to smile again. "No Tink, it's okay. Really, it is. It's just a lot to take in and think about. I promise I will be fine. It's just going to be on my mind for a while that's all."

"Well, if you ever need to talk about it, I'll be there to listen."

"Thanks Tink."

After that things went back to how they were before, though the two of them waited to see if Roxas would come back again. But the days turned into weeks and soon it just felt like it wouldn't be happening again. Tinkerbell was of course disappointed by this, but she did keep hoping that Roxas would return, or even Ventus. But thankfully she wouldn't have to wait too long. Eventually things in the universe were calming down and soon enough people would finally be able to relax.

Thanks to everyone checking out this story so far. I know it is very random but it was just what I had. What will happen next though :D