Ch.4

When Roxas finally met Ventus, everything started to make sense. But at the same time it was extremely confusing and a bit stressful on his mind. It had come as quite a shock to learn about Ventus and to meet him, looking at him as if he were looking into a mirror. Freaky was only the beginning of how he tried to process it. But it wasn't only that he saw that he looked and sounded identical to Ventus, but he also remembered what had happened back in Neverland.

As soon as he saw and heard Ventus, he recalled what the fairest had told him. Ventus had been there before years ago and had met Tinkerbell. Though Roxas had yet to actually bring up his side of the story, this was only what he had heard Ventus talk about before.

Now that enough time had passed since Xehanort's defeat, Roxas had at least grown use to Ventus. No longer was he uncomfortable or freaked out by seeing him. The two had already hung out on multiple occasions and really became close like brothers. Plus it did lead to some hilarious pranks that the two decided to sometimes play on the others since their voice and appearance were the exact same.

But eventually Roxas thought about Neverland. Ventus only knew about Tinkerbell, not Terence, and now Roxas began to wonder if Ventus could understand him just like he did. "Hey Ven, remember how you told me you went to Neverland on your journey?"

"Yeah?" Ventus asked. "What about it?"

"You meet the fairy Tinkerbell, and all you heard from her was jingles, right?"

"Yeah I did. But that is what you said you heard too. Something on your mind?"

"Well not really. Sort of," Roxas answered. He didn't want to directly tell Ventus about Terence. He thought it would be better to surprise anyways. "There's just something relating to her that I want to show you."

Ventus tilted his head, trying to figure out what Roxas could have been referring too. "Well all right, let's head on over there."

The two of them journeyed out to Neverland, with them arriving somewhere in the forested area. When they got there Roxas started to look around. He knew that he wanted to find Tinkerbell, but then it occurred to him… he had no idea where to even find her.

"This may be a bit hard… where would we even go looking for Tinkerbell?" Roxas asked Ventus, hoping that he would have some answers.

"I dunno. Maybe if we find Peter Pan we can find Tinkerbell."

"Who?"

"Peter Pan… did you not encounter him when you came here? Young boy, short red hair… dressed in all green and flew around everywhere?"

Roxas shook his head. "I mean the name is kind of familiar, but I think that's because of Sora. But I never met Peter Pan. Either way, let's go looking for him. You lead the way, you seem to know this better than me anyways."

"Right."

The two walked and explored around the island, looking for where Peter Pan would be. Eventually they came around to a shoreline and cheers of young children could be heard. A little farther ahead Ventus and Roxas saw that there was a group of boys dancing around and having a fun time.

"Look, there's the Lost Boys, and Peter's right over there."

Peter was laughing as well, but soon enough he turned to see Ventus and Roxas. He grinned before flying over. "Ven! You finally made it back! And you must really be a kid at heart, you haven't grown up at all!"

Ventus chuckled softly. "Yeah, I guess you could say that."

"But…" Peter looked to Roxas, giving a questioning look. "Who's this?"

"This is Roxas. He's um…" he gave one quick look to Roxas before continuing. "He's my twin."

"Huh, I didn't know you had a twin. But Roxas?" Peter suddenly snapped his fingers. "Oh! You're the one Tink told me about."

"Tinkerbell told you about me?" Roxas asked.

"Yeah! She told me how you defeated one of those Heartless creatures and it totally destroyed Hook's ship! It must have been awesome to see!"

"Yeah I guess," Roxas replied, not quite understanding why Peter thought that was so funny. "Speaking of her, where is she? We were actually looking for her."

"Ah, I see. Well she is just over there," Peter turned as he looked back at the group. "Hey Tink!"

A moment later the little fairy came flying over to Peter. She suddenly started to jingle loudly before flying up to Ventus and Roxas. They could see the excitement on her face but also there was a little confusion mixed in. It was only natural after all given the boys' appearances.

"Hi Tinkerbell," Roxas said. "It's me Roxas. Probably are a little confused by the outfit right? It's a bit of a long story but hey, look who I found." He placed a hand on Ventus's shoulder after speaking.

A small jingle came from Tinkerbell.

"I guess you are happy to see me again?" Ventus asked.

Tinkerbell nodded and gave another jingle.

"You think you could bring us your friend?" Roxas asked. He leaned forward, and lowered his voice. "I didn't tell Ven yet cause I wanted to surprise him. You know what I mean."

Tinkerbell smiled and pointed to a direction in the forest.

"Do you want us to go where you had me go last time?" Roxas added.

Tinkerbell nodded and jiggled again. After that she flew off without another jiggle.

"So, what was that all about? You still haven't told me what this is all about," Ventus said after seeing Tinkerbell fly away.

Roxas chuckled. "You'll see soon enough. Come on, this way."

They said their goodbyes to Peter Pan and went on to walk a bit through the forest until they came to a small clearing. Once there Roxas sat down, just wanting to relax a bit after so much walking.

Ventus followed in suit and sat down next to him. "Now we just need to wait some more? Who is Tinkerbell going to go get?"

"It's really hard to explain the story just from me. I still don't know all of it myself. Let's just say… there's just something really magical."

"I'll take your word for it," Ventus replied.

A few minutes later Ventus saw two fairies flying towards them. Once they were close enough, he saw that one of them was Tinkerbell, and the other was a boy fairy.

Before Ventus could ask anything, Roxas spoke up first. "Hey Terence. It's nice to see you again." Roxas turned to look at Ventus, giving a rather cheeky smile. "Say hi."

Ventus looked at Roxas, still feeling very puzzled. He shrugged a second later and looked at the fairies, who were now sitting down on a large boulder than was next to where they sat. Ventus smiled his usual friendly smile and waved. "Hi. Since you're friends with Tinkerbell you probably already know that I'm Ventus, but please call me Ven."

Terence let out a small laugh. "Wow, this is much weirder than before."

Ventus's eyes widened. "Whoa! Wait a minute!" Roxas started to laugh as well, drawing Ventus's attention over to him. "You knew about this? I mean this is why you wanted us to come here?"

Roxas nodded. "Yeah, it was Tinkerbell who wanted me to meet her friend Terence. Then we found out about the same voice thing. And now that you are here, it's extra weird, but still kind of fun."

"But why is that even a thing?" Ventus asked.

Roxas shrugged. "We didn't really find out an answer, unless you guys got anything since I last saw you."

Tinkerbell jingled for a moment, looking extremely happy. A moment later she gently shoved Terence, who had been caught up in staring at Ventus. "Huh? Oh yeah sorry. Tink and I actually did find out the reason behind it. There are still some questions we have with you two, but we do know one thing."

"And what would that be?" Roxas asked.

"Do you guys know anything about how a fairy is born?" Terence asked the two of them.

Both Roxas and Ventus shook their heads.

"Well…" Terence started off. He rubbed the back of his neck gently, looking deep in thought. "A fairy is born from the first time a baby laughs. That's what we knew from the start, but a little while ago, a friend of ours figured out that sometimes we may take on traits of the person… so… that's why our voices match. Whichever one of you it is I guess."

"What do you mean by that?" Roxas asked.

"Um… well it's just that you two look exactly the same and obviously the same voice," Terence replied. "But I don't really remember there being another fairy born at the same time as me."

"Oh… I think I get what you are saying," Ventus replied. "You guys think Roxas and I are like twins or something?"

Tinkerbell ended up answering first with a long series of jingles.

Terence laughed a little, smiling at her. Then he faced the boys again. "What Tink basically said was, she was wondering what the deal was between you two. She asked if you guys are actually twins, and if not what is the deal with that? Cause she saw Ventus over 10 years ago and he looks the same as he did then."

"Ah, well… it is a bit of a long story," Ventus said before tossing a glance to Roxas. He knew that Roxas was proud and strong being his own person, bringing up his origins was still a bit sensitive for him. He wasn't too sure if Roxas really wanted to explain it to them.

But on the other subject, Ventus stared at Terence again. "Fairies are born from a baby's first laugh… My first laugh… Terence was born from my first laugh? Wow, I never knew there could be such magic like that."

"It's a bit hard to explain…" Roxas finally said. "I'm not actually Ven's twin, but I am close enough to it that we are just going with it. What I am… I mean who I am… I guess the closest thing you could say…" Roxas sighed, lowering his head, unable to find the right way to say it.

Ventus placed a hand on Roxas's shoulder. He knew that Roxas wanted to try and speak for himself, but he thought it would be best to help him out if he could. "You weren't really born like a normal person. Not like how I was. Basically like a clone, but other than voice and appearance we are not alike. You just got lucky and got my good looks," Ventus said before ending with laughter.

Roxas started to laugh as well. "Yeah, what he said."

Tinkerbell suddenly flew up between the two of them, coming through as another series of fast sounding jingles.

Now it was Terence's turn to laugh. The same laughter as Ventus and Roxas was still strange to hear, but slowly they were getting used to it. "Tink slow down, you remember they can't understand you right?"

Sighing Tinkerbell flew back down to the rock and sat down, pouting slightly.

"What was she saying?" Ventus asked.

"Oh, she was just being herself asking a bunch of questions about you two. Wanting to know the differences and all of that. Tink gets a little too curious at times. And sometimes it leads her into trouble."

Tinkerbell made some comment, probably a retort of sorts, but of course all the boys heard were jingles. Even without knowing what she was saying, they could see it in her expression that she was probably saying.

All three boys started to laugh, but they stopped a second later.

Laughing one after another was one thing, but laughing all together? That was by far the strangest part yet. It really drove home how their voices were the exact same. The most unique and oddest of situations, yet it wasn't too weird that they couldn't handle it. In fact it only made them all the more curious.

"Man, I wouldn't mind telling you guys more about us, but you've also gotten me curious. I want to know more about you too," Ventus replied. "It's not everyday we just get to talk to fairies."

After that the four, well three considering Terence had to translate for Tinkerbell, began to talk and discuss. It just started off as simple things, talking about their favorite things and what they dislike. Within the conversation Terence did have to explain a few things considering Ventus and Roxas knew nothing about fairies at all, so something ended up going over their heads at first.

Neither side got too in depth though. Roxas and Ventus didn't go on to explain about other worlds or the history of their keyblades. Tinkerbell had asked about them and how they worked, and the boys could only figure out to say that it was just some unexplainable magic that even they didn't even fully understand.

Terence tried his best to explain things about fairies and Pixie Hollow, but he did have to tell the boys that there was far more than they would think. There were just too many things to try and explain in such a short time.

Eventually Tinkerbell made a short comment after the conversation died down for a moment.

"I know Tink," Terence replied to her. "But they can't just come with us to Pixie Hollow. They're humans, they are just too big." Terence then turned over to the guys. "Uh no offence guys."

"Oh no, I think I get it," Roxas replied. "Pixie Hollow is just a place that isn't for tall people."

Tinkerbell made another comment after that.

"Yeah I know humans aren't forbidden, but it's dangerous to have humans around due to their size. Tink, if there was such a thing as shrinking magic, then I am sure we would have already known about it," Terence replied.

Ventus straightened up after that. "Wait! Hold on a minute! I just thought of something. Roxas, come with me real quick."

Ventus jumped up to his feet. "Um, you two just wait here, I just need to tell something to Roxas quickly. Come on." He pulled Roxas to his feet without even waiting for a response. He then dragged Roxas a little farther into the forest.

"Wait. Wait!" Roxas shouted. "What's this all about?"

"They said something about shrinking magic. Now I don't know for sure how it would work, but I think something like that could be possible!"

"What? Why would you think that?"

"Cause when I went to the world Castle of Dreams, I was shrunk down to the size of a mouse. I have no idea how it happened, but it did."

"Oh yeah, now that I think about it, Wonderland had that potion drink that could shrink me down," Roxas commented as he thought back to those long ago missions. "So would we go to Wonderland and use that potion or figure out how you got to be the size of a mouse?"

"I don't know, maybe we can talk to Aqua about it. She probably will know what to do," Ventus replied.

"All right, I guess it is worth a shot. But how do we explain it to Tinkerbell and Terence?"

"We just tell them there is something really important we gotta look into. Oh, and we will be back in a couple days. Hopefully we can get somewhere with this. I really wanna see this Pixie Hollow place after what we have been told."

"Me too, so I hope whatever idea you got will work."

Thanks to everyone who has checked out this story so far. Glad you are all enjoying it! See you next time!