Akari didn't go back home. Not for that whole night. She stayed on the island and laid down on the sand, her hand clutching the wayfinder. The stars were out, dotting the sky with light. She imagined that Ven, Terra, and Aqua were somewhere out there. It might've been peaceful, had she not been worried for her friends' lives.
The waves rolled smoothly onto the sand before receding. The sound comforted Akari and sh lifted her wayfinder up to the sky. The moon's light pierced through it and made it glow. Akari's blue eyes widened and a smile began to crawl onto her face.
Suddenly, the glow faded. Akari's face immediately fell and she studied the wayfinder.
There and there
Parts of the wayfinder seemed to dim before returning to normal. Akari's eyes went wide with horror.
"Aqua!" She murmured. The wayfinder was a charm that connected people. But what would happen if all the people she had connected to with this charm vanished? Akari looked at the small star shaped charm attached to the brown cord that held the wayfinder. The star had different colors. Blue, green, and yellow. The yellow was flickering fast, warping from dull to bright. The blue was still glowing bright, unchanging. But the green-the green was fading. Akari dropped the wayfinder and backed away from it, her hands covering her mouth.
"Ven!" She looked up at the sky. Everything was normal. Everything was peaceful. But somewhere out there, her friends were fighting a battle they wouldn't be able to win. Akari picked up the wayfinder and flung it into the sand as her eyes began to tear.
Her small body quivered with worry. Black began creeping onto the green part of the wayfinder. The yellow part was becoming darker and darker, as if the person it was tied to was losing his soul. Only the blue remained solid and steadfast, a glowing light.
On the planes of the Keyblade Graveyard, a young boy was fighting for his heart. His body was lost, his armor broken, but he still remained. His blue eyed friend fought for him on the outside, refusing to give up. A spark was beside her, another wielder of the Star Seeker keyblade. Above them loomed the great light known as Kingdom Hearts. It's pure radiance shined down on a heavy darkness. One as old as time was giving up his body, searching for a new vessel. He had found the perfect candidate in the young wielder standing across from him. As his heart was forced into the man's body, the keyblade wielder activated his armor. An armor meant to protect from the darkness.
Light and darkness mixed, and the young man rose, the armor falling off of him. His brown hair was now gray, and his deep blue eyes were a scorching yellow. The darkness had succeeded.
Yet as he walked forward, his world became wrapped in chains, the light of Kingdom Hearts fading. He turned around and saw the armor of the body he had stolen, kneeling. It rose and readied it's keyblade, one that could shake the earth. The darkness growled in rage.
"Your body succumbs. Your heart submits. So why does your mind resist!" The light pulls away from them, leaving them to battle.
The young boy with a spirit of wind was fighting a battle within himself. As he closed in on his former dark self, he readied his mind. This would be it for him.
With a cut of wind, moving wayward, he defeated his dark self. Looking up, he smiled, and his eyes closed.
The young blue haired master had cut down the darkness inside her friend from the outside. The X-blade shattered, and light began pouring out. Her friend's body grew lifeless and was being pulled away. As the light grew brighter, the blue haired wielder jumped and reached out her hand. The light around her flared, and as she grabbed the young boy, the light overtook her.
A girl washed up onto the sands of Destiny Island, her hair red and her eyes blue as the sea. She had no memory of where she had come from. All she had to cling to was a name, and a small, pearl-shaped charm around her neck. Two boys and a another small girl found her. She smiled.
"Hi! My name is Kairi!"