I stepped inside the large hut. Inside was a numerous amount of people. All were standing to the side, leading a path in the center, up to what I assumed to be the chief. Chief Tui, who was wearing a crown made of straw and feathers. They all looked at me. I slowly began walking to the chief, keeping my eyes forward. I noticed there was a woman by his side, probably his wife. And another woman, around my age, sitting further behind. I stood before the chief; he towered over me. He looked down at me,

"You, are Leaf?" he asked.

"Yes, sir" I nodded.

"I am Chief Tui. Island Chief on Montui! My hunters, Azul and Auryon have told me much about you. You are, from another island?" I nodded. "How did you get to our island?"

"I was lost in the storm, my raft crashed, and I drifted here."

"So, you no longer have means of traveling on water?"

"No, sir. Do you all, perhaps, have any ships I may use?" Tui looked around at the others, chuckling.

"We do not, for we, do not travel from the island. All we have are our small sails, for fishing. Not meant to go a far distance.

"I mean, I was traveling on a raft," I said.

"And look where that got you" Chief Tui laughed. I looked down as I realized Tui was right. "Azul, tells me you are a good fighter yes? Says you helped defend my hunters earlier."

"That's right."

"I see... I assume you are going to try and sail back to the ocean?"

"Mmhm" I nodded.

"Well, we would be more than happy to lend you the materials to help you make another boat. That is, you know how to build one" It hit me just then that, I did not know. I had assumed that these people would've had some boats I could've borrowed.

"I... do not," I said.

"What? But you..."

"I didn't make it. It was made for me."

"So how do you plan on making it?"

"I... I'll figure something out."

"Well, I'm going to ask you one thing" I looked up at the Chief. "Can I trust that you, Leaf, will not bring any harm to my village?"

"Of course not, sir" I replied. The Chief gave him a long hard look, then smiled,

"Glad to hear it. I see you have already dressed in our attire" I looked down at my new islander outfit, "We have a place ready for you, Sefa will show you" He waved towards a boy, standing to the side amongst the others. He looked to be a little younger than me. "In the meantime, I hope to see you around Leaf. Maybe you help us out with farming or hunting?"

"Sure, If you need it," I told the chief.

"I thank you" He turned towards the others watching, "Meeting is over, welcome, Leaf!" Everyone began clapping. I turned a little red from all the attention.

"This way Leaf" Sefa called. I began following him. We walked out to a rather small hut, on the outskirts of the village. It was right next to the beach. Inside was a straw bed, a wooden stool, and a small fireplace in the middle.

"Thanks, Sefa," I said.

"Do not mention," Sefa replied, "May I ask you something Leaf?"

"What is it?"

"What is it like, beyond the great blue?" I thought for a second,

"It's like here; many trees, sand, and water. Not much different" I explained.

"Ah... but I have heard tales, stories about places out there. Stories of gods and monsters. Surely there must be something different out there?"

"Probably. There's a whole world out there. I'm just starting on sailing" I explained.

"Are you going to go back?" Sefa asked.

"Yeah... I have to. I have people to go back to" I stated.

"I see... I'll leave you alone now! It was great meeting you! I hope to talk to you tomorrow."

"I'll keep an eye out for you!" Sefa nodded and walked off back to town. I turned back towards the small bedding. "Well, I've slept in worse conditions... wooden floors... grass... you name it."

"Bark! bark!" Han barked. He jumped out of my backpack. He shook his fur and lied down on my bed. I smiled and took my bag off. I patted down my mattress and rested my head on my, 'pillow.'

*Poof*

It was Chirity.

"Well, you've made some progress," they said.

"Chirithy" I sat up.

"Hi"

"Do you know what that big heartless was?" I asked.

"That one? Hmm no. But this world is full of them."

"What?"

"Yeah, this world isn't like other ones. There are actual monsters; the heartless are feeding off of them."

"Where?"

"Well... everywhere. You saw one yourself, here. But there are a lot more out there. Leaf, we need to find the keyhole and the light quickly."

"I'm on it" I nodded, "But Chirithy, I don't have a ship, I can't get anywhere off this island."

"I see that. I think you'll find a way, after all, it's you. You always seem to get out of the impossible."

"Sarcasm?"

"None at all, you recklessly fight members of the five, charge off into new worlds, and always come through. Certainly a building a new ship shouldn't be too much of a job."

"I'm a fighter, not a builder!" Chirithy laughed.

"Come one, keep your chin up. You'll think of something. Just get some sleep for now okay?" Chirithy jumped and disappeared. I looked down at Han, who was sleeping already.

"Goodnight boy" I patted him. I lied back and closed my eyes. Though it took several minutes, I eventually fell asleep too.

I woke up the next morning, Han was still asleep. I sat up, stretching my arms out. Han woke up and yawned. He got up and looked at me.

"Morning boy," I said. He sat there, panting. He jumped up and ran around excitedly. Then he ran outside, barking. I shook my head, smiling. I got up, grabbed my backpack and headed out. As I walked out, I noticed someone by the water. It was the girl from before, at the Chief's house. She wore a red dress, a lot different than the others. She also had very long and dark hair. She was just standing there, looking out into the distance. Her eyes flickered when she noticed me.

"Oh, hi!" She said. I waved my hand,

"Hey"

"You're Leaf, right?" she asked.

"Yes... and you are?"

"My name is Moana."

"Ah, I saw you at the meeting last night."

"Yeah, I'm... the chief's daughter," she said.

"Makes sense, I suppose."

"So you're from another island right?" She began.

"Yeah"

"Do your people, travel far on water?"

"Not usually. I was the only one to go out."

"Why only you though?"

"I was just sailing around... for fun" I lied.

"That must be nice..." Moana turned back towards the ocean, "Do you think, that if you rebuild

your boat; that you will teach me how to use one?"

"Um... honestly my boat was just a turn and pull, it wasn't a real boat."

"What do you mean?"

"Moana" We turned to see her mother and I think her grandmother, watching us, "Your father is looking for you."

"I don't want to speak with him" Moana turned her back to her.

"Sina, why don't you let me talk to her," The older lady told her. Sina looked at Moana with a look of hurt. She then nodded and walked back to the village. Moana's grandmother walked up to us. She looked and me and nodded, "Greetings Leaf, I am Tala. Moana's grandmother" Then she turned her attention to Moana. "Moana, what is wrong?" Moana sighed.

"I mentioned my idea of helping Leaf, rebuild his boat..."

"Ah..."

"He told me, 'Do not bother him. We will help him out, but you need to stay away from him'" The chief doesn't want Moana to help me?

"Do not fret Moana. I am sure Leaf here will be glad to show you the wonders of the ocean when he gets his boat back."

"Father would not let that happen..."

"Why don't you go talk to your father, for now, I will stay here and talk to Leaf about how we can change that."

"Really?" Moana looked at her. Tala smiled and nodded, "Oh! Thanks, Grandma!" Moana pulled her into a hug and ran off. Tala smiled at her and then turned towards me,

"Leaf, I can see you're a little confused and worried. Allow me to teach you the story of our tribe."

It all started many years ago. Our people did indeed use to travel on water. We hunted fish freely and went far. It was all working out greatly. Until one day, a man by the name, Maui stepped in. He stole something very important from the Mother Island. When that happened, everything went so wrong. Darkness fell, and a terrible monster known as Te Kā had awoken. Monsters began attacking our boats and forced us to stay back on land. The ancient chiefs forbid voyaging to protect us. And now, we sit here. We don't ever allow people to try to set sail too far from the island. But still the darkness spreads, and it has now reached our island. Now the monsters are attacking our island, our trees and fish, are both dying.

"Zzz..."

"Wake up!" I jolted awake. Tala was staring at me with a look of annoyance.

"Sorry" I yawned, "Didn't sleep too well. Heard everything you said though... I think"

"Come with me" She led me to a group of rocks in the water, "Look" I studied them carefully, on one side; there were strange black markings on them, stretching from the ocean.

"What is this?" I reached over to touch it,

"Stop!" Tala stopped me. I pulled back. "That is the darkness. It sucks the life out of anything it touches."

"This? But the darkness is-"

"It brought those creatures to this island. Everywhere it goes, they follow."

"I see."

"But, it can be stopped."

"What?" My eyes widened, "You can stop it?"

"Not me, but Moana."

"How?"

"It is said, that one day, someone will return that stolen item back to Mother Island. And I have spoken to the ocean; it has chosen her!"

"Chosen? What are you talking about?"

"You will see in time. But I would like to ask you of something very important."

"Hm?"

"When the time comes, I ask that you help guide Moana to return what was stolen from Mother Island, and protect her from the darkness."

"But how? Doesn't the guy... Maui have that stolen item?" I asked. Tala shook her head,

"He lost it, and it is nowhere with us" She opened the necklace that she had and took out a green rock of some sort. She held it up to me, "This, is the heart, of Mother Island!"

"How did you-"

"Not important, but I will be giving this to Moana soon, I need you to guide her through the cave where our ancestors buried the boats they used."

"There are boats here? Ones that can travel out into the ocean? How?" I couldn't believe all this information that was being thrown at me at once. But I knew what I needed to do.

"The waterfalls, there's more behind them then what most will bother to look" Tala explained.

"So go through the waterfalls?"

"No, it is too dangerous to try and swim into them, there is a pathway up there-" She pointed up to a hill that led to what was a wall full of ivy. "There is a path that leads straight to them. But, I would like it to stay hidden until I show Moana. Later, after she has finished her chores, I would like for you to make sure she gets to them safely, to learn about our ancestors" I nodded,

"I'll do it. Just let me know when."

"Thank you. I sense some sort of great power from you. I know Moana will be safe in your hands, wanderer."

I spent the day hunting down heartless; the island was infested. There was a little bit more than what I expected. The darkness that Tala showed me had spread over in more parts of the island. I didn't spot any more of the bigger heartless; I suppose that was a good thing. However, if this continued to spread I believe it wouldn't stay like that. When one heartless shows up, more come. I hadn't spoken much to the villagers. It was around the edge of night; I was returning home to my small hut. That's when I spotted something happening over by a little spot by the water. It was Tala and Moana! Oh right! I remembered that I had a job to do for Tala. I walked over to greet them. The two heard me walking, they both turned towards me,

"Leaf, Hey!" Moana said. I waved hello to them.

"Moana," Tala said, "You are right to feel a deep connection to the ocean, just as I do. I have something to show you."

"What?"

"Follow me, you too, Leaf" Tala gestured us to come with her up the hill. We were heading back to the cave that Tala showed me earlier. This time, she moved the vines. The wall, there was a huge spot where it was clearly broken.

"Huh?" Moana looked at it. She pushed onto it. The wall collapsed! "Grandma, what is this?"

"This is a place our ancestors built, in there, you will find the answers you seek."

"Answers... you mean-"

"Maybe. You need to go look for yourself, but I can't let you go alone" Tala walked by me, "The cave is full of hideous monsters, there would be no way for you to explore it safely. That's why I've asked Leaf here to protect you."

"Leaf?" Moana raised an eyebrow.

"Leaf here is a great fighter, aren't you?" Tala asked me. I summoned my keyblade and raised it.

"I did hear you saved one of the hunting parties..." Moana said. "Would you be able to protect me by yourself?"

"I'll do my best" I promised.

"Grandma, will there really be something in there?"

"Yes, do be careful though. I am sure you will be excited to see what lies in the depths of the darkness" Moana looked at me,

"Ready Leaf?" I nodded. She nodded back, and together, the two of us ventured into the cave.

The cave was a long and dark corridor, with no sight of light. Everything was pretty quiet. Only the slapping of our feet sounded threw out. Moana held her torch up so that we could see. I had my keyblade out, ready for anything. So far nothing seemed to happen. Eventually, we made our way to a large opening. I peeked into it; first, I spotted a bunch of sailboats... and something else... it was moving around. Heartless.

"Stay here," I told Moana. She nodded and stayed put. I quietly moved over to where the heartless were. It wasn't but a few shadows there. Once I got close enough, I sprung out and attacked, "Yah!" I sliced through all of them. They all flew back and disappeared. That's when a group of hook bats flew down, they all swarmed and rammed me!

"Gah!" I was flipped backward, sliding across the floor and stopping myself with my hand. I jumped up, "Wind Barrage!" I swung my blade to send waves of sharp blades of light, hitting the heartless. I managed to wipe out a couple of them; the rest flew around frantically. They took turns swooping down at me. I managed to block most of the attacks. I jumped and swung my blade, once again sending out blades to kill the remaining ones. The room was now empty, I checked around. There seemed to be nothing more.

"Moana, it's okay now!" I called. I saw her light begin to move, and she stepped out.

"They're gone?" She asked.

"Yeah, and I think-" Suddenly something jumped down behind me, shaking the whole cavern! Moana screamed and ducked back behind the wall. I spun around; it was a huge spider!

"SqUuuEEEee!" It screeched. Its mouth twitched, it raised it's two front legs, and lunged at me.

"Wah!" I jumped backward, barely dodging the attack. I raised my keyblade up.

The spider moved side to side, each of the enormous legs moving in quick succession. It was watching me, waiting for me to act.

"Fira!" I pointed my keyblade and fired. The fireball blasted the creature's face. It squealed in pain and began backing up. It started climbing the wall; it clung to the ceiling. It moved to the area above me; then it spat out a web onto me! "Ack!" I tried to shake it off, but it was incredibly strong. The spider jumped down, and it picked me up with its front legs. It began to move me to its mouth! It was going to eat me! "No-" My cry was muffled.

"Hiiiiya!" It was Moana! She jumped at the spider, waving her torch. It jumped in surprise and dropped me. She pushed it back and then quickly freed me from my web. I got up,

"Thanks"

"Tck Tck!" The spider said with irritation. It charged towards us. I shoved Moana out of the way and lunged at the monster. I bashed its face, it stumbled. I saw Moana running behind a boat to hide.

"Blade of Seven!" I jumped up and flung my keyblade, it cast out seven blades of light and struck the spider. It screeched in more pain. It swung one of its legs down at me; I jumped out of the way.

"Bark bark!" Han popped his head out of my backpack and climbed up onto my head,

"Lighting tornado!" I spun and cast a whirlwind. The spider didn't seem to be too affected by it though; It shot out another web. I managed to slice it in half. Han jumped down and ran at the spider. The spider began trying to smash him,

"Yip yip!" He yapped. I ran around to the other side and jumped up onto the monsters back. I held my blade up, pointed down, and jabbed right into it's back. It jumped up in pain, swaying its arms.

"Han, Blast!"

"Bark!" Han jumped up and unleashed his, 'Blast' ability. He exploded! The spider flew back, I jumped off, and hit the wall! It shook the cave, then it disappeared. It was defeated. Spirits make everything so much easier.

"You did it!" Moana ran out to Han and I. Han jumped up into her arms, she hugged him, "Hello! You did it!" She looked at him, "What are you?"

"That's my pet, Han."

"Oh... okay? I can't believe it though; you killed that thing!"

"Well, it's what I do" I shrugged. Moana put Han down and began looking around. We all walked around; the room was a bit more visible because there was a waterfall that I assumed Tala mentioned earlier. Moana stood up onto a platform; there was a table. Or at least, so I thought. She held up a pair of drumsticks.

"Look at this" she called. I hopped up with her. She hit the drum once; the sound echoed. She looked at me with confusion. I shrugged. Then she took both sticks and beat the drum.

*BOOM*

Suddenly all of the torches in the room lit up!

"Ah!" Moana gasped. I jumped as well. The room was a lot bigger than what I realized. There were way more boats than what I thought too. "Woah..." Moana awed. She turned around and saw some drawings on the sail we were standing next to. I looked at it; it'd appear to be one whole picture. Of the island with the several sailboats heading out, to another island. This must be what Tala was talking about. They did use to use boats! The torches went out. Moana's face lit up, "We were voyagers..." she whispered, "We were voyagers!" She yelled. She began running back to the entrance of the cave! I stared, then shook my head.

"C'mon boy" I had Han jump back into my backpack. Then I began to chase after her.

"We were voyagers!" Moana said, running out past Tala. I stopped when I found Tala. She looked at Moana with an amused smile. Moana had run almost all the way back to the water before she stopped, then ran back, "Why'd we stop?" she asked Tala. Tala looked up,

"Maui" she then began to tell Moana of the legend of Maui and Mother Island.

"What did he steal?" Moana asked. We had begun walking to the water.

"He stole, what was most precious to Life itself, the heart of Mother Island" Tala explained. The heart? "But, legend has it, that one day, someone would find Maui, deliver him across to the great ocean, to restore the heart of Te Fiti!" She opened up her necklace pendant and handed Moana something, "That, 'someone' is you, Moana" Moana opened up her hand, revealing a green stone of some kind.

"Me?"

"The ocean has chosen you!" Suddenly, the water began to stir! It rose up and appeared to now be looking down at us. It towered over us.

"I... thought it was a dream, what happened long ago" Moana gasped. I couldn't help but stare in awe myself. That's when the water dipped back down, and then shot back up and covered Moana! "Blah!"

"Ha ha! Nope!" Tala laughed.

Tala rested her hand on Moana's shoulder and pointed up to the sky. She was pointing to a very clear constellation; it looked to be a huge hook.

"Our ancestors believe that Maui lies there, at the bottom of his hook," She said, "Follow it, and you will find him."

"But why would it choose me?" Moana asked, "I don't even know how to make it past the reef," She said with a sigh. Then she gasped in realization, "But I know who does!" Moana turned and began to run off towards the village. Tala giggled as she sat down on a rock.

"Hngh!" she gasped.

"You okay?" I asked. She looked up at me,

"Leaf, I am rather old and frail at my age. I don't think I will be here much longer..."

"Oh... Don't say that, I can't even tell you were an elder."

"Heh heh, thank you. But it's true... I don't feel so well lately."

"Do you need me to help you back home?"

"No. But Leaf, I do have one more favor to ask of you."

"Help Moana?" Tala smiled,

"Exactly" I nodded,

"I..." I heard something behind me. Heartless! I pulled out my keyblade; it was a group of five shadows. I crouched down, then charged, performing a spin attack! The shadows disappeared.

I saw more heartless drawing near. A hammer frame was getting close,

"The darkness is getting stronger..." Tala whispered. The hammer frame jumped and slammed it's face into the ground, creating a shockwave. I was hit, and my whole body felt like it was asleep, I couldn't move! I could see some violets and powerwilds getting closer.

"Grr... Han" I barely said. Han poked his head out,

"Bark!" Han jumped out, and saw my state, "Bark bark!" He cast asura. My body becomes loose, There we go. I moved towards the hammer frame,

*Slash*

I took it out in a couple of swings. A powerwild jumped on my back; It was slamming down on my head!

"Ah!" I grabbed it and threw it off. I bashed it on the head, defeating it. The violets charged their magic up. I pointed my keyblade,

"Thundara!" sent out a great storm of lighting, it sent some of them into a state of paralysis.

"Fire Dash!" I jumped and spun forward, my keyblade spewing out fire. I charged through all of the violets, finishing them off.

*Fling*

"Ah!" A rock hit me in the back of my head; it was more powerwilds. They were all jumping and laughing at me. Then they began circling me. I raised my keyblade,

"Fira!" I thrust my keyblade at the powerwilds, shooting the fireballs out at them. I managed to hit at least half of them; the rest lunged at me. I swung my keyblade, hitting them away from me.

There was one more remaining, it jumped up and down, taunting me. Then it dashed towards me, I merely jabbed it in the chest, and it disappeared. I rested my keyblade on my shoulders,

"That was close, you okay-?" I turned to check on Tala. She was gone!