(Destiny Island)

Lying on the beach of Destiny Island was a fourteen year old boy named Sora. He spiky brown hair, tanned skin and blue eyes, he wears a red jumpsuit with puffy shorts and a zipper on the front, a black with white sleeved jacket, yellow shoes, a blue belt with a chain on it, white gloves with a blue and yellow strap on them and a silver crown necklace. He had dozed off in the sand. He slowly opened his eyes and looked to the sea, he than yawned and laid back on his back, only too be surprised when he saw a fourteen year old girl looking at him.

"Whoa!" Sora yelled.

He then turned around to the girl. her name was Kairi, and she was a friend of Sora. Kairi has auburn brown hair, blue eyes and pale skin, she wears two tops, one white and a black one underneed that can be seen by her collarbone and hem, both short enough to expose her navel, a purple biker shorts underneed a lighter shaded purple skirt with a blue belt, white slip-in shoes, on her arms she wore a yellow wristband, purple armband and a pair of bracelets, and around her neck she wore a black choker and a necklace with a silver bead on it. she giggled at Sora.

"Gimme a break, Kairi." Sora said.

"Sora, you lazy bum." Kairi said, "I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here."

"Hey, Sora, Kairi!" a voice called out to them.

The duo looked in the direction of the voice and saw their friend Richard rushing toward them.

Richard is a fifteen year old teenage boy with slightly tanned skin, amber red eyes and dark blond hair. He wears a red V-neck t-shirt, a grey shorts, a black sleeveless leather jacket, red with black sneakers, and a silver string neckless with a golden disk on it that has a black outlined symbol on it.

"Richard!" Sora and Kairi called back, happy to see him.

Richard came to a skipping halt when he reached them and took a time to catch his breath.

"you guys will never believe the dream I had," Richard said, "I was in this dark place with glowing platforms, and strange dark creatures and a giant monster attacked me, it was so bizarre."

"Wait, you had that dream too?" asked Sora surprised.

"What, you had it too?" asked Richard.

"Yeah. I did." Sora said.

"Well, that makes three of us." Said a voice.

"Oh, hey Tim." Said Sora when he saw Tim walking toward them.

"You know, two can be a coincidence," said Tim while he crossed his arms, "but three people having the same dream on the same day, that's weird.

"It sure sound strange." Said Kairi as she walked past the boys.

"Anyway, what was your hometown like, Kairi? You know, where you grew up." Asked Sora, hoping to change the subject.

"I've told you before, Sora, I don't remember." Said Kairi.

"Nothing at all?" Sora asked.

"Nothing." Said Kairi.

"Come on Sora, you have asked that question too many times by now, Kairi, Richard and I came from different places, but we don't remember what it was like in are old home worlds." Said Tim.

"I know, but do you guys ever want to go back to it?" Asked Sora.

"Well, were happy here." Said Kairi, with Tim And Richard nodding in agreement.

"Really…" said Sora.

"But you know…" said Kairi, "I wouldn't mind going to see it."

"I'd like to see your home worlds to." Sora said, "Along with any other worlds out there. I want to see 'em all!"

"Sora, you took the words right out of my mouth." Said Tim.

"So what're we waiting for?" said Kairi.

"Hey, aren't you guys forgetting about me?" called a voice from behind them. They turned around and saw their friend Riku. Riku was a fifteen year old boy with pale skin, silver grey hair and turquoise-blue eyes, he wears a yellow with black sided vest and black straps over it, black with gray gloves, a dark bluish-gray pants thats mostly covered by a blue wading pant and with a black belt, and blue with white shoes. He was holding a log under his right arm.

"You're already at work, Riku?" asked Richard.

"Yeah, you can guess I'm the only one working on the rafts." Said Riku. He walked passed the boys to Kairi while tossing the log to Sora, who stumbles back by catching the log. Tim, Richard and Kairi couldn't help but laugh as Sora falls back on the sand as he catches the piece of wood.

"And you're just as lazy as they are." Riku says referring to Richard and Sora.

"Hey!" said Richard, offended by Riku's comment.

"So you noticed." Kairi giggled before saying, "Okay, we'll finish it together. friends race you!"

"Huh?" Sora said, confused.

"What?!" complains Richard.

"Oh, come on!" complains Tim.

"Are you kidding?" complains Riku.

"Ready… Go!" Shouted Kairi.

For a second, the four boys looked at each other, than as one, they rushed over the sandy beach with Kairi running after them, laughing as she followed them.

(Several hours later)

For the remainder of the day, Tim, Richard, Sora, Riku and Kairi collected materials to build the two rafts, as well as regular sword fighting. At the end of the day, the four friends watched the sunset by a bent paopu tree. Richard lay on the part of the tree that went up with Sora and Kairi sitting next to him, Tim leaning against the tree in-between Richard and Sora, and Riku leaning against the base of the tree.

"So, Tim's, Richard's and Kairi's homes are out there somewhere, Right?" asked Sora.

"Could be." Said Riku, "We'll never know by staying here."

"But how far could rafts take us?" asked Richard.

"Who knows." Said Riku while he shrugged his shoulders, "If we have to, we'll think of something else."

"So, suppose you get to another world, what would you do there?" asked Kairi.

"I would explore that world and learn all there is to know about it, and when there is trouble, I would also help those who need it." Said Tim.

"You truly have a heart of gold, Tim." Said Richard with a smile.

"Indeed." Said Kairi, than she looked at Riku and asked, "What about you Riku?"

"Hmmm… Well, I haven't really thought about it." Said Riku, "It's just… I've always wondered why we're here on this island, and if there are any other worlds out there, why did we end up on this one?"

"I get the feeling that were destined for something, and that we have to be prepared." Said Tim "Otherwise, we had been on other worlds from the very beginning."

"Well, if that is true… and suppose there are other worlds… Then ours is just a little piece of something much greater." Said Riku, "So, like Tim said, we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right?"

"I don't know." Said Sora.

"I'm not quite so sure myself either." Said Richard.

"Exactly." Said Riku, "That's why we need to go out there and find out. Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go."

"You've been thinking a lot lately, haven't you?" asked Kairi.

"Thanks to you, guys." Said Riku, "If you, Tim and Richard hadn't come here, I probably would've never thought of any of this. Thanks."

"Heh, you're welcome." Said Kairi, while Richard smiled to Riku and Tim gave him a nod.

After having watched the sunset for a few minutes, the five friend began to make their way to their boats so they can go back to the mainland, with Tim, Richard and Kairi were ahead of Sora and Riku.

"Sora!" Riku called out and tossed a paopu fruit to Sora, he then asked, "You wanted one, didn't you?"

"A paopu fruit…?" Sora asked, confused.

"If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined." Riku explained as he walked past Sora, "They'll remain a part of each other's lives, no matter what." Riku than began to chuckle, "C'mon, I know you want to try it."

"What are you talking…" Sora Stammers.

Riku began to laugh and Sora, realising that it was a joke, tossed the fruit into the ocean and began to chase after Riku.

Tim and Richard had heard the playful conversation and grinned at each other. They knew that Sora may had a little crush on Kairi, but they decided to keep quiet about, to not spoil the surprise.


(Disney Castle)

Within the world of Disney Castle, the royal magician, Donald Duck was strolling through one of the castle hallways, passing several enchanted brooms who were carrying buckets with cleaning stuff, till he reached a large door that was several stories high. Donald approached the door and knocked on it, a small portion of the door opened and Donald walked through it, entering an enormous throne room.

"Good morning, your majesty." Donald said, as he approached the throne on the very end of the room. "It's nice to see you this morn…" but to his surprise, the throne was empty. "Wha?!"

Donald then noticed Pluto, the royal pet dog from the king, with a letter in his mouth. Donald noticed that the letter has the king's signature on it and took the letter from Pluto, opened it, and began to read. A few seconds after he read the letter, Donald rushed out of the throne room and back into the hallway, screaming as he did so.

Will rushing through the castle hallways, Donald went in a search for Goofy, the captain of the king's royal knights. He soon found him leaning against a small grassy hill in the Disney gardens, sleeping.

"Wake up, Goofy, wake up!" Donald shouted, "This is serious!"

But all Donald get in reply was Goofy's snoring, it became clear to him that Goofy was to deep asleep to hear his shouts. This led Donald to use a Thunder spell on Goofy. The lightning bolt electrocuted Goofy and woke him up immediately. Goofy rubbed his eyes than looked around, soon noticing Donald standing next to him.

"Hey there, Donald. G'morning." Goofy greeted, "Lovely weather we have today."

"We've got a problem, Goofy!" Donald said, he then looked around to see if there was anyone else around, than whispered, "But don't tell anyone."

"Queen Minnie?" asked Goofy.

"Not even the queen." Said Donald.

"Daisy?" asked Goofy.

"No!" Donald shouted, "It's top secret!"

"Oh, G'morning ladies." Said Goofy, looking past Donald.

"Wha…?" Said Donald confused. He then turned around and sees Minnie, queen of Disney Castle, and Daisy, Minnie's handmaiden and Donald's Girlfriend, looking him with a raised eye brows and their hands on their hips. Donald laughed sheepishly.


(Destiny Island)

It was late in the morning on Destiny Island when Tim and Richard arrived on the island. By now, the two friends had stepped out of their boats and are now walking down the pier to the beach.

"Where do you think the others are?" asked Richard.

"I'm not sure." said Tim, shrugging his shoulders.

"Hey, Tim, Richard!" a voice called out to them.

The two looked up an sees Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka walking toward them. Selphie is a fourteen year old girl with pale skin, brown hair and green eyes, she wears a yellow dress with overall like features, brown sandals and a loose blue bracelet on her arm. Tidus is a fourteen year old boy with tanned skin, sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, and a x shaped scar on his right cheek, he wears a yellow with white sleeved open shirt that exposed his chest, a black pant with uneven legs and black with yellow sandals. Wakka is a fifteen year old boy with heavily tanned skin, brown eyes and orange hair, he wears a large blue coif on his head, yellow baggy pants with x shaped straps, a pale yellow top, blue wristbands and green sandals. like Sora and Riku, Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka lived on the mainland of Destiny island, and like them, they came to the island to hang out.

"What's up?" Tim asked.

"We have a request." Said Selphie, "Do you two want to fight us?"

"Uhh… why do you guys want to fight us?" asked Richard.

"Well you see, yesterday we challenged Riku to face us in a three-to-one fight," Tidus explained, "and earlier this morning we took Sora on three-to-one, both of them whipped us all. So, we we're hoping if you two will like to face us in a three-to-two fight."

"See it as a test, man." Said Wakka.

Tim and Richard thought about it, then Richard looked at Tim and asked, "What do you think?"

"Well, it might be good practise," said Tim, "besides, the day is still young so we have some time."

With that agreement, Tim looked at the trio with a grin.

"We accept your challenge." Tim announced.

A moment later, Tim and Richard stood back to back on the beach with Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka surrounding them. they have faced them more than enough to know their fighting styles. Tidus preferred to fight up close by using a stick as a sword. Selphie uses a jump rope as a whip or nunchaku for attack and defence at the same time. As for Wakka, he was more of a sharpshooter, using his trusty Blitz ball. Tim and Richard themselves are armed with wooden swords, with Tim using two sword while Richard uses one sword.

"Let's get them!" Tidus called out. And with that, the fight began.

Selphie and Tidus charged forward Tim and Richard, who took a defensive stand. Tidus swung his stick down to Richard who blocked it with his sword. Selphie swung her jump rode whip style to Tim, who quickly jumped to the side to avoided being hit. While Richard was in a blade lock, he had noticed Tim's move and saw the rope heading street for him. He quickly broke the blade lock and jumped after Tim, causing the rope to hit Tidus in the stomach. Tim than noticed Wakka was about to throw his ball to them.

"Take that!" Wakka called.

"Incoming ball on your right!" Tim warned Richard.

They quickly leaned away and let the ball pas them.

"Thank you!" Thanked Richard.

Tidus quickly recover and charged at them, swinging his stick at them with a right-horizontal slash. Tim noticed it, jumped in front of Richard and block the attack by holding his left sword upward. To his surprise, Selphie had swung her jump rode and it had tied itself around his right wrist, leaving Tim stuck in his position with no way of escape, and to make things worse, Tim noticed that Wakka had thrown his ball at him. Then, right before the ball was about to hit Tim, Richard appeared out of nowhere and deflected the ball back, the ball hit Wakka straight in his face and he was pushed on his back in the sand. Richard than dashed at Tidus and bumped him aside, breaking the blade lock.

With his left arm free, Tim quickly untied the rope and swung it away. The force of the swing caused the rope to swing three times around Selphie, she quickly untangle herself from it and dashed in Tim's direction, swinging the jump rope around as she go's. Tim saw it and began jumping out of her way, trying not to be hit by her.

Richard and Tidus traded blow after blow with their weapons untill Tidus find an opening and hit Richard on his back, pushing him to the ground.

"Is that all you got?" Tidus taunted playfully.

Richard grinned, scoops a hand full of sand and throw it to Tidus, blinding him in the process. Richard than raised to his feet and charged forward. Having recovered from the sand in his eyes, Tidus saw Richard approaching and swung his stick, leaving the two in another blade lock.

Tim swung his swords in a diagonal slash at Selphie, who quickly jump out of the way. Tim than remembered how her jump rope had swung around her when he released himself from it. An idea came to mind and he waited to strike. Selphie swung her rope again, but by doing so, she fell right into his trap. Tim gripped the rope and pulled it, pulling her to him. Tim then grapped Selphie by the arm and swung her around, causing her to spin around like a spinning top. Selphie soon stopped spinning and Tim could see the result, because Selphie had her rope in hand when she was spun around, it had tied her arms against her body and her legs at each other, leafing unable to move. The only movement she could made was leaning from one side to the other while her head and eyes spun around from dizziness.

Richard saw Tim's move and smiled, but it soon vanished when he noticed something in the corner of his eyes.

"Duck!" Richard shouted.

Tim turned around just in time to see Wakka's ball heading street for him and ducked to avoid it. Selphie was less lucky however, cause it hit her in the chest, pushing her to the sandy ground, out cold.

"Sorry." Called Wakka.

Richard swung his sword to deflect Tidus his attack and jumped back. Tidus than charged forward and swung his stick in a downward vertical slash, but missis when Richard side stepped and almost lost his balance. Richard took his chance and ended it with a right-horizontal slash to Tidus his back, which pushed him to the ground.

Richard than noticed Tim preformed multiple cartwheels to avoid being hit by Wakka's multiple ball throwing attacks, he than dashed forward by preforming a sliding dash attack and hit Wakka hard. Wakka turned to Richard and throw his ball at him, only for Richard to use his sword to deflect the ball back to him. The ball hit Wakka in the stomach, causing him too lean on one knee as he tried to get air back into his lungs, but while he was in this position, Tim jumped from out of nowhere and sliced his two swords down with an downward right-diagonal slash. The blow was hard enough that Wakka soon found himself face-first into the sand.

Tim and Richard looked around and saw that their three opponents were defeated and that the fight was finished. Though out of breath, the two walked toward one another and clasped each others hands.

"Good work." Said Tim.

"You too." Said Richard.

"Oh men, I can't believe we lost, again!" said Tidus who was leaning on one knee with his head low.

"Oh c'mon, it was a good fight." Said Tim as he walked over to Selphie, who had regained consciousness.

Wakka rose to his feet, spitting a mouth full of sand as he did. "Yeah, but it looks like we have a lot of training to do if we want to beat you guys." He said.

"At least we had fun." Selphie said as Tim helped her untied her from her jump rope.

"Anyway, have you guys seen Sora, Riku and Kairi somewhere?" Richard asked.

"We saw them heading to the rafts you guys are building." Selphie said.

"We also heard Sora and Riku arguing about how they will name their raft and decided to race for it." Tidus said

"I think that their finished by now." Selphie said.

"Well, then we better get going." Richard said.

"And what are you guys going to do?" Tim asked.

"I think that where gonna do a little explorin' today. You know, to the secret place at the base of that tree." Wakka said pointing in the direction of the tree, "There's gotta be something there, ya?"

"Warry well. Don't wake the monster that's sleeping in there." Tim said playfully.

The group laughs at the joke, then, Tim and Richard went to the other side of the island. When they came close to the corner, they heard voices they recognised as Sora's and Riku's.

"Yeah, I won!" Sora called out, "That means that were giving the raft my chosen name!"

"Man, lighten up. It's just a name after all." Riku grunted.

"But, what was that about when the race began?" Sora asked.

"What?" Riku asked, "Oh, the paopu thing. That was just a joke."

"Did we miss anything?" Tim asked.

"Oh, hey guys." Kairi said, "Sora and Riku had raced to determine the name of our raft."

"And I won," said Sora, "So, were going to give it the name that I thought about."

"And what is that?" Richard asked.

"'Excalibur.'" Said Sora.

"After King Arthur's sword, the sword in the stone?" Tim asked, "Nice one."

"And what are you going to call your raft?" asked Riku.

Tim and Richard looked at one another and a smile grow on their faces, they already had talked about it on their way to the island and had agreed on their rafts name.

"The 'Star Glider'." They said in unison.

"The 'Star Glider', that has a nice ring to it." Kairi said.

With the names settled, the five friends went back to the rafts and began to finish on the final details.

"Oké, the rafts are done." Said Tim half an hour later, "So, what now?"

"We'll collect provisions for our trip." Kairi said, "and sinces it's only five things, I suggest that each of us is going to look for one of them."

"Oké, what do we need?" Sora asked.

"We need, five seagull eggs, fifteen mushrooms, ten coconuts, fifteen fish, and I brought some bottles for clean drinking water," Kairi said, than she looked serious, "but not from the ocean!"

"I'll get the eggs." Said Richard.

"Your such a monkey, Richard." Said Riku playfully.

"Ha-ha, very funny." Said Richard drily.

"I will collect the mushrooms." Sora said.

"I get the coconuts." Riku said.

"Then, I'll catch the fish." Tim said.

"Oké then, than I will fill these bottles with water." Said Kairi.

And with that said, group splits up.

Richard began to climb some trees to reach the seagull nests to get the eggs, but it wasn't as easy as he thought because some of the nests where guarded by the seagull parents. Eventually, he got all five eggs, brought it to the rafts and went to the waterfall to was the bird pop off his body and clothing.

Kairi had gone to the waterfall first to fill the bottles with its fresh clean water, though, she got herself a little bit wet, so after she got the water she lead down on the beach and let the warm sun dry her.

Riku went to some coconut trees on the land Plato where the paopu tree was located and used his wooden sword to hit the coconuts out of the tree, but he had to watch out for the falling coconuts so that they didn't fall on his head. Though, he was a little bit bruised from some lucky hits, he did get the right coconuts.

Tim began to swim in the ocean to catch the fish, however, most of them where fast and he had to catch his breath a few times. In the end, he caught all the fish they needed.

While looking for the mushrooms, Sora found himself in the secret cave that was filled with paintings that he and the others had carved. He soon found one about him and Kairi looking at each other with goofy faces. He still remember the time in which he and Kairi had made it when they were younger. He then sits down and by using a nearby stone, her drew a shooting star that went in Kairi's direction. he then heard footsteps entering the cave and saw that Tim walked to him.

"Have you drawn that star?" Tim asked.

"Yeah." Sora said.

"Looks nice." Tim said.

"Thanks." Sora said.

Suddenly they heard movement behind them and turned around, they saw a hooded figure looking at them from the shadows of the cave.

"Wh-who's there?" Sora asked startled.

"I've come to see the door to this world." the hooded figure said, in a mysterious neutral voice.

"Huh?" said Tim and Sora confused.

"This world has been connected." said the hooded figure.

"Wh-what are you talking about?" Tim asked.

"Tied to the darkness…" the hooded figure continued, "soon to be completely eclipsed."

"Well, whoever you are, stop freaking us out like this." Sora said, both getting a little scared. Out of confusion he then asked, "Huh? Wh-where did you came from?"

"You do not yet know what lies beyond the door." The hooded figure said.

"So, you're from another world!" Tim exclaimed.

"There is so very much to learn." The hooded figure said out of disappointment, "You understand so little."

"Oh, yeah? Well, you'll see. We're gonna get out and learn what's out there!" Sora proclaims.

"A meaningless effort." Said the hooded figure, "One who knows nothing can understand nothing.

Tim and Sora watched as the hooded figure disappeared into the darkness. They looked at each other with confused looks on their faces. They then walked out of the cave and back to the others.

(hours later)

When the sun began to set, Riku had already returned to the mainland, and Tim, Richard, Sora and Kairi where sitting on the pier, looking at the sunset.

"You know, guys, Riku has changed." Said Kairi, a bit concerned.

"What do you mean?" Sora asked.

"Well…" said Kairi, unsure how to answer that.

"You're oké?" Tim asked.

"Guys, let's take the rafts and go, just the four of us!" said Kairi out of the blue.

"Huh?!" said the three boys surprised.

"Just kidding." Kairi giggled.

"What's gotten into you?" said Richard dumbfounded.

"He's right. I think you're the one that's changed, Kairi." Said Tim.

"Maybe…" mumbled Kairi, "You know, I was a little afraid at first, but now I'm ready. No matter where I go or what I see, I know I can always come back here." She than looked at them, "Right?"

"Yeah, of course!" said Sora, with Tim and Richard nodding in agreement.

"That's good." Said Kairi relieved. Then she looked at them again, "Sora, Tim, Richard, don't ever change."

"We Promise." Said Tim.

Kairi stood up and looked at the sunset. "I just can't wait. Once we set sail, it'll be great." said Kairi dreamily.

Everyone had a smile on their face, by thinking about it. But Tim didn't look happy, his thoughts were about what that hooded figure had said. he wondered what he means by that, and he couldn't help but feel like something is about to happen, something that isn't good.

Richard noticed the look on Tim's face and knew what he was thinking. After they had collected all the provisions, Tim had told him what had happened in the cave, and now, seeing this look, he got the same feeling dat something bad is going to happen.


Author's note: Greetings everyone, Kornox speaking. I sorry that it took long for this chapter to appear. I do hope that you enjoyed this chapter, so let me know, please no flames, don't to review and I'll see you in the next chapter.