Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight
It's hard to let it go

King Mickey stood next to Master Eraqus and Yen Sid on the raised platform in front of the stranger. Nova fiddled with the belt buckle she wore over her brown shorts, uneasy under the watchful eyes of these three imposing figures.

"My name is King Mickey. May I ask what your name is, young one?" King Mickey asked, smiling at the young girl and putting her at ease by his welcoming presence.

Nova kneeled, showing her respect to the king.

"My name is Novangeline, your majesty. I am the last Guardian of the World Order. It is an honor to meet you all.

King Mickey gave Master Eraqus and Yen Sid a fleeting glance and then motioned for Nova to stand.

"Novangeline, I-"

"Please, your majesty, call me Nova."

King Mickey nodded and proceeded. "Nova, I welcome you to the Land of Departure. My fellow comrades are Master Eraqus and Yen Sid." King Mickey motioned to the men to his left.

"Nova, when you mentioned you were a Guardian of the World Order, what did you mean?" Yen Sid inquired, curiosity written all over his face.

Nova blinked, unsure of the question.

"Um… Well, I was a soldier in the Keyblade War. There are… were seven keepers of light, aka Guardians, but I am the only survivor remaining." Nova looked down, forcing her tears to stay at bay.

King Mickey, Yen Sid, and Master Eraqus exchanged brief looks of bewilderment before returning their attention back to Nova.

"Nova, the Keyblade War has been over for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The legend of the war is mostly told as a bedtime story."

Nova stared at Yen Sid with wide eyes, unable to fully comprehend the true nature of his words.

"But I... I was just there. The only reason I ended up here was because I was wandering around the battlefield, trying to find my friends when a bright light fell from the sky! When I went to check it out, a light flashed and I somehow ended up in the room with Terra."

Her voice fell silent as she recalled the recent events leading up to her visit to Terra's room. Her eyes began glistening as reality sunk in. This time, it was Master Eraqus' turn to speak to the young woman.

"Nova, I understand this is a difficult thing to hear. However, if you would be up for it, there's a great many things we do not understand about the coming of the Keyblade War. We would be forever indebted to you if you could share with us your knowledge and wisdom."

Nova wiped away her tears and nodded with a firm determination. "Alright, I'll tell you everything I know about the war."

Where fears and lies melt away
Music will tie

After what seemed like hours, Yen Sid finally dropped the quill on the parchment placed in front of him on his desk. King Mickey glanced at his former master with a look of concern written on his face.

"Yen Sid, are you alright?"

"Fear not, Mickey. I am just weary of the events of the war our dear friend has shared with us. I assure you it is just fatigue and nothing more," Yen Sid said with a small smile that just barely reached his eyes.

King Mickey nodded and turned his attention back to Nova. She was currently sitting in the chair opposite Yen Sid retelling the events of the war in her own words. After their conversation in the Training room on Master Eraqus' world, they decided it would be safer for this recap to be done at the Mysterious Tower.

"Thank you, Nova. I know this was all very hard since you lived all of this and experienced the suffering." King Mickey walked around and placed his hand on her arm in a comforting gesture.

"It's okay. I'm pleased to be able to help future generations know the true events of their history and how they came to pass."

Nova smiled, but as soon as King Mickey and Yen Sid began to have their own conversation regarding the newfound information, she let it slip away. Tuning them out, she let her thoughts wander back to the events that happened before she came to the Land of Departure. She missed her friends and she especially missed her older brother, Jiro. She remembers watching the unknown man before her slaughter her brother without a second thought. He was also a Guardian of the World Order but was killed early on when the fighting began and she wasn't the same for the rest of the battle.

Nova stood and cleared her throat. "Sorry to interrupt, but since we were able to come to this world, is it possible to go to other worlds as well?"

King Mickey and Yen Sid both nodded to the young woman at the same time and they saw a smile spread across her face.

"Then, would it be alright if I were to visit to a few of them? It was always a dream of mine and my brother's when we were young… but I figured I could still travel the worlds for him."

Yen Sid turned to King Mickey and nodded. "Nova, how did you come about traveling to the Land of Departure?"

Nova blinked, unsure of the question but then suddenly remembered what happened before she disappeared from the keyblade graveyard. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out the star shard and held it up in front of her.

"When I was walking through the battlefield, I saw a shooting star in the sky and I made a wish. After I opened my eyes, the star fell from the sky and when I went to investigate it, I saw this in the ground. I touched it and ended up in Terra's bedroom."

"Ah, yes. That star shard is what transported you to his world. It will also allow you to travel to other worlds as well, but it can be a very tricky object that not just anyone can use. I would ask of you to remain here for a short while so that I may teach you how to better control your destinations, rather than you ending up warping all over the place."

Nova beamed and nodded vigorously. I'll finally be able to make our dreams come true, Jiro, she thought to herself.