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Notice: From here on out the story will be told through the point of view of my OC, Dexal.

Ch.2 Dexal

(Dexal's Point of View)

I walked through the halls of the castle towards the room where Master Eraqus and us his pupils, ate breakfast. My name is Dexal, one of Eraqus's four apprentices. I stood straight, only a little shorter than Terra, and my build showed I wasn't anywhere near as ripped as my friend, but you could tell I worked out. My hair was short and rather spiky, with it being the color of silver. I was wearing a pair of black pants with black leather dress shoes, and a white T-shirt with a pair of black fingerless gloves. My eyes were blue around the edge but reddened as it came closer, until around my pupils it was a ruby-red.

I had been living with the Master, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus for about a year, ever since I showed up in the form of a meteorite. I don't know how I got here or where I came from, because my memories had been wiped out. Before that crash I don't remember a single thing. However, I knew I could wield a Keyblade, and from what Master Eraqus has told me, someone must have taught me how to use it.

Still, that nugget of knowledge didn't help me any when it came to figuring out my past. Deciding to deal with it later, I walked in to the kitchen and dining hall. When it came to cooking the Master decided to break tradition, and rather than have a kitchen suited for a medieval castle, we went with modern technology. Pot and pans hung over a large black and hit stove, with a wooden counter next to it that had a cutting board built in.

The same counter played host the toaster, and farther along was the industrial sized fridge where we kept all our food. Aqua was standing next to the toaster, waiting for it to finish, when she noticed me. She smiled. "Hey, Dexal." I smiled in return and said "Good morning Aqua." She nodded and went back to her toast, which had just popped out of the toaster. I decided to have some as well, and put two pieces of bread in. While Aqua prepared her toast we talked about random subjects, training for the day, how we were feeling, etc.

While I waited for my toast and Aqua ate, Terra and Ventus came in. Ven smiled at us and said "Good morning," while Terra said "I'm glad to see you're up. What's for breakfast?" I laughed and shook my head; Terra was a great guy, but in the mornings his stomach came first. "We're both having toast. Feel free to have something else," I told him. He nodded and went to find something more substantial, while Ven just grabbed an apple and bit into it.

Once we all had our breakfasts, Terra's being an entire plate full of bacon and eggs, we sat down at the dining table and ate. The table itself was made of dark brown wood, and could seat possibly ten people, though there were only five of us, if you included the Master. Said person entered the room, and started when he saw us all there. "Terra, Aqua, Ventus, Dexal, you're all awake?" he asked. We nodded, and he shook his head in exasperation. "I must be getting slow in my old age, to wake up even later than my pupils."

"Oh come on Master, you're not that old. You're only..." I trailed off, and looked at the others. "How old is he?" Aqua giggled a little and said "Forty." I looked back at the Master and said "See, you've still got a lot of life ahead of you!" the Master smiled and said "I thank you for your kind words Dexal, but I do believe I'm getting old. Regardless, I will still train you. But for now, breakfast." With that the Master went to prepare himself his own meal, and we ate in silence.

Once we had all eaten we spent the better part of the day training. Ventus was practicing controlling his Shotlock, Terra was working on his magic, Aqua her regular attacks, and I went through the obstacle course the Master had recently laid out. I had to crawl under a fence before swimming my way through the length of a small river, followed by climbing a wall with a rope and ending with running a lap around the halls of the castle.

The physical exercise help clear my mind, and when I was done with the course I enjoyed the oblivion of being too worn out to think. After the obstacle course I spent time practicing my magic with Terra, and then my Shotlock, Pulse Bomb, with Ven. By the time everything was said and done the day had already gone by, and the sun was starting to set. That's when Master Eraqus ordered us all to stop, and said that we were done for the day.

With nothing else to really do, I ate dinner and went to my room to read a book. It was about a hero who lost his memory and yet saved the world. The part about the memory loss kind of reminded me of myself, but I didn't see me saving any worlds anytime soon. I was content to just stay here and keep training, enjoying life with my friends. Especially Aqua and Ven. Aqua was a really nice person to me, even more so than Terra and Ven.

But why I liked spending time with Ven, that reason was kind of strange. He was a good friend, that much was guaranteed, but I couldn't help but shake the feeling that I had known him from somewhere. However, every time I tried to think about it, possible from one of my lost memories, my head would start feeling like it was split open, and I stopped. Still, the thought always nagged at me when I was alone.

I kept reading, the lamp by my bed giving me enough light, until I noticed a twinkle in the sky. I looked up, and started when I saw a streak of silver across the sky. It was followed by another, and then another, which could only men one thing. A meteor shower. Instantly I jumped out of bed and ran outside, hoping to see them better. I had always been fascinated with meteor, probably from the simple fact I had come here as one.

I ran down the steps in front of the castle and looked up, but there wasn't to see from here. Si I continued down the path, until I came across a large yellow ring, one that we used for practice. Deciding that I could spare a few minutes, I summoned my Keyblade.

My Keyblade was long, with an oval hand-guard that was black and white wrapped around each other. The neck was covered in white and black spikes that pointed upwards, and the teeth was three long black spikes. The handle was wrapped in black cloth, and on the chain was a black crescent. I had called my Keyblade "Ultimatum". Running up, a gave the ring a stab, then a wipe sweeping cut before bringing my Keyblade down in an overhead blow.

Satisfied, I ran further to see that was a whole set of rings. I hit one twice and the entire thing kept spinning. I watched the one I hit carefully, then at the right moment I threw my Keyblade at it, hitting it dead on. The rings stopped and my Keyblade returned to me, and I ran forward, opening a treasure chest along the way. When I reached the field I took a moment to stop. Before I looked up at the sky.

The sight was breathtaking. The stars shone like diamonds in the indigo sky, and whenever a meteor streamed by it looked like a flash of streaking silver. For a while I stood there admiring the view, until I heard footsteps behind me. I turned and saw Aqua walking towards me. "Hey Aqua, what brings you here?" She smiled and said "The same reason as you, I came to watch the meteor shower." Then her smile turned mischievous. "But it look like someone beat the two of us to it."

I blinked and looked over at our spot to see Ven lying in the grass, completely asleep. I smiled too. "Let's try to surprise him." Aqua nodded, and we both silently walked over to where Ven was sleeping. When we were just behind him he started to wake and sat up, looking at the stars. Aqua and I leaned over him, and he stretched his arms and yawned. That's when he saw our faces directly above him. He shot up and said "Whoa!"

The he turned around to look at us, and we laughed. "Give me a break guys," he said. Aqua stood up and said "Ven, you hopeless sleepyhead. You know should have at least brought a blanket." He looked down. "But... did I dream that place up? It felt like I had really been there before, looking up at the stars." Then I reached down and ruffled his hair. "Except you've always lived here, just like me," I told him. "Yeah," he looked up at us and smiled. "I know."

All three of us walked over to the ledge where we sat, and did so. We looked up at the stars, until Ventus said "Hey Aqua." She looked and him and said "Hm?" "You ever wonder what stars are, where light comes from?" he asked. Aqua thought about it, and then said "Well, they say-" "That every star up there is another world," we heard a voice say. Recognizing that voice, we all turned to see that is was Terra.

"Terra, it's you," I said. He nodded. "Yep. Hard to believe there are so many worlds out there besides our own." He started walking forward. "The light is their hearts. And its shining down on us like a billion lanterns." Ven looked confused. "Huh? I don't get it." I smiled and stood up. "in other words, they're just like you Ven," I told him. He turned to look at me. "What does THAT mean?" he asked. "You'll found out soon enough," Terra said.

Ven said to him "I want to know now!" "You're too young to know now," Terra said. "Both of you quit treating me like a kid!" Then Aqua started laughing. "What's so funny?" I asked. "I can't help it," she said. "The three of you would make the weirdest brothers." This confused all three of us, until we all started laughing, the sound reaching into the sky.

After a while we were content to just sit there, enjoying the view and each other's company. Then Aqua stood up and jumped down. "Oh yeah. Terra, Deiru, the three of us have our Mark of Mastery exams tomorrow. She pulled four charms out of her pocket. "I made us good luck charms." We stood and Aqua tossed one to each of us, including Ven. "I get one too?" he asked. "Of course, one for each of us." Aqua said, and we held each held ours out for the others to look at.

They were all in the shape of a star with a heart in the center, only each was a different color. Aqua's was blue, Ven's a light green, Terra's was an earthy brown, and mine was ruby red. "Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star-shaped fruit, and the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So if you and your friends carry good luck charms shaped like it, nothing will ever drive you apart. You'll always find your way back to each other," Aqua explained, before turning around to look at us.

"Technically I think you're supposed to make them with seashells, but I did the best with what I had," she admitted. "Oi, sometimes you are such a girl," Terra declared. "Hey, what do you mean 'sometimes'?" she asked. Ven looked sad. "So this isn't a real good luck charm?" he asked. "Well, that remains to be seen. But I did work a little magic on it," Aqua told him. I raised an eyebrow. "Really, what?" I asked.

She held up her charm. "An unbreakable connection," she said. We all looked at our charms, and I smiled. Here was physical proof, we would always find our way back.

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Well, that successfully introduces the main character, Dexal, and after a good sparring match, comes the exam for the Mark of Mastery! Will Dexal succeed or fail? Stay tuned to find out.

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