Sora was surprised to find himself back on the Destiny Islands, only instead of

finding himself on the beach, Sora discovered he had landed on the upper landing of the

tree house the children of the Islands had built using the spare wood they had retrieved from

around town upon the main Island.

Sora felt relief flood him as the salty smell of the sea breezes tingled his nose and the sound of the

crashing waves reached his ears. However as Sora tried to descend the from the landing he was halted by the voice.

Hold on, the doorway has yet to be opened. the voice reminded the boy, halting Sora as he had begun to descend the

first steps leading to the docks and the beach.

"What do I have to do then?" Sora asked the voice, suddenly three of the other children from the Islands appeared standing before

him, watching him with expressions of curiosity.

You will first have to answer just a few simple questions. the voice said reassuringly, Sora then noted the same look of great power and wisdom

upon the faces of the three children, it was clear that the mysterious guiding voice had taken on the image of his friends

in order to allow him to feel more comfortable answering its list of inquiries.

"Ok then...um....whose wants to ask me a question first?" Sora said with a grin of embarassment, for though he knew the voice was

just trying to make him feel more comfortable answering questions by having them asked by the images of his friends, he still

found the staring eyes and look of complete seriousness upon there usually cheeful blissful faces unnerving to say the least.

The youngest, a boy by the name of Tidus stepped forward, his sandy hair and dark tanned skin a sharp contrast

to Sora's own.

"What are you afraid of most?" the boy asked, his voice, though it was his own, sounded stiff and narrated.

Sora thought hard about the question and finally came up with a suitable answer.

"Getting old" Sora answered, in his mind he remembered the talk his father had given to him not too many weeks before.

His father had felt it was time that Sora had gotten a talking about growing up into a man, and honestly he would

rather wish to remain young forever.

With his question answered Tidus stepped back and disappeared with the ocean breeze.

The next figure to step forth was a girl with curling brown hair and light green eyes, Sora reconized the girl as Selphie, one of Kairi's

close friends on the Island.

"What is most important to you in life?" Selphie asked the boy, her face and voice stoic just like the others.

Sora didn't have to think long and hard before he had a clear answer.

"Friendship" the boy answered, his thoughts showing him his closest friends on the Islands, Kairi and Riku.

Selphie did not reply to the answer, simply gave Sora a nod of her head and disappeared with the Ocean breeze like Tidus.

Now only one child remained and it was Wakka, a tall athletic boy with cropped blond hair and dark tanned skin. Sora rarely saw the

boy without a volleyball in hand, for Wakka was always up for a match by the Ocean shore.

"Well looks like I have only one question left to answer, lay it on me Wakka" Sora said with a confident smile, but the other boy did not

share in Sora's amuesment.

"What do you want out of life?" Wakka asked the boy, who took a few moments to think about the question, what did he want out of life?

Then Sora recalled all the times Riku had beaten him in their sword matches, of course the swords had really been made of wood, but the

sting of defeat had still been the same, especially when Riku would rub his victory in Sora's face with a laugh.

"I want to be strong" Sora spoke after a time, in his mind he could see himself using his new blade in a battle against Riku, and the look

upon his face as his sword was cut down easily by Sora's shining sword.

Suddenly the voice returned and interupted his thoughts of victory over Riku.

Friendship is most important to you, you wish to be strong, and you fear becoming old the voice spoke, listing out Sora's chosen answers to the questions

that had been asked of him.

"So what now?" Sora asked the voice, but it paid no heed to his question.

Your adventure shall begin at dawn. As long as your sun is shining your journey should be a pleasant one the voice told the boy, who only looked off

toward the seas that stretched into the distance, again Sora wondered whether all this was a mere dream, or something more.

"Sounds good to me" Sora said to the voice, who then continued speaking to the boy in his thoughts.

The day you will open the door is both far off and very near. the voice told Sora, who suddenly experienced that same flash of light in his vision, just as when the

doorway had opened to admit him here to the tree house here on the Islands.