Snow woke up in Aerith's house. He looked around the small room and saw Sita and Kite laying on the floor. They were both asleep and look exhausted. Snow got up and immediately felt a rising migraine in the back of his skull. He quickly layed back down on the comfy bed. He felt his eyes slowly close as he fell into a deep slumber yet again.
When Snow awoke again the room was empty. "Kite and Sita probably left already." Thedoor opened and Snow saw Aerith coming into the room with a tray of food. "Oh your awake? Your friends would be glad to hear that your finally up." She came to the bed and placed the tray on the nearby table so that Snow could sit up and eat. Snow grabbed the food and began eating while Aerith just sat on the bed staring at him with a big smile on her face. "What's wrong? Whenever somebody stares at me like thta, it can't be good. What did I do?" Aerith's smile began to fade away as she turned away from Snow. "Snow? Do you have a dark side?" Snow thought about the question for a while trying to understand what she meant. "Hmm. Not that I know of. Why? Oh I almost forgot who won the fight yesterday?" Aerith was surprised at this sudden question. "You don't remember?" Snow shook his head signaling no. 'Does he really not remember what happened?' Aerith thought to herself.
"Hmm. Well it was a tie. I'll go get your friends and tell them that your awake. Finish your food." Then she left. Snow paid no mind to her as she walked out, as he was to busy stuffing his face with food. When he was done, he cleaned up any messes he made and began training. He started with a light workout. "Ahh its been a while since I did a good workout. I should probably start off small. 200 pushups should be a great start." So Snow began on his small workout. Sita and Kite came into the room while Snow was half way done with his pushups. "Oh. Hey guys. How are. you. felling. today." He questioned between pushups. Kite looked at him shocked while Sita was laughing. "Finally getting back into training eh? Maybe you finally realize i'm stronger? Haha you better keep on training. You'll never beat me." Snow smirked and got up after his 200th pushup. "Oh yeah? We'll just see. When I'm done with my training I bet i can take you on." Kite interrupted their small conflict "Hey come on guys don't fight. I'm sure both you are strong enough. Besides Snow, you've been out for 3 days.' "I WAS WHAT?! 3 DAYS?!" He looed at Sita to confirm what Kite had just said. Sita nodded his head yes and laughed a bit. "Aerith said that you don't remember anything from the fight. Is that true?" Kite asked. Snow nodded his head. "Yea. But she said we tied. Isn't that great? I guess I'm pretty strong to tie with a tough opponent like him.
"Snow do you know magic?" Kita asked his friend worriedly. "Hmm. Nah I don't think so. Why? Hey why don't we learn?" Sita, oblivious to the situation, started smiling huge to Snow's question. " yeah, I think we should totally learn. I heard that Merlin was a great magician. Maybe he'd be willinng to teach us." Snow and Sita talked about which magicc they wanted most. Kite watched as his two friends were discussing magic. 'I hope Snow doesn't use darkness magic again.'
The three keyblade wielders walked out of the room and went to ask Merlin if he could teach them the basics of magic. Merlin looked at them inquisitive. "Hmm I suppose i can teach you a few things. Why don't you come by my house in about an hour. I'll get some obstacles ready for you."
The boys went to Merlin's after they had gotten a few supplies from the local shop. Merlin had set up a few dummies in his basement. "Well boys i'm gonna teach you the basics about magic. Now, Naturally fire would be ice and water would beat fire. Correct?" Sita, anxious to get started, yelled out his answer. "That's right old man." Merlin, not happy being called old man, replied with a simple no.
If your using ice magic and your opponent is using fire,your mental will power is stronger than your opponents then you can over come their magic. Simply put, the stronger your mental will power, the stronger your magic power. Understand?" Kite and Snow understoond completely, while Sita was a bit confused.
Merlin asked the boys which type of magic would they like to use? Sida responded out load "Thunder!". Kite answered" fire". Snow simply" Ice". Sita and Kite looked at snow worriedly. Snow looked back at his two friends questionate. "What's wrong? You guys look weird. " "Oh us? Nothing, don't worry about it." Kite answered. Merlin, deciding to ignore the comments on Snow's choice of magic, started to get some 'materia' which was neccesary to use magic. "Now , I want you all to put this orb on your wrist and push it into your skin." "Ehhh? What? Push a orb into our skin?" "Yes just press it on your wrist and it fuse into your body. Don't worry it won't hurt you I promise."
"Whatever old man, just give me that dumb orb." Sita took the orb Merlin offered him and put it on his wrist and yelled out in pain. "AHH IT HURTS! PLEASE STOP THE PAIN." Snow and Kite looked at Sita with a worried look on their face. Then Sita started laughing and joking about how the other two looked scared. Merlin motioned for Sita to go start practicing on the dummies. Merlin then gave the secong orb to Snow. His orb was a bright blue, Sita's was a orangish yellow while Kite's was a bright red. Snow pushed the orb into his wrist and started to practice with Sita. Kite looked worriedly at Snow as he walked away.
"Don't worry about him young one. When you meet the two keyblade masters, one will acknowledge the darkness inside him and he can help." Keyblade masters can do that?" Well, no not that i'm aware of but, this particular young man had stepped into darkness before, so he knows the darkness' 'scent' whatever that is. He knows how to control the darkness within him and uses it to do good. Although he doesnt walk either road he is still a wielder of the keyblade." "Doesn't walk which roads? There are many roads? Where do they lead?" "There is the road of light, which most keyblade wielders walk. Then there is the road of darkness. Many have lost their hearts to this dangerous road. Then there is the road that man walks, the Road to the Dawn. Neither light nor darkness. Yet he is on the good side." "Road to the Dawn. That sounds interesting. Are there any others who walk that road?" "As far as i'm aware of there is only him. Maybe your friend will also walk that road. Only time can tell."
Kite looked at Snow more relieved now that he knew someone was able to help him with the darkness. "Thanks Merlin that makes me feel a lot better. I'm sure this master could help Snow a lot. What's this guys name?" "Ahh what was it now? Master Riku I believe was his name." "Riku. Where have I heard that name?" Kite whispers. "Did you say something? " Merlin questioned. Kite shook his head 'no' and walked over to his friends to practice his magic.