Sita, Kite, and Snow began fierce magic training. Thunder, fire, blizzard were all flying across the room. Merlin was surprised that the kids were learning so fast. They had only been paracticing for a week and they had accomplished so much. They were able to use 2nd tier magic with such ease in such little time.
The boys were starting to use many different magic types. Sita had mastered thunder to his highest tier and started on gravity and ice magic. Kite mastered fire and was currently learning thunder and cure. Snow mastered ice and was learning aero and fire.
After a month of training, the kids had learned to use every type of magic that Merlin had available. The three boys were getting ready to leave the town and had stayed at Aerith's for the night. Snow had been awake for some time and heard a noise coming from outside. As he got up from the cot Aerith had laid for him, the noise became more clear. It was the sound of someone crying.
Snow slowly opened the door to the room he was sharing with his friends. He walked out of the small house and walked around to the back yard of the house. There he saw a man with blond hair sitting next to another man with black hair. The blonde had his head low with his arms wrapped around his legs. The guy with black hair had been trying to calm the blonde down.
Snow slowly walked up to the duo and startled them. "What are you?" the blonde said trying to wipe away his tears. "I'm sorry. I just heard someone crying and came to investigate. I didn't mean to disturb you both." As Snow was about to leave, Cloud told him to never tell anyone what he saw. "Don't worry. I wont tell anyone. We all have times where we need to stop and think or cry. It doesn't make you any less of a man. It makes you stronger. Or that's what I tell myself. "
Cloud looked at Snow for a moment. "Thank you. SInce no one else would tell you what happened during our fight, i will." "Cloud do you really think thats a good idea? Aerith told us not to." Zack tried protesting but to no avail. "Just tell already. I'm sure it can't be all that bad." "Fine. Since you think you can handle it. During our fight, your body began to grow darker. You let the darkness in your heart to overcome you and it took a hold of your body. This is not a good thing. The darkness gives you tremendous power, but at a harsh cost. The more you use it, the closer your heart becomes to the darkness and it will eventually consume you."
"What do you mean it will consume me? If I have a strong enough heart, won't that help me?" "It will. For a while. Like I said, it will devour your heart. Your strong heart will succumb to the darkness eventually." "Hmm... Well thanks for telling me. I won't succumb that easily. My friends are here to help me also." Snow told them both confidently. CLoud and Zack looked at him and nodded. They both wished him good luck and left inside the house.
When the two men had left, Snow gazed at the moon and the stars. "Is there really darkness inside me?" Snow clenched his fist at the thought of losing himself to darkness. Snow had been staring at the sky for a few hours, but to him time was still. He hadn't known he was up all night. The morning sunrise brought him back to his senses. "Huh. I stayed awake all night. I should probably get some sleep."
Snow had managed to get a couple hours of sleep before Kite and Sita woke him up to leave. They slipped out without waking anybody. Or so they thought. Zack snuck up on them as they were trying to close the door. "Morning guys. Sneaking out to avoid all the sappy good bye's?" The three boys were shocked that someone was up this early. "Zack? What are you doing up this early?" Sita asked. "Well i'm always up this early to train. If I want to be a hero, I have to train as much as possible." There was a moment of silence before the boys were about to leave.
"Well, I guess I should let you guys go, right? I'll tell everyone else you said goodbye. Good luck." "Oh, thanks. I wish you luck with your hero thing." Kite said. "Thanks man. Come back whenever you like. I'm sure the others would like that. If you do ever come visit, be ready for another tournament. Just to see how much stronger you've all gotten." Zack wished them luck on their adventures and left inside the house. "I guess its now or never right? Let's go guys." Kite said as he began to walk.
The three friends began walking toward the edge of town. "Hey guys, how do we leave this world?" Snow asked. "Good question. I'm not too sure." Kite replied looking around for a way to leave. Sita walked over to his friends and laughed "Hey why don't we go to that huge train station? It just appeared right now. So I'm guessing that's our way out."
The trio walked over to the train and when the doors opened, they walked aboard. There wasn't a single person on the train. The boys took a seat and got ready for what ever adventure came toward them. They road the train in silence. Over the P.A. a voice woke them from the daze. "We've arrived at our destination. Have a wonderful day."The trio stood at the door before stepping off the train.
They were on a beautiful island. They turned around to see if the train was still there but it had dissapeared. So the boys began walking around the island. There weren't many people here. Mostly just teenagers. They spotted two boys sitting on tree talking to a girl. They were all gazing at the sunset, which was really beautiful. They decided to go talk to them and see if they knew about the keyblade masters.