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Roxas was amazed at how many people were actually in the small village, also at the fact that it was really thriving and well. Roxas and Xion's family walked into the center of the village and very quickly the people had gathered around to see what they were going to announce. Her father was the first to speak, "Good morning everyone! We have great news! Prince Roxas has returned to us!" Roxas lightly blushes as the crowd cheered and he walked forward and waved.
Roxas spoke up, " I may not know how to rule over a country but I would rather have the guidance of it's people than go about things wrong." Many of the people nodded as if approving him. This made Roxas smile, he could be accepted here. Xion's mother now spoke up, "Tomorrow we all should go and clean up the castle. We will only disturb the peace of the dead to lay them in there final rest so they know their struggle did end in the kingdom thriving again." At that the crowd cheered again.
Soon after the people returned to their own jobs and Xion led Roxas to her home, her family now had things they needed to do before tomorrow. "You can have this bed tonight Prince." Xion smiled. Roxas sat on it and sighed, "You don't have to keep calling me 'Prince' my name is just fine. "
Xion sat next to him and smiled, "Ok, Roxas. So why did you now come here?" She turned to look at him. He looked up and spoke, "I was done being a rejected orphan. People would take one look at me and would say they wouldn't take me in. Maybe this is the reason why." Xion patted his back, "Maybe. I heard the king there made it illegal to speak of this country or of King Ventus." Roxas looked at her quizzically, "Why would that be?" She sighed, " Possibly to hide what he ordered and also people say King Ventus and him were brothers."
Roxas was shocked by the fact he called for the death of his brother and that he had an Uncle or an actual family at all. "So tomorrow we clean up the castle?" Xion nodded "Yeah it'll be an easy job of the whole village helps." Roxas nodded.
Xion spent the rest of the day showing Roxas everything about the village, from it's people to all the little shops they had. Roxas smiled at every person they saw through the day genuinely happy that they accepted him.