Chapter 17: Neverland
A/N: This is it everyone! This is the final world that Lumen will explore before everything spirals downhill for her (I know she still has to go to Destiny Island, but she doesn't explore it like the other worlds) Can you believe that we have only a handful of chapters left before this story is over?
I'm sure you guys are sad about it, but then again, I bet you want to see Hikari and Riku again.
Oh! And I figured out what Lumen's music theme should be! It's Lily's theme from Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows part 2. I just thought it fit her perfectly for some reason. Tell me what you think about that.
Anyway, onward with the chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts; I just own my oc's.
Enjoy!
/
A full day of traveling had resulted in landing on an island. Lumen had no idea how she wound up here, but then again, she couldn't remember driving her keyblade glider. The poor girl was so tired that she felt like a zombie just walking around.
"It feels as if I've been traveling for months when it's only been a few weeks" she muttered.
She stifled a yawn as she sluggishly made her way through the jungle. She hadn't ran into any Unversed so far, but she didn't want to leave her guard down. The enemy always loved vulnerable prey.
Almost tripping over a lose root, Lumen realized that she was way too tired to continue walking.
"At this rate, I'll be the one who kills myself and not the Unversed" she thought.
Looking around, she found herself near a shaded area of the jungle. It wasn't very open, but it wasn't crowded either.
"This looks like a good place to nap" she mumbled.
Lowering herself to the ground, she made herself comfortable before closing her eyes.
"I'll just take a quick nap then continue searching" she said to herself.
She was out like a light the moment she closed her eyes and had a very familiar dream.
/
It was no surprise when Lumen found herself standing on the pillar again. After being here so many times, it almost became a permanent place in her heart.
Everything was the same from the writing to the faded image in the middle.
"I'm here again and yet I don't know why" she said to herself.
"What could this clue mean and why am I the one who is seeing it?"
The pillar glowed as the image became more visible. Lumen saw that it resembled a girl of some kind and appeared to be wrapped up in chains. She couldn't see a face or what type of clothing the girl was wearing. The only thing she knew was that she knew who this girl was and she was tied with her.
"Who could this be?" she asked.
"Could she be the reason why I'm having these dreams?"
The ground crumbled underneath her once more and plunged her into the deepest abyss.
She closed her eyes when she heard the voice in her head once more.
Hey…can you hear me?
Lumen opened her eyes sadly as she watched herself fall.
"Yeah…I hear you" she said quietly.
"But I wonder…can you hear me?"
/
"Let's try kicking her!"
"No! Pan said to never hit a girl"
"Well, how are we supposed to wake her up then?"
"I dunno? Why don't we poke her with a stick?"
"That's stupid!"
"Wait, Tink said she'll wake her up"
Lumen felt someone lightly tap her cheek as she was woken from her dream. It seemed while she was sleeping, someone noticed her and came by to see what was going on.
Groaning, she cracked her eyes open to find a fairy hovering over her face.
"Whoa!"
She quickly sat up, hitting her face into the fairy. The fairy spun in the air from the impact and got angry at Lumen.
The keyblade wielder smiled sheepishly and picked the fairy up so she could fix her outfit.
"Sorry, you just startled me" she said.
The fairy just crossed her arms in a scoffing manner.
The sound of two children laughing caught her attention and made her turn around. Standing a few feet from her were two boys wearing animal skin clothing. One was dressed as a fox while the other was dressed as a boy.
The two of them quickly stopped laughing when they noticed they were caught and freaked out.
"Oh! She's up!" the bear boy cried.
"Gee, Tinker bell, why did you have to wake her up?" The fox boy complained.
Tinker bell, the fairy just made gestures with her hands, showing that it was their idea to wake Lumen up.
"We didn't tell you to wake her up" The fox boy said.
Lumen chuckled a little at their bickering and broke it up.
"It's alright, I had to wake up anyway" she said.
She stood up and brushed her skirt off before she looked at the boys.
"Thanks for waking me up, but why are you out here?" she asked them.
"Don't you know it's dangerous for a couple of children to roam a jungle like this?"
The fox boy waved her off.
"We travel around here all the time" he said.
"Yeah, and we came out here because Tinker bell said she found a boy and girl sleeping out here" the bear boy added.
Lumen raised an eyebrow.
"A sleeping boy?" she repeated.
The bear boy nodded.
"Yeah, he's right over there"
He pointed over to one of the trees that were a few feet away from them to find Ven sleeping.
Lumen gasped.
"Ven!"
She quickly went up to him and gentle woke him up.
"Ven, wake up" she said softly.
Ven groaned from being woken up, but opened his eyes.
He quickly sat up when he saw Lumen and smiled.
"Lumen!" he cried.
"What are you doing here?"
Lumen crossed her arms.
"I'm wondering the same thing about you" she said.
"Why are you here? You were suppose to return home"
Ven flinched when Lumen scolded him. He almost forgot he was in big trouble with her.
"I just wanted to make new friends" he said.
"Now that I know Terra's alright, I just want to see what's out there. I haven't gotten in trouble and have defeated a couple of Unversed"
Lumen just scowled.
"That doesn't change anything" she said.
"When someone tells you to do something, you do it; no questions asked"
"Oh? So if someone told me to jump off a cliff, I should do it?" Ven taunted.
That gave him a smack upside the head from Lumen.
"Don't get cheeky with me" she snapped.
"Um…"
The two of them looked at the boys who were standing a ways off. It seems that they had heard their argument this whole time.
"Oh, sorry about that" Lumen said.
"You weren't suppose to hear that"
"It's alright" the bear boy said.
"But who are you guys anyway?"
Lumen blushed, realizing she never introduced herself.
"Oh, I'm sorry; I'm Lumen" she said.
"And I'm Ventus, but you can call me Ven" Ven added.
Lumen glared at him.
"You're not getting off the hook just yet" she said.
Ven gulped.
The two boys laughed.
"You guys are funny" the fox boy said.
"Peter Pan would love you"
Tinker bell suddenly went up to the boys and tugged on the fox boy's ears. The fox boy groaned with annoyance.
"Alright, alright, we're going" he said.
"So long!" The bear boy said.
The two of them followed their fairy friend while Ven and Lumen were left behind.
"Hey! Where are you guys off to?" Ven called out.
The boys stopped and looked at them.
"Tink saw a shootin' star and we're gonna hunt it down!" the bear boy said.
Ven's eyes lit up at that.
"A shooting star?" he repeated.
"Mind if I come along?"
The boys shrugged.
"'Course not" the fox boy said.
"But you have to agree to follow us"
Ven nodded.
"Deal!"
He went to follow them, but a hand stopped him in his tracks. Lumen wore a nasty scowl on her face as she glared at Ven.
"Hold it right there, young man" she said.
"I told you that you're not off the hook"
Ven groaned.
Sometimes he hated it when Lumen acted like a mother to him. She took the fun out of everything sometimes.
"But Lumen" he whined.
"I want to find the shooting star"
Lumen growled.
"No. You're going home" she said.
"You were suppose to be home anyway, not finding shooting stars"
Ven pouted a little before he came up with an idea.
"If you let me find the shooting star, I promise to go straight home after this" he said.
"I swear!"
Lumen studied him for a moment to see if he was lying. When she didn't find anything, she sighed and let him go.
"Fine" she said.
"But after we find the shooting star you go straight home" she said.
"No side detours, no visiting new worlds, no nothing"
Ven nodded.
"Deal!"
Lumen sighed and held the bridge of her nose.
"Alright then, let's find this shooting star"
Ven cheered and pumped his fist.
"Right!"
They followed after the boys as Tinker bell led the way to the shooting star.
/
The two boys had lead them to a tree house of some kind. From the way the boys reacted, it looked like this is where they lived.
Lumen studied the area carefully. Since she was the oldest in the group, she made sure none of the boys got hurt or were attacked by the Unversed. She didn't see any of them since they followed the boys, but she didn't want to take any chances.
"This place looks cool" Ven said.
Lumen smirked. Even though Ven acted mature for his age, he was still a kid at heart.
The sound of a victory cry echoed through the area as someone approached the tree house.
A teenage boy wearing all green was flying around the tree and around the area. The boys smiled when they saw him and cheered.
"Peter Pan!" they cried.
Peter heard them and flew down towards them. He smiled at his companions before looking at Lumen and Ven.
"Who do we have here?" he asked.
"Never seen you before"
Ven smiled.
"I'm Ven and this is my friend, Lumen"
Lumen just waved.
Peter just nodded and went over to the two boys.
"Ten-shun!" he ordered.
The boys saluted him right away. Peter crossed his hands behind his back and paced back and forth.
"Now then, men. I don't suppose you'd wanna capture some real pirate treasure?"
The boys faces lit up.
"Real pirate treasure?" the bear boy asked.
"Sure!" The fox boy cried.
Peter Pan smirked.
"Well, guess who caught sight of Hook right when he was stashing his treasure?" he asked.
"Whaddya say we sneak in and grab it?"
The boys cheered.
"Let's go! Let's go!"
Tinker bell got right into their faces and threw a fit. Did they honesty forget about the shooting star.
Realization dawned on their faces as they frowned.
"We were all supposed to go hunting for a shooting star together" Lumen explained.
Peter Pan just waved her off.
"Forget that" he said.
"Pirate treasure is much more fun"
Lumen made a face. Now that was very rude of him.
Tinker bell must have thought the same thing because she threw a fit as well. She flew off, leaving the rest of them behind.
"Well that's rude" Peter Pan said.
He looked at Ven and Lumen.
"What about you two?" he asked.
"I'm sure you'd be much more fun than her"
Lumen just scoffed. This boy clearly didn't understand how women felt or cared about certain things.
She didn't want to find any silly pirate treasure when this boy was simply going to be rude.
"We'd love to, but we want to find that shooting star first" she said.
Ven just nodded, knowing to not disagree with her.
Peter Pan just shrugged.
"Fine, it's your loss then"
He flew off with the two boys following after him.
"Such a rude boy" Lumen said.
She rounded on Ven.
"Don't you ever be rude like that to anyone, you hear me?"
Ven nodded.
"Got it" he said.
"Now let's go help Tinker bell find that star"
Lumen nodded.
"Poor thing" she said.
"I don't want her getting hurt by the Unversed"
They quickly went back into the jungle and hoped that they caught up to their little fairy friend.
/
Tinker bell was pouting on a leaf when they found her.
Lumen went up to her and gave her a gentle smile.
"Hey, Tinker bell" she said.
"We came with you to help you find that shooting star"
Tinker bell looked up at her.
Lumen just giggled and held her hand out for the tiny fairy.
"It's no fun looking for something on your own" she said.
"We'll come with you"
Tinker bell looked at them for a moment then at Lumen's hand. Slowly, she stepped on her hand and carefully wrapped her tiny arms around Lumen's thumb.
"You'll be safe with me" Lumen said.
Tinker bell smiled and nodded her head.
Ven went up to her and smiled.
"Which way was the shooting star?"
Tinker bell pointed in front of them.
"Alright then, let's go"
They slowly made their way through the jungle so Tinker bell wouldn't get sick from the quick motions. Even though she couldn't talk, the two of them were fond of the fairy's company.
"I don't see why Peter Pan would think finding treasure would be better than finding a shooting star" Ven said.
"Finding a shooting star is rare than finding treasure"
Lumen just shrugged and patted Tinker bell's head with her finger.
"Boys just don't know the difference between treasures" she said.
"True, it's great to find something valuable like gold and jewels, but the treasures that are the greatest are the ones that you keep in your heart. They always stay with you and you don't have to worry about them being taken away"
Tinker bell smiled and nodded, showing that she agreed with her.
She looked at where they were and flew off when she realized they were close by.
"I guess we're almost by the shooting star" Lumen said.
Ven grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
"Let's go!"
They quickly followed Tinker bell and closed in on the shooting star.
/
They all arrived at an Indian camp, where the shooting star supposedly was.
"Where did you see it, Tinker bell?" Lumen asked.
The fairy looked around for a second before searching for the star. Tinker bell spotted the star and went after it.
"Hey wait!" Ven cried.
They went to catch up to Tinker bell, but gasped in horror when she was in the hands of a hooked pirate captain.
The pirate laughed menacingly as he held Tinker bell in one hand and the shooting star with his hook.
"A shooting star and a pixie!" he cheered.
"Must be me birthday"
Ven and Lumen glared at the pirate as they summoned their keyblades.
"Let her go!" Lumen cried.
The Pirate just laughed.
"A couple of Peter Pan's brats" he spat.
"Well, tell that cowardly sparrow…if he wants his precious Tinker bell back, he'd best meet me at Mermaid Lagoon!"
He ran off with Tinker bell in tow, leaving the two of them behind.
"Stop!" Ven cried.
He went to chase after them, but a group of Unversed stopped them.
"Oh, now they decided to show up" Lumen said.
Neither of them hesitate to attack as they lunged at the group and started twiddle their numbers down.
Lumen performed her feather blades shot lock attack and hit multiple Unversed at the same time. Ven followed her example and performed his winged blades attack. Lumen smirked at the spell. That was the first spell that she taught Ven when she met him. He always fought in a similar style as she did so she thought it would be a smart move to have him know the same spells as she did.
When the Unversed were gone, they quickly left the camp and chased after the pirate.
/
When they reached back into the jungle, they lost sight of the pirate and Tinker bell.
"We lost them" Ven said sadly.
Lumen squeezed his shoulder in comfort.
"Don't give up just yet" she said.
"This is a small island, so that pirate probably couldn't get too far. And if he did, he's probably heading for his pirate ship, so we can narrow our search down a bit"
Ven looked at her sadly.
"How can you be so positive over something like this?" he asked.
"What if we can't reach Tinker bell in time?"
Lumen smirked and tapped Ven on the nose.
"We'll find her, trust me" she said.
"Do you remember the time when we were playing a game of hide and go seek with Terra and Aqua and we couldn't find you? Even though we were scared out of our minds, we still didn't give up on finding you"
/
(Flash back)
"Ven! Ven where are you?"
It had been fifteen minutes since they finished up their game of Hide and Seek. Terra found Aqua and Lumen easily but he couldn't find Ven. They tried searching throughout the whole castle, but he was nowhere in sight.
"Ven!" Terra cried.
"Ven, come out already!" Aqua called out.
Lumen bit her lip as she ran through the courtyard of the castle. She was starting to get really scared and wondered if Ven was alright. He was still a little shy around them since he was still new to the group, so they wouldn't know if he was hurt or not.
Terra and Aqua met up with her when the finished look through their section of the courtyard.
"Any luck?" Lumen asked.
Terra and Aqua shook their heads.
"Where could he be?" Aqua asked.
"We made it clear that we had to stay within the courtyard"
"Maybe we should ask the master for help now" Terra said.
Lumen shook her head.
"No. Father is really busy right now and I'm sure it would just make things worse" she said.
"Besides, this is our problem, so we should be the ones to fix it"
Aqua and Terra nodded, agreeing with her logic.
"But where could Ven be?" Aqua repeated.
"He's not in the gardens or in the training field. I don't know where else he would be"
Lumen thought for a moment as well. Where else could Ven be hiding?
The light bulb went off in her head when she thought of a place.
"The star gazing garden!" she cried.
The quickly ran towards the said garden with Terra and Aqua hot on her heels.
The three of them made it to the garden in a matter of seconds and started looking for their lost friend.
Lumen searched high and low for Ven.
When she past a bench, she found none other than Ven sleeping on the bench.
She smiled with relief when she saw that her friend was safe.
"I found him!" she cried.
Aqua and Terra ran up to her and wore similar expressions on their faces.
Aqua knelt next to Ven and gently woke him up.
"Ven, wake up"
Ven groaned and slowly opened his eyes to see his friends hovering over him.
"Oh, hey guys" he yawned.
"Is the game over?"
Terra nodded.
"Yeah, and you're in big trouble with us"
Ven cringed but managed to smile at the thought that his friends cared about him so much.
/
Ven blushed at the memory but understood what Lumen was trying to say.
"Even when we felt scared and didn't know what else to do, we never gave up on finding you" Lumen said.
"The bond we shared with you overpowered our fears and pushed us forward to finding you"
She squeezed Ven's shoulder again.
"That's why we'll find Tinker bell no matter what" she said.
"We formed a bond with her and that will help us rescue her from the pirates"
Ven looked up at her and smiled.
"Right"
"Look out below!"
The two of them looked up to see Peter Pan fly down towards them.
Ven quickly gave the magical boy a pleading look.
"Peter, help!" he cried.
"Tinker bell's been pixie-napped!"
Lumen giggled at Ven's description.
Peter Pan shook his head sadly.
"Then I'm too late" he said.
"Hook's gonna pay for this!"
"He said to meet him at Mermaid Lagoon" Lumen explained.
Peter rubbed his chin.
"Gotta be an ambush" he said.
"That old codfish thinks he's clever"
He jumped up and went to fly after Hook.
"Hey, we're coming too!" Ven said.
Peter Pan smiled, glad that he had someone to help him out.
"Well, we have to hurry" he said.
"Think you can keep up?"
"You bet" Lumen said.
Peter nodded and flew off, taking the lead. Ven and Lumen followed after him to save their fairy friend.
/
They reached a cove near the end of the island when they heard loud explosions. The sound of something whistling through the air before exploding upon impact echoed throughout the area.
"What was that?" Lumen asked.
Another explosion occurred, only this time they saw that it was a cannon ball doing it.
"Cannon fire?" Ven cried out in disbelief.
"Where's it coming from?"
Peter Pan looked around and spotted something in the water.
"On the water! Over there!"
Lumen and Ven looked at the water to see a fearsome pirate ship.
The ship fired off another cannon and nearly hit the group had they not jumped out of the way.
A ball of light flew towards them from the explosion. It was none other than Tinker bell and she was out of harm's way from Captain Hook.
"Tink, it's you!" Peter cried.
"And you're all right!"
Tinker bell smiled at them, glad that they came to her rescue.
"How did you escape?" Lumen asked.
Tinker bell started gesturing with her hands, but was interrupted by the cannon fires.
Peter looked at the ship with a serious look on his face.
"Hold on, I'm gonna stop that cannon" he said.
Ven and Lumen looked at each other. If Peter was going to stop the pirates, then someone has to stop Hook.
"We'll go after Hook then" Ven said.
Peter gave them a grateful smile.
"Thanks" he said.
He looked at Tinker bell for a moment.
"Tink, if you would"
Tinker bell nodded and flew over her new friends and sprinkled light dust on them. Lumen and Ven felt a little light when the dust landed on them, but they didn't feel any different.
"What is this?" Lumen asked.
"It's Pixie dust" Peter explained.
Lumen looked at her hands and flexed them a bit. She didn't know what this pixie dust could do, but she hoped that it would help them beat Hook.
"Let's go, Ven" she said.
Ven nodded and followed after her.
It was time to kick so pirate butt!
/
Captain Hook tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for Peter Pan. He was sure that the young scallywag would be here by now to try to save his pixie friend, only to be caught up in a trap.
He was sure that this plan would work this time. Today would be the day that he finally got rid of that blasted Peter Pan.
When he heard footsteps, he grinned darkly, thinking that it was Peter.
"At last, that scurvy brat will never trouble me again!" he cried.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that" Ven said.
Hook yelped and spun around to find that it wasn't Peter Pan, but those silly little brats he ran into at the Indian Camp.
"Swoggle me eyes!" he cried.
Realization dawned on him.
"No! Don't tell me!"
He pulled out a telescope and peered through it to see what was happening on his ship.
Much to his horror, he found Peter Pan had tied his crew to the mast and held them prisoner.
His plan had failed.
"Blast that Peter Pan!" he cried.
He jumped across the small rock platforms to get back to his ship. He wasn't going to let Peter Pan get away that easily.
He skidded to a stop when Ven and Lumen jumped on the rock that he was on and blocked his path.
"You're not getting away that easily, Hook" Lumen said as she aimed her keyblade at him.
Hook growled at her and pointed his sword at her. He went to attack, but stopped when he heard ticking noises. Looking at the water, he screamed in horror when he saw a massive crocodile looking at him with a hungry gaze.
"No! Not again!" he cried.
"S-stay away from me!"
"I don't think so!" Ven cried.
Captain Hook just glared at them and held his sword out.
"Fine, I'll deal with you brats first before I finish off Peter Pan" he said.
"That is if you can beat us" Lumen said.
They jumped around the small platform as Hook attacked them. Since he was freaking out over the crocodile, he was fighting in crazy mode.
Lumen parried his attacks with her keyblade and countered them with her own attacks. Ven was quick on his feet and tried driving Hook near the edge of the platform where the crocodile was waiting. Hook would scream and push Ven back before throwing explosives at them. Every time he threw explosives at them, they would back off, fearing of getting caught by one of them.
Ven got a little careless and tried attacking Hook, never realizing that the pirate had an explosive behind his back.
Lumen saw it and quickly reacted when she saw him throw it at Ven.
"Ven!" she cried.
She pushed him out of the way, but was thrown into the water from the force of the explosion.
"Lumen!" Ven cried.
Lumen quickly tried swimming back to the platform to help Ven out.
"I'm fine" she said.
"Finish off Hook"
Ven quickly went back to fighting Hook while she tried to find a way up on the platform. The sound of ticking caught her attention and she turned to see the crocodile swimming towards her with its mouth wide open.
Lumen narrowed her eyes when she saw that it was planning on making her lunch.
"Oh no you don't" she said.
She summoned up chains of light and had them wrapped around the crocodiles mouth just as it was about to bite her head off.
"I'm not your lunch, pal" she said.
She summoned up another chain of light and had it wrap around Hook's ankle.
"But he is"
She tugged on it tightly and caused Hook to land in the water. The pirate captain quickly swam to the surface and found the crocodile just inches away from him.
"Uh oh"
Lumen smirked darkly and had the chains vanish from the crocodile's mouth.
Captain Hook screamed and swam as fast as he could back to his ship with the crocodile hot on his trail.
Lumen laughed at the sight.
"Serves you right!" she called out.
Ven laughed and went near the edge to help Lumen up.
"That was a great idea" he said.
Lumen accepted his hand and got out of the water and dried herself off.
"What can I say?" she asked.
"It's a gift"
Ven laughed at that.
"Come on, let's go tell Peter that we finished here"
Lumen nodded and followed Ven back to the main land where their friend was surely waiting for them.
/
"Ahoy! Look what we brought!"
Ven and Lumen saw the two lost boys bringing a giant treasure chest up on the main land.
"It's a pirate's treasure chest!" the fox boy cried.
Ven's eyes lit up at the sight of the chest.
"Treasure!" he cheered.
Peter went up to the chest and looked at them.
"Yup! The same chest I was talking about" he said.
"We snatched it right from Hook's hiding place"
He opened the chest, hoping to find gold and jewels, but instead, he got an empty chest.
"Huh? How come it's empty?" Peter asked.
The bear boy looked at the ground sadly.
"Uh, sorry" he said.
"But…we lost all the treasure"
Lumen looked at them sadly. They really were looking forward to this.
"That's too bad" she said.
Peter crossed his arms in thought.
"Aw, who needs it?" he said.
"It was probably just full of dumb old jewels or doubloons or something anyways"
Lumen smiled a little. At least Peter was a good sport when it came to this.
The fox boy looked up at them hopefully.
"We could just put what we treasure in there instead" he said.
Peter smiled at that idea.
"Yeah! That's perfect!" he said.
"Instead of filling it up with jewels and gold and stuff, we'll put in what's truly special to us. The real riches!"
They gathered all of the things that they treasured the most and placed in inside the treasure chest.
"That's a mighty fine looking treasure you guys have here" Lumen said.
Ven nodded.
Peter looked at them.
"What are you putting in, you guys?" he asked.
Both looked surprised that he would allow them to join, but they were touched.
Ven thought for a moment then pulled out his practice keyblade that Terra gave him. Lumen smiled at that. Ven really treasured that keyblade because Terra gave it to him as a promise that they would all become keyblade masters.
"What are you putting in, Lumen?" Ven asked.
Lumen thought for a moment. She really didn't have anything on her that she could put into the chest. She couldn't put her engagement ring in the chest because it would hurt Terra's feelings and she couldn't put her lucky charm in there either otherwise Aqua would bite her head off.
She scratched her head in thought, causing her ribbon to fall into her face. She smiled when she thought of something.
"I got it!"
She pulled the ribbon out of her hair and tied it around Ven's practice keyblade.
"Terra gave me this ribbon when we were kids" she said.
"It was the first thing he ever gave me"
/
(Flashback-7 years ago)
Lumen sat on her favorite bench in the courtyard after she had breakfast with her father. She was happy that she got to spend time with Eraqus since he was so busy lately with his duties as a keyblade master.
It was rather lonely since it was just her and her father now. With her mother gone, life just wasn't the same.
She sighed as she looked at the clouds. She really missed her mother. She was gone and she had nothing that would remind her of her beloved mother.
A flower suddenly appeared within her sight as someone dangled a white flower over her head.
Tilting her head back, she saw Terra leaning over the bench dangling the flower with a white ribbon tied to it over her.
"Hey Lumen" he smiled.
"I got you a flower"
He sat on the bench next to her and gave her the flower. It was a Departure Lily that grew around the castle.
He smiled and handed her the flower.
"Here!"
Lumen took the flower and gently touched one of the petals. Departure Lilies were her mother's favorite. She just loved how they would stay so white and pure. She said they always reminded her of light.
Her ran her finger around the ribbon and couldn't help but think that it was such a pretty ribbon. Sure it may have seemed plain being only white, but she thought it was a pretty color.
Terra looked at her for a moment, wondering what was going on through her head.
"What's wrong, Lumen?" he asked.
Lumen shook her head and smiled at him.
"I was just thinking how my mom used to love the color white" she said.
"She said white was always a pure and pretty color; that it reminded her of what light looks like. She always loved things that were pretty and pure"
She smiled sadly.
"I just wish she was here to see this" she said.
"She would have loved seeing Departure Lilies"
Terra looked at her for a moment then at the ribbon that was tied on the flower. Without warning, he snatched the ribbon from the flower and tugged at a piece of her hair.
"Stay still for a second"
Lumen did as she was told and felt Terra tying the ribbon into her hair. After a few minutes, Terra pulled back and scowled at his work.
"Aw man, I can't make bows to save my own life" he said.
Lumen touched the ribbon to feel that Terra tied a knot into the ribbon to keep it into her hair, but had the loose strands just hang down.
Terra blushed in embarrassment.
"Sorry" he said.
Lumen giggled and shook her head.
"That's ok" she said.
"I think you did a good job"
Terra smiled and tugged at the ribbon.
"Now you're one of the things that your mother loves" he said.
"You're pretty and pure"
Lumen blushed at being called pretty.
That was the first time Terra had ever called her something nice and it would continue on for years to come.
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"You sure you guys want to part with those?" Peter Pan asked.
They both nodded at him and placed their treasured items into the chest.
"It's ok" Ven said.
"Even if we don't have our treasures with us, we still have Terra and Aqua" Lumen said.
"Because the memories we share with them are far more valuable than anything else"
Peter smiled at them.
"Well, next time that you visit, we'll have an even bigger chest waiting" he said.
"Enough for all of those treasures and lots more"
Ven and Lumen smiled brightly at that.
"We can't wait!" Ven said.
Lumen nodded.
Little did they know, that dream would never come true.
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A/N: The end is near! Only a few more chapters left before we finish this tragic story.
But on the up side, Lumen get's to meet two very special boys who will play a big role in Hikari's life and in saving the worlds.
Please review and tell me what you think!
Ja ne!
