Chapter 18: Destiny Island

A/N: Hey everyone! Since I just started Spring Break that means I can hopefully post more chapters and finish this story!

Now we get to see one of the chapters you've all be waiting for: we see Sora and Riku! I have to say, I've really missed these two. It's not the same without them.

How will Lumen react when she sees our two favorite heroes? You'll just have to read to find out!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts; I just own my oc's.

Enjoy!

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After their little adventures in Neverland, Ven swore that he would return home right away. Lumen didn't know if she should believe him or not, but she was going to hope that he would keep his promise.

"If I find out that he was off looking for different worlds, I'm going to beat him unconscious and drag him home myself" she thought.

She really didn't like to be violent when it came to her friends, but sometimes desperate times called for desperate measures.

"I just hope Ven finally listened to me for once" she said to herself.

She drove her keyblade glider through the lanes in between and tried looking for another world that needed to be saved.

So far she didn't run into anything. No worlds, no Unversed, nothing. She was starting to think that maybe she was lost or that she traveled too far out in the lanes.

"Maybe I should turn back" she said to herself.

She went to turn around, but stopped when she saw a bright light up ahead. She didn't notice it before, but something told her that she should go towards it.

"What's that light?"

She guided her glider towards the light and let it bathe her as she went through it.

Maybe she wasn't lost after all.

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She sound of the waves and the smell of the sea filled her senses. Lumen looked around at the tiny island that she landed on and couldn't help but feel amazed at the sight. She had seen oceans before, but none of them had such a beautiful sunset as this world did. She was so amazed by how the sun reflected across the water that she felt like she could look at it for hours.

"This place is amazing" she breathed.

She sat by the beach and let her hand run across the sand. Her fingers skimmed over a sea shell and she picked it up to look at it. She was intrigued that the shape almost looked like part of Aqua's good luck charm. Picking up the charm, she held the two items together and compared them.

"It's the same shape" she said.

"But then again, Aqua said that they were supposed to be made out of sea shells. Maybe this is where she got the idea from"

She placed the sea shell down and leaned on her hands. She closed her eyes and felt the breeze flow through her hair.

"This world is perfect" she said.

"I don't see a single flaw about it"

Just then, a huge wave came crashing down and got her soaked.

She spit out a mouthful of sea water and looked at the ocean dully.

"Except…maybe for that" she corrected dully.

The sound of laughter caught her attention and caused her to look around. Off by the pier were two little boys who appeared to be at least four to five years old. One boy had spiky brown hair and blue eyes while the other have silver hair and aquamarine eyes.

Both eyes were filled with joy as they laughed at Lumen. It seemed that they saw her getting soaked by that wave and found it to be funny.

Lumen smirked and stood up to dry herself off.

"Oh, you think that was funny, huh?" she asked.

The boys nodded.

"Yeah, that was hilarious" the brown haired one said.

"Everyone knows to stay away when a wave comes in" the silver haired one added.

Lumen wrung her hair out and approached them.

"Well, I guess I'm not everyone" she said.

"I'm Lumen"

The boys smiled.

"I'm Riku"

"And I'm Sora"

Lumen smiled as she looked at them. She couldn't help but feel like she was looking at Terra and Ven. They didn't look like them, but they carried the same aura. It was as if they were their other halves or something.

"So what are a couple young boys doing on a big island all by themselves?" she asked.

Sora smiled and placed his hands behind his head; something Ven would do every now and then.

"We're just here to play games" he said.

"We're playing a game of knights and we're fighting over who should play the princess"

Riku rolled his eyes.

"I played it last time so it's your turn" he said.

Sora made a face at him.

"No way! I don't want to play a girly part! I want to fight!"

"Well, if I have to suffer, so do you" Riku replied.

Lumen watched as they bickered over who should play the princess. Even the bickering reminded her of Terra and Ven. They would always fight over the silliest things that it would make her laugh.

She giggled a little and smiled at them.

"Hey, I'm a girl" she said.

"Would you like me to play the princess? That way you can both be knights"

Sora smiled at that.

"Yeah!" he cried.

Lumen stood up and looked at her little knights.

"Alright my valiant knights, what do you want to play first?"

Riku smiled and pointed towards the little island that was connected to the main one.

"You have to go on that island and pretend that you're locked in your castle" he said.

"An evil sorcerer locked you up in that castle and we have to rescue you"

Lumen smiled and nodded.

"Alright then. You better come save me"

She headed for the small island as Sora and Riku prepared for their game. It had been a long time since she played games like this. She remembered she would use to do this all the time with her mother and sometimes with her father whenever Eraqus wasn't busy.

"I guess it's not so bad to play games when you're an adult" she thought.

She made it to the mini island and went into her 'castle'. She looked around and smiled as she went into character.

"Oh, help me! Help me! An evil sorcerer has trapped me in my castle" she cried.

"Who will save me?"

Sora and Riku ran across the bridge with their fake swords drawn.

"Have no fear, princess!" Sora cried.

"We'll rescue you!"

Lumen smiled.

"Oh hurray! My knights have come to save me"

Riku acted like he was fighting off invisible enemies and grabbed her hand.

"This way princess" he said.

"I'll take you to safety"

Lumen let him pull her along as Riku fought off the invisible enemies.

"You're no match for me!" he cried.

Sora followed the same example and did a battle cry as he finished off an invisible enemy.

"Oh no! it's the evil sorcerer!" Riku cried.

Sora stood in front of Riku and held up his wooden sword.

"I'll take care of him!" he said.

"You make sure the princess is safe!"

Lumen giggled.

"Please be safe, my noble knight" she said.

Sora fought against the evil sorcerer as Riku took her away from the castle.

"You're safe now, princess" he said.

He brought her to the main island and stopped at the docks. Sora came running after them, laughing as he did so.

"Oh man! That was fun!" he said.

Riku laughed as well.

"Yeah, you make a pretty good princess" he said.

Lumen giggled and bowed to them.

"Thank you" she said.

"But I must say that you two played brave knights. I'm sure if there really was an evil sorcerer, you wouldn't have any trouble fighting him"

Sora flexed his muscles in a joking manner.

"Yeah! No one can beat me with muscles like these!"

Riku rolled his eyes.

"As if"

Lumen smiled and watched the two. Just seeing them so full of life and energy reminded her of how she was when she was their age. She wanted to be strong so she could help others, she wanted to fight so she could defend herself in her own battles. She wanted to be just like the boys.

Yep, these two were just like her…and yet they reminded her of someone else.

"Hikari"

She hadn't thought about her successor in a while, but seeing Sora and Riku pretending to be knights reminded her of the little girl. She wanted to be strong to protect the ones she loved and she wasn't afraid to get hurt in the process.

How ironic that all three of them were the similar yet they never knew each other.

"It would be funny if these two met Hikari, but I doubt that will be possible since they're from different worlds" she thought.

"Oh well, wistful thinking"

Sora jumped a little as he remembered something.

"Oh yea, I almost forgot" he said.

"I picked up your 'treasure' from you castle"

Lumen raised an eyebrow. She didn't remember having 'treasure' with her.

"My treasure?" she asked.

Sora nodded.

"Yeah"

He pulled out a star shaped fruit and handed it to her.

"A Paopu fruit"

Lumen gasped and covered her mouth when she saw the fruit. This was the fruit that Aqua was talking about when she made the lucky charms for all of them.

"Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star shaped fruit and the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So as long as you and your friends carry good luck charms shaped like it, nothing can every drive you apart. You'll always find your way back to each other"

Lumen reached for the Paopu fruit with shaky hands and held it.

"This fruit…" she breathed.

Sora smiled.

"I knew you would be happy to have your treasure back, princess" he said.

"We would never let anything that was precious to you be taken away" Riku said.

Lumen looked at them for a moment. They may have not realized it, but they just gave her the most treasured gift ever. This was the fruit that Aqua was talking about and thanks to them, she could give it to her best friend.

"You guys are something else" she said.

She smiled as she thought of Hikari. Even though she had a strong heart, she needed to be protected.

"Hey, I have a question for you guys" she said.

"If you had a real princess that needed to be saved, what would you do?"

Riku smiled proudly.

"I'd protect her!" he said.

"I'd hold onto her tight and protect her with all my heart!"

Sora smiled and placed his hands behind his head.

"Me too! I'd make sure nothing ever happened to her!"

Lumen smiled at them.

"That's good to hear" she said.

"You better keep your word on that promise. You'll never know what will happen in the future"

Sora and Riku nodded.

"It's a promise" they said.

"Sora! Riku!"

The boys looked at the horizon and groaned.

"Sorry, but we have to go" Sora said.

"Our parents are calling us" Riku finished.

Lumen nodded in understanding.

"You get home safely" she ordered.

Riku smiled.

"We will" he said.

"Thanks for playing with us!" Sora cheered.

Lumen giggled.

"It was my pleasure"

She waved to them as they headed back home. She looked at the Paopu fruit that was still in her hands and held it close to her heart.

"Protect the ones you love with all your heart" she said quietly.

"Because you'll never know when they'll be taken from you"

Those words would reflect the actions that were about to come.

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A/N: Yay! We saw Sora and Riku! I thought their little game was funny because it reflects to when they have to fight Ansem/Xemnas in the future. And I just loved Riku's response to protecting his future princess…because that's what he'll do!

Now that we have the fluffy chapter out of the way, it's time for the dramatic chapters. Everything goes downhill now for Lumen and there's no way to get back up.

Please review and tell me what you think!

Ja ne!