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I do not own Disney, Dreamworks, Square Enix, Pixar, or Kingdom Hearts (Even though I do own a copy of it.) All non-original characters belong to their respective studios. (Also, the OC Ymke belongs to ymke1000. Thank you for letting me include your character, and let me know if I accidentally change her personality.)
Xenysis's body was completely covered in the darkness, and his shield disappeared on he could see was darkness. Then there was a loud beeping. He slammed his fist against the snooze button, and checked the time:
"Six-o-clock?! How long did I SLEEP?"
Xenysis jolted upright, hitting his head on a low banister in the process. "Ahh!" The headache that came afterward felt worse than the time Xenysis accidentally hammered a nail into his toe! At the moment, Xenysis was wearing a pair of thin nightpants (which were orange with blue raindrops in it) and a leather vest that's open at the front, showing what Xenysis believes is a tattoo.
The 'tattoo' was pure white with what looks like an upside down heart with a cross sticking out the top. This heart-cross is surrounded by what appears to be black tendrils wrapping around his chest.
Xenysis slowly got up from the bed, careful not to bump into any more wooden pillars. He then makes his way to his cupboard, opens it, and pulled out his favorite set of clothes. He headed to the small dressing room to change.
Xenysis now wore a pair of dark-green pants, with a chain hanging from his right hip. He had on a black bowling shirt with silver-grey markings and a symmetrical image of two red Eastern-style dragons, facing each other. Over this, Xenysis wore a red windbreaker coat (even though it's the middle of summer.) He also wore pure-white sneakers.
When he checked the mirror, he noticed something missing. Then, after a minute of contemplation, he figured it out. Xenysis headed to the restroom, took out some scissors brought out a comb, and started to carefully cut his hair. He, luckily, was able to finish quite quickly and now had a head of chocolate-brown hair trimmed military-style. He reached inside one of the multitude of pockets, and pulled out a black bandana. He wrapped it around his head and tied it in the back like a headband.
Xenysis then opened the door to leave his house, when suddenly:
"HA!"
Xenysis was so startled by this boom, that it made him jump up a foot into the air, and bang his head on a banister. This is when the figure exclaimed with an amused grin, "Oops! Sorry!"
"Krissi! What did you THAT for?!"
"No reason!"
Krissi was a sixteen-year old girl with dark-brown (almost black) hair, black shorts with two jump ropes attached at the hips, a pale muscle shirt, dandelion-yellow tunic open at the center, and (unlike the other islanders, whom wear sandles) is barefoot. She seemed ready to burst out laughing at any second.
"Krissi, it's not nice to startle someone when they just wake up. Ahh!"
"No, but it's still funny!"
Xenysis gave Krissi a glare that would shiver anyone else to the bone. Krissi, however, didn't seem affected. She just kept grinning ear to ear, splitting at the seams. Seeing her smiling, Xenysis couldn't help but grin, himself. He chuckled before admitting, "Yeah, you're right. That was pretty funny."
"Told ya so!"
"Let's go, our friends need help with the rafts."
"Okay!"
The two headed out of the house and down a well-lit set of wooden stairs. When she got low enough, Krissi did a front flip off the platform, landing in the sand. Xenysis, seeing this, snorted to himself before saying "Show off!" He took the ladder down.
Just then, Kairi came out of the secret spot we like to use to hang out. Kairi is about sixteen years old, with raspberry-purple hair down to her shoulders. She wore a pink slightly-tight shirt with a matching thigh-high skirt with two black leather straps on a black belt. She's also wearing a pair of light-pink sneakers.
"Hey there, Kairi. What are you doing today?"
"Hi Xenysis! Just going to wake Sora up again."
"Alright, just give me a sec. I have an idea!" This Xenysis says with an evil grin.
At this, Kairi and Krissi also grin the same way. "I know what you're thinking. There's a nice log
over there."
Kairi then pointed to a nice meter-high log that was leaning against a tree. Xenysis smirked.
Sora has spiky-brown hair. He has a red hoodie, with a black jacket and white sleeves. Around his neck, Sora has a necklace with the insignia of a crown. His gloves are white with a blue 'x' on each. He has a blue belt, red cargo pants, and (surprisingly) yellow sneakers. His eyes are bluer than any shade of blue you can think of.
Over at the edge of the beach, he slept peaceful. Xenysis thought, 'A little too peaceful, in my opinion.' Xenysis lifted the log a foot over Sora's stomach, let go, allowed it to fall hit Sora's stomach, bounce back up, and caught the log again, only to swing it over his shoulder. Sora, after getting 'logged on', sprang up gasping for air. Right then, Riku came over with another log about the same size.
Riku has silver hair, down to about his neck. He has on a yellow muscle shirt with a black 'x' over the front. He has baggy, blue pants. He has black gloves, blue and white sneakers, and sky-blue eyes.
Sora yelled, "What did you do that for!?"
Riku, after tossing a log to Sora (knocking him over), stated, "When you're done playing around, we've got some rafts to build, come on Xenysis."
"Alright."
As Xenysis followed Riku to the build site for the rafts, he tossed his log to a now wide-awake Sora, whom topples over from the weight of the log. As Xenysis passes by the paopu island, he lifts another nice-sized log from the ocean, and swung it over his shoulder.
Over in behind the island, it's designed like an obstacle course. Riku and I took the easier path to the other side, where there's two half-built rafts on the sand. We tossed our logs on the rafts, while Sora lagged behind with his two logs being dragged in the beach. As he positioned his logs while Krissi tied them on with rope, Riku held our two to the other raft as I tied those logs to it.
"Riku, what should we name our raft?"
"How about Highwind?"
"Sounds great, and Riku."
"Hm?"
"How about we get supplies, since we finished the rafts?"
"Alright, we'll never know how long we'll be out there."
"You got that right."
Riku and I started searching the island for food to bring with us, while Kairi works on getting the water. I move a large boulder out of the way, so I could gather the three patches of mushrooms in behind it. Riku, meanwhile, went for a bit of fishing, bear-style. While Sora went climbing for eggs, Krissi brought out her two jump ropes to use as whips to get the ripe coconuts out of the palm trees.
When we were all done, we met up near the paopu tree to talk about what we hoped to find out there.
Sora: "So, Kairi's and Krissi's homes are out there somewhere, right?"
Xenysis: "Maybe."
Riku: "Could be. But we'll never know by staying here."
Sora: "But how far could a raft take us?"
Riku: "Who knows. If we have to, we'll think of something else."
Kairi: "So, suppose you get to another world. What would you do there?"
Riku: "Hm. Well, I haven't really thought about it. It's just… I always wondered why we're here, on this island. If there are any other worlds out there, why'd we end up on this one? And suppose there are other worlds… Then ours is just a piece of something much greater. So, we could have just as easily ended up somewhere else, right?"
Sora/Krissi: "I don't know."
Riku: "Exactly. That's why we need to go out there and find out. Just sitting here won't change a thing. It's the same old stuff. So let's go."
Kairi: "Who've been thinking a lot lately, haven't you?"
Riku: "Thanks to you. If you hadn't come here, I probably would've never thought of any of this. Kairi, thanks."
Kairi: "Ha, you're welcome."
As we all start to head for our homes, Riku stops next to me.
Riku: "Sora!" Tosses a paopu fruit to Sora. "You wanted one, didn't you?"
Sora: "A paopu fruit?"
Riku: "If two people share one, their destinies become 'll remain a part of each others lives, no matter what." Starts walking away. "Come on! I know you want to try it."
Sora: "What are you talking-"
Sora then tossed the paopu fruit off the bridge, ran after Riku. Xenysis, whom overheard the conversation, thought 'Their destinies become intertwined?' "Hm." Xenysis and Krissi jump off the bridge, and retrieve the fruit. Krissi wonders, "Destinies intertwined? Well, only one way to find out!" They split it in half, and they each start to eat their respective half as they each head home.
By the time Xenysis went in his house, he finished the paopu fruit. He didn't even bother changing into night clothes, he was so tired. He went straight to sleep. After a bit, he started having another dream:
Ymke's POV: Traverse Town
Darkness seems to overwhelm her, Ymke knows that for sure. Everywhere she looks, there was darkness. As he opens her russet eyes, Ymke notices that the only source of light seems to come from the stained-glass floor she just landed on.
The platform is ice-blue, with images of snowflakes surrounding it. The center image displays a 21-year old woman whose skin is snow-white and whose hair is so blond, it too, is almost white. She wore a sky-blue dress with a light-blue cape that seems to be made of ice and snow. In the center of this platform, a door appears. This door is flesh-pink with some darker shades scattered throughout it.
Suddenly, from what seems like everywhere and nowhere at the same time, there came a female voice:
So much to do, so little time…
Take your time, don't be afraid.
The door is still shut.
Now, step forward.
Ymke cautiously moves forward till he stops in the center.
Power sleeps within you.
If you give it form…
It will give you strength.
Choose well.
It was then that Ymke notices three grey-teal pedestals. One hold what appears to be a staff; it has a sky-blue handle, about one yard long; on the top it contains a sea-blue orb shaped like Mickey Mouse. To the staff's left stood a second pedestal, holding a gilded sword with a mickey mouse insignia on it's hilt. On the staff's right is a Shield; the shield is red in color with a black center, and another mickey mouse insignia on it's center. Ymke approaches the Staff first.
The power of the mystic.
Inner Strength.
A staff of wonder and ruin.
Is this the power you seek?
'Both wonder and ruin, meaning I could decide which one.' She nods. The staff disappears in a flash of light.
Your path is set.
Now, what will you give up in exchange?
'I have to give something up?' Ymke sighed before stepping toward the sword.
The power of the warrior.
Invincible courage.
A sword of terrible destruction.
You give up this power?
'Terrible destruction?' "I already chose some destructive power, except I can control that one." Ymke tosses the sword behind her. As it falls, it disappears in a burst of light.
You've chosen the power of the mystic.
You've given up the power of the warrior.
Is this the form you choose?
At this, Ymke just nods, letting her fire-red locks lay in her field of vision. Once she swatted the hair away, she notices the glass cracking below her feet. Now, once again, she's falling through darkness. After a minute with her thoughts, Ymke lands on a orangish-tan flooring much like the one before;
However, this floor is surrounded by images of hyenas, with a central image of an adult lion next to a lion cub, certain features (like eye color) makes it look like the cub and fully-grown lion are the same lion. Then, the staff from earlier appeared in Ymke's hands.
You've gained the power to fight.
'Fight? Oh yeah! Now we're talking!'
There will be times when you have to fight.
Keep your heart burning strong.
When the voice stated that, five creatures appeared from the ground. The creatures seem to be made of shadows, with long antennae extending from its round head, with the only 'light' coming from two glowing yellow eyes; its relatively small body , also round but skinny, seems to be shaped for stealth; its long arms each ending in three claws, and legs with feet ending in a wasn't a second later that the creatures pounced.
Relying on reflex, Ymke blocked the pounce with her staff, and batted the shadows away, baseball-style. As soon as the shadows landed, they turned to dust. When the dust disappeared she relaxed. Little did she know that another shadow pounced toward her.
Hearing that, Ymke quickly swooped around, smacking the shadow with the staff, causing it to explode in a puff of black smoke. The dark dust below Ymke then began to overtake her, sucking her in, and once again, Ymke is left falling in the darkness. After what felt like forever, Ymke lands on a third circular stained-glass floor.
This one is almost pure black, except for the occasional image of a dragon. The main image shows a dark dragon with piercing green eyes, and seems to be missing a tailfin. Next to the dragon, is a young boy with auburn hair cut short. The boy is wearing a leather armor of a scaberd at his side, this boy seems to have a sword whose blade is made of fire. This intrigued Ymke.
It was then that she the door. It was mahogany, with red trimmings on the edges. When she touched the door, it opened, showing humungous amounts of light, practically beckoning her inside. She decided to stroll in, since this is just a dream anyway.
Once her eyes adjusted to the light, she noticed that she was on what seemed to be a tropical island paradise.
Hold on.
The door won't open just yet.
First, tell me about yourself.
That's when three figures came into view from around a corner. The first is an 18-year old girl with brown hair and a few snow-white locks, in pigtails down to her has icy-blue eyes, that seems to have wonder in them 24/7. She's wearing a green dress that looks like it's meant for dancing in. She's also wearing tiny little shoes, as well as a violet cloak.
When she reaches the platform, she asks "What's most important to you?"
Ymke answers, "Friendship."
"Is friendship really that important?"
Ymke nods, and the girl grins happily, she looks like she's ready to hop up and down, clapping her hands giddily.
The next person, also a girl, more around Ymke's age, steps forward. She has dark raspberry hair, tied into a ponytail. She has black shorts going up to her knees, with two jump ropes attached to her sides. She's wearing a pale yellow muscle shirt, with dark blue edges. Over that, she wears a bright yellow tunic with white sleeves, which she left open in the center. She inquires,
"What do you want outta life?"
Ymke answer's, matter-of-factly, "I want to make friends."
"To make friends, huh?"
She moved to the right, allowing the last of them to face Ymke. This one, unlike the other two, is a guy with silver hair, down to about his neck. He has on a yellow muscle shirt with a black 'x' over the front. He has baggy, blue pants. He has black gloves, blue and white sneakers, and sky-blue eyes. He asks,
"What are you so afraid of?"
Ymke carefully answers, "I'm afraid of being alone. Forced solitude is one of the worst feelings there is."
The boy nods in understanding.
You want friendship.
You want to make friends.
You're afraid of being alone.
Your adventure begins in the dead of night.
Your road won't be easy, but a rising sun awaits your journey's end.
The day you will open the door both far off and very near.
A giant flash of light leaves Ymke back on the charcoal-colored glass platform, where a beam of light started creating a staircase up to another platform. Ymke dashed at top speed to the next platform, which ended up being the first one Ymke landed on. When she reached the center this time, however, the voice stated,
The closer you get to light,
The greater your shadow becomes.
But don't be afraid.
And don't forget…
When Ymke turned around, she saw a humungous shadow of herself rise from the ground. It's basically Ymke's shadow, except for the hole in the shadow's stomach shaped like a shadow punched downward toward Ymke and, just in time, Ymke blocked the hand her staff, and parried it away.
Just then, Ymke's feet started sinking into the platform, and she noticed that she was sinking into the darkness.
-But don't be afraid
You hold the mightiest weapon of all.
So don't forget:
You are the one who will open the door.
After that statement, Ymke's body was completely covered in the darkness, and her staff disappeared on her, right when she needed it, she could see was darkness.
Xenysis's POV- Destiny islands
All he could hear was beeping. One that sounded annoyingly like a fire engine, but worse, because it didn't go away. He slammed his hand on the snooze button, lifting his carefully.
'What a strange dream.' Then he stole a peek outside his window. "Huh? A storm? Oh no! The rafts!"