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It was Wednesday in the town of Farefaire. School was out for the rest of the week due to preparation for the arrival of the children from the Forgotten Isles. They were to be moved in and settled into a series of rooms that made up a section of the West Wing of the school.

Nearby this school, a young man by the name of Dexter was currently sleeping in his room, that is until his father came in to wake him up.

“Dexter.” Roxas uttered as he shook Dexter awake. “Dexter. Come on. It's eleven in the afternoon.”

Dexter groaned and turned around in his bed. He almost swatted his father’s hand away.

“Dad leave me alone…” He muttered, stuffing his face into his pillow.

Roxas sighed, and turned around while shaking his head. He didn't expect much from his son that afternoon, especially since the night before they had a unpleasant argument over something Roxas doesn't even remember.

“Fine. Sleep in. See if I care! You're be one missing out on spending a day with friends and meeting the new kids from the island.” Upon saying those words, Roxas felt a small pit of nausea in his heart. He knew Naminé was at the island, a girl he also once loved long ago. But sadly fate decided it was Replica Riku she was to be with.

“What if she’s here…” Roxas whispered to himself, hurrying downstairs to distract himself with absolutely anything. Cooking. Cooking is fun. Even if you suck at it.

Dexter meanwhile rolled his eyes under his eyelids and turned around once more in bed. After finally realizing what Roxas said, Dexter almost shot up in his bed. Today WAS the day. He took out his phone underneath his pillow and checked for any messages.

“What if they're here…”

 

Meanwhile, miles and miles away was the Forgotten Isles, a series of small islands around a bigger islands that served as the home for all villains and their children. Some honestly deserved to be there while others didn't. It was because of this why the program was established.

Percy Mors was wide awake. He had been awake for hours since he always woke up early. He only ever slept in when he tried to stay up late with his older brother, which always ended up in him being asleep on his brother’s arm in front of the TV by ten o’clock. Currently he was drawing under his bed in his room, because honestly he was afraid of leaving.

“Maybe if I hide under here I won't have to leave…” He whispered to himself as he drew a flood Unversed, a little cute creature he ironically played with. At first he was excited to leave- and even volunteered to do it for his parents and because his brother was doing it. Now that it was actually time to leave… Percy was less thrilled.

Suddenly bursting onto the scene, Kairi appeared at where her son was. "I told you not to bug the mayor like a thousand times! When are you going to grow up?" Kairi asked as she started pulling Peter away from the scene. "But mother, this is just who I am. I have to be a troublemaker, it's in my blood." Peter said in a whining tone. Kairi then lock his hand up to a nearby streetlight pole. "What is supposed to be in your blood is Sora's niceness, and my smartness." Kairi said before wacking Peter on the head with a fold up fan.

 

Sora appeared next to the mayor. "So sorry about that sir. Peter is a tricky one to make behave. But you know you can't just send him off to the island, one because there is no family over there for him and you aren't that cruel, and second we had a small deal no one needs to know about. But sorry about my son, at least we still have a daughter who understands us." Sora said as it appeared he favored his daughter more than his son.

-Jade-

Fury flared Jade's nostrils as he fled to his brother's side and desired greatly to bash him upside the head with his laptop case.  Instead he raised it violently and let out a sigh.  "You're starting to act ridiculous, Kurai," he sneered.  "I am not interested in her.  Is there a crime in responding to an old friend?"  Finally he sat down beside Kurai, placing his suitcase and laptop bag in front of him.  He folded his arms and let out a sigh, glancing around the ferry dismally, as though in boredom.  There was nothing particularly desirous to him about this trip anymore.  Sure, he used to long to reach the island to live amongst beauty and good people, but now without the Keyblade he could only feel resentment and hatred.  His exterior was now cold and never did he want to open up to others.  Not even his brother, Kurai, who was probably acting out because of it.  Finally Jade opened his bag and held out a package of crackers to Kurai.  "Here, want some?"

"You may not admit it, but it's plain for all to see how you feel. Your face is like a book, your emotions written all over it. I see the way you look at her, especially now that she's become so popular." he said. "And I know you wanted to strike me too, the anger was all over your face because you don't want to admit the truth." When offered the crackers Kurai said "I'm not hungry."

Vita contemplated the island was they were swept away to their destination. Soon the island faded into the horizon and that was it. She turned around and looked over at Jack. "Your sister...you have a sister over there, right?" Vita asked. "I'm guessing you've never seen her. Dad has told me about me having a cousin in the isles. Same age as me, actually. Never met her though." Vita hummed as she waved her feet playfully. The two were not only the same age, the two shared the same birthday! They were born merely minutes apart. Yet personality wise they couldn't be more different.

 

Ventus chuckled. He knew that Luxanne was a rather shy individual. Actually, extremely shy. With large crowds it was worse. To see her here and around was a sight alone, but she was shown to be brave by trying regardless feeling uncomfortable. Zephyrus smiled and held Lux's hand firmly. "Don't worry! We won't get lost!" Zeph assured. "I honestly didn't expect this many people. I know that it would be the first time we would be seeing children from the Forgotten Isles but even then it shouldn't be this big of a deal. Maybe rumors have been spread again." Ventus hummed, glancing at his daughter. If there was one thing he knew of her, she sucked at keeping secrets. There was no secret or lying to her. She would become too excited and blurt it out. He wouldn't be surprised if she had to do with any of the rumors that had been spreading around. "I know that Zeph's cousin is coming..." Ventus hissed. How he dreaded to even call Vantias' child anything remotely familiar to them.

After being woken up by the swaying of the boat, Azriel rubbed his eyes as he was glad to be free of the hellish nightmare. His face remained expressionless as he placed a hand over his forehead. This was not the first time that the boy had been plagued by nightmares. Most nights, Azriel would experience something that you would believe came from a horror movie, but it was an illusion cast by his own darkness.

"It's growing stronger..."

Azriel mumbled to himself as he ran a hand through his hair. Looking around, he took notice of Jack and Vita getting along while everyone else remained silent. Deciding that it would be best to stretch his legs, Azriel got to his feet and went for a walk on the boat. There wasn't much to the boat as it seemed to be only big enough to transport 100 or so people at a maximum. It wasn't long before Azriel had memorised the layout of the boat and arrived at the front deck. Noticing that Vanitas was "leading the charge", Azriel approached him slowly.

"I'm curious about something. Despite the fact that you have a heart made of pure darkness, how is it that you have not become a heartless? Could it possibly be due to the fact that you are only half of one whole?"

Azriel's voice was calm and emotionless, just like his facial expression. It was impossible for anyone to have read what was truly going through his mind. The teen then leaked forward on the banister, closing his eyes as the win blew through his hair.

"I have one more thing to ask..."

Azriel continued to stare out at the ocean as his hands tightened into fists slightly.

"Since you can control the darkness, I know you must be able to tell. Is the darkness in my heart taking over? I get the feeling that something inside of me is starting to wake up, and when it does I will not be able to contain it. So tell me now before things become problematic, is the darkness inside me growing?"

Azriel looked up at Vanitas with the same emotionless expression and dull tone in his voice, yet it seemed almost emphasised as he was now starting to talk about things that were happening to himself.

{Val}

"Hurt us?" Val replied in a cocky tone. "We're the heroes. They can try and knock us down, but we'll get back up and open a big old can of "whoop A" on 'em."

She gave Fiona a lopsided grin.

"But that's if things get bad." She added. "Some of the people sent to the Forgotten Isles must have learned their lesson, and taught their kids not to make their mistakes. Mom's taught some bully's in her class that turned out alright. We just try to help these kids, and I'm sure they'll fit right in."

While there was a small part of her that wasn't sure what she said was right, Val's optimism squashed those doubts quickly. Now, those kids would have a chance to be heroes too.

As the Villiers girls got closer to the docks, Val whistled at the amount of people there.

"Guess more people are excited about this than I thought." She said, looking around.

She paused and squinted as she caught sight of someone she knew.

"Hey, Fi. I thought i caught sight of Lux, did you?"

 

{Eraqus}

Eraqus stood towards the back of the crowd waiting for the boat from the Forgotten Isles. He had managed to see a list of the kids coming that his mother left lying on her desk. Four caught his eye. Two pairs of brothers. One set he was determined to see protected. And the other...

Darkness escaped from Eraqus's clinched fist. He noticed it almost immediately and relaxed his hand and the tendrils of darkness faded. No, he would leave the sons of Xehanort alone. Nothing good would come from a confrontation with them.

-Jade-

The teen, always calm and collected, began to lose his cool when he dropped the bag of crackers and seized Kurai by the collar.  "Look here, Brother," he hissed threateningly.  "I don't know what you're playing at, but you're deeply starting to annoy me.  So I would suggest that you straighten up, stop pretending to know everything, and just leave me the heck alone.  Got it?"  He released his brother, growling as he ran a hand through his hair.  This wasn't like him.  Normally he would have all the patience in the world with his younger brother whom he loved dearly, but lately things had changed.  It all started when he'd gotten that Keyblade . . . .

 

Finally Jade rose, snatching the bag of crackers before starting to turn.  "Now, if you don't mind, I'm going for a walk.  I think we need some distance, you and I.  Watch my stuff.  Don't break anything or I break you, got it?"

 

-Fiona-

At Val's words Fiona squinted, searching for their cousin amongst the crowd of people.  She rose a hand protectively to shield her eyes from the sun, glancing around the grounds until spotting a girl of rose and black strands of hair.  She pointed toward the girl, which was more like pointing to a flock of people.  "There, Val!  I think I see her!"

 

Just then two hands collapsed atop the sisters' heads, tousling their hair and shifting Fiona's bow.  "Hey, now!  Just what do you two see out there?  Better not be getting excited about any of those bad boys, I hope?"

 

Fiona whipped around and glared at the blond man.  Snow stood there, grinning, as he snuck up on his daughters and decided to taunt them.  "Daddy, no!"  Fiona protested.  "Val just saw Lux, that's all!"

 

"Uh-huh."  Snow crossed his arms, trying to keep a serious look.  He then turned to his eldest daughter and patted her shoulder.  "Listen, Val, you've got to keep an eye out on this one.  She's starting to scare me with that googly-eyed look of hers."

 

"Daddy!"

"So predictable." Kurai muttered, smoothing his collar. "The darkness in his heart is spreading as well, it seems." If he had to go down this dark path, might as well take the only member of his family he actually liked with him.

Percy sighed as no one seemed to pay attention to him. It was somewhat often. Percy was kinda shy however often he tried to be social. It's just that every attempt failed basically. He sat down next to his brother but immediately noticed Jack nearby. Percy uncomtorably pressed himself into Kopiu as his heard skipped a beat.

"H-Hey, it's Jack..." He uttered softly, fearfully. It wasn't that he was scared of Jack- sure, he didn't like being around the guy since Jack treated him like a whimp. But Percy almost died a few years ago due to him. And it wasn't almost drowning why he was so scared... It was the day that he learned of the darkness that was inside him. It was something he never wanted to experience again, and he'd rather die than experience it once more. Percy looked down and to the side, to where he noticed Azriel... Having a nightmare? Azriel was an okay elder. Percy liked him. Sure, Azriel never talked to anybody nor had any friends, but Percy still did like him. He felt bad for Azriel and was about to go wake him up if it wasn't for the fact that Azriel woke himself up. When he left, Percy looked down to his sketchbook and frowned.

"...I'm going to go show Azriel my drawings..." Before Kopiu could really say no if he would've, Percy got up and went towards the direction where Azriel was. It wasn't too long before he saw him with Vanitas. He hurried up to Kopiu and taped his shoulder.

"Hey Azriel!" Percy said with a smile. He held up his sketchbook for Azriel to see. "Wanna look at my drawings?" He looked to Vanitas as well.

"And hi Mister Vanitas... I drew one of your Unversed too. C-Can I give it to Vita?"

 

Meanwhile Mayor Moogle looked at Sora, intense rage in his emotionless never blinking eyes. He was fuming and frankly felt like punching a wall.

"I'm going to stick your son somewhere worse! Somewhere... I'll have to think of kupo! Just get him out of my hair kupo or you'll regret it kupo!" Mayor Moogle really did not like Sora's son... And honestly he didn't like Sora either that much. He found Sora wanting the office too bad and he also found Sora annoying especially with that son of his.

 

Dexter walked into the crowd, and began to call out for Thomas. Where in the world did that kid go? How was he even able to disappear so fast?

"Thomas!" Dexter called, looking around. "Thomas!"

Suddenly, Dexter saw three familiar faces in the distance: his uncle, cousin, and half sister. Dexter smiled and hurried over there.

"Hey Zeph! Hey Lux! And hi uncle Ventus..." Dexter sorta rubbed he back of his head. Roxas often complained to Ventus as well as Sora of the fights and arguments they have as well as Dexter's outbursts. He wouldn't even be shocked if Roxas told Ventus already about the fight they had just the night before. What was it about again?

"I hope you're doing good..."

Vanitas glared at the boy and pursed his lips, scowling as he just seemed to be like a walking puppet with no emotion whatsoever. Who the hell did he think he was? He was strange as it was. He glanced away before speaking. "Maybe because I'm only half of a whole, but also because I'm actually strong enough to not let it take over me and influence me. I will tell you that your darkness is growing. But if you aren't strong enough to keep it from influence you, you're no more than a heartless with no brain or senses, just influenced by the darkness. Nothing more and nothing less." Vanitas hissed, smirking a bit. "You'll be devoured like a mice is eaten by a snake. There will be nothing of you left. When that happens everyone will aim their weapons at you and you'll be slaughtered like cattle. Then just like that...you're gone." Vanitas explained. He was mean from the beginning, and out of habit to keep unversed from appearing every time he felt annoyed. He heard another voice, Percy, who asked if he could give a drawing to Vita. "I'm not your mom. Why are you asking me? Go give her z drawing if you want. I don't care." Vanitas scoffed. There were only a few people he actually cared for. His wife, Vita, himself...and that was it.

 

Zeph waved with her free hand. "Hi Dexter!" Zeph greeted happily. Ventus turned while smiling. "Hello Dexter. Good to see you. You came along as well. By this point I shouldn't be as surprised of how many people are here but I still can't help but to ponder if it's a good thing or a bad thing." Ventus chuckled nervously.

Sora saluted. "Yes, sir. He won't get into your....um, little ball attena thingy, at least not until after the kids arrive. And sorry again for his actions." Sora said as he quickly got a move on from the mayor before going over to his own son and wacking him upside the head. "Watch it, or he won't have to worry about putting you somewhere because I will send you to to one place where you will regret you ever made your mistake like this again." Sora said before walking off leaving Peter only to be in pain and kind of afraid of his dad's words.

 

James knew people on this ship would be up to their own things as usual. James didn't really care though about anybody on the ship so he kind of stayed out of everybody's way, at least until after the ship arrives at the pier.

-Jade-

Jade didn't hear his brother's mutterings, as he'd already risen and began to stroll away.  He crammed his hands in his pockets, overlooking the ocean as they approached Farefaire island.  The wind blew his dark garments and locks, something he'd thought adding color to but never had the inspiration or motivation to do it.  Out of the corner of his eye he saw several people still gathering around Vita and her father, to which Jade scoffed and shook his head.  He still couldn't believe his brother had accused him of liking her!  He didn't like her.  She was just an old friend . . . right?

 

Finally the teen shook his head to clear it, rubbing his temple ruefully until a boy nearby caught his attention.  He'd been alone for the majority of the trip, and had heard him spout off something about bowing to the prince of the underworld . . . or something to that effect.  Slowly he approached James.  "Hey, I know you.  You're the underworld lord's kid, right?  Hades's boy?"

-Lux-

 

Lux pressed against Zeph...but once Dexter arrived, she let go and threw her arms around her brother.

"Hi Dex..." she said softly. "...mommy's been well. She's busy at home...maybe Mom will let you ride home with us and you can visit?" She'd then pull away and take Zeph's hand again, pressing against the bubbly girl. "...I'm sure mom would be okay with you coming too, Zeph." She smiled shyly. "...Mommy likes cooking for people..."

 

-Madoka-

 

Ignoring the weird family Sora had (and Kairi's folding fan) she slipped away and ended up running into Valerie and Fiona.

"Hey Villiers." She said brightly. "Nice to see you here." She held up a hand for a high five. "Stayin' awesome, Val?"

 

-Jack-

 

He looked down at Percy, and the picture he extended to Vita...and he merely adjusted his glasses, a small smiling spreading. Oh Percy...

No need to be cruel to him right now. Especially not in front of Vita.

Mayor Moogle growled aloud as Sora walked away. He flew over on the balcony to look at the mass of people that gather. Most of them... Was kids.

"I thought I told EVERYBODY to come here kupo! That means every adult kupo!" He announced on the loud speaker. He silently fumed before he noticed a tiny little dot on the horizon.

"Ah! The boat is arriving kupo!"

 

Meanwhile Dexter chuckled as he gave his uncle a quick hug. No matter what Ventus was aways a cool uncle to him. Ventus and Sora. Sadly, Dexter honestly didn't like Peter all that much so he didn't spend too much time with Sora and his other cousin unless it was a holiday.

"Well I usually don't go to stuff like this but I really wanted to see what the new guys are like. My dad isn't coming either. Well, I wouldn't expect him to even bother doing something good for once..." Dexter sighed and stopped himself. "... Zeph was the one that helped me out of bed!" Suddenly, Lux threw her arms around him, and Dexter returned the hug with a warm smile. He loved seeing Luxanne and her shy smile.

"Yeah, sure. I'd love to see mom and Light. I didn't think you'd be here. I was going to text you and see if you wanted to come over later after the guys came on the boat." The mayor began ranting again, which Dexter ignored. The mayor was stupid. "... But sounds like they're almost here."

Azriel stared at Vanitas as he explained that if he allowed the darkness to take over him, then that would just mean that he was weak. Looking away from the black haired adult, the teen gazed out at the ocean to find some kind of answer. If he didn't do something soon, then the darkness within him would grow out of his control and eventually devour him. The only thing that made sense was to become stronger without relying on magic. If he could do this, then he might even be able to control his darkness one day. However, Azriel's thoughts were interrupted as the young Percy approached him with his sketchbook. Tilting his expressionless face down to look at Percy in the eyes, Azriel could feel something emanating from the child that echoed through his mind, screaming danger. The boy clearly had hidden powers and for some reason, Azriel had become intimidated. Nonetheless, he simply nodded when Percy asked if he would like to see his drawings. Gently taking the sketchbook from Percy, Azriel gazed at the boy's drawings and found himself surprised by how talented he was. Trying to force what might have been considered a smile, Azriel handed the sketchbook back to Percy.

"Your drawings are not bad. Perhaps some more practice and they will be good as detailed as picture taken from a camera."

Azriel then placed a hand to his chin in thought.

"I wonder... Have you perhaps drawn everyone on this boat before? I understand that I do not socialise much, but I have been trying to change that lately... Unfortunately, I do not know how to converse with other people " normally". So, in order to become more adjusted to social interaction, would you like to talk with me for a while?"

Azriel redirected his gaze to the ocean, already feeling out of his depth when it came to talking to anyone who wasn't in a position of authority over him.

*Rufus dashed off, turning into a white blur, heading towards the sandy shore at a decent distance from the pier itself... and that was mostly it.  The rest was mostly a similar blur, with Thomas swipping Rufus' beak away, Thomas gathering material scattered from his open satchet as Rufus pecked at the sand, and then the duo starting a fire... or more accurately Thomas starting a fire as Rufus ran around in the water, splashing water everywhere and stopping the incipient fire a few times, much to Thomas' perturbance.  However, as soon as the fire finally started, Thomas remembered why he chose this spot.  The waves travel smoothly alongside the shores, etching gentle lines within the sands.  The sun glazes them delicately, causing a glow the reverates throughout the area, painting it with an orange scheme.  Rufus curls up gently within Thomas' lap, yawning vociferously, tired from his adventurous disposition today.  Thomas ripostes with his own, before stabbing a marshmallow with a somewhat soggy stick, not necessarily caring about its quality as he roasts it over the fire.*

 

"Hey Dex, you want..."

 

*Thomas drops the stick into the fire, incinerating the marshmallow as he comes to a realization.  He, once again, completely abandoned Dexter in a fit of fancy and overzealousness.  Thomas facepalms himself as he mumbles to himself, Rufus peaking his head upwards for a moment.*

 

"Ah crap... man is he going to be pissed tomorrow... okay, probably not, but still, I did tell him... but then I... oooooooooooohhhhh, he couldn't follow you Rufus, we go too fast you and I.  Hm... well, this ship..."

 

*Thomas then notices the ship coming through the horizon, cutting the orange glow with its razor, vibrant dark brown.  Still minute, but with a visible and vibrant presence.*

 

"Ah well, I'll tell him about whenever I see him next.  Plus, the entire town's probably at the pier by now, and I owe them all money, and I still have to cut the mayor's yard from that one time... damn that Peter, I swear he was the one that filled those water balloons... gah, been too damn la... busy, yes, too busy for my own good of late.  What the... oh come on!  Why now, nonononono..."

 

*Thomas crouches down near the fire, picking up the enlightened stick.  Unfortunately, the marshmallow drips off, completely blackened from the flame.  Thomas defeated, drops the stick into the fire, sighing sadly over his defeat.*

 

"Well, so much for that.  Oh well, maybe the ship will actually be interesting... hopefully anyways"

 

*Thomas then gazes at the ship, eagerly awaiting it.  After all, without his marshmallow, he has no reason of staying here, besides avoiding people, avoiding questions, avoiding his parents, avoiding Peter, avoiding the mayor...*

Percy rubbed the back of his head as Vanitas got annoyed with him for asking. Percy always asked permission even when he really didn't need to, just because he didn't want to be rude. With a small smile Percy nodded. He'd give it to her after they settled their rooms. Percy's smile widened after Azriel took a hold of his sketchbook. Unlike his mother, Percy liked showing his drawings. When he was younger he absolutely refused to show his drawings to anyone, not even his parents due to how shy he was. But after a while he learned that showing his drawings was a great way to talk to people and make friends. Sadly, it was one of the only ways to make some people, especially adults, notice and listen to him.

"Thank you." Once Azriel asked about drawing portraits, and if they could talk more, Percy took Aziel's hand and began taking him to the other side of the boat where his brother was.

"Okay! I draw a lot of people especially my parents and my big brother. I can draw you if you want. Oh, and thank you Mr. Vanitas!" Percy called, before taking Azriel to where Kopiu was.

"Big bro, this is my new friend!" Percy said with a smile. "I'm gonna draw him!"

Kopiu raised an eyebrow when Percy came back with his "friend" in tow. "Azriel." Kopiu greeted with a solemn nod. It was a small island, and Kopiu had had a few encounters with the son of Zexion. Kopiu tried to not let things that had happened in the previous generation change his actions, but Zexion had been one of the members at Castle Oblivion... It didn't help that Kopiu didn't like Azriel to begin with. So... Cold and emotionless. To be stoic is one thing, but Azriel's calculating nature was disturbing at several levels. "Alright Percy, have fun. I'm going to go try and find a glass of water or something." Kopiu said, leaving Percy alone with Azriel. He wasn't intending on going far, and he was certainly not about to let Percy out of his sight.

 

 

Acta cheered loudly as the boat came closer. Ooh, the excitement was getting to her. Whole new people! The simple idea of it made her want to jump for joy. And just when she was wondering if the town was running out of fun things to muck around with. Now a whole new generation of people to mess with were here. Did she wish they weren't the children of bloodthirsty villains? Yeah she did. But oh well. Take what you can get around here.

{Val}

Val chuckled at Snow's ribbing of Fiona.

"Look on the bright side, Dad." She joked. "If she does go after a bad boy, he's gonna go straight or else."

Val ruffled her sister's hair.

"Fi will see to that."

She pivoted smoothly and completed a high five with Madoka.

"As always." Val answered. "Didn't think you'd be here."

-Fiona-

The mayor had begun speaking, catching the girls' father's attention.  He glanced back to them and offered a grin.  "Right, well, I think I'm going to leave you two girls to have some fun and get into trouble.  The boat's going to arrive soon, and I'm going to be escorting some of the kids back to the school.  Try to stay out of the thicket of trouble, if you can, and tell mom I'll be home in time for dinner, okay?"

 

With that, Snow left the girls alone with Madoka.  Fiona smiled and thought to interject, but both girls were considerably older than her and she often felt that she didn't belong.  Silently she wandered off into the thicket of people, wondering if her cousin was anywhere among them.  Standing a short distance away she caught sight of Ventus, along with Dex being embraced by her cousin.  "Lux!" Fiona cupped her hand around her mouth and waved frantically, adjusting her satchel as she ran through the parting crowd as she made her way to them.  She jumped into several people, to which she barely apologized for as she made it to Lux and grabbed her free hand.  "Hey, Lux!  I'm so glad to see you!  How is Aunt Lightning?  You guys never come over anymore; my mom's been worried about you!  Has Aunt Lightning been working a lot again?  Is she here?"  The rosy blond glanced both ways to catch any sight of a head full of roses, but not a trace of Lightning was to be seen.  The boat, however, could be seen approaching, indicating that the villains--and their children--would be arriving shortly.

James knew they were getting close to shore when he saw land nearby. "About bloody time. Once I take my revenge, and get the Underworld back, I will be able to do what my father never could, and send everyone who has ever wrong me to the Underworld and locked them away forever!" James said to himself. He seemed to be getting all too excited about the arrival.

 

Zeph looked back at Lux and nodded. “I would love to go! Your mom’s cooking is way better than dad’s!” Zeph chimed. Ventus shook his head and smiled. “Well I give you permission to go if Lux’s mother allows you to stay for dinner. Please do behave if you do, Zeph.” Ventus asked to his one and only daughter. From the cheering that began to increase, his sight moved onto the horizon, where he saw the ship of the incoming children finally arriving. “Here they come.” Ventus murmured. He stared and just as suddenly, a sudden pain wrecked the pit of his stomach. Maybe it was just him getting somewhat nervous of how this would all go…or the fact that he could somewhat make out Vanitas’ figure from the front of the ship. “Oh no.”

 

Vita turned around in her seat, looking forward to see the island getting closer. Well, them getting closer to the island. “We’re almost there!” Vita said excitedly. She could already see the large amount of people standing by the shore…waiting for them? Maybe? “That’s a lot of people at the dock…” Vita murmured, wondering if that meant that it was a good thing, or a bad thing. Vanitas kept his arms crossed, smirking rather mischievously at the thought of their faces the moment he stepped right onto the island. Not like he was going to be allowed there for much long. But it would be worth it.

 

Percy frowned as it appeared to him that his elder brother wasn't interested in interacting with his new friend.

"But Kopi..." Percy said with a small frown. He watched at his brother left, but didn't go to far obviously. Kopiu never left Percy out of his sight. He turned to Azriel and sighed.

"Oh well... I'll start drawing you then! And we can talk about fun stuff too." Percy was going to continue, but then he noticed Jack again. Out of impulse he got closer to Azriel. Percy looked alarmed. There was a small flare of darkness in his heart due to fear.

'P-Papa...' Percy wished his parents were there. They didn't even know Jack was going. He was interrupted in his thoughts due to an announcement from the driver.

"Everyone get your bags ready!!!" He announced. "We're here!"

Percy looked down at his sketchbook.

"I-I'll draw you when we're settled."

 

Meanwhile Dexter chuckled as he saw his friend Fiona approach.

"Hey, Fi." Dexter said with a wave. "Excited as always. Honestly I'm suprised you aren't related to Zeph." He said with a grin. Dexter suddenly noticed that his uncle looked bacically a thousand shades paler as the boat docked.

"You okay Uncle Ven? You look like you saw a ghost." Boy, Dexter did not know how literal that was.

Roxas meanwhile watched as the boat arrived and the ramp was put down for its passengers to get off. He stood off to the side in the sand right infront of the boat away from the crowd. He was almost suprised no one really noticed he was there. He was hoping Naminé was there.

"Come on..." He uttered to himself, standing right at the dock. "She had to come..."

Mayor Moogle, meanwhile happily and proudly spoke into the speakerphone. "The boat is here kupo! Everyone who is scedueled to escort the newcomers please report to the front of the boat kupo! You all better give a warm welcome to your new fellow citizens- kupo~!"

Once the ship docked, Zeph began to bounce up and down in excitement. Lux, Dex, they're here they're here!" Zeph squealed. "Dad do you think my cousin came?...dad?" Zeph asked, turning to see Ventus standing with a worried expression, his hands turning into fists as he walked closer to the ship. On the ramp a familiar dark figure walked onto the dock, holding his daughter's luggage with one hand as the other rested against his hip, a smirk on his features. For the first time...in a very long time, Vanitas was once again in the Island, and Ventus was standing right there to greet him. "Ventus." "Vanitas." "What's with that look, old friend? Aren't you glad to see me after so long?" "Barely. This program is for the kids only." "Duh. I know that. There's nothing wrong with me wanting to make sure my daughter arrived here safely, though. After all she's my only kid." The tension between the two could be cut with a knife. "By the way, where's your kid? I heard Aqua and Terra had kids of their own too. I'd love to see them." Vanitas teased. "Hopefully they won't have that kind of misfortune..." Ventus hissed.

 

Vita gasped as they arrived. She admitted, she didn't expect the place to be so pretty...or so crowded with people. She stood up, looking down at Jack. "We're here! Come on! Let's go see!" Vita squealed in excitement as she hurried over to the ramp. Once she walked onto the dock, however, she encountered her dad...well most likely terrorizing some old nemesis. Now she just hoped she didn't get kicked out because of him! She walked closer to the two bickering adults, Ventus stopping once his eyes landed on her. "Um...hi?" Vita asked. "Ah darling! There you are! I would like you to meet the bane of my existence, your Uncle Ventus." Vanitas introduced. "Uncle?" Vita gasped. Ventus seemed to flinch at being called uncle by Vanitas, but mostly by his daughter. Her voice was just...filled with innocence. She was absolutely oblivious of the pain the man known as her father had caused, it appeared...well what else he expected. "...nice to meet you." Ventus finally breathed, Vanitas gaining a triumphant smirk. This would be a long day.

 

Zeph pointed at her father and the newcomers. "Do you think that's my cousin? Gaw she has pretty hair! And she doesn't have any horns either!" Zeph gasped as she jumped even more.

As they approached, Kasai hoisted up his pack and got to his feet, heading to where they would get off.