Me: Hello everyone! I have finally decided to start posting this story (yes, that means some chapters have already been written). Be warned! I have tried my hardest at editing by so far have nobody else to check it. If there is any mistakes, do tell because I want to make this story as good as possible!

Sora: Mearad doesn't own Kingdom Hearts or any of its characters.

Riku: You up for a spar, Sora?

Me: *glares with fury in her eyes at Riku*

Riku: Look, I said I was sorry! If you were Sora, you would have dodged that! How was I meant to know? I mean, you both have the same hair-

Me: Kakashi!

Kakashi: *ties Riku up and starts dragging him around as he giggles whilst reading his perverted orange book*

Kairi: You know, Kakashi comes from another of your fanfics, right...? Why did you drag him into the author's notes in this one...?

Me: O_O OH! Kakashi, you'd better go bother Sasuke or something! Shoo now, go on!

Kakashi: *gets annoyed and throws the tied up Riku towards Mearad, who barely manages to duck in time*

Riku: Urghh... I'm still alive... maybe...

Sora: Wasn't Riku meant to be the cool one?

Destiny Islands was surrounded by infinite amounts of sea water- meaning that the food of the world was seafood based. The fishermen sold their freshly caught goods to businesses or sold them directly to the public. Their goods were traded for certain items or for money.

The children of Destiny Islands were educated in the common subjects the mayor deemed appropriate(the mayor was the head of Destiny Islands and often developed decisions to help better the village-see page 5 for more details).

The children went to school every year starting from the age of seven, learning for nine months of the year and having the summer holidays off. The children would continue to do this for ten years when, at roughly 17 or 18 years old, they would be welcomed into the world of the adults and would chose their own paths on the island.

Their own paths consisted of what job career they wanted to pursue. These include but are not limited to: fishing, farming and planting, building, teaching, writing, knitting, cooking and packaging or running a business. All jobs offered take part on the island or in the waters surrounding it.

For there was no other jobs but the ones the island offered, as there was no other worlds but the island. People had tried to go search for other worlds before (though this was unusual, as not many people thought to look outside their own world which was a prosperous and happy place) though they found no evidence of other worlds.

They were the only place.

It was only them.

Or are they the only place in the world?

Sora moaned in annoyance and put down the book she had borrowed from her school library, fed up with the same answer. And then she remembered the school test that was coming up in two days.

I'm in for it now…

Sitting next to her (she was currently in her room lying on the floor over a squashy beanbag) was the book she was supposed to be reading. Complex math's formulas and their solutions were shown in the book (which was called Maths For Dummies). She had a test on the last day of school (which was two days away) and yet, she hadn't even started reading it.

Even though maths was her worst subject.

Even though said book will probably boost her average score results.

Oh well…I'll just study…Later…

Sighing, she put her hands behind her head and stared up at the roof of her bedroom (which was filled with boat models and even a toy octopus monster). Her brain was too busy thinking of what other worlds did exist out there (because she was sure that the people who had looked before hadn't been looking far enough).

I just know that there are other worlds…Kairi's proof, after all!

She, Riku and Kairi would find those worlds-no matter what!

"Hey Sora."

Heavy feet landing on her wooden floor near the window made her startle a little and she grinned as she saw Riku (who had jumped through her window…again).

"You know the matron hates when you do that." Sora pointed out and Riku snorted.

"It's not my fault your bedroom window is easy to get to because it's on the ground floor." Riku retorted, shoving her over and making room for himself to sit on the beanbag with her.

"Hey!" Sora complained, even as she was shoved half way off the bean bag (she was too used to it by now to really care). "I was doing my homework!"

Riku raised his eyebrows, even as he stood back up and picked up one of the books. "I'm pretty sure Kairi told me you were going to study for maths. This doesn't look like your maths book."

Sora floundered for a bit before quickly trying to recover her end of the argument. "Well, when you startled me, I dropped the book under the other books!"

Riku smirked, something which brought a sinking feeling into Sora's chest as if she realised she had somehow fallen into a hole and lost the argument. "When I got to your window, you were staring up at the roof. That is not studying, is it?"

Sora gave up, leaning back on the beanbag after throwing the book she was meant to be reading at Riku (who easily dodged it). "I admit, I may have gotten bored…"

"After the first page?" Riku smirked, butting in and Sora poked her tongue out at him.

"Maths is so stupid though!" Sora scowled, her face scrunching up. "And what's with all those stupid formulas? When am I going to use them in real life? I mean, 3x and 2y=24!? Why do I need to know that?!"

Riku shrugged, leaning down on the beanbag too and joining his female friend in staring at the roof of the room. "So what were you doing besides staring into space?"

Sora shrugged a bit. "I was reading one of the school library books. You know, 'The History and Exploration of Destiny Islands'."

Riku scoffed, turning to face Sora. "I already read that one. Don't bother. It's another one stating that there are 'no other worlds'. They obviously haven't looked at Kairi's situation."

Heh. That's exactly what I had been thinking.

They were both silent for a moment, remembering that fateful day when Kairi first showed up and brought an unheard-of event to Destiny Islands. A new person not from their village.

Then Sora realised something.

Sora quickly got up, scowling at Riku. "So I read all of that for nothing?!"

Riku got up too, smirking a bit. "Why, too hard for poor Sora's brains?"

Sora threw her maths homework at him, which he caught easily.

"Thanks Sora." Riku headed towards the window. "For giving me your homework to keep."

Sora's mouth dropped open and she quickly ran after Riku, who left through her window, laughing. "Come back here! RIKU!"

It's bad enough I wasn't reading the maths book! If I don't even show up with some form of equations tomorrow, I'll be in so much trouble! And that's only without Kairi finding me first!

Later (4pm):

Sora followed Riku into the secret place, a smile coming onto her face as she smelt the fresh earth of their favourite spot. Her clothes were rumpled and her body felt battered and bruised but that was just a normal occurrence after fighting and losing to Riku in a spar.

"Hey Sora, Riku." Kairi said, looking up (he lay on his stomach, bent over a book) from the middle of the secret place and giving a small wave.

"Hey Kairi…" Sora said nervously, distinctly reminded of a certain something (cough-homework) she was meant to be doing, especially when Kairi was nearby (he'd probably kill her when he realised she wasn't studying).

That even when Riku gave Sora her homework sheets back, she still hadn't done the work.

Riku had bolted to the peer where they had their small one-person boats, jumping in with Sora's homework held hostage. Sora, being the valiant hero she was, followed suit and proceeded to forget all about the damsel in distress (her homework) and start playing with Riku instead.

Well, we were on the play island by the time I caught up to Riku and got my homework back…It seemed a waste not to have a spar and all while we were here…I wonder if Kairi will still kill me…?

Though, astonishingly enough, Kairi didn't pick up on the fact Sora wasn't doing her homework. Instead, the red head went straight back to looking down at the book in front of him and taking notes down in a second blank book occasionally.

"Don't worry Sora." Riku said, grinning and slinging an arm around Sora's shoulders. "Kairi's doing something else instead. He won't bite your head off for not doing your homework…again."

"Really?" Sora asked surprised, missing the small twitch the red head made.

Usually Kairi studies like mad before a test. I've heard him tell me enough times to study that this is definitely not normal behaviour.

"I found a book in father's study." Kairi explained, still not looking up as he continued to write. "It details how to make a perfect raft that can last for weeks on end in the water."

Our ticket out.

Sora's eyes widened as the sheer rarity of the book for teenagers like themselves. Any books that had to do with a job on the island was usually restricted from teenagers before they graduated high school because of the required adult supervision.

As Riku, Sora and Kairi had expressed interest in seeing the outside world from a young age, it was impossible to find any adult to teach them how to create a raft or even give them a sneak peak at a book detailing boat driving. All the villagers knew the trio would leave as soon as they knew how to. Sora was sure Kairi's adoptive father being the mayor probably had something to do with people knowing not to teach the three of them.

But it meant they couldn't leave until they graduated.

Or at least, that changed now that they knew how to leave.

We can finally leave!

"So…You're copying out the information because…?" Sora asked, wondering why Kairi was wasting time writing down the information when they could be actually creating the raft!

"Don't get too excited." Riku pulled Sora into a headlock. "If you burst and tell anyone this information, what do you think will happen?"

Sora's eyes widened.

They'll take the book!

And then she glared, even as she was still in a headlock from Riku. "But I wouldn't tell anyone!"

Kairi got up, putting down the pen and hitting Riku on the arm so he released Sora. "He's joking. It's encase father notices the book's gone. I have to write down everything and then put it back as quick as possible."

"Yeah. When we pull this off, we can leave three years earlier than we intended." Riku smiled, eagerness in his eyes.

As Riku was 15 years old, he had another three years to go before he could apply for a career in carpentry or boating and learn how to leave the island with a suitable boat or means of travel.

"Great! When are we going to leave?!" Sora asked, bouncing up and down excitedly.

"Probably over the summer holidays." Riku admitted. "It's the best time, because we'll have plenty of time to create the raft and get a whole day's worth of travel before the adults even notice we're not home for dinner."

Riku saying 'adults' instead of 'parents' was not a mistake but a carefully worded sentence. Sora had lost her parents to a boating accident a year ago and since then, Riku was careful that he said 'the adults' instead of 'our parents'.

He was just thoughtful like that.

Of course Sora was sure Kairi was the one who first suggested they say 'adults' instead of 'parents'. But it didn't matter.

Both of her best friends had been there for her, after all.

Sora sighed as she sat down on the ground, staring at one of the drawings she and Kairi had done when they were smaller. It was of each other's faces-it had been a game.

"Your drawing of Kairi sucks." Riku sniggered as he saw drawing-Kairi's face. "Now you know why I didn't participate in these drawings."

Sora glared at him, shoving him slightly before narrowing her eyes at the drawing. "It…kinda' looks like Kairi…"

"If you squint hard enough." Riku smirked. "…maybe."

Sora huffed again before turning back to Riku. "I bet you're just jealous. After all, I heard Wakka tell me that you were absolutely horrible at drawing!"

Riku blinked. "I'm better than you."

Sora scowled as Riku patted her on the head but just as she was about to retort, Kairi spoke.

"By the way Sora…" Kairi said as he put the books away (he had announced he'd write the last chapter tomorrow morning before slipping the book back in his father's shelf). "What was that Riku said about you not doing your homework?"

Sora laughed awkwardly, scratching the back of her head nervously even as Riku burst out laughing while Kairi continued to shoot a burning glare at Sora.

Turning to Riku, Sora's face was one of hope and pleading. "…You distract him while I run?"

Me: So what do you think? It will be a few chapters before we actually get to the beginning of the 'game' scenes on Destiny Islands, as I want to show what Riku, Kairi and Sora are like (in my opinion, the game doesn't show them enough).

Sora: Can you review for us or something?! PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE