Even If You're In the Deepest Darkness, I'll Be Your Light

Mark of Mastery & Short Reunion

Sora's Pov

We walked out of the house and were about to try and find the Keyhole, when Hikari started glowing.

Me: "Hikari?"

Hikari: "Sora!" She reached out for me, but then disappeared.

Donald: Wah! What just happened?"

Goofy: "Where'd Hikari go?"

Me: "Not you too..."

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My Pov

The light faded and I saw I was in another world. This one wasn't anything like the previous worlds I had been to. It was quite small and there was a tall tower near the edge of the world.

Me: "Where am I?" I decided to see if there was anyone here. I went up the small staircase that led to the door of the tower. Man, who would live in this place? There had to have been thousand of stairs I had to climb before I got to the last door. I knocked on it.

Voice: "You may enter." The voice was gruff and deep. It sounded vaguely familiar. I opened the door and walked into a room. There, sat a rather severe-looking old man with long, grey hair, bushy eyebrows, and a long, grey beard that parts down the middle. He wears a conical sorcerer's hat on his head. The hat is blue and decorated with several yellow stars and a yellow crescent moon and wore long, billowing blue robes with sky blue lining, with the insides of his robes being dark red. He was kind of intimidating. "Do not be afraid, Hikari."

Me: "You know my name?" He seemed surprised for a quick second, but then regained his stern composure.

Wizard: "As I thought. You have lost your memories." I nodded, but I felt as though I knew his name.

Me: "Wait. Aren't you... Master Yen Sid?" He nodded.

Yen Sid: "Although, I am a Master no more. Hikari, I have brought you here, because I sense that a great danger is about to befall you and you friends."

Me: "What do you mean? Is something wrong with Sora? With Riku? With Kairi?" He lowered his gaze from me.

Yen Sid: "Kairi's location is unknown and out of my reach at this point. Her whereabouts are shrouded in shadows. Riku, on the other hand, is being lead astray by the evil fairy, Maleficent." My eyes widened. "He is being deceived into believe you and Sora have replaced him and Kairi with Donald and Goofy."

Me: "That's crazy! We'd never do that."

Yen Sid: "I know, but the way he saw you 2 with them is causing him to think that."

Me: "I've gotta find him! Tell him the truth!" Yen Sid held up his hand.

Yen Sid: "I also summoned you here for another reason." I cocked my head to the side a little. What other reason? "I have brought you here to undergo the Mark of Mastery."

Me: "The what?"

Yen Sid: "The Mark of Mastery is an exam where Keyblade bearers are tested to see if they are worthy of becoming full-fledge Keyblade Masters." I gasped at this. I was just learning how to use this thing! "Fear not, I see both your parents in you. I am confident you will not disappoint." My parents? He knew my parents?! Before I could ask, he waved his hand and I ended up in another world. I looked around. What was this gloomy place? There was nothing here but darkness.

Me: "What am I suppose to-" I felt a presence behind me. I looked to see something lung toward me. I managed to jump out of the way. I saw it was a creature of pure darkness. Was this my test? Oh, well. It was hard to fight this thing since it kept disappearing into the darkness. I felt something in me stir. My light. I decided to do what I had before. I lifted my Keyblade and pointed it toward the creature. "Pearl!" A orb of white light shot from my Keyblade and hit the creature. It roared in pain and its true form became revealed.

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?'s Pov

I heard the creature's roars. Was someone else here? Could it be Terra or Ven? I hurried to where the creature had been last time. When I got there, I saw it wasn't Terra or Ven, but a young girl with a Keyblade. What was some like her doing here? She jumped and pointed her Keyblade at it.

Girl: "Prism Rain!" Salvos of rainbow-colored orbs hit the creature and fatally injured it. How could she use one of my Shotlocks? The creature swung one of its claws and actually hit her. She skid across the ground and groaned in pain.

Me: "I need to help her..." I was about to jump in when the girl stood up. She stood her ground and raised her Keyblade.

Girl: "Lightbloom!" She spun and released volleys of light and defeated the creature. How was she able to use that technique? Only Master Shiro and I knew it. The creature disappeared and the girl fell to her knees.

Me: "Hey, are you alright?!" I placed one hand on her back and wrapped my other hand around her stomach. I healed her wounds, but she kept her head down.

Girl: "Yes. Thank you for healing me."

Me: "What are you doing here?"

Girl: "Master Yen Sid sent me here to take the Mark of Mastery." Master Yen Sid? Why would he send a young girl here? Just then, light surrounded her. "I guess he's calling me back. Thank you very much... uhh..."

Me: "Aqua."

Girl: "Aqua? That name sounds so familiar and so does your voice... Well, Aqua-" She turned around and I saw her face. "My name is Hikari." I felt tears fall down my face. It was her... Hikari... she was safe. She had a shocked expression on her face as well. Her memories may have faded, but some part of her still knew me. Hikari began to disappear. No. I didn't want her to leave yet. I reached out for her.

Me: "Hikari!" She looked confused, but something in her caused her to reach out for my hand.

Hikari: "Aqua!" Our hands touched only for a minute before she vanished. I fell to my knees, crying. How could I have not recognized one of the people I loved more than anything before?

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My Pov

I was back in the Mysterious Tower. I felt tears running down my face. That woman, Aqua... I knew her. She knew who I was, but... Arrgh! I couldn't remember!

Yen Sid: "Hikari, what happened?" I got to my feet.

Me: "I defeated that weird Heartless and met a woman named Aqua." He seemed shocked by the name I said.

Yen Sid: "She is someone from your past. Someone you cared for."

Me: "What? Please, Master Yen Sid, tell about my past and parents!" He could see I wanted to know, but he frowned.

Yen Sid: "It is too soon for you to know all of that information now. But, I will tell you in the near future." I sighed heavily in depression. "Although, I would like to congratulate you."

Me: "On what?"

Yen Sid: "On showing me the Mark of Mastery. You are now a Keyblade Master." I had passed. I did feel different than before. "Now, I think we should be getting you back to Sora. Won't you say?" I giggled a little. He was probably turning all of Traverse Town upside down looking for me.

Me: "Yeah. Thank you very much Yen Sid." I bowed to him, just before he sent me back to Traverse Town.