Wayward

VII

"Go.. to Twilight Town?"

Roxas of course had thought about it, going back to Twilight Town. Then his mind got the better of him, he was apart of DiZ's program. None of it was real, his memories with Pence, Hayner and Olette. They were fabricated by a machine until Sora was ready to be awakened.

Now he was looking at you, the way that your [colour] eyes dazzled as the stained glass windows bounced across the room. Your hands were so warm, he couldn't believe that you were excited. That you were excited for him. He had a lot of questions, questions that you could answer for him.

There was more to you then he could ever understand. You had such a grasp on things but at the same time being unsure.

You didn't want to appear at lost for words, especially in front of him. He realized that rather quickly.

Eraqus watched with mild amusement, Roxas looked the part of Ven but just watching you... you had his spirit. That happy spirit that no matter what, something good would always come out of it. He cleared his throat, gaining your attention and Roxas'. "As keyblade wielders, you have the ability to create transportations for yourselves."

You thought back to Aqua, Ventus and Terra. Gliders, of sort. Or at least that's the closets that you could think of a term.

The Keyblade Master lead the way outside into the new afternoon glow. The world was slowly becoming right again, time was continuing as it should. Even if it was a little wonky for the time being.

Eraqus summoned his keyblade, it was amazing to see it in person. It was simple, but just like it's master you could feel the power that radiated from it. There was knowledge deep in those wooden grooves. The metal nicked in place, but it seemed to add to it's 'charm'.

In a blink of an eye, you found Eraqus in his armor. Faded silver with slight trimming of gold, it was bulky. Something that you weren't expecting from it. The Gilder on the other hand, it reminded you of a large surfboard. With oak detailing and the metal as it's main body, Eraqus was able to balance himself on top of it with ease.

"This is mine, only by searching your hearts can you find yours." His voice was deep, echoing from within the helm. It made him sound younger, actually.

You turned to look at Roxas, who would only look down at the ground. "Hey," Hesitantly, he looked up. You gave him an reassuring smile. "Everything is going to be okay."

Roxas grinned while nodding his head.

In a flash, he could feel something warm surround himself. Light filled his vision to the point that he had to close his eyes as the world began to feel restricted. Like a well fit glove, that's the only thing that Roxas could describe it as.

When he opens his eyes, Roxas sees through a slightly tinted visor to where you stood. The armor around you was in his opinion, amazing. Off pearl white with beautiful bright gold decorations. The cape was a rich [colour], it hung directly between your shoulder blades in the middle of your back.

He heard you laugh behind your helmet, that's when he noticed the slight angel like wings on each side of your head. Your visor was a darker honey gold. "It looks like your armor is a mixture between Oathkeeper and Oblivion."

Glancing down at his body, Roxas found that his armor was a swirl of blacks and whites with some of the brightest silver trimming that he had ever seen. Despite the fact that you and Eraqus couldn't see, he was grinning behind the dark silver visor.

Eraqus removed himself from his armor, instead standing there observing both you and Roxas. Maybe there was more Aqua in you then Ven. "Come now you two, time for your journey to begin."

Summoning Starlight into your hand, you gazed up at the keyblade from behind your visor. You thought about traveling between the worlds, the different colours that you could remember when playing the games. It reminded you of the Northern Lights.

The next feeling you had was being weightless, your feet no longer touching the ground. Looking down, you laughed from inside of your helmet. Your hands curled around blue-silver rod, just to glance over to see what exactly your 'Glider' became.

A broomstick.

"Whoa! Hey!"

Glancing over, you found Roxas to be nearly flailing about. Almost like Ven's Glider, Roxas had a hover board skateboard mixture of a glider. It took heavy accents from both Oblivion and Oathkeeper as well.

You waited until Roxas looked like he wasn't about to fall off of his Glider, looking over toward Eraqus  who came to stand near both of you.

"I look forward to see you both again." His eyes closed for a brief moment, opening again and for the first time you saw a fatherly warm look. "I would like to extend an offering. For however brief of a time, to apprentice both of you."

Your mouth went dry, you couldn't believe what you were hearing. For Eraqus to teach Roxas.. and you? Gripping the broomstick's neck, you were astounded at the idea. Only in your truly wildest imaginations, which were pretty wild, did you ever think of this.

Now, it was literally being offered up.

"Thank you, Master Eraqus." You looked to Roxas, who tilted slightly forward to come next to you. "Hopefully we won't need it but.." He looked toward you, even without needing to see his eyes, in your heart you knew exactly why he spoke those words.

Even Eraqus, understood. "May the wind be at your backs."

With one destination in mind, you could feel yourself gliding further into the air  until the sun became too much. All the sounds in the world became muted.

You didn't even realize that you had kept your eyes shut until they opened and you saw a tiny world below you. The Land of Departure was below you as you sat there up on your broom. Roxas was only a few feet away from you.

Lifting one hand to rest against your chest, before when you stepped into the darkness, that's when you thought your journey began. No, it was only the prologue to it all. Instead, it was here in that moment that you came to realize it instead.

Leaving the home, hub world of The Land of Departure. This is when your journey began.

This is when you knew there could be no turning back.

This is when you realized that you would never rest until you had all your answers.

This is when you knew that you would bring Ventus, Aqua, and Terra back to Eraqus.

This... this is when you knew, that maybe you never will ever want to go home.