Radiant Garden

[Cloud Strife]

And whatta you know? Enter Cloud Strife - big ass sword wielder with an attitude rivalling that of the stoniest of individuals. Emotionally inept and praying to find that 'lost part of him' aka Sephiroth. Right now, however, he was currently just strolling in search of Leon - having spotted a set of twins that were looking for him. He decided to see what the big deal was with all of these new people...and no sooner had he spotted Leon that Kayle came into view. Hm. "Leonhart. What is going on around here? I could practically feel that there were more keyblade wielders around. I've not found any yet...and I hope that you can shed some light on the situation." Cloud was a nice asset to the 'Light' side, seeing as how Squall and he went way back.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Jacen glanced sideways as they waited for Leon's reply and nearly died of shock.
"Woah..." He nudged Ana who turned sideways to look at Cloud too.
She simply grinned and tilted her head slightly, giving him a small wave. "Haia!" She said merrily.The twins knew who this was, he wasn't around often, but Leon spoke of him in the tales he told them. They weren't just stories, they were their mentors recollections of old experiences and they were standing face to face with Cloud Strife.

[Cloud Strife]

Unbeknownst to the twins, Cloud had actually followed them for awhile - sensing the energy they gave off. Of course, he'd keep that detail to himself for now. Turning towards them, he quirked an eyebrow in question. "Who are you?" No pleasure to meet you, no hi how are you today. Nothing. Just...who are you? xD Typical Cloud. Not the most warm and fuzzy person in the world, that's for sure.

[Tifa Lockhart]

"I'm Ana!" Anahera replied, elbowing her brother who still seemed to be staring.
They knew Leon was just as strong as Cloud... but they hung around Leon all the time. He'd practically raised them, so the 'wow' factor had worn off.
"I'm Jacen." Jacen added after a brief pause.

[Elario Luminus]

Leon waved once at the twins, and nodded to Cloud.
'I'll be with you in a moment, Cloud.'
Turning to the twins, he looked carefully at them. He nodded in satisfaction.
They have the same look in their eyes the first time Sora got given the Keyblade.
'The kid is Sora, legendary wielder of the Keyblade and saviour of the worlds....twice now. His companions were, and still are to my knowledge, Donald Duck, Royal Court Magician for the King, and Goofy, Captain of the Guard for the King.
He raised an eyebrow when the twins spoke of their dreams.
'Hold your hand out. Both of you. And concentrate hard.'

Kayle shrugged off the feeling and started to head towards the direction Leon had walked off into. In the distance he could see him, along with two identical kids and a somewhat short blonde carrying a huge sword.
'Crap....big blade, mate. Hope you go okay with it.'

[Tifa Lockhart]

The twins looked at each other briefly and then up at Leon, then, grasping the amulets around their throat and closing their eyes they held their hands out in front of them, drawing in a deep breath.
They didn't know what they were supposed to be waiting for, but it didn't take long.
Strange blades shimmered into existence in both of Anahera's hands and Jacen found his hands forced together ready to hold the huge blade that appeared there.
"Woah!" They cried in unison.

[Elario Luminus]

Kayle had just arrived at where Leon was when he saw the twins bring forward their own Keyblades. Clicking his gloved fingers in both hands, his own Keyblades materialized in bursts of flame.
'So...' he said, walking forward toward the twins a bit more. 'Come to join the club, eh?'

Leon smiled slightly when he watched the twins summon their Keys. He jerked his thunmb back towards Merlins.
'Come on. I'll explain, fully, what you'll be up against.'
He saw Kayle and sighed.
'You too, Kayle. You need to hear this is much as they do.'

[Tifa Lockhart]

While the twins awed over each others keyblades they were only semi-consciously listening to what Leon was saying.
"Alright." Jacen said, heading off a distance and then stopping to wait for his sister, knowing that Leon had firmly stressed on them the importance of keeping each other close.
"Meet you there!" Ana smiled before running off to join her brother.
The two linked hands and departed for the wizards house.

[Sparkles]

When Aliarn 'awoke', she was lying on the ground. It was very dark, and damp. She backed up quickly. Her only known fear, good god, just happened to be the dark. Or, really, what was in the dark. Something lay across her legs as she backed up against a wall, but she didn't think about it. She was too concerned that there may be something in the dark with her.
Quickly glancing around, she saw a sliver of light coming through from the other side of the space she was in; but she wasn't going to move, she felt frozen in place. Give her some idiot bullshitter any day. Smack him one in the jaw and he'd shut up.. or be unconscious. Give her dark... well, she couldn't hurt the dark. She felt weak against the dark. It was consuming.

Something drew her hand to the weight resting on her legs. When she touched it, she felt momentarily stronger. Strong enough to run out of where ever she was and try for the door. Bu it wasn't opening.
"Dammit dammit dammit! Open you stupid bloody thing!" she kicked it. The door shuddered, but stayed put.

[Kaze]

Zero was in Chemistry class when he fell asleep. All day he'd been thinking he was seeing things in his hands. They looked like key-swords and there was two of them. One second they were there and the next they were gone. He even heard strange voices in his head. Next, Zero was asleep and now falling gently down toward a dark platform. When he landed, a couple dozen doves flew from it revealing, a stained glass picture with a boy on it. He was holding a key like sword to except different. Then he realized there were three items, just floating there in the middle of the platform. A staff, a sword, and a shield. Choose wisely... This will decide your destiny.... Zero listened carefully to the voice. He was somewhat drawn to the sword as if it was calling to him. He grabbed it and there was a burst of light. Keyblades... Zero was now holding the Keyblades in his hands. Good choice... Dawn and Dusk... "Dawn and Dusk, I like those names." He said calmly. Zero swung Dawn and Dusk around practicing with them and then a door appeared. You are a Keyblade Bearer... Zero some what understood that this was important. He walked toward the door and opened it, there was a flash of blinding light.
Zero awoke and found he was lying down on the ground in somewhat of a plaza. He slowly got up and looked around. There was a few shops here and there and there was some strange creatures around too. Zero walked around and went through an archway and was heading down an alley when a bunch of these black creatures appeared around him. They had a weird ghoul-like way of how they walked and they had shining white eyes. Zero's Keyblades appeared in his hands and he understood he had to fight if he wanted to survive. He moved one arm to defend the top of his body and had the other at hip level. He jumped into battle and was amazed by the power of the Keyblades. He kept on battling till they were all gone. When he had finished, the Keyblades disappeared and he continued walking down the alleyway until he found a door to a house. He knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer.

[Elario Luminus]

Leon walked back to Merlin's place with a sense of both pride and forboding. Here he was, escorting three Keybearers for information and training, which was excellent, but it also brought chaos upon the worlds. More Keys meant more Heartless, and, possibly, more Nobodies. Both meant more danger. Sigh. Arriving back at Merlins, Leon turned around on his three followers.
'The objects you have been bestowed with are called Keyblades. There is a legend that speaks of the Keyblade. Two, in fact. One states that its wielder saved the worlds from darkness. The other claims that he plunged it even further into it.'
Leon stepped over next to the computer in the house. Pressing a few buttons quickly, the screen displayed a small black creature with glowing yellow eyes.
'This is a Heartless. They exist by taking someones heart and expanding the darkness in it. They were thought to be controlled just by Maleficent, who I've told you about, but it seems now they follow whoever's the strongest.'
Leon pressed another button and an image of a white creature appeared.
'This is a Nobody. They only appear when someone with a strong heart is turned into a Heartless. They are husks, empty shells of living beings. They don't really exist, can they "exist" enough to be able to hurt, even kill, you.'

Kayle listened to all of this, taking it in quickly. He no longer had a joking manner; he was paying serious attention to all of it. He put up his hand.
'So....uuh....are we able to use magic of some sort, seeing as this is all....magical in some form?'

Leon nodded and turned to Kayle.
'By the look of you, you seem more likely to only be able to Fire magic, which is seen, by some, as the most powerful of the three Elements.'

[Tifa Lockhart]

The twins let it all sink in silently, looking at each other occasionally, still holding hands tighty.
"So, you're saying..." Jacen began.
"That these swords are evil too?" Anahera looked at her own hands in a sort of disgust, the thought of wielding a destructive force was unnerving.
"But why us?" Jacen frowned "We're nobody important? What do we have to offer?" He always quizzed everything, where Ana was content to just take things as they came, for bad or good.

[Elario Luminus]

Leon shrugged.
'Why you have the Keyblades I can't say. I have no clue as to how the worlds discren who does and doesn't get the Keyblade. Why there are three of you just here is......worrying, to say the least.'
He went to the door and randomly opened it, finding another kid there.
'In.'

Kayle looked at his Keyblades.
Fire Magic, eh? Strongest of all three Elements, huh? I like that. I like that alot!

[Kaze]

The door was answered by a tall man with a scar on his face, He had a type of gun-sword as a weapon too. Zero looked up at him and then past him and saw three more kids and one had a Keyblade in his hand. "Hello my name is Zero Carthelius. I'm another Keyblade Bearer and it looks like there's more in your house." Zero replied. He walked in not even caring about everyone else in there. He needed answers to what was going on and he figured this was the place to find them.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Jacen had been about to greet the new comer, and ask Leon another question when he felt Ana's hand tighten on his and she gave a gasp, hands flying up to grip her head.
She was having another turn. She had them briefly on the odd occasion... though Jacen had never mentioned it to Leon before, not wishing to worry their mentor.
She sagged forward, but Jacen's hand was waiting there to push her back upright.
it's alright Ana... He spoke to her, through the link they'd had for some time. Almost immediately she seemed to recover, no sign of her previous condition.