Chapter 1: Changes Begin

I dont own Kingdom hearts,

I would like to thank prismrain13 for giving me the 3 chapters you will always be awsome author

Hayner opened his eyes and bolted up to a sitting position. Woah. That has to be the wierdest dream I've ever had. Hayner thought. He looked around the space around released a sigh of relief to find himself in the cluttered space of his bedroom back in Twilight Town. Hayner himself was lying in his bed in simple black boxers, covered by the camo-pattern sheets.

Suddenly, loud, heavy rock music erupted from his bedside table and Hayner turned to find it was his black cell phone. Hayner groaned and picked up the phone, but his face changed to a small smile when he saw who was calling him. He flipped open the phone and held it to his ear.

"Hey Olette!" Hayner exclaimed.

"Hey yourself!" Came his long-time friend's reply. "You ready yet? Pence is waiting for us at the usual spot."

"Uhh... yeah." Hayner lied. "Yeah, I'm out of bed and practically out the door!"

"No you're not!" Giggled Olette.

"Oh yeah?!" Hayner demanded. "How would you know?!"

"Hayner, I'm standing right in front of your house; I can see you." she replied. Hayner paused and looked out the window. And sure enough, Olette was standing there with an orange cell phone up to her ear. She waved cheerfully, and Hayner nervously waved back, noticing he was still shirtless.

"Okay, fine you've made your point." grumbled Hayner. "I'm coming." He saw and heard Olettle laughing.

"Okay, just don't take all day; Pence sad he has something important to show us."

"I get the point, I'm coming!" And with that, Hayner hung up his phone and jumped out of bed. Quickly, he threw on his usual outfit, brushed his teeth, grabbed an apple from the kitchen and ran out the front door. Hayner noticed his mother was passed out on the couch, snoring loudly with a beer bottle in her hands and still dressed in her work clothes. The young man rolled his eyes and opened the front door, leaving quietly. Olette was waiting outside for him, sitting on the sidewalk. As soon as she heard him coming, she turned around and smiled at him.

"Wow. That has to be a record for you." Olette remarked, glancing down at her watch. "Now if only you'd get ready this fast for school!"

"Aww come on!" Hayner grumbled. "It's summer vacation; do we have to bring that up?" Olette gave him a look that clearly said,Really Hayner. And he held up his hands in defence.

"What took you so long to wake up this morning anyway?" Olette asked as she stood up.

"I had this really wired dream last night." Hayner replied, rubbing the back of his neck. "You, Pence and Seifer was there for some wired reason. Anyway, I was on the beach and Seifer was standing in the middle of the ocean holding his hand out towards me and this huge tidal wave came up and sucked us both up. Then I was standing on the clock tower with you and Pence, eating ice cream. Then, I fell off the tower and into this huge body of water and landed on this panel where I had to choose between a sword, a staff and a shield then these monsters came and -" before Hayner could continue, Olette placed her hand over his mouth.

"Woah! Slow down there!" She laughed, removing her hand. "Sounds like one crazy dream."

"I know, right? I still don't get why Seifer was there, though." Hayner grumbled. "If it were up to me I would have drowned."

"Hayner! That's horrible! Seifer may be a bully, but he doesn't deserve that." Olette exclaimed, glaring at him.

"Okay, okay! Can we just get going already? You said Pence has something he wants to show us?"

"Yeah." Olette nodded. "Let's go." The two friends leaving Hayner's house behind and striding into town.

Twilight Town

Hayner and Olette were happily chatting as they strode through their home of Twilight Town, entering the sandlot where the struggle tournaments were held. Hayner couldn't help but smile whenever he was around her or Pence, he loved hanging out with them. Ever since he and Pence ran into each other hiding from bullies on the playground and Olettle mysteriously appeared in the alleys when they were kids the three of them had become inseperable.

"Hey! Losers!" A voice interrupted Hayner's thoughts. He and looked up to find Seifer, head of the Twilight Town Disciplinary Committee leaned up against the wall with his gang; Rai, Fuu and Vivi.

"What do you want this time, Seifer?" Olette asked calmly. Hayner, however was another matter.

"Why don't you leave us alone for once and go crawl in a sewer hole?!" Hayner snapped.

"What did you say, blondie?" Seifer snarled, striding towards him and Olette. "Keep talking like that and you just might end up in the dumpster in the alley just like your tubby friend."

"You threw Pence in the dumpster?!" Questioned Olette in a surprised tone.

"Easy." Fuu smirked.

"Chubby didn't know what hit him, ya know!" Rai added. Vivi merely shifted uncomfortably, as though he wasn't thrilled about what they did to Pence. Hayner glared at Seifer, clenching his fists in anger. Out if the corner of his eye, Hayner spotted a pile of struggle bats lying on the ground. Thinking quickly, Hayner sprinted towards the pile, picked up the first bat he could get his hands on and pointed it threateningly at Seifer. Who merely laughed in response.

"Really, chicken-wuss?" Seifer laughed. "You wanna spar with me?! Don't break anything!"

"What's the matter, Seifer?" Hayner asked mockingly. "Scared you'll mess up your hair?"

Seifer huffed and raised his own struggle bat, taunting him. Hayner snarled in response and ran straight towards him, swinging the bat towards Seifer's chest, managing clear blows to his arm and upper chest. The older boy stepped out of the way of another attack and responded by swiping quickly in Hayner's direction, knocking him to the ground and the struggle bat flying out of his hands.

Olette gasped as she watched Hayner skid across the ground while Seifer's gang released cries of victory. Seifer himself smirked and laughed with sadisfaction, striding to where Hayner had pushed himself up to his knees, panting for breath. However, at that moment Hayner rolled out of the way of another blow, grabbed his discarded struggle bat and slammed it in Seifer's chest, causing the older boy to stumble backwards and fall to his own knees, groaning in defeat.

Quickly, Fuu and Rai stepped in front of Seifer, defending their fallen leader.

"Seifer's not feeling so hot, ya know!' Rai said.

"Unfair fight!" Fuu agreed.

"It looked like a fair fight to me." A voice saithe both groups turned their heads to find a trash-covered Pence running into the sandlot.

"Pence!" Olette and Hayner exclaimed happily, running over to him and hugging him. However, they both pulled away after inhaling the dumpster smell.

"Dude, you really need a shower!" Hayner exclaimed, covering his mouth and nose with his hands.

"This isn't over, chicken wuss!" Seifer snarled, making his way back up to his feet. "One day you'll see; I'll be the strongest, most powerful man in the entire universe!No one, not even you will stand in my way!"

"You're the chicken wuss, Seifer!" Olette retorted. "Why can't you just leave us alone and quit being a bully?" Seifer seemed surprised by Olette's sudden outburst until he crossed his arms and smiled devilishly at her.

"Tell you what, Olette. I'll quit picking on your two looser friends. If you go out with me." Smirked Seifer. All Olette could do at that moment was stare at the older boy in shock before shaking her head and clenching her fists.

"Are you nuts?!" Olette demanded. "Why would I go out with you? Ever since we've met you've done nothing but put us down, bully us and make us feel like dirt! You can't just treat us the way you do and now expect it to all go away!"

"Fine." Seifer huffed. "Guess I'll never understand why you put up with these losers." and without another word, he, Rai, Fuu and Vivi strode out of the sandlot, glaring daggers at the trio as they left.

"Woah. What's got Seifer so cranky?" Pence asked, pulling a banana peel off his shoulder. "It's been years since he's dumped any of us in the trash."

"And what's with the sudden interest in going out with me?" Olette added. "He's never shown an interest before. Last week he called me a try-hard and tripped me in the hallway."

"I'm just glad you didn't!" Hayner suddenly said, pounding his fists together. "If Seifer ever hurts you I'll -" Suddenly realizing what he was saying, Hayner stopped as he and Olette both blushed. "Oh... uh... well... you know..." Stammered Hayner.

"Thanks, Hayner." Olette smiled. "So, wanna go to the Usual spot? Pence, what did you want to show us?"

"Guys, if you don't mind, can we go to the station instead. I have an ice cream craving." Pence asked.

"Great, so now we have to suffer your garbage smell?" Hayner asked sarcastically.

"Gee. Thanks for the support Hayner!" Pence laughed and Hayner and Olette followed in their own laughter.

"Relax, Pence. We can tolerate the smell. Besides, you've kept us in the dark too long!"

~*KH*~

After buying three bars of sea-salt ice cream, the trio found themselves sitting on the roof of the Twilight Town station clock tower. They had managed to get most of the garbage off of Pence and the smell was barely noticeable now. The tower provided a beautiful to the setting sun as Pence pulled up his backpack. He reached in and pulled out a heavy, black tomb that obviously came from the Twilight Town library.

"You dragged us out here to read?!" Hayner whined. "Geez, what do two have against the concept of summer vacation?!"

"I think you guys might want to read this." Pence said as he turned to Olette. "Remember when we all met? It's been nine years ago today that we pulled you out of the alley and took you to the mayor where you got adopted by the Browns."

"How could I forget?" Olette asked with a giggle. "You guys practically saved my life that day."

"Anyway, that got me thinking. What was Olette's home town like?Are there any other worlds out there? And what are they like?" Pence explained. "So I did a little digging at the library and I found this book." Pence opened it and flipped through the pages, revealing scenery and descriptions of cultures and creatures from other worlds. Each more exciting and beautiful than the last. One completely underwater, one full of nonsense and a dessert kingdom.

"Wow." Olette breathed. "Pence, this is amazing."

"Yeah." Agreed Hayner. "It's pretty cool. Now we really need to find your world, Olette!"

"I want to, but how would you get to another world?" She asked.

"The ghost train!" Pence exclaimed. "Legend says that it comes to the sunset hill station just waiting to whisk new passengers to another world."

"That's perfect!" Hayner beamed, jumping up to his feet. "We'll go tomorrow!"

"But what about our parents?" Olette asked.

"My mom'll be too drunk to notice I'm gone. Your parents are going to that week-long teacher's convention, Pence's dad works really late and his mom's going to the other side of town for that weight-loss program. We're good!" Hayner responded. All his two friends could do was stare at him.

"Again, why aren't you like this at school?!" Olette demanded.

"School and homework are things Hayner Rhodes doesn't do!" Olette rolled her eyes in response.

"Okay, we'll meet up at the usual spot tomorrow to get supplies and money, then we'll head over to sunset hill to catch the ghost train." Pence said, looking out at the sunset. "We should head home; it's getting late."

"Yeah, you're right." Olette agreed, standing up. "I really appreciate this guys, thanks."

"No problem!" Pence replied, he and Hayner waving to her as she climbed down the clock tower. "Well, I should probably head home and take that shower."

"Yeah, dude you need it!" Hayner laughed, playfully punching Pence in the arm. The two boys inhaled the familiar scent of the air around their home and gazed out at the peaceful sunset, ready for the start of their adventure.

Meanwhile, on a world completely different from Twilight Town, with a tall, colourful, majestic castle. A duck wearing clothes ran screaming through the castle halls, yelling about their disappearing king.