#also i like how the tip of her keyblade glows before casting magic

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage - Thundaja

[emeralds-are-love]

The Balance 2

Sora and I were using all of our magical energy to move as quickly as possible. This spell was one we mastered a long time ago. It honestly would be a shame if we didn't use it to our advantage. Besides, we're not too fond of running twenty laps around a fifty-by-fifty foot gym.

About a few minutes later, we skidded to stop in front of the gymnasium door. Huffing heavily, we straighten our clothes then open the doors.

Our twins, Bree and Roxas, pursed their lips in disapproval when they saw us. I gave my sister a wink and Sora grinned sheepishly at his brother. They both rolled their eyes.

"You used magic," Bree stated, putting her hands on her hips. She was wearing a quarter sleeved white hoodie with a green tank top and black short shorts. Along with the outfit, she had on black boots and black fingerless gloves. It gave her a 'badass look' along with her short brown hair, cut at the nape of her neck.

"Did you want to run the twenty laps around the gym?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. Roxas scoffed and folded his arms across his chest.

"Of course we didn't," he said, sky blue eyes flashing in annoyance. "But you wouldn't have had to use magic if you kept an eye on the time!"

Roxas and Sora were identical twins. Facial structures and eyes were the same as well as height. The hair and skin tones were different; Sora had chestnut hair with sun-kissed skin and Roxas was a sunny blonde and a peach complexion. He was wearing a cream colored shirt with black checkers on the sleeves and pockets all rimmed with red, grey baggy jeans with belts around the knees, and black sneakers. Their personalities differ as well; Roxas was more responsible while Sora was more laid back.

Sora huffed and folded his arms across his chest, mimicking his twin's pose. "You can drop the lecture, Rox. We're here aren't we?"

"And on time, I'm pleased to see," came a deep voice from behind Bree and Roxas. Mine and Sora's heads snapped up as Roxas and Bree whirled around. Terra was standing there with strong arms folded across his chest and a small smile on his face. He was wearing a white tank with a black, leather vest. He was also wearing black pants and grey boots. Standing next to him was Sora and Roxas' older cousin, Ventus.

Ventus was nearly identical to Roxas, with sky blue eyes, golden blonde hair, and a peach skin tone. He was only a little taller than Sora and Roxas but still smaller than Terra, who was the same age as he was. He was wearing a mixed-matched white and black shirt with black pants and grey boots. His smile was gentle and kind and it grew at the sight of his younger cousins.

Sora smiled back at Ventus. "Ven, you're gonna be here too?" he asked excitedly.

I grinned hopefully at Ven. This would mean we finally get to use magic while we spar! Ven smiled widely.

"Yup!" he said brightly. His personality was a lot like Sora's though Ven was a lot more responsible. "We're going to practice offensive spells today!"

Sora and I cheered while Roxas and Bree grinned. We've all been waiting for this lesson. We've been stuck on defensive spells for three months! Terra whistled for our attention.

"Come on, you guys!" he called. "Line up!"

We hurriedly did what we were told, standing straight at attention. Terra stood in front of us with his arms folded across his chest and a stern expression on his face. Ventus stood on his right side, giving Terra a reprimanding look. Another good thing about Ven being here is that he's the only one who can reign Terra in when he gets too intense.

"The lesson's just starting, Terra," he scolded. "Act like a drill sergeant if they act up during the lesson."

Terra's posture relaxed greatly and he gave Ven a small, gentle smile. That didn't go unseen by any of us. We all knew that Terra was sweet on Ven. He just didn't act on his feelings for some unknown, stupid reason. We all knew that Ven would accept it if he confessed.

"Alright," he said before turning his attention back to us. "Alright you guys, I need you to pay attention. So eyes front, am I clear?"

"Yes, Master Terra!" We all chorused.

Terra gave a hum approval and turned to Ven. He nodded his okay to him and Ven smiled. Stepping forward, he summoned his own weapon- the Wayward Wind Keyblade. All Keyblades start out as just a typical giant key- the Kingdom Key. As the wielder ascends a certain level of power, the Keyblade take shape to the wielder's personality. Sora and Roxas still only had the Kingdom Key.

"In battle," he began, "if you use magic, your weapon becomes a conduit for your natural magical ability. You can use your magic through your weapon to defend, attack, or even heal."

We all listened intently to Ven's words. He had said this all before when we were learning how to defend, but it's still important.

"The amount of power you are able to put into your attack depends on how much power you allow to flow through you," Ven continued, bringing the Wayward Wind to his side. "But you have to be able to control that flow, especially when you're on the offensive. To much power and you'll not only do damage to your opponent, but to yourself and your allies as well. Too little and you might as well just tickle your enemy because at least they could feel that."

All of us had to suppress a snicker as Terra chuckled. Ven was trying to get us to lighten up. It was appreciated every single time he did it.

Ven grinned. He then tapped the Wayward Wind on the floor. On the other side of the gym, part of the floor opened up and a platform rose up from the hole. On the platform were five training dummies.

Taking a fighting stance, he said, "Watch closely you guys!" He pointed the Wayward Wind at the middle training dummy. Focusing, he eyed the dummy intensely, energy beginning to swirl around him. Seconds later, he gripped the Wayward Wind tightly and shouted, "Fira!"

Fire sprouted from the tip of Wayward Wind and shot towards the dummy, turning it to a crisp in seconds. There was a collective gasp at the amount of power that Ven put behind the blast. Suddenly, we were reminded that Ven was a Master for a reason, despite how easy-going he was.

He was powerful.

Ven lowered the Wayward Wind, turning back to our group. "When you're casting," he explained, "your weapon becomes an extra limb, holding the same power you do. Summon them."

Obediently, we all raised our dominant arms- so, right- and our weapons appeared in our hands.

The Kingdom Key appeared in Sora and Roxas' hands. Bree and I weren't Keyblade wielders so we had something different.

Bree's weapon was called the Sword of Purity. The hilt was made of pure silver and the blade was made of diamond. It was a weapon that my Grandma Verdona once had...before she disappeared. But, that story is for another time.

The Sword of Purity was created by a powerful sorceress deep in my family tree. It will only respond to the magic in our bloodline. Bree had gotten it when she was ten...the same time I got mine.

My weapon is the Light Sword. It was made of pure light. And only I could wield it. Like the Sword of Purity, the Light Sword can only passed down through my family.

Unlike the Sword of Purity, only a chosen few could wield it. My grandpa could, when he was younger. Now I can. The Light Sword only chooses those who have 'the most Light in their hearts'. So, I guess I'm special.

Ven smiled at us proudly. "Now, focus channeling your magical power into your weapon," he explained. "Focus it from your heart, down your arm, and to your fingertips. Then focus on pushing your power through your weapon. Once you do that for a full minute you power will start to course through it naturally."

We all followed his instructions, letting our power flow into our weapons from our very hearts. The rush was incredible! It was like our weapon had become a part of us. Power pulsed through the Light Sword like a heartbeat. My heartbeat.

Ven took a deep breath, closing his eyes. "It's honestly amazing how powerful you all are," he said with a soft smile. "I can feel it."

We all shared grins. All of us had been training hard to become stronger. Hearing praise from either Ventus or Terra made us feel like we can go further. Like we can be Masters ourselves one day.

Terra nodded in approval. "You've all grown more powerful," he noted, stepping forward. He summoned his own Keyblade- the Earthshaker- to his side. "Pretty soon this will all be second nature to you. Now get in a line. Youngest to oldest."

Roxas got in line first, then Sora, Bree, and I was last in line. We were facing the training dummies. Ven and Terra moved to the side as Ven spoke once once more.

"I hope you all have read up on your offensive spells!" he said cheerfully. "You can use any long range offensive spell to attack the dummies. But don't let the power build up too much."

We all nodded and Roxas took his stance. He aimed his Keyblade at the end dummy and a look of concentration crossed his features. His magical energy swirled around him and I saw Sora tense up. As Roxas' twin, he can feel his power more than anyone else can. It was the same for me and Bree.

Roxas gripped his Keyblade tightly and shouted, "Electrika!"

Lightning bolts shot from his Keyblade towards the dummy.

The dummy blew into fiery pieces. Ven and Sora started to clapped loudly, Terra smirked in pride, and Bree and I exchanged a grin. This was gonna be awesome!

Sora stepped up next. He planted his feet and aimed his Keyblade at one of the remaining dummies. His brows furrowed as he began to focus his power as well. Cold air began swirl around him and a powerful wave swept around all of us, making us more eager.

Sora and Roxas were both powerful Light users, but Sora was the strongest out of the two of them. That's how it was with me and Bree. None of us could explain it. It was just like that.

Ice crystal began to swirl around the Keyblade and Sora's eyes began to glow brightly. His natural power.

"Glacies testa!" he shouted. Ice shards shot towards the training dummy and pierced it in several places. I whistled in appreciation and Roxas fist bumped Sora as he moved to stand next to him.

Bree stepped up and I immediately felt her power course through the air. I squared my shoulders and focused on my sister as she got into her stance.

But instead of pointing her sword at the dummy, she got into a swinging stance. Her eyes flashed brightly as her power peaked.

(TBC)

[dia-b-harvester]

Unexpected Transformations- KH x Club Penguin crossover

Yes you read that right

This happened on a Discord server I’m in, and one of the members/my friend and I ended up actually typing this. Basically Kingdom Hearts characters as puffles. Do we regret this? No, not at all. Here’s a link to the story on AO3, though you can read here down below.

Since only 3 characters are in this short oneshot, here’s a list of puffles the other characters are

Golden Puffle: Ventus

Black cat Puffle: Vanitas

Yellow cat Puffle: Roxas

Rainbow Puffle: Sora

White bunny Puffle: Namine

Silver Puffle: Repliku

White Puffle: Riku

Pink Bunny Puffle: Kairi

Black bunny Puffle: Xion

Brown Deer Puffle: Terra

Blue Unicorn Puffle: Aqua

Red Raccoon Puffle: Axel

“It’s all fucking snow.” Vanitas gazed out of the gummi ship window at the world in front of them, a grimace on his face. The world was fairly small, it seemed to be one big snowy island surrounded by ocean, smaller icebergs floating around it. There even seemed to be a tall snow mountain. It looked absolutely freezing.

“Yeah, well lucky for you, it looks like we’re going to have to transform to blend into this world,” Roxas muttered, already annoyed with Vanitas’s constant complaining. “Let’s get going, these Heartless aren’t going to kill themselves.”

“As long as we transform into something warm….” Vanitas grumbled, his eye twitching slightly.

“One second,” Ven called out from the passenger seat, his gummi phone in his hands. “I need to text Aqua in case we can’t use our gummi phones for some reason.”

Once Ven was finished sending his text, the three keyblade wielders flew down towards the snowy world. As soon as they left the ship, the transformation magic kicked in, giving them the forms needed to best blend in to this new world.

The first thing Roxas noticed when they teleported down was that he had no limbs. He couldn’t feel his arms or legs. He opened his eyes to confirm that no, he definitely didn’t have any arms or legs. Everything around him looked gigantic all of a sudden. He shifted his gaze to try and see himself, and for some reason, he had a tail.

“....What the actual fuck are we.”

“Roxas, why don’t we have legs?” Ven asked.

“You really expect me to know?” Roxas retorted, looking over at Ven. He paused, noticing that Ven was actually glowing. There was a golden glow shimmering around him, yet he didn’t seem to be made completely out of gold. Ventus was literally a gold ball of fluff. Roxas turned to eye Vanitas, wondering what he looked like. Sure enough, he had also shrunken into a ball of fluff. Vanitas almost looked like a cat, if you ignored the lack of legs. He also had a white tipped striped tail, and for some reason, he was chasing it.

“What the fuck are you doing Vanitas?” Roxas couldn’t help but ask. He could hear Ven struggling to contain his laughter.

“Something’s attacking me!” Vanitas growled out, hopping around in a circle as he tried to bite his own tail. Ventus let out a choked snort, his small body shaking from the effort of trying not to laugh.

… “....That’s your tail” Roxas stated with a monotone voice, not completely sure how to react to this.

“......Oh.” The moment he said that, Vanitas regained his composure, his tail falling limp on the snow. He immediately turned to them, glaring at them while growling lowly.“If either of you guys speak a word about this to anyone, I’ll kill you.” Vanitas snarled, his tail puffing up slightly. Both Roxas and Ventus nodded, though Ven was still snickering slightly, before noticing something.

“Um… How exactly are we supposed to use our keyblades like this...?” Ven asked, looking at their lack of arms. Roxas quickly realized that the three of them were far to small to even hold their keyblades, not that they could anyways with their lack of arms.

“.....You have got to be fucking kidding me….” Vanitas groaned, his eye twitching. “I already hate this world.”

“Maybe we can use our magic?” Roxas suggested, ignoring Vanitas’s complaint.

It was that moment when several several Heartless appeared, rising up from the ground and preparing to attack the trio. On Instinct, Roxas hopped back and cast firaga, vaporizing one of the heartless instantly.

“Lucky for us, it looks like we can still use our magic!” Ven smirked, narrowing his eyes as he glowed a little brighter. A sudden burst of wind from Ven’s aeroga sent some of the Heartless flying, their bodies dissipating. A feral grin grew on Vanitas’s face, his eyes slightly tinting yellow as he sent a dark firaga flying towards another Heartless.

“Good thing magic works well on these guys!” Roxas grinned, before casting another spell alongside the duo.

They had the Heartless cleared out within minutes, some of the snow melted around them from the fire spells.. After the Heartless were gone, people, or more accurately…. penguins came by.

A little penguin, wearing a shirt with a picture that looked a lot like Ven’s current form, approached Vanitas with a smile on her face.

“Puffles!” She screamed happily, reaching out in an attempt to pet Vanitas. He instantly backed up, hissing at her and causing her to recoil with wide eyes.

A much older looking penguin came running after the little girl. “Molly!” he scolded with stern look on his face. “don’t touch that thing, it’s feral.”

“But grandpa, it’s a kitty!” ‘Molly’ whined, looking at him with a sad look in her eyes.

“No buts, it could’ve bitten you! Let’s get going.”

Just as quickly as they came, they pair of penguins left, the younger one much more hesitant. Vanitas turned towards Roxas, a deep frown on his face. “You mean we could have turned into those? Then why the fuck did we turn into stuffed animals?!”

“I don’t like this anymore than you do!” Roxas retorted, hissing at him slightly. Vanitas’s tail puffed up, a low growl coming from him. Roxas started to growl slightly in response, his own tail starting to puff up.

“Guys, let’s just get a move on!” Ventus interrupted the two of them before a fight broke out. “I don’t know why we were turned into these… ‘Puffles’, but we’re just going to have to manage. These Heartless aren’t going to kill themselves you know.” Vanitas let out a grumble at Ven’s words, though stayed silent otherwise. Roxas nodded, slightly confused about the growl he let out a few moment ago. Where did that come from? He slightly shook his head, breaking the thought as the trio started their trip, heading towards the town in the distance.