( Quick note, sorry, but 4 of the characters in this story {that isn't a cannon kh character} are not mine. They belong to -__CinnamonRoll__-, she has allowed me to use them for this series, so if you like the characters, please support her, since she lovingly made these characters! Thank you so much sis for letting me use them! Now! Onto the story!)

13 years ago..

A blue-haired young woman was humming a tune as she played a game on her Gamegirl advance, as she heard 2 familiar feet running in the halls as she paused her game and looked up to see a little boy with blue hair and sapphire blue eyes, while his twin sister stood next to him, with brown hair and cobalt eyes as they both held pictures in there hands, wanting to show their mom as she smiled, " Hey you 2.." she said, making them both smile

"We made pictures for you mommy!" River grinned and showed his picture to her. He had a picture of a brunette male and blonde male sparring with a girl with black hair, the woman holding a baby, and the twins, though it looked as if a 2-year-old drew it.

" Aw, that's so cute sweetie. What did you draw, Stormy?" The woman asked, smiling as the 2-year-old girl looked a bit shy as her cheeks were pink as she said, " I drew our family..." She said, in a quiet voice, as the woman saw the same people that was Rivers picture, on the page that Stormy had, they were just holding hands and smiling, under what looked to be a night sky. It also, looked like it was drawn by a 2-year-old. " Both of your pictures are amazing." The woman told them with a bright smile, her voice quiet as she ruffled their hairs, as a 6-month baby was starting to wake up slowly. 

The woman chuckled as they heard cooing from the baby's bed as the woman smiled, " Do you 2 want to say good morning to your sister?" She asked as Stormy and River nodded as the woman smiled as she walked over to the crib and lifted the 6-month baby as the woman bent down as Stormy smiled a little, " Good morning Shio..." Stormy said as Shio babbled a little, yawning a little

"Hey, Shishi!" River grinned brightly and let Shio hold his finger, "She's so tiny!"

The woman chuckled a little as Shio babbled a bit as she reached another hand to Stormy as she smiled and let Shio hold her finger too, " And so cute.." she said as Shio giggled a little

The woman chuckled as she asked the twins, " River, Stormy, you did tell your dad you were coming to me, right? You didn't just run off...did you?" She asked them as they went oddly quiet

"...Noooo...?" River blushed brightly in embarrassment.

" W-We didn't do that..." Stormy said, looking away, unable to look her mom in the eye as the woman sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose as more running footsteps were in the hall, a panicking male trying to find 2 tater tots

The door opened to show a brunette male figure breathing hard as Shio laughed a little, seeing him as the woman sighed, " You ok ▓▓▓▓▓?

"...Y-yeah... River and Stormy got away again." He nervously laughed and River scratched his cheek knowing he might be in trouble. "I-I'm sorry..."

" M-Me too...sorry Papa..." Stormy said, embarrassed as she ran up to him and hugged him. "It's okay. I realized that you wanted to see your mother." The man chuckled and ruffled her hair. River pouted and he hugging his mother, jealous his sister had been closer to the dad than he was.

The woman chuckled a little as she carefully hugged him with Shio still in her arms as Stormy looked up at the man and wanted to be picked up, lifting her hands, wanting to hug him. The man chuckled softly and picked her up. River pouted again, "Mommy, can you pick me up too?"

" Kinda hard too, sweetie, since I have Shio in my arms..." His mother told him, with a small smile

"Pleeeeeease?" River made a puppy pouty face, complete with a tear. The man looked at River, curious about what he was doing. "River, I can hold-" "No thanks! Where's Uncle ▒▒▒▒▒ and Auntie ▓▓▓▓▓?" River grinned brightly with a twinkle in his eyes.

The woman looked like she was about to laugh, knowing what he was doing so she bit her lip as she said, "They are probably training honey.." She told him, thinking it was funny a little

River pouted and the man chuckled, picking them and nuzzling them. River and Stormy felt the slight prickly hair on his chin.  "Nooooo!!" River pouted, trying to get away as he reached for their mother.

The blue-haired woman was chuckling as Shio was just giggling as Stormy pouted, " Spiky cactus! Spiky cactus hair!! Nuu!!" She squirmed around trying to get away as well

" Mama help!!" Both of them cried out, trying to get away as their mother laughed a bit more, as she put Shio down back into her crib for now as she saved River as she playfully bopped their father’s nose, " Alright Mr. Cactus, you can stop." She told him, slightly chuckling

The man chuckled softly, "Right." River hugged his mom as he clung to her, "My whole life flashed before my eyes."

The man chuckled a little as Stormy pouted, hiding her face in her father’s shirt. 

" No more cactus hair papa.. please.." Stormy asked, her voice a bit muffled

The woman giggled a little as she pecked the man’s cheek as she said, " Yeah ▓▓▓▓▓, no more cactus hair, maybe you should go shave~" She teased him a little. 

Their dad chuckled, flexing his free arm, "Doesn't make me look manlier though?" River saw him flex and he smiled, flexing too, "I'm manly to daddy!"

The man chuckled a little as she said, " Sure,▓▓▓▓▓.." she giggled as Stormy giggled a little, thinking it was funny. 

"Mommy? Am I manly?" He asked her curiously.

" Yes dear, in your own way." She told him, ruffling his hair a little

River giggled and hugged her neck, "I love you, mommy!"

" I love you too dear...I love you too Stormy, and you as well ▓▓▓▓▓, and Shio." The woman smiled as she hugged River, gave a kiss on Stormy's forehead, and kissed the man, as she gave a quick kiss on Shio's cheek. "...can we get some cookies? Please?" Stormy then asked, feeling a bit hungry, and wanted a cookie

River's mouth watered, as his stomach growl really loud, spooking everyone, "Cookies! Cookies! Cookies!"

" W-Was that a monster?!" Stormy cried out, scared for a moment before their mother shook her head, " No, it was just his stomach sweetie." She told her as Stormy said, " Oh...can we get a cookie though?" She asked, giving puppy dog eyes to their dad

Their dad chuckled softly as he shrugged, "If it's fine with your mother." River looked at his mom, licking his lips.

"...ok, one cookie." She sighed, as both toddlers gave her puppy dog eyes as they both cheered, excited

"One's better than nothing!" He hopped down, "Come on! Let's go!" The man laughed as he followed after him.

The woman chuckled as she picked Shio up as Stormy carefully climbed down and ran after River, as the 2 toddlers raced each other to the kitchen. 

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‘ Mama! Daddy!! Don’t go! Please don’t leave!’

‘ S-Stay away!’

‘ I am so sorry River...this shouldn’t have happened to you…’

‘Crash! Bang’

‘ River?! River?! Stormy?! Shio?! Where are you?! Where are our kids?!’

‘ Riverous! Stormous! Please respond to us!! Heck, Shio please cry!!’

‘ Where are my children?!’

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A blue-haired teenager yelped as he landed on the ground as he had to blink a couple of times as he saw he was on the ground now as he looked around, confused, “ H-Huh? W-What just..?”

“ River?”

He turned his head to the two voices he heard, as he saw his friends. One belonged to a spiky-haired brunette, while the other was the spiky-haired brunette’s older brother, who had dyed black hair, with his brown roots showing due to not dying it recently. Both of them were already in their clothes for the day, while he was still in his 

“ Oh….good morning Sora...Zain..hehe…” He said, nervously rubbing his neck as he said, “ Guess I had some weird dream..” he yawned a little.

“ Some dream!” Sora said, as Zain walked over to the bluette, as Sora said, “ To be honest, you usually have messy hair, when you wake up, but now it’s just all over the place.” he said, yawning a little. 

Zain rolled his eyes as he helped River’s hair as he told him, “ Don’t listen to him Riv, he’s just jealous since his hair isn’t the spikiest thing on the islands anymore.” he teased his younger brother as Sora blushed brightly.

“ T-That’s not true! No one else here has spiker hair than me!” He said as Zain snorted a little, as he said, “ Debatable, you have seen Shio and Stormy’s hair when they don’t brush it, and when they wake up, right?” he asked as Sora pouted, his cheeks full of air.

River giggled a little as he asked, “ So! What’s going on today?” he asked as Zain told him, as he finished with River’s hair, satisfied that it was flat now as he said, “ Food for the raft. And maybe this time, you and Sora won’t fall asleep.” 

“ No way! I’m too excited to sleep! We’re so close to setting sail and to explore other worlds! We’ll have so much fun!” River said, giggling like a little kid, excited.

“ Yeah! It’s going to be so much fun!” Sora said excitedly, as River ran to his camera, making sure it was fully charged as he said, “ I’m just hoping that they have film wherever we go!” he said, noticing a smudge on the lens as he quickly started to clean it. 

“ Photo geek~” Sora mischievously smiled as River laughed a little saying, “ Well this photo geek loves his camera and doesn’t want to lose it Spiky!” he said. 

“ Ugh, I swear, you two are two peas in a pod.” Zain laughed as he playfully hit Sora’s bottom as Sora yelped, pouting as River started to snicker. 

“ Zain! What was that for?!” he rubbed his bottom, “ That hurt!” 

“ Psh! Wuss!” Zain laughed. "Ow!! Mom!" Sora yelled as Zain was wrestling with him.  Zain currently had him in an armbar. "Zain, stop! It kind of hurts!" "Tap out!" He chuckled with a grin. Sora growled, "Never!"

" Mom!!! Sora and Zain are wrestling again!" River called out, after he was done getting dressed, Shiro opened the door, a sweet smile on her face as she had a dark aura around her

" Hello, boys.."

Both Sora and Zain looked up at her. Sora was scared, but Zain just smiled and nodded, "Hey, mom! How's it going?" "You idiot! She's going to kill us!" Sora pouted and used his free hand to punch him in the lower regions. Zain grunted and let go as Sora held his arm, growling at him, "Idiot!! You almost broke my arm!" "I wasn't gonna..." Zain smirked as he was wincing a bit.

" Boys. What are the rules?" Shiro asked, the sweet smile still not leaving her face as River slowly backed away, scared

"Nishishi! No wrestling, riiiiiight?" Zain sat up from the ground, smiling and showing no fear, but pure joy. Sora was quite the opposite, "... B-but w-we, uh, we were... Um..." He was trying to think of something.

" You were what? There better be a good excuse for why you were fighting." She said

"Oh, that? That was just for fun!" Zain bluntly said and Sora pouted, covering his head. “ R-River was about to jump into the wrestling too!" He pouted, near tears.

Shiro turned her head to River as he was curled up in a corner, scared, " Z-Zain started it! I was just getting ready to go to the island!" He said, as Shiro turned her head immediately to Zain, the sweet and dark aura getting even bigger, actually making him nervous

She walked to Zain and grabbed him by the ear, dragging him out of the room, as he was yelping in pain. 

"H-hey! Watch the ear!" He whined, holding his ear. "My ears are sensitive!"

" Ok, you two. You can head on ahead to the islands. Me and Zain are going to...have a chat." She told them as Sora nodded, " Ok! C'mon! Let's go River buddy!!" He grabbed River's wrist and ran out of the house with him

"...' Kay." River nodded with a small smile, following Sora. Zain felt a little bit jealous as he saw River follow him closely. Zain pouted, "Aw, why can't I go with them?"

"...." She gave him a look, as he went quiet, actually scared. 

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River hummed a random song he heard once on a video game, that involved chocobos and riding them all day as Sora walked next to him, his hands behind his back as all of a sudden, River hit the ground when he felt something tackle him

He groaned as he opened his eyes and saw his younger sister, and she looked very excited and anxious, “ H-Huh? S-Shio what up-” “ Stormy’s at the islands today! She’s not busy, which means she can help us with the raft and stuff, and we can hang out with her!!” She said as River had stars in his eyes, “ Wait really?!” he asked

“ Yep! Now c’mon dye job! Let’s go!” Shio said, quickly standing up and running off as River quickly got up, running after her, “ H-Hey wait up!!” 

‘ Wowie this is a rare opportunity! She rarely ever gets time off, from all of her studies and stuff! That means we can hang out, she can look at the pictures I’ve taken and stuff! And maybe I can ask her some questions, like can she help me with my summer homework, and about that weird dream I had...maybe she can help me? I don’t know...what a weird dream though! It’s probably not important though!’

‘...is it?’

( Sooo...this is chapter 3! I hope you enjoy it! I wanted to make it more light hearted and a bit more funny since the first chapter was dark and a bit sad, and I wanted to give you guys a more happy and hopefully a bit funny chapter! Please don't forget to vote and tell me your opinions are! Until next time! Stay safe, and stay tuned!^^)