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Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep Script
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Do NOT claim as your own! However, enjoy!
Minor note: Keep in mind that "Chi" is a letter from the Greek alphabet
symbolized as a stylized X, and therefore must be read "Kee".
For further information on the inner workings of the mythos,
read Xehanort's Reports 1-12
(Three teenagers sit at the edge of a cliff and see a shooting star in the
night sky. On a barren landscape, three blades shaped as keys stand in the
ground. A metal boot walks toward them, cloak billowing behind. On the cliff,
the teenagers share in conversation. Three armored warriors pull the
Keyblades out of the dry soil. The scenes mix until they close into a shot of
the older boy with dark hair and the tallest warrior. The warrior rushes
forward, Keyblade in hand, to attack. An elderly man standing beside a
helmeted soldier raises his left arm and a pillar of earth shoots up from
below the warrior, striking him in the side of his face as it lifts him into
the air. He tumbles over and falls to the ground. He pushes himself up just
in time to see another pillar of earth bursting up in front of him. In a
darkened room, a girl with blue hair stands before a stained glass window.
She faces the dark-haired boy, who kneels and is breathing heavily. He hoists
himself up onto his Keyblade. The room turns white and the two fly toward
each other in combat. The blades meet, sparks flying, as neither is
relenting in force. Gritting their teeth, they recoil. A blond-haired boy
whirls around to see a set of large double doors open and reveal the elderly
man and helmeted soldier, who walk in slowly. The elder fades, leaving the
soldier, who stops and extends his hand, beckoning. The boy's eyes widen as
he stares into the dark and enigmatic helmet of the soldier. The room
becomes black, where the boy stands, holding an orb of light. He drops it
slowly from his palm, and it decends into the darkness. A star-shaped charm,
colored blue, drops onto a girl's hand. The hand then becomes three hands,
each holding a different colored charm. The charms begin to glow in the three
teenagers' hands and they watch them shoot into the sky. Above a desolate
crossed road, the charms become large and flat platforms, ornately decorated
with a picture of a sleeping woman. The three platforms fly past a curved
blue and white Keyblade and attach themselves onto the hilt of the blade
becoming a moon-shaped keychain. The elderly man shoots a flurry of ice at
the armored warrior. He watches as the ice creeps up his left arm. The elder
grasps a shorter warrior by the helmet and lifts him into the air, the
warrior flailing helplessly. The tight grip creates cracks in the helmet as
the first warrior watches. The blue-haired girl stands up suddenly and the
dark-haired boy walks past her. She puts a hand to her heart. A blue eye
stares in fear as the shorter warrior is encased in a burst of ice. The
dark-haired boy runs through a white hall quickly being consumed by
darkness. On the other side of the floor, the blond boy runs through a
black hall being consumed by light. Moving pictures of a mouse riding a
spellbook, a young boy in green, and a blue alien zoom past him as he
focuses on his escape. The light catches up to the boy, and the girl
lowers her head, frowning. On a battlefield, the girl holds a frozen boy
in her arms, who looks back up at her, barely able to move. The elderly man
carries a dark orb aflame in his hand, smiling greatly. He lifts the orb
into the air and it shoots from his hand into the cloudy sky. The clouds
part and the girl looks up to see a great blue heart-shaped moon shining
down. The armored warrior removes his helmet to reveal the face of the
dark-haired boy. He looks up, anger on his face. He blinks, and his eyes
turn yellow. He falls down through the darkness, Keyblades drifting
around him. He changes into the girl, who spins through the water on her
descent. She opens her eyes and sees a blue platform. The Keyblades
fall before her, and the platform shatters. The blond boy falls through
the shards of the platform and light envelops his body until he becomes
a shooting star. Two young boys sit on the beach and watch the star fall.
Later, at sunset, the island is bathed in a warm glow. A tall
silver-haired boy stands at the water's edge, staring at the sun's golden
reflection on the water)
????????: This world is just too small.
(The sun sets and the scene switches to a cloaked figure carrying
something in a white sheet under his left arm. The waves sound against
the shore as a breeze sways his cloak. He stands on a sandbar connected
by bridge to the main island)
????????: There, you see? An empty world, like a prison.
(He sets the sheet-covered form down onto a paopu tree that's bent
sideways like a bench)
????????: I imagine you'll be right at home.
(Under the sheet, a blond-haired boy closes his dull blue eyes)
????: Hey, where am I?
??????: Who's there?
(A light shines in the darkness and pushes it away. Cloaked in the white
sheet, the boy falls down through the water with a splash. The sheet glows
brightly and leaves his body. He turns feet down and lands on a white
platform. He stands up and surveys the platform with his blank eyes)
????: I'm a brand new heart.
??????: But this is-- Why are you in my heart?
????: The light brought me. I saw it shining in the distance...and
followed it here.
(The boy holds a hand to his chest)
??????: Yeah. That was my light.
(The platform is shown with a large piece missing)
??????: But my heart is fractured. And now...the little I have left is
slipping away.
????: Then you should join your heart with mine.
(Expression is absent from his heavy-lidded face)
??????: Huh?
(The platform fills in with light and becomes whole)
????: Now our hearts have touched. Nothing else will slip away. And
one day...you'll be strong enough to win back the part that already did.
??????: Right. Thanks.
????: It's time to wake up now. All we need to do is...
(Their two voices join as one)
??????: Open the door.
(The white peels away like feathers and reveals a blue platform of
the boy. He looks upward and watches the pieces float away. Back on
the island, the cloaked man walks away from the boy in the sheet. The
boy lifts an arm up out of the sheet, and the man stops and turns
around, giving a sound of contentment. A Keyblade flashes into the
hand of the boy, glowing)
????????: A Keyblade?
(The Keyblade shoots a pillar of light into the sky. The man smiles
and the boy slowly opens his eyes, the small points of light
reflecting in them. Upon another world, a room sits in silence.
Symbols and pictures line the walls of the room not covered in
bookshelves, and upon a bed seated beneath a large window, lies a
young golden-haired boy, gazing at the ceiling. He sits up, sighing,
and looks out the window. He gasps upon seeing several shooting stars
in the sky. He places his hands upon the glass in excitement)
Ventus: A meteor shower!
(He jumps off the bed and runs out of the room. It is evening at the
Land of Departure. The stars twinkle in the night sky as Ventus runs
out of the castle across the Forecourt)
Ventus: I can't see much from here.
(He runs to the Mountain Path and sees training equipment and smirks)
Ventus: I've got time to spare!
(He trains on the wheel-and-chain pole a bit before running over to
the mobile)
Ventus: What? You want a piece of me too!
(He strikes the mobile with his Keyblade for a few minutes)
Ventus: Wait, what am I messing around here for? I'm gonna miss the
meteor shower!
(He runs to the Summit and looks up at the stars)
Ventus: Wow!
(He lays down on the ground with his arms behind his head and watches
the shooting stars)
Ventus: Why does this seem so familiar?
(He closes his eyes and drifts off to sleep. Once he wakes up, Ventus
sits up and looks to the town. He yawns and moves to lay down again,
but is greeted by the face of a blue-haired girl)
Ventus: Whoa!
(He sits up suddenly and gets to his knees. She giggles)
Ventus: Gimme a break, Aqua.
Aqua: Ven, you hopeless sleepyhead. You know, you should've at least
brought a blanket.
Ventus: But--Did I dream that place up? It really felt like I'd been
there before...looking up at the stars...
(She pets his head)
Aqua: 'Cept you've always lived here with us.
Ventus: Yeah... I know.
(They walk to the edge of the hill and sit)
Ventus: Aqua...
Aqua: Hm?
(The lamppost above them shines brightly)
Ventus: Y'ever wonder what stars are? Where light comes from?
Aqua: Hmm... Well they say--
?????: That every star up there is another world.
(They turn around and see...)
Aqua: Terra.
Terra: Yep, hard to believe there are so many worlds out there
besides our own.
(He walks over to them)
Terra: The light is their hearts, and it's shining down on us
like a million lanterns.
Ventus: What? I don't get it.
Terra: In other words, they're just like you, Ven.
Aqua: I can't help it. You two would make the weirdest brothers.
Ventus: Huh?
Terra: Huh?
(Aqua laughs. Ven puts his hands behind his head and starts
laughing along with Terra and Aqua. They sit there a while)
Aqua (standing): Oh, yeah! Terra, you and I have our Mark of
Mastery exams tomorrow.
(She reaches into her pocket)
Aqua: I made us good luck charms.
(She pulls them out. The star-shaped charms hang from thread.
Terra and Ven stand up as well and she tosses the red one to Terra,
who catches it in one hand)
Aqua: Here!
(Ven catches a green one)
Ventus: I get one too?
(She holds out a blue one)
Aqua: Of course. One for each of us.
(They hold them out together and compare)
Ventus: Yeah!
Aqua: Somewhere out there, there's this tree with star-shaped fruit...
and the fruit represents an unbreakable connection. So as long as you and
your friends carry good luck charms shaped like it, nothing can ever
drive you apart. You'll always find your way back to each other.
Technically, I think you're supposed to make them with seashells, but
I did the best with what I had.
Terra: Oy, sometimes you are such a girl.
Aqua: Hey, what do you mean "sometimes"?
Ventus: So this isn't a real good luck charm?
Aqua: Well, that's yet to be seen. But I did work a little magic on it.
Ventus: Really? What?
(She holds her charm high in the air)
Aqua: An unbreakable connection.
Terra: Well, tomorrow's the exam. Anybody wanna spar?
Ventus (summoning his Keyblade): I can take ya!
(Terra and Ven spar, with Terra fighting defensively)
Ventus: Quit goin' easy on me. You're not gonna win unless you stay
on the offensive!
(Terra fights more defensively and wins. Aqua walks over to them)
Aqua: Well, that works fine if you're fighting one on one. But you need
to know how to handle a crowd, too.
(Terra leaves Aqua to fight Ven. Aqua trains Ven on attacking multiple
enemies)
Terra: Okay, let's wrap this up!
(Terra fights Aqua and wins)
Terra: It comes with experience.
(Ven fights Terra and wins)
Ventus: Told ya I'm good.
(Aqua fights Ven and wins)
Aqua: Looks like I win.
Ventus: Trust me, you guys are ready. You're gonna clean up at the
exam tomorrow.
Terra: I hope it's that easy.
Aqua: It's like the Master said. Power is born within the heart. When
the time is right, you just need to look inside yourself and you'll
Terra, Aqua, & Ven: That would be the last night we ever spent beneath
the same stars.
(The scene changes to a mouse)
Mickey Mouse: Whoa!
(Mickey Mouse stands atop a large open book sailing on top of
rough water)
Mickey Mouse: Ah!
(He sails over a large wave and falls back onto the book. Another wave
comes at him from the front and he's swept away in the circular current.
He shoots out of the water, having lost the book, and lands...in Yen
Sid's Study. He stands up and massages his head, looking sheepish as he
walks over to a desk. A stern looking wizard with a pointy hat and robes
of blue looked down on him from behind it. He makes a pensive noise)
Yen Sid: Mickey... I cannot shake the feeling something terrible is
about to transpire.
Mickey Mouse (turning his head): Hm?
(Outside the window, three stars twinkle in the sky. The next day,
sunlight streams through the stained glass window in the Throne Room
of the Land of Departure as Terra and Aqua face three large chairs,
two occupied. Ven looks over and sees an elderly man with yellow eyes
who returns his gaze. Ven looks away. A second man stands up from his
chair, making Ven stand at attention. The man walks forward and surveys
those gathered with his brown eyes)
Master Eraqus: Today you will be examined for the Mark of Mastery. Not one
but two of the Keyblade's chosen stand here as candidates, but this is
neither a competition nor a battle for supremacy--not a test of wills, but
guest, Master Xehanort, did not travel all this way to see our youngest
prospects in years fall short of the Mark.
(He looks toward the elderly man in the chair, who makes a nodding motion)
Master Eraqus: I trust you are ready.
Terra & Aqua: Yes.
Master Eraqus (revealing his Keyblade): Then let the examination begin.
(He holds the blade vertically and holds his hand to the hilt, creating a
small aura. Five white balls of light appear in midair and Terra and Aqua
ready their Keyblades. Master Xehanort adjusts his hand and the balls mix
darkness with the light. Surprising Terra, Aqua, and Master Eraqus, he
smiles. Terra and Aqua begin eliminating the orbs. One flies over to Ven)
Terra & Aqua: Ven!
(Ven takes out his Keyblade and strikes it down)
Ventus: Don't worry about me. You two focus on the exam!
powers clash, their nature is revealed.
(They ready their Keyblades)
Master Eraqus: Begin!
(Terra and Aqua rush each other and clash swords. They pull back and Aqua
goes in for a strike, but is deflected by Terra's blade. They collide
twice before Terra makes a large underhand swing at Aqua, who flips
backward. Terra swipes at her left and right, Aqua dodging both swings.
Aqua slices at him, but he dodges back. She goes in again and he dodges,
barely missing the blade. He jumps back and Aqua starts running toward
him. He readies himself and darkness eminates from his arm. He sees it
as our newest Keyblade Master, you are entitled to certain knowledge.
(Master Xehanort walks out into the hallway)
Master Eraqus: Please wait here for further instruction.
(Master Eraqus follows Master Xehanort)
Aqua (to Terra): Hey...
(Ven runs over)
Ventus: Terra, I'm sorry.
Terra: The darkness... Where did it come from?
(Master Xehanort walks downstairs)
Master Xehanort: What do you make of Ventus?
???????: He ain't gonna cut it.
(A soldier in red and black clothing leans against the wall holding a
black curved helmet against his right hip)
???????: Somebody's gotta break that loser in.
Master Xehanort: Not here, you won't. I have to keep up appearances.
(Xehanort walks past him with his arms folded behind his back. The
soldier straightens up and puts on the helmet)
???????: I know that. He just needs a little incentive to leave home.
(They walk down the stairs)
Terra (walking away): Sorry...but I need some time alone.
(Ven and Aqua watch him leave. He sits on the steps outside the castle)
Terra (thinking): There's darkness within me... So what does that matter?
I know I'm strong enough to hold it back.
Master Xehanort: Yes... You are indeed strong.
(Master Xehanort stands at the top of the stairs)
Master Xehanort: The darkness is nothing to fear.
Terra: Master Xehanort...
Master Xehanort: And yet...how frustrating that Eraqus refutes its power.
(Xehanort walks down the stairs)
never be a Master in his eyes.
Terra: But why? Help me understand, Master Xehanort. What is it that I
have failed to learn?
(He passes Terra and continues walking)
Master Xehanort: Darkness cannot be destroyed. It can only be channeled.
Terra (standing at attention): Yes. Thank you, Master.
(Bells ring and Terra looks around before running up the stairs to the
castle. Master Xehanort smiles and enters a corridor of darkness. Aqua
stands with Master Eraqus in the Throne Room)
Master Eraqus: ...and insomuch as you are now Keyblade Master, you must
(A loud bell sounds, startling Aqua, who looks around for the cause.
A light appears behind the three wooden chairs and Eraqus turns)
(He walks over to it as Terra runs in)
Aqua: I don't know. Why isn't Ven here?
(Ventus lies on the bed in his room, swinging on old wooden Keyblade.
He stops and looks at the blade, the name "Terra" etched into the hilt.
A bell rings and he sits up, alert. He runs to the door)
???????: Better hurry, Ventus...
(He looks over to see the masked soldier leaning against a bookshelf)
Me and him will always be a team. You trying to pick a fight or what?
the truth unless you go out and look for it yourself. Come on, what could
you possibly know when you're stuck here, looking at nothing but what's in
your tiny world?
(A corridor of darkness appears and he enters it. Ven thinks back on
times spent training with Terra. They finish a training exercise and
Terra strikes a battle pose. Ven looks over at him and Terra smiles.
Later, Terra explains something to Ven and crosses his arms. Ven sniffles
as he starts to cry, and Terra ruffles his hair and apologizes.
Later, the two sit and laugh together. Ven shakes his head and returns
to the present)
Ventus: Terra!
(He runs out of his room and through the castle. Eraqus stands behind
the thrones, speaking toward a shining crystal)
Master Eraqus: Very well then, I will send my pupils to investigate.
(His acquaintence responds)
Master Eraqus: Yes, I understand. Farewell.
(Master Eraqus rejoins Terra and Aqua)
Master Eraqus: That was my dear old friend Yen Sid. As you know, he is
Master no more, but he still keeps a close eye on the tides of light
and darkness. His counsel serves as signposts on the road we wielders
of the Keyblade must walk. All the more reason, then, for concern--for
he tells me the princesses of heart are in danger. Not only from the
forces of darkness, as you may assume, but also from a new threat--one
that feeds on negativity. Fledgling emotions that have taken monster
form--Yen Sid calls them the "Unversed." As wielders of the Keyblade,
you are tasked with striking down any who would upset the balance of
light and darkness. The Unversed are no exception. I tried to pass this
news on to Master Xehanort, but my repeated attempts to reach him have
failed. I doubt there is any connection, and yet... This all troubles me.
Terra: Master Xehanort is gone?
Master Eraqus: So here we are. I need you two to get this situation
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