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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
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(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
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
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.
Ventus: What does THAT mean?
Terra: You'll find out someday, I'm sure.
Ventus: I wanna know now.
Terra: You're too young to know now.
(Aqua smiles)
Ventus: Quit treating me like a kid!
(Aqua laughs)
Terra: Hey, what are you laughing at?
Aqua: I can't help it. You two would make the weirdest brothers.
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
find it there.
(Ven stares at the night sky again)
Terra: Hey, we're gonna head back.
Ventus: Yeah. Me too!
(Aqua stands, holding her charm)
Aqua: Together...always.
(She joins Terra and Aqua and they walk back to the castle)
Terra, Aqua, & Ven: That would be the last night we ever spent beneath
comes at him from the front and he's swept away in the circular current.
of blue looked down on him from behind it. He makes a pensive noise)
(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
a test of heart. Both of you may prevail, or neither. But I am sure our
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)
(Ven takes out his Keyblade and strikes it down)
Ventus: Don't worry about me. You two focus on the exam!
Terra: He can take care of himself. He's been out there training just
even in the most trying of circumstances. It was an excellent test,
in combat. Remember, there are no winners--only truths, for when equal
goes in for a strike, but is deflected by Terra's blade. They collide
Aqua slices at him, but he dodges back. She goes in again and he dodges,
and quickly shakes it off and blocks a blow from Aqua. Masters Eraqus and
Aqua, you both performed commendably. However, only Aqua has shown the
as our newest Keyblade Master, you are entitled to certain knowledge.
Terra: The darkness... Where did it come from?
???????: Somebody's gotta break that loser in.
???????: I know that. He just needs a little incentive to leave home.
Terra (thinking): There's darkness within me... So what does that matter?
Terra: Master Xehanort...
Terra: But why? Help me understand, Master Xehanort. What is it that I
(He waves an arm to Terra)
Master Eraqus: ...and insomuch as you are now Keyblade Master, you must
Master Eraqus: What is that?
He stops and looks at the blade, the name "Terra" etched into the hilt.
(He looks over to see the masked soldier leaning against a bookshelf)
Ventus: Look--whoever you are--you don't know the first thing about Terra.
the truth unless you go out and look for it yourself. Come on, what could
times spent training with Terra. They finish a training exercise and
as he starts to cry, and Terra ruffles his hair and apologizes.
the thrones, speaking toward a shining crystal)
Master Eraqus: That was my dear old friend Yen Sid. As you know, he is
he tells me the princesses of heart are in danger. Not only from the
form--Yen Sid calls them the "Unversed." As wielders of the Keyblade,
news on to Master Xehanort, but my repeated attempts to reach him have
under control. Eliminate the Unversed, and find Master Xehanort. I have
unlocked the Lanes Between. You may use these forbidden pathways to
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