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Land of Departure

Terra, an aspiring Keyblade Master, had been training diligently under Master Eraqus along with his best friends Aqua and Ventus (whom they called Ven).

The night before the Mark of Mastery exam that would determine his future, he joined his future, he joined his friends on the summit for one last practice, and received a good luck charm called a "Wayfinder" from Aqua.

But during the exam the next day, when he and Aqua fought and she gained the upper hand, part of the darkness within Aqua emerged unbidden. The consequences: Aqua passed the exam and was recognized as a true Keyblade Master. Terra, however, was not.

As Terra agonized over this weakness of his that had been exposed, Master Xehanort comforted him by explaining that darkness cannot be destroyed—only channeled. All Terra needed to do was supplant it with a greater power.

Soon after, Eraqus received word from the great sorcerer Yen Sid that the princesses of heart were in danger from a new menace called the "Unversed." He ordered Aqua and Terra to hunt these creatures down and eliminate them—and also to find Master Xehanort, with whom all contact had been lost.

Terra's journey had begun.

Castle of Dreams

Cinderella's dress for the ball had been torn to shreds by her wicked stepmother and stepsisters, and she was heartbroken- but then the Fairy Godmother appeared and gave her a lovely dress and coach, and she was off to the ball after all.

Terra was surprised by the light he suddenly sensed within the maiden's heart. The Fairy Godmother told him it was Cinderella's unfailing belief that dreams come true which gave her heart strength, so Terra went to the palace to find out more.

He helped Cinderella reach the ballroom, where the Prince immediately asked her to dance. Terra smiled, as he looked on. "Maybe just believing is enough," he murmured.

An Unversed tried to crash the ball, but Terra defeated it, much to the Grand Duke's relief. These monsters, he explained, had appeared at the same time as a boy wearing a mask.

Just then, the clock struck twelve, and Cinderella ran off, leaving a single glass slipper behind. The Prince and Grand Duke rushed after her, to no avail. In the foyer, Terra ran into Aqua and told her what he had learned about Xehanort's search for hearts of pure light. Aqua, in turn, told him that Ven had run away from home and was looking for him. Terra remembered that Ven had tried to tell him something before he left. Now, he wished he had listened.

Mysterious Tower

Just as Terra approached the great Yen Sid's tower, Mickey came crashing through the front doors holding a "Star Shard." It began to shine, and a moment later he was whisked off in a burst of light.

Mickey was Yen Sid's apprentice, and had abandoned his training and run off upon learning the worlds were in danger.

Terra told Yen Sid about the masked boy controlling the Unversed. In reply, the sorcerer conjectured that the Unversed's appearance and Master Xehanort's disappearance may, in fact, be connected—and bade Terra find the Master.

The Badlands

Terra followed the sound of Master Xehanort's voice to a vast wasteland, and on a precipice stood the Master himself.

When Terra asked him his true intentions, Xehanort confessed his greatest mistake: having created Vanitas, the boy in the mask. There had been an accident while training with Ventus; to save the boy, Xehanort had been left with no choice but to remove the darkness which threatened to overtake him. That darkness became a being in itself, Vanitas. Ashamed by the stultified state he had left Ventus in, Xehanort chose to leave the boy in Master Eraqus's care.

Terra remembered that day. Ven's eyes had been lifeless when he and Master Xehanort came in. He took unsteady steps, and Terra's and Aqua's eager questions had caused him to start screaming and pass out. He had lost his memory.

Master Xehanort went on to explain he had tried to contain Vanitas—but the monster had escaped, and now he was unleashing his darkness, the Unversed, upon world after world. Xehanort implored Terra to set things right, sending him to the city of light, Radiant Garden—to which Vanitas would undoubtedly be drawn next.

Radiant Garden

Terra spotted Master Xehanort in the streets and tried to go after him, but he was sidetracked when he met a wizard named Merlin. Terra had found a book, one he soon learned had the power to awaken his inner strength.

Next, a giant Unversed appeared. Terra cornered it and found Aqua and Ven, who had been chasing Unversed of their own. The three Unversed combined into one massive form, and it took Terra and both his friends fighting together to bring the giant down.

Their happy reunion was spoiled, however, when Aqua accused Terra of putting himself too close to the darkness. Realizing she had been sent by Master Eraqus to spy on him, Terra stormed off, shocked and hurt.

A man named Braig approached him. He coveted Terra's Keyblade, and had captured Master Xehanort in order to get it. Though Terra managed to free the Master, there was a price: he had to call upon the powers of darkness to win. Terra was ashamed, and afraid he would now be cast out of his home. But Master Xehanort offered him another choice: become his pupil. Terra felt redeemed, and renewed his vow to hunt down Vanitas.

Just before leaving, Terra ran into Ven. He struggled for the right farewell, uncertain when or if the two of them would meet again.