I do not own Kingdom Hearts, though Den, Pepper and the rest of the fictional characters were created by me, and do belong to me.

If anyone is wondering, since it doesn't say in th story, Den is age fifteen, while Pepper is nine years old.

Kingdom Hearts: Twilight Heart

Chapter One - Framed

His powers are becomming stong with each passing day, you do realise he will awaken soon? You can't keep trying to supress it, it will backfire, and in the end, cause more damage.

The morning sun rose, shooing away the deep blue night, painting the sky with color. The roosters screech filled the air, as the townsfolk started to rise. Children ran about, playing various games, as the adults started their daily routines of farm work.

The day was starting off like any old day on The Farm. Young children running around, others doing house work, but one was still in bed, sleeping peacefully. The young boy in question, Den. The blond teenager was off in dreamland, until...

"Den! Get outta bed this instant!" A shout from outside his door woke him from his slumber.

Den groaned, "Alright, alright, I'm up!" He mumbled his responce, "I'll be down soon, Jack."

Jack was the son of Mr. Olborn, who owned the farm, Olborn Farm. Mr. Olborn was a kind man, always doing selfless things for others. He took in orphans, and street kids, and gave them a place to live on the farm, Den being one of them.

After washing up, and getting dressed, Den had made his way to the kitchen, and had started on breakfast. Soon after the kitchen was quite the busy place, mornings were always hectic. Quite a few people lived on the farm, Den, and his younger brother Pepper, were just two of the many kids that lived here.

Mr. Olborn was a buisness man, and was ofter gone for days on end, he would leave Jack, his son, in charge. Jack was the oldest living on the farm, besides Mr. Olborn of course. Den was one of the middle children, a few girls were a year or two older then him. Dens brother, Pepper was one of the younger children. There were eight children, including Den and Pepper, who were strays that Jack, and Mr. Olborn took in.

Pepper, and a few of the young children dashed throughout the kitchen, trying to grab their favourite breakfast foods. pepper grabbed the last waffle, and sat at the table beside his brother. "Good morning Den!" He flashed a cheery smile at his brother, "Jack said you slept in again, you're going to get in trouble."

"Don't worry little man," He said, fluffing his brothers hair, "I've got it all covered."

Pepper laughed, nearly choking on his waffle. "Yeah right brother, that's what you said lst time, and you had to do yard work later that day!"

The two continued their idle chatter, and finished off their breakfasts. Den had some chores to do, so he left Pepper and his friends, and ventured out to the barn to finish them up before lunch. Den worked for a few hours, taking as little breaks as possible.

"Fed the animals... Check."

"Collected the eggs... Check."

"Took out the trash... Check."

"Cleaned the horse stable... Check." Den listed off all the chores he had completed. "I think that's it..."

"Talking to you're self again, Den?"

Den jumped, dropping the bucket of dirty, soapy water, splashing his legs with it. "Eww, gross." He sighed, "Jack, please stop sneaking up on me like that!"

Jack chuckled, "Now that you're done you chores, can you do one last thing for me? I need someone to run into town quickly." He handed den a grociery list. "We're out of some stuff, and I wanted to make a soup for lunch." he explained.

Den nodded, "Sure, I'll go, beats doing more chores." he snatched the list from Jack, and started heading of back to the house.

"Den!" Jack yelled, "Take Chance with you, he needs a walk!"

Den scowled. 'More chores!' But, he still took Chance with him. Chance was the farms sheepdog. She had been on the farm even longer then Den, and he'd been there since his brother was just a toddler.

Den made it into twon in almost no time, he had ran most of the way, trying to keep up with Chance. "First things first..." He mumbled, he read off the items on the list, "I can get the vegetables in the market, and beef from the butcher." He made his way through the streets, the dog at his heels.

The butcher was his first stop, he walked into the store, the bells dingling as the door hit them. He browsed the random meat in the glass coolers as the cashier served the other customers. When everyone was gone, Den made his way to the counts, "I need some beef, its for a soup." He explained. The cashier nodded, and went into the back of the store.

He came back with the butcher, Mr. Delceir, who glared at den when he saw him, "You!" he shouted.

Den jumped back, a little shocked at the outburst. 'Me?" he asked, confused.

"You little brat!" Mr. Delceir roared. Den inched back in fear, the butcher was a large man, Den knew he could be dangerous. "You think you can just waltz in here, after what you did?!"

The butcher continued to shout, Den wasn't even sure what he had done. Was is a crime to ask for beef? "Um... Sir, what exactly did I do?" he finally piped up.

Mr. Delceir's face flushed an angry red, "Why you! get out of my shop this instant, you street scum!" He grabbed a broom from one of the boys working in the shop, and swung it at Den, knocking him off his feet. "How dare you steal from me, and act like you're innocent!" The butcher continued to shout insults, and Den scrambled out of the shop.

Den leaned against Chance, and let out a sigh, "Chance girl, what is wrong with everyone? Why do they keep sying I've stolen from them?" After catching his breathe, Den had made his way to pick up the rest of the items Jack had asked for, and at each and every shop, he had been kicked out, and accused of stealing. Someone had been going around and getting him in trouble.

He defiantly needed to get to the bottom of this, he wasn't exactly known around town for being the nicest kid, and these theif accusations werent going to help clean his recond, that was for sure. "C'mon girl, We'll ask Pepper and the gang to help out!"

Well, that was chapter one, please r&r and let me know what you think!