Destiny Islands
When you start the game in Destiny Islands you are put on the beach, in the initial cutscene Sora and Kairi talk, Sora tells Kairi about the dream he had. Later in the cutscene you are introduced to Riku, Sora's rival and friend. After the cutscene ends you are placed near Kairi and you must speak to her and she will tell you to get a bunch of items:
- Two Logs
- One Cloth
- One Rope
All these can be gotten on the island, obviously. One of the logs can be gotten from the shore underneath the bridge. The second log can be gotten from the island across, use the bridge to get to it. The rope can be gotten from the platform on the west end of this side of the island. And the cloth can be gotten from the tree-house in the middle of this side of the island.
After you have everything go back to Kairi and talk to her, however there are other things you can do such as fight Riku to gain some early experience. If you choose to talk to Kairi she will give you a Hi-Potion that's yours to keep. Choose the option to go home if you want to proceed further.
The cutscene shows Sora, Riku and Kairi talking about other worlds out there, which there are... just that they don't know yet. Then another cutscene which shows that King Mickey is not present in Disney Castle and Donald and Goofy go look for the Key Bearer. After the cutscene you are then left on the pier to go looking for other things to do.
First thing you need to get to the Cove (the other side of the island) and talk to Riku who will ask you what to name the raft, you can enter whatever kind of name you like, Riku suggests Highwind. Then you are forced into a race against Riku, if you win the race you get a Pretty Stone. The "sharing a Paopu with Kairi" is a lie.
After you win or lose the race you need to go see Kairi, yet again, go to the other end of the Cove and you'll find her on the raft, talk to her and she will ask you for more things:
- One Seagull Egg
- Three Mushrooms
- Two Coconuts
- Three Fish
- Drinking Water
So all these, again from the island. The fish can get gotten from the beach on the Seashore. The coconuts can be gotten from hitting trees, you're looking for yellow coconuts, not brown ones. The seagull egg is on one of the palm trees near the bridge by the door to the Seaside Shack. The mushrooms are scattered, one is behind the rock in an alcove at the Cove. One is near the post in the Cove. And the last final one is in the Secret Place, however there is a cutscene which shows Sora drawing Kairi to complete the Paopu fruit drawing and also shows a strange, cloaked man who talks about "this world being eclipsed in Darkness". And finally the Drinking Water is gotten from walking into the waterfall in the Seashore. Go back to Kairi. She will again give you a Hi-Potion. Choose the first option to proceed, however you can stay behind to fight Wakka, Tidus and Selphie.
During the cutscene Kairi and Sora talk about Riku and how he's changed. Then there is another cutscene which explains the letter Pluto found, along with various other cutscenes, and one where Sora goes to the island because there is a storm. Now you are introduced to the Heartless.