A/N: Okay,I know I have Sora's curse to work on, but this idea wouldn't leave me alone at all! I know there's spelling mistakes.
Ven's Secret
He never got wet. That's what Terra and Aqua noticed about Ventus ever since he came to The Land of Departure. Every time they got a chance to go and swim he always said he had something else to do and had a look of fear in his eyes. They wondered if he knew how to swim or if he was afraid of it. So that's why Aqua was going to his room right now. Terra set Ven up so that he would get him into a lake they had found year's ago. There was something else to. Terra never told Aqua that she was bringing ven to the lake. No, Terra told Aqua that all three of them were going to train in a clearing. Aqua got to her destination and knocked on the door. There wasn't an answer. She opened the door to see that he was asleep. Aqua looked at him and smiled to herself. The way he was sleeping reminded her of a puppy. Ven was curled up in a tight ball sleeping, what she thought was peacefully. Aqua started walking into the room more but she got worried with every step. For when she walked closer with each step she heard him whimpering and when she got close enough she saw that he had tears streaming down his face."Ven? Ven! Wake up!" Aqua grabbed Ven's shoulders and started to shake him.
In Ven's Nightmare
He was running as fast as he could, but couldn't escape whatever it was chasing him. Ven tripped, fell onto the ground, and looked back to see an old women who was dressed in a black cloak that covered her face. She reached out her hand and mumbled word that Ven really couldn't hear, but sounded like a spell. After she was done muttering the words there was a flash and she was gone. When she was gone Ven felt tremendous pain through out his body and started to crying. That's when he head a voice telling him to wake up.
End of Nightmare
Ven woke up with a start and looked around panicking. Aqua on the other hand was happy to see Ven awake from the nightmare he was having but saw he was panicking and shaking. "What kind of nightmare could that of been"She thought. "Ven" she asked putting a hand on his shoulder. Ven looked over to see Aqua looking worriedly at him. Ven stopped shaking a little and started to calm down a bit. "A-Aqua?" he asked and sniffled. Aqua nodded at him. What Ven did next kinda surprised her. He jumped up and hugged her and started crying. The only thing Aqua could think of is hug him back and try to comfort him. After a few minutes Ven calmed down completely. Aqua put pulled away from the hug and had her arms on his shoulders and asked. "Are you okay now?" Ven nodded. Then Aqua remembered why she came there in the first place. "Oh, right Terra wanted me to ask you if you could come down to train in a clearing he found,but after your scare..." Aqua trailed off. Ven immediately ran out the door and was outside already. "Come on Aqua" He yelled from below. Aqua Laughed a little. It was amazing how he could turn from sad to happy instantly, but she couldn't shake the off feeling of dread. When Aqua came down from the room. Her and Ven started to walk in the forest to the they got there all they saw was a note saying to go to the lake. The note read:
Dear Aqua and Ven,
Go to the lake I found something interesting over there and thought I needed to show you it.
From Terra.
When Ven read the part about the lake he became uneasy and Aqua noticed,but said nothing. While they were walking twords the lake she noticed that Ven became closer to her and was shaking some. Aqua felt bad for him and put her hand on his shoulder. Ven looked up at her and and said sorry. She was confused. Then realized it was for how close they were. Ven had his hands wrapped around her arm . She told him he didn't need to apologize an understood he was afraid. "But of what?" She thought to herself. They finally got to the lake and couldn't find Terra anywhere. Until he came from behind a boulder with a bucket of water. "Terra, what are you doing?" Aqua asked. Ven had Fear in his eyes after he saw what was in the bucket. Water. Ven let go of Aqua's arm and ran to the edge of the lake. He was trapped. Aqua was confused. "It's a bucket of water. What's he afraid of?" Terra was also thinking the same thing. Aqua then realized ven was afraid of the water, for some reason. "Terra, stop!" She exclaimed. Terra quickly stopped what he was doing and turned to her. The water splashed at Ven. He moved quickly, forgetting about the lake behind him and fell in. Terra and Aqua looked at where Ven was. Only to see he was gone! Aqua and Terra ran and jumped into the lake to save Ventus.
Ven was sinking and felt a familiar feeling of dread and fear. This was like his nightmares he had been having for a long time now. The nightmares of dying in a watery death. You see, Ven could not swim and was afraid of water after all of his nightmares. He didn't blame Terra he didn't know. Ven felt his lungs begging for air and when he opened his mouth all there was, was water. Terra and Aqua saw ven sinking and fast. They managed to grab him and bring him up on to land and lay him far away from the water. "Ven! Ven! Wake up! Please!" Aqua begged. "I'm Sorry Ven! Wake up!" Terra pleaded. Ven suddenly shot up and hugged Aqua and Terra around the neck. He started to cough,sputter,choke of the water and his own tears. The duo were shocked,but relived he was alive and hugged him back. Terra gently patted Ven's back to get the water out of his lungs. While Aqua pet is head,comforting him from his experience.(A/N: Think of the cut-scene where Aqua makes Castle Oblivion). "Your going to be okay now Ven. Everything's going to be fine" Aqua told him. Ven hugged Aqua as tight as he could. Since Terra let go to get the bucket so the water from Ven's mouth would go in there and not on her.
After awhile Ven started to calm down and cried himself to sleep. Terra offered to carry Ven back since this whole thing was practically his fault. Aqua let go of Ven to let Terra pick him up. He put Ventus on his back, pretty much giving him a piggy back ride. While they were walking back Aqua decided to ask Terra a question.
"Terra?"Yeah?""What did you want to show us anyway?" Terra turned his head to her and looked down."My curiosity got the best of me. Have you always noticed how Ven never goes in large body of water?" Aqua thought about it and nodded."Well I thought by saying that we were going to train and actually leading him to the lake would help me figure out why".Aqua thought for a moment and then slapped him across the face. Terra winced and then looked back up."I deserved that" He said. "Your right about that" Aqua said.
Unknownst to them as they left someone was watching them the whole time. "So the little ones afraid of water is he. I'll just have to fix that then" The cloaked Women said smiling deviously to herself. She then disappeared.