Note: This is fanfiction. I had an idea. I wrote the idea. That is all. I am not good at anything I do. Writing included. Also, the author is black. This is ghetto. I'm not sorry. Carry on.

OOC

Xigqua/Xigbar, Braig and Aqua

As the building burned in front of her. She grasped her son closer to her singed clothes. The boy's eyes teared up, he looked to his mother. "Where's daddy?"

3 months ago

"Ventus, baby get your things together, it's time to leave." Aqua gathered her own materials into a briefcase in the kitchen. A small boy, 3 feet in height with ruffled blond hair. He emerged from his room holding a patchwork doll. "Mommy... I don't want to go to school."

"Venny...," she settled her hands upon her hips as she approached the boy. "You will be late to school. You don't want to miss your first day. You might make new friends."

"I want my old friends," he stated.

"But they live somewhere else honey..."

"We can go visit them..."

"Ventus..."

"Mom..."

Aqua rolled her eyes. "Ventus, honey, can't you make today easy?"

He shook his head. "What if my new school tortures kids?"

"You won't get tortured Ventus," she reassured. "I might die..." Ventus choked himself. "I heard teachers choke the kids..."

"You heard no such thing, Ventus."

"Dad went to school and he said that the teachers-"

"Ventus!" She didn't mean to raise her voice. The child shuttered. She gazed at his big blue eyes like her own. And the absent father. She drew a breath and placed both hands on the boy. "Ventus, please go get ready for school."

Ventus turned to his bedroom. His movements slow, Aqua called back, "The quicker you get ready to go. The faster you'll be out of school. The fair is still open. We could go ride the teacups."

His eyes glimmered and his face bright.

Aqua beamed, "Depends how fast you get ready for school."

"Super-fast!" he hurried into his bedroom. Aqua could gather the dressers yanked open. She attended to her own business as she waited for Ventus to get ready. Aqua looked over her items, then patted her black skirt. 'Keys... can't forget my keys'

She moved into the living room and plunked the car keys with the house keys attached. Two knocks and the doorbell rung at the front door. Aqua put her keys in her bra. She cracked the door before urging to close it.

"Now, Aqua don't act that way." The man pushed with a force, knocking Aqua back. He barged in, a tall brunette male stood in the living room. His hair a mess and eyes glazed. "I couldn't find you for days. I had to ask for you."

"Terra! Get out!" she screamed. Terra stepped closer. "Aqua, I thought you were my wife. You can't keep me away from my son..."

"Get the fuck out! Look at you! You're high on DTD!"

She scurried to the kitchen and grabbed a knife from the knife holder. Terra followed standing on the other side of the counter between them. "Where is my son...?"

"School!"

"You're a terrible liar." Terra relocated around the offset. Aqua passed to the separate side. They went back and forth until Terra vaulted the counter cornering her. He shoved her into the sink. "You believe you can leave me?" Terra seized her hands. "Terra!" she whined. "Shut up!" He sprained her wrist. "You took the munny out the house. Even my fucking stash! You had the nerve to take Ventus from me!"

"Terra let me go!" she shook her hands, trying to free herself from his grasp. Terra bent her arms in front of her, he pressed his body against her. "I want my munny..."

"Let me go!"

"Daddy!" Ventus came bolting out the door in his school uniform. He latched onto Terra's leg. "Venny, my boy."

"Are you going to take me to school?" Terra lifted the boy into his arms. "I don't know. I don't think mommy will let me."

"What! Why?" Ventus pouted. He glanced at his mother, who hid her fright and panic. "Can daddy take me to school? Please, mommy? Please, Please, Please."

Aqua held her breath. Terra stared her down. "Yeah, mommy. Please?"

Aqua gnawed at her lip. A flash of memory transpired within her mind. His fingers closed around her throat. Ventus was still a baby, he couldn't remember seeing his mother thrown against a wall. "Maybe next week... I told Ventus we would go to the fair after school."

"We can go next week! Daddy can come with us!" Ventus cheered. "NO!" Aqua's hands flew to her face. "Huh...?" Ventus viewed his mother. "Fine..." it burned her lips to express it. "Next week we'll all go to the fair."

"All right." Terra faced Ventus in his arms smiling ear to ear. "I haven't ridden the teacups in a long time."

Terra carried Ventus to the entrance and set him down. "Go wait by the car. Mommy and I have to catch up."

"Ok!" Ventus hurried to the black sleek car parked on the curve. He pressed his hands against the vehicle. "This one?" He called. "That's it Venny."

Ventus opened the back door of the car and threw his backpack and hopped in. Terra turned to Aqua with a knife in her grasp. He peered out at the car before closing the door and locking it. "Where is the munny, Aqua?"

Aqua kept the knife in her hand. Terra stepped closer, "This can all be over quick. Give me my munny."

"I took it so you wouldn't spend everything we had on DTD. Terra, you need help!" Aqua exclaimed. She danced around the stand again. Terra charged around the left and reached out to grab her arm. The knife in her hand came down, slicing his arm. "You fucking blue-haired bitch!"

Blood dripped onto the white tile floor. He lunged at her. Aqua flung the knife again, cutting the fabric of Terra's clothes. He tackled her to ground letting his weight keep her still. Aqua squirmed and fought. Terra grabbed her wrist and pinned them above her head with his right hand. The free hand grabbed the knife. Aqua's body jolted at the blade against the bottom of her chin. "You see this? Where is my money?" he stared her down. "If you don't tell me. I'll get Ventus to find it."

"Don't you fucking dare..." she held her breath. Don't show fear, like big brother taught you.

The knife dug into her skin. "WHERE!" he shouted and for a moment, fear had spurted through her. She nipped her lip. "In the cellar... in a box"

"Good. Stay here."

She stayed that way. Hands above her head. Terra opened the cellar towards the back of the house. He proceeded down the stairs. Boxes packed labeled Ventus, Kitchen, bedroom, etc. He gazed at the shelves against the wall. Figures, boxes, and bags. One box caught his eyes, a long, wide, rectangular box with a locked heart. Terra beamed and being six feet even, he got it with no problem.

Terra attended to Aqua. "Ventus will be late." he hovered over her. "I trust the full 70,000 munny is here?"

She nodded. "Get out..."

"Fine with me. I'll be back for dinner," a smirked sat upon his tanned glow. "My apartment burned down."

With that, he left, leaving his ex-wife on the floor. She waited until she heard the roaring of the engine. Aqua squeezed her eyes, the water flowed onto the tiles and quiet whimpers escaped. She crawled to the living room. Next to the tv, the house phone. She reached to grab it off the stand, knocking the receiver. Aqua dialed the number she knew by heart, her lips trembled. 3 rings... pick up Dilan...