;;Prologue;;
"Vanitas?"
No response.
"Van?"
A ferocious growl came from the room beyond the door that Ventus stood in front of. The sound startled Ventus enough to send him two steps back. His heart suddenly gravitated with that dreadful feeling, unsure if he wanted to find out the truth of the situation. But that aching desire to know what has happened to his partner got the best of him.
"Van!" He practically jumped at the door, slamming it with his fists repeatedly.
Before he could have time to pull himself away from the door, he felt Vanitas charge and slam himself against the door. Vicious snarls sounded from the other side, like a rabid dog trying to kill or shred his opponent.
Against his better judgment, gulping loudly, Ventus peered into the window that allowed him a small view of the inside.
Vanitas did the same.
Soon, Ventus found himself staring into a stranger's eyes and a wicked smile of a carnivore that found its prey. Those eyes didn't belong to the Vanitas he knew, they were predatory. Golden irises that looked ready to kill on the spot. Hungry for blood. Then his attention had been drawn from the foreign eyes to the ivory fangs that were being bared at him.
No..
This isn't Vanitas...
Staring into his eyes with the horror of realization.
It is him..
But..
They turned him into a monster!