AN: Hey, DogLuthor here. First upload, but certainly not my first fanfic. Rated T for intense violence in later chapters. R&R appreciated. Dont own these characters.

Chapter 1

Aqua laid down against the dark ground, the moonlight reflecting against it. She sighed and closed her eyes, no doubt to another sleepless night.

It had been a while when Aqua opened her eyes again, only at a strange sound this time. She sat up as a Dark Corridor opened up in front of her. Out stepped a silver-haired man, clad in a black robe. His face was all too familiar.

Aqua gasped. "Terra?"

The man turned to face her. "Aqua?" He stopped and made a confused expression.

"Terra!" Aqua leaped to her feet.

The man looked confused. "I feel like I've met you before...but I've never seen you in my life."

Aqua stopped. "Of course you do, silly. We're friends."

"I don't know you," the silvernette said. "Why do I know your name?"

It was Aqua's turn to look confused. "You're Terra...you have to be. Why else would you look so much like him?"

"I don't know, Aqua," he said.

Aqua approached him and unzipped the top of his jacket. "You're wearing your outfit," she said.

The man quickly zipped it up. "Those can't be his clothes. I'm telling you, I'm not Terra."

Aqua shook her head. "How could you forget? We were Keyblade warriors together."

"I never had a Keyblade," the silvernette said flatly.

Aqua sighed, and somehow summoned her own Keyblade. "Summon yours, Terra."

The man shook his head, but tried anyway. The Gaia Bane appeared in his hand. He gasped, then looked over it. "It's so familiar," he said. "Where have I seen it before?"

Aqua sighed. "It's your Keyblade, Gaia Bane. You fought the Unversed with it."

The man raised an eyebrow. "Unversed?"

Aqua felt like smacking the possibly-may-be-Terra upside the head. "Quit it, Terra. You're not fooling me," she said roughly, even though it was everything she could do to keep from crying.

The man sighed. "Terra... I'm not him."

Aqua felt hot tears run down her cheeks. "I've walked so far...I was going to...I forgot what I was gonna say!" She hit the ground on her knees and allowed herself to fall face forward to the ground, then sobbed her eyes out. The first friend she sees in however long, and he can't even remember her.

She heard fabric shifting and felt a warm hand rub her back. "Don't cry, Aqua. Don't cry in front of me. A Keyblade Master shouldn't cry like that."

Aqua stopped crying and turned to look at the man. "You know that I'm a Keyblade Master?" she asked in the tone of someone who had just cried for a long time.

The man smiled weakly. "I... know who you are, but I don't know why... I'm so confused."

Aqua smiled back. "You remember me."

The man helped Aqua up and brushed off her dusty clothing. While they were close, Aqua unzipped the top of his jacket again and grabbed a handful of the old clothes.

"I wish I could get out and see the worlds again," Aqua said to him. "I don't want to be trapped here anymore."

The silvernette's eyes brightened. "I can do that for you."

Aqua hugged him tight. "Thank you, Terra."

"...Xemnas," the man said.

Aqua looked up at him. "Xemnas."

Xemnas snapped and a Dark Corridor opened. He led Aqua into it and they ended up in a world of strange architecture. Seven people stood off in the distance.

"Natives," Xemnas said, and they backed up into the Corridor and into a nighttime world full of average buildings.

They walked into the middle of the road and stared up at the bright moon and breathed in the crisp winter air. Well, as crisp as air can get in California.

A man on a bicycle pedaled up the road, a black dog running alongside him. Seeing them in the road, he pulled over to them and braked. "You shouldn't be standing in the middle of the road," he said, taking a closer look at them. "You don't look like you're from around here."

Aqua nodded. "We're not," she said.

The biker nodded back. "Be really careful," he advised, then drove off, black Labrador in tow.

When he was out of view, Xemnas made a Dark Corridor surround them. They ended up in a chilly Imperial-styled courtyard.

Xemnas sighed. "We're lost, Aqua."

Aqua touched her shoulder. In a flash, she was completely covered in armor. She summoned her Keyblade and transformed it into her Keyblade Rider, then sat down on it. "C'mon, sit," she said, rubbing the seat in front of her.

Xemnas shrugged and sat down on it. They rose up and soared through a portal of light.

A while later, Aqua spotted Castle Oblivion. She rode into the world and touched down, removing her armor and making her Rider a Keyblade again.

Xemnas smiled at her and backed up into a dark corridor.

Aqua stepped into the white castle and ran straight to a rather plain door. She pushed it open.

Ven was sitting slumped on the throne, eyes closed, smiling like he was having good dreams.

Aqua sat down on the arm of the throne and stroked his spiky blonde hair, knowing that it wouldn't wake him. She reconsidered this when the Swift Wind stirred and moaned.

Ven opened his eyes slightly and attempted to sit up, but nearly fell forward. He groaned again and looked at Aqua.

"A..qua," he said.

Aqua felt tears form in the corner of her eyes. She grabbed Ven and hugged him tight. "Ven!"

Ven returned the hug. "How...how long has it been?"

"Nine years," Aqua said. She helped Ven, who was still recovering from his sleep, stand up.

"Where's...Terra?" Ven asked.

Aqua's eyes darkened. "I saw him earlier," she said sadly, "but he didn't remember me. He said his name was Xemnas."

Ven sighed. "Oh." He summoned his Keyblade and took a fighting stance when he saw several Neoshadows rise from the floor. Aqua summoned her own and the fight began.

Eventually, they were all slain.

Ven was breathing heavily. He sunk down onto the throne and closed his eyes. "Aqua...bad...idea," he said between pants. "No more...fighting." His breathing slowed. He was asleep.

Aqua shook her head and left the room, quietly shutting the door behind her. She walked through the plain white halls and was just about sick of it when she came to a window. Nothing but darkness was outside of it, though. She started to walk past it, but a creature abruptly crashed through it and grabbed her. She yelped and tried to fight it off, but it leaped back out the window with her.

There were more out in the darkness. Aqua slashed wildly at them, used Command Styles and Blade Charges, but she couldn't defeat them. She felt a blow on her back and the world went dark.