Return
10 years ago
"Looks like we're here Ven." I said to the boy who was completely comatose on my back. We'd finally arrived at castle oblivion, the final resting place for him. Ansem told me I should bring him to the room called "The Chamber of Awakening." He told me if I brought him here he'd wake up one day. His heart wasn't gone, just placed into someone else's.
"I guess this is goodbye for now Ven." I whispered to the boy once I had placed him in the chair and knelt down beside him. Once I was sure he'd be safe here, I left my blonde haired friend without looking back.
"Are you ready to go Aqua?" a man wearing a black cloak asked once I stepped out. I just nodded and followed him through a portal leading back to the castle basement of Radiant Garden. "Put this on." he commanded me as he tossed me a black cloak when we were in the computer room.
I gave the cloak a weird look for a second before putting it on. Honestly it didn't look have bad on me and it really brought out my curves. "What's this for?" I asked. I was pretty sure it wasn't for the look.
"It will make it impossible for the darkness to find you." he explained to me. "If you're going to be sleeping for a while, we can't let anything happen to you master." I just nodded. "Xehanort, could you come in here please?"
I turned to look at the door and gasped when I saw the man looked a lot like Terra. He had the same face and body, but instead of blue eyes, they were now a gold, also his once brown hair was now silver. "Xehanort..." I said barely above a whisper. What I really wanted to do was scream out Terra's name and throw my arms around him.
He smiled kindly and bowed slightly. "It's nice to finally meet you, Master Aqua."
"Xehanort, would you so kindly escort Aqua to her pod." Ansem asked him as he started messing with the computer.
Xehanort just bowed. "Come this way please master." he told me as he lead me down the hallway to the pod I would be frozen in for the next ten years or so.
"Thank you, Xehanort." I said as we stood in front of the pod. I hated that name. I hated master Xehanort. He caused all of this, if it wasn't for him I'd still be with my friends like any other day...but it was over now.
He just smiled at me. "let me help you up." he suggested. Then he took my hand and made sure I pulled myself up safely. When I was up I turned and smiled at him a little. As I tried to pull my hand away, he held onto it a little tighter. I really wondered if he remembered me. "Have a good sleep, Aqua." he said as he stepped onto the platform and stood really close to me.
"Terra..." I sighed as I pulled him into a hug. He laughed a little as he hugged back. He really was still here with me. The darkness was still there, I could feel it. But for right now he was like how Terra used to be.
After a minute or two he pulled away and stepped out of the pod. The door started to seal and I just waved through the glass. He just smiled and walked away. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I thought of him and Ven when the door shut.
"Are you ready, Aqua?" I heard a voice ask through a speaker a few minutes later, it was Ansem. I quickly pulled myself together and took a deep breath.
I looked at my surroundings one more time before I answered. "Ready as I'll ever be."
It was silent for a minute he came back on the intercom. "Have a good sleep." shortly after I heard a low buzzing sound and I was lifted gently in the air. After a few minutes the temperature began to drop and I started to fall asleep as my body began to ice over.
"Goodbye, see you guys soon." I whispered as my eyes shut and both Ven and Terra were standing in front of me. I smiled a little as I slipped into my cryonics sleep.
Authors Note: I hope you enjoyed my short little prequel to the actual story. This is probably the only chapter that will have birth by sleep. This chapter was written mainly to explain the events of what happened before the actual story, otherwise the story would be pretty confusing.