A/N: Sorry this is so long in coming! I had a lot of hangups in drafting this, and technically, it still isn't done. It got so long though that I had to split it into a two-shot.

This fic, "Shadows Alight," is going to be a collection of any other stories I decide to put in the CaS universe. This first one is the 200 review bonus fic for the original CaS story. The cover art was drawn by me, and has Vanitas and Aqua in the outfits they got at the end of "Another Side, Another Shadow."

For those who aren't aware, the prompt for the bonus fic was "Everyone finds out about Van and Aqua's relationship after the events of "Cast a Shadow," and they have to set the rumors straight." However, this ended up taking a bit of a different angle, and gaining several side-plots that became more prominent. I hope that you enjoy anyway!

"You've got everything?" Vanitas asked, hovering over Aqua as she finished clearing out her room in the Radiant Garden Inn. "Food? Shampoo? Wayfinder?"

"As if I'd forget that, Van." She laughed and zipped up her small blue backpack, one of the products of their shopping trip a few days ago. Vanitas himself had picked out a matching red one, now that he couldn't just store things in dark corridors, but he'd left it in his own room.

"What about you?" Aqua asked. "Did you decide what you're going to do for the weekend?"

Guess I won't need that backpack after all. Vanitas leaned against the bed, trying not to show his disappointment. He hoped that she would change her mind and let him come at the last minute, despite the fact that her trip was supposed to be girls-only.

"I'll probably just hop around a few worlds, cause some chaos, spread some Unversed. You know, the usual." He cracked a grin. She shook her head but couldn't entirely stifle her laugh.

"Well, if you get tired of that, I'm sure Lea or Riku would let you tag along with them for a bit."

"I don't need a babysitter, Aqua," he grumbled. Much as he would miss Aqua, if he was going to be alone for a couple of days, he wanted to be just that: alone. It felt like years since he'd had any kind of privacy to… what? Despite his joke, he couldn't go around spreading Unversed anymore. Whatever, he'd find something else to do.

"That's not what I meant. I just…" She looked uncomfortable for a moment. "I'm glad to be with you Van, always. But I want you to be able to make other friends, too. I don't want you to feel alone when I can't be here."

Oh. That wasn't much of a surprise. Aqua had introduced him to many of her friends, and it wasn't that he didn't like them. He just didn't have any feelings towards them. Sometimes he wondered if he'd used up all of the positivity that he had on his friendship with Aqua.

"I don't mind being alone," he said, dodging her gaze. "You just worry about helping Kairi and the other Princesses. Sounds like they'd be helpless without you."

"They're not. Kairi just needs a ride, and the other Princesses… well, they do need protection. But they have an important job the rest of us can't do."

Vanitas just shrugged. He'd met a couple of the Princesses, back before… well, before he'd merged with Ventus. Wonder if they're the still around, or if there's a new batch now. Wonder if Xehanort's still interested in them, too...

Aqua started towards the door, but Vanitas hung back, still leaning against the post of the bed.

"Van?" She turned and asked. "Are you alright?"

"...Yeah." He held back the Floods that would have betrayed him. He shouldn't be worried; Aqua was the strongest person he knew. She would be fine with the Princesses for two days. She'd been fine on her own for fifty before she'd brought him back. Well, if you counted nearly getting possessed by Xehanort as 'fine'…

"Don't do anything stupid, okay?" It came out more serious than he meant it.

"Only if you don't." She placed a gentle kiss on his cheek, softening his frown a little bit. "I'd better not have to come rescue you again."

"Hey, I rescued you first," he argued, but his smile undermined it. "Wait a second. That gives me an idea."

He reached down for the warmth inside him and stretched out his hand. A soft light pooled around his palm, then coalesced into a small Inversed Flood.

"Drizzle!" Aqua grinned as the Inversed leapt up into her arms. "Well, I guess you're probably not the same one…"

"He's made out of the same emotions." Vanitas shrugged and scratched the Inversed between the antennae. "If you can't take me with you, at least take him. If that doesn't break the stupid no boys allowed rule."

"I think he'll be fine." Aqua chuckled. "I bet the Princesses will love him."

"If you let me come, I could make enough Drizzles for all of them."

"Nice try, Van." She flicked his arm before grabbing his hand. "Come on, I'd better get going. Kairi's probably waiting on me."

Aqua paid the innkeeper on their way out. Then she and Vanitas shared one last hug, a too-quick kiss, and before he knew it she was flying away from the inn and into the morning sky. Vanitas stayed staring up into the blue even after he could no longer see her glider.

"Aye, what's the long face fer, lad?"

"Huh?" Vanitas looked around for the source of the strangely-accented voice. He nearly jumped when he looked down and saw a older-looking duck smiling up at him.

"Ach, no need to be startled!" The duck chuckled, then squinted. "Why, ruffle my feathers… Sora! When did ye get back in town? And where's me nephew Donald gone off to? He's always been a tad hot-headed, but I'd think-"

"Look-" Vanitas bit his tongue before he could call the old duck an idiot. That was still proving a hard habit to kick. "You've got the wrong guy."

The duck suddenly smirked - a weird look on a bill - and took off his top hat, using it to hide their conversation. Vanitas didn't think that was necessary, but then he saw the bystanders casting glances their way as they passed by. He had to remind himself that that was probably just because he was talking to an anthropomorphic duck, and not because they feared or hated him.

"Ach, I see. You're on a secret mission, aren't ye? Or just trying to hide from yer fans?"

"Wha - fans?" Vanitas frowned. He hadn't realized Sora was such a big-shot.

"You'll have to do more than change the color of yer hair to put off the young lasses around here." He winked.

"...Yeah, whatever. There's only one girl I'm worried about, and she just left." As soon as Vanitas said it, he wished he could take the words back. What was he doing, spilling his guts to a random stranger? Stupid duck.

"Miss Kairi was in town?" The duck asked, replacing his hat on his head.

Was she supposed to be Sora's girlfriend? Vanitas didn't know, and he didn't particularly care.

"No," he snorted. "Her name's Aqua. She just left to go help Kairi, though." He wasn't allowed to say much more than that; apparently the meeting with the Princesses was supposed to be a secret.

The duck looked momentarily stunned, but then he shook his head quickly and cleared his throat. "Ach, I hope you'll excuse me mistake, lad. I should know better than to trust everythin' folks say at me ice cream shop. Speakin' of which, ye should drop by if you get the chance. Me nephews have come up with some new flavors since I last seen ye."

"But I-" Vanitas never got the chance to insist to the duck that they'd never met, because he tipped his hat and started waddling away.

"...Whatever. Ice cream does sound good, I guess. Not like I've got much else to do..."

XXX

"This place looks like it hasn't changed at all," Aqua said as she landed her glider in the courtyard of the Castle of Dreams. The miniature Drizzle hopped off of her head, stumbled, and fell into the pond at the center of the courtyard. Kairi giggled and disengaged her pink keyblade armor.

"Thanks for the ride, Aqua. I'm sure I'll get the hang of making my own glider soon."

"I'm sure you will too." Aqua smiled back. The younger keyblade wielder had proved a quick learner so far; it had taken herself far longer to even learn how to summon her armor.

Aqua carefully pulled the Flood out of the pond, then frowned as the Inversed shivered, wrapping its tiny arms around itself. Could Inversed get cold? Well, stranger things had happened. She dried him off with her skirt-wrap, where he then found his way into one of the magical pockets the fairies had created for her. That was probably for the best; cute as he was, he might startle the Princesses if they saw him without an explanation.

Memories flowed through Aqua's mind as she and Kairi walked up the stairs to the grand doorway, then into the castle proper. These hallways… This was one of the last places I saw Terra. It felt like both a million years ago and just yesterday.

"Aqua. You still have the same dream?" She could still remember his voice. Still remember how deeply she'd believed in him. And now… she might have been the one to destroy him.

"Aqua?" Kairi asked. Only then did Aqua notice the girl was several paces in front of her. She shook her head, trying to force out the thought.

"Coming."

They were late after all. In the Ballroom, the other six Princesses were already all gathered and chatting amiably.

"Oh!" Cinderella was the first to see them. "Kairi! And… no, it can't be."

"You know her?" Snow White asked.

"...I believe so," Cinderella said, though she looked unsure. It was understandable. Aqua had begun to age again since leaving the Realm of Darkness - and it seemed she was aging faster, as if her body felt the years it needed to catch up on - but she still looked nearly as young as when they'd last met.

"We have." Aqua smiled. "It was the day after the ball where you met the Prince. I had, uh… barged into your house." She winced. While the story had turned out alright, in hindsight there was probably a more tactful approach she could have used. But it had been her first time out of the Land of Departure. She'd thought she knew everything then. It was almost funny now, looking back.

"That's right!" Cinderella smiled brightly. "If it weren't for you, I may not have escaped my room in time to meet the Duke. How wonderful of you to visit again."

"Please, the pleasure is mine." It was only then that Aqua remembered she was in the presence of Princesses; she gave a small bow.

"Hey, there's no need for that. We're all among friends here," said a Princess Aqua didn't recognize. She had warm brown eyes and wore a plainer outfit than many of them, a simple blue dress with a white apron. A younger girl stood by her side in a very similar outfit. Were they just related, or was the young girl a Princess too?

"Besides, if we all stood around curtseying at each other, we'd never get anything done," said a tan woman in a turquoise outfit. She seemed to be the only one wearing pants out of the group, which Aqua could appreciate. "Speaking of which, what exactly are we here for?"

"You don't know?" Aqua frowned. She hadn't even heard what the exact purpose of their meeting was. Mickey had just told her that Kairi needed a ride, and that the Princesses could use some extra protection. He'd seemed reluctant to even say that much. But how had Mickey known about this if the Princesses themselves didn't know?

"Sorry to keep you waiting!" A kind, higher-pitched voice said. Aqua looked back towards the entrance of the ballroom, where a familiar, pink-dressed mouse had entered.

"Your Majesty," Aqua and Kairi said in unison, Kairi curtseying while Aqua took a knee.

"Oh, come on," the tanned Princess muttered.

"Aqua!" Minnie called when their eyes met. She hurried over and gave Aqua a warm hug while they were still on the same level. "Mickey told me all about what happened. I'm so happy to see you're back and safe."

"I'm happy to be back too."

Minnie released her from the hug; she stood up again, feeling conscious of how they all towered over the mouse queen. Minnie didn't seem to mind, though.

"Thank you for lending your castle for this meeting, Cinderella," she said. "I would have summoned you all to Disney Castle, but Maleficent and this new Organization might have expected that. This world is much safer."

It was true that Aqua hadn't seen any Heartless since arriving, even before they had entered the castle. From what she and Van had seen in their travels, that was becoming a rarity.

"But what are we here for?" The older of the two blue-dressed Princesses asked.

"And who are you?" The younger one asked, peering at Minnie while squatting with her hands on her knees. "I haven't seen anyone so curious since I last visited Wonderland."

Minnie laughed a little self-consciously. "I suppose I haven't properly introduced myself, and I'm afraid I don't know all of you personally, either. Let's take a moment for names, and then I'll explain everything."

XXX

Vanitas could hardly believe it. It was wonderful, heavenly - it was perfection.

It was a bar of light blue sea-salt ice cream, and it lasted about ten seconds. The only evidence of its brief existence was a wooden popsicle stick, licked clean. Vanitas stared at it, as if he could will more ice cream back onto it.

"You sad you didn't get a WINNER? Nah, old Scrooge doesn't have that deal at his shop…"

Vanitas looked up to see a tall redhead standing next to his booth in the ice cream shop.

"Lea? What are you doing here?" Vanitas frowned. The man sat down across the table from him, then unwrapped his own ice cream bar. Sea-salt, just like his had been, even though the duck's shop offered other flavors.

"What do you think?" Lea waved his bar before taking a bite with a loud kronsch.

"Yeah, right, you just happened to show up here at the same time I did. Did Aqua send you?"

Lea raised an eyebrow. "You mean she's not with you?"

Vanitas sighed. Maybe he did feel something towards Aqua's new friends - annoyance. But he'd give them a chance, if only because they'd helped her fight her darkness.

"She's off on some girl business with Kairi." He shrugged, eying Lea's ice cream enviously. Maybe he'd buy another bar. He was supposed to be conserving his munny - Heartless in the Realm of Darkness never dropped any, so he only had what he'd earned since coming back, which wasn't much. But if he was on his own for a couple days, he could always make time to fight more Heartless.

"Ah, that explains a lot. I was wondering where she'd gone off to." He took another bite, but kept talking. "Flying solo too then, eh?"

"...Yeah." It wasn't a big deal, but a little of his disappointment still crept into his voice. Even in spite of the delicious ice cream, things were just boring without Aqua. She would have teased him for how excited he got over the frozen treat. Maybe he would've finally told her why he liked it so much, how it reminded him of home. His real home, back when he was Ven. Eons ago.

"Sheesh, don't look so heartbroken. I'm sure they'll be back soon." Lea grinned. He had no idea that Vanitas had been thinking about ice cream as much as Aqua. "You really do like her, don't you?"

"Yes," he answered a little too forcefully. Just in case Lea was getting any ideas.

"She told me a little about you, y'know." That perked his attention; Lea laughed. "Don't worry, it was all good things. Didn't tell me you were practically a clone of Sora, though."

"Sora," Vanitas muttered. "I keep hearing about him."

"Yeah, well I'd get used to it if I were you. Pretty much everyone around here loves him. He's the kind of guy even you'd have trouble not liking."

"Even me?" He glared. Lea took another bite of ice cream, seemingly unfazed.

"It's no secret that you're not exactly the friendly type."

His glare probably wasn't helping that impression. Ugh, why was being light so hard?

"You don't even know me," he said defensively. Not that he should have to defend himself. It didn't matter if Lea thought he was friendly or not.

"Exactly!" Lea gestured with his ice cream bar, flinging blue drops on the table. "All I know is what Aqua's said about you. And while I trust Aqua and all… there's some things that just seem a little suspicious."

"What things?"Vanitas braced his hands on the table, leaning forward. Other customers at the ice cream shop looked towards them. Or maybe they already had been, especially if any of them thought he was Sora. So he hissed more quietly, "What things?"

Lea rested his elbows on the table, then looked back and forth, as if to check for eavesdroppers. It was probably too late for that. It didn't matter; Vanitas didn't have anything to hide. He hadn't done anything wrong… well, not in the last twelve years. Surely no one here remembered his past? No, they couldn't, and if they did, he looked completely different with his mask off.

"Well for one, aren't you a little young for her?" Lea asked, taking him by surprise. He raised an eyebrow.

"How old do you think Aqua is?"

"Early twenties, at least," Lea said easily. If Vanitas had still been eating ice cream, he would have spit it out.

"Twenty?" He laughed, then did a little bit of math on his fingers. "Technically, she's about thirty now. And I'm about twenty-eight."

That time, Lea did spit out his ice cream. "Thirty? She-"

"Spent twelve years in the Realm of Darkness." Vanitas grinned. "It's good for your skin."

"...I was going to say she's older than me…"

"So? She's older than me too." He shrugged. Age hardly seemed to matter anymore after the Realm of Darkness, though he had started to notice his body trying to play catch-up. He might have to find someone to ask how to shave if it kept going.

"You got any other concerns about me dating her?" Vanitas didn't know much about dating - well, anything really - but he figured he wasn't supposed to have to deal with this. Still, it was better to get it over with now than deal with him talking about them behind their backs.

"Well… there is something Riku and I have talked about."

So apparently it was already too late for that. Great.

"Then spit it out. I've got stuff to do." That wasn't true, but Vanitas was tired of this conversation already.

"Alright, fine," Lea said. "It's your eyes. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, for Aqua's sake, but most of us who know better don't trust them."

"My - you don't trust me because of my eyes?" Vanitas snapped the ice cream stick in his hand. "Fine, let me just change my eyes for you."

Technically Aqua could do that for him, he realized, but he didn't want to. His gold eyes were a part of him whether they'd come from the darkness or not. Besides, he'd already gone through the effort to ditch the dark suit, to control his Unversed, to not insult all the losers Aqua had picked up - and they still found a reason to hate him. Why was he surprised?

"Look, it's not that simple," Lea answered. His ice cream was melting onto the table, but he didn't seem to notice. "There's been a bunch of Norts cropping up everywhere. From what we've seen, all of 'em have those yellow eyes of yours."

Vanitas clenched the broken half of his ice cream stick, biting his tongue to keep himself from snapping something he'd regret. But despite biting his tongue, he didn't bite back his negativity in time. His anger at Lea, his hatred for Xehanort, his fear of being attacked for who he was - they all took the form of Red Hot Chilis that escaped his heart.

Lea jumped up, dropping his ice cream on the floor. Vanitas was too busy trying to recall his monsters to steal the discarded dessert.

"Vanitas-!"

"I didn't-!" Forget it, Lea wouldn't care if he explained himself. All he would see was Vanitas summoning a bunch of monsters as soon as he was accused of being a Xehanort. For all Lea knew, he'd just proven that rumor true.

The man was already summoning a keyblade. Other customers were screaming and fleeing the shop.

"Now you've really done it, Vanitas," he muttered to himself before summoning his own keyblade. Its turquoise eye seemed to stare at him accusingly.

Lea jumped back, away from Vanitas and the Chilis, but he shouldn't have bothered. Vanitas didn't want a fight - well, he did; his blood boiled with it. But thoughts of Aqua brought him back to his senses. What would she say if he destroyed a innocent ice cream shop?

So instead he used his keyblade to create a portal of light and dove through, unsure of where he'd even sent himself to. In spite of the danger, his main thought was that the old duck probably wouldn't let him buy ice cream anymore.

XXX

"You want us to… what?" Aurora asked Minnie. All nine of them - the seven Princesses, plus Minnie and Aqua - were seated around a large dining table within Cinderella's castle. Servants had been kind enough to bring them water and pastries to snack on while they discussed the important task they were faced with.

"Pass on your powers," Minnie repeated. Murmurs passed through the group of Princesses. Drizzle stirred in Aqua's pocket at the noise; she reached down and patted his head to calm him.

"Is that even possible?" Kairi asked, voicing the question on Aqua's mind. "I thought that Princesses of Heart were born that way."

"Often it works that way," Minnie said. "I believe you're an example of that, Kairi. Mickey said you had a great light even when you were very little."

Kairi blushed a little at that, but Minnie kept talking.

"There are other ways that women can become Princesses, though. And ways that they can stop being Princesses."

"How do you know that?" Jasmine asked, arms crossed. She had seemed rather suspicious throughout this whole meeting. Aqua supposed she'd be suspicious too if someone asked her to give up her light.

Minnie smiled. "This may surprise you, but I was a Princess of Heart once."

Everyone went silent. Glasses stopped clinking, mouths stopped chewing. Minnie… a Princess? It made sense that she could be; she was certainly the kind of person Aqua could see as a Princess of Heart. But that brought up even more questions than answers.

"...So you found a way to pass on your power to one of us?" Belle asked.

"Precisely. In fact, our dear Snow White holds the light that I once protected."

"Me?" She held a hand to her chest.

"Yep! When I released my pure light, it found its way into another worthy young lady. That happened to be you."

"But, Your Majesty - why?" Aqua asked. "Why would you willingly give up being a heart of pure light?" She would have been safe from the darkness, from Xehanort, from herself. It would be like - like giving up a piece of yourself, wouldn't it?

"It was a difficult time, Aqua," Minnie said, her voice a little sad. "I don't usually speak of this, but I'm much older than I appear. Mickey and I have lived through many threats to the light. There were times before now when the Princesses had to pass on their powers to hide them from the darkness."

"To hide them… so you believe we're in danger again," Belle said.

"Unfortunately, yes." Minnie sighed. "I'm sure you all remember Maleficent and Ansem."

"As if we could forget," Jasmine said, while several of the other Princesses shivered and whispered together. Kairi's eyes grew dark.

"Yes. Well. Both Maleficent and Xehanort - Ansem's real name - have been spotted again."

Snow White let out a short shriek, then clamped her hands over her mouth. Aurora stayed silent, but her face went white. Belle squeezed Alice's trembling hand. Even Jasmine and Cinderella, who had both been relatively calm the whole time, looked shaken.

"Please, don't be frightened," Minnie said soothingly. "This is why we're here. Maleficent and Xehanort know who you are."

"But if we pass on our powers - then we won't be targets anymore," Belle pieced together.

"You catch on quickly," Aqua noted, and she smiled.

"Let's do it, then," Aurora said, moving as if to stand from the table.

"Wait, just like that?" Belle frowned. "I don't know. As far as I know, I've always been a Princess of Heart. What could change about us if we give that up?"

"A wonderful question." Cinderella nodded.

"Yes, it is," Minnie agreed. "And one you deserve to know. Without the protection of being a Princess, your heart can be affected by darkness. However, as all of you have stayed so close to the light, that's still unlikely. Oh, and any magic you may have will leave. Except for you, Kairi, since you also wield the keyblade."

"So it's completely harmless?" Jasmine asked after a moment.

"You have passed on your light, Minnie," Cinderella said, leaning forward. "Did you feel different after?"

"Well… a little," she admitted. "But you get used to it quite quickly."

"Hmm." Jasmine frowned. The others also looked uncertain, except for Snow White and Aurora.

"I still want to do it," Snow White said. Her eyes were still darting around nervously, as if she expected Maleficent and Xehanort to appear at any moment.

"...I do too," Aurora agreed shortly after.

"I need some time to think," Belle said, to which the remaining Princesses nodded.

"Very well. It is your decision, after all," Minnie said. "Cinderella, is it alright if we take a break and meet again in an hour?"

"Yes, that will do," she answered at the same time Jasmine said, "An hour? That's all we get?"

"I'm sorry." Minnie frowned. "It isn't safe to keep all of you here together for very long. If any of you already know that you wish to remain a Princess of Heart, I will call Mickey to pick you up and take you home."

"That's fair," Belle replied, taking Jasmine's arm when she looked like she still wanted to argue. The Princesses slowly dispersed, except for Kairi, who stayed by Aqua's side.

"What do you think, Kairi?" She asked as she got up from the fancy table. Drizzle reached out of her pocket just long enough to grab an apple danish from her plate, then disappeared back into the depths of her skirt-wrap. Aqua was just glad he hadn't had any outbursts during the meeting.

"Honestly… I don't know." Kairi sighed. "I understand why we need to hide the Princesses from Xehanort. I won't let them kidnap me again. Still… I'd feel bad passing my power on to someone else."

"Because you wouldn't be you anymore?" Aqua asked. The two began walking out and down the hall, leaving Queen Minnie looking over a stack of notes in the dining room.

"No," Kairi shook her head, "I'll always be me. I don't think whether I'm a Princess or not changes that. But what if I give my light away, and someone else gets kidnapped because of it?"

Aqua stopped, looking into Kairi's face. Her eyebrows were drawn together, her bangs falling over her eyes.

"It's a hard decision, isn't it." Aqua didn't know what else to say. She didn't even know what she would choose, if it were her responsibility. Actually… she suspected she would choose to keep her light. After everything, she was too afraid of losing any more of it. But then again, if she had been a Princess, she never would have lost any light in the first place. Besides, she was still fine. Wasn't she? She'd chosen to accept her darkness; she couldn't go back now, even if doubts still occasionally tugged at her.

But this wasn't about her. It was about Kairi.

Aqua put a hand on the younger girl's shoulder. "What is your heart telling you to do?"

"What is my… hmm." She frowned as she focused. "I think my heart says… do do what Sora would do."

"And what's that?"

"Well… Sora's always looking out for everyone else. No matter what it takes, he's always there to help them. To help me." Kairi smiled. "He would keep being a Princess, so he could use his powers to help others. And I know he'd be strong enough to fight off Maleficent and Xehanort if they came for him."

Aqua laughed. "I bet Sora would make a great Princess."

Kairi blushed, but she giggled too. "He would. And… I think I will too. Now that I can use the keyblade to protect myself."

"I think you'd make a great Princess, keyblade or not. But you're right. You'll do a great job of keeping the light safe."

Kairi took a deep breath, then let it back out and grinned. "Alright, then it's settled. I hope Minnie won't be disappointed."

"I'm sure she won't be. But we've still got…" Aqua looked at the clock on the wall, "forty-five minutes until we need to go back. In the meantime, I better see what the other Princesses are up to. I was hired to protect them, after all."

They shared a grin - which disappeared when a loud CRASH echoed through the castle. Drizzle leapt out of Aqua's pocket, crumbs still around where his mouth would be, and took off towards the sound.

"Drizzle!" She called, summoning Stormfall. Destiny's Embrace appeared in Kairi's hands a split second later.

"The Princesses!"

Aqua's face heated; of course that was the more important concern. Drizzle would be fine. But if the castle was being attacked while all seven Princesses were here, that couldn't be a coincidence.

Aqua ran towards the sound, hoping she wasn't already too late.

A/N: Sorry for the cliffhanger; this was the best place to split the chapter. I'll try to get the second half finished soon!

The lore behind the Princesses of Heart was inspired by someone on tumblr who suggested that as the reason that the new trailer talks about the "new seven hearts." Unfortunately I can't for the life of me remember who the post was by, so if anyone knows, let me know and I'll give credit here C: