First fic. I was always interested in Ven's first days with Aqua and the others, so this was born. It'll probably be a bunch of drabbles of Ven just learning again, y'know? So, yeah.

Kingdom Hearts doesn't belong to me.


His eyes were dull, lifeless. Their dusty blue had no twinkle of light or spark of recognition of anything.

Blank.

That was Aqua's first thought when she made eye contact with Ventus, the new pupil in training with her and Terra. Master Eraqus told them of a new Keyblade Wielder who will train with them just a week ago, and Terra and Aqua helped Master Eraqus clean the too-big castle. They even cleaned out a room for him. But all Terra and Aqua knew about the wielder was that he was young, and thats it. But she never thought he would only be twelve. And after learning he lost not some, but all of his memories, Aqua felt a very strong wave of sadness wash over her. She looked over at Terra, who was currently looking at Ventus's sleeping body. She knew he was still going through a major guilt trip, even though it was quite a while ago that he made him fall asleep. She then averted her eyes from Terra and went back to Ventus; his chest was rising and falling in a steady pattern, and his eyes seemed to be moving rapidly behind his eyelids. His fingers would twitch every now and then, and she would wonder what he's dreaming about. Maybe his memories are returning to him..? Hope sparked in her heart; both she and Terra are very curious about Ventus's past and his memory loss. However that growing hope immediately disappeared after he slowly opened his eyes, and the same dusty blue was staring at her and Terra.

Her disappointment, though, was immediately overpowered by her excitement at Ventus being awake. She jumped up, and went to shake Terra from his nap. But he wasn't there; he probably left a while ago. Instead she ran to the door, and yelled down the hallway for him and Master Eraqus. As she waited by the doorframe for their footsteps to get closer, she whirled around to face Ventus. He was blinking lazily at the tiki mask at the foot of his bed, and his head tilted slightly. Noticing this, Aqua gave a small smile. She heard a laugh to her immediate right, and turned around to face Terra, with Master Eraqus at her left. "I see Ventus has finally awoken," said the Master, a smile gracing his lips, "Shall we bring him down to the hall?" At the sound of Master Eraqus's voice, Ven turned his head slowly to make eye contact with him. Eraqus looked back, and extended his arm toward him. Ventus raised his arm carefully, and put his hand in Master Eraqus's. He started to stand up, but swayed dangerously on his feet began to fall forward. Eraqus stopped him by outstretching his free hand, and gave a worried glance to both Aqua and Terra. Terra rushed over to Ventus's side, and put his arm around Ventus's shaking shoulders. Ventus gave the smallest of smiles to first Terra, and then Master Eraqus. The notion lit up the Terra and the Master's faces. They then began to half-carry Ventus down to the hall, since Ventus seemed to not exactly know how to walk, and Aqua followed them.

Aqua dragged in 4 chairs from the kitchen, and set them up so that three chairs were facing one. The Master and Terra slowly removed their arms from under Ventus's, and backed away, letting go a breath they didn't know they were holding. Ventus, now free of support, stood stock still for a few seconds, his mouth agape and eyes half-mast. Terra sat down upon one of the chairs, and crossed his arms, looking at Ventus expectantly. Eraqus did the same. Aqua still stood, watching Ventus carefully as he wobbled. 'Wait, wobbled..?' At that moment, Ventus fell sideways. "Ven!" she yelled, and ran to catch him. He landed in her arms, and she dragged him over to the one chair that was facing three. She set him down gently, and helped him position his arms and legs. This time, he gave a grateful, lazy smile toward her, and her heart soared. With her cheeks slightly pink, she sat down with Master Eraqus and Terra.

"So, can you tell us your name yourself?" Eraqus began, narrowing his eyes at the blonde. Ventus blinked a few times, and the sweat forming on his forehead gave away that he was thinking hard. He made a noise that seemed like a ' 'V' sound, and then he scratched the back of his head quite roughly, looking at the floor. "Close," interrupted the Master, "Can you recall anymore?" Ventus looked back up, and started to rub his head.

"V...Ven." he said carefully. It sounded like a question.

"Almost." replied Master Eraqus.

Ventus now had a pained look on his face, and his breath quickened. "V...Ven..tus. Ventus."

He then promptly fell asleep.