It was an icy cold night., everything was silent, not a sound, not a peep came from anyone in this household. It was calm just the way Ventus liked it.

As he switched off his bedroom lights, he sighed.

"Another night, another nightmare."

Ventus was scared of many things, such as thunder and the dark. Turning off the light was the hardest thing he could do. He was petrified of the thought of having another nightmare.

It would be the fifth time this week.

Ventus quickly hopped into his bed, and tucked the blanket under his chin, grabbing his favourite pillow and cuddling it ever so tightly.

"It won't happen again, it won't happen again." He kept repeating.

Closing his eyes tightly, he started to cry. It was going to happen again, the nightmare, it's going to come back, and it's going to scare him.

Hot tears were running down his cheeks, he couldn't bear the thought, of going through such a terrifying ordeal.

As Ventus drifted off to sleep his body seemed to be more relaxed.

The house was completely quite, everyone was in bed, sleeping. Just a few hours later, the house was filled with ear piercing screams.

"NO!" Ventus screamed. Grabbing at his throat he couldn't breathe, he was getting dizzy, and his body was shivering violently. Suddenly Cloud and Roxas burst in through the door.

Kicking his feet in the air, he tried to gasp for breath; he didn't have any energy to breathe. He started sweating, he couldn't, he couldn't breathe! It felt like his lungs were going to burst.

"Calm down, just calm down!" Cloud yelled.

Ventus was losing consciousness he couldn't breathe, he was going to die.

Opening his eyes, Ventus looked around. He wasn't in his bedroom, he was in a place.. with bright lights, and voices.. lots of voices.

His head was throbbing, his chest hurt. Where was he?

He didn't realise he was mumbling to himself, until a voice asked him

"How are you feeling my dear? You've had quite a night. You almost died!"

"I-I-I a-almost d-died?" Ventus stammered

"Yes, you were losing oxygen pretty fast, It's such a shame that your brothers couldn't make it in time, to stop you from losing oxygen." The voice replied.

"They… th- they must've stopped me in time, or else, I would be dead? Wouldn't I?" He quickly said before turning a bright shade of pink.

"Open your eyes and see for yourself." Whispered the voice gently.

Huh? What, open my eyes? Ventus was confused; his eyes were open, weren't

they?

He gently closed his eyes, counted to ten then opened them again. Only to find himself lying on the floor, in the dark. He shivered, it was so cold, the floor felt like ice. He knew he was in his room, because he could see his brothers looking at him.

"Ven, you just had another nightmare, don't worry nightmares can't hurt you." His twin brother Roxas sighed.

"A-a-are you s-s-sure?" Ventus whimpered.

"Yes, I'm sure. Ven if these nightmares keep coming, we may need to take you to the doctor." Roxas replied calmly.

"H-h-h-how did I get on the f-f-floor?" Ven shivered.

"You fell off the bed screaming, you couldn't breathe you were squirming too much that you slipped off the bed."

"I-I-I-I'm so sorry Roxie and Cloud, I'm so sorry…" He whispered as tears started forming in his eyes.

Clenching his hands tightly, he knew his brothers were tired of doing this, pretty much every single night, trying to save Ventus from dying. From suffocating, he

didn't want to see his brothers be so tired, and angry all the time, it's all entire fault. The world would've been a better place if Ventus were never born.

He slowly climbed back onto his bed, only to turn his body away from his brothers, he didn't want to look at them, he didn't want them to see him cry.

"Ven, please.. don't be this way.. please." Cloud whimpered.

Cloud went over to Ven's bed, sat down beside him and wrapped his arms around Ven's chest.

"No matter what happens, we still love you, don't think this is all your fault.. because it's not."

The tears kept stinging Ven's eyes, he knew they didn't love him, they hated him... after all he did.. just to cause them trouble..

"No…" Ven whispered ripping off her brother's arms from his body.

They all sat in silence, looking at one another.. Ven's brothers knew they couldn't do anything to make their younger sibling smile again.. so they left him all alone in his room, to fend for himself.

"Well well, Venny, Ven, Ven.. you surprise me, you treat your brothers like dirt." Chuckled a voice from the darkness.

"H-uh? W-who are you?" Ventus sat up as quickly as possible, only to catch a glimpse of two amber eyes staring right at him.

"You don't know who I am? Really? You don't? My god, aren't you a slow one!"

"Well.. I've never met anyone as rude as you!" Yelled Ventus

"You know.. You're a brat, did you know that?" added the dark figure coldly.

"I am not a brat!" he spat

"Wah ! WAH! I'm Ventus Strife, I had a bad dream, I couldn't breathe! WAH! WAH! WAH!" mocked the dark figure.

"HEY!" he shouted at the figure as loud as he could, hoping her brothers heard that, so they can take this man/woman away!

"Your parents can't hear you 'Ven' I put a silence charm around your room.. scream all you want, yell all you want.. they can't hear you.." smirked the mysterious figure.

"Don't call me Ven."

"Why not, Ven.." smirked the man

"You really are pathetic, your brother's probably don't love you anyway!"

"I don't know who you are, but you can't go around and tell people that!"

"My name is Vanitas Valentine" Sighed the man

"Leave me alone, I don't know you, but you better get out now!" Ventus spat.

"Wow, a little boy is disrespecting a demon! Amazing… I'm so impressed right now." Clapped Vanitas

"D-D-DEMON!" Ven practically was choking on his own words.

"Yes, demon.." he sighed.

"P-please I-I'll do anything just for you to go away and never come back." His tears falling down his cheek once more.

Vanitas sat down next to Ventus, staring deep into his eyes..

"Ventus Strife, 16 years old, good boy with good grades." He smirked.

Ventus was scared out of his mind, what was he going to do with him? He didn't want to think about that because the thought of what he could do made him cry harder.

"N'aawh, you're so cute when you're scared… " He cooed.

Vanitas cupped Ven's cheek in his hand; his hand had a warm touch slowly moving his hand back and forth from Ven's cheek.

"You're a blonde, with beautiful cerulean eyes.. I think I'm in love." His eyes trained on his prey.

"L-let go of me you pervert!" Ventus screamed slapping his hand away, and diving into the covers, hoping that the blanket will help him go away.. sadly as much as he wished it made him disappear, it just made him reappear right on top of him.

Ven's breath hitched, he was shivering violently, he was crying uncontrollably, and his hands were twitching like crazy.

The demon laughed at how he looked, how scared he was, and how unprepared he was. The demon lowered himself onto him, putting his lips onto his neck. He soon started to sink his teeth into the vein, and started piercing his skin.

The room was filled with ear piercing screams, Ventus tried his hardest to push him off of himself, but he was too strong, Vanitas cupped her mouth in an attempt to make her quiet, which failed as soon as he bit into his hand.

Hissing, Vanitas sat up and looked at the damage done to his hand. It was bleeding, you could clearly so the teeth marks and how deep they drove into his skin. Raising his good hand, he gave Ven a powerful slap to the face. Blood

splattering all over Ven's pillows.

"Cheeky little shit!" He yelled.

"NO PLEASE DON'T PLEASE!" He begged for mercy.

Vanitas was about to slap him once more, and then he decided that he should let his toy rest for now.

"Hmph, don't try to be cheeky with me.. or else.. you're going to get what's coming to you." He smirked, licking at the spot where he punctured Ventus' skin.

The sudden contact of his tongue onto his skin, made his whole body shake, and made more tears come out.

"Night, my sweet.." he murmured before disappearing into the darkness.

Ventus didn't remember much, but he just remembered waking up in his bed, the light shining brightly through his curtains. His body felt groggy and sore.

"Another nightmare.." he sighed quietly.