A/N: Hey guys~! I'm back with this AU fic. Well, only slightly. You'll find that a lot of things are similar to canon, but things will be very different. The main characters of this story will be Terra and Aqua.

50 prompts. 900 words maximum.

Let's begin. :3

The Royal Escape

x - - pov: terra - - x

"You are now in the presence of his Grace, Marluxia, Lord of Castle Oblivion, Ruler of The World That Never Was and Protector of Kingdom Hearts." The boy with on, pale blue hair falling lightly across his face as he spoke. The entire room held 50, or so people, all standing to their feet as Marluxia walked past, making his way to his throne.

Terra was almost ready to puke. Everywhere.. On the floor, in the decorative plants, on the throne, in Xigbar's ponytail. Everywhere.

Once Marluxia walked up to the many steps leading up to his throne, instead of sitting, he turned on his heel to face the people in the room.

"As you may have already known, our former leader Xemnas has been eliminated." Marluxia began, lacing his fingers together. "But I ask you not to refer to him with his former title. Xemnas was a traitor, and an enemy to us all."

Terra raised an eyebrow, turning to review the faces of all the Nobodies that stood in the room with him. Some relieved, some overjoyed, and some miserable. He looked back to the high throne, sixteen steps leading up to their ruler.

Saix and Zexion stood on the highest steps, opposite sides, their leaders sworn protectors.

Larxene was only two steps lower, her head bowed down low to show her respects, but that did not hide the smirk on her face.

Axel took the lowest step. Terra assumed it had something to do with the whispers of him being a traitor.

Terra did not serve Xemnas or Marluxia. He served Master Eraqus.

Who was partners with Master Xehanort.

Ignorantly so, but Eraqus did not listen.

Master Xehanort ruled Xemnas, so it was interesting how… this was allowed.

"Saix eliminated Xemnas after learning of his treason, that is why he takes the highest step." Marluxia nodded towards Saix, who simply bowed in respect. "Xemnas named me Lord of Castle Oblivion, so I am next to be in charge. I suggest you get used to calling me your King." The sickest smile graced Marluxia's thin lips as he finally sat down, resting upon his throne.

Terra did not know what to say. Shouldn't it have been Xehanort to become ruler, then? And King was such a ridiculous term… he couldn't actually expect people to refer to him as that, could he?

Terra was staying in The World That Never Was under the wing of Master Xehanort, under orders of Master Eraqus. Once he failed his Mark of Mastery, Eraqus and Xehanort thought it would be wise to take him elsewhere to learn to control his Darkness.

So they took him to a city created by Darkness.

It was funny. But hey, it had become home.

Sort of.

He missed the grassy fields, and the starry sky. He missed the warm sun, and his castle. His Master and his friends. These were all just strangers, expecting him to do his duty.

He had no interest helping the Nobodies gain their hearts and helping Marluxia gain control of all the worlds.

It did strike him as odd that Saix was the one who defeated Xemnas. Saix was known for following his master around like a dog. But no one dare told Saix that to his face.

Terra found himself very silent, drowning out the world in front of him until his attention was brought back to reality.

"Master Terra, come forth." Marluxia ordered.

I am no Master. Terra thought. He was slow to approach, carefully walking up the steps. Finally reaching the throne, he cleared his throughout. "What is it?"

Marluxia shot Zexion a look, and that's all it took for the boy to begin talking.

"I ask that you kneel in the presence of his Grace, Master Terra."

Terra raised both his eyebrows, slightly chuckling in a 'are-you-serious' manner. But none of their faces budged, they were extremely serious.

Tough crowd.

Terra took once last look at Saix, who finally broke expression and slightly nodded for him to do as they said.

So Terra kneeled. He did not speak, he refused to feed Marluxia's ego.

This was all some sort of weird dream. It was all happening so fast.

He would not feed anyone's ego.

He simply looked up, and waited for his orders.

"Master Aqua and little Ven is on their way. They will assist you on your current mission, Master Ter-"

"I am no Master." Terra corrected. "That's not my title."

"Master Xehanort thinks you've done remarkable progress and named you Master. Your ceremony was to be done later this evening. Sorry for spoiling the surprise." Marluxia smiled.

"That's not how it works." Terra replied, annoyed. "But what is my mission, Marluxia?"

"It seems that my little pet has ran away, it's a shame, really…" Marluxia began, his fingers running along the arm of the throne. "The memory witch. She's gone missing. I need you to retrieve her. She is a Princess, after all."

"Well, she would be, if she had any heart to speak of." Marluxia's lips closed in a fine line, an evil gleam in his eyes.

"Saix will give you any further instructions. That's it. Be gone."

Terra was sure that today, everyone would be testing his temper.