Woo! Alright I finally got chapter 2 done! Yay! Now we can finally get back to this fun cute story!

Thanks to everyone who has read this story so far! Hope you enjoy ch2!

Ch.2

The next morning Vanitas slowly awoke to find Sora and Xion still sleeping next to him. They still were cuddled up against him and fast asleep. Vanitas smiled as he gently rubbed their heads. It was times like these where he just wanted to stay cuddled up next to his siblings and not move all. He just wanted to hold them in his arms and stay in this peaceful moment. But of course it couldn't last forever. Soon one of the workers came in to announce breakfast.

Knowing they had to get out of bed, Vanitas gently shook Sora and Xion. "Hey guys. Wake up. It's time for breakfast."

Sora and Xion slowly opened their eyes and yawned in union.

"Good morning Vani," Xion said while Sora just yawned again and tried to fall back asleep.

"Oh no Sora, you aren't falling back asleep on us," Vanitas said as shook Sora again.

"I don't wanna get up…" Sora grumbled.

"We gotta get up though! It's breakfast!" Xion shouted as she gave Sora a shove.

"Don't make us push you off the bed Sora," Vanitas chuckled as he slowly started to push Sora towards the edge of the bed.

Sora quickly sat up and jumped off the bed "Okay! I'm up! Let's go eat!"

The three siblings quickly went and got dressed for the day and then headed to get their morning food. Again as they ate Vanitas would not look at, or talk to Aerith at all. He still couldn't believe what she had said yesterday. Some couple wanted to adopt Xion? And only Xion? And to make things worst Aerith didn't even tell him for who knows how long! How long had she kept that a secret from him!? He knew that he couldn't trust any of the adults. They never would understand how he felt. They just kept things from him and lied about everything.

"There has to be something I can do…" Vanitas thought to himself later in the day. He was sitting off in the corner of the room as he watched Sora and Xion play with the other children. "I am not going to let them separate us. I can't let them separate us. But...what can I do?"

"Come on Vani. Come and play with us some more," Sora said as he pulled on Vanitas's shirt.

"Yeah Vani. Play with us again!" Xion chimed in.

Vanitas was snapped out of his thoughts and his eyes fell onto his siblings smiling faces. He pushed back this thoughts on what to do for a later time. Right now he knew he needed to be with his siblings. They were all he had left and all that mattered to him.

"Alright. What do you wanna play?" Vanitas asked.

"Tea party!" Xion shouted.

"Sword fight!" Sora said as he held up a foam toy sword.

"Well both of those sound fun, well what do you guys wanna do first?" Vanitas asked as he smiled at his siblings.

"I wanna have a tea party first! Tea party!" Xion said as she bounced up and down.

"But I wanna play sword fight," Sora pouted.

"Kupo wants to play tea party too!" Xion argued as she held up her moogle doll.

"I don't wanna play tea party though…"

"Hmm.." Vanitas hummed thoughtfully as he stood up, "How about this then. You guys are having a nice little tea party, when the big monster comes and you have to fight them off with your swords?"

Before Sora or Xion could responded Vanitas grabbed hold of them and tackled them down to the ground. "I've got you two now! And now you will never escape!"

Both Sora and Xion let out loud laughs of joy. They laughed and giggled as they tried to break free of Vanitas's grip.

"Vani...let go," Xion said as she giggled as she pushed at Vanitas's face.

"Nope. I am not just any monster. I am the tickle monster!" Vanitas shouted as he began to tickle both Sora and Xion.

The two little siblings burst out in laughter. Their efforts to try to escape from their big brother ceased as they could do nothing, but laugh and laugh more. The three of them laughed as they all laid on the floor. They laughed and laughed for what felt like forever. After that though, they did end up playing with swords and having a tea party, but they still couldn't stop laughing from before.

Vanitas was glad about that. Not only did he wanna have fun with his siblings, but he also didn't wanna let them worry at all. He didn't want them to be worried about getting separated. He was the one who had to worry if anything. He was their big brother and that meant he had to be the one to look out for them. The image of Xion from yesterday popped back in his head. The terrified look on her face when she heard she might get adopted. He didn't want that happen. There had to be something he could do. Anything. But of course he couldn't let them know he was worrying. He wanted to keep them as happy as he could.

That night after everyone was dressed and in bed, Vanitas stared up at the ceiling. He couldn't fall asleep. There was still far too many thoughts going on in his head. As he laid there in thought, a small idea came to his mind.

"What if...we ran away…" His thoughts asked himself. "Where would we go though? Would the workers come and find us?"

Vanitas sighed. He had no idea how they would even manage something like that. Getting up from his bed he walked over to the window and stared out at the sky. The sun had just begun to set, and the dark night sky was fading in.

That was when Vanitas caught sight of a star. One lone star out in the middle of the sky.

"The evening star…" Vanitas muttered. He closed his eyes as he contemplated for a moment. He wasn't big on believing in fairy tales or magic...but seeing that lone star...it gave him a small idea. He didn't know if it would work, but part of him felt like he had to try.

Vanitas opened his eyes back up and looked back at the star. Clasping his hands together he spoke in a quiet voice, as he didn't wanna wake anyone else up.

"Star light, Star bright. First star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might. Have the wish I want tonight." Vanitas took in a deep breath before he continued. "Please...I don't want to be separated from Sora and Xion. They are all I have left. I don't want us to stay here for much longer and have that happen. I am tired of this orphanage. So… I wish….I wish for a way for us to get away from here, but for us to stick together."

Vanitas sighed a little, feeling like it was pointless to even try such a thing. But then it almost looked like the star glowed a little brighter. Vanitas gasped as he saw a glow of light appear on the window sill right in front of him. He couldn't believe his eyes. Was this for real? Or was he just dreaming?

When the light outside the window faded, what remained was a little 3-dimensional, blue toy-like star with a piece of paper on top of it. Vanitas carefully opened the window and picked up the star. It was just a little larger than the palm of his hand and it looked like it was made out of glass as he could see right through it, but it also felt light in his hand. Looking down at the paper, he read what it said.

The World Traveling Star:

For the times when you wish to run away

Here are the things you need to say

Place everyone's hand on the star

And then wish to go very far

Vanitas stared with wide eyes at the star in his hand. This couldn't be real… could it? Vanitas quickly pinched himself, if in the case he had actually fallen asleep and this was all a dream. Vanitas flinched, but nothing happened. This was real. He had the answer to his problem right here in his hand. Never before had he felt this happy. A large smile ran across his face as quickly, but quietly, changed back into his everyday clothes. He also made sure to grab his black jacket and threw it on over his red tank top.

Vanitas then ran over to Sora's bed "Sora. Hey Sora," Vanitas whispered as he shook Sora. "Wake up Sora. Now."

"Mhn...V...Vani?" Sora yawned, only being half awake. "What….is it?"

"Get dressed now and grab anything you wanna take with you. We are leaving here. Tonight."

"What?... What do you mean?" Sora asked, as he sat up.

"Just trust me. Get dressed and be ready to leave, okay?"

Sora slowly nodded, "Okay…"

Vanitas then tiptoed out of the boys room and made his way down the hallway to the girls room. He slowly peaked his head in to see all the girls in there fast asleep. After locking his eyes on Xion's bed he snuck his way over there.

"Xion. Wake up."

Xion stirred slightly before opening her eyes and seeing Vanitas. "Vani? What is it? It's nighttime."

"We are going to run away tonight. You, me, and Sora. We can be together now and no one will ever try to separate us again." Vanitas explained with a smile.

Xion's eyes lit up, "Really? How you going to do that?"

"With this," Vanitas said as he held out the star for Xion to see. "It's a magical star. It's going to take us somewhere else. A place where we can be happy together."

Xion wrapped her arms around Vanitas and smiled happily. "Yay! Together forever!"

"Shh…" Vanitas hushed Xion as he pulled her back from the hug. "Now get dressed and grab anything you wanna take with you and meet me back in the boys room, oaky?"

Xion nodded, "Got it."

With that all taken care of Vanitas headed back to the boys bedroom. Sora was already dressed and ready to go. He walked over to Vanitas. "Now what?"

"First we wait for Xion. Then we are going to leave," Vanitas said as he walked back over to the window. He pushed it open all the way and looked outside. They were only on the first floor so the window was basically right above the ground.

"But where are we going?" Sora asked.

Vanitas turned around and held out the magic star, "This magical star will take us someplace else."

"Where did you get it?" Sora asked as he looked over the star.

"From wishing on a star," Vanitas reponsded.

"Wow. Really? That is so cool!" Sora said enthusiastically.

Vanitas nodded, "Yeah, it is."

"But...should we really be leaving? Won't miss Aerith and all the others miss us?"

Vanitas closed his eyes, shaking his head, " Sora, adults don't care for us. They never have. They just want to get us adopted and separate us. None of them actually care how we feel about it. They won't care if we are gone."

Sora lowered his head, "Oh...okay."

"Hey…" Vanitas said as he placed his hand on top of Sora's head, "Don't feel too down about it. We are going on a fun adventure now. Everything is going to be alright now."

Sora formed a smile across his face, "Yeah. An adventure sounds fun."

"I'm ready," A small whisper came from the other side of the room. Sora and Vanitas turned to see Xion dressed in her usual dress and her moogle plush rested in her front dress pocket, with just it's head sticking out.

"Okay then. Let's go," Vanitas said as he walked back over to the window. He first picked up Sora and helped through the window and down to the ground outside. Next it was Xiona turn, and after she was outside Vanitas exited out the window and then gently closed it once he was in the ground.

"Now where to?" Xion asked.

"We're going to head to the forest, so no one can see us. Come on," Vanitas said as he took both Sora and Xion's hands and started to walk to the forest just a few feet away from the orphanage.

As they walked Vanitas didn't once look back. He never wanted to see that orphanage again. Never again would he have to read being adopted without Sora or Xion. They were going to stay together now. Everything was going to be happy. Vanitas was determined to find a place for them to live happily. A place where they wouldn't have to deal with adults. A place where they wouldn't be separated. The perfect home was out there somewhere and Vanitas was going to find it.

They entered the forest a little before stopped. Vanitas pulled out the star from his jacket pocket. "Okay guy. Place a hand on the star, and hold my hand with the other hand." Both Sora and Xion nodded as they placed one hand on the star and grabbed Vanitas's hands with their other.

"What happens now?" Sora asked.

"I wish for us to go somewhere else. Somewhere far more fun," Vanitas said as he formed a smile across his face.

The star suddenly began to glow a light blue hue. The siblings all gasped in amazement as the light grew brighter. Soon the light surrounded them and was far too bright too see anything. They closed their eyes and smiled as they were consumed by the stars bright light

And that wraps up chapter 2.

Yes there are magical elements in this. Now we got all of this set up we can get into the real fun stuff! Hope to see you all next time.

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