This might be my favourite one of the whole set! Be ready for more fluff!
Also I opened a tumblr where sometimes some exclusive stuff will be posted, be sure to check "plumedesimili" :D
"Why can't we come, Master? That's not fair!"
"Terra, you heard the Master. He said no."
Eraqus sighed and massaged his temples. "I won't be gone long. Master Yen Sid needs my help. You are old enough to stay alone for a day. Can I trust you?"
"No wonder, Aqua apparently was old enough for that when she was six."
"Terra!"
As they grew up, Aqua was turning into the quiet and responsible one while Terra was becoming quite hot headed and sometimes impertinent. And they had not hit puberty yet. Eraqus feared for the future.
"It's okay, Aqua. Terra, would you mind developing that thought?"
He would soon be late, but his priority always had to be them. Yen Sid would wait.
Terra crossed his arms. He didn't answer.
"You are aware of the reasons why I left, you remember what the other option was, don't you?"
"Oh, I know. If you didn't come, I'd be dead by now."
He defiantly looked at Eraqus. "I'm not saying you were wrong. All I'm saying is that you left her alone. That was just a fact, Master."
"No, Terra, that was an accusation."
He shrugged. "If you say so."
"You can leave in peace, Master! We will take care of ourselves. Don't you worry. You will be late if you stay any longer!"
Eraqus smiled at Aqua and gave a sad look at Terra. The boy once idolised him, but it appeared his admiration was slowly fading away. Eraqus never really wanted admiration from the kids, but respect was getting lost as well. He would have to talk with him soon.
"Okay, then. I'm going. I'll be back for dinner. Be careful. And no playing with the fire, okay?"
"Oh come one, we are nine, not five."
"We promise, Master."
Eraqus gave them a last smile and left them. He hoped all would be well.
Once he was gone, Aqua frowned at Terra.
"You didn't have to be so rude."
"But you wanted to go with him, don't you?"
She froze. "What?"
"You told me before. This world is too small. You want to go out. You want to go closer to the stars. You want to see other worlds. I know it."
"And you thought insulting the Master would be the best way for him to agree?"
"I don't care if he punishes me. That's just unfair how he ignores that you feel trapped! You've been here for so long, and he never let you out! I don't really mind not leaving this place, but I know you do!"
Aqua smiled. "Terra, I appreciate that you are doing this for me, but don't fight with the Master for me, please. It's fine. I don't mind staying here. After all, I get to be with you, and that's better than seeing any world out there!"
She squeezed Terra's hand and he finally smiled. "I just want you to be happy, Aqua."
She laughed and kissed his cheek. "That alone makes me happy, Terra. Thank you. Now, what should we do?"
Terra started thinking.
"I know! Why don't we make our own world?"
"How do we do that?"
"That's easy! Follow me!"
Terra ran to his room, followed by Aqua. He took various things, from his keyblade to his pillow, as well as plenty of other random objects. Understanding what he was doing, Aqua went to her room and picked a few objects herself. They met in the lounge room ten minutes later.
"Okay, so this is our world! Let's say that we have a mountain… Right here!" He stacked Aqua's pillow and his where the mountain would be. "That's the Feathery Mountains. They say everyone who went there fell into a deep sleep and never came back."
"How terrifying! Luckily, you don't have to go through the mountains to reach the village! There's also the Enchanted Forest." Aqua put her wood rabbit on the floor, and frowned. "That's no forest. Just a minute!" She ran outside and soon came back with sticks, leaves and freshly picked flowers. She laid them around her rabbit. "There! So this forest is another way to go to the village! But if you are disrespectful of the Nature…" She added her teddy bear. "A gigantic bear will appear and chase you down!"
Terra nodded seriously. "Luckily, the villagers have opened a school to train people so that they can fight the bear!" He put his keyblade down. "There, the bravest men and women will learn how to defeat any monster!"
"Let's not forget the library! Strength is important, but so is knowledge! Our village needs a library!" Aqua carefully put a book on the ground.
They looked at their pretty little planet, and suddenly gasped.
"WHAT WILL THEY EAT?"
They ran to the kitchen and brought back some cereals, that they spilled in their village. "There! They have cereal plantations now!" Terra added a glass of water on the ground (that he didn't spill). "And they will have water from the well. That sounds good."
Aqua looked proudly at everything. "That's our world."
"Ours, and ours only. Shall we get started?"
For all day long, they played in their world. They trained in school to become brave fighters, learnt all there was to know about just everything in the library. Terra foolishly thought she was strong enough to pick the rarest flower that existed and that only grew at the top of the Feathery Mountain, but he succumbed to sleep. It took Aqua a lot of effort and of ingenious ideas to save him without falling asleep too. Anytime sleep was taking over, she thought very strongly of her goal and that chased sleep away. But getting Terra out of the mountain was only the first step of her quest - as he was still asleep, she had to carry him through the Enchanted Forest. Everything was going on well, until she accidently stepped on a ladybug. The spirits of the forest were so angry they sent the bear after her. She thought all was lost, but her tears woke Terra up, and he defeated the monstrous bear to protect her. They finally could go back to the village to enjoy their peaceful life.
Terra asked for Aqua's hand and gave her the flower from the Feathery Mountains as an oath of his eternal love. All the village learning how much they had been through, they were crowned King and Queen of this world. They would leave happily ever after… Until the frightening Pineapple Ogre appeared out of nowhere.
"Children, what is the meaning of this? Why is there food on the ground? Is that earth? And please tell me this is not flowers from the garden…"
Terra and Aqua joined their forces in order to defeat the Pineapple Ogre, Terra using his sword, Aqua her spells. They had to protect their world and their people at any cost.
The ogre was not amused, and the King and Queen were punished. They had to clean "all this mess" up, and were sent to bed with only a bowl of soup as dinner to teach them to spill food.
Eraqus had had quite a harsh day. Master Yen Sid didn't bring good news, darkness was alarmingly growing and their old friend Master Xehanort was missing. The day had been rough, and he wasn't in the mood for children's play.
On the next day, though, two notebooks were waiting on the table in the kitchen, and as he read them, he felt guilty for getting angry.
I'm sorry I picked the flowers and made such a mess. And for shouting 'Die, Ogre!' at the Master. He always care so much for us, I don't want him dead. I love him a lot.
I'm sorry I was so rude to the Master. And for spilling food. The Master is as much a father to me as my own father was. I hope he won't stay mad at me, because I love him a lot.
He wiped the tear that ran on his cheek.
He should be the one apologizing to them. As soon as they would wake up, he would gladly let them give him a tour of their world.
Now I will never have children because they'll be such a disappointment in comparison to Terra and Aqua...
