Hey guys here's chapter 10! Hope you like it!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Kingdom Hearts characters except my OC Nia and a few other OC's in this story

Terra was walking through the forest and ran into a blonde haired woman crying. She was wearing a dress but it was torn up. "Is something wrong?" Terra asked her. "It's just that my friends made me the most beautiful dress but my stepmother and stepsisters ruined it." the woman said. "And I was so looking forward to the ball." "Darkness always finds a way into a wounded heart." Terra said. "You have to be strong. Strength of heart will carry you through the hardest of trials."

"But," the woman said still crying. "I…" Unversed suddenly appeared. Terra summoned his Keyblade and defeated them keeping them away from the woman. "I can't believe…not anymore…"

Terra crossed his arms. What was he going to do? The woman was so depressed she didn't believe in anything. "Strength of heart is important," a voice said. "But that's not all you need." "There's nothing left to believe in…" the woman said. "Nothing." "Nothing?" the voice said. "Oh, come now dear. You don't really mean that." "Oh, but I do. It's just no use." the woman said looking up to see her Fairy godmother. "Nonsense!" the Fairy godmother said. "If you didn't believe at all, I couldn't be here, and here I am." She helped the woman up. "Oh, come now, dry those tears. You can't go to the ball looking like that."

"The ball?" the woman said. "Oh, but I'm not-" "Of course you are." the Fairy godmother said. "But we have to hurry. Now, what were those magic words? Oh yes…" She pulled out her magic wand. "Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!" She turned a nearby pumpkin into a carriage and turned the woman's torn up dress into a white gown. "Oh, it's a beautiful dress." she said looking in a nearby water fountain to see it. "Why, it's a dream come true!" "Yes," the Fairy godmother said. "But like all dreams, Cinderella, I'm afraid this can't last forever. You have only until till midnight, and then, at twelve, the spell will be broken and everything will be as it was before." "Yes, I understand." Cinderella said. She got into the carriage and drove off to the ball.

Terra watched as she left. "Her heart was full of light." he said. "Why didn't I see it?" He looked at the Fairy godmother. "What did you do? I can hardly tell she's the same person." "Who are you?" the Fairy godmother said.

"Terra."

"Terra, in your heart, do you believe that dreams can come true?" the Fairy godmother asked him. "I do." Terra said. "But I also believe that you have to make a effort to make them come true." "Yes, of course." the Fairy godmother said. "But sometimes just believing in dreams is easier said than done. Cinderella believes her dreams can come true. I wanted her to see that she was right." "So that what made her shine-faith in her heart that anything is possible." Terra said. "Where did she go?" "To the royal ball at the palace." the Fairy godmother said. "Go. And when you see her dancing you'll know that she believes and that will help you to believe, too." "All right." Terra said.

He made it to the castle and saw Cinderella surrounded by Unversed. "Not here, too!" Terra said summoning his Keyblade. He quickly defeated all the Unversed. "I met you before." Cinderella said. "I'll take care of them." Terra said. "You wait right here." "Please, may I go with you?" Cinderella asked him. "I so want to get to the ball." "All right." Terra said. "But stay behind me or you'll get hurt."Cinderella smiled. "You're not worried?" Terra said to her. "Didn't you tell me it was important to stay strong?" Cinderella said. "Oh, um…I guess I did." Terra said slightly flustered for a second. "So…you ready?" Terra said looking at her. "Yes." Cinderella said.

Terra escorted Cinderella through the hallway defeating any Unversed in the way. They made it to the ballroom. "Thank you." Cinderella said. "Um…" "Terra." Terra said. "Thank you, Terra." Cinderella said. She walked into the ballroom and ran into the prince. The prince put out his hand and Cinderella took it. As the prince danced with Cinderella Terra smiled. "Maybe believing is enough." he said.

Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters watched her dance with prince but since Cinderella was in a new dress and her hair was done up they couldn't recognize her. "But who is she, mother?" one of the stepsisters asked. "Do we know her?" "Well the prince certainly seems to." the other stepsister said. "I've never seen her before." "Nor I." Cinderella's stepmother said. "But she certainly is-wait! There is something familiar about her…"

Terra noticed Unversed on the balcony. He quickly ran to a man nearby who was the Duke of the kingdom. "How do I get up to the balcony?" Terra asked him. "Well, there is a passage beneath the foyer staircase." the Duke said. "Thanks." Terra said running off. He made it to the balcony and saw a Unversed there. It looked like a musician and had instruments in front of it. Once the Unversed saw Terra it immediately attacked it by playing a sour note. Terra covered his ears and looked for a way to escape. The only way was to jump off the balcony. The Unversed fired a ball of energy at Terra who dodged it and managed to jump off the balcony. The Unversed didn't see him and turned to leave. Terra aimed his Keyblade at the Unversed from the ballroom. "Down here!" The Unversed looked at Terra and faced him in the ballroom.

Most of the guests of the ball had run off and the Duke was trying to get backup for Terra. "Guards! Guards!" he yelled. "Where could they possibly be?" "I'll take care of this." Terra said. "You get the guests to safety." The Duke, prince, and Cinderella all ran off. Terra defeated the Unversed. The Duke came back and sighed. "And the guests were just starting to enjoy themselves." he said. Terra noticed something out if the corner of his eye and smiled. "Well don't give up just yet." He nodded at two people talking. The Duke turned around and smiled as he saw the prince and Cinderella talking.

"Tell me something." Terra said. "Have you always had a problem around here with those monsters?" "No, I believe they began to appear shortly after a boy in a mask arrived in our kingdom. Those that saw him said the monsters followed his every command." "A boy in a mask?" Terra said. "Do you know where he is now?"

"Well…no, I don't believe anyone has seen him since then." "I see." Terra said. A bell suddenly rang. "My goodness, it's midnight." Cinderella said. "Yes, so it is." the prince said. "Goodbye." Cinderella said running off. "Wait!" the prince said. "Come back! Please come back!" "I'm sorry!" Cinderella said as she ran downstairs. One of her glass slippers fell off. Cinderella tried to grab it, then saw the Duke running after her so she kept running. The Duke picked it up and ran after her. "Mademoiselle! Señorita! Wait!" he yelled after her. Terra watched them run off and then saw a familiar person with short blue hair.

"Aqua!"

Aqua turned around and saw Terra. "Terra!"she said. Terra quickly ran down the steps to talk with her. "Terra," Aqua said. "Ven and Nia ran away from home."

"What?" Terra said. "I think Ven left to go find you and Nia ran after him." Aqua said. "Do you have any idea why Ven ran after you?" "No." Terra said. "Actually, just before I left, he tried to tell me something. I should have listened to what he had to say."

"So," Aqua said. "Did you manage to locate Master Xehanort?" "No, but it seems he's looking for pure hearts filled with light." Terra said. "Pure hearts…filled with light…" Aqua said. "All I can tell you is that his search hasn't taken him here." Terra said as he started to walk off. "All right." Aqua said. "I'll stay and see if I can find more clues." "Okay. The prince is in the ballroom ahead." Terra said. "He might have some answers." "Thanks." Aqua said.

Terra stopped walking and looked at Aqua. "Aqua," he said. "You still have the same dream?" "Well," Aqua said. "Yes." "There's this girl here. Her name is Cinderella." Terra said. "She made me realize how powerful it is just to believe. No matter how impossible things seem a powerful enough dream will always be enough to light the darkness." Aqua smiled and nodded at him.

"If you see her, give her my thanks." Terra said. "Will do." Aqua said. Terra walked off. "The boy in the mask leading the Unversed…who is he?" Terra thought. "Does he have anything to do with Xehanort's disappearance? Eraqus said he first received word of these events from Yen Sid. Maybe's it's I went and spoke with him myself." Aqua smiled at Terra as he left. "He'll be all right." she said. "He won't give in to it."

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