Chapter 12

~Dream~

I looked as I was falling down. i landed on a glass floor seeing ventus and vaniitas. I looked up seeing ven falling down. As he fell slowly I caught him in my arms" Ven!". He opened his eyes" Alyssa? How?". I nodded as I sat him up when vanitas came down with a keyblade. The blade was silver like a sword, the handle looked like it had two gold ones together and the keyblade had two keys together" Our union was not finished". I saw it was broken as vanitas said" The X-blade shouldn't stay broken like this. Join me now, and we can complete the X-blade!". I glared as ven shook his head" I've got a better idea. How 'bout I destroy you both?". Ven and I summoned our keyblades took a fighting stance as Vanitas laughed" The X-blade is made of your heart, too, idiot. If you destroy it, your heart will vanish forever". I froze, his heart will vanish?.

Ven glared" Whatever it takes. Anything to save Terra, Alyssa, and Aqua". I turned to ven"No! Ventus please I lost mom and dad I can't lost you as well". Ven said" Alyssa, I know but please this is the only way". I saw ven was serious as vanitas smirked" Hmph, it's always about your friends, isn't it?". I glared at him as ven said" At least I have some! I've become a part of their heart, just as they've become a part of mine. My friends are my power...and I'm theirs!". I looked at ven shocked "Ventus". i hated to agree but we have no choice. Ventus and I started fighting him. The sword might be broken but it was hard to beat. Vanitas smirked"Just give up. You two will never beat me".

I got up slowly and looked at vanitas smirking"I think I get it". His smirk changed to confused" you were always alone weren't you? You never had anyone" he glared"Shut up". I said"You were always alone, never had a friend". He shouted"Shut up!". I said" Fighting everyday,listening to that man. You never acted the way you want did you?". He shouted" SHUT UP! Why should I have to be combined with a weakling like my light side!". Vanitas charged at us as ven and I dodged and attacked him making him lose the X blade. He struggles, trying to grab it. But he can't. Vanitas falls toward a darkened broken station. I try grabbing him but it was too late, vanitas faded into light. The light hits the station and restores it with only Ven's picture on it.

Ven and I land in the middle of it. I turned to ventus as I noticed he was disappearing"Ven...Your fading?". He looked at me"It had to be done". I cried tears on my cheeks"No not you ven...Please I lost my parents I can't lose you guys". Ven hugged me tight"You will never be alone. No matter how close or far we are. We will always be friends remember?". I nodded as I tried wiping my tears" I will come back I promise". I nodded"I know you will". Ventus slowly slipped away smiling as he starts to glow and then turns into a heart and flies off. I looked up feeling light around me.

~Dream ends~

I slowly open my eyes seeing a possessed ven attacking aqua and mickey. I glared standing up as aqua collided blades with vanitas. I felt a huge shockwave hit them as the X blade broke"What?". She knocked it away as I saw it was shining too bright"Ven! Alyssa!". Ven turned to normal passed out. I looked at the X blade breaking and a huge wind blew at us. I slowly got up feeling my body in pain. I noticed ventus body was slipping away. I grabbed his hand but the wind started pulling us away"Alyssa! Ven!". I saw aqua reach for us and took my hand. We were all caught in a huge blast, I only heard one thing before I blacked out" Ven, Aqua, Alyssa. One day I will set things right".

~ Time skip~
I slowly opened my eyes seeing a knocked out aqua waking up, a sleeping ventus, mickey, a old man, a duck and a dog"Mickey? Where are we?". Mickey said" Your at master yen sid tower". I blinked as I said"Who are they?". Mickey smiled"These are my friends: donald and goofy". Goofy smiled" hello alyssa". I blinked"H...Hello?". Master yen sid came over"Alyssa you and aqua lost consciousness thankfully mickey saved you". I nodded as I saw ven was sleeping and knew his heart was gone. Aqua was shaking ven"Ven...Ventus". I nodded" He is gone aqua. His heart is resting somewhere". Aqua said" When will he wake?".

Yen sid said" I could not say. It is almost as though his heart has left. Should it return, he may very well wake. Should it not, then he may sleep like this for all eternity". Aqua was surprised"No...I'll keep him safe, until he wakes. Forever if I have to". Yen sid said" I will tell you what your friend needs right now. It is not your protection. He needs you to believe. You see, Ventus's heart hangs in the balance. It sleeps in the place between light and darkness. From all I can perceive, that means he will be looking for a friend, one who believes in him, to show him the way home. Just as long as you love him...then Ventus will be able to find you when he wakes. He can follow that love back to where he belongs, the realm of light".

Mickey smiles" Don't you worry Alyssa, Aqua. I believe in Ven, too. Gosh, he's been as good a friend to me as anybody. And if both you and me believe in him with all our hearts...then he'll have two lights to follow instead of one". Aqua said" Three lights. Terra". Mickey looked sad" but..Terra's gone. Maybe for good". I said"No, we can find him". I looked at the wayfinder as we slowly got up. I felt my body in pain but I knew I had to get ventus safe. Aqua got him on her back as we walked out of the tower" Ven needs a safe place". Ven's hand moves. He holds his arm up and summons his Keyblade and creates a portal. I held aqua hand" All right... If that's where you want to go".

We walked through the portal. As we make it through we gasp what we see. It was the ruins of the Land of Departure. We look around noticing eraqus keyblade. Aqua picks it up when I let her hand go. Aqua and I enter the ruins of the castle, remembering what Master Eraqus told us both. Aqua sits Ven in the center throne of the throne room.

~Flashback~

I was with aqua and master eraqus in the castle" Aqua, Alyssa". I said"Yes master?". He said" Now that you are a Master, there is one secret in particular you must know". We blinked as he said" Should anything happen to me, and you find the legion of darkness at our doorstep...I ask that you take my Keyblade and use it to lock this land away". We froze shocked"What? But master?". He patted my shoulder"Listen, Generations of Keyblade Masters have been charged with keeping this land safe. Light and darkness exist in balance here, and there are those who would abuse such neutral ground. This is why our predecessors devised a certain...trick".

We looked at each other as he continued" Just use the key, and this land will be transformed. From that day forward, all who visit this land will be lost to oblivion, none ever able to solve the mystery. None, except you two".

~Flashback ends~

Aqua holds Master Eraqus's Keyblade up while I held my mine up as well, pointing it at the back of the center throne. This reveals the Land of Departure's Keyhole. Aqua thrusts Eraqus's Keyblade forward causing the end of the Keyblade and the Keyhole to glow. The area is engulfed in light. After the light subsides Aqua and I are left in a transformed throne room. Ven sits in the throne in the center of the room, with light being sent along chains to the many symbols on the walls. I hugged ven tight" I will miss you ven". I let go as aqua smiled" I know it's a lonely place, but you'll be safe. Terra and I will be back to wake you up before you know it". We left the chambers and looked around the new scenery.

We heard a voice" Aqua..Alyssa...Put an end to me". Aqua said"Tell us where to find you". We left the world behind. It's a cloudy night when Aqua and I enter the town square of Radiant Garden. We looked at a white haired, yellow eyed terra standing in the center and runs to him"Terra?". He reaches for her and grabs the strap across her chest and lifts her off the ground. A dark aura begins to surround him"Aqua!". Terra looked confused" Who...am I?". Aqua was losing air" Such a terrible...darkness... Fight it. Terra, please!".

Terra blinked" Terra...you say?". The dark aura disappears. He drops Aqua and grabs his head. I ran over to her as I heard another voice" Terra's heart has been extinguished, smothered by the darkness within him". I glared"Xehanort". Xehanort summons his Keyblade and swings it down at Aqua. I jump away with her as we stood up. Aqua glared" My name is master aqua". She summons her keyblade as I closed my eyes and summoned the X blade"Give our friend back!". Aqua glared" return my friends heart or pay the price!".

We started fighting terra to weaken him. Dark side said"Terra has some light in him. He is losing to the darkness though". I whispered"Then we have to get him back". Aqua and I kept fighting him. He summoned a black thing around him as it hit aqua away"Aqua!". We noticed an aura of light surrounding him" Stop fighting back!". Xehanort couldn't move as I shouted"Terra! You got to fight it!". Aqua shouts as well " Terra, we know you're in there!". Xehanort moves a bit" This'll teach you. Get out of my heart!". Xehanort uses his keyblade on himself as we yell"Terra!". Xehanort's Keyblade falls to the ground and vanishes. His shadowy other appears and vanishes as well, only it creates a dark portal beneath him. Xehanort falls into the portal as Aqua and I dive in to reach him where a light shines from it.

We used aqua glider and dive down to reach him"The darkness can't have you terra!". We speed up and gets close to him, aqua and I both got him putting him on her back and drove up in the portal. I thought"This is bad, the portal is weakening". Aqua thought" I have to do something or we'll both be lost". Aqua changes her Keyblade back to normal and comes out of her armor, leaving the armor holding Terra in it's arms. She puts her Keyblade in my hands" Aqua?". She smiles" I'm with you. Go!". She sends the armor flying to the portal carrying Terra, while she falls into" No! Aqua!". Aqua smiles to herself" Ven, I'm sorry...I might not make it back as soon as I thought. But I promise I'll be there, one day, to wake you up". That was the day our fates were sealed and a journey began.