A light guided me to the Badlands. The desert covered world was hiding the secrets of this journey and I was going to find out what it was. I walked through the canyon the sand had created until I came to an area filled with Keyblades. Didn't even know this was here. I wondered through the pathways until I came across Terra and Aqua.

"I was stupid and helped Xehanort do it." Terra said and Aqua gasped.

"He tried to hurt Ven and me." I told them. They turned to their left and looked at me. "You only fought because you want to protect us."

I place my hand on his shoulder as he explained how Xehanort had set up everything to awaken the darkness in him. Terra told us how he was sorry and that we had all been right. But no longer would he go astray.

"What else is darkness but hate and rage? Xehanort is feeding the dark fires within you – making you fight." Aqua stated. "You'll go astray again. Tell me – how does that honor our Master's memory, Terra?"

Terra dropped his gaze from her. I was about to tell her that as long as we were with him, Terra would be fine; but Ventus was walking towards us.

He stopped when he got in front of us, "Xehanort wants me and Vanitas to fight, and make some kind of 'X-blade.' But the Master said we can't let that happen…and he tried to destroy me for it."

"X-blade?" I asked.

"I still don't know exactly what it is. But…it scares me to death. Even just the thought of it." Ven answered.

We surrounded our youngest friend telling him that we would take care of him. Ven continued to say that he may have to fight Vanitas anyways. I tried to tell him that everything would be alright but he shook it off. Ventus told us to…to put an end to him. We all gasped at the thought of one of us killing our friend. A tear slipped from my eye as the wind picked up. We looked out onto the horizon. Xehanort and Vanitas were walking towards us.

"Behold…These lifeless keys used to be full of power – united with the hearts of their masters. On this barren soil, Keyblades of light and darkness were locked in combat…as a great Keyblade War raged. Countless Keyblade wielders gave up their lives, all in search of one, ultimate key." Xehanort said. "And it will soon belong to me…X-blade."

I glared at him but he wasn't able to see it as a light surrounded the four of us. When the light disappeared, we were all in our armor. Ventus moved to attack, but Terra pushed him back towards me. Terra ran forward and Xehanort just smirked. He raised the terrain when Terra jumped making him slide across the dirt. The two evil doers lifted themselves over the height of their newly created plateau.

I looked up to see the sky getting darker, as Xehanort creates a cyclone of Keyblades. He directed them in our direction.

"Ven, Aqua, go." I shouted as I started to run.

The two of them weren't far behind me. A dark laughter met my ears, and I looked back to see Vanitas riding the cyclone. He came down and grabbed me before moving the cyclone to attack Terra. My eyes followed the Keyblade cyclone as it went after Aqua. I summoned Oathkeeper and stuck it into Vanitas's leg. He cried out in pain dropping me onto the plateau where his master was standing. I lifted myself off the ground, watching as Aqua save Terra with her barrier spell.

The barrier explode and set Terra flying towards me. When he landed, I ran over to him and tried to help him up. Behind Xehanort, Ven attacked but the dark man disappeared and reappeared behind Ven, grabbing his helmet.

"Ven!" I screamed still trying to lift Terra.

Terra angrily jumped up and attack. But the cyclone hit him dead in the chest sending him over the cliff. Vanitas jumped off the cyclone. I noticed the trickle of blood that dripped from his leg and laughed. He growled at me and charged. I blocked all of his attacks as he blocked all of mine. He was quickly backing me to the edge. I blocked his next attack, and he pushed down hard trying to force me off the edge. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ventus being dropped over the edge.

"Aqua!" I shouted.

"I got him!"

"Hahaha…how cute." I looked back at Vanitas. "Worried about the little brat?" he asked me pushing harder.

"Ventus is not a brat." I growled throwing him off me.

The clouds cleared leaving a bright light from a moon shaped like a heart. I pulled my helmet off, throwing it at Vanitas. The dark spawn attacked me again. The two of us kept fighting even while Xehanort and Terra talked.

"Admirably done. I knew this was journey you could make – over the unseen wall that divides darkness and light. And I was not wrong, Terra!"

Terra brought out Earthshaker, "What did you do to Ven?"

"Why, I did him a favor and freed the darkness inside him. Alas, poor Ventus never had the fortitude for such strenuous trials." Xehanort explained.

"You bastard." I screamed at him hoping to give Terra advantage.

My friend attacked the man but Xehanort blocked with ease. His head turned to watch the battle waging between myself and Vanitas. Vanitas was standing over me and has ready to give the final blow.

"Vanitas, save the girl for me. Go take what Ventus owes you. And take Aqua's life."

Vanitas then ran off towards the edge. Terra and I both tried to follow but Xehanort got in our way. Terra jumped back pulling me with him.

"You see how powerless you are to save them? Savor that rage and despair. Let it empower you!" Xehanort encouraged Terra.

"You will pay for this, Xehanort."

"Was my Master – no, my father, Eraqus not enough for you?" Terra asked. "Leave my friends alone!"

Terra started to begin being covered in darkness, "Liv, go help Aqua."

"No."

"Uh?"

"You are not getting rid of me this time. I'm staying," I told him grabbing his hand.

He smiled at me before turning back to Xehanort, "Let's go."

The two of us made a conjoint attack but Xehanort was quick. His teleporting ability was hurting us, but as we fought we got smarter. Terra would attack and I would try to pin point were Xehanort would go to. As he appeared, I would attack and most of the times I got a hit but sometimes I'd miss and get hit instead. Xehanort and I both fell to our knees at the same time. Terra came over to me and lifted me up. My breath was ragged but I smiled trying to convince him I was fine. The ground shook suddenly.

Xehanort's eyes widened, "There, you see."

Terra reluctantly turned around seeing a giant light protrude from below the cliff.

"The X-blade had been forge."

"Ven!" I groaned out.

"And now, Terra," Xehanort said standing up, "It is time for the final union."

We turned back around and saw Xehanort sticking his Keyblade into his heart.

"What?" Terra asked.

The old man smiled, "At last, our moment is here." The Keyblade dissolves and his heart moved out of his body, "Out with the old and brittle vessel, and in with a younger, stronger new one." Terra and I watched. "I swore I would survive…and be there to see what awaited beyond the Keyblade War! And now it is your darkness that shall be the ark that sustains me, Terra!"

Xehanort threw his heart at Terra. I hit his guard, summoning his armor hoping to save him from whatever awaited him. Terra threw me away trying to protect me. When the light vanished Terra didn't move and Xehanort's body had disappeared. I walked over to the body of armor, before falling over due to the pain from the last battle. I kept my eyes on Terra and piece by piece his armor fell off. He dropped his Keyblade.

"No." I gasped as I looked at the silver haired Terra.

"This heart belongs again to darkness. All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end. The heart is no different. Darkness sprouts within it—it grows, consumes it. Such is its nature. In the end, every heart returns to the darkness whence it came."

He opened his eyes, and stared at me. My attempt to save the man I loved had failed, Xehanort had succeeded in taking Terra's everything. Xehanort laughed at me and summoned his Keyblade. He made his way towards me. I used Oathkeeper to help me up. Xehanort looked around as the top of the cliff was surrounded in orange chains.

"What?" He turned from me and faced Terra's armor that had reformed, even though there was no body inside. "Your body submits, your heart succumbs—so why does your mind resist."

I stood up and made my way over to the empty armor, "When he used it, Terra's mind was his strongest weapon."

Xehanort growled and attacked. The armor and I blocked together. It hurt to move but I would do whatever it took to save Terra. The fight didn't last as long as it could have. It was almost like Terra was fighting back from the inside. As Xehanort lied on the ground unconscious, the armor places its Keyblade into the ground kneeling before it. I walked over to it and knelt before it.

"You did good, Terra." I said sweetly with a smile.

I felt like he could hear me, even if he wasn't there. The ground began to shake again and looking behind me I saw why. A huge shock wave of light was coming towards us. I grabbed hold of Earthshaker, praying I wouldn't go flying. As the light engulfed me, my mind flashed to pictures of Aqua…then Ven…and finally Terra. I opened my eyes to look at the armor one last time.

"I'll find you Terra." I whispered as the light swallowed us whole and my world went black. The last thing I remember hearing was Terra's voice.

"Aqua, Ven….Livia, one day I will set this right."