A/N: A new chapter and thanks for the reviews!

XesmeKH: ^^. Thanks! Kinda bored and apparently I'm the only one who's stuck with doing the dishes and moping the floor… How about you? That's okay. Well, maybe I can help ^^.

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Chapter 25: Crown of Light

Ventus flew thru the Lanes in Between as he chatted with Vanitas. Most of the way was the two yelling at each other for saying such random things, like who's the strongest and who's the best. Ventus sighed deeply as Vanitas began to tease him again with one of his weakness.

"So Ven? What do you think Hikari is doing right now?" Vanitas asked.

"Doing the Mark of Mastery Exams, duh!" Ventus stated the obvious as rolled his eyes.

Vanitas shook his head and slapped his forehead, "Not that genius! You know, she might be thinking of you right now… or she's probably abandoning you." He teased.

"She doesn't have the time to think about me…. She's going to be a Master and she's not abandoning me!" Ventus shouted.

"Whatever, lover boy…. Look to front." Vanitas said as they both arrived at a world.

Ventus landed on the world as he glanced around. He quickly realized the world as the first world he visited years ago, Dwarfs Woodsland, the home of the seven dwarfs and Snow White. Ventus was near the house where the dwarfs live. He grinned as he saw the clumsy one, Dopey. He ran towards Dopey as he called out his name. Dopey turned and hops around towards Ventus. Then, the other dwarfs hear Dopey jumping happily. They took a peek and saw Ventus was talking to Dopey.

"Nice too see you all in tip top shape!" Ventus said happily.

"Hm… Oh! You're Ventus correct?" Doc asked.

Ventus nodded, "Yep! The one and only Ventus around!" he said happily.

"You again? ! What are you doing back here you Diamond Thief!" Grumpy shouted as he raised his fist up.

Ventus backed up as he raised both his hands, "Whoa! I'm not here to steal anything! I'm just here to get something for my Master. Here's the picture of it." he said and reached thru his pocket to grab the piece of paper.

He handed the paper to Doc as Doc observed it with his glasses. Ventus waited for Doc to give a result. The other dwarfs also took a look at the picture Ventus just gave. Then he snapped his fingers, making the other dwarfs and Ventus jumped a bit. Ventus quickly smiled as he thought Doc know where the Crown is located.

"I know where it is! It's at our Diamond mine! C'mon now, follow me!" Doc shouted as he walked towards the mime.

Ventus nodded and followed him along with the other dwarfs. They passed the Mountain Trails as they arrived in front of the little dwarf's diamond mine. Ventus stare again in awe as he entered the mine for the second time. It was still very beautiful. There wasn't any single diamond missing from its spot since the first time he visited the mine. He saw the seven dwarfs marched towards the mine. He chuckled a bit and entered the mine.

"Over here, Ventus!" Doc shouted as Doc monotone Ventus to sit inside the cart.

Ventus sweat dropped as Vanitas laughed. 'Hah! Good thing I'm not there!' Vanitas shouted inside Ventus's mind.

'Oh shut up!' Ventus yelled.

The cart began to move forward as Ventus ducked his head low so it won't hit the ceiling of the cave. He entered the cave and glanced around as it was so small. No wonder the dwarfs hide here when he was chasing them to get them to talk. Ventus sweat dropped the whole way towards the other side of the mine. He jump out of the cart and quickly stared in awe as he found the Crown of Light. He grinned as he went to grab the Crown but, it was taken away from him as he saw a tint of black. He summoned his keyblade and stood in a fighting stance as he glanced around to find the Heartless. He saw the Heartless was carrying the crown. Ventus chased the Crown along with the dwarfs. They chased the crown until they've reach the cottage clearing. Ventus used Strike Raid to slash the Heartless. He grinned and grabbed the Crown from the ground.

"Thanks for helping me find the Crown guys! I really appreciate it!" Ventus shake the tiny dwarf's hands.

"You're welcome Ventus!" Doc said.

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Ventus walked thru the Dark Woods and summoned back his keyblade as he felt a dark presence. He turned around as he felt the darkness was behind him. He raised an eyebrow as he didn't find anyone, he shrugged it off and continued to walk towards another large clearing. Ventus stopped as he heard a dark chuckle.

"Who's there!" Ventus shouted.

'Careful, Ven… this person is from our past…' Vanitas warned as Ventus nodded.

Ventus heard footsteps coming from behind him. He turned around and his eyes widened. The person looked a lot like Xemnas, only younger. He was also wearing the Organization uniform, which make Ventus much more suspicious. He has destroyed Organization XIV with his friend a few months ago. Ventus stood in a fighting stance as he glared at the Xemnas look alike.

"Who are you!" Ventus yelled.

Xemnas look alike chuckled, "I'm Young Xehanort…" He said as Ventus kept on thinking Xehanort…

His eyes widened and shouted, "Impossible! Master Xehanort is dead!" Ventus argued as Young Xehanort gave another chuckled.

"That's what you think."

"What are you doing here! Get out of this world before I kick your butt!" Ventus said as he raised his fist.

"I'm only here to bring you a very… special message… Your little friends who's taking the Mark of Mastery Exam will failed and they will fall to the Darkness once more." Young Xehanort smirked as Ventus and Vanitas's eyes widened.

He ran towards Young Xehanort. He slashed him but, his eyes widened as he saw a keyblade similar to Master Xehanort appeared in Young Xehanort's hands. Ventus growled and put a little power into his block as he pushed Young Xehanort bit by bit. But, Young Xehanort smirked and pushed Ventus out of the way with his free hand by using Dark Aero.

Ventus saw Young Xehanort right above him as his eyes widened. Young Xehanort stabbed his keyblade to the ground to where Ventus's head is lying down. But, Luckily, Ventus quickly rolled out of the way and dodged rolled away from Young Xehanort until he was at a distance with him.

"Don't you dare interrupt their Exam!" Ventus yelled.

"Oh? But we already did…" Young Xehanort smirked.

Ventus's eyes widened, "Why you…" he growled as he glared at Young Xehanort. Young Xehanort gave a dark laugh as he disappeared into the darkness. Ventus summoned off his keyblade and sighed heavily.

'Darn it! Why them? Why now? What's Master Xehanort's goal in them? Vanitas? Do you know something about this?' Ventus asked as he walked angrily towards the clearing.

'No…. Apparently, some information wasn't given to me from that old man. He's the one who created me but, he still kept secrets from me.' Vanitas said.

'Oh… We better get back to the Mysterious Tower and report this back to Master Yen Sid.' Ventus said and summoned his glider and his armor.

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"Master Yen Sid!" Ventus shouted as he barged into Master Yen Sid's office.

Master Yen Sid smiled, "Ah, Master Ventus… You have return with the item I've requested, am I correct?" he asked.

Ventus nodded, "Yeah. Here's the Crown. But, a man called Young Xehanort came to me and said that he and Master Xehanort is planning to ruin Sora, Riku, and Hikari's Mark of Mastery Exam!" he yelled.

Master Yen Sid's eyes widened as he stood up from his chair, "I see…. We have to wait for Master Aqua and Master Terra to return to my tower. At the meantime, I'll summon the King, Magician Donald, and Knight Goofy." He said as Ventus nodded.

'I hope you're okay guys… Good luck.'

A/N: Chapter finished.

Me: Next one will be Aqua's!

Kairi, Namine, Shion: Girls rule!

Lea, Roxas: *sweat dropped*

Me: Um… R&R Please ^^