With the second keyblade war was finally over everyone returned to their own homes, slowly settling back into normality, while everyone has been forever changed by these past events, no one has changed as much as her.

Aqua wakes up from a nightmare and reaches for the Light to comfort her. It doesn't. An AU in which a culmination of nightmares, Aqua's fears of weakness, and her protectiveness over Terra and Ventus lead her down a road paved with good intentions. Rated M for safety.