Velle stared down at the colorful world that was Disney Town, she thought it looked like fun. She looked up at Ventus to see him pointing down, indicating that they'd meet once they landed. They descended onto Disney Town together. Velle's feet hit the ground with a soft thud as she dismissed her armour and glider, she looked around to see she was alone.

"Huh? Ven, Where are you?" Velle called but received no answer, they must have had their landings off. She took a few steps out into the town and smiled at the brightly colored wonky shaped buildings. Next to her, she reached out and touched intricately cut shrubbery that was shaped like bubbles. "Woah...this place is so fun!" Velle gushed. She walked further and began to wander the streets. As she turned a corner to see Ventus walking out from an alley, he looked up and they made eye contact just as Velle lifted her hand to wave.

"Ta-da!" Someone shouted and jumped down in front of the blonde keyblade wielder.

"Ah!" Ventus shouted in surprise as he froze in place. Velle's eyes widened as she watched the event unfold before her eyes.

"Wearin' the mask of peace and hope…" The large creature turned with a jump to face Ventus. "Comes the fearless defender and hero of this town. It is me...Captain Justice!" The man twirled and struck a pose, lamely.

"Huh? Umm…" Ventus stuttered, utterly confused.

"Young fellow! Do my hero-senses detect that you got troubles? Just say the word, and Captain Justice will make all your problems disappear!" He began to stomp his large form over to Ventus.

Ventus looked around for an escape, he spotted Velle behind the masked crusader. She was leaning against the wall to get a better view and snickering into her hand. Velle wasn't going to be of any help to him, Ventus looked around again and found nothing. "Wh-who-me?"

"Yer!" Captain Justice replied as if it were obvious.

Ventus sighed, looking exasperated, "I'm just trying to reach my friend- ugh. Nevermind, forget it." Ventus shook his head, he didn't think he would be able to get anything through this thick character's skull.

Captain Justice chuckled, "Don't be intimidated by my magnificence. Go on and spit it out. Then...remember to vote Captain J!"

Ventus raised a skeptical eyebrow, "Vote?"

Captain Justice shook his head violently, suddenly becoming flustered. "Oh! Well, uh, forget that. How can I help? That's the only reason I'm here."

Ventus gestured for Velle to join them and she jogged over. He folded his arms over his chest and hummed in thought, "Hmm...I know! Tell us about your town. Everything's so festive. Is it always like this?"

The man in the mask looked bewildered, "Huh? That's it-nothin' else? Well, the festivities are on account of the Dream Festival. Which is why I've made sure there's carnival stuff all over town."

Velle perked up at that, "Really? Like what?"

"Ho ho, you gotta see it for yourself, wouldn't be much of a dream if I just told ya." Captain Justice grumbled with his arms crossed over his chest, facing away from them.

Ventus exchanged a look with Velle before awkwardly replying, "Right. Thanks."

"And kids, don't you go forgettin'...Captain Justice is the one who solved all your problems." He held his hand up in front of his face and whispered, "That would be justice with a J!"

Ventus laughed nervously and put his hand in front of Velle, protectively tucking her behind him from the large man's stinky breath. "Uh, sure. we got it, Captain Justice."

Just then they heard a small voice squawk, "Aww, phooey! This stinks! Now we can't open the ice cream shop!"

They turned around to see three small ducklings in red, blue, and green shirts, and a regal looking mouse in a poofy dress and tiara. "Trouble? Rescue is on the way!" Captain Justice called before clambering over to them.

"A festival, huh?" Ventus mumbled in thought, crossing his arms over his chest. He glanced over at Velle, trying to hide his blush. This was his second chance at a date with Velle and this time Aqua and Terra wouldn't be there to interrupt them. "Well, maybe we can have some fun."

"I'm excited! Let's go see what all the commotion is over there, Ven!" Velle exclaimed, she grabbed Ventus's hand and dragged the surprised blonde over to the crowd that Captain Justice ran to.

"Well, if it ain't the last kids Captain Justice saved! Fraid you'll have to get in line. I'm working on another catastrophe here for these fellahs-Huey-" The duck in the red shirt turned around to greet them. "-Dewey-" The blue shirt duck waved. "-and Louie, my good friends!" The green shirt duck turned around at the mention of his name.

"Now I'd hardly call it a catastrophe." The mouse squeaked, looking tired of Captain Justice's antics.

"Yeah, all we were tryin' to do was make our own special recipe ice cream." Huey started.

"And we had a little trouble." Dewey added.

"Come on, it's not really that big a deal!" Louie finished.

"I'm 100% positive you're the victims of sabotage!" Captain Justice denounced.

Velle squeezed Ventus's hand which he was surprised she was still holding, he looked at her and she rolled her eyes, snickering at Captain Justice. "He's kind of off his rocker, isn't he?" Velle whispered in his ear. Ventus blushed, he felt a chill run through him when he felt Velle's breath brushing against his skin.

"Ye-yeah he is!" Ventus chuckled nervously.

"Not even close! Quit makin' stuff up." Dewey sneered.

"It's just the ice cream machine." Louie added.

"Unca Scrooge left it for us, but we can't figure out how it works 'cause it's so complicated." Huey pouted.

"Aw, we're sorry, Queen Minnie." Dewey sighed. "We wanted you to be the first to try our special recipe ice cream."

Velle turned to whisper to Ventus again, "She's a queen!"

Ventus bristled up again as his blush darkened, he wasn't sure if he liked the feeling or if it tickled. "Yeah…" Ventus replied in a hush whisper.

"Oh boys, it was very sweet of you to think of me." The queen smiled graciously.

"We tried…" Louie replied, looking down dejected.

"Say no more. Leave it to me-one bowl of ice cream comin' right up!" Captain Justice cheered.

The duck brothers glared at the caped crusader, "You're just gonna make a mess. Leave it alone, Pete!" Dewey complained.

"That's Captain Justice!" The large masked man exploded, stomping his feet and making the small ducks hop into the air.

Ventus narrowed his eyes and turned to Velle, he put his hand up in front of his face and whispered in her ear. "I guess Captain Justice's real name is Pete…"

Velle froze, she felt goosebumps raise on her skin from Ventus's voice resonating in her ear. She giggled when his breath brushed against her skin. "Stop that tickles!" She snickered.

Ventus raised an eyebrow, "It tickled me too, y'know." He whispered again, Velle giggled and pushed him away playfully.

"It tickles!" Velle repeated and beamed.

Ventus chuckled, "Now, I know what to do to bug you!"

Velle looked at him horrified when suddenly a scoop of ice cream shot past her head. "Woah!" She shouted as she ducked out of the way. The ice cream landing flat in Ventus's face and she burst out with laughter.

"It's not funny!" Ventus pouted, trying to wipe the ice cream off his face.

"This machine is busted. It just needs a good poundin'" Pete guffawed. Something in Velle's mind told her she could use the same. Velle blushed immediately and shook her head, what was she thinking!?

"It does not!" the queen yelled.

The queen's distress grabbed Ventus's attention. "Hey, do you think I could give it a shot?" he asked.

"No, if Captain justice can't fix it, there ain't nothin' you can do, kid!" Pete declined.

Ventus turned to Velle and rolled his eyes, he shrugged, "Maybe not, but there's no harm in trying."

"Yeah! And better you than him." Huey quacked. Velle giggled, Huey, Dewey, and Louie seemed to really dislike Pete. She watched Ventus with admiration, it was rare to see him take charge.

"Here ya go. These are the directions for the machine." They handed Ventus a paper which he quickly read before he hopped into the ice cream machine. Velle walked up to watch him closely as he pressed the intricate keys and pulled the levers. She cheered with delight when the machine started spitting out the perfect ice cream that the brothers caught in ice cream cones.

"Ven! You're doing it!" Velle squealed. Ventus looked at her quickly, happy she was enjoying this.

"Mmm, how yummy. What a wonderful treat! I don't think I've ever had such a delicious ice cream. Thank you...uh, oh, oh dear…" The queen stuttered, realizing she didn't know Ventus's name.

"Oh! Ventus, just Ven is fine. And this is Vellum-" Velle glared at him but he kept talking. "-But you can call her Velle." He elbowed her playfully and she rolled her eyes at him.

"Well, Hello and thank you, Ventus. Without you we wouldn't have had this wonderful treat!" The queen thanked him

"Way to go, Ven!" Huey cheered.

"Yeah, way to go, Ven!" Velle whispered in his ear, making his hair stand on end again.

"Oh it's on now," Ventus hissed.

"I see...We had to push this thingamajig the other way." Louie noted, pointing at a lever.

"Hey, I just got an idea!" Dewey quipped. "We could let out customers make up their own favorite flavors of ice cream!"

"Not with that machine!" Pete injected, "Well… The kid mighta got it to work this one time. But junk like that needs to get junked!"

"Don't you dare, Pete!" The queen bellowed. Velle ran and stood between Pete and the machine, he looked at her threateningly and Ventus quickly joined her.

"Do it, I dare you, she could beat you with her hands tied behind her back." Ventus said in a dangerous voice beside her.

Velle glanced at him surprised and then turned to watch Pete turn tail and run away in fury. She turned back to the blonde keyblade wielder, "Thanks, Ven." She smiled.

Ventus shrugged, "It's true." He turned to the queen, "About 'Captain Justice'-you said his name is Pete?"

"Yeah, he's the biggest troublemaker in town!" Huey said.

"I bet he's just callin' himself Captain Justice 'cause he wants to win the Million Dreams Award." Dewey added.

"What's the Million Dreams Award?" Velle asked curiously.

"That's one of the Dream Festival events. Everyone votes for who they think is the town's most exemplary citizen." The queen explained.

"I get it. So that's what he meant by 'vote'." Ventus said as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"And if you win the award, ya get a really cool prize!" Louie piped.

The queen chuckled " Oh, it's just a small token, nothing elaborate. The event is supposed to help us appreciate how much we all look out for each other every day. That's the spirit of the award."

Ventus smiled, "Well, that sounds nice enough…"

"Pete just wants to get his grubby hands on the prize." Huey sneered.

"And he knows that nobody's gonna vote for him if he puts his own name on the ballot!" Dewey added.

"But nobody's fooled!" Louie finished.

"Yeah!" They all cheered before erupting into giggles.

Ventus sighed, his mind wandered to the violet haired girl beside him. He could stare at her for days but he always made sure she didn't catch him looking for too long. There was nothing he wanted more than to gain the courage to tell her how he felt about her. This trip to Disney Town was his chance to let her know. He needed to, if he didn't that masked villain might take her away from him. Ventus furrowed his brow, maybe Velle didn't feel anything toward him at all. She'd never tried to advance on him before, and she shocked him when she asked him to share a Paopu fruit with her. "Wish somebody was lookin' out for me…" He thought sadly. Velle pouted when she saw the sad look on Ventus's face, she tugged his hand lightly and grabbed his attention.

"What's wrong?" She asked quietly.

Ventus shook his head and smiled, "N-nothing, come on let's go find something else!" He took her hand and entwined his fingers with hers as he tugged her down the road.

As they walked through Disney Town's brightly colored buildings and intricately cut shrubbery, Velle couldn't help but notice the worry on her companion's face.

"Is something wrong, Ven?" Velle asked, tugging on his hand lightly.

Ventus shook his head, "Huh? Oh...uh...um… don't worry about it."

Velle pouted, "No, tell me, if you don't want me to hide things from you then you can't hide things from me."

Ventus furrowed his eyebrows, "I-I'm not hiding anything from you, It's just...isn't it a little weird to you that there aren't any unversed here?"

Velle looked around, she hadn't thought about it but now that he mentioned it, Disney Town seemed to be the most peaceful place they'd visited. "You're right, it's quiet…" Velle replied.

Just then Pete in his Captain Justice attire came bounding through shaking the ground they stood on with his giant footfalls. He ran up to a duck in a beautiful purple dress and she started yelling at him while waving her hands in the air violently.

Ventus chuckled, "I wouldn't say quiet, they still have Pete over there, trying to bring justice by bringing on the chaos…"

Velle snickered, "Yeah he's a character… for sure…"

The two keyblade wielders watched with interest as the blunderous Pete snatched a cake out of the duck's hands and started carrying it away.

"Don't worry, Mrs. Daisy, I'll get this big, heavy, important cake where it needs to go-Oh no!" Pete shouted as he tripped over his feet. Velle watched in horror as the colorfully decorated cake flew out of Pete's hands. It soared through the air in slow motion before falling flat on Velle's head with a sickening squish.

"Ah!" Velle managed to squeak just as the cake made impact. Ventus's eyes widened in shock before he burst with laughter. "It's not funny, Ven!" Velle pouted.

"You're right…" Ventus said, taking a huge breath. "It's hilarious!" He burst out again, doubling over.

"Whoops! Sorry kid!" Pete said lamely as he picked the cherry off of Velle's head and ate it.

Velle was fuming, "Thanks...Captain Catastrophe…"

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! Pete I told you I had it! Oh...dear…." The duck who they presumed was Mrs. Daisy picked up a strand of Velle's caked hair with a frown. "Oh I know, I'll take you to the castle, I'm sure we'll have something you can wear!" Daisy grabbed her hand and Velle took a hold of Ventus's so they wouldn't get separated and they dragged each other along. "Pete, if you're really sorry you need to find another Million Dreams Cake! That was one of a kind!"

She dragged them off to a beautifully adorned castle, if Velle thought the shrubbery of the town was fun it was nothing compared to the castle's topiary garden. With one hand clasped in Daisy's and the other in Ventus's, Velle couldn't stop to enjoy the scenery. She felt like she was a rag doll being pulled around by a child.

"Daisy!" A shrill squawk stopped the duck in her tracks causing Velle to run into her and Ventus into Velle.

"Oof!" They all groaned as they hit the ground.

"Donald?" Daisy asked, her ridiculously poofy dress had fallen over her head and she was now peaking through the layers of tulle.

Ventus stood quickly and offered Velle his hand to help her up. She accepted it and offered Daisy a hand as well. A duck in a magician's outfit and a dog with armor came clamoring up. "Daisy, you can't just bring civilians to the castle. It's dangerous, you know that! Goofy needs to clear them!"

Daisy put her hands on her hips and puffed her chest out, her tail that was poking out from the back of her dress started shaking threateningly. "Donald, don't you think I know that!"

The duck in the magician's outfit seemed to shrink under Daisy's glare. The dog named Goofy took a step forward on his friends behalf., "Aw c'mon Daisy, he's just helping me do my job. Hyuk! Hiya you two! You look like you're from out of town!" Goofy said, turning towards Ventus and the cake covered Velle.

"Yeah, we are! I'm Ventus but you can call me Ven and-"

"I'm-" Velle interrupted.

"Velle." Ventus finished with a smirk, knowing she thought he would introduce her as Vellum, which she hated.

"Well, hello Velle and Ven. I'm Goofy, I'm Captain of the Royal Knights of the court. And this is Donald the Royal Magician and King's assistant!" Goofy introduced.

"Oh! I'm so sorry, I never introduced myself! I'm Daisy Duck, Dutchess of the castle and Donald is my husband." Daisy introduced herself.

Goofy leaned over to Velle and Ventus and put his hand in front of his face, "If you couldn't tell by that glare." Ventus snickered.

"Pete's going around causing havoc at the Dream Festival. We need to find a new Million Dreams cake because that buffoon threw it all over Velle!" Daisy frowned and tapped her foot impatiently.

"Oh no! It took three days to fly the baker in, there's no way we can bring him back in time!" Donald quacked.

Velle's skin started to itch from the cake "...uhm…"

"Oh right, we need to get this cake off of you right away!" Daisy dragged Velle away and Velle quickly reached for Ventus's hand, pulling him along. "Okay, here you go, Velle. You can take a shower in here and I'll leave some clothes out for you."

Ventus watched Velle happily take the towel from Daisy and run into the bathroom. He turned to Daisy as she began to rummage through a wardrobe for clothes. Daisy thumbed through the rack of clothes and pulled out an extremely elegant and poofy dress that resembled her own.

"Ah! Perfect!" She turned to show him, " Don't you think, Ven?"

Ventus laughed nervously, "Uh...um...I don't mean to be rude but Velle doesn't really dress like that."

Daisy looked down and the dress and gasped, "Oh right! You two are from a different world! This kind of outfit must look silly to you."

Ventus froze, "How did you know?"

Daisy laughed, "I mean look at you two! It's okay I'm part of the Royal Court and I'm Queen Minnie's best friend. I know about the other worlds, I've never been, of course, but I know about them. Don't worry I won't say anything. Why don't you pick something out for her to wear? I can bring you to the Royal Tailor and he can make something."

Ventus grinned, "I could give it a try!"

When Velle exited the shower she threw on a robe and opened the bathroom door. Ventus and Daisy were nowhere to be seen, she looked around the elaborately decorated bedroom. Everything was a shade of purple and trimmed with gold, it looked so royal. Velle looked in a full length mirror tacked to the wall. Ventus's earlier comment of her looking more mature rang in her head. She didn't think she looked any different, more tired and worried, but the same. She wondered what he meant by that. Just then the bedroom door opened and Ventus and Daisy came rushing in with a set of clothes.

"Oh, sorry to keep you waiting! Ven just thought you'd like something different than the dress laid out on the bed." Daisy apologized.

Velle looked at the dress on the bed that she hadn't seen before. She repressed a shudder, how could she have missed it? In all honesty, she thought the dress was the duvet cover. Velle laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head, "Uhm… so what did you guys get?"

Daisy pouted, "You're right, she didn't like the dress!"

Ventus snickered. "No! No! It's not that, it's just...I need to be able to move."

Daisy chuckled, "I'm just kidding, that's why Ven had the tailor throw this together for you."

Velle examined the outfit Ventus had draped over his arm, it was a one piece black short sleeve bodysuit with buckles and zippers. "Woah, this is cool!" Velle whispered as she took the garment from him. "I'll be right back!" She ran into the bathroom and slammed the door. She threw the skin tight outfit on and examined herself in the mirror. The outfit was a matte black bodysuit with shorts and short sleeves the back of it had a ruffle skirt that resembled a shorter version of Aqua's outfit and she had a long chunky zipper down the front with two belts criss crossed around her waist.

"Woah...Ven should be a designer!" Velle twirled and examined herself in the mirror before exiting and posing for both Daisy and Ventus.

Ventus watched the door to the bathroom open, when Velle exited, he fought the blush coming to his face. Her new cake free clothes hugged her like a second skin, it was revealing in all the right places but not too much so. The blonde grinned, "So...What d'ya think!?"

Velle beamed, "I love it! I might actually be a little glad that cake fell on me!"

Daisy pouted, "I'm not...A lot of people look forward to the celebratory cake. There's no way we could get someone here in time to make another one."

"Huh? All you need is someone to make another cake?" Velle asked, confused, if it were that simple then she could bake them one.

"Yes! I'm an awful cook and Queen Minnie can't leave her duties in town." Daisy cried.

"I can bake!" Velle stated with a smile.

"You can!?" Daisy and Ventus exclaimed at the same time.

Velle giggled, "Yeah! I used to, with my grandma all the time! Just take me to the kitchen!"

Daisy jumped with joy and led them out of the room and down a long, long, LONG, hallway. The ceiling towered over them, fit for a giant, and they were like tiny ants walking through. Velle and Ventus looked around the castle with wide eyes as they followed Daisy.

"This place is huge! How long have we been walking?" Ventus asked after a moment, he was now staring at the ceiling, having just found the beautiful artwork carved into it. "Velle, look!" Ventus tugged at her hand and pointed to the ceiling with the other.

"Woah...this place is amazing!" Velle mumbled as she took in the art.

Daisy chuckled, "Thanks! And it's right through here." She turned around another long hall but lucky for them it was the first door. Daisy pushed the kitchen door open and the two keyblade wielders were met with an immensely large room as tall as the hallway.

"Oh...this is not your traditional kitchen...is it?" Velle looked around at the odd machines and conveyor belts.

"Oh no! You can't do it?" Daisy asked hopelessly.

"No, no, I didn't say that. Let me just go take a look at it, Ven you wanna come with me?" Velle laughed nervously.

"Sure, let's go!" Ventus replied with an easy grin. He snatched Velle's hand and pulled her towards the mechanism.

"These guys sure are odd, these rooms are huge and so is this equipment. I think we can figure it out though…" Velle jumped into the seat with the controls for the machine and asked Ventus to stand near the fridge to put ingredients in the machine. After several failed attempts Velle sighed and pushed a lock of loose purple hair out of her face.

"Okay! I think I got the hang of it now! Let's go again, are you ready?" She called to Ventus.

"Ready!" Ventus shouted back.

Velle started up the machine and it began to steam and gurgle to life, with very choppy and abrupt motions, large mechanical arms with white gloves came down and had Ventus hand it ingredient after ingredient to put in the recipe.

"Way to go sous chef!" Velle cheered as she controlled the arms to make a giant cake batter. The giant mechanical arms whisked the batter faster and faster until a little bit flew out and almost hit Ventus.

"Woah! Watch out!" Ventus warned. Velle pressed a button and the whisking slowed. Then she controlled the arms to pour the cake batter into a giant prepared tin before tucking it into the oven.

"Phew...that was a close one...now we just need to ice that baby once it cools!" Velle grinned as she hopped down from the control chair.

"Oh, I can't thank you both enough, you're really saving my tail feathers here!" Daisy gushed.

"It's no problem at all, really! It's actually kind of fun!" Velle smiled.

"Yeah! I've never baked before either so this is all new to me!" Ventus grinned.

"I'll be back guys, I'm going to go get some helpers to move the cake. That way Pete won't try to bother us again!" Daisy ran out of the room in a hurry, leaving Velle and Ventus alone. After the cake had baked and cooled Velle went to hop into another large machine with odd guns all over. However, when she tried to make the leap she fell.

"Woah! Are you okay?" Ventus asked, rushing to her side.

Velle rubbed her back, "Yeah, I'll be alright."

"Here, let me help you." Ventus pulled her to her feet and grabbed her waist.

"What are you doing-" Velle shouted in surprise.

"Helping, can you grab the seat?" Ventus asked as he lifted her into the air.

"Ven, that tickles!" Velle giggled as she squirmed in his grip.

"Don't move like that Velle, I'll drop you!" Ventus warned.

Suddenly Velle became deadly serious, "You better not drop me, Ven!"

"I won't if you just don't squirm!" Ventus shouted.

"Stop that tickles!" Velle screeched as she fidgeted.

"Velle!" Ventus exclaimed as he lost his grip.

"Ah!" Velle shouted as she fell right on top of the blonde keyblade wielder.

"Ow…" Ventus groaned. Velle couldn't help but burst with laughter, Ventus soon joined her. Their chortling echoed throughout the kitchen until finally their laughter faded. She blushed when she realized she was straddling his waist and just how close his face was to hers. She could have sworn his big blue eyes were getting closer.

"Ven…" she whispered, no she wasn't imagining it, he was going to kiss her.

Their noses touched and suddenly the kitchen doors flung open and Velle shot up and off of Ventus. The blonde in question inwardly groaned, he was so close. Daisy came strolling in with a satisfied grin.

"Goofy is going to send some of his guard to help." She stopped in her tracks seeing Ventus and Velle blushing. "Is something wrong?"

Velle jumped ",N-no! Of course not! C'mon Ven give me another boost!" Velle said quickly, she avoided Ventus's eye for the moment thoroughly embarrassed.

Ventus groaned, now things would be awkward between them. Was she going to let him kiss her? "Uh...okay…" He lifted her again and Velle latched her hands onto the seat and pulled herself up with a heave.

"Ready, Ven? All you have to do is spin the turntable!" She asked.

"Got it!" Ventus gave her a thumbs up and Velle started the machine. The guns shot icing onto the cake and the mechanical hands returned to spread the icing. When they were done and had added the finishing touches with piping Velle turned the machine off and slid out of the chair onto the ground.

"How's that?" Ventus asked Daisy.

Daisy's face lit up, "It's even better than before! Thank you! Both of you!" Daisy gushed before running to get the helpers to move the cake.

Velle turned to Ventus as she tied her hair into a high ponytail, "We did it, Ven!"

Ventus put his hand in his pockets, "Yeah! Well...you did it. I just helped."

"I couldn't have done it without ya, Ven!" She grinned. Her mind wandered to Terra, he seemed so sad when he'd left them in Radiant Garden. Velle didn't know why she'd only just thought of it, maybe she was excited to go to Disney Town with Ventus. However, now she felt guilty that they were here having fun while their friend was all alone. "Um...Ven?"

"What's up?" Ventus asked.

"Do you want to leave? We should really go find Terra. Whether he wants us to or not, we've been away from home for too long."

"Aw, weren't you having fun?" Ventus asked, sounding upset.

Velle stiffened, "Of course I'm having fun...I just...Terra's out there all alone…" Velle finished sadly.

Ventus frowned, "You're right. We should go."