A/N: Takes place in the "Breaking the Ice" Universe.

xX~100 Eternal Moments~Xx

Set 5 – Unbreakable Chains

82 – Dark

"You mean… he's mine? All mine?"

Uncle Xehanort laughs. His laugh sounds like a train murdering a herd of cats with asthma. "All yours. Your siblings would not appreciate his… unique abilities."

"He has superpowers-?!"

"Hush, child!" He shoves a hand over my mouth, but I don't care. In my hands is the awesomest amazing cool Christmas present ever, and he's all mine. "You must keep him our secret. You know how your father will react."

My eyes get wide. I shove his hand away with the hand that isn't holding my new pet. "Is Dad gonna make me get rid of him?"

"No. Not if you succeed in smuggling him to your home. Your father will be forced to allot it; I will not take him back." He's got this weird gleam in his yellow eyes. We all know he's crazy, but I don't care. "Keep him hidden until you return home."

He never says goodbye, he just hunches off to some other corner of the old house. Whatever, now I get to be all by myself in the dusty guest room – one of like, a hundred dusty rooms here – with my new pet.

"Ow!" I uncurl my hand. He bit me! "What was that for?!"

"Because you were squeezing me, idiot."

Where did that come from? It was in my head, like I thought it, but I didn't. I'm not an idiot.

"I'm right here! Come on, new Boss, get with the program."

"Wha—you can talk?!"

"Duh." The blue hamster paces around my palm, sniffing. "You smell better than Hay Snort. You will be a good Boss."

"I'm going to be the best boss. And you're going to be the best minion." I grin so huge, my face kind of hurts. Like my finger. It's still bleeding, but only a little.

"Whatever you say, Boss."

"My name's Vanitas," I tell him, even though I like being called Boss. He better know now so he doesn't try to call me Vani later."What's your name?"

"Hmm. Hay Snort never told me."

"So you don't know?"

He's silent, sniffing the blood on my finger. "Hmm… You're blue. Water's blue. Something about water?"

He snorts. Guess he doesn't care. Maybe hamsters don't usually have names.

"I can't name you Aqua. She'd be mad I named a hamster after her. Plus you're a boy." I think harder. "Raindrop, no… Storm? Nah, not that either… hey, what about Flood?"

"Flood. Sounds like blood. Blood smells good. Flood is a good name," he decides.

"Awesome." I didn't even think about that. Flood's dark and magic and smart. "Okay, Flood! Let's go mess with Xigbar and Xemnas!"

His tiny mouth looks like it's smiling. "Sounds good to me, Boss."