Right! Hello again!

I'm not dead!

Oh, and I realised I forgot to let you guys know the prompt for the TeddyLea, so that was 'Imagine your OTP getting attacked. Person A tells person B to stay put and more importantly stay safe. Person B tells person A there's no way that's happening, and they're going to fight too. It's a tough battle, and they don't come out of it without wounds, but they survive because they've got each other's backs.'

Yeah so I just...

Um so this is my first fanfic involving death and is quite... I dunno, I had feels writing it...

Um, enjoy, I guess.

I don't own Kingdom Hearts or imagineyourotp

They were 21 when they were taken.

Swiped from in front of their young friend's eyes and taken to a world where nothing seemed real. They were surrounded by distorted illusions of Ventus screaming and crying and calling for help, or their Master Eraqus getting killed whilst searching for them, they saw death and life and so many haunting things, but they decided that as long as they didn't lose each other, they'd be fine.

The wiser of the two, Aqua, had broken two branches off of a tree to use as a weapon, for neither of them could call their Keyblades, and suggested leaving deep footprints in the dirty ground that they walked on, just in case they needed to retrace their steps. She then took all of her protective gear and magical accessories off, claiming that they would be dead weight.

The stronger one, Terra, went looking for a way out, but only came across a path of sand that seemed to go on for ages. The two teens decided that they would follow the path for as long as possible, in hopes of thinking of a better plan.

Terra knew in his heart that if any of them made it out alive, it was very unlikely that they would leave together. He vowed to himself that no matter what, he'd make sure that Aqua would be the one living free from this haunting place.

He'd live through the nightmares and illusions forever if he had to, because it would all be worth it if she could live happily.

She was worth it all.

They had been walking for two months when Aqua fell, covering her ears after seeing an illusion of Ventus dying. The usually strong woman couldn't imagine the loss of her friend, and being trapped for so long had her worrying if the young man was alright.

Terra had dropped down beside her, telling her that they have to keep moving and Aqua felt a sudden rush of affection towards Terra, for he wasn't sympathising, he was pushing her to get out, for that's what he knew they both wanted.

So she kissed him, both to thank him and to cheer herself up.

Terra had kissed her back almost immediately before noticing that the nightmares had disappeared. It seemed that when they felt happiness that strong, the illusions didn't bother fighting it. They made plans to use this to their advantage. When they searched for food they would hold hands, when they slept, they'd sleep in each other's arms. And the plan worked brilliantly. Only half of their days from then onwards were spent with the shadows looming over them.

It had been a year when they found two deep sets of footprints in the sand. Aqua dropped Terra's hand immediately and placed her boot gently into one of the marks. It was a perfect fit. She then walked off of the path that they had been following for so long to find the tall tree she had hidden her items behind and, sure enough, there they were.

Terra though back through the past year: though they had ventured off of the path sometimes, to get a fruit off a nearby tree or kill a small animal they need to eat, they had never once come to a fork in the road, or any kind of turn-off from the path. They had just spent the year walking an aimless path all around the world.

Aqua dropped her branch and screamed, she yelled that if Terra could make it out alive then she'd happily stay in this world forever, to be the plaything of whatever controlled it.

Terra hardly had time to protest before he had disappeared, Aqua's deal had been accepted, the being in control sympathised and sent Terra back to find a wide-eyed Ventus, who immediately ran to him a hugged him.

Terra absent-mindedly noticed that Ventus was about as tall as he was before he fell to the ground, too weak from walking and failing and losing Aqua. Ven understood and grabbed Terra some food before he sat down with his best friend and let him pour his heart out, surprising himself when he didn't shed a single tear the whole time.

Aqua, meanwhile, had rested for a day after Terra left, she had nothing left to search for, Terra was safe and (hopefully) Ven was, too. That was all she'd ever wanted after all.

Terra was thirty-five when he found a lead on parallell universes. He had been searching non-stop for the woman he loved ever since he had found the strength to leave the Land of Departure. The teen had even given up on becoming a Keyblade master and turning to science, learning about how to open portals and travel to places even Gummi Ships couldn't take you.

Terra was warned that this lead might take some years to get going, for they didn't have the right technology, and Terra simply laughed, saying that it could take a million years as far as he cared, as long as he got to see Aqua get set free and live happily, without nightmares.

That afternoon, when he went to leave the building, the scientist in charge of this program asked him one question: Why do you care so much about this girl?

Terra simply laughed and told the man it was because she was worth it all.

The scientists hadn't been wrong when they had said it would take some years to complete the project, for it was fifty-three years later when an old, kind man was shown the massive gateway that they called the Portal. He watched in silence, next to his best friend, the Keyblade Master in charge of taking down any threats that might appear if the portal were to open.

Of course this Keyblade Master was far too old to be able to hold anyone off by himself, he was eighty-five years old, for pete's sake! But behind him were three young Keyblade-Masters-in-trianing. The Keyblade Master made very sure to keep a sharp eye on all of them, for he didn't want to lose them like he lost Aqua, and almost Terra, too.

The gateway opened just as the kind manfelt a stab in his heart, he'd been having problems for a year now and and this certainly wasn't the right time for another attack. He keeled over, pressing a wrinkled hand to his heart as a bright light lit from the other side of the gate.

And she was there.

She hadn't aged a single day.

Most of the scientists in the room were either running to help the young woman back into her own world or helping the old man lie down, he told them not to worry about him as he looked right into the confused, blue eyes of the woman he loved.

And she recognised the soft brown in his eyes, and the warm smile that crept over his face as she walked towards him.

But she didn't reach him in time. Terra's heart gave out, he died in front of the person he had spent his life looking for.

But it had been worth it for he got to see her one last time.

And she was worth it all.

L'Oreal

Because you're worth it.

The prompt was 'Imagine your OTP trapped in a bizarre, alternate world where nothing is real, full of distorted dreams. Trapped, Person A screams that anything could happen to them in Person B could get out safely. The being inside hears them and allow for it, setting Person B free to keep Person A as a plaything in its labyrinth forever. Person B, consumed by guilt, does everything in their power to go back to the other world until the end of their life. The die just as the portal opens.'

So the next chapter will be RokuShi (My first request!)

Um, please review, I would appreciate it so much! Or request, even.

Thanks for reading!