Okay everybody, I wrote two more chapters on this story and i wont be publishing anymore until next weekend.

But if I get more reviews then I might publish more sooner...Maybe.

It was a cloudy yet breezy day at The Land of Departure. Aqua was sitting under favorite oak tree attempting to mend the collected pieces of scraped stainless steel and gems shards together with her magic. The young teenager finally had all the required pieces the old worn Alchemy book had asked. The book claimed that creating the charms flawlessly and then handing them away, strangely had the same effects of the legendary star shaped Paopau Fruit.

Citrine, Emerald, and Aquamarine! She happily thought skimming through the borrowed library book. "'Must handle selected gems with caution." she quoted using her finger to carefully outline each word. "Any cracks, scratches and or unwanted debris will not make the spell entanglement work." So basically keep them neat. Right, easy enough.

A shadow casted over her it held out a shape of an imperfect keyblade. "Aqua, you said that would come spar with us today!" whined the spiky blond haired boy. She looked up staring into his cute innocent eyes. She liked how they always showed how he really felt and right now his look was the impatient puppy eyes.

"I'm sorry Ven, I guess I got too caught up with this new project I've been working on." she smiled apologetically as she shrugged her shoulders.

"Oh well, what kind of project?" Ventus eyes widen in pure curiosity. Before Aqua could explain herself further the sixteen year old boy's attention was misdirected.

"Hey Ventus!" yelled Terra from the sparing ring thirty feet away. He waved his left arm which held a wooden sword. "Did you still want to spar?"

Ven's face turned towards his other best friend. The puppy eyes disappeared as it was replaced with a grand smile. "Yeah!" he quickly began running to the sparing arena.

Aqua rolled her eyes looking over the Alchemy book once more ignoring the slight sting of jealousy. Boys will be boys...She licked the tip of her fingers turning to the next page just before she could read the first sentence, individual droplets of water stopped her concentration. Oh no, it can't start raining now! The maiden quickly gathered her materials holding them close to her bosom. Cannot afford to get these wet.

As the blue haired girl cradled all her items, she stood up about to leave her favorite spot as she bumped into Ventus who quietly stood in front of her completely emotionless. Surprised, Aqua took a couple steps back. "Sorry Ven, I didn't see you there." Her apologetic face turned serious, noticing there was something off about him. The boy lowered his head not saying a word, holding not the practice keyblade anymore but his own. It's his eyes…they were orange.

A roar of thunder echoed in the mountains. The clouds darkened and swirled as it covered the entire sky. The once gentle cooling breeze became hostile gusts of wind carrying the dense drops of rain. This isn't right. She thought tilting her head. "Ven?"

"Aaaaaaahhhhh!"

The agonizing scream causes Aqua's heart to almost leap out of her throat. She hastily turned her position to the direction of the scream. It was Terra. He was kneeling with his hand gripping the temples of his head in the center of the sparing arena. A pool of swirling darkness manifested around him slowly sinking him in like quicksand. The warrior's hair changed from its earthy color to that of dark dingy grey letting out another horrid yelp.

"Terra!" Aqua shouted as she started to run toward the sparing arena. She heard the pitter patter of feet run behind her assuming it was Ventus following suit. "Don't worry Terra we're coming!"

Shank.

Was the sound of the keyblade when it pierced through Aqua's upper back, stopping her dead on her tracks. Pieces of torn paper, gem shards and scrap metal scattered on the wetted pavement. Her shoulders relaxed, arms left limp to her hips as she turned her head around to see only Ventus holding the keyblade's handle.

His clothes morphed to the darkened skin tight body armor; seeing right through her with those orange tinted eyes. "You shouldn't be worrying about him right now." He said ever so smoothly.

T-That voice...

"V-Ven…?" she said her voice cracked with fear.

The boy pushed his keyblade deeper into the poor girl's back, painfully wedging it side to side until it forced its way through her rib cage. Aqua cried out in pain as she lost all feeling for her legs as the keyblade that was in her was keeping her from meeting the floor.

A pleased sinister smirk formed across the young keyblade wielder. He really enjoyed making her scream. Dark purple energy radiated from his entire body as the weapon absorbed it. The soaked blue maiden shrieked to the sky. She could feel the cold bitter touch of darkness looming over her heart.

Concentrating for a brief moment, the false Ventus shot all of the dark matter into his victim's chest cavity. Aqua felt the weight of darken thorns chain wrap itself around her heart. As soon as the thorns were in place, the boy pulled his Keyblade out of her back as the teenager dropped to the floor like a rag doll. He began admiring the blade that was stained with blood then looked down at her. "Connection complete."

Aqua lay on her side in a large luke warm puddle. Her body was completely paralyzed yet she could still feel his presence coming closer. Oh please let this end…

A creepy laughter busted out of the boy as he keeled down beside her. His face no longer took the look of her dear friend. This person was demonically beautiful. His face was almost as pale as chalk yet held such boyish charm, and his long spiked ebony hair defied all laws of physics. He was now only a few inches away from her's and he was smiling. The look of happiness on him brought goose bumps over her skin. "End?"

She gasped as the demonic keyblade wielder span his weapon like a toy then held it high over his head. "We're just getting started."

"Oh yeah…By the way, my name's Vanitas!" He yelled slashing his keyblade over her head.

Thunk!

Aqua rose up from her bed drenched with sweat clenching her chest; her heart thumped loudly enough she could hear it pulsing in her eardrums and he brain actually ached. She looked around the pale yellow room then over to the other twin bed where Ventus was still peacefully slept.

"It was all… just a dream." She mumbled to herself calming her troubled heart reaching for her Aquamarine star shaped charm from the night stand but it was no longer there. She leaned over her bed finding it on the grey colored floor as she took the star back in bed with her. She looked out of the large oval shaped window holding her precious item close to her chest as if it would find comfort from it.

It was just a terrible nightmare.

The Keyblade master kicked off the rest of the blankets away as she tucked the charm into her pocket, slip on her black stockings and tied her matching shoes to her feet. Aqua sat on the corner of her bed watching the night become twilight. She had to be ready. There was no time to think about nightmares. It would be dawn soon.

Laters!