Vanitas was the only left awake, Raven's kicking had kept him up but he wasn't going to wake her. Her feet were moving like she was playing the piano. Her fingers twitched once in a while too.

"Iris…" Raven whispered softly.

He looked confused since they didn't know anyone by that name. In the light of the TV he took in her sleeping features. How young she looked and innocent, he would have never guessed that she was possessed by the Darkness.

"Dammit, she just had to be cute." He muttered to himself running a hand through his hair.

Drags started to stir, then hopping around on his lap. Pulling his clothes to get him to follow the small Heartless. He carefully got up and followed as the Heartless opened a Corridor.

"Where are you taking me?" He questioned somehow barely able to keep up.

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Drags lead the Guardian to Raven's childhood home, and through the ruble.

Vanitas cursed and groaned as he tried to keep up, but it was nearly impossible with how quickly Drags went along without any trouble. He didn't even understand why he was brought here if there was nothing here but the ruins of a house.

Then he recalled that this was the place that Dove had lost her heart. Had she finally come back?

Drags picked up a strange looking bottle. It looked like a whiskey bottle, only gold and encrusted with colorful jewels.

"You came for a stupid bottle of liquor?" Vanitas growled taking the bottle from the creature.

Drags stomped angrily at Vanitas before running through more of the ruins before returning with a picture of Raven's parents.

"Her father was a genie…" He mumbled to himself trying to figure out the Heartless' message.

He sat down and looked over the bottle, it didn't look like anything super special. Then like a semi-truck smashing into him, it dawned on him.

"Her father is a genie!" He shouted rubbing the bottle.

A cloud of purple smoke came out of the top. A man appeared from the cloud of smoke, he hardly looked the part of a genie. He had long curly hair that fell past his shoulders though it was tied back, gold eyes and tan skin. He didn't wear the normal Arabian clothes, no he wore a simple suit with a red neck tie.

"Who are you?" He asked looking shocked to see Vanitas.

Vanitas scoffed some before tucking a hand into his pocket. "Your new master." He gave a smirk as he watched the man's eyes widened in horror. "Okay, calm down. I know your daughter, Raven."

With a small sigh the man looked relieved to hear this. "How is she?"

"I'm not really sure. She plays the piano like a nut because her emotions confuse her so much. Also there's the fact she just came to her magic powers, Dove was lost again but this time in the form of a Nobody." Vanitas tried to list everything in a cliff note fashion.

Sadness filled those gold eyes, "So much sadness in her life. What else has happened?"

"Not too much, so what are the rules?" Vanitas asked getting past that.

This a flick of the wrist a piece of paper appeared in front of Vanitas, "I am Cyrus, your genie for three wishes. The rules of it all are simple; you cannot wish for someone's love, you can't not bring back the dead and you cannot wish for more wishes."

Vanitas nodded taking them in, then looking around at the remains of the fallen house. "I wish for this house to be the way it was before tragedy struck."

Cyrus looked confused but gave a happy smile as he fixed up his family's home. The look of being in a dream flooded the Genie's eyes as he walked through the halls. Vanitas followed behind him watching the older man act almost like a child.

"Why did you wish for this?" Cyrus asked finally looking at Vanitas.

He got a shrug in return. "I feel Raven will like to come back here and find her childhood home back in one piece."

Cyrus's eyes filled with tears, "Thank you so much, you must care deeply for my daughter to make this kind of wish."

"She's more like a thorn in my side because of how confusing she is, but our friends want her happy, so this me trying." He replied trying to act like it was nothing.

Cyrus came to understand what he was saying. "When can I see her?"

Vanitas checked the time on his phone. "Judging by the time, Aqua should be up making breakfast now, so not too long."

Cyrus didn't understand until Vanitas opened a Corridor of Darkness. "Right now, you mean?!"

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Sleep was still in everyone's eyes as they stared at the grown man with Vanitas. They weren't sure how to take the news of him being Raven's father. Terra was next to Aqua, both sipping coffee, Riku looked like he needed to go back to bed, while Sora, Roxas and Ventus all shared a spaced out look.

"Wait, who is he?" Namine asked looking up from her lap.

Vanitas sighed and pointed to Cyrus, "This is Raven's father. He did not die because he is an immortal genie, bound by a lamp."

Raven's eyes finally bugged out of her head as she took in the sight of the man. Tears flowed down quickly as she let out a sob. She didn't move to hug him or anything because her body was too heavy to move from the chair she sat in.

"You made her cry." Kairi mumbled lifting her head from the counter.

Cyrus stood frozen at the sight of how much his youngest daughter had grown, but she was every bit as beautiful as ever. Even with tears and snot running down her face.

"Go." Vanitas gave him a small shove towards the crying woman.

Cyrus rushed over and took her into his arms, where she buried herself in his body. Both sobbing trying to apologize to each other for everything that happened. Everyone kinda snapped out of their sleepy daze as they watched it all happen.

They were so much alike while being crying messes, but it didn't stop Cyrus from planting kisses on his daughter's head as she tried to apologize over and over again for what she did that night. All he told her was that it was alright.

"You're alive, that's all that matters to me. I thought I was the only one left – forever trapped in my lamp to never see the world again." Cyrus explained softly brushing hair and tears from her face.

"You don't hate me?" She questioned as more tears flowed down.

He shook his head before planting a kiss on her forehead and taking her under his chin. "You were scared of death, you are young. You made a grave mistake but I have granted many wishes that have led to far worse things." He assured her. "You are my only family left, we have to hang onto each other no matter what fate throws at us."

Raven nodded as she tucked herself into his arms as much as she could. Feeling like a small child again, like when he used to hold her at night when reading bedtime stories. It was a sense of home, and she loved every moment of it, but some things had to end because their day had to keep going.

"Vanitas has two more wishes yet." Cyrus stated suddenly looking at Vanitas.

Everyone's eyes were on the Unversed Guardian.

He looked confused for a moment, "What?"

No words were spoken as they all kept giving dirty looks.

"Fine!" He snapped. "I wish for everyone to get a happy ending." He walked over to Raven and handed her the bottle. "I wish for your father to be released from the bonds of being a genie, so he can stay with you."

Everyone's eyes were as large as plates because of how selfless Vanitas' wishes were. Raven's cheek turning red as his hand covered her, holding to bottle firmly in their hands. "Also, my first wish was that your home was restored to normal."

"What?!" Riku and Aqua's jaws dropped.

Raven's eyes lit up for a moment before realizing how far away she would be from her friends. "But I like living here, so I can see you guys every day." She replied suddenly.

"You're twenty-one, Raven." Cyrus reminded running a hand through her hair. "You don't have to live with me, you're an adult."

Raven looked confused about that, because she hasn't seen him in years yet he didn't want her moving back in with him.

"You're not going to bloom into the lovely woman you're supposed to be by being sheltered by me." He explained with a gentle smile.

She gave a quizzing look, "You're not going to do anything stupid are you?"

It took everyone a moment to catch on, Raven's mother was dead – his wife. The person he loved most in life besides his two daughters and even one of them may be dead as well. His family is in pieces and that would drive anyone over the edge.

"I'm a genie, I'm still immortal even if I'm no longer bound by the lamp." He crossed his arms and huffed at her. "I would never leave this world with you in it, you still need me."

Raven eased up a little before hugging her father. "I'm sorry." She whispered.

"It's natural to worry like that, sweetie." He replied holding her close again.

Kairi let out a loud sound, while cupping her face. "This is so cute!"

Raven jolted out of her dad's arms looking ready to fight something only to realize that Kairi was just being, well, Kairi.

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"Just tap on the icon like this." A middle age woman explained holding a smartphone in front of Raven and Cyrus.

Both looked really confused about it, then turned to Riku and Vanitas – who got deemed babysitters for this trip. "Why do we need these?" They asked as the same time.

Both young men sighed while face palming. "So you can call any of us or each other." Riku stated trying not to look too annoyed.

"Or the cops or any form of emergency people for that matter." Vanitas listed on his hand. "Take videos and pictures, store music to carry around with you. There's a lot of uses for cell phones."

Both turned back to the woman, who went through it a couple more times by herself before handing them their phones to let them try.

They had money from before the night Raven was taken into the Darkness, there was a lot of paper work and legal stuff they had to go through in order to get a hold of their money again. It took a couple days but once it was settled, Aqua suggested that the two get cell phones.

"Do I really need this book of faces?" Cyrus questioned looking up from his phone.

"No, but you may find a lot of people you know from the past." The woman stated cheerfully.

Red meet Gold as father and daughter gave the woman a lousy look. "They're all dead." They replied together.

Her face broke, "I'm so sorry." She looked nervous trying to think of a way to make everything better. "You can use it to make new friends."

Cyrus just sighed putting his face in his hand. This was more stressful for him than he thought, while Raven was trying her best to help her father. She was trying the whole Facebook thing, but she spent so much time with her friends, that most of their posts were about the things they were doing together.

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After getting the phone set up and everything else in place, Riku took Cyrus back to his home in the woods. Raven had plans to go spend time with her father once classes started for her friends again. That way she wouldn't get over whelmed with everything.

"How are you doing?" Vanitas asked from the passenger seat.

She was pulled out of her daze and looked at him. "I'm fine." She stated simply unsure of how to answer since she didn't feel odd.

"It's not too much to have your dad back is it?" Riku asked glancing at her in the rearview mirror.

She shook her head, "No, it's really helping. I don't feel as lonely now." She replied leaning back.

Vanitas suddenly turned around and held out his hand. "Gimme your phone."

She looked at him with fear as she handed the device over to him.

He opened the camera option and flipped it to the front camera and took his own pictures before adjusting in the seat and moving to phone so it showed her over his shoulder. "Smile that pretty smile." He said making a half smile.

Raven gave him a look that said she didn't understand what he was doing until he started taking pictures, then she freaked out and went after him, trying to get her phone back.

"Vanitas!" She snapped trying to reach into the front of the car, where he held her phone hostage.

"I like this one." He showed the second picture, where her mouth was wide open in shock.

She was forced to watch him send it to his phone and set it as his wallpaper. "You're a jerk!" She shouted going to undo her belt.

"Don't you think about taking that off!" Riku's voice thundered in the car making both of them freeze in fear.

The put an end to the fun, as Riku snatched the phone and tossed it back to Raven. She caught it before looking through the photos, turning red at the sight of them. "I can't believe you did that!" She whined at Vanitas.

"Well, you need something on there to make it personal." The male guardian replied looking back at her, holding up his phone. "Now, give me a real pretty smile."

The blush faded on her cheeks some but she managed to give him a nervous, yet sweet smile. The digital shutter sound yet off and a satisfied smile formed on his lips before he turned around. He lowered his phone into lap, preventing her from seeing it.

"Hey, I want to see it!" She whined pulling on his shirt's sleeve to get him to show her.

He looked back at her with a teasing look, "No, this is just for me to see." He stuck his tongue out at her.

"Jerk." She pouted crossing her arms over her chest.

He smirked to himself before his phone went off, one of his groupies wanted to see him tonight. He had no plans to do anything else. Raven was going to be spending the night at Kairi and Namine's for her first official girl's night. Doing each other's hair and makeup, talking about boys.

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Later that night, a Facebook notification woke him out of his light doze. He reached over to the night stand and grabbed his phone, turning on the bright screen.

"Dammit." He cursed softly before seeing the post by Namine.

It was the four girls, all of their hair in towels, while green face cream was on their face, they all wore their PJs. Kairi and Namine looked like they were having a blast, while Raven was flustered from having her picture taken, while looking like that. Aqua was just off to the side, smiling acting like the mom of the group.

"Who's that girl?" The woman beside asked with sleepy eyes.

He locked up a bit, "No one important." He stated simply locking his phone again.

"She must be someone if she's your wallpaper." She retorted before rolling away from him.

He was surprised to know that she had seen his wallpaper. He originally set it as the goofy one he had taken with Raven's phone, but something about the shy one he took on his own appealed to him more. Like he didn't see her enough as it is, but he couldn't say that.

"It doesn't matter, it's like it would work out." He muttered to himself thinking about her dreams of wanting a family. Something he knew he couldn't give her.

Some things aren't meant to be for a reason.