Heyo~ :3 I decided to update fairly quickly this time. Thanks again to my wonderous reviewers. Oh yeah, sorry for leaving off in the middle of Dwarf Woodlands, I was kinda in a hurry... :) So...yeah. On with thine story!
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"Who do you think is in danger?" I asked Ventus as we both were still racing through the dimly lit forest towards whoever it was who screamed.
"I don't know, but we better hurry..." He replied racing at my side. I nodded and we went the rest of the way in silence. We stopped after finding ourselves in a small clearing within the woods. "Cyrah, look. That must be who screamed," Ventus whispered pointing a pretty young woman who had hair as black as ebony and very pale skin. She was huddled close the ground and looked as though she were crying.
"Lets see what's wrong or if we can help." I suggested smiling brightly. Ventus nodded and the two of us calmly walked over to the woman, "Uhm...hello, are you okay?" I asked standing behind her.
Ventus placed his hand gently on her shoulder and spoke in a soothing tone, "Hey, what's wrong?"
Snow White turned to look at the both us before answering quietly, "These horrible trees-they tried to grab me." Ventus and I exchanged confused glances before looking once again at the gil. I let out a soft, light giggle before Ventus spoke.
"It's okay, you were probably just imagining things." Ventus replied nicely, "It happens to all of us when we're afraid." he reassured the crying maiden while offering his hand out to her which she gladly accepts.
"Oh, thank you. I feel quite better now." She thanked us with a smile, "I'm sure I'll get along somehow. But...I do need a place to sleep at night. Would either of you know anywhere I might?" She asked us curiously with a hopeful glint in her light brown eyes.
"Oh, there's a nice looking place just up ahead." I offered. Ventus nodded in agreement.
"We can take you there, if you like. I'm Ventus by the way, Ven for short." He smiled happily then smiled at me, indicating I should introduce myself also.
I smiled widely at the girl before introducing myself in a friendly manner, "I'm Cyrah, whaf's your name?"
"Oh well, I'm Snow White. It would be lovely if you could show me the way." She giggled with a wide grin. Ventus and I smile and lead the way to an ever dark part of the woods. Snow White stays but only a few steps behind Ventus and I. We turn quickly around when we hear a scared shreik come from Snow White. My eyes widen when I see her surrounded by those monsters we fought before. I summon my keyblade and see that Ventus has done the same.
We fight through the many monsters that were attacking Snow White along with us. Slashing them with our blades all the while protecting the young maiden. We made it through the woods and stopped in front of the small cottage panting.
"Well, here we are!" I said cheerfully while trying to catch my breath. I looked inside the low window, "It looks like nobodies here. I guess it's safe to go in then." I stated to my two companions before turning back to the small window and crawling in, landing inside the cottage with a crash. I sat up rubbing my head, "That kinda hurt, but I'm in..." I trailed off as I saw Ventus already inside and laughing at me.
"The door wasn't locked Cyrah, but good entrance." He chuckled with a wide grin plastered on his face. I crossed my arms over my chest and pouted.
"How was I supposed to know that!" I stated sarcasticlly but couldn't help but giggle when I saw Ventus laughing at me, "Gotta admit, that was a pretty good entrance though."
"Of course it was Cyrah." Ventus chuckled offering a helping hand. I smiled and graciously accept it and stood up and faced him. I opened up my mouth to say something, but no words came out. I just kind of stood there faceing my best friend and looking into his beautiful blue eyes. A small smile crept onto both our faces as our eyes locked. Everything was completly silent, it was as if time had suddenly stopped, Ventus' face slowly moved towards mine-
"Oh, I am mighty tired." Snow White said outloud causing Ventus to suddenly stumble backwards and me to turn a bright shade of red and quickly turn away.
"Oh, uhm...yeah, how about I go and uhh...make sure it's safe around here." Ventus quickly said before running out of the cottage, a blush clearly apparent on his cheecks. I nod my head nervously and look at the smiling figure of Snow White.
"So, you said you were tired, right?" I asked hoping the blush had disapeared from my face. Snow White nodded kindly, "Okay, lets look for a bed you can sleep in for now." I told her before turning and walking into a room and motioning for her to follow. After searching the small cottage for a comfortable enough bed, Snow White fell fast asleep, leaving me nothing to do but let my mind wander.
I took a deep breath and plopped onto one of the other beds and stared blankly at the ceiling wondering what had just happened between herself and Ventus. ' What happened? I mean, Ventus and I are best friends, nothing more.' I thought trying to convince myself that was true. I was yanked out of my thoughts when I heard the cottage door open and close a few seconds later. I jumped off the bed and called out Ventus' name.
"Ventus!" I called running out of the room hoping to settle things between things between the two of us. I stopped abruptly when I saw the seven dwarves standing in the cottage.
"It's one of the theives! Ya couldn't stay away, could ja!" Yelled my least favorite dwarf, Grumpy. The dwarves circled around me and I let out a groan.
"Seriously, we're back to this? I'm not a diamond theif or even a theif in general." I tried reasoning with the stubbon dwarves. I crossed my arms over my chest and rolled my eyes with a sigh, "You're not gonna beleive me, are ya?"
"We can't trust a theif, ya don't fool us!" Yelled Grumpy yet again. It looked as though he might accuse me again when Snow White emerged from the room and gasped once she saw the dwarves had surrounded me. Grumpy turned around in shock, "Princess!"
I stared at the girl who Ventus and I had saved and was shocked, "P-Princess! I didn't know you were a princess!" The dwarves stopped surrounding me but instead made a barrier like line in frront of the princess. "Really, if I wanted to hurt Snow White don't cha think I would've by now?"
"So you're a theif and ya want ta hurt the princess!" Grumpy replied, well, grumpily.
I face-palmed, "Oh. My. Squash. You stupid little person, why can't you get it through your mind that neither me nor my friend, Ventus, want to hurt anybody or anything here! What does it take to get that tiny bit of information to be processed through your brain!" I screamed at the grumpy dwarf in anger. I took a deep breath and took a step back, I felt relief wash over me as I saw my blonde friend walk in.
"The coast is clear! Not a monster in sight-huh?!" Ventus said in alarm noticing the dwarves around Snow White and saw Cyrah glaring at them, the obnoxious one in particular.
"Who invited you in ya rotten theif!" Grumpy yelled at Ventus, ignoring my outburst. I bit my bottom lip to make sure It wouldn't happen again. I lightly smiled at my friend before walking out of the cottage and resting my head on the grass and watched the sky.
"Why did I have that outburst? Am I like Terra, do I also have darkness within my heart?" I asked myself quietly, "No, of course not...besides, even if I did I know I can control, right?"
"Cyrah, where are you?" I hear Ventus yell for me. I sigh and slowly get up before walking over to Ventus. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me along with him running back through the woods, "Come on Cyrah, Terra might still be here!" he said his face and voice full of excitment. My crimson red eyes widen with happiness.
"What?! Well then le-eeep!" I squeaked when the trees began to attack the dou, "I guess Snow White was seriously telling the truth!" I say as my keyblade appears in my hand.
"Cyrah, I'll fight the trees. Go look for Terra!"
"Ventus, I'm not leaving yo-"
"Please, Cyrah. I don't want to miss him." He pleaded. I sighed but nodded and continued through the woods. The woods eventually opened up to a beautiful meadow. The grass was a nice shade of green and millions of flowers.
A gasp escaped my lips and I smiled at the sight then shook my head remembering why I was here, "Terraaa!" I called over, and over, and over again. No reply. I stood there in defeat wondering what I was going to tell Ventus. An object suddenly rolled and hit my foot causing me to look down,"Oh, this looks like a yummy apple!" she exclaimed happily in a child like manner while examining the shiny red apple. I held it up to my mouth about to take a bite when I heard Ventus coming beside me.
"No Terra, huh?" He asked dissapointedly looking down at the ground. I shook my head and brushed away my bangs from my eyes. Ventus looked up at me confused, "Where'd you get that apple from?"
I looked at the red apple and grinned, "It rolled over here, I was about to eat it, actually." I said tossing it in the air and catching it with a smile. I held it up to my mouth again about to take a bite when Ventus grabbed it, "Hey! Ventus I'm starving!" I complained, but my friend ignored me and walked over to an old woman holding a basket of different colored apples. The two started talking to each other and I wondered what was happening. Ventus ran back over to me and smiled.
"Terra's not here...What has he done?" he asked gazing up at the sky.
"Don't worry, when we finally find Terra we'll straighten everything out, I promise." I stated cheerfully looking at my friend, "Ya know, I'm still starving." I said jokingly.
Ventus rolled his eyes and laughed, "I'm sorry Cyrah. Come on lets try another world."
"You better be sorry, you gave my apple away!" I joked messing up Ventus' hair, "Yeah, lets go!" I said still laughing happily with my best friend.
So, how was that chapter? Cyrah and Ventus had a slight moment there. Cyrah blew up on Grumpy XD and they're no closer to finding Terra. Where will Cyrah and Ven's relationship go from there? Will they EVER find Terra? Find out later! But for now...review! :D