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Safely landing on the hard, stone ground, I stepped off of my Keyblade Glider and looked around. The cement ground was various shades of white, gray and light blue. I gawked at the large, beautifully decorated fountain that stood in the center of the plaza.

I walked to the fountain and watched as the sparkling blue waters cascaded down, creating a marvelous rippling effect. The water spouting out the top seemed to complete it, "Woah..." I managed to breath out. I've never seen anything so spectacular in my whole life.

"I see ya found Radiant Garden's fountain." A voice spoke with a heavy accent.

I turned around to see a short white duck. I rubbed my eyes to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. I wasn't. There really was a talking duck wearing clothes, standing in front of me. This world was definitely different, "Radiant Garden? Is that where I'm at?"

"Are we just skippin' the introduction part?" The duck asked, "Scrooge McDuck at your service, lassie."

"Oh, uhm... yeah. I'm Cyrah, nice to meet you, Scrooge." I faintly smiled. It's actually kind of weird introducing myself without Ventus.

Scrooge cautiously looked around the plaza before waddling over to me, "Yer from another world, ain't cha?" He asked in a hushed tone.

I stared at him shocked, Master Eraqus always said not to tell commoners about other worlds. "Huh? No, of course not!"

"Don't lie to me, lassie," Scrooge instructed, "Ya didn't even know where ye was at."

"How do you know about the other worlds?" I asked actually curious in how he knew.

The small duck smiled, "I, too, am from another world." He began to chuckle at seeing my shocked reaction, "Don't worry, your secret's safe with me." And with that he waddled off.

I stood there completely dumbfounded as to what to just happened. I shook my head to clear the confusion, "I gotta find my friends." I told myself as I quietly

padded through the empty walkways of the city.

"Eeep!" A high pitched, frantic scream echoed from behind me. Quickly whirling around and sprinting to the source of the commotion. The tall surrounding buildings became nothing but a blur as I ran to the person who screamed.

"Unversed!" I yelled as my keyblade materialized in my grasp. I looked at who had screamed, it was a small girl. I stood defensively in front of the young girl, "Don't move, got it?"

The young brunette quickly nodded her head, a soft whimper escaped through her lips.

I ran at the closest unversed and slashed my keyblade at it. I jumped into the air to avoid being scratched by one the creatures, I swung downward and landed a swift blow. I gently landed on the ground and got greeted by thorn sharp claws in the side of my body. I momentarily froze in place from the pain that seared through my body. Finally finishing off the last of the creatures I ran back to the girl.

I took a deep breath, my side still hurting, and knelt down in front of the quiet girl, "I'm Cyrah. What's your name?"

The fragile brunette looked down before speaking, "...Nici..." she replied almost inaudible.

"Nici, huh? Well, you're safe now." I gently smiled, "What are you doing here anyway?"

The only response I received from her was a simple shrug of her shoulders.

"Okay..." I sighed slightly saddened she didn't want to talk to me, "C'mon, you can stick with me for now."

Nici nodded and began walking a few steps behind me. She seemed scared, and jumpy, but mostly she just seemed shy.

"We can look for your parents while looking for my friends." I tried explaining my plan to the young girl, but once again got no response. I looked back at her seeing as how she stopped, "You okay?"

"Cream..." Nici stated plainly, quietly pointing at the ice cream shop.

"Huh...?" I look to where she's pointing, "Oh, ice cream, I gotcha." I grin and take the small amount of munny from my pocket and order two sea-salt ice creams.

Nici's powder blue eyes sparkled at seeing the treat I handed her, "Thank you, Cyrah." She squeaked before nibbling the creamy dessert.

"Oh, " I smile, shocked that she said anything to me, "Yep."

"Why are your eyes red?" Nici asked innocently licking her popsicle.

I let out a soft giggle, "Well, Nici, I'm actually not really sure, but- Unversed!" I yelled as I hastily stood up about to go after it. I turn back to Nici, "Stay here, got it?"

Nici's eyes widened and she tried to get up to follow me.

I shake my head, "Don't worry, I'll be right back, trust me!" I called over my shoulder as my keyblade appeared in my hand.

I ran after the flying unversed, trailing a few feet behind it. I followed it through a broken door and smiled seeing all three of my friends already there.

"Aqua!"

"Ven!"

"Terra!"

"Cyrah!"

"C'mon! Let's beat this!" Ven yelled out to the rest of us.

I nod at Aqua before jumping into the air, keyblades in hand, and slash it in a criss-cross motion. I safely landed on the ground and watch Terra and Ventus do the same. The large unversed split apart and fell into four pieces before dissolving away.

I run over to my friends, "That was fun!" I chirped.

"Got 'em." Terra spoke, looking on with sparkling eyes.

Aqua smiled, "We make a good team."

"Sure do. Oh yeah! I got you these tickets!" Ven grabbed five tickets from his pocket and handed us each one of them.

"For what?" Terra asked before looking at the ticket.

"Lifetime passes to DisneyTown. He said to- he said to take two grown-ups." Ventus explained, grudgingly adding the part about taking grown-ups, "He gave me an extra ticket, too.

Aqua studied her ticket before looking at Ven, "You mean us as the grown ups?"

Duh... of course you two!" I playfully answered.

Terra and Aqua shared an amused glance and began to softly laugh, "Listen to me, Ven, Cyrah... we need to get you home-"

"It's okay, Aqua." Ventus cut in, "That guy in the mask is history. He'll never bad-mouth Terra again."

Terra firmly grabbed the younger boy's shoulder, "You saw the boy in the mask?"

"Y-yes?" Ventus was clearly shaken up by Terra's sudden mood change.

Terra looked down, "Vanitas..." he whispered, "Ven, you let Aqua take you home."

"What?!" I asked in disbelief, "You can't take Ventus home, yet."

"Yeah, I'm not going home. I wanna go with you guys." Ven argued.

Terra shook his head, "You can't. We have a dangerous task ahead of us. I don't want you to hurt."

"What is this dangerous task, Terra? It doesn't sound like what the master told you to do." Aqua looked at Terra, wanting to hear his reasoning.

Terra clenched his fists, "It might be a different route, but I'm fighting the darkness."

Aqua slowly shook her head, "I'm not so sure. I've been to the same worlds as you and I've seen what you've done. You shouldn't put yourself so close to the darkness."

"Listen to yourself, Aqua. Terra would never-" Ven desperately tried to convince her.

"You mean you've been spying on me? Is that what he said to do? The master's orders?" Terra asked the anger in his voice growing.

"He was only-" Ven began but sighed seeing Aqua look away, "Aqua..."

I looked at the ground, trying to hold back the tears that were forming in my eyes. My friends never fought like before, it makes me feel helpless, or like Maleficent said; wasn't anything I could say to stop the quarreling.

Terra looked away from the blue-haired girl, "I get it." He turned and began walking away.

"Terra!" Ven cried chchasing after him.

Terra stopped for a brief moment, "Just stay put!" He spat with anger, causing Ventus to stop in his tracks, "I'm on my own now, all right?"

"Terra, listen! Please! The master has no reason to distrust you, really!" Aqua called to taller boy's disappearing figure, "He was just worried!" Her reasoning fell on deaf ears.

"You're awful, Aqua." Ven said, his words catching in his throat.

I stare at my blonde friend in utter shock, "Ventus, why woul-"

"So now you know the truth, "Aqua interrupted, "But the master loves Terra, and you know that, too."

I slowly nodded the tears still threatening to fall, "Yeah, I guess he does, right?"

Ventus nodded, it looked as though the words were finally making sense to him. He suddenly stiffened and stared at our older friend, "Were you also 'ordered' to take Cyrah and I home?"

Aqua was silent for a moment before shaking her head, "Not Cyrah... just you, Ven." She admitted, "But I knew you wouldn't go without, Cyrah." She exexplained, "So to get you back, I also needed Cyrah."

I stared at her, the tears finally spilling over, "You mean you only wanted me to go back so Ventus would follow...?" I choked out in dispair. I lightly glared at her, "Were you even worried about me?!" I screamed not giving Aqua time to respond, tears streaming down my face, "Probably not..." I turned and ran away."

Aqua... now that you're a keyblade master, you've let it go to your head." Ven stated, "I'm going to go find Terra, then then try to calm down Cyrah..." his voice fading away as I continued to leave my friends behind.

I sat down on a bench as soon as there was more distance between the three of us, "I guess I really am worthless, huh?" I sniffled, but stopped crying. I closed my eyes and remembered the better times my friends and I had. I felt a soft tug on the hem of my shorts so I opened my eyes once more.

"What's wrong, Cyrah?" The small voice of Nici asked. I instantly felt horrible for forgetting to go back to her, but at least she found me.

"It's nothing, really." I said faintly smiling at her. She stared at me for a moment before coming up to me and giving me a hug. I was visably shocked, but hugged her back. It felt nice to know I meant something to someone, "Thanks, Nici."

The blue eyed girl smiled sweetly and nodded in response.

"C'mon. I promised we'd find your parents, so we will." I stood up and grinned when Nici took my hand in hers. We both walked around Radiant Garden together, "What does your guardian look like?"

Nici shrugged, "I dunno... hood lady."

"Hood Lady? You've never seen her face?" I inquired.

She shook her head before suddenly glancing behind us and dashed away. I spun around in time to see Nici running toward a hooded lady, and the lady suddenly disappear. Nici immediately stopped and looked around, but the woman was gone.

I stared at the spot Nici's guardian stood moments before, "Nici? Come here."

The young girl looked at me and padded over, "Huh?"

"Where did she go?" I asked wanting to know.

Nici looked at me with a genuinely confused expression, "Who...?"

I rolled my eyes, in frustration. Sometimes kids can be difficult, "Uhm... Hood Lady... Don't you remember?"

The innocent girl tilted her head, "I don't know any Hood Lady..."

I stared at her in surprise, did she seriously not remember what just happened? I shook my head, "Don't worry about it."

She still looked confused but she walked beside me and sat on a bench, "Did you find your friends?"

I slightly flinched at this as I remembered what happened, "Yeah, I guess I did."

"Can I meet them, too? "She questioned gazing up at me with her pale blue eyes.

I shrugged, not wanting to see them, in case another fight broke out. I felt a pain in my chest as I thought that, how could I not want to see my friends. I grabbed my silver wayfinder and held it close to my chest, "C'mon, let's go find them."

Nici jumped up off the bench and latched onto my arm, a smile spread across her face. The both of us walked for a while.

"Heh, a worthless keyblade wielder with a pathetic little girl." A voice sounded behind me, "My job gets easier and easier."

I whirl around in anger, keyblade appearing, "Who are you?" I asked glaring at a masked boy. I gasped, is this the one they were talking about?

"Names aren't important. I'm just here to wipe you out." He growled.

"Yeah, like that's gonna happen." I sarcastically stated. The boy took out his keyblade, I gasped seeing darkness surround it.

"I don't know why the keyblade would choose a worthless girl like you." He mocked, "But I'm only after your friend, Ventus."

I couldn't take it anymore, "I'm not worthless!" I screamed running at the boy. I swung my blade at him, but he easily jumped out of the way.

"Feed your anger and hatred." He taunted with a smirk. He slashed his weapon in a fluent motion. I screeched in pain and fell to the ground. He pointed his blade at my throat and laughed.

"Get away from Cyrah!" A voice yelled. I looked to see Nici running toward the boy.

My eyes widened, "No, Nici! Go away, it's too dangerous!" I screamed, I managed to kick Vanitas away from me. I had to protect her, she's my friend. I stood defensively in front of her before running at my assailant and jumping into the air. I threw my blade at the boy, managing to hit him.

After a long, grueling battle I finally pinned him down, "Looks who's worthless now." I taunted in between my panting. I jumped back when he burst out in maniacal laughter.

"Still you... Cyrah." Vanitas laughed, creating a corridor of darkness underneath him, "Tell Ventus, I'll be waiting." He disappeared into the darkness.

I turned to Nici, "What were you thinking? You couldn't gotten yourself killed!" I yelled. I was going to say more but then I realized something. This is how Aqua must feel, she's just looking out for Ventus and I. I need to find her, I owe my friend an apology.

Nici looked down, tears brimming in her eyes as she softly whimpered.

I crouched down to look her in the eyes, "Don't worry about it, okay. That was really brave what you did." I smiled, praising her. She wiped her eyes and grinned, giving a nod.

"Cyrah!" A familiar voice rang out, causing a smile to touch my lips.

"Ventus!" I quickly turned around to see him running toward me, "We've been looking for you!"

The blonde boy smiled, "We...?" He asked then saw Nici standing behind me. He smiled and put his hands behind his head, "I'm Ventus. You can call me Ven!"

Nici blankly stared at him, not saying a word or even moving.

"It's all good, Nici." I reassured her, "This is my best friend, Ventus."

Nici nodded then smiled to show she approved of having him close to her.

"Nice to meet you." He then looked to me, "Cyrah listen, about earlier-"

"No need to say anything, I'm just glad I found you, again." I said with a smile, "But, I need to find Aqua. I owe her an apology."

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"Aqua!" Ventus and I yelled simultaneously, as we ran, Nici trailing slowly behind.

"Ven! Cyrah!" Aqua said joyously as we ran over to her.

I ran up and enveloped my older friend in a hug, "I'm so sorry, Aqua." I apologized, "I shouldn't have said anything like I did. I know you care about all of us. Friends will always fight, but the strength that bonds us together, will never be broken forever."

Aqua looked surprised but smiled, "Thank you, and I'm sorry, too."

I nodded, the guilt finally leaving. I felt so much better.

"Were you able to find him?" Aqua asked Ven, referring to Terra.

Ventus looked at the ground, "Yeah, but... he's gone." He sighed.

"Right, "Aqua muttered, "Then I can't stay here."

"Let us go with you!" Ventus pleaded, even though he probably knew the response her was going to receive.

"No, Ven. Do as I say and go home." Aqua ordered harshly.

I flinched at her sudden harshness and Ven looked down again, "Why won't you let us?" He sighed.

Aqua saw our reactions and softened her voice, "I don't want to put you in harm's way." She put a hand on each of our shoulders, "You understand?"

Ven didn't move and didn't say anything.

Nici finally caught up to us and smiled happily at Ventus and I. Aqua left on her glider a few seconds later. I smiled, I do understand, Aqua. I'd do anything to keep Nici safe. Ventus, Terra, and Aqua, too.

The feels in this chapter! The feels I tells you!

I really enjoyed writing this chapter. I seriously did, it was fun! :)

Cyrah finally met Vanitas. Nici lost memories of her guardian. Will Nici play a bigger part in the future?

I hope yhu liked this chapter. Be sure to check out my friend, and co-author's stories, too!