A/N: Been a while, huh? Hello again! Ugh, I'm focusing too much on the days trio… AkuShi bleeds into EVERYTHING. Well, here's a break from that, at least…

"It's hiding in the dark… it's teeth are razor sharp… there's no escape for me, it wants my soul, it wants my heart…" ~ Skillet

It had been a long time since Terra had seen the sun.

Trapped within the darkness of Xehanort's heart as he was, any light at all was a novelty. Not much of anything penetrated through here. For Terra, it was a miserable, lonely existence.

At every moment, the boy could sense something peeing out at him from the gloom – something wicked and malicious, a creature that could pounce at any time. Its presence made his skin crawl. More than once, he wished so desperately for his keyblade (a small sword at the very least), but it looked like that wasn't going to happen anytime soon.

He'd tried on multiple occasions to run, but the darkness was never ending. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get away.

He was trapped.

You can decide for yourself what the monster is… though there aren't a lot of choices…