A/N: These are the drabbles that were originally in In the Shades of 100 Altered Suns. I decided I'm going to do that challenge in a canon setting, and it was kind of annoying having my BtI-universe stuff spread out. Plus it's pretty hard to keep the word limit in first person for me. :/ Anyway, some random drabbles from Xion's POV.

Black and White

Mom always said the world isn't split into black and white. When I was little and she was alive, I thought that was silly. Of course there's not just black and white, there's red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple… But I know what she meant now.

The world, and the people in it, aren't all good or all bad. Even bad people can get better, right?

I've done bad things before. My friends have done bad things. Even my siblings do bad things sometimes (especially Vanitas).

The world isn't black and white, because nobody's perfect.

But nobody's completely evil, either.

Angel (Xion is five)

It was so, so, so cold. Why did Mommy want me to lie in the snow? Well, I knew Mommy was smart, so I did it.

"Good, my little star. Now wave your arms and legs."

I smiled even though my lips were freezing. It was fun, and Mommy was smiling and doing it with me, so it was even funner. She stood and lifted me out of the snow.

"See that? It's an angel, just like your soul."

"I have an angel inside me?" I stared, and she laughed.

"The angel is you, sweetheart. Never forget. That's the truth."

Venom (Xion's twelve, Saïx's thirteen)

"It's not poisonous, it's venomous," Saïx corrected. "Poison is ingested by mouth or absorbed through the skin; venom is injected with fangs, stingers, etc."

"And you care about that now?"

"I apologize. My rambling is stress-induced."

The situation was stressful. Father told us to clean the attic, but I don't think he knew about the beehive attached to the attic side of the door. When I'd opened it, they started buzzing like crazy.

"Maybe we can close it slowly and not make the venomous bees mad."

"Too late."

Bees were flying out, fast.

We slammed the door and bolted downstairs.

Confession (about a month or two before BtI, Xion's sixteen)

I've vaguely thought about confessing my feelings to Axel for a long time… and then chickened out once sanity sets in.

What would I say? I'd probably try a simple "I love you" but end up having a breakdown. My emotions are such a mess… I'm finally old enough to date, and I'm too scared to tell Axel I love him. What if he doesn't love me back? What if I make our friendship awkward? Or destroy it completely?

Someday I'll have to tell him. I can't bottle up my feelings forever.

If I don't make a confession, I'll explode.

Wish (Xion's 14, Vanitas's 9)

"You can't do whatever you want just because it's your birthday." I glared at Vanitas. Unfortunately my glares don't work at all on him. Aqua's are the only ones that do.

"Yes I can! That's what I wished for!"

He took off running out of the kitchen. I caught him and wrestled him to the ground.

"Xiii, you have to be nice to me! That's birthday rules!"

"Well Father's rules say no shoving cake in people's faces."

"…I was helping you eat it."

He blew a raspberry and wriggled away, running off with an evil laugh.

Why do even try?

Forgotten (Xion is sixteen, Saïx and Jasmine are seventeen)

I waited outside Saïx's choir classroom. What was taking him so long? I forgot to tell him I was going home with Roxas, and now I'd be late to class…

Finally, he came out. There was a girl with him. …What?

I ducked behind some lockers.

"…louder, your voice is beautiful," the girl said.

"I'd rather not draw attention to myself. You seem to have no problem with that, and you sing just as well. Take your own advice, Jasmine."

"I don't want to drown out..."

Their voices were lost in the crowd.

My oblivious, tactless dork brother…

I laughed.

Where did they go? (Xion's 12, Vanitas's 7)

"You hid them."

"You can't prove it." When did Vanitas learn to smirk like that?

"But you did. Where did they go?"

"They came alive and ran off."

"Vani! Tell me!" I practically begged. So embarrassing, but if Saïx found out I snuck them out of the yard sale…

"Say please."

I rolled my eyes. "Fine, please."

He grinned and grabbed my hand, dragging me to a war zone with his Power Rangers fighting my My Little Ponies.

"…Will you play with me? I don't wanna be the ponies, but the Rangers have to fight someone."

I laughed. "Okay, Vani."

Battlefield (continued from previous)

"The Red Ranger pwns Rainbow Dash!"

"Rainbow Dash pwns everypony!"

"Well the Red Ranger isn't a pony, so hah!"

"Any ofmy ponies could beat your Rangers with two hooves behind their backs!"

Vanitas yelled and slammed his Megazord down on Rainbow Dash's head. Thank goodness Hasbro uses durable plastic. We traded banter and charged our forces across the battlefield, laughing loudly.

So it shouldn't have been surprising when Saïx found us.

"New enemy!" Vanitas cackled, making his Green Ranger stab Saïx in the leg. Grinning, I attacked Saïx with my pony army.

He wasn't amused. Too bad for him.

Maniac (Xion's 14, Roxas's 13, Axel's 15)

"That wasn't evil, you just sounded like a maniac." Axel grinned.

"Told you I couldn't do an evil laugh." Roxas shrugged. "Xion, you try."

"Nah, my brother could beat us all, anyway."

Roxas stared. "Saïx?"

Axel cackled at that idea.

"My other brother, Rox."

"Oh, Vanitas. That makes sense."

"Man, I'd pay money to hear Saïx's evil laugh. And video tape it since nobody'd believe me."

"Wonder if I could make him…" I mused.

"Are you kidding?"

"Thanks for the offer, but I don't think he'd do it even for his adorable sister." Axel ruffled my hair.

I blushed. "Yeah…"

Moonlight (Xion's 14, Saïx's 15)

Father encourages all of us to meditate, saying that it's good for our hearts. It's relaxing, but it wasn't until I found out how Saïx meditates that I appreciated it.

He was alone in the backyard, bathed in silence and rays of moonlight. His eyes were closed, and he was – just barely – smiling. I'd never seen him look so peaceful.

I settled in the soft, cool grass beside him and let the moonlight surround me. Breathe in, breathe out. Relax. Smile.

Saïx hadn't noticed I was there, but for those long moments I felt like we were connected by moonlight.

Devil

If Vanitas is a little devil, then his redheaded friends are three moredevils. And they're Axel's cousins, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. He, Roxas, and I weren't much better than Vanitas, Hubert, Hamish, and Harris when we were about their ages.

They have their own code, too. The triplets are mute (at least I've never heard them talk) so it's hard to figure out what they're up to. Saïx, Axel, and I are trying to crack it.

We can't let them run around pranking and stealing constantly. Some might call it payback, I'd call it justice.

Contagious (ages are vagueness)

"You're the best, Axel." I was stuck at home with a cold, and he wrapped me in blankets and cooked his amazing tomato soup for me.

"I know I am," he bragged, kissing my forehead.

I giggled painfully. "Don't do that, I'm contagious."

"Then you can return the favors when I start coughing and sneezing all over the place."

I sneezed while trying to spoon soup into my mouth. Whoops. "Like that?" I grimaced.

He laughed, wiping my germs off his shirt with a wad of tissues. "Exactly. Hang on, I'm gonna find some more Kleenexes."

Yep, he's the best.

Dearest

"Dearly beloved, you're always on my mind, dearest children of mine, don't you forget the love I have for you…"

Mother had a beautiful voice, especially when she sang us her lullabies, lullabies I still have memorized. "Dearly Beloved" was my favorite.

We were dear to her – me, her little star, Saïx, her crescent moon, and Aqua, her radiant sun. Together, we were her universe. Not her whole universe – she loved Father and God more, if that was possible. I don't know how she could love so much.

Someday, when I'm a mother, I hope I can love like her.

A/N: These are the challenge versions, so they're all 100 words. Sometime I might update this with the extended versions, but those are all in my notebook.

I had some notes about Xion's mom… but I think I'll leave that for a certain part of BtI just in case I change my mind. Plus it'll be more interesting that way for those of you who didn't already read these drabbles when they were their own fic. :P

Vanitas's birthday is August 20th, which according to Raberba girl's list of pairing and character days is Vanitas Day. xP Xion's birthday is September 14th, I meant to reveal that in the last chapter, but it didn't work out that way. Saïx's birthday is September 7th and Axel's is October 8th, while I'm at it.

Xion doesn't actually think that Vanitas and his friends (they're the triplets from Brave, I'm not sure how clear that was) are that evil, but I couldn't think of anything else for that prompt. Merida will probably show up in here at some point.

That lullaby has the same tune as "Dearly Beloved". Canon references FTW.