AUTHORS NOTE: Hey sorry for not updating everday like I have been. I just moved to college so the updates may slow down just because i don't have time to post them. But I will post t least once a week! well here we are again. Kasai has been there 8 months and she has never mentioned to Ven that she is not from that world. interesting.

When the portal opened to land in the world, all they see is stone walls. Kasai removes her armor and looks around. Cold, hard, and rather unwelcoming. Everything seemed as if it was put under a curse. She looks beside her and sees Ventus walking down the hall. With each step, the echo of their steps rang through the halls. Ventus stopped as he saw a door way, he entered in the door and looked around. In this room there were elegant pieces of furniture, a tapestry, a large vanity and a huge fire place. But the one thing that stood out the most was a beautiful bed, with an even more beautiful maiden lying on it asleep. Kasai looked over to tell Ventus and she saw Ventus fixing his hair in the mirror. Kasai shook her head with a smile as she placed her hands on her hips, "Yes Ven, you're adorable now come over here." She motioned her hand for him to come over. He turned around with a rather surprised look on his face when he saw the sleeping beauty. His eyes widen as she looked at her, he had never seen such beauty before. He began to reach his hand out to touch her, when suddenly three good fairies flew in with their wands swinging.

"Get away from her!" The blue dressed fairy with black hair yelled at the two strangers. Kasai and Ventus jumped back in defense as they put their hands up.

"Whoa! Hey, I'm sorry. It's just I've never seen anyone so beautiful," Ventus said to try and calm the fairies down. Kasai was kind of hurt by the statement but she admitted the girl was very pretty.

Then the fairy dressed in red flew over to Ventus and examined him, "Who are you?"

"I'm Ventus. But you can call me Ven," he said with a large smile to let them know he was good.

"And I'm Kasai."

Then the fairy dressed in green flew up to Ventus and smiled, "You don't seem bad dear. I'm certain you have a pure heart just like our precious Aurora."

"Why is she sleeping anyway?" Ventus asked as he walked over to the girl. Kasai stood back to listen in, she looked at the blue fairy who eyed her intently.

"Long ago, Maleficent cursed her. And now she had stolen her heart," the fairy in red explained.

"Well then," he walked back over to Kasai, "Why don't we go get it for her?" He wrapped his arm around Kasai's waist and pulled her closer to his side.

"That's impossible dear. Maleficent's home is at the forbidden mountain. It's not safe," the fairy is green warned.

"We're not afraid! We can't just leave her Aurora like this. We can help. You gotta believe me." He said releasing his hold on Kasai and walked toward the fairies.

"We believe you!" The blue fairy said but then flew over to Kasai. "It's her we don't trust."

Kasai looked at them surprised, "What? Why me?"

"We can sense the darkness inside you. Your heart is covered in it," she said as she flew back to the other fairies.

Kasai looked down at her feet is shame. She knew the fairy was right, but she didn't want that to stop her from helping. Ventus stepped forward and put his arm in front of Kasai. "Kasai is the most wonderful person you will ever meet. She is kind, caring and always wanting to help! I've known her for almost a year now and if I had to do this quest with anyone I'm glad it's her!" Kasai looked up at the boy in shock; he had never defended her like this before.

The three fairies looked to each other and nodded, "You know, you're absolutely right! The forbidden mountain is through the forest. Come along and follow us. After all we wouldn't want you to get lost." The red fairy said as they flew out of the room. Ventus turned to Kasai with a smile as he walked out the room. Kasai looked over to Aurora and frowned, but then quickly went to follow Ventus.

They walk for what seems like hours, through a thorny forest of briars. They all had to duck and weave to avoid being impaled. The sun had no areas to shine in through were the forest was so thick. It was practically pitch black except for the lights the fairies gave off with their wands. The entire trip had been quit between the little group. Kasai stayed silent because she felt embarrassed about the darkness that surrounded her heart. Ventus could see she was upset so he slowed down and walked beside her.

"So uh, you think I'm adorable?" He asked as he ducked underneath a branch.

"Ven, you don't know sarcasm when you hear it do you?" She asked with a cold tone.

He frowned and looked to the side, "Come on now Kasai." He stopped and stood in front of her. "I know you don't have any darkness in your heart." He placed his hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes. "You are too kind and amazing to have darkness inside of you."

"Thank you Ven. But I know what they said is true." She sighed, "I haven't been completely honest with you."

He tilted his head to the side, "What do you mean?"

She took a deep breath then looked up at his eyes. Then she proceeded to tell him the truth, but was cut off when they heard the fairies call their names. "Maybe some other time Ven." She moved from his grasp and followed the sound of the fairies. Ventus groaned and followed behind.

They soon left the thorny forest and entered into a clearing. There was a lake and a water fall, a patch of green grass, and flowers blossoming all around. She looked to her left and saw a green barrier blocking the path to the castle. "How we going to get through that?" Kasai said as she sat down in the grass.

"Looks like we are stuck," Ventus said as he leaned against a tree.

"This must be Maleficent's doing," the red fairy said angered.

Kasai yawned and laid back in the grass. Ventus noticed she was tried and said to the fairies. "Can we rest here for the night? My friend and I are tired; we have been traveling all day with no sleep or food."

"Of course dearies," the green fairy said. "And to show our gratitude here is some food for you."

Kasai bolted up from her lying position when she heard the word food. Before her eyes was a feast of chicken, fruits, pork, steak, and anything else you could imagine eating. She licked her lips and headed straight for the chicken. Hunger has a way of making people do crazy things, for she dove right into the food and began to eat. Ventus said down beside her and grabbed an apple. Kasai gave him a disapproving glance. He raised one eyebrow at her. "Boy, we have plenty of food here! Dig in!" He looked around and then went straight for the cake and cookies. "Just like a kid." Kasai smiled as she continued to feast.

"Oh I'm full," Kasai said moments later.

"Me too," Ventus said as he lay down in the grass.

"Thank you fairies for the food." Kasai said to the three good fairies.

"Any time my dear. If you need anything else just let us know," the green fairy said with a reassuring smile.

"Well, since we are sleeping here tonight, it would be nice if we had a blanket and a fire," Ventus asked politely. And with a wave of their wands there was a small glowing fire and a blanket. "Thank you." The fairies nodded and then shrank down so they could sleep as well.

Kasai rose up and moved closer to the fire and felt its warm glow. But the fire brought back the memories of her death. She squeezed her eyes tight as she whimpered a little. She could still feel the sting on her skin, the sounds of the roaring fire, all around and burning her. She began to tremble as a tear slid down her cheek. Ventus quickly saw and ran over to her side. He turned her face for her to look at him. "Kasai, hey. Kasai look at me." She opened her eyes and they were red from the tears she held back. His heart sank when he saw this. "It's okay." He said reassuringly. "Do you want to talk about it?" He pulled her up from her seat by her hand as he stood up. He went over and grabbed the blanket and walked over to a tree. He sat down and leaned back on its trunk. He patted the space beside him, wanting her to come over. Reluctantly, she walked over and sat beside him. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her to where she could lay on his chest. He pulled the covers up, to keep her warm and safe. "Come on now. Talk to me."

She looked down at her feet then told him the truth. "I'm not from your world. Or any of these worlds for that matter. I am from another world were cruelty and hatred are the dominant feelings. A world that is filled with darkness. In that world, I would have dreams about going on adventures with friends I had never met. Meeting new people and helping them along the way. But my mother…she would not approve of my dreams. She wanted me to live in the reality that was that horrid world. One day we had a fight, she took my drawings, and stories and threw them in the fire place. We didn't realize that an ember had flown out of the fire and it landed on a pile of papers. It caught on fire. Soon the whole house was engulfed in the flames. I tried to run to my mom, but a wall of fire blocked my path. I could hear them screaming my name. I was about to run through the fire and take my chances, when the building collapsed on me. I was pinned down under the rubble. I could hear my parents scream my name; I heard the roar of the fire around me. The fire burned at my skin, it melted it and my hair. I slowly looked up with my eyes and I saw a bright light. It engulfed me and soon I found myself at a place called station of awakening. A voice told me that I had died, but for some reason the worlds felt that I needed to live, that was the light that saved me and brought me to that place. The voice also told me to fight away the darkness that had been in my heart, it said to find the light, that will lead me out of darkness, then and only then could I go back home." She stopped for a moment, "But that's why I was ashamed when the fairy said that they could sense the darkness inside of me. I knew it was true."

Ventus couldn't believe what he was hearing. No wonder she was so hard and determined, she wanted desperately to return home. That's why she talked about that strange thing called a prom. She wasn't even supposed to exist in these worlds. Ventus' heart wept for her. Now he wanted more than anything in the world was to help her return home. He held her face in the cup of his hands as he looked deep inside those blue orbs full of pain and despair. "Kasai, I vow right now, that I will do anything in my power so that you can return home. I won't stop until you have fought away the darkness and you are happy with your family again." Every word he spoke the amount of passion and courage was over whelming. Kasai had a lump form in her throat as she saw the love in his eyes. All she could muster out was a weak, thank you. She threw her arms around him and began to cry on his chest. He was shocked by this, he never thought a tough girl like Kasai would ever cry. But she was weeping, she cried harder than she had ever cried in her life. He wrapped his arm around her waist as he petted her head. He took her hair down out of its pony tail so he could run his fingers through her hair to soothe her. With each sob she made he would whisper in her ear, "it's okay." He repeated this until she had fallen asleep on his chest from crying. He smiled caringly as she slept like an angel in his arms. He looked up at the stars and started to think to himself. He wanted to be Kasai's light, but if that happened he wouldn't want her to leave. But he just vowed that he would get her home. His emotions started to conflict inside him. He wanted to stay with her, but he wanted to help and make her happy. He sighed and knew the right thing to do is to make her happy and get her home, even if that meant losing his love. He looked back at her and then drifted off into sleep.

When morning came they could hear the birds chirping their songs. Ventus' eyes opened slowly as he rubbed them with his hand that wasn't holding Kasai. He yawned as his eyes adjusted to the light. He saw the water sparkling like diamonds, and he saw that the fire had gone out and all that was left was smoke rising from the ashes. He moved his other arm to wake Kasai up, and she groaned as she pulled the cover over her head. He chuckled, "Come on Kasai. Time to wake up."

"Five more minutes Ven." She mumbled under the sheet.

He smirked to himself as he picked her up in his arms. He walked over to the lake and said to her one more time. "Time to get up Kasai."

"I said I don't want to." She groaned as she moved her head away from the light.

"Suite yourself." He smiled as he tossed her in the lake.

The cold water ran all over her body! It tingled at her skin and gave her goose bumps. She burst through the water with a gasp. She whipped the water from her eyes and glared at her friend who was laughing hysterically. She took a deep breath, "VENTUS!" she yelled, "You're going to get it!" He stopped laughing and ran away as she hopped out of the water and ran after him. "Get back here!" She yelled as water dripped from her hair.

"Never!" he yelled playfully back. "Catch me if you can!" The two ran around in circles for a few minutes before Kasai finally caught up with the tired Ventus. She pushed him into the water and laughed.

"How's it feel?" She asked with triumph. But that disappeared when she noticed he didn't come back up. "Ven?" Nothing. "Ven?!" Then something grabbed her ankle and dragged her into the cold water yet again. Ventus popped up from the water and laughed. "You wretch!" she yelled as the two began to splash each other. Their laughter rang through the woods as the light shinned down on them.

Soon they both climbed out of the lake and laid in the sun to dry themselves off. Kasai sighed in happiness as the sun warmed her skin. After drying off they stood up and went to the fairies. "Alright, let's get moving," Ventus said as he walked to the green barrier.

"We still have one problem. How are we going to get past that?" Kasai said pointing at the magical wall.

"Allow me," the green fairy said as she flew to the wall, and with a wave it disappeared into sparkles. "Shall we?"

"We shall," Ventus and Kasai said at the same time.

They proceeded to walk through the pass in the rocks and to a long path way that led to a large black castle. Above the castle were dark clouds just swirling around menacingly, and sparks of lightning would fire out from time to time. Thunder boomed so loud with each crack that it even shook the earth below their feet. Kasai had always had a fear of thunder, and when the loud bangs would come at surprise, she would jump with a little yelp. She began to walk faster, her walk soon turned into a run. Ventus chased after her and it soon turned into a race. They ran as fast as they could, Kasai could feel her heart pounding in her chest as she looked to her left to see Ventus right beside her. She gritted her teeth and ran faster. She could see the draw bridge growing closer. She looked to him and winked as she picked up her speed and crossed the bridge first. "THE WINNER!" She yelled as she held up her finger symbolizing she was number 1. Ventus came up panting and smiled at her, too tired to tell her good job.

They walked into the castle, well what was left of a castle. It seemed more like a disaster area. Stones were falling down all around and the walls were only half built. Black chains hung from the ceiling and doors had fallen off their hinges. Ventus had walked into a doorway but Kasai quickly yanked him back. He looked at her confused and she pointed at the guards that were standing in front of a door.

"Careful, those are Maleficent's guards," the green fairy said.

"Well they ain't guarding anything," Ventus said seeing they were just in front of the door. Kasai looked closer and she could see that they were barely staying awake. She looked at the large door and she could see the handles were in perfect condition, the hinges weren't broken and the door itself looked brand new.

"Or are they?" she asked as she looked at Ventus. "I got an idea." She whispered into his ear. He smiled as he heard her plan unfold. He looked at her with a smirk. The two stood up and ran to the center of the court yard.

"TEN-SHUN!" The two yelled out as the guards jumped awake and moved their hands on their foreheads.

"No sleeping on the job!" Ventus yelled out like a military commander, as he held his keyblade tight.

"Rise and shine ya yuppies!" Kasai said as she summoned her keyblade. The goons walked toward them with their spears and shields in hand. As they ran toward them most of them tripped on the fallen stones. The ones that didn't fall, all the two had to do was move out of their way and they would hit the wall behind them. The fight was easy. The easiest one yet to be honest. Within a minute the guards had fallen. "Well that was anti climatic." Kasai said as her keyblade disappeared. "One ward and upward!" Kasai said as they pushed the door open. Inside they saw a large open room. It was completely empty and very ominous. Kasai and Ventus stepped forward and then walls grew from the floor and separated the two. "Ven!?" she yelled as she reached for his hand but the wall pushed her back. He called out her name as the wall reached the top. She began to beat of the rock wall and desperately try to get back to him.

"Kasai, find the exit. We will meet up there," she heard Ventus' voice tell her.

"Ok." She said as she ran into the labyrinth. Twist and turns, dead ends and never ending paths. Kasai frantically looked for the exit, looked to her left and her right, but she found nothing. She calmed herself and took a deep breath. She did a couple of corn mazes back on earth so she knows how to do this. She placed her right hand on the wall beside her, and followed it. Minutes had passed and she found the exit. She jumped in victory then Ventus ran out with a smile. "Let's keep moving." She said as she ran down the stair well. At the bottom of the stairs they saw what seemed like a throne room. There was an open circle area in front of a throne and there were stairs leading up to the throne. In the middle of the room there was a heart surrounding in green magic. Ventus summons his keyblade and then looks to Kasai. She shook her head and said, "Go on hero. Save the damsel in distress." He blushed slightly then used his keyblade to unlock the barrier. When the green flames died down the heart flew away back to Aurora.

"That should do it," he said as his keyblade disappeared. "What the?"

At that moment Ventus and Kasai could see Aurora and a man standing in the middle of the forest. The man had brown hair and warm caring eyes. He held Aurora's hand in his own, "Don't you remember, we've met before."

"We have?" Aurora was genuinely confused.

"Why of course. You said so yourself, once upon a dream." The two began to dance as he hummed a tone. The two danced their way down to a river bank; it was the same river/lake that Ventus and Kasai were just at. He looked down to the girl and said softly, "Who are you? What's your name?"

"Huh? Oh my name? Why it's," suddenly her mood changed and she looked fearful, "Oh no, no, no. I can't goodbye!" she said to the man as she ran off.

"I must see you!" The man called out to her.

"Maybe, someday." She called back.

"When? Tomorrow?"

"Oh no, this evening! At the cottage, in the glen!" she yelled as she ran off away from the man with a smile of her face.

The two were back in the dark throne room. They looked around confused, "What was that?" Kasai asked.

The red fairy flew up and said happily, "That was Aurora's memory. She must've gotten her heart back."

"So her dream came true?" Ventus asked with that childish glow in his eyes.

"Yes, not long ago. Dreams are very strong beliefs. Aurora's led her to her true love."

"I see you hold strong beliefs too, don't you dears?" The green fairy asked with a smile. Each of the two kids blushed as they looked away from each other. "You also have a strong light. Both of you." Kasai smiled when she heard that someone could see her light. Ventus also smiled seeing she was happy.

"Now come on, we mustn't stay here long," the blue fairy said as she began to fly away. But as they were on their way out they were confronted by a woman with green skin, horns on her head, she wore a long black cloak, and she had a large staff in her hands.

"Someone has released Aurora's heart!" She said with anger, "tell me was it you child?" She asked sternly glaring at Ventus.

"Maleficent!" The red fairy yelled.

"So that's Maleficent," Kasai said as she grimaced at her face.

Ventus summoned his keyblade, "Only because you stole it first!" He lunged at her and tried to attack but she merely vanished in a puff of green fire. She reappeared at her throne with a smile on her face.

"A keyblade? You must be Ventus," she looked at him and he gasped in shocked. "And you must be Kasai," she said looking down at the girl.

"How do you know us?" Kasai asked the ugly hag.

"And the keyblade?" Ventus added in.

"My powers ensure I'd know of the key to bringing me hearts. Terra gave me a demonstration," she had a wicked smile on her face as she mentioned his name.

Ventus' eyes partially lit up at Terra's name, "Terra? He was here?"

"Why yes. In fact it was he who stole Princess Aurora's heart."

Kasai gasped but Ventus took a fighting stance, "That's a lie!"

"I was asked to leave you unharmed, but it seems I have no choice," Maleficent glows in a bright green fire and throws a fire ball at Ventus. But the three fairies turn into a light shield in order to help Ventus. Kasai summoned her keyblade and ran in to help her friend. The evil witch continued to disappear and reappear somewhere else. Throwing fire balls from all directions of the room. Ventus saw a fire ball headed for Kasai while her back was turned. He ran to her and leaned his back to hers, blocking the ball of fire with his keyblade. Kasai nodded her head to him and then ran to the witch as she was about to reappear. When the smoke cleared Kasai slashed at her back. The hag yelled in pain, and at this point Ventus took the opportunity to slash at her non-stop. She yelled in pain and then fell to the ground. Kasai and Ventus jumped back to the middle of the room as Maleficent staggered back to her throne.

"There's no way Terra would harm somebody like that!" Ventus yelled, continuing to stand up for his friend.

"You don't believe me? That's unfortunate, for he agreed so easily," she smirked at Ventus. Kasai walked over to her friend as he lowered his head sadly.

"He did?"

Kasai was about to cheer him up when they heard a voice call from down the hall. "Ven, don't be fooled!"

"Aqua?" Kasai and Ventus looked up to see their older friend run into the room.

Aqua ran to the center to talk to the two. "Terra would never do that. You know that as well as I do." She said to Ventus reassuringly.

He perked up and looked at the witch with a confident smile, "Yeah!"

"Ahh... The truth can be most cruel, even amongst the closest of friends. After all, one never knows the secrets of another's heart. I'm sure you'll agree... Ventus...Kasai… Aqua," Maleficent pointed at each one as she spoke their names.

Aqua ignored her and turned to Ventus with a frown, "The master sent me. Ven, Kasai, let's go home."

Ventus looked at her shocked, "But what about Terra?"

"Terra's not ready to leave yet," was all she said to him.

Ventus fell silent and Kasai chimed in, "Well I'm ready to head back to my comfy bed. What about you Ven?"

"Sorry Aqua, but I can't go with you," he raised his head and looked at her.

"What?" Aqua and Kasai asked in surprise.

"It's just…I have to find him before it's too late!" He then ran off into the castle.

"VEN!" Aqua and Kasai yelled. Kasai started to chase after him but was stopped by Aqua. She looked up at Aqua who just shook her head. "Let him go."

Kasai pushed her hand to the side, "No, I have to be with him!" She ran the way Ventus went calling his name. But no luck. She sighed in defeat. She pressed the circle and her armor formed on her. She jumped on her glider and flew into a portal. "I'm coming Ven."

AUTHORS NOTE: oh no! Ven has ran away and Kasai is all alone. this can't be good.