Stayed up to midnight finishing this chapter for you guys! Well, close to midnight. Hope you appreciate it!

Oh! And just a heads up, there might only be two or three chapters left of this story. I'll keep them long though! Promise!

I might get the next chapter done tomorrow. I'm taking the day off from cleaning my house; my brothers can do it for once.

Here is the next chapter! Enjoy :)

Not long after the cheerful reunion came the bad part; facing Eraqus once again. "Master!" Aqua shouted cheerfully as they entered the castle. "We have a visitor!"

Two people appeared at the entrance way that led to the next room. One of them was, of course, Master Eraqus. The other was a boy that was about the same age as Shion. To her, she thought he looked a lot like Vanitas, the only difference being their hair, eyes, and a little bit of their facial features. Must be Ventus, she thought.

Eraqus frowned at the sight of the guest, but he hid his aggravation. "What a pleasant surprise!" He feigned. "What brings you here?"

"My teacher had to take care of something important, so he gave me some time off because of how hard I've trained," Shion explained bitterly.

The Master was astonished. "Really? You've trained with him for only a hand full of weeks and he thinks you qualify for a break."

"Correction, two years." She retaliated. "That includes day and night in case you wanted to know."

"He must be an awful teacher if you have to train both day and night to get just one move down."

"He is not an awful teacher!" Shion denied defiantly. "He's the best! I learned at least five in one day and he is way better than you could ever be!"

"And why is that? Because he's easy going?"

"Because he didn't give up on me the first minute he met me!" She yelled. Her voice bounced off the walls making it sound even louder. The worst part was her eyes had turned yellow, a sign of darkness in someone's heart. "You quit on me before I even started because I had darkness inside me and that's all you saw. If you looked past that you could have seen the light I have which is stronger than yours!"

"Shiona," Terra chided. "That's enough."

She looked over at her father to see the plead in his eyes. Shion blinked and her eyes returned to their normal bright blue color. She sighed (her anger gone) as Master Eraqus left the room for somewhere else before nodding. "Fine."

"Good, now I'd like you to meet my friend, Ventus. Ven, this is the girl Aqua and I was telling you about, Shion."

"Oh!" Ventus spoke for the first time in the conversation. "You're Shion! Aqua was right, you are pretty."

Shion smiled kindly at him, thinking that if Van was here, he would kill him for saying that. "Thank you, but you probably shouldn't say that around Terra. He can be a little. . . ."

"Over-protective?" Ven suggested with a goofy smile. "I know. Terra told me about how much you mean to him and how he's like a dad to you because you never had one. Aqua talked about how he and Master Eraqus gets into so many fights about how he and the Master treated you when you were around."

"So it was my fault," she muttered sadly as she looked at the ground.

"She wasn't supposed to know that Ven," Terra told him urgently.

The boy smiled apologetically. "Sorry?"

"It's fine." Shion said for her dad. "I already knew anyways. That's why I wanted to become a Keyblade Master, so Eraqus can finally stop with his remarks."

"You shouldn't need to become a Master so he will approve of you." Terra argued. "He just can't see how amazing you truly are."

"No one really can," she agreed as she started walking around the three others in a path. "I have to make them see how good I am. That's how I got a king to become my teacher."

"Really?" Aqua interrogated. "A king is your teacher?"

"Yep! All I did was answer a couple questions, showed him my keyblade and then he said he'd teach me. When I speak to him I usually say, 'Your Majesty' instead of 'Master'."

"Did he let you stay at his home?" Ven questioned.

"Yep! I had a room all to myself and I could decorate it any way that I wanted."

Terra came next with his question. "Did you start on your first day there?"

Shion stopped abruptly and winced, knowing she would have to tell him what happened. "No. I didn't even intend to go there. I was out of control of my rider and it just took me to that world," she fibbed slightly. "It deactivated along with my armor and I landed on my right arm. I healed it half the way but I didn't get to finish because he and his friends were around me and at the time I felt uncomfortable using magic when they were there. He let me rest and the next day I began training but with my left arm."

Aqua smiled kindly at the young girl. "Now you can fight with both your left and right hand? That's great!"

"I have one more question for you before we go eat." Terra wrapped her arm around her shoulder one more time and said reassuringly like. "Why didn't you tell Master Eraqus that you were supposed to take your Mark of Mastery test today?"

"I didn't want him to make more comments on how 'bad' my teacher is." Shion reasoned with a sign. "I should have told him Yen Sid was his teacher; that would have shut him up."

"You're right," he agreed. "The two were old friends. He wouldn't dare say a bad word about him."

"That's enough you two," Aqua scolded playfully. "Let's go eat. Maybe we can go one meal without you and the Master fighting about Shion."

Somehow, the two didn't argue once during lunch. Maybe it was because no one bothered to say anything in fear of a fight starting. A couple hours later after having a friendly spar with her dad and her new friend (and winning might I add), it was time for Shion to leave.

(A/N: I'll give anyone who knows what this quote is from and who says it a shout-out) "Do you have to go?" Aqua inquired with sadness. "You just got here."

"Yes," she claimed. "I have to go see my friend. I promised him I'd help with something."

"Sounds like you got yourself a boyfriend," Ven teased though you could hear the hurt in his voice; almost like jealousy.

"He's not my boyfriend!" She denied. "I met him after I left this world over a couple years ago. He helped me out in a couple tight spots. He was actually the reason I met my teacher."

"But you said-"

"See you!" Shion called as she summoned her armor and glider not letting the boy finish his statement. As she rode off in the sky she thought, That was a close one. I don't want them knowing the truth. Not yet anyways.

The part of her seeing her friend was partly true. The part about her helping him with something was false. She was just planning on jumping from world to world until she finally found him.

The first world she landed on was like a fairy tale from a story book. There was a large white castle, larger than another others that she has seen, that loomed over the kingdom. The area had landed in though was a meadow like area. At one end there was a small fountain that was next to a path, perhaps to someone's house. But sitting on the edge of the fountain was a girl only a little bit older than her. She had orange-reddish hair and was wearing a purple-pink dress. For some reason there was a sad look on her face.

She has a lot of darkness in her heart, Shion thought knowingly. She only has a tiny amount of light inside her. But why she is sad?

Not wanting to think about it anymore, she walked over to the lady and smiled. "Hello!" she greeted cheerfully. "What are you doing by yourself?"

The young woman jumped at first when she heard Shion's greeting. She smiled back in politeness, but her sadness still showed. "I just came out here to get away from my family," she replied truthfully. "I didn't feel comfortable in there."

"Why not?" Shion inquired.

"If I confide in you, will you tell anyone else? Because I won't say if you do."

"Depends," Shion considered. "If I know the name of my new friend, then perhaps I won't."

The other female smiled a true smile, no sadness hinted at all, only happiness. "My name is Anastasia. You?"

"Shiona," she answered. "But only my father calls me that. If you don't mind, I'd like you to call me Shion. You have a very pretty name."

"Thank you," Anastasia thanked kindly. "You see, my mother, Lady Tremaine, had married to a widow a few years ago. He had a daughter, Cinderella, who then became my step-sister, though I already have an older sister. When that man passed away, my mother forced Cinderella to live in the tower and become the maid."

"And you don't think it's right," Shion concluded.

The conflicted girl nodded her head. "But I can't say anything because I'm afraid my mother and sister will be mad at me."

"I see," she said understandingly. "Well I'm sure one day you'll know what you should do."

"I guess so," Anastasia said doubtfully. "Thank you for listening. I'm glad I got it off my chest."

"You're welcome." Suddenly, Shion looked over her shoulder, a look of concern washing over her face. Sensing a slight increase in darkness, she told her new friend, "You should get home. You don't want your mother worrying about you."

"I suppose you're right," Anastasia agreed. She stood from the fountain and brushed the dirt off her dress. Then she said, "Your mother's probably worried about you too."

Shion smiled. Though she didn't actually have a mother, one person popped into her mind. Someone who was very much like a mother to her who she loved like one. "I know she is, but she knows I'm safe."

Anastasia sighed before asking, "So, will I see my new friend again? Or will it be only a one time thing."

The young keyblade wielder shook her head. "Nope. I'll see you again in the future."

"Promise?"

"Promise!"

"Good! I'll see you soon Shion!" The young woman walked away, happier than when Shion first found her.

She let the smile drop from her face as she sensed the darkness growing slowly. This world could be covered in the matter of days. "I better leave," she muttered to herself as she activated her armor once more. "If I do, the darkness will probably slow down even more." Shion summoned out her glider and was off to another world.

So? Good? Bad? I think it was good though it was a little short.

I kinda need your help with something. I'm planning a fight chapter soon and I need some help/advice on how I describe the fight/actions that takes place. I'd be very grateful!

Oh! And I have one more thing I'd like to 'announce' you could say.

If anyone can answer this question correctly, then I will tell them what worlds someone will be going to in the next story and why: Why did I have Anastasia in this chapter?