A/N: Like I said, there are times when I wish I could rescue Aqua from the Realm of Darkness, so I've decided to write it into a story. I thought it would be interesting. I'll be looking forward to reviews of what you think of the story.

Oh, and to the "Fuckahotchick" guest who's been reviewing my stories: KNOCK IT OFF! Your Rated M story request has been DENIED!

World: Land of Departure

A world in between the realms of light and dark, yet the world is strong in the light. In a castle, a keyblade master, Master Eraqus, lives with his three pupils: Ventus, Aqua and Terra. Master Eraqus trains his pupils into coming keyblade masters.

But for today, the young trio are taking the day off. Aqua decided to go for a walk in the forest near by the castle. Terra and Ven are left just doing some sparring out on the castle courtyard.

The woods are lovely at this time of day, rays of the sunlight shining through the color leafs in the trees. Aqua thinks it's a beautiful sight.

Aqua takes a deep breath through the nose and exhales a sigh. "What a wonderful day for some relaxation."

For a while, Aqua's been walking through the forest. Up until she reaches to the deep part of the forest, where there's a river that's about knee deep. Aqua takes off her shoes and long black stockings so she could rest her feet in the water.

Aqua sits back on a rock, feet in the water, eyes closed and feeling the gentle breeze and listening to the peaceful noise of birds singing and the rivers current flowing. Aqua couldn't have hoped to be anywhere else on her day off.

However, something caught her attention. At one end, of Aqua's sight, of the river, a little boy unconscious hanging onto a log is flowing with the current. I'll give you a hint, that little boy is me.

Aqua is surprised to see this. "Wha?" Aqua stands on her feet, watching me move closer to her location. At about thirty yards away, Aqua gets into the water, walking up to me. She stops my body from moving then pulls me to the ground.

Aqua lays me on my back, getting a close look at me. I look to be about five years old, in rugged poor clothes, wet even due to being in the river. Aqua puts an ear on my chest, I'm not breathing. She puts two fingers on the wrist, closing her eyes to concentrate. She found a pulse, but it's very weak.

Aqua opens her eyes and gasps when she felt the pulse. "He's alive." Without any hesitation, Aqua lifts me in her arms, making a run for it, then quickly runs back to remember to pick up her shoes and stockings.

Meanwhile, Terra and Ven are right now sparring with each other in the courtyard. Ven just got his butt whopped for the tenth time...in the past half hour.

Ven groans in frustration as he sits up. "It's not fair!" Ven shouts.

"What isn't?" Terra asks.

"Battling you! You're like twice my size, Terra!" Ven says. "You're like a building with feet. When Aqua spars with me, she'd always go easy on me."

"Hey. It's not my fault I'm bigger then you." Terra says. Master Eraqus starts to walk out of the castle, walking down the stairs towards Ven and Terra. "Come on, on your feet, Ven."

Ven groans in disappointment as he gets back on his feet. Eraqus watches his two students spar with each other, only for ten seconds when Terra knocked Ven in the air and landed on the ground with his Quake ability. Ven yells in frustration, Terra just laughs.

"Oh, Terra. Leave him alone." Terra and Ven turns to see it's Eraqus.

"Oh! Master Eraqus!" Terra stands straight, showing some respect for his master. "It's nothing...I was just sparring with Ven."

"If Aqua were here, Terra, she's teach you a thinng or two messing with little Ven." Eraqus laughs at his little joke. Ven feels offended being called 'little' while Terra feels shamed. Eraqus stops laughing and looks around. "Where is she anyway?"

"She said she was going for a walk." Terra says.

Ven turns to Terra. "Shouldn't she have been back by now?"

Terra strokes his chin, thinking. Just then, someone from a distance calls. "Terra! Ven!" Terra and Ven turns to the direction of the sound, Eraqus looks at well.

Aqua is running up to them. Soon enough, she's in front of them, out of breath. "Aqua? What is it?"

Aqua takes a moment to catch her breath. She stands straight, showing the little boy in her arms. The boys and the master are surprised to see me. Aqua explains what happened in the woods. In no time, everyone took me in to be taken care of.

Two hours have passed. The students wait outside of a room for Eraqus is working his light powers to heal me. Ven and Terra are sitting down while Aqua is pacing around. She's really worried about the little boy, Ven and Terra wonders why.

After a while, Eraqus finally comes out. His pupils are gathering in front of the master. "The kid will be fine. He just needs some rest."

Everyone was relieved. "Who is he? I don't think I've seen anyone like him around town." Terra says.

"Me neither." Eraqus turns to Aqua. "Aqua?"

Aqua shook her head. "Me neither. I wonder how he ended up in the river."

"Ventus and I will go around town, see if anyone knows about this boy." Eraqus says. "You two say here and watch over him."

Everyone departed their ways. Eraqus and Ven went into town while Aqua and Terra stays in the castle with me. Hours have passed, Eraqus and Ven have yet to return. Aqua and Terra are setting together next to the bed I'm resting on. I haven't woken up, not once since I was found. There were also no signs of movement or sleep talking, it's as if I'm really is dead, or maybe frozen.

"Do you think he'll awake?" Aqua asks.

"I'm sure he will." Terra turns to look at Aqua. "You seem a bit worried."

"It's just...I haven't seen anyone like this since Ven first came, and him...he's just a little boy." Aqua says. "I just hate to see people, especially kids, in this kind pain and suffering."

Terra knows how she feels. Both of them went through the same experience when they were kids. They were lucky Eraqus was around to help them in their time of need.

Terra puts a hand on Aqua's shoulder, earning her attention. "He'll be fine." Aqua smiles and gives a small nod. "Do you think he's a Keyblade wielder?"

"A kid that young? I find that hard to believe." Aqua says.

Later, Aqua and Terra are now in the kitchen. Aqua is preparing dinner and Terra helps out. The sun is starting to set, filling the skies with a redish-orange color. While dinner's cooking, Eraqus and Ven returns. Eraqus checks on the boy first to see if I need anymore healing, but I don't for I'm still asleep.

After that, he arrives at the dinning room, where dinner is now being served. Everyone sat down and eat at the table, though Aqua and Ven are wondering if they really should dine without the mysterious boy, but Eraqus states that I probably won't wake up anytime soon since I've been asleep all day.

"So. What happened around town?" Aqua asked.

"We couldn't find the boy's parents." Eraqus says.

"When we couldn't find them, we asked around town if anyone knows him." Ven says. "But no one's never seen him before, not even the orphanage knows anything about him."

Terra and Aqua are surprised to hear that. "No way...Could he be an out-worlder?"

Eraqus looks down, stroking his beard. "That's highly unlikely. A child traveling in the outside world all alone, unarmed even."

"You don't think he's from one of the worlds that was taken by the darkness, is he?" Aqua asks, hoping that's not really the case.

"It's possible." Eraqus wonders. "I'm gonna talk to Yen Sid about this, see if he knows anything."

After their conversation, everyone resumes eating, expect for Aqua. She deeply hopes that the boy didn't suffer a horrible tragic, hopefully not far worse then she did.

At night, everyone went to bed while Eraqus is heading for Mysterious Tower to talk to Yen Sid. It's around two in the morning, and Aqua is the only one who's awake. She's laying in bed, just staring at the ceiling with the moonlight brighting up the bed from the windows.

Aqua couldn't turn off her mind, worrying about the boy. The young mage warrior sits up, she turns to the nightstand by her bed. She grabs the picture frame, looking at the picture of herself as a little kid and with her parents. She looks at the picture for a minute, sighs then sets it down and then gets out of bed.

Aqua is only in a light violet nightdress. She walks down the hallway, heading towards the room where the boy sleeps in. She arrives at the door, looking in to see I'm still sleep. Aqua walks up to the side of the bed, she sits on the bed on her knees, next to me.

Aqua just looks at me as she moves her hand to my head, then gives a gentle stroke on the hair. "Could he really be all alone?" Aqua whispers, wondering. "Could he really have lost his world...his family." Aqua lays down next to the little boy on the bed. She didn't bother to get into the covers, but she isn't real cold and she isn't staying real long. "Good night...I hope you'll wake up soon." But that fell short when she slowly drifts into a slumber.

Morning time came by quickly. Eraqus has yet to return from his little errand. Ven and Terra are already awake, but are disappointed to see there's no breakfast being served in the kitchen, since Aqua does the cooking. They figured she could still be asleep, but doesn't bother to check her knowing how she feels to be awaken in the morning. Well Ven's mostly scared to do so, Terra not so much but doesn't want to take the risk.

Aqua slowly starts to awaken. She takes a moment for her eyes to adjust the bright sunlight. When she's fully awake, she's confused. "Wha...?" Aqua looks around, noticing she's in a different room then her own. She suddenly remembers what happened last night. 'Oh...I must have fallen asleep.' The young women thought.

Aqua rolls her body on the bed, then becomes surprised at what she's looking at. The little boy is staring at her, eyes open, like I'm completely lost. Aqua instantly sits up on the bed, so do I, only more slowly. I don't take his eyes off of Aqua.

Aqua gets out of bed, rushing to the door. "Guys! Guys! Get in here now!"

Aqua stands by the door in the room, looking at me until Terra and Ven rushes in. Terra and Ven are surprised to see me. "He's awake." Terra whispers.

"Hi there." Ven says, as he approaches the boy, but then stops when he notices I'm sliding back, shaking my head. "What's wrong?"

Terra walks up to Ven, putting a hand on his shoulder. "He's probably startled. He is in a strange place surrounded by strange people." Ven felt a little hurt about the 'strange people' comment, but knows it's true. After all, he felt the same-way when he first arrived.

Aqua slowlky walks up to the bed, moving to the other side to get close to me. I slide away from Aqua in worry, not as much as I did before. "Hey now. It's okay." Aqua speaks in a calm tone. She sits on the bed side. "We're not going to hurt you. You're in a safe place."

Aqua smiles at Me. I just look at Aqua, wondering if I should trust her and I do, but only a little. I just slide a little closer to Aqua, only by a few inches. "Would you mind telling us your name?" Aqua asks.

"M-my...my name?" I ask, lost and looking down. "My name is...my..." Aqua starts to wonder if I don't remember my name, as if I'm suffering amnesia. "My name...Patrick? ...I think..." I look up at Aqua. "Ye-yeah...it is."

"That's a nice name." Aqua says. "My name is Aqua." Aqua looks over me at Terra and Ven. "This is Terra and Ventus."

I look back at Terra and Ven. "Terror-ah...Fan-tus..." I look back at Aqua. "Ah-qu-wah..."

Aqua smiles and gives a soft chuckle, then she puts a hand on my head. "Close enough. Do you remember anything?"

I moan quietly as I thinks. I look down and shook my head slowly. To Aqua's disappointment, I have no memory of anything. "No memory huh?" Terra looks down at Ven. "Kind of reminds me of someone I know."

Aqua chuckles a little at Terra's joke. She turns her attention back to me. "I think you'll like it here." I don't say anything, or make a different expression of any kind. Instead, I crawl close to Aqua, wrap my arms around her, resting my head on her stomach.

"Mommy." I whispers. Aqua is pretty surprised at both the hug and me calling her 'mommy'.

"Wha..." Aqua looks down at me then at Terra and Ven, who are giving Aqua goofy smiles like they're enjoying this. Aqua looks back at me. "Wh...what are you doing?" She's not really upset or disappointed, just confused.

I look up at Aqua. "Ahquwah is mommy."

I sit on the kitchen table, alone while slowly eating the breakfast Aqua had made. Aqua, Terra and Ven are right now by the kitchen door, watching me in a blind spot. Aqua is still pretty surprised with what just happened half an hour ago, when I hugged her and called her my 'mommy'.

Eraqus returns from his travel. He finds his pupils hanging by the kitchen door, just looking inside like they're watching something but also hiding from said-something. Eraqus wonders what's up, then looks in the kitchen to see me. "So he's awake."

Terra, Ven and Aqua flinched in surprised hearing their masters voice. "Master Eraqus." They all said, standing in front of him straight. "How'd it go with Master Yen Sid?" Terra asks.

"Well, he doesn't know anything about the boy. But he said he'll search the stars to see if anything came up." Eraqus says. "What have you three found out about the boy?"

"Not much. He doesn't remember anything." Terra explains. "Kind of like Ven."

"We only found out his name: Patrick." Aqua says.

"Interesting. Anything else happened?" Eraqus says.

Terra smirks a little. "Well...after he woke up, he hugged Aqua and called her 'mommy'."

Ven and Terra, mostly Terra, laughed. Aqua seems offended. "Knock it off, boys. It's not funny!"

"Aqua's right. This is serious." Eraqus says, and the two boys now turns silent.

"Well, what should we do with him?" Ven asks.

Eraqus thinks for a moment. "Well...I'm not sure. Until we've decide anything, he'll have to stay with us." Eraqus turns to Aqua. "You'll watch over him, Aqua."

Aqua is surprised to hear this. "Wh-what? But...master, I-"

"I don't want to hear it, Aqua." Eraqus says. "This young boy is in a strange place surrounded by strange people. He's grown quite fond with you, so you'll be watching over him. Is that understood?"

Aqua is silent. She's not really upset, nor isn't fond with me, but is just disappointed. She's a highly trained keyblader and now she's being assigned to babysit. But she knows what Eraqus says its true.

Aqua stands straight then gives a small bow. "Yes, master."

Aqua walks right in the kitchen. "Don't worry, Aqua. You'll make a great mother." Terra teases.

That annoyed Aqua, but she knows it'll end up that way since I treat her like she's my mother. Aqua sits right next to me on the table. She takes a deep breath, speaking in a calmly tone.

"Hey." I stop eating to turn and look at Aqua. "How are you doing."

I smile a little. "I'm doing fine, mommy."

Aqua smiles a little. "Hey...I want to know something. Why do you think...I'm your mother?"

I say nothing for a moment, unsure of how to answer that. I soon find my answer. "I...I just woke up...and found you with me...asleep." It was then when Aqua realized what I meant. I'm suffering memory loss and Aqua was the first thing I see. It's the whole 'children attach on the first thing they see' scenario.

Aqua smiles and gives a single nod. "Then yes...I am your mother."

I smiled, and leap into my 'mothers' arms for a hug.