Hello everybody ! Only one left and the calendar is over. I'm happy I have been able to show it to you, thanks to Ejes and her amazing works ! Yes bro, I thank you everyday of December and I'm not tired ! Never ! Well, today, I wanted to talk about two characters with such a tragic destiny. I know Ejes specially like one of this two so... ~ Hope you will enjoy this prompt too, even thought he's not very happy in the end !

Tomorrow, for the last day, you will have the theme Phoenix ! Does it ring a bell ?

"The time has come." His voice was cold, authoritative, resigned even.

"Isn't there another way?" Asked the other, scared.

"None. This is how it was meant to end. We were one, and we will be one again."

"But we were fine being apart… We both have our own life."

"Our own life? That's what you call a life?"

"Well… I had these people… They were my family."

"It's always about your friends, isn't it?"

"At least I have some! Wait… No, I shouldn't have said that, I'm…"

"Sorry? Why apologize when it's truth? You're just lucky."

"You wished you had some yourself, am I wrong?"

"Stop being so cheesy! I enjoyed my cold ground very much."

"I… I've never thought about all you've been through. I've been raised in the light…"

"I was nothing but a monster. I'm nothing but a monster. Your friends probably told you."

"My master did. He said that… You were darkness itself…"

"He wasn't wrong. At least a clever thing he said before kicking the bucket."

"Don't you dare talking about my master that way!"

"When he tried to kill you? Oh, darling, please."

"I've never put myself in your place, but… I feel like I understand so much now. You were forced to become what you are."

"Who cares, only the result matters, right?"

"No. You've suffered all your life, and… That's partly because of us."

"Oh, shut up with your whining. So what? You think that's going to change anything? There's no going back anyway."

"Tell me… Do you really want us to… To become one being again?"

"Can't help it, regardless of what I want."

"Answer me, please. Don't you wish you could stay… yourself?"

"... Yeah. I… That's not that easy, and I might be a freak, but in the end, I… I don't hate what I am. Not really."

"You also became your own person. We aren't just halves anymore."

"Quit repeating that! We can't change that!"

"Of course we can, there must be a way to reverse the process!"

"There is not! Don't you get it? You, me… We'll become who we used to be, but that means we'll both disappear."

"I… I don't want to… I want to see them again."

"I don't want that either… Heh, at least I got lucky in the end."

"Lucky? What do you mean?"

"I learnt what it meant to appreciate someone… somehow."

"Does that mean you appreciate me?"

"Pff, don't take your dreams for reality… And quit grinning!"

"Who would have thought someone like you would be able to show tenderness?"

"In your dreams! Well… It's time."

"I'm scared… But there is no going back, is there?"

"No. Let's go, moron, we'll see what happens then."

Ventus nodded and took the hand Vanitas was holding. A soft light appeared, as they started to fade away. It was the time for their gathering, the creation of the X-Blade so long awaited by Xehanort… But what was the price to pay?