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𝓢𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓾𝓮

꧁𝑇𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢，𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒꧂

𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦．．．

Sparkling, crystal tears fell from my best friend's eyes. Desperation was painted on his face as he stared me straight in the eyes. The globs of water marking their path on his face, clinging to his jaw, before falling down onto his star-embroidered blanket.

His hands fell slack on his lap, held open and clenching like he was trying to grasp something. I'd just removed them from his face and hair. He'd been so distressed, so stuck in his head, that he had started scratching away his skin and pulling harshly on his hair.

I took his hand in mine and tried turning my frown into a smile, to try and comfort him. I smoothed out his messy bedhead with my other hand, not knowing what else to do.

"Ven," I whispered softly, pausing before my eyebrows furrowed, "You wanna talk about it?"

I didn't want to upset him, but maybe if I knew I could help. A strangled gasp left his lips and another wave of water came from his tear ducts. In a rush, I brought the blond close to my chest, trying to calm him. I felt my face fall and I tried to stay calm.

"We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to!" As a sob racked his lips, my anxiety crept up my back like tendrils, and I was desperate to keep it from consuming me. I had to focus on Ven. His nightmares have never been this bad before. Never left him this... broken.

Usually, it was just a scare, too vague to hurt, not real enough to cause tears. They were easy to brush off and put away in a corner of his mind to deal with in the morning. Where we could talk it out and get rid of any doubts and such, usually it ended with a heartwarming crying session and some movies after quests, but that was easy. This was...

"It's okay." I repeated to him over and over, trying to quiet him down, mixing in 'I'm sorry's' where I could.

He shook his head, "It," He stifled in a breath, "it was bad this time. The dark–" He cut himself off, burying his head into my collarbone, gripping my shirt in his hand as the other one had a tight grip on my shoulder.

I wrapped my arms around him, hoping that would help and not set him off.

"It wrapped around me, clouded my vision, I heard a voice– I think." He rushed through his explanation.

"Shhh, Ven, take your time," I told him softly.

He nodded and took in a breath, moving away from me and curling into himself, "There were two voices, there was one, it was so loud (N/n), it screamed at me. It told me that I did it, that I did this, and that I was a bad person. All that awaited me was more, never-ending darkness. That I deserved more than that for what I did. It– I." Tears fell from his eyes as he moved his hands to look at them, eyes taking in every detail of his pale skin.

"When the darkness lifted, there was blood, so much blood," He choked, trying to breathe despite the lump in his throat, he looked at me.

"Your voice was there, it was so faint. I tried to hear you, I did, I tried focusing on you. You sounded so panicked, I wanted to help you..! I tried summoning my keyblade, but, but..." I hugged him.

"Ven, it's okay. It's okay."

"No, it's not. I killed you." I tried not to stiffen as he said that. How am I supposed to respond to that? Tell him everything is okay? Tell him it was just a dream and he would never do that? He already knows that.

"It's just a nightmare, see? I'm right here." I moved away from him, pointing to myself and trying to smile. I didn't know if brushing it off was the right thing to do, but, but what else was I supposed to do?

"You were the light in my dream, and you were so far away, so faint." He mumbled, not looking at me.

"Maybe the darkness was right... Maybe all I have left for me is–" I put my hands on his shoulders and cut him off.

"Don't say that! Ven! Don't even think that!" I exclaimed, "Don't you know? It's okay to find light with your friends, with your loved ones. That's the meaning of light, of the strength to fight the darkness! It's your relationships. So don't think, so don't think," I stuttered, trying not to cry myself at the horrifying thought that Ventus would think that, believe that. That he has to go through these nightmares, being harassed by darkness like this. He doesn't deserve it!

His heart is filled with light, so much light. The purest light I've ever seen.

"Hey, Hey," Ventus sputtered in surprise, "Don't cry!"

We looked each other in the eye, "Then don't think that! Ven, your heart's full of light. And no matter what, the darkness will never get to you."

"But it already has," His voice broke, his hand went to his chest. And I'm sure he's thought of all the times I've used my own light to dim his darkness. Because having the purest light, unfortunately, means attracting the deepest darkness.

And Ven's seems to creep ever closer toward him. Trying to swallow all that's in his heart in pursuit of its endless search for power.

"My lights, just not strong enough..." Ven muttered, looking away. "You're my only friend, (Y/n). That's not enough, not enough to fight this." His hands clenched into fists.

"Then I'll be your light. Just like in your dream." I declared to him, "If you think your light'll fail. Then I'll be all the light you need, I'll guide you home, no matter what!"

Surprised, he looked me in the eyes before smiling, his blue eyes that once dulled lit up in joy, "Thank you, (Y/n)."

A singular tear rolled down the right side of his face. I wiped it away and smiled. No more tears followed.

"No problem, just say the word and I'll fight away any darkness, no matter how big or strong!" I tried cheering him up, showing him the muscles on my arm.

He shook his head, "No, you don't have to do that. If you're going through all the trouble of lighting my way, then I should at least be able to move through the path you make for me myself."

"I guess that makes sense..." I tapped my cheek as I thought about what he was trying to say.

"I'll get strong, make my light stronger so that you never have to do that for me. Cause you've already done so much for me, (Y/n)!" Ventus grabbed my hands, holding them in his.

"I'll get so strong, so strong I'll be able to fight the darkness for both of us. So strong I'll never get lost, so strong you'll never have to worry again."

I giggled at his declaration, "I'll always worry, silly,"

He pouted, but I continued, "But it's a promise, Ven."

"A promise?" He tilted his head, short blond hair sweeping over his forehead.

I smiled, "Yeah, a promise."

He smiled too, "Promise."

I held out my pinky finger, letting him take it before we squeezed our fingers together tightly.

"I love you, (Y/n)."

"Love you too, Ven."

꧁ఌ꧂

A wave of vertigo hit me as I exited the gateway of light, patting myself down to give me back my sense of reality. Those portals always gave me a sense of nausea I didn't know what to do with. I let my keyblade dematerialize, the metal dissolving into particles of light.

The dark inner meeting room of the clocktower did nothing to remedy the coming headache and sense of dread I felt. I looked around, the gears of the clock tower out in the open to the open room, meshing together as intended. Around the Foretellers' circle sat two of the new masters, the white-haired male, Ephemera, and the dark, long-haired female, Skuld.

I took in the two, it feels like I haven't seen them in days, just seeing Ephemeras smile as he peered over at Skuld's book while she tried to seem annoyed at his hovering energized my exhausted self enough to smile.

"I'm back," I announced to the two, watching as they looked over at me. Ephemera's smile brightens and Skuld drops her facade of annoyance for an expression of happiness.

"Oh, finally!" The blue-eyed boy exclaimed before rushing past Skuld and pulling me into a bone-crushing hug. I've had enough of them by now to wrap my arms around him too, used to the strength found in them.

"Nice to see you, (Y/n)," Skuld waved at me while walking over, her book forgotten on the table, neatly closed so as to not damage the pages.

"Nice to see you too, Skuld," I patted Ephemera's back to signal to him to let me go, which he did. Curly white hair bounced as he stepped back. Red scarf bundling up and covering his mouth, he moved his gloved hand to pull it down. Big, bright smile steady on his face.

I brought Skuld in for a hug of my own as soon as I was free, but it didn't last nearly as long and wasn't so breath-stealing. The chain attached to her skirt jangled together, creating the sound of grating metal in my tired brain.

"I haven't been gone too long, I hope?" I asked, not entirely sure how long I'd been gone outside the context of the Game Central Station's clock.

"A week," Skuld answered me, giving me a lopsided grin once she saw the shock cross my face.

"Wha? Really?" I mumbled tiredly. Seriously, a whole week? Wow, that was much longer than I was expecting. To me, it only seemed like three days. Three very, very long and sleepless days.

Ephemera scratched the back of his neck and chuckled sheepishly, "Sorry, 'bout that."

I shook my head, waving my hand to dismiss him, "No, don't worry about it. This is exactly why I went instead of you, Ephy."

"Thanks, (N/n)," His smile didn't leave his face, but by the way his eyebrows furrowed, I knew he was troubled by the thought of troubling me.

"Anytime, Ephemera," I gave him a reassuring smile back, which seemed to brighten the sunshine's mood.

Speaking of sunshine, I turned to Skuld, who seemed to know exactly what I was about to say.

"We sent Ventus home an hour and a half ago, he looked a little pale, and, well, he missed you a lot."

I cringed, I never told Ventus I was leaving. He must've been surprised. He'll definitely be upset with me, we always tell each other where we're going so that the other knows that they're safe. Or, on the off chance they aren't, they can be there.

"Thanks, Skuld," I nodded to her, then to Ephemera, "Thanks, Ephemera."

"Anytime," Skuld said with a shrug, caramel-colored eyes looked into mine with no issue.

A thought crossed my mind, and I looked at both of them before asking, "If it's alright with either of you,"

Skuld hummed and Ephemera tilted his head, both intrigued. I shifted my feet before continuing, "Is it alright if I take a couple of days off from Quests? I'm drained."

As I talked, I started playing with my fingers, pulling on them, and generally fidgeting with my index finger. Skuld snorted as Ephemera gave her a look.

I lifted my brow, "What?"

"Nothing. It's nothing." She dismissed me, repeating her comment, "of course you can take a couple of days off."

I sighed, relieved, I really needed that after all the Heartless I faced inside of the Game Station, the unchecked darkness in there was no joke.

Ephemera put a hand on my shoulder, "Take all the days you need, (N/n), you deserve it!"

"Thanks again."

"Well, we wouldn't want to work you to death, you're one of our best wielders," Skuld teased me.

Ephemera adding in, "And friend,"

She continued, placing her gloved hands on her hips. "Wouldn't be very beneficial. Now would it?"

I shook my head, "Nope. But we all know I'm only the best because you all play favorites."

"Not true!" The white-haired boy defended them, while our ebony-haired friend shrugged again.

"You can't prove anything."

"Skuld!"

"Ephemera." She sang back, a smile on her face. Enjoying the rare time when she gets to let go and relax. Usually, Skuld has to be calm, and collected, always with her head on her shoulders and heart grasped firmly in hand instead of on her sleeve.

In comparison to Ephemera and I, she's an adult. Meanwhile, both I and my scarf-wearing friend seem to charge in with our emotions, our hearts to lead the way.

So, seeing Skuld be like this, kinda like a kid, feels nice.

"(Y/n)!" I exclaimed, making both turn to me.

There was a second of silence, before I shrugged, "I didn't want to be left out."

A second later, the sound of our laughter filled the room.

꧁ఌ꧂

By the time I had gotten to the front door of our particular apartment complex, the sun had started to set. The usual blue sky, dotted with the occasional star and the illusion of purple clouds circling the sky due to the sun's light coming up in the distance was instead replaced with the unique sunset found here, the sky, still dotted with stars, became enveloped in clouds as blue turned into a beautiful orange. One of the only times the sky ever changed.

It was truly beautiful. One of the reasons I loved the sky so much.

Maybe tomorrow Ven and I could go to the cliff and have some ice cream, watch the sky and wait for the stars to show.

I smiled, that sounded like a great idea. I'll have to bring it up to him right away!

With that thought, I pushed open the door to the building. Waving at the familiar faces of my neighbors as they left for their daily quests, opting to take the night shift.

I continued my way to my apartment on the third floor, exhaling in relief at the sight of the familiar door with the number of the room and my name. I turned the handle, letting the door creak open.

A dark room awaited me, but that was to be expected, I'd been gone for a week. I stepped inside, breathing in the almost stale air of my apartment but relishing in the familiar smell.

It was good to be home!

I closed the door behind me and didn't bother with anything else as I made my way to the door found in the middle of my living room's wall, the one Ven and I had added when he'd moved into the apartment next to me.

More than anything, I wanted to see my best friend before doing anything else. And I'm sure he'd want the same!

So, I rushed through the door, swinging it open without care. Happily announcing my presence to him as I exclaimed, "Ven, I'm home!"

Unsettling darkness and the absence of sound were all that greeted me.

𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒，𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙？𝑂𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡？

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