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Funny how a world which had spawned an evil as big as Maleficent could be so.... colorful. Yes, Colorful was definitely the right word here. Enchanted Domain was a colorful world, the greens a multitude of shades and the blues a multitude of hues. It was pretty and beautiful, and not becoming of the evil mistress which was Maleficent. However, it did perfectly fit the world's Princess Aurora and the three good fairies, which had been Sora's primary reason for visiting. It had been an idea of Sora's to go around to the worlds with the seven princesses, making sure they were fine and well. Given this world also housed the fairies which had granted him his clothes, he had thought to maybe see if they knew anything more about his potential power, or if they had anything else to perhaps gift him so he might best be able to defeat Xehanort in the oncoming battles.

But as it was, Sora just hand't expected this world to look so colorful! Even returned from the Realm of Darkness where it once rested, he'd expected some lasting damage from Maleficent before the Heartless ever even reached the world's heart itself. But this, this was something else. Here Sora was, standing upon the bridge between a large beautiful blueish white castle and a grand forest. The view from the bridge and the bright blue sun reminded him almost of Beast's Castle, which had featured a similiar bridge over a ravine into his castle and some woods. Though his world had always been so much darker for such two bright beings to dwell within. Maybe that should be his next stop after this.

"Wow." Sora smiled as he let his eyes go from the bottommost point of the ravine to the uppermost point in the sky. "This is amazing! I wonder if Aurora and the fairies live in that castle?" he mused aloud, casually strolling across the cobblestone bridge.

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Ventus popped the muscles in his neck briefly and bent himself down to touch his toes the sound of his back popping as he did the sound of which cause echo slightly throughout the forest clearing. He had spent the last couple of hours trapped inside of his arm and it didn't exactly help his body any, the damn thing was already pretty knotted after all that sleeping hid did. He couldn't help but wish that at some point during his slumber someone would have come into the room and walked around with the dang thing, it would have it so much easier for when he woke up. "Oh well! It's just something I'll have to deal with for now." the words escaped from his lips as his arms went up behind his back and he began to move. The Enchanted Dominion was still as pretty as ever, but for as beautiful as the world was it certainly held a dark force on it. At least it had at one point, Ventus wasn't too sure if Maleficent was still running around here. After everything that had happen to her with Sora and at The World That Never Was you'd think she had given up her life of evil, but things like that just didn't happen. It wasn't like they were living in a fairy tale word huh?

He chuckled lightly to himself as he began to moved further into the clearing, if he remembered his way to the world right it wouldn't be much longer until he reached the large cobblestone bridge. He wondered if those fairies were still here? With their world having been returned from the darkness you'd think they'd have returned instead of sitting around Yen Sid's tower but you never know right? Even if they weren't surely that princess was here enjoying her newly restored Kingdom and staying away from all the baddies after her heart. As the blonde finally came up the bridge his feet stopped moving and his eyes squinted towards the lone figure that was making his way towards the castle. "I wonder who that is... Ventus muttered to himself as he tried to make out the figure in the distance, who...just kept getting farther and farther away.

He began to move as well doing his best to make out who the spiky haired figure could be, he was dressed in black...and really spiky brown hair. His arms went from behind his back to pressed against his chest as he moved, and it was only once the figure got close to the entrance of the castle did Ventus finally figure out who he thought it was. His feet began to move on their own as he broke out in a run his arms flailing about madly as if he was on fire. "SORA! HEY SORA IS THAT YOU!?" he shouted at the top of his lunges as he ran, and when he finally reached him Ventus came to a stop knees buckling as he bent over and rested his hands on them. His breathing was heavy, "What...are...the...odds?" he questioned but he didn't really expect an answer. "Oh..I really need to work out more."

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Up close, the castle was far more impressive than Sora had imagined. The sheer scale of it was something to behold. Yet, the strangeness of it, is that Sora seemed to remember this castle in a way. Flashes of it in his memory. At first, as he had approached it, Sora had merely dismissed it as having seen pieces of it when he had traveled to the End of the World. But at the same time, there were other, deeper memories. Like a piece of him had been here once upon a time. Roxas, perhaps? His memories of Roxas and his times were beginning to merge as of late, and it often gave Sora a bit fo a headache, but no. Surely Roxas had never been here and interacted with Aurora or fought Maleficent in her own domain. No, there was something more.

But even as Sora pondered it before the doors of the castle, his thoughts became interrupted when a voice that was both familiar and distant came upon him. “Hmm?” Sora perked up and turned around, seeing a flash of blonde running up in an outfit both similar to his own and also similar to another’s. This person though was unmistakable to Sora, and it caused a small confusion to him. Wasn’t this Roxas? His Nobody? How was he separate and free? Had Yen Sid and Mickey cooked up some strange magic to bring him in as an extra keybearer of light to balance the XIII Seekers of Darkness?

“Hey Roxas!’ He called, bringing a hand behind his head and scratching with a confused look. “You’re uh… looking lively and… free.” Sora smiled that traditional grin, but it held deep sheepishness. This was Roxas standing before him. His other half. Was standing. Before him. How? “What’s new bud?” he asked, still confused but pushing it aside for now. He had never held anything against Roxas in the past, and Roxas only really seemed to hold a grudge out of misplaced anger. Now they sorta got along as best as two halfs can, right?

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Once he had finally managed to catch his breath Ventus stood himself upright and gave the brunette in front of him a warm smile, one that was almost similar to the smile Sora typical wore himself. It was such an odd feeling looking at the person in front of him, he had spent so much time within Sora's heart and watching from the outside in that it was hard to be a little shocked at this. He was now looking at the person who had given him so much without really knowing him at all, and now that he was within his own body again they could finally form a proper friendship. That was of course if Sora actually managed to figure out who he was, and judging by the fact he had just called Ventus Roxas...they had a lot of work to do.

The smile on his face faded away as he gave a slight sigh, "You think I'm..." Ventus didn't finish what he was saying as his thoughts began to trail off. Why would he think that he was Roxas? It was a rather odd to compare the two of them, they didn't have very much in common. The young man crossed his arms at this and as he began to think on the matter deeper it dawned on him, Roxas did kinda look like him. Ventus had spent a lengthy amount with Roxas when Sora opened his heart to save Kairi's so why the blonde hadn't put that together soon he'd never know. "Sorry Sora but you got me confused for someone else." the Keyblader pointed a finger towards Sora's heart. "As far as I know Roxas is still all nice and snug with your chest, someone else is missing though." he grinned at the boy.

While it certainly would have been easier for Ventus to just tell Sora who he was, what would be the fun in that? It had been quite some time since Ventus got to actually poke fun at someone, so he'd be sure to take advantage of this. "Come on Sora I know you can piece it together, who else was within your heart? Sleeping." that was much of a hint as Sora was going to get from him, now all he could was pray the boy put it all together.

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When Roxas had lost his smile before him, Sora let his smile drop a bit and curled one corner of his mouth downward. “Hey, what’s wrong?” he asked Roxas, but what he got in response was not something he expected to here. Confused for someone else? Who could he confuse Roxas for? There was no one else that looked like Roxas except Roxas, right? Just as there was no one else who looked like Sora except Sora, right?

Look deep 

Or was there? Memories. Deep seeded memories. That faitn image with the young Xehanort. That had been something which looked like Sora, but darker. At first, Sora didn’t know what it had been, but later after Riku had rescued him from the darkness when he had

Sheltered by 

Fallen to the darkness of Xehanort in sleep, he had maybe thought it was Xehanort showing a future him where they had succeeded and turned him dark. That would have been horrendous. But… what about Roxas? Surely Roxas was just Roxas, and no one could look like him at all right? Though…. There were more memories. In that dream version of the World that Never Was, Sora had seen a vision. Two people, a blue haired girl and a brown haired man. Both had called him something else, some other name. 

And now, this Blonde not-Roxas seemed to say someone else was missing from within Sora, someone who was sleeping. Sleeping. But… who? Kairi had once been in there… but was someone… 

There was someone else.

“You’re the voice…” he said slowly coming out of his thoughtful daze, and then stomping his foot down and opening his mouth wide in excitement. “You’re the voice! From when I had that dream on the shores of Destiny islands! You were the voice that lead me through the doors and fought Darkside in my dream!"

It was so simple, but one further question remained as Sora stood more upright and the confusion returned. “But… how are you here now, and who are you, really?"

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Ventus stared rather blankly at Sora as he began to think about just who he might be, it was pretty easy to tell he was confused by everything. Who wouldn't be really? Somebody that looks like you're Nobody just shows up claiming to be a different person? Though if Ventus was going to get technical, Roxas looked like him not the other way around. He suppose none of that mattered though, what did matter? Was getting Sora to remember him. It would make everything so much easier not only for Ventus himself but also for Sora, it let them cut passed a lot of stuff that they'd otherwise have to work through.

The young man in front of him had to be pretty deep in thought he had certainly been just standing their thinking for at least two minutes now, but it was a lot to work through. He had not only Ventus's memories store within his heart but also his own and Roxas's as well. It would take a little bit of time before it came to him, but Ventus was sure he'd get it without any needed help. It was shortly after this thought had entered into Ven's head that Sora managed to remember who he was. A smile spread across Ven's face as he looked at the excitement on Sora's face.

"I'd like to think I'm more than voice but yeah! That would have been me!" so many questions needed to be answer now and of course the first one tossed his way was why he was here, and just who he was. Easy questions to answer really. "It's a Reeaallly long story. So I'll give you the short version. My name is Ventus, and when you were little my heart was broken and your light reached out to mine and healed it. It happened again later when you were a little older, but that time I needed more than just a little bit of light to heal the damage to my own. I needed to sleep, to gather my strength and you were the only one I could reach out to." Ventus smiled thinking back on how openly Sora had invited him into his heart. "Ever since then I've just been inside of your heart resting and growing stronger until I could rejoin my own body. Which with everything that has had happened lately I figured now was the best time to go back home, I had planned to you know meet you a little differently but this works to!"

Ventus brought his hands up behind his head and let his smile grow wider, kindness and compassion filling the blue orbs that were his eyes, "You gave me something when I needed it the most, a second chance and for that I'll always be thankful."

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As Not-Roxas explained that his name was actually Ventus and is story, things began clicking into place, and some of the weird flashes and memories began to fill together. “It had been so long..” Sora mused quietly to himself, placing a hand over his heart. “I remember. That night on the beach, when I felt a pain. Riku told me to try reaching out. I had forgotten cause it had been so long…” Sora smiled to Ven and kicked his foot out a bit, swaying a bit. “Man. You’ve kinda been there fore everything then, huh?” 

Everything and how. All the way from the destruction of Destiny Islands to the near destruction of Sora as a being because of the darkness of the Seekers. If it hadn’t been for that strange armor which had covered him as Riku described it…

Wait, the armor! “That was you again…!” Sora said, blinking. “The armor that Riku said seemed to protect me from the darkness when Xehanort tried taking me as the thirteenth vessel. That was you again, wasn’t it? I mean I don’t know how that was you but it totally was, wasn’t it? You shielded me!”

Sora grinned leaned back shaking his head as he put his hands behind his neck. “Man. You say I gave you a second chance, but you gave me a second, third, and fourth from the sounds of it. I should be the one thanking you, not the other way around.”

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"It really has been a long time hasn't it? That had to be like...ten years ago. ten years was certainly a long time and here Ventus was looking exactly the same as he did back when everything went to hell for him. Granted far more than ten years had really passed since he had awoken, but he wasn't going to start counting his age anytime soon. Sora mentioned Riku and a smile crossed Ventus's face, ah Riku that guy reminded him of Terra a lot. They two of them certainly did have a lot in common, both had turned towards the darkness to help their friends...Riku just happened to be able to walk back out of it. "In case you see Riku before I do tell em I said hi, though I think he might be more confused by everything than you." Ventus watched as Sora's feet kicked against the ground and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. "Yup everything." he had been along for the entire ride and while it sucked he couldn't have helped, it was a burden he had to deal with. At least now he'd be able to help the others take care of the darkness that was starting to spread across the worlds once more, and teach Xehanort a leasson.

Ventus crossed his arms and leaned himself back against the door to the large and imposing castle as he listen to Sora speak more, the armor in which Ventus wore was brought into the conversation. "Oh! You mean my Keyblade Armor I wear it to shield myself from the darkness when I travel between worlds, I figured since it worked like that...I could use it to stop the darkness from reaching you. It wouldn't probably wouldn't have lasted very long though...if Riku hadn't shown up who knows would could have happened." that had been a really close call. If they had managed to get their hands on Sora everything would have been over, but he had done for reason than just that. Despite hardly knowing each other Sora was a close friend to Ventus, and that meant he'd do anything to keep him safe. Though Ventus did have to wonder how he managed to pull the armor trick off, it was as much of unknown to Sora as it was Ven himself. Thoughts for another day right?

The cheerful air between the duo quickly faded as a serious look that betrayed the softness Ventus's face normally wore became a apparent, "I did all that because you're my friend Sora, and we protect our friends no matter what. Besides that's the least I could do after everything me and my friends have put you through because of our failure. Ventus looked towards the ground. Yes, a large chunk of the problems plaguing the world had been his fault hadn't it? They had failed to stopped Xehanort from fusing with Terra, had failed to truly stop him that day. Sure they had stopped him from getting the X-blade but all that did was set him back slightly, "I suppose there's no point on dwelling on past mistakes though right?" he looked up from the ground and gave a smile.

The blonde pushed himself up from the door and turned around to face it directly, "We've been spending WAAAY too much time just standing here, why don't we go check on the Princess?" he didn't wait for answer as he pushed the doors to the castle open and began to move through its halls. Hopefully Sora was following behind him so they could talk as they looked for the lovely Princess of Heart.

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It was hard to grasp. Here Sora was, standing upon the bridge of a world that he had helped redeem from Darkness with the Defeat of Xehanort’s Heartless, but before him stood someone who very likely stood upon these same shores before it’s fall, and had since then been living within Sora. The concept of a heart within himself beyond his own wasn’t unfamiliar to the Carmel haired youth, but to his knowledge, only Kairi had dwelled within him for a time, and removing her heart had involved the creation of Roxas itself. But here he was, standing and about to enter the great halls of this castle with someone else who had shared heart space within Sora. “I guess Kingdom Hearts really does connect everyone,” He thought aloud as they opened the door and walked inside.

“So that armor’s called Keyblade armor?” Sora asked, “How’s that work? And where can I get a set? Sounds pretty awesome. “ Sora grinned at Ventus, Keyblade armor. How cool was that? Armor made from a key blade! It’d be just as strong against the darkness as his own. Sora had to wonder what his would look like, and began thinking of it when he stopped partway in the grand hall as the obvious hit him. “Wait, Keyblade? You’re a keybearer too?!” Sora’s legs and parted and his arms were pumped with excitement. Another one! That’ meant they definitely had someone to help in the coming war! “You can help in the battles! You’re gonna help us stop Xehanort, right?!”

It made sense in a way. Roxas had been a keybearer because he was a Nobody of Sora, but who apparently shared a striking resemblence to Ventus. That meant that Ventus should have been a keybearer of course. But then, what did that say of Kairi? She had shared space in his heart. Did everyone who came into his heart become a keybearer? Or was it something deeper? 

“How’d you become so Broken?” Sora asked, turning his gaze back to Ventus. “I mean, not broken. But you needed time to rest and sleep in me. How’d you get like that?”

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Kingdom Hearts connects everyone huh? Ventus wouldn't have gone that far with it, because it honestly felt like that Sora was the glue connecting everyone to each other. Ventus didn't know what it was about him and his heart that made people drawn to him, but it was him that kept everything going. He really was the key that connected everything wasn't he? The boy had a lot of stuff on his shoulders and hopefully Ventus could help take some of it off in the long run. They wandered down the great hall passing by a great many doors but none of them lead to where Ventus wanted to go, he remembered where the Princess's chamber was at. They only needed to travel a little further down the grand hallway lathered in fancy red currants, and lined with a dark red carpet.

Ventus made a hmm sounds when Sora brought up his Keyblade Armor, he had honestly forgotten that not every Keyblader had a suit of armor to call their own. "I honestly don't know where it comes from, I suppose it comes from the Keyblade itself when you think about it fully. I've never really given much thought on the matter before, I just know that I got when I started training with...Master Xehanort."that had certainly sounded weird coming out of his lips, and quite frankly he didn't want to remember that the vile old man had once been his teacher. Ventus stopped his feet from moving once they were roughly in the middle of long and seemingly never ending hallway, his hand slamming against the bright blue orb attached to his left pauldron. In a flash of light Ventus's normal clothing had been replaced by the silver and gold armor that he wore while traveling between worlds. Because of the armor the young man's face could no longer been seen by anyone looking at them, but luckily he was able to see outside of it. "I don't know where you'd be able to get one, I suppose you could try asking Master Yen Sid? He might know more on the matter than I do.

With but a single thought the armor which had once been present on his body vanished in a flash and Ventus was once again wearing his normal clothing, a small chuckle escaping from his lips when Sora realized he was Keyblader. "Haha, I've been a Keyblader far longer than you have goof. Me and my friends Terra and Aqua use to study together under Master Eraqus a very long time ago." Those were good times, even when he and Terra were fighting with one another. A question was raised that put Ventus on edge slightly, Sora was asked how he became broken. The brunette had somehow thought the use of the word broken would be offensive so he quickly explained that he didn't mean broken per se but just what lead him to needing Sora.

"Broken was the right word, I had indeed been broken. I use to train under Master Xehanort before Master Eraqus, and Xehanort tried to get me to control the darkness within my heart. Something that I didn't do very good at, and he got tired of it...so he took his Keyblade and split my heart in half. The darkness in me created a being known as Vanitas. The first time I reached out to you was after Vanitas created, I need your light to repair what my heart had lost." Ventus paused, his thoughts traveling to Vanitas. The being that was his other half. While sure he had destroyed him in the past who was to say he hadn't returned today? It certainly felt like he was missing from within his heart. "He looks like you yea know, Vanitas. Your light gave his formless body shape and his shape just happen to be your own. Though...to make a rather long story short Xehanort wanted me and Vanitas to combine together to forge the X-Blade. It almost worked but thankful I destroyed him before the X-Blade could be finished...at the cost of my own Heart. That's why I needed you."

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Notes Sorry it took a bit. My S.O. came over and had to entertain for the week. :3 WORDS 617 TAGS @ventus

Every night I burn, Every night I call your name The prospect of key blade armor made Sora giddy. His smile was bright and brilliant as his mind flashed over the ideas of what his armor could be like. Would it be golden like his Master form? Or would it be Silver like his final form? Perhaps it’d be all different colors, Red Blue Gold and Silver? Any option was available, but then… what would it even look like? Knight’s armor? Like Goofy’s normal armor? So many options of choices, but he didn’t even know where to start or get one. Maybe Yen Sid might know? Oh, he just couldn’t hold himself anymore. Even as Ventus spoke about the armorm it was lost on Sora as he wiggled and exclaimed outward “You have GOT to show me your armor dude, Ple-” Sora stopped dead in his tracks. Where last time had been because of the realization that Ventus was a keybearer, something of good, this time it had been because of what Ventus said. Master… Xehanort? The same? Ventus had trained with him…? “You trained with Xehanort…?” He asked, slowly moving and muscles tensing. It didn’t automatically mean Ventus might be bad, but it was worrisome. Xehanort was the reason behind all of this, everything. From day one he had been working. Hell, he’d apparently been working before Sora’s day one it seemed at this rate! However, Ventus smashed his hand to the blue orb on his shoulder and in a flash, the boy was covered in the armor. The brilliant Silvery blue, gold and blackness filled Sora’s eyes and he could only mouth the word “Wow”, no sound coming from his lips. The cape too. There was a cape with it? How awesome! It made Ventus look like a Super hero knight, and it made Sora grin again. He just HAD to have one of these things. Ventus then confirmed what Sora had thought, that Yen Sid might be the one who would know how to access Keyblade Armor. With a flash again, the armor was gone, and Ventus was in view again. Sora grinned and looked over the armor piece on Ventus’ shoulder, turning back when he mentioned training with another Master; This one Eraqus and with two others: Terra and Aqua. Aqua… that name sounded familiar to him for some reason. “Do you think your friends are still around? Maybe they can help in the battle!” Sora exclaimed, that happy giddiness still overflowing him. The more the merrier, after all. Maybe Yen Sid and Mickey knew something about Terra and Aqua, or even their old Master Eraqus. Ventus went on to explain his time under Xehanort, and of another being, Vanitas. The name struck a chord in Sora’s heart, but he didn’t know why. An image appeared, one he had seen in the Dream Worlds. When talking with Young Xehanort, there had been another there. One like him, but with black hair and golden eyes. Sora had thought it a glance at what he might become if they had taken him, but as Ventus words poured out, a name flew to it. Vanitas. Was that Vanitas? Ventus claimed he looked like him, and that sent shivers down Sora’s spine. “A darker half of me. And here I thought that Anti-Form was bad…” Sora muttered, remembering every instance darkness had seemingly taken him when attempting to turn into a drive form. But he shoved the memories back. Better to look forward. “Well, you’re here now. And were gonna make sure you stay. And you know what? We’re gonna find your friends too, and make sure they’re alright and help too!” He said, pumping is fist just below the stairs which lead up to Aurora’s tower.

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