A/N: I changed my mind, I thought of an epilogue…enjoy.
It was late as the trap door in the library opened up.
"Kids remember to go straight to your rooms now, and keep the lights off…Aunt Jenny, Aunt Cissnei, Grandma, and Shelke are still having their fun outside." Sora/Knight of the Sky said to the batch of youngsters as they silently ran to their rooms, with Lulu/Yuna asleep on Ventus/Ifrit's back.
"Mom can you carry this for me?" Ventus asked as Kairi/Princess chuckled and took the boy's bag of candy.
"You guys are home later than Shelke had thought." Argento said on her knees from the greenhouse windows with one of Roxas's black robes over her with the hood up and a pair of night vision binoculars in her hand.
"The Trick-or-treating was good this year…a lot of people out…oh and you will never guess who we ran into on the way out there?" Roxas said as he adjusted his black and white robe and removed his white wig…he had gone as Xemnas in his Final Form.
"Who?" Argento asked.
"An old friend of ours, though he didn't see us…Vincent Valentine." Roxas replied.
"No kidding? You sure it was him?" Argento asked as the adults nodded.
"How many people do you know in red cloaks with a tri-barreled pistol…wait don't answer that." Sora said as Argento chuckled and returned to watching out the window.
"I thought you were going as an old dead sea captain?" Namine/Gummy ship pilot asked as Argento shook her head.
"Nah…I changed my mind…besides someone has to act as lookout for those three bats outside." Argento said as she reached for a walky-talky.
"Heads up guys, we've got incoming…either four adults or four teenagers." Argento said into the walky-talky.
"Confirmed, four teens…and…Mark!" Luxa's voice replied as Argento motioned quickly for the adults to gather near the window and stay down.
"Check it out." Argento said as the four watched the expressions on the teens turn to that of sheer terror as they froze in place. Then they turned and ran for their lives back up the road.
"Oh that was righteous!" Sora said as they all laughed.
"This is going to be one Halloween they will never forget." Namine said as the others nodded.
"Oh if only ol' Jack could see us now…he'd be so proud." Roxas said as Sora nodded.
"That he would…now let's go make sure that the kids are in their rooms." Sora suggested as they nodded and ran off.
Ventus sat in his room, the sleeping Lulu on the bed because he was too tired from carrying her up the stairs to take her to her room.
He looked out the window curiously and looked down at his hand. He stretched it out and summoned a long blue Keyblade to his hand…Ultima Weapon.
He admired the weapon's crafting for a while but instantly dismissed it as the door opened.
"Oh Marina it's just you." Ventus said as Marina scoffed.
"Duh, who did you think? A ghost?" Marina asked.
"Well I never know. It is Halloween after all." Ventus replied as Marina shrugged, "Why are you here sis? Shouldn't you be eating your candy?"
"I had to um…" She stuttered nervously, "…I have a confession to make…you remember last year when you showed all of us that key-sword of yours?"
"Yeah? Wait you didn't tell anyone did you?" Ventus asked in a panic as Marina shook her head.
"No…" she replied as she closed the door, "…It's just…I have one too."
"Huh?" Ventus asked as she held out her hand and a long blue Keyblade that looked as if it had been carved out of ice appeared in her hand.
"I have a Keyblade too…it's called Diamond Dust." Marina said calmly.
"How long have you had it?" Ventus asked curiously.
"I feel like it's only been recent…but how I can wield one too is confusing to me Venny…I don't know what to do." Marina replied as Ventus sighed.
"Put it away for now, we'll discuss it later…who else knows?" Ventus asked.
"No one…and possibly Lu now since she's asleep on your bed." Marina replied.
"Ok then…but don't tell anyone." Ventus said as Marina replied and dismissed the Keyblade. A few seconds later the door opened as Sora walked in.
"Oh Marina you're here too…" Sora said as he leaned back into the hall, "…Kai! She's in here!"
"She was trying to rob me of my candy." Ventus said as Marina crossed her arms and glared at him, but he just smirked and gave her a wink. She caught on instantly to his reasoning and went along with the subterfuge.
"Marina." Sora said giving his daughter a knowing smirk.
"He didn't have his bag with him, it's not like I could have gotten any from him." Marina whined.
"Did you take any from Lu?" Sora asked as Kairi appeared behind him in the doorway.
"No." Marina replied as Ventus nodded.
"I have to vouch for her on this one; she didn't take any from her." Ventus said as Sora and Kairi smiled.
"Good…oh and I put yours and the other's candy bags in the refrigerator…they'll be there waiting for you tomorrow morning." Kairi said as the two youngsters nodded and Sora moved to pick up the slumbering blond.
"I better get this little summoner to her room…oh and if you hear people screaming at night…just remember that it's your Aunt Jenny, Aunt Cissnei, Aunt Namine's mother, and Shelke causing it out there." Sora said as Ventus nodded and Marina followed her father out of the room.
"Goodnight, Mom, Dad, Sis." Ventus said as the three stopped and turned towards him.
"Goodnight son…sweet dreams…and don't let that no good Oogie Boogie get you." Sora said as Ventus nodded with a smirk and Kairi blew a kiss as she closed the door.
Ventus sighed and shook his head.
"Marina, Marina, Marina…of all the things to get…you have to go get a Keyblade." Ventus muttered to himself as he walked over towards a small yellow box near the wall.
"Wake up Wall-e…" Ventus said as the little robot popped his head up, "…I need my journal."
Wall-e quickly opened his front panel and reached behind one of his compactors and removed a book from behind it.
"Ven-e?" Wall-e asked curiously.
"Yeah…I know…what a strange family I live in huh? Key shaped swords, An aunt, an aunt's mother, and a friend who doesn't grow old, not to mention that my parents keep insisting that no-one know we live here…why I will never know." Ventus said as he pulled out a small green glow stick and snapped it to make it glow its eerie green color.
He flipped open his journal and wrote…
"Halloween day, age six.
Marina just revealed to me that she wields a Keyblade too…only hers is called Diamond Dust and appears to be made of ice. I wonder now why we can wield such strange objects. Is it genetic? Is it destiny? Is it by some quark of fate? Or is it just by coincidence…though the latter I don't think is possible.
I know there is a reason Marina and I can wield these strange weapons but how and why is a mystery I cannot solve for now. But in my dreams I can almost envision the heroes from those stories my dad tells us of Sky-boy, Aqua-girl, and Lando, doing those very things as if I was there…but their faces are always obscured to me…but why I wonder. Is it because of some great secret?
Well…I guess there's only one answer for me right now…
Only time will tell…
End Journal Entry."
Ventus sighed as he closed his journal and handed it back to Wall-e who placed it back in his cavity. He then tossed the glow stick in his desk drawer and got up towards his bed.
"Goodnight Wall-e…" Ventus said as he climbed into bed, "…and don't let the boogie man get you."
He then started to drift off to sleep, completely ignorant of the sounds of screaming teenagers, children, and even adults coming from outside.
The End…
For now…