Hi, my name is UknownHero and welcome to a rewrite of something I barely started. It was called Rebirth by Sleep. Now that I'm a bit better at writing and realise that how I wrote it sucked, it's time for overhaul! This fic is based on a challenge from the 10thDoctor1964. I don't think he's an active member but I may as well do it anyway. Anyway, let's do this.

New Game... Start!

Chapter 1: Time Apart

If you gave Aqua the option between killing herself and fighting her best friend, she'd kill herself. But here she was. Fighting someone she swore to protect. Who she drove away. Who was now being possessed by the creation of someone she never hated until now.

Who she was losing against.

Even with the apprentice of one of the best Keyblade wielders in history, they were struggling to even fend off his attacks. Hell, they couldn't get near him at times. Aqua was really trying her best; using everything she learned from both Master Erauqs and from her travels, but it still wasn't enough. Though, she knew at the back of her mind she was holding back. She quickly snapped out of her thoughts as she heard Ven-itus (Don't ask her where it came from) came charging at her. She quickly cartwheeled out of the way and quickly cast Blizzardga at his feet, "Now Aqua!" The Keyblade Wielding Mouse yelled out as he channelled his energy into his Keyblade, Star Seeker. Aqua looked down at her own Keyblade, Stormfall, before charging at Ven-itus with Mickey,

"Faith!" They yelled out as they started spinning around, trapping the possessed boy. Aqua was starting to get dizzy so they stopped, causing Ven-itus to be flung away. Mickey was about to attack him but got hit by the X-Blade, knocking him out. Though Ven-itus quickly recovered, Aqua went to finish him off. He quickly clashed with the Master Mage with the X-Blade. He saw a fury in her eyes that he never saw before, even when he broke that stupid toy,

"C'mon Aqua, I know you can do better than that!" Ven-itus yelled out in Ventus' voice. Aqua almost froze. What was she doing? It was more than likely that only one will walk away from this fight, and she wanted Ven to. She looked into his amber eyes. Suddenly, she saw something in there. She saw Ventus, fighting, giving his all. She thought she heard something at the back of her mind. It was Ven's voice,

My friends are my power... and I'M THEIR'S!

"Shut up." Aqua growled.

"What?" the golden eyes boy asked. He suddenly felt weak, 'Damn, I'm losing...'

"I said..." Aqua said quietly before looking up with something in her eyes that made him know that he was screw, "SHUT THE HELL UP!" She yelled out as she felt her Wayfinder giving the power to push him back. She had enough people telling her she wasn't good enough.

'Time to end that.'

As soon as the invincible X-Blade started to crack and chip, Vanitus knew that this is the end. Finally, an end to his suffering, his very existence, he finally go back to his other, "Aqua..." He said as he felt the Keyblade about to shatter,

"Hm?" Aqua weakened her force on her Keyblade, but quickly put it back on. No way in hell she would stop, "What?" She asked through gritted teeth, purely out of curiosity,

"Kill Xehanort for me." He simply said with a smile full of regret as the X-Blade broke into two. Aqua was in shock. Vanitus wanted to kill his own master (though, now she was wondering if he even deserved the title Master)? She was about to ask but suddenly the 2 pieces of the X-Blade started glowing. Vanitus' hold on Ven was gone, leaving the helmet-less blonde into a blissful coma. While the light was blinding Aqua, Ven's heart left his body decided to find the person who made him whole in the first place. Aqua, quickly realising that Ven was going to be caught in the middle of what was happening, tried to reach for Ven's arm, but the force of the X-Blade exploding was pushing her back. But with all her might, even when she started floating, she grabbed it,

'Terra, Ven, Master, Vanitus... I don't think I'll be able to keep that promise.' Aqua thought as the light was starting to engulf the two. Suddenly, she felt a pull, 'Terra?' She thought. No, it was stronger. Too strong. She felt the pull everywhere on her body actually. And it hurt.

A lot.

She felt that death was going to better than what she than the pain she was experiencing. She felt all her armour being melted off, only leaving the pauldrons she had, and they were getting removed as well. She was lucky that their clothes were hidden under all that metal. Her heart was racing as she tried to keep her grip on Ven's hand, who also shed his armour. She tried to summon her Keyblade so she can cast Curaga but found that she couldn't, 'What the hell?!' She thought as she felt the pain getting more intense. She started seeing images. She saw King Mickey fighting Terra, but he had tanner skin and white hair, "NO!" She yelled out as she realised Xehanort took over her friend's body. Then the next was lots of people she didn't know apart from Terra-nort (she was wondering where all these names were coming from) fading into darkness. She felt sad that one of them was Inezo. Then she saw three kids, all about four years old, in front of her. She knew at least two of their names, 'Sora & Riku?'. She recognised the girl but never got her name. She then just realised that she was in a white room. She thought she was going crazy. The she saw them grow up to 14. She noticed that they had a few qualities of her, Ven and Terra. The girl had a determination in her eyes like she had, wanting to help her friends. Sora had Ventus' goofy smile. Riku even had Terra's calm aura around him. She then saw them age to 16. They all looked professional yet at the same time the same kids she met. Then they all held out their hands and summoned Keyblades. Sora had the one that was on the X-Blade, Riku was made put of bird and bat wings and the girl had Destiny's Embrace, a Keyblade she used after using the flowers she gave Aqua as a Keychain. They all looked at each other before saying in unison,

"Help us."

That's when Aqua blacked out.

(Meanwhile, at the Mysterious Tower)

*Sigh* 'I guess this is it...' King Mickey thought as he approached his future ex-master's door, 'Gosh, I wonder how they boys and Master will take it.' He thought as he opened the door. He saw Yen Sid looking at him without emotion and his loyal knight and wizard looking down. He sighed and summoned his Keyblade, walked up and placed the Star Shard and the Star Seeker on the desk, wordlessly resigning his status as apprentice. He was about to walk out, until he felt something poke his shoulder. He looked back and saw that Yen Sid was smiling and holding out the Keyblade. He smiled and took it back, "So... I'm not in trouble?" Mickey said with hope,

"Indeed you are." Yen Sid said, "Very much actually. But I will let you off with only a warning." Mickey jumped in the air, "And 10 lists of chores." This caused Mickey to groan, 'So much for advancing to Keyblade Master.'

"Your majesty, where's Master Aqua, Ventus and Terra?" Goofy asked. This caused Mickey to remember what he was going to say. He looked down sadly, "Your majesty?" The King of Disney Castle just sighed and pulled out things that caused the duck and dog to gasp.

Two Keychains and armour pauldrons, "I am sorry Master... Master Aqua & Ventus are dead. Terra is missing." He said sadly before leaving the room to do his chores. Donald was devastated at the fact that the first Keyblade Master in a long time was gone as well as a fellow mage, Goofy cried and was pulling out tissues but Yen Sid remained emotionless. Donald saw this and quickly yelled out in rage,

"YOU HEARTLESS PRICK!" Donald didn't care if he was the King's Master, they just lost a good Keyblade Master and he just closed his eyes, "Don't you CARE?!"

"Donald Duck, I do not care for their death because they are not." The old wizard said simply, surprising the two,

"Wadda mean they aren't dead? The King said so." Goofy asked,

"It is one of the fail safes of the X-Blade, Goofy Goof. The wielder, which may have been Ventus, and it's destroyer, or Master Aqua, will send them to a time where suffering is at it's peak."

"Like... time travel?" Donald said,

"Correct. Master Aqua & Ventus are possibly in the past, changing the future." Yen Sid then sighed as he closed his eyes and stroked his beard, "The only known time period known to have great suffering is the Keyblade War and much will not change unless they somehow stop the war from ever happening, but in exchange, they would cease to exist, but without them to go there in the first place, it will repeat itself. An infinite loop." Donald & Goofy groaned, trying to take in the information, "Or, they are in the future, lost without their allies. We could possibly be dead when they arrive."

"How will we know?" Goofy asked,

"Only time will tell, Knight. Please do not tell the King, as he would most likely cause as much chaos as he can to bring them back as soon as he can." Yen Sid said. The two muttered 'Yes Master' with Donald apologizing for his actions earlier before they left the room. Yen Sid sighed and looked out the window (er... hole type thing), "Master Aqua, Ventus. Your true destinies do not start here. Rather, at a much later date. That date, I do not know, but I know this. You two, as well as Terra, will do many great things in the future." Yen Sid said as he poofed out.

He had a lot of preparations to do.

Save Game... Quit!

Done. Hopefully I won't give up on this one more easily.

UknownHero signing off, my friends.