This is an AU that takes place after the speculated "Kingdom Hearts III". Aqua is free from her prison in the Realm of Darkness and living on Destiny Islands with Sora, Kairi, and Riku. With Terra and Ven still gone though, she goes to see the only person she really has left from her past, until she arrives and gets the devastating news.

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Standing on the beach, looking out at the calm ocean, a blue-haired woman released a sigh as she turned her vision to the blue star-shaped charm in her hand.

"Is something wrong, Master Aqua?"

The woman, Aqua, turned to see three teens standing behind her. In the middle stood a boy with spiky brown hair, blue eyes, and wore black and red clothes. To the boy's left stood a girl with shoulder length red hair and wore pink clothes. The last teen was a tall boy, probably a year older than the other two, who wore white and yellow clothes and had long silver hair.

"I'm fine, Sora," replied Aqua, turning back to the ocean.

"You don't look fine, Master Aqua, if you don't mind me pointing out," said Kairi. Aqua released another sigh.

"…Is this about Terra and Ventus?" questioned Sora, only to receive a small glare from the older Keyblade wielder. Sora quickly raised his arms in front of him defensively. "Ah, I'm sorry!"

"Idiot," muttered Riku. He turned to Aqua. "Look, Sora, Kairi, and I were going to head to Olympus Coliseum to enter the games. You want to come along? Maybe it will help clear your head?"

"Olympus Coliseum?" questioned Aqua, remembering the last time she was there.

"Yeah! It'll be fun!" grinned Sora.

"Please, Master Aqua, won't you join us?" asked Kairi.

"Very well," sighed Aqua, smiling at the younger Keyblade wielders.

"Yes!" cheered Sora and Kairi. Riku settled on smirking.

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About an hour later, the four Keyblade wielders arrived at Olympus Coliseum in a flash of light.

"Man, it's been a while since I've been here," said Sora as they walked to the gates.

"Have you ever been here before, Master Aqua?" asked Kairi.

"Yes, a long time ago," said Aqua, looking back on her memories.

Passing through the gates, the four saw the two golden statues that guarded the coliseum. They also saw the hero of this world carrying a giant urn.

"Hey, Herc!" called out Sora.

"Sora?" wondered Hercules. Seeing the boy, he placed the urn down and went over to greet his friend. "Hey, Sora! Long time no see! So who are your friends?"

"Got that right," grinned Sora, shaking hands with Hercules. "Anyway, this Riku, Kairi, and Master Aqua.

"Aqua?" questioned Hercules. Upon seeing the blue-haired woman, his face lit up with recognition. "Aqua! Wow, I haven't seen you in forever! It's been what, twelve years now?"

"Something like that," smiled Aqua nervously.

"Wait, you two know each other?" asked Sora as he, Kairi and Riku, looked on in confusion.

"I came here during my journey sometime after I became a Master when I was looking for Terra and Ven," explained Aqua.

"Speaking of Terra and Ven, where are they? Are they here?" asked the demigod.

Aqua flinched back a little, but stayed firm. Reluctantly, she told Hercules about what happened all those years ago at the Keyblade Graveyard. Hercules was shocked, to say the least.

"I'm sorry, Aqua. I didn't mean to…"

"Its okay, Hercules. You didn't know," smiled Aqua. Her smile then turned into a frown. "Hercules, do you know where Zack is? I had hoped to speak to him while I was here?"

It was Hercules turn to flinch back a little. He adverted his eyes to anywhere, but Aqua. Aqua could feel her heart and stomach clench. She could feel that something was wrong.

"Hercules?"

"…He's not here anymore, Aqua," said Hercules, reluctantly.

"Please tell me that he's living in Thebes."

Aqua hoped for anything that was where Zack was. Her hopes were dashed though when Hercules hung his head in sadness. Aqua could feel tears forming in her eyes. The last person from her past that she thought she had left was gone.

"No," she whispered.

"Master Aqua?" questioned Sora, hesitantly stepping closer, but was held back by Kairi.

"No!" yelled Aqua. "He can't be gone! He just can't!"

Aqua fell to her hands and knees, letting her tears fall, hitting the ground. The others couldn't believe what they were seeing. They always saw Aqua as someone who was strong of heart, but to see her crushed like this, it was scary. Soon, it became too much for her as her emotions took over and her energy gone as she lost consciousness.

"What the hell just happened?" questioned Riku. "Whose this Zack guy that got her so worked up?"

Hercules walked over to Aqua's fallen form and picked her up in his arms.

"Come with me and I'll explain everything once Aqua wakes up," said Hercules as he started walking towards the living quarters.

Sora, Kairi, and Riku quickly followed after. The shock of seeing their Master like that still fresh in their minds, they wanted to know who this Zack was and what exactly happened all those years ago.

CHAPTER END

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Originally going to be a one-shot (though much longer than where this ended), I decided to expand it into a multi-chapter. It most likely won't be a long fic, what with I have planned, but it'll still have a few chapters. So stay tuned to see what happens next! Ja ne!