"All of them. We need to kill all of them."
"Ven, what happened? Why are The Quagmires here?" Aqua asked, confused and exasperated.
"Why is Hanna here?" Ven replied, surprised.
"It's a long story. And I guess you have a long story too."
Ven nodded. "But you first."
"I'm the adult, you go first."
The boy sighed. "Fine."
So Ven explained how his friends all came over to practice magic with them, and how the mysterious guy with the helmet appeared holding the Quagmires hostage, and how they fought him off.
When Aqua heard this, she was shocked. "Vanitas?"
"He kept calling me his brother."
Aqua looked to Eraqus, who simply nodded to her.
She turned back to the kids. "I think I owe you an explanation."
The blue haired girl told Ven about Vanitas, his other half, and what Xehanort had did to extract the darkness out of him and give him amnesia. And how the Unversed had brought her, Terra and Eraqus to Hanna, and how they took her back to help fight the new threat since Erik died.
"So now the place is crowded again."
"And it's about to get a whole lot more crowded." Terra stepped in. "Russel just called. I gotta get over and help him."
Before anyone could say anything else, he teleported away.
"Well, now that gives us time to talk about what's going to happen around here." Eraqus announced.
"Do the Quagmires have to go?" Georgie asked innocently.
"No, but you guys do."
"What?!" Ven cried out. "But Georgie learned magic."
"Yes, but their parents are expecting them home. We don't want to have another New York problem, do we?"
The boy hung his head and sighed. "No, we don't."
"Then what happens with us?" Isadora asked, who hadn't spoken since she and her brother got there.
"You're vulnerable to Vanitas since you don't have anywhere to go. We need to keep you safe."
So Aqua called up the parents of the other kids, who took them home grateful and relieved that they hadn't gotten into any trouble this time around. (Or so they thought.)
When Terra came back with Russel, Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, Daveed Diggs and The Helstroms, they all looked exhausted.
"Woah, what happened to you?"
Daimon looked up at everyone, then turned back to Aqua and Eraqus. "Mother's inside Gabriella."
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Ven sat upstairs in his room with Noodle and the Quagmires.
"So, how was it at the orphanage?" He started.
"It wasn't terrible, but it still left us pretty sad about our parents and... Quigley." Duncan replied.
"Sorry. I know how you feel, I don't even remember my parents since Xehanort took me from them when I was young, just to give me amnesia about my whole life. Thankfully, I was filled in by Terra, Aqua and Eraqus, and... They're my family now."
"I am the same way." Noodle piped up. "I don't remember my past. Only that the band is my family."
The Quagmires nodded. "At least we have each other." Isadora reminded.
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The Demon Days
AdventureThe house near The Land of Departure gives Ventus and his friends the creeps. But what's going to happen when they find out that it's home to someone? More than one person, in fact? Join Ven and the gang on the final journey through scary, crazy, f...
