[Kingdom Hearts][Epic Mickey] Lost Lights

A Town in Shadow

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Sabrina sat as far away as she could from the others on the train ride. Terra and Aqua pretended not to notice. Ven, on the other hand, was stuck in a memory. He remembered when he, Terra, and Aqua had met up in Radiant Garden when Xehanort had played them all like a fiddle. He remembered how he felt after the three of them took down the Trinity Armor. There was enough distrust between them then that Terra demanded to go his own way, and Aqua pushed Ven to go back home. It felt like his friends had abandoned him while still standing right there. The feeling was awful.

He wondered if Sabrina was feeling the same way.

"One of us has to talk to her." he finally said, just loud enough for just Terra and Aqua to hear. To his annoyance, Aqua shook her head.

"She needs time to sort things out on her own. Just give her some space."

"But-" the teen found himself arguing. "I can't let her be alone. She needs to know she's not alone."

"I agree with Aqua on this." Terra affirmed, putting a hand on Ven's shoulder. "Our goal is the find the keyhole so we can continue to look for Sora. Any lingering problems between Oswald and Sabrina are out of our control."

Ven shook himself out of Terra's grip and stood firm. "But you heard her!" he went on, his voice getting a bit too loud, but he wasn't in the mood to care. "She's not going to stay in this world just because Oswald's worried about her. She'll find a way out, even if we don't bring her along. Can't we at least make sure that the path she does take is the safer one?"

Considering this, Terra and Aqua just gave each other an equally conflicted glance. Once more, it was Aqua who relented first.

"Just... let her know that we need Oswald's permission to train her. The world order still needs to be kept."

Ven was so relieved to hear this, that he almost hugged Aqua.

"Thank you." he gratefully said to her before going over to Sabrina. His grateful attitude started to diminish a bit the closer he got to the conflicted teen. Sabrina noticed him approach out of the corner of her eye, and her body immediately stiffened.

"If you hug me, I'll give you a black eye." she told him once he was close enough. Ven just as quickly threw his hands up in defense.

"I'm not. I just wanted to sit next to you, if you'll let me."

She gave him a hard glare as she looked him over.

"Fine." she grumbled before scooting over a bit for him to sit. Ven beamed at the acceptance, and took a careful seat next to her. He still gave plenty of room between them though- he knew his luck was limited. Starting to draw little circles with his foot, he then carefully tried to make conversation.

"Aqua will make sure to have your caretakers' permission before you leave this world. It would affect the world order if we just plucked Keyblade wielders from their homes all willy-nilly."

"He'll let me go." she hissed at him. "He knows I hate it here now."

"What about the Guardians? Would they let you leave?"

Sabrina's brow furrowed. "Why should they matter?" she questioned.

"They protect you." the other teen pointed out. "They surrounded you when you were found, signifying that you are important to them. You said yourself that you believe your heart was once tied with Wasteland. I think it's why the Guardians protect you. Your hearts are connected."