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While Aqua’s earliest years are a mystery, at some point in her young life she ended up as a apprentice under Master Eraqus, along with Terra. And for a good long while, this was how things were - the two of them training together. And then one day a strange man arrived in the Land of Departure with an unconscious young man in his arms. That boy was Ven, and he would end up as the third of their number - and with in short order, the three of them became friends.
Years passed. and within short order, Aqua and Terra were ready to try for their Mastery. The test itself was overseen not only by their master but also Master Xehanort. However, for all their not-inconsiderable ability, only Aqua passed the test - Terra had accidentally almost given in to his own darkness. Neither of the candidates are given much time to dwell on this, for not long thereafter, Eraqus receives a message from his old Master, Yen Sid. There’s a new threat in the world - one that feeds on negativity - and both Terra and Aqua are sent to look into the problem at hand. Aqua, however, is given further orders - should Terra show signs of truly falling into the darkness, she is to bring him back to Eraqus at once. Aqua agrees to this, but not before telling Eraqus that Terra isn’t as weak as he thinks.
As luck, or perhaps fate, would have it her search for the answers to the threat of the Unversed takes to her the same worlds Terra has recently been through. She meets (most of) the people he does, and over the course of her trip through the first few worlds, learns that Terra has not only been directly responsible for taking Princess Aurora’s heart, but also that he’s been standing ‘too close’ to the darkness.
Eventually, she arrives at Radiant Garden, where she meets a young Kairi and after rescuing her from the Unversed, casts a protective charm on her which she says will bring her to safety should she ever be lost in the darkness. (She also unwittingly passes the Keyblade on to Kairi during this brief interaction, but she doesn’t know this at the time.) As luck would have it, Terra and Ven also happen to be in Radiant Garden at the time, and they meet up after chasing down a particular nasty Unversed. After defeating it, Aqua accuses Terra of putting himself too close to the darkness. Needless to to say, it doesn’t precisely end well and after a brief and heated argument Terra storms off. Ven, on the other hand, refuses to return home with Aqua and instead goes to find Terra.
Left alone to contemplate the way things have turned out, Aqua eventually finds herself once again at the town square (slightly misnamed, as it’s actually more of a circle). There, she runs across a boy in a mask, who asks about Ven’s progress before picking a fight with her. In the end, Aqua wins, but the mysterious boy simply disappears into a corridor of darkness. Left with no other real options, Aqua once again leaves to follow after Terra and Ven.
Unfortunately, this time luck is not with her, and while she find traces of Terra and Ven wherever she goes (along with no small number of new friends) their paths don’t intersect again. Instead, the first person she finds that she’s met before is the boy in the mask, who she encounters for the second time in Neverland. This time, however, the fight takes more of a toll on her and after the fight, she proceeds to promptly pass out. Once she awakens from her brief trip to the land of unconsciousness, she returns once again to her search, only to find herself stopping at a world she’d never expected to stop at - Destiny Island. Not terribly surprisingly, she finds that Terra has already been there, and what’s more, he passed on the keyblade to a young Riku. Not wishing to be the cause of friends splitting up as she, Terra, and Ven have, she chooses to not pass the Keyblade to Sora, instead charging him with making sure that if Riku starts to get lost and wander down a dark path that he’ll keep him safe. That done, she returns to the Corridors Between, only to find a familiar face drifting in the darkness - that of King Mickey. Ever the gentleman, Aqua answers his near-incoherent ramblings and promises to take him back to his Master, Yen Sid.
Sadly, although he’s glad to see his apprentice safe, Yen Sid also passes on the most unfortunate of news. Master Eraqus has been struck down, at the hands of Master Xehanort and Terra. Understandably upset, Aqua asks where she can find Terra now. The answer Yen Sid give is that he’s heading for the Keyblade Graveyard, where once war was waged between Keyblades of Light and Darkness. Without so much as a word, Aqua turns to leave for the Keyblade Graveyard.
Once she arrives, she once again meets up with Terra and Ven, but this time the news is anything but good. Not only were Yen Sid’s words correct, but Master Xehanort intends to pit Ven against the boy in the mask and thus create the χ-blade and with it, unlock the heart of all worlds. Not intending to be part of this, Ven asks Aqua and Terra to put an end to him. Before either of them has a chance to respond, however, Master Xehanort himself arrives, with the masked boy at his side. And so begins the beginning of the end. In the fight that follows, Master Xehanort manages to freeze Ven so badly that he can barely and pull Terra off into a one-on-one battle with him out of Aqua’s line of sight. Meanwhile, one of Xehanort’s other pawns (a man by the name of Braig) jumps in to stall Aqua. She comes out victorious, but only just in time for the masked boy to strike her down out of nowhere. This time, when she awakes, it’s to find Mickey at her side. Ven, on the other hand, is initially nowhere to be seen, although in short order, they spot him not far away... holding the χ-blade in his had and with a nasty set of yellow eyes (which are invariably Bad News in KH-land). This new Ven raises his blade against Aqua, but against all odds, she manages to force the χ-blade to crack and then shatter.
When she awakes yet again, she finds herself in Yen Sid’s tower. Ven is also there, although he refuses to wake - his heart is asleep. He needs a friend’s light to show him they way back from where he rests. However, there’s still one person missing. Terra. Despite anyone’s best attempts, he seems to have vanished from the face of the world. Believing she can find him again, Aqua sets off from Yen Sid’s Tower, taking the still sleeping Ven. He’ll need a safe place to sleep - and he has a place in mind, managing to raise his Keyblade despite being sound asleep and creating a portal for the two them, a portal that leads to the ruins of what had once been the Land of Departure. Remembering Eraqus’ advice, however, Aqua takes his Keyblade (left where he’d fallen) and seals the world away, turning into into a great castle. A castle that would leave all those who enter its doors lost to oblivion, with one exception: Aqua herself.
Ven thus safely taken care of, Aqua turns to Terra. In the end, she finds him in Radiant Garden, only he’s no long as he was. His once brown hair has turned silver, and his eyes are now the same shade of yellow as those of the possessed Ven. At first, she speaks to him as Terra, only to have her words answered by another: Master Xehanort, in a new body. Enraged, Aqua raises her keyblade to strike him down... only to find herself blinded by a flash of light only to then wake up before a giant metal bean.
Years passed. and within short order, Aqua and Terra were ready to try for their Mastery. The test itself was overseen not only by their master but also Master Xehanort. However, for all their not-inconsiderable ability, only Aqua passed the test - Terra had accidentally almost given in to his own darkness. Neither of the candidates are given much time to dwell on this, for not long thereafter, Eraqus receives a message from his old Master, Yen Sid. There’s a new threat in the world - one that feeds on negativity - and both Terra and Aqua are sent to look into the problem at hand. Aqua, however, is given further orders - should Terra show signs of truly falling into the darkness, she is to bring him back to Eraqus at once. Aqua agrees to this, but not before telling Eraqus that Terra isn’t as weak as he thinks.
As luck, or perhaps fate, would have it her search for the answers to the threat of the Unversed takes to her the same worlds Terra has recently been through. She meets (most of) the people he does, and over the course of her trip through the first few worlds, learns that Terra has not only been directly responsible for taking Princess Aurora’s heart, but also that he’s been standing ‘too close’ to the darkness.
Eventually, she arrives at Radiant Garden, where she meets a young Kairi and after rescuing her from the Unversed, casts a protective charm on her which she says will bring her to safety should she ever be lost in the darkness. (She also unwittingly passes the Keyblade on to Kairi during this brief interaction, but she doesn’t know this at the time.) As luck would have it, Terra and Ven also happen to be in Radiant Garden at the time, and they meet up after chasing down a particular nasty Unversed. After defeating it, Aqua accuses Terra of putting himself too close to the darkness. Needless to to say, it doesn’t precisely end well and after a brief and heated argument Terra storms off. Ven, on the other hand, refuses to return home with Aqua and instead goes to find Terra.
Left alone to contemplate the way things have turned out, Aqua eventually finds herself once again at the town square (slightly misnamed, as it’s actually more of a circle). There, she runs across a boy in a mask, who asks about Ven’s progress before picking a fight with her. In the end, Aqua wins, but the mysterious boy simply disappears into a corridor of darkness. Left with no other real options, Aqua once again leaves to follow after Terra and Ven.
Unfortunately, this time luck is not with her, and while she find traces of Terra and Ven wherever she goes (along with no small number of new friends) their paths don’t intersect again. Instead, the first person she finds that she’s met before is the boy in the mask, who she encounters for the second time in Neverland. This time, however, the fight takes more of a toll on her and after the fight, she proceeds to promptly pass out. Once she awakens from her brief trip to the land of unconsciousness, she returns once again to her search, only to find herself stopping at a world she’d never expected to stop at - Destiny Island. Not terribly surprisingly, she finds that Terra has already been there, and what’s more, he passed on the keyblade to a young Riku. Not wishing to be the cause of friends splitting up as she, Terra, and Ven have, she chooses to not pass the Keyblade to Sora, instead charging him with making sure that if Riku starts to get lost and wander down a dark path that he’ll keep him safe. That done, she returns to the Corridors Between, only to find a familiar face drifting in the darkness - that of King Mickey. Ever the gentleman, Aqua answers his near-incoherent ramblings and promises to take him back to his Master, Yen Sid.
Sadly, although he’s glad to see his apprentice safe, Yen Sid also passes on the most unfortunate of news. Master Eraqus has been struck down, at the hands of Master Xehanort and Terra. Understandably upset, Aqua asks where she can find Terra now. The answer Yen Sid give is that he’s heading for the Keyblade Graveyard, where once war was waged between Keyblades of Light and Darkness. Without so much as a word, Aqua turns to leave for the Keyblade Graveyard.
Once she arrives, she once again meets up with Terra and Ven, but this time the news is anything but good. Not only were Yen Sid’s words correct, but Master Xehanort intends to pit Ven against the boy in the mask and thus create the χ-blade and with it, unlock the heart of all worlds. Not intending to be part of this, Ven asks Aqua and Terra to put an end to him. Before either of them has a chance to respond, however, Master Xehanort himself arrives, with the masked boy at his side. And so begins the beginning of the end. In the fight that follows, Master Xehanort manages to freeze Ven so badly that he can barely and pull Terra off into a one-on-one battle with him out of Aqua’s line of sight. Meanwhile, one of Xehanort’s other pawns (a man by the name of Braig) jumps in to stall Aqua. She comes out victorious, but only just in time for the masked boy to strike her down out of nowhere. This time, when she awakes, it’s to find Mickey at her side. Ven, on the other hand, is initially nowhere to be seen, although in short order, they spot him not far away... holding the χ-blade in his had and with a nasty set of yellow eyes (which are invariably Bad News in KH-land). This new Ven raises his blade against Aqua, but against all odds, she manages to force the χ-blade to crack and then shatter.
When she awakes yet again, she finds herself in Yen Sid’s tower. Ven is also there, although he refuses to wake - his heart is asleep. He needs a friend’s light to show him they way back from where he rests. However, there’s still one person missing. Terra. Despite anyone’s best attempts, he seems to have vanished from the face of the world. Believing she can find him again, Aqua sets off from Yen Sid’s Tower, taking the still sleeping Ven. He’ll need a safe place to sleep - and he has a place in mind, managing to raise his Keyblade despite being sound asleep and creating a portal for the two them, a portal that leads to the ruins of what had once been the Land of Departure. Remembering Eraqus’ advice, however, Aqua takes his Keyblade (left where he’d fallen) and seals the world away, turning into into a great castle. A castle that would leave all those who enter its doors lost to oblivion, with one exception: Aqua herself.
Ven thus safely taken care of, Aqua turns to Terra. In the end, she finds him in Radiant Garden, only he’s no long as he was. His once brown hair has turned silver, and his eyes are now the same shade of yellow as those of the possessed Ven. At first, she speaks to him as Terra, only to have her words answered by another: Master Xehanort, in a new body. Enraged, Aqua raises her keyblade to strike him down... only to find herself blinded by a flash of light only to then wake up before a giant metal bean.