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LIFE UPDATES. THEY WILL HAPPEN. EVENTUALLY. AUGH.
For now, we take a break from the AU fic - there's more written; I just want to polish the scene before posting - and bring another bitty!Terra drabble. I don't think it's my best, but it works as a bridge, and that's what I needed.
-wait I already wrote the other side of that bridge, didn't I. You guys get two for the price of one today. :Db
And for everyone on my Flist who's sick of all the KH...I'll get back to other stuff, I promise. It'll happen. Just not tonight.
That said, enjoy~
~~*~~
"You live here?"
Aqua couldn't help but smile just a bit at the boy's awestruck reaction to seeing the castle for the first time. She'd had that same look of wide-eyed, openmouthed surprise on her face when she'd first arrived here too, and why not? The castle was imposing and very grand, anchored to the mountains with massive golden chains. It was impressive, to say the least.
"We do," Eraqus confirmed. His gaze turned from the castle to the two children at his side. "The two of you are to stay inside until I return. Aqua, you can help Terra settle in."
"Yes, Master," she chimed in, seeing Terra's silent nod out of the corner of her eye. "C'mon!" She took his hand, pulling him the first few steps before he caught on to her enthusiasm and followed her up the stairs.
It wasn't difficult to get Terra situated, mostly because he went along with just about everything Aqua suggested. She chose a room, found a blanket for the bed, then found him a towel and led him to the washroom to clean up. She didn't care about the dirt on his face, but the blood on his chest and arms was a reminder of the encounter with the monsters and she didn't think either of them wanted that. Instead, she waited impatiently for him to come back out, trying to figure out which of her thousands of questions she was going to ask him first.
She'd only just decided when he emerged from the room, dirty towel hanging limply from one hand. "Here, I'll take that." He blinked, handing it over, and she dutifully tracked down a clothing hamper and put it inside.
Right. Now she could ask. "So...where are you from?"
Slightly widened eyes were all the response she got before his expression completely closed down, the same way the Master's had the only time she'd asked how he'd gotten his scars. "Offworld," came his quiet, flat reply.
She nodded, not pressing the question. He obviously didn't want to talk about it. "Okay." If that didn't work, then... "How'd you get here?"
"I..." He bit his lip, looking nervous. "I came on a gummi ship." Aqua figured it wasn't the whole truth, but that was another matter she didn't want to press. It also opened up another hundred or so questions about gummi ships - she'd read about them, and they just seemed so interesting! - but there was one more thing she wanted to know before she pursued that subject.
"Why'd you come here? To this world?"
His gaze jerked back to her, wide-eyed, and suddenly he had the same look he'd had at the market earlier - like he wanted to run away but was too scared to go. She looked back at him, surprised and a little worried. They were safe inside the castle - Master Eraqus had told her so. Why was he so scared?
Terra broke their eye contact, looking down and to the side, back and forth rapidly, like he was debating something. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and opened them again, looking back at her. "You can't tell anyone, okay?" His voice was edged hard with something - whether it was determination or fear, she couldn't tell. "Not even Master Eraqus."
It was her turn to stare back at him with wide eyes. "Okay," she agreed slowly, curiosity overcoming surprise.
"You gotta promise." Terra was insistent, almost desperate. "You can't tell anyone."
"Okay," she repeated, eyes never leaving his face. "I won't tell anyone. I promise."
She watched the resolution slowly creep into his eyes. "I...I see things sometimes," he admitted, voice barely above a whisper, "before they happen."
Aqua blinked owlishly at that. Really? Really? There was a short list of answers she'd been reasonably expecting and that had definitely not been on it.
"That's why I'm here," Terra continued, words picking up speed, like he couldn't hold them in. "I saw Master Eraqus - and me, as a grown-up, and I was..." He trailed off, raising an arm out in front of him and slowly grasping at the air, as though something would simply appear in his hand if he tried hard enough. "I was holding his weapon, but it was different."
"A Keyblade," Aqua filled in quietly.
"Yeah." Terra nodded, lowering his arm. "I knew I was gonna meet him, so I left my world to look for him. I came here kind of by accident, and..." He trailed off again, offering a small shrug by way of explanation.
"Oh," was all the reply Aqua had. She was still trying to process this. Terra could see the future, and it led him here? It sounded like one of the books she'd found in the castle's library.
Terra mistook her hesitance for something else entirely. "I know," he started, backing up slightly, that hesitance and fear she'd seen in him at the market resurfacing quickly. "It's weird, and I'm a freak, and I should leave-"
"What?" Aqua was shocked for an entirely different reason now. "No! No you're not and no you shouldn't! It..." She paused, trying to get past her own surprise and find words all at once. "I like it," she finally told him with a decisive nod.
From the looks of it, that just about knocked the bottom out of his world. "What?"
"I like it," she repeated firmly. "You can see the future, Terra. That's pretty cool." She added a slight smile, trying to reassure him as he just stared at her.
It took him a long time to process this. "Are you sure?" he asked, voice low and trembling with shock and the very beginnings of hope.
"Yeah," she nodded a bit of a smile on her face. If she hadn't been watching, she never would have seen him return it - just the faintest upturn of his lips, but it was there. She grinned, offering him her fullest smile, and took hold of his hand again. "Now c'mon, I wanna show you the rest of the castle."
Smiling and talking and holding his hand, she kept him busy all around the castle until the Master returned home.
~~*~~
He shifted uncomfortably, curling up tight as the first rays of the morning sun hit his face. It couldn't have risen already. It was too soon. Maybe he was just dreaming...
He opened one eye, then quickly squinted it shut against the light. He wasn't dreaming. It was morning.
He had to leave.
Terra sighed, resigned. He had good reason to hate mornings: every single one meant he had to move from whatever doorstep or corner he'd found to sleep in for the night before its owner realized he'd been there. They meant he had to face another day hungry and tired and alone. It was no wonder he never wanted them to start. Wondering how long he could safely delay this one, he shifted again, pulling the blanket tight around him and snuggling further into the pillow. Maybe he could-
Wait. Blanket? Pillow? Him? Since when?
His eyes snapped open and he scrambled upright, nearly getting tangled in the blanket in the process. He was in a bed? But what- Why- How had this happened?
It was only after the initial panic of that sudden awakening wore off but before worry set in that his memories of the previous day resurfaced. He'd arrived at this world, nearly been killed by monsters...but he'd found the man he'd been looking for: Master Eraqus. And now Terra was staying with him, at least for a few more days.
For once, he didn't have to leave. At least, not yet.
And he'd told Aqua his secret, and she hadn't laughed or chased him away. She'd said she liked it. Even if they were temporary, he had a place to stay and a friend.
He calmed down at those realizations, then blinked slowly as the sudden shock of adrenaline wore off, giving way to leftover exhaustion from the previous day. Normally he'd shake himself awake, force himself to get moving. But if he wasn't going anywhere...
He pushed himself to his feet and padded quietly across the room, reaching the window and tugging the curtains shut. That accomplished, he returned to the bed and collapsed into it, smiling slightly as his cheek found the warm spot the rays of sun had left on his pillow before the heavy fabric of the curtains had blocked them out. This arrangement wouldn't last forever, he knew. Just until the end of the market. He'd have to think of something new soon enough. For now, however, he was comfortable and satisfied and still really tired and awake early enough that it should be okay if he went back to sleep for a little while longer.
And so, curled up once more under the blanket with his eyes contentedly shut, that was exactly what he did.
For now, we take a break from the AU fic - there's more written; I just want to polish the scene before posting - and bring another bitty!Terra drabble. I don't think it's my best, but it works as a bridge, and that's what I needed.
-wait I already wrote the other side of that bridge, didn't I. You guys get two for the price of one today. :Db
And for everyone on my Flist who's sick of all the KH...I'll get back to other stuff, I promise. It'll happen. Just not tonight.
That said, enjoy~
~~*~~
"You live here?"
Aqua couldn't help but smile just a bit at the boy's awestruck reaction to seeing the castle for the first time. She'd had that same look of wide-eyed, openmouthed surprise on her face when she'd first arrived here too, and why not? The castle was imposing and very grand, anchored to the mountains with massive golden chains. It was impressive, to say the least.
"We do," Eraqus confirmed. His gaze turned from the castle to the two children at his side. "The two of you are to stay inside until I return. Aqua, you can help Terra settle in."
"Yes, Master," she chimed in, seeing Terra's silent nod out of the corner of her eye. "C'mon!" She took his hand, pulling him the first few steps before he caught on to her enthusiasm and followed her up the stairs.
It wasn't difficult to get Terra situated, mostly because he went along with just about everything Aqua suggested. She chose a room, found a blanket for the bed, then found him a towel and led him to the washroom to clean up. She didn't care about the dirt on his face, but the blood on his chest and arms was a reminder of the encounter with the monsters and she didn't think either of them wanted that. Instead, she waited impatiently for him to come back out, trying to figure out which of her thousands of questions she was going to ask him first.
She'd only just decided when he emerged from the room, dirty towel hanging limply from one hand. "Here, I'll take that." He blinked, handing it over, and she dutifully tracked down a clothing hamper and put it inside.
Right. Now she could ask. "So...where are you from?"
Slightly widened eyes were all the response she got before his expression completely closed down, the same way the Master's had the only time she'd asked how he'd gotten his scars. "Offworld," came his quiet, flat reply.
She nodded, not pressing the question. He obviously didn't want to talk about it. "Okay." If that didn't work, then... "How'd you get here?"
"I..." He bit his lip, looking nervous. "I came on a gummi ship." Aqua figured it wasn't the whole truth, but that was another matter she didn't want to press. It also opened up another hundred or so questions about gummi ships - she'd read about them, and they just seemed so interesting! - but there was one more thing she wanted to know before she pursued that subject.
"Why'd you come here? To this world?"
His gaze jerked back to her, wide-eyed, and suddenly he had the same look he'd had at the market earlier - like he wanted to run away but was too scared to go. She looked back at him, surprised and a little worried. They were safe inside the castle - Master Eraqus had told her so. Why was he so scared?
Terra broke their eye contact, looking down and to the side, back and forth rapidly, like he was debating something. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and opened them again, looking back at her. "You can't tell anyone, okay?" His voice was edged hard with something - whether it was determination or fear, she couldn't tell. "Not even Master Eraqus."
It was her turn to stare back at him with wide eyes. "Okay," she agreed slowly, curiosity overcoming surprise.
"You gotta promise." Terra was insistent, almost desperate. "You can't tell anyone."
"Okay," she repeated, eyes never leaving his face. "I won't tell anyone. I promise."
She watched the resolution slowly creep into his eyes. "I...I see things sometimes," he admitted, voice barely above a whisper, "before they happen."
Aqua blinked owlishly at that. Really? Really? There was a short list of answers she'd been reasonably expecting and that had definitely not been on it.
"That's why I'm here," Terra continued, words picking up speed, like he couldn't hold them in. "I saw Master Eraqus - and me, as a grown-up, and I was..." He trailed off, raising an arm out in front of him and slowly grasping at the air, as though something would simply appear in his hand if he tried hard enough. "I was holding his weapon, but it was different."
"A Keyblade," Aqua filled in quietly.
"Yeah." Terra nodded, lowering his arm. "I knew I was gonna meet him, so I left my world to look for him. I came here kind of by accident, and..." He trailed off again, offering a small shrug by way of explanation.
"Oh," was all the reply Aqua had. She was still trying to process this. Terra could see the future, and it led him here? It sounded like one of the books she'd found in the castle's library.
Terra mistook her hesitance for something else entirely. "I know," he started, backing up slightly, that hesitance and fear she'd seen in him at the market resurfacing quickly. "It's weird, and I'm a freak, and I should leave-"
"What?" Aqua was shocked for an entirely different reason now. "No! No you're not and no you shouldn't! It..." She paused, trying to get past her own surprise and find words all at once. "I like it," she finally told him with a decisive nod.
From the looks of it, that just about knocked the bottom out of his world. "What?"
"I like it," she repeated firmly. "You can see the future, Terra. That's pretty cool." She added a slight smile, trying to reassure him as he just stared at her.
It took him a long time to process this. "Are you sure?" he asked, voice low and trembling with shock and the very beginnings of hope.
"Yeah," she nodded a bit of a smile on her face. If she hadn't been watching, she never would have seen him return it - just the faintest upturn of his lips, but it was there. She grinned, offering him her fullest smile, and took hold of his hand again. "Now c'mon, I wanna show you the rest of the castle."
Smiling and talking and holding his hand, she kept him busy all around the castle until the Master returned home.
~~*~~
He shifted uncomfortably, curling up tight as the first rays of the morning sun hit his face. It couldn't have risen already. It was too soon. Maybe he was just dreaming...
He opened one eye, then quickly squinted it shut against the light. He wasn't dreaming. It was morning.
He had to leave.
Terra sighed, resigned. He had good reason to hate mornings: every single one meant he had to move from whatever doorstep or corner he'd found to sleep in for the night before its owner realized he'd been there. They meant he had to face another day hungry and tired and alone. It was no wonder he never wanted them to start. Wondering how long he could safely delay this one, he shifted again, pulling the blanket tight around him and snuggling further into the pillow. Maybe he could-
Wait. Blanket? Pillow? Him? Since when?
His eyes snapped open and he scrambled upright, nearly getting tangled in the blanket in the process. He was in a bed? But what- Why- How had this happened?
It was only after the initial panic of that sudden awakening wore off but before worry set in that his memories of the previous day resurfaced. He'd arrived at this world, nearly been killed by monsters...but he'd found the man he'd been looking for: Master Eraqus. And now Terra was staying with him, at least for a few more days.
For once, he didn't have to leave. At least, not yet.
And he'd told Aqua his secret, and she hadn't laughed or chased him away. She'd said she liked it. Even if they were temporary, he had a place to stay and a friend.
He calmed down at those realizations, then blinked slowly as the sudden shock of adrenaline wore off, giving way to leftover exhaustion from the previous day. Normally he'd shake himself awake, force himself to get moving. But if he wasn't going anywhere...
He pushed himself to his feet and padded quietly across the room, reaching the window and tugging the curtains shut. That accomplished, he returned to the bed and collapsed into it, smiling slightly as his cheek found the warm spot the rays of sun had left on his pillow before the heavy fabric of the curtains had blocked them out. This arrangement wouldn't last forever, he knew. Just until the end of the market. He'd have to think of something new soon enough. For now, however, he was comfortable and satisfied and still really tired and awake early enough that it should be okay if he went back to sleep for a little while longer.
And so, curled up once more under the blanket with his eyes contentedly shut, that was exactly what he did.
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Would it be alright to point out a slight discrepancy? (I totally forgot about it.) But gummi ships weren't created until post-BbS until Mickey began studying his Star Fragment, were they?
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A quick check on KH Wiki says you're right. This is going to require some reworking...which I'll get to later, since a week of sleep deprivation is not doing anything for my creativity. |D
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Actually. I might have a quick fix for that one. Maybe you can put in a bit of Treasure Planet instead? It's Disney and has a workable world-hopping escapade bits. Deep Space/Stitch world has shown that it's possible for that to happen. That type of world might actually give credence to Terra's backstory in your 'verse.
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Actually, I just watched Treasure Planet tonight. XD That is a fantastic suggestion, and I'm going to have to do some finagling, but hopefully a polished version will be up...eventually. Probably on FFN, because I am an attention whore. Yes. |Db Thanks for the suggestion!
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AWESOME.
owo enjoyyyy. <3 Also, do you have KH fic recs?
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SO CUTE
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Almost done~ Three or four more left. Goodness knows what I'll do for bitty goodness after that.
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Musebox :o? I could throw Momma Rosa at a bitty!terra! She'd mother him to death XDDD
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Oh man, being mothered would be an entirely new experience for him. I rather like this idea.
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haha XD It'd be ADORABLE, too :D You know you waaaannaaaaaa
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OH OKAY FINE if I don't get bitten again by AU ficbug I might put it up tonight. Yes. |Db
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\o/ JUST THROW ME A LINK SO I CAN THROW MOMMA ROSA AT HIM :3
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is just crazy paranoid about random journals making posts in it sob