Y wasn't surprised when the next world she entered was just as empty as the first. The castle courtyard she had arrived in seemed too empty. Too quiet. Like all the life and joy had been drained out of it. It was dull and boring, just another place.

Y had always thought other worlds would be exciting. New things every turn and life everywhere. But it was turning out to be awfully dull. Almost the same story in every world. Something went wrong and the inhabitants just waited for things to fix themselves. They hardly ever seemed to try. Where was the fun in that story? Where were the heroes who fought for what was right? Where were the rebels fighting against the corrupt kingdom? Why did it seem that everyone was just waiting for their prince to rescue them?

Y gave a heavy sigh as she began to make her way through the courtyard. She stopped by a well and looked down into it. She couldn't see the bottom. But that didn't surprise her. She sat down on the well and kicked her feet back and forth, thinking of where to go next. She should investigate the world, that was for sure but she had no idea where to go.

"Excuse me miss, but do you know where the princess has gone?" A male voice asked. Y looked up to see a young man with brown hair. Y shook her head.

"I'm afraid I don't. I only just arrived, I don't know where anything is." Y replied. She smiled sweetly at the man before standing up. "I can go check around the castle for you if you'd like." She offered.

"Thank you, that's very kind of you." The man said.

"It's nothing. Don't go too far, I'll be back as soon as I can." Y said before going to search the castle.

The castle was pretty much empty from what Y could see. There were no people, no royalty in the throne room, no servants in the kitchen, no random visitors in the corridor. There weren't even any Unversed.

It was odd, but what Y found strangest was a room in the basement level of the castle. It was dark with only a mirror hung on the wall. Y stood back, staring at the mirror from across the room. It set her on edge, making the hair on the back of her neck stand up. She quickly turned away and went to return to the courtyard. She couldn't find the princess, and she should probably inform the prince.

"Just a creepy mirror. It's fine, everything's fine." Y muttered to herself. It didn't work as she had hoped. She still couldn't shake the feeling the mirror had given her.

Y was still distracted by the feeling from the mirror when she reached the courtyard. So distracted she found herself nearly colliding with a familiar face that wasn't the prince. She barely managed to stop herself before she plowed into Aqua. She jumped back before that happened though, careful not to make a sound. Aqua still had her back turned.

Aqua went to turn around as if feeling Y's presence. Y held in a squeak and ducked around, keeping herself behind Aqua. Aqua frowned before turning again. Y fought to stay behind her and repeated her action again.

This repeated for several times until Aqua managed to turn too quickly for Y to keep up with. Y made a sound that sounded very much like a squeak in her surprise. Aqua blinked in surprise seeing the younger blonde keyblade wielder.

"Y! What are you doing here?" Aqua demanded after recovering from her very brief shock. Y looked from side to side for an escape. Seeing none she turned back to Aqua putting her hands up in defense.

"Uh, I can explain." Y said, trying to look as innocent as she could. Aqua frowned at her, drawing closer to the young blonde.

"You had us worried," Aqua said, her voice filled with disappointment. Y frowned and raised an eyebrow. It probably wasn't the time for her to be sarcastic or be pointing out details, but she was confused.

"But I left after all of you. Only master Eraqus should know I'm missing." Y said. Aqua let out an exasperated sigh, confirming Y's assumption that it was not the right time.

"Someone in the world I was in prior saw you and told Terra. He told me he thought you might have left home." Aqua explained. Worry was clear in her voice. It almost made Y feel guilty.

"I swear I have a good reason." Y insisted. Aqua frowned at her, putting a hand on her hip. Y fought her urge to cower back from the motherly glare.

"That doesn't matter Y, you need to go home," Aqua said. Y clenched her fist in anger. How could she say that? Y knew more about what was happening, she had a right to leave just as much as Aqua. Sure she hadn't trained as long but she was just as good.

"No, you guys are in danger." Y said stubbornly. Aqua looked at her confused. Y smirked proudly. Aqua really didn't know.

"What?" Aqua asked.

"I don't know exactly what, but something bad is going to happen, you have to believe me." Y insisted. Aqua stepped closer to Y, gently placing a hand on the younger girls shoulder. Y met Aqua's gaze with a soft frown.

"Did something happen?" Aqua asked. Her eyes searched Y's for an answer. Y looked away from Aqua.

"A boy in a mask told me you all were going to die. And the master said, he said he feared for all of you. I couldn't just sit at home and do nothing." Y said looking at the ground. Aqua looked at her in surprise. She stepped back, removing her hand from Y's shoulder. She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes in thought. She seemed to decide on something with a heavy sigh, uncrossing her arms.

"Y, I can't let you go off on your own," Aqua said simply.

"Then let me stay with you, please!" Y begged. Aqua gave another sigh, keeping her gaze level.

"Y," Aqua began. Y knew that meant unless she did something diaristic, she was getting sent back home. Then she'd have to face the master, and that wouldn't be any fun. Y quickly reacted, pouting at Aqua and making her doe eyes as wide and pleading as she possibly could. Aqua's eyes widened in surprise. She was silent until finally looking away. "Only until I get the chance to take you home," Aqua said.

"Deal!" Y agreed quickly, jumping up happily. Aqua laughed and shook her head at Y's reaction.

"Come on, let's check out this castle." Aqua said.

"I already did." Y said simply. She quickly recalled the room that the mirror was in. She should probably take Aqua to that room. "There's this really weird room I think you should see." Y said.

"What do you mean?" Aqua asked. Y frowned trying to think of a way to explain it to Aqua. She couldn't find one that she was satisfied with.

"Come on, I'll show you." Y said, grabbing Aqua's hand and pulling her along.

Though Y had been through the castle before it took her quite a while to find the mirror room again. This time several Unversed appeared, almost out of nowhere. It was easy enough to get rid of them between the two of them. But Y couldn't help but wonder why they never seemed to attack her when she was on her own. Had she scared the masked boy that much their last meeting?

The mirror room was just as Y remembered it. Dark and creepy. She hid behind Aqua upon entering. Aqua seemed to be uncomfortable too, unsure of what to make of the room.

"See," Y whispered.

"Something's not right," Aqua said. She looked around, her gaze eventually landing on the mirror at the far wall. There were carvings in the stone around it that Y was just noticing. They looked familiar but Y couldn't place what they were.

"I thought so too, but I can't figure it out." Y agreed.

Aqua approached the mirror, looking at it in confusion. Y hung back, watching with bated breath. As Aqua drew closer to the mirror lightning flashed within the mirror. Aqua stepped back in surprise. Flames followed the lightning and a face that looked like an old theatrical mask. Aqua jumped back away from the mirror, landing just in front of Y.

"What?" Aqua asked in confusion. The mirror suddenly glowed, making Aqua and Y cover their eyes. When the light faded, the two found themselves in a dark area that definitely wasn't the room.

"I think the mirror just ate us." Y said. As if to confirm her guess the mask-like face flew past the two of them. Aqua and Y both drew their keyblades.

Y quickly shot forward, hitting the face. Aqua hung back shooting magic around where Y was attacking. They were so used to fighting together, Y didn't have to worry about being accidentally hit by Aqua's magic. They just knew, how the other would move.

Suddenly the mask sunk into the ground. Y jumped back to stand beside Aqua. The mask reappeared but seemed to have multiplied. There was an entire endless row. Y and Aqua began to run down the row, looking back and forth between the mask. They all looked the same. Open mouthed, shooting the occasional fireball. One was smiling but that was hardly important.

Y skidded to a stop and turned back to the smiling one.

One of these things is not like the others. Y thought sarcastically. She ran towards the one different mask and hit it. It spun back and all the other ones sunk back into the ground. Aqua quickly joined Y in attacking the mask, hoping to stop it before the crazy tunnel thing could be repeated.

Luckily the mask didn't get a chance to repeat it's last act. Y and Aqua together managed to defeat the mask. As they defeated it, the entire area grew bright once again. When the light disappeared the two were back in the room the mirror was in.

"The Queen is gone, my service done. Adieu, oh victorious ones." The mirror said before the face vanished from the mirror. Aqua and Y stood silently for a moment.

"That was weird." Y stated after a pause. Aqua nodded in agreement.

"Let's get out of here," Aqua said. Y nodded, turning to leave the room with Aqua.

Aqua led the way to a cottage. There was a group of dwarves and the prince gathered around a pretty girl with short dark hair on a pedestal. She looked either dead or sleeping really deeply. Aqua and Y stood back away from the group silently.

The prince stepped forward and gently kissed the princess. Y wrinkled her nose in disgust.

"Does that count as necrophilia?" Y asked. Aqua shoved her playfully, which Y took as a she shouldn't be asking those questions. Suddenly, Y noticed the princess blink a few times.

"Princess!" Aqua said in shock. The dwarves and the prince turned their attention back to the princess. The prince picked her up and spun her around while the dwarves danced happily.

"That's so sweet. It's just like a miracle." Aqua said. Y nodded slowly in thought. She really wasn't sure what Aqua was thinking of. But this almost reminded Y of the stories she was told of Ven waking up from his comma. Of course, no one had kissed him, but he had woken up rather suddenly. A miracle if miracles did happen.

The princess and prince departed shortly after. Y watched in silence standing beside Aqua.

"Come on Y, we should go on to the next world," Aqua said. Y nodded, not really thinking. "Are you ok?" Aqua asked.

"Do you think we'll get a happy ending too?" Y asked.

"Of course," Aqua said. Y nodded slowly, still wondering.  Was waiting all they could really do?