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Who: Ventus, Lingering Sentiment (Terra), Sora, Aqua
What: Awakening.
When: A few days before the Radiant Garden log begins.
Where: Yen Sid's Tower
Status: In Progress
Notes: BIRTH BY SLEEP SPOILERS

In a small room, connected to a hallway looping out from one of the winding stairways of Yen Sid's tower, a sleeping figure lay still. If one didn't know any better, they would believe that he was just resting; a young boy, taking a pleasant nap.

A 'nap' that had lasted for fourteen years. A 'nap' from which he would not, could not awaken - not until a missing piece was restored.

But the piece was close. The body knew that it's Heart was near, felt connections to it's resting place all around. Sometimes, it reacted accordingly - a hand would twitch, an eye would flicker. But still he said and did nothing. He wasn't there, not really. Not yet. He was still resting quietly, cloaked in the safety of another's heart.

He didn't need to be, though. Not anymore.

Ventus was ready to awaken.

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Aqua had just returned from combing The World That Never Was in search of Terra's body. It had been a failure, with only Heartless and Nobodies inhabiting the dilapidated world, but she'd had to check. But she had no more leads, so it was time to return to Master Yen Sid's tower to check up on her friends.

First was Terra, kneeling just outside of Ven's room. He was as well as he could be, considering what had happened. He wasn't much more responsive than he'd been before she had left, but that was okay. He was still there, somehow, and that was what mattered.

Her smile fell a little as she started to open Ven's door, though. It was unsettling that he hadn't woken up yet, so long after he'd been taken from Castle Oblivion. It worried her. But she found herself stopping in surprise when she saw Sora sitting by his side, and Ven himself sitting up in the bed, looking around.

He was awake.

Ven was awake!

Aqua shook herself out of her shock and turned to call Terra into the room. A moment later, she rushed to the bed and fell to her knees, hugging Ven as tightly as she could. "Don't ever make me worry like that again," she said softly. "We missed you, Ven."

Aqua could always manage to rouse the Sentiment out of his state of unresponsiveness. It was Aqua, he knew he was important to him, even if he didn't know how, just like that boy that was sleeping in the other room.

When she called to him, he stood up to see what she wanted, only to see her hugging the boy who was awake now? A flood of strong, unfamiliar feelings hit the Sentiment, feelings that he wanted to express, but just couldn't, he had no eyes to cry with, and no voice to cheer with. But it didn't matter, Ven was awake. The Sentiment joined Aqua in hugging the boy, because it was the only way he could express what he was feeling.

Ven's half-dazed staring was interrupted by by the sight of a figure walking into his room, from somewhere on the edge of his vision. He whipped his head around, though his mouth didn't move nearly as fast. A barely-whispered muttering of "...Aqua?" was all that escaped before she was there, hugging him. Not a moment later, there was the feeling of cold metal on his shoulder. A glance to his other side told him who it was; Terra, still in his armor. Why was he...?

That didn't matter. At least his friends were safe.

They were all okay. They were together. Nothing else mattered.

Everything could be normal again, right?

"Hey, you aren't the only one." he said. "I missed you guys, too."

Sora's swift exit went completely unnoticed. Aqua was just too tied up in her friends right now - and who could blame her? Ven was awake, at last.

"Oh, Ven," she murmured, reluctantly pulling away to frown at him. "You're going to have to start training again soon, Ven. You've been sleeping for so long, do you even remember how to summon your Keyblade? And we still have a lot to do, too." Her happiness broke through a second later, and she cracked a smile. "I'm..." She shook her head, gesturing at herself and Terra. "We're glad that you're okay."