A/N Welcome to my response to WaterAngel-Alyssa's 100 Theme Challenge! I hope to do a theme a day, but life is crazy, so we'll see. I'll write at least three a week for sure. Rules are that I have to pick a theme from her list, and then write around a hundred words based on that theme in ten minutes, so expect these to be rather short. I'll do my best and I hope you enjoy!

Theme 09: Almost

With a strangled cry, I watched my best friend writhe in the enemy's grip. He'd almost landed a solid hit, almost.

The creepy old man cackled as cracks ran around Ven's helmet, and the poor boy struggled pathetically to get out of his grip. He thrashed back and forth, and almost got away, almost.

With a smirk, the man we once called Master frozen Ventus solid, almost killing him, and then heartless beast threw him down the cliff. Terra charged at the monster as I watched Ven fall, getting ready to catch him, praying he arrived in one piece.

As he tumbled, the tip of his Keyblade snapped in half, almost in the same place where Hook had snapped that old toy, almost. Splitters glittered in the air, but Ventus was still falling. Time and again, a much more vital piece –an arm, or a leg – would be almost broken off, almost.

My heart in my throat, I dove, catching the immobile form – so precious to Terra and I – and I almost missed, almost.

That might not be the best start, but I'm happy-ish with it. Hopefully, I'll be more inspired next theme, I spent most of my time on this one trying to come up with something.