Distributors: I own nothing, duh. Cause if I did, I wouldn't be here. Also, I will warn you all, there are some spoilers from season 4, so read at your own risk. Also, I'm in America, so please I don't want reviews telling me that it's Aisha not Layla. Or anything of that sort, it does annoy me.
Summary: Nabu is dead and Riven is having a weird recurring nightmare. Losing faith in himself, because of his best friend's death, Riven sets off to find out who he is and what he can do. This is not a yaoi and I may not have any relationships in this. I'm doing this to let off steam from rl. Though if I do mention any relationships, they will be the canon ones.
The darkness is never ending and the silence is chilling. This place, feels sinister and tormenting. The smell of decaying flesh and a hint of blood is enough to make one vomit. Not knowing what else to do, he walks straight with no known direction or purpose. Still silence surrounds him, his own foot steps have no sound. He tries to speak, but he hears nothing. He tries once again, he pushes as much air out of his throat as he can to yell. Silence is still all there is. Then, voice surround him and engulf his ears. They don't make any sense, as there's too many yelling at once. All at once, they stop. Then another sound is heard. It's an echo, listening closer he runs to the source of the sound. The darkness is clearing and the sound is actually…
"ven! Riven!" Blinking his eyes, he sees one of his friends shaking his shoulder. "Dude, we have to pick up the girls and head to Magix." Sky shakes his head and leaves the room. Laying his head back done, Riven isn't in the mood to go back to Magix. When they came to Earth, there were six of them, but they will only be returning with five guys. Looking up at the ceiling, Riven sighs. "Man Nabu, I can't believe you sacrificed yourself." He remembers the day like it happened a few minutes ago, though it happened a few days ago. Riven clenches his hair in anger. "Some specialists we are, we let one of our own die." His eyes start to moisten, but he closes his eyes to stop the tears that threaten to fall. "I wasn't able to stop the men that threatened my friends." He ponders on a memory he has tried to so hard to forget. "I guess that witch was right." He gives himself a half smirk and shakes his head. "I am a loser."
During the ride back to Magix, Riven could feel himself getting tired. But he just kept shaking it off and tried to listen to Musa and Layla talk. That was, until Nabu's death came up. Riven excuses himself and heads for the back of the ship. Nabu's death upsets him for the very reason they were friends, but that doesn't seem likes that's the end of it. Just as he was thinking more into the reason, they arrive at Alfea.
Everyone says their goodbyes in their own ways, except for his and Musa. She looks at him, probably not sure of what to do herself, so he takes control. He steps forward, pats her shoulder and while walking away says goodbye. He doesn't bother to look back, so he misses the hurt look on her face. The trip to Red Fountain isn't as quiet as he would have liked, practically all of the guys are throwing their two cents at him. He ignores them, the darkness he's been seeing in his dreams is once again on his mind. He tries to make sense of it, but the answer eludes him.
The five specialists walk out of the ship and head to the headmaster's office. Being at the school brings back memories, but they aren't all good. 'You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you.*' Riven pinches the bridge of his nose between his eyes, he takes a deep breath to subside the pain. He opens his eyes and continues after his friends as they head to Saladin's office.
The darkness is never ending and the silence is chilling. Riven blinks eyes, realizing he's in his dream. But how? He remembers walking into Saladin's office a second ago, how can he be sleeping? Suddenly he hears the echo again. Not wanting to wait like last time, he runs toward the noise. As he gets closer he can tell it's someone crying. Rushing towards the cries the appearance of a child is revealed, but the face is still hidden by the darkness. No matter what he does, Riven can't seem to get closer to the crying child. Then the child screams. 'Someone, help me!' But no sound is heard, except the child's own cries. 'Why won't anyone help me?!' Then a monster comes and tries to slash at Riven.
Blinking his eyes, Riven sees that the other specialists and he are in Saladin's office. Confused and breathing slightly heavy, he looks around and sees that's all eyes are on him. "I see that you're awake Riven, was I boring you?" Swallowing the lump that formed in his throat, Riven shakes his head. "No sir, I was…just thinking…" Riven looks back at his friends, but turns away. After a few seconds, he raises his head. "I was just thinking that I need sometime off from missions." Sky and the others flinch back in surprise. Sky places his hand on Riven's shoulder. "Riven, are you okay?" Just as Riven is about to answer, he sees the monster and the crying child again. "Yeah, but I just feel I need to get away from Magix for awhile." Timmy fixes his glasses as he points out the obvious. "But Riven, we just got back." Clenching his fist, Riven shakes off Sky's hand and backs away from his four friends. "Look, it's just something I have to do, you guys wouldn't understand." He looks at Saladin. "I'll check in, now and then, goodbye sir." With that, Riven leaves the room.
As he walks out of Red Fountain, a voice stops him. "Seriously, what's wrong Riven?" Lifting up his head, Riven sees Helia standing at the exit of the school. Silence is all he needs to continue with his interrogation. "Is it because of what happened to Nabu?" Closing his eyes, Riven can see his best friend again. No tears fall from his eyes, only anger is formed. "No." A long pause follows, before he continues. "But it started since." Helia raises one of his eye brows in confusion. "What has Riven?" Biting his lip, Riven ruffles his own hair, as if to clear his mind. "That's the thing, I don't know. I started having these…visions? Or whatever they are, since Nabu…since that day things have changed and now I can't seem to be normal." Releasing his breath, Helia steps aside for Riven, but raises his hand to stop him just as Riven was about to pass by him.
Helia turns his head slightly and looks out the corner of his eye. "Where are you going? Or have you thought that far ahead?"
Riven gives a slight smirk and rolls his eyes. "Some what, but I have this." He holds a crinkled piece of paper, which looks rather old. Helia gives his friend a bored look. "What about Musa?" Riven looks away and fixes his bag. Helia sighs as he rubs his eyes. "You're not going to tell her, are you?" Riven starts to head off again. "We already had our goodbye. There's nothing more between us." Helia watches as Riven leaves Red Fountain. "Good luck my friend." Helia turns back to his old school. "I wonder which one of us will get yelled at for this?" And with that, he walks to the dorm he shares with the friends he still has left.
Comment: Well how was it? If you've read any of my old, old work, I hope my writing has improved and that you like the start of this new story.
*A quote from Four Brothers.