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Chapter One
Riku sat on the beach with Sora and Kairi. The sky was a bright blue, and the day was a fairly nice one so far. All of a sudden, a strange dizziness overtook him and he found himself quite suddenly falling off of the little piece of island they stood on. "Riku!" "Oh my gosh, Riku!" "Sora-!" he choked out but plunged under deep, cold, dark water. He couldn't breathe and was struggling frantically to get out. The darkness started to swallow him up and he screamed and gasped.
"Sora!" Riku screamed, jerking upright in bed. Sweat poured down his face, matting his now short hair to his head. "It was... a dream...?" he muttered after panting for a bit. That same dream had kept happening for a while now, causing him to have doubted his worthiness in the first place. "Ughn.." he groaned, clutching his head, a pounding headache returning again. He glanced up at the clock. 10:00. Everyone had been asleep for an hour now, except himself, who had been so exhausted the previous day that he had practically passed out at 3:30 pm. He suddenly remembered the dreaded happenings of tomorrow. They, himself and the king, were going to go rescue Master Aqua. He had had a feeling, though, that something wouldn't be right. Something definitely felt off about this. And on top of that, he still felt guilty about it being his fault that Aqua was trapped there. His headache started up again and he groaned. "I need to go get some Tylenol..." This same headache had been bugging him for 2 days now, and it was steadily getting worse. He stood to go find some. Why did I trap her there? She would be just fine right now if I hadn't gone and messed with darkness in the first place. Or at least I could have taken her place and set her free. Its all my fault... These thoughts made his stomach suddenly lurch and he dropped to the floor next to the trash can and started vomiting violently. He needed his headache to go away, but standing up and increasing the risk of vomiting again wasn't worth it. He lay his head back against the side of his bed, tears starting to flow slowly from his eyes.
Mickey walked down the hallway quietly. He had heard someone scream and was checking to make sure everyone was alright. As he walked past Riku's doorway, he heard soft noises and noticed that a light was on. "H..Hello?" Mickey said. There was no response, and, for the sake of everyone's safety, he stepped inside. The bed sheets were turned down and Riku wasn't in the bed. "Riku?" Mickey said. He walked around and saw Riku laying curled up against the far side of the bed. The trash can was full of vomit and Riku was shaking and crying. "Riku? Hey, are you alright?" Riku didn't respond, and then the king realized that he was crying in his sleep and sighed.