Kingdom Hearts-Shadowed Memories
Episode 1
"In a reflection, there was the face of a girl, face shaken with grief, with tears readable in her brilliant green eyes. Her soft, but messy brown hair lay over her shoulder, unusually so…No…that would never do…" I said to myself. A dream that had shaken my thoughts all day made me think about writing a new story. Of course it was about myself. I had been dreaming lately, of seeing my reflection. After a bit, a man in a black hood would appear. He would say,
"How could you love? You have no heart. You're just a nobody."
After that, I would wake up. But this time, I didn't remember waking up. I just wanted to get to the island to see Sora. Like always, we'd sit and watch the sunlight on the water, until we were called home. Sometimes, Wakka and Tidus would disturb the water by missing a shot in their ball game. For some reason, all of this was surreal today, like it had been ages since it happened. But I knew Sora. I had pulled him out of High Tide waters when we were little, because he fell asleep on the beach. We have been together since then. Of course, I knew that he didn't think of me the same as I thought of him. Men were too immature to recognize their soul mates. But, I had this anxious feeling, like I hadn't seen him in so long, so I scurried to the boat quicker than usual.
Up ahead, the boat was bobbing peacefully in the water. Today, it was on the opposite side of the dock. I climbed in, and started the short trip to Destiny Islet, or a tiny part of Destiny Islands, where we all lived peacefully.
I smiled, as I remembered Sora sleeping on the beach not to long ago, with his crazy red outfit, and tiny jacket.
That night, he was…an angel. It was an honor to brush the hair out of his eyes, and sit close to him. I sighed happily.
"I must mean something to him," I said aloud, "After all, he gave me my necklace."
I curled my fingers around the silver chain of the crown necklace. I came to shore abruptly, and fell out of the boat onto the island.
"Ouch!" I exclaimed.
"Hey! She's here, guys!" came Sora's voice. I heard footsteps, and they halted. I got up, and brushed the sand from my outfit. My baggy green pants were almost tan with sand,
and I had barely set foot on the shore.
Then, I saw him. He was wearing a different outfit than usual. It was blacker, with red and some yellow belts. He also found a replica of the necklace he gave me. I smiles anyway.
"Sora! Your new clothes look so cool!" I exclaimed, and ran to hug him. He didn't hug back.
"Uh…excuse me, but who are you?" he said.
"Huh?" I backed off a bit, and laughed, "defiantly not Linx."
" Who's… Linx?" Sora asked. His face looked serious.
"Stop kidding around! I missed you!"
"I'm sorry miss, but I don't know you. I've never seen you before in my life."
I stared blankly at Sora, and tears welled in my eyes. I lowered my gaze to the ground and tried to hide them.
"But, I've known you since you came here to Destiny Islands. I thought we were friends." He knew how much I hated practical jokes. He put his hand on my shoulder.
"Please don't cry, Linx. We could be friends."
He really wasn't joking. I lifted my head and looked into his blue eyes.
"Why don't you remember?" I whispered. Sora looked concerned. I fell to my knees in the sand.
"I know I'm not crazy. You gave me this necklace when we found each other in Traverse Town, before…" I said. I looked up.
"Before…?", Sora asked. He looked perplexed.
"Before we floated back to Destiny Islands from Kingdom Hearts, where Riku still is."
Sora dropped to his knees.
"How do you know about Kingdom Hearts…?" He asked.
"I…" I thought hard for a moment, "I don't remember…" I closed my eyes, and only saw Sora and I together on Destiny Islands. I didn't even remember what Riku looked like.
"Um, Linx?" Sora asked. I looked up.
"Does the name 'Kairi' mean anything to you?"
I shook my head.
"Naminé?"
Again, no.
"Organization XII?"
No.
"And…Then…" Sora thought out loud for a moment, "Roxas?" He asked.
Something clicked in the back of my head.
"It does sound a bit familiar…but, I can't remember why." I answered.
Sora gazed at me.
"I thought so…"
"What was that supposed to mean?" I thought to myself.
Sora reached out a hand to help me up, and froze. There were two people I recognized running towards Sora, who were also frozen.
Suddenly, a strong gale of wind blew my way.
I stood, covering my face with my arms. A cloud of Darkness appeared in front of me. From that cloud, a small human figure emerged, wearing a black cloak and hood. It was obviously female.
"How many times are you going to escape to the real world?" she asked. Her voice was gentle, almost sad.
"Do you want to keep hurting Sora?"
I shook my head no.
"But…what do you mean…real world?" I asked.
"In time, you'll realize what you have done to the worlds. He is part of you. Xemnas.
Really." said the girl. She ran her finger down Sora's cheek.
"I'm sorry. But, you can't know we have returned…" she whispered. She pulled out a pencil, and paper from her pocket, and began a quick drawing. Se then placed her hand on Sora's forehead.
"He has forgotten all about you, Linx. If you had just let Roxas take care of this, you wouldn't have to hurt Sora."
I backed up from the girl.
"What?"
The girl sighed, and removed her hood. She had pale skin, light blonde hair, and brilliant blue eyes.
"Think of it this way. If something isn't really there in the first place, how can you get rid of it?"
"You…can't…" I answered.
"The three of us are different from the rest of the organization, and we are used because of it. We can't live inside out other's hearts, as they are light, and we are dark, but you…
You were an experiment." said the girl. Tears welled in my eyes, ad I lowered my head to hide them.
"What? Was I created for evil?" I whispered.
"Not for evil. Just to…be human." the girl answered. "We aren't human, Linx. We are…I am a Nobody."
There was a strong gale of wind, and the girl's eyes flew open in shock.
"I am sorry. They are listening. I'll have to…bring you back now."
She grabbed my hand, and there was a flash of light, and then…darkness.
