Prelude:

Voices

Can't breathe!

I panicked as the waves battered me over and over again.

Can't breathe!

How long have I been drowning? By now by thoughts were mixed and muddled; Lea! Is he alright? What about Ansem and Ienzo? Did the Soul Eaters get them? No!

Another wave hit me, slamming me into the sea floor. I tried to let out a scream but that only allowed more water to flood my lungs. Another wave slammed me into the seafloor, this time, ramming my head into something solid and everything went black. But I heard something in the distance … Voices! There were three separate voices; two boys and a girl. A boy with a smooth and gentle, yet panicked sound in his voice was the first one I heard, "There's a girl out there!"

After a while I felt something firm wrap around my upper back. It felt like it was dragging me across the water. "I got her!" the gentle voice gasped, "I've never seen her before, have you Sora?" A young, just-got-past-puberty sounding voice answered, "No, I don't think so. Is she okay?"

No!, I tried to scream, but I couldn't find my voice. "She's not breathing!" the girl panicked, her voice strained as she tried to yell over the sound of the storm. "She's still got a pulse, but it's barely there." said the gentle boy's voice, which was now semi-calm, "There's not much time! I'll have to…" His voice began to fade with each word until I could no longer hear him or the storm.