Hey Goddess Eir here just writing a story I had in my head for a while. Obviously from the title it is going to be centered around Eiko and be written from her perspective.
disclaimer: I do not own any Final Fantasy or it's many characters or Nobuo Uematsu's songs.
"Alone for awhile..." She didn't know how many times she had whispered that to herself. She had no concept of time here so there was no telling if this awhile would last forever. For here there was no sun, no moon, and no rest. There were only memories. Memories that haunted these great crystal caverns and ruins, both hers and the countless memories of thousands of other lost souls. She no longer remembered what she searched for anymore, she merely moved from one place to the next. Her body no longer needing rest and yet feeling more weary and stretched with every passing second. She cannot remember the last time she slept, ate, nor cared about her appearance. She had forgotten what her face looked like, and if she was presented with a mirror to look upon a stranger would stare back at her.
While her own sense of being had become stagnant and forgotten she seemed to preoccupy her time with remembering her family. While all but a few were truly blood relations the bonds that bound them together and still held them together even if only in her memories were still strong. Their faces and voices still tickled in the corners of her conscious and she found herself searching in these vast dark and empty places for whatever remained of their love for her. She missed them all so dearly for they were her everything. And while she was alone for now one day she would join them in eternity but only when her time was truly done. For now her duty was to bear their memories and dreams upon her shoulders. To protect their legacy and her own power as well as those that were gifted to her upon her flight into this endless expanse.
Faintly she heard a haunting melody echo in the ruins around her. It vibrated with beautiful clarity off the smooth crystal walls surrounding her. Her weary emerald eyes closed as she listened to the song,
"Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark,
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart,
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain,
Melodies of life- love's lost refrain.
Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye
And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told?
Let them ring out loud till they unfold
In my dearest memories,
I see you reaching out to me
Though you're gone,
I still believe that you can call out my name
A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life
To the sky beyond the flying birds- forever and beyond…"
It wasn't until she reached up and felt the tears on her own face that she realized that it was she whom had sung the haunting melody. Her own Melodies of life that left her heart so bare and exposed. She savored these tears for now; here in this endless expanse of Memoria Eiko Carol rarely felt such sentimental emotions and thoughts.
Please review and like the story. Constructive criticism is much appreciated.