Disclaimer: I do not own Sora, Kairi, or any other Kingdom Hearts characters involved in this story. Other persons/places mentioned in this story are fictional and are not
intended to name any realistic person/place.
Warning: This chapter and/or future chapters may include: Suicide, Self-Inflicted Harm, Alcohol Abuse, Minor Child Abuse, and Minor Profanity
Prologue:
The sorrow in her eyes never left. It followed her wherever she went, haunting her, almost mocking her, of its great dominance over her forgotten soul. She was broken, no doubt, and had lost confidence in herself quite long ago. For why should she care, she was just a no body. Kids in school didn't know her name, even teachers often forgot it. Her name was Kairi and this is her story.
Chapter One: The Familiar Shadow
Ring. A familiar sound is heard throughout the building that confirms the end of another school day. It is the Grant Elementary School bell. "At last," Kairi thought to herself, " I finally get to leave this place." She shoves some school books into her pink Yoshi backpack and rushes out the door dodging the other kids who are also in a hurry to leave.
"Man it, its raining!", she says to herself in a devastated tone. Kairi hates to walk in the rain. Her parents don't pick her up so she always has to walk home no matter what the weather condition is. "Well, at least it isn't snow.", she thinks. She begins to walk home getting more than drenched in the pouring rain. Her Converse shoes have holes in them every which and where. The water begins to reach her feet, they are now frozen wet. She walks.
Her home is still miles away on Canal Street behind the old Ardy's building. It isn't much, just a small three bedroom house with old faded curtains. The floor creeks and the walls have holes here and there. The place may be a dump but its the only thing she has.
Alas, she reaches the bridge leading to her house. As begins to cross, she notices a figure standing on the other side of the rusty black rail. The figure appears to be crying as she gazes at the river below her. Kairi cautiously walks towards the figure staring in concern. "Why does this woman look so familiar, who is she?", she thinks to herself.
The woman is on the edge of the bridge only supported by the rail on which she holds onto. She flinches when she hears Kairi approach then turns her face towards her. A sad look crosses the woman's face. "I'm sorry.", the woman says in a hushed low whisper. Kairi watches as her hand slowly lets go of the rail and the woman falls into the water. Kairi begins to cry. The woman begins to drown as she sinks to the bottom of the river and is out of sight. Air bubbles float to the top. Moments later, the body appears once more, floating lifeless face first in the river stream. The woman's dark long hair floats, sticking to the lifeless body. She is dead.
Kairi screams for help, for someone, anyone, to come and help her. The woman cannot be dead, she just can't. She screams and screams only to be heard by no one. The silence is deafening, the only sound is of the girl's sobbing and screams.
Her eyes begin to swell, but she cannot leave where she is at. She can't even move. She just sits there along side of the bridge staring at the woman's body. "Why did I just let her die?", she asks herself feeling more than responsible for the death... the death of her mother.
Feeling more than devastated, the girl jumps into the river. She wants to die. She wants to feel the pain no longer. She falls in and doesn't know how to swim. She begins to splash around gasping for air, only to breath in water. She coughs and coughs and begins to feel dizzy. Her head aches and she begins to feel weak. She suddenly hears voices and loud noises surrounding her, then nothing. She is gone.
She was only 12.
