Oh boy, i've a new story! This has technically been a long time in the making but i've never really written it down. I have pictures of the main character on my deviantart page, myabe i'll go find links and put them in later chapters so you can see her. This is a Kingdom Hearts story.
The being is the main character on her original world before hearless destroy it. the spots where it says "fizzy noise" is where her brother is saying her name, but since she doesn't remember it , i needed to puit something. So in her memory it's just a blank noiseless space.
So here it is, and i hope you like it.
-I Don't Remember-
Endings and Beginnings
"Hurry up fizzy noise, we're almost there! I can hear the river now"
"I'm going as fast as a can, Lisson!" I responded, a slight lisp to my voice because of the front tooth I had lost earlier that day. Lisson, my neighbor and friend for as long as I'd been alive, told me that if I put it under my pillow tonight, the tooth fairy would come and take it, but she would leave money in payment. I was really excited about it. After lunch I had agreed to go with Lisson to the river where we often went to play. Lisson was 10 while I was still only 4, but he still spent time with me. Even though I saw other little kids completely ignored by older kids in favor of being with others their own age, Lisson still hung out with me, protected me, watched out for me. He was a hero in my eyes. It was that day that it went horribly wrong.
"Careful with this log fizzy noise, your mum'll probably skin me if you twist your ankle," Lisson called back, carefully stepping over the log himself. I heard a noise behind me and twisted around quickly. Whispered words seemed to be born on the wind.
This world...connected...darkness
I only caught snatches of what was being said. "Lisson? Do you hear that?"
I heard Lisson pause but he only said, "I don't hear anything. Come on! We're just about there!" I shrugged and turned back around, crawling carefully over the fallen log Lisson had warned me about. Then a heard a slithering noise, like something crawling through the dry leaves all around on the ground. I glanced back over the log but didn't see anything. Spooked, I hurried to catch up to my friend. I tugged on his sleeve when I caught up.
"Lisson, I think something is following us." One of the best things about Lisson is that he took me seriously; he didn't treat me like a little kid who scared themselves over branches in the wind. Lisson looked at the path behind us, carefully surveying it.
"Are you sure something's there fizzy noise?" I nodded. Something was there. I could feel it in the chill that traveled up my spine. A noise came again and this time Lisson heard it. "Get behind me fizzy noise," he said, gently pushing me behind him before addressing the empty trail behind us, "We know you're there, show yourself!"
A speck of shadow seemed to grow, and out of it raised a small black creature. It moved with a twitching gait and its eyes glowed bright yellow. Sharp talons adorned each finger. Then more rose up, shadows growing to reveal more and more creatures. "What the..." Lisson murmured. The beings surveyed us with empty yellow eyes, then suddenly attacked. Lisson grabbed a large stick and batted a couple away.
"Fizzy noise! Run! To the river! I'll be right behind you!" To the river, where the sun shined bright and shadow throwing trees pulled away from the bank. I turned and began running, my tiny feet crushing leaves loudly. I heard Lisson's larger feet crunching along behind me. I heard Lisson grunt and hit the ground.
"Lisson!" I yelled and turned around--I tripped backwards and was sent sprawling onto my back. I watched with large, horrified eyes as one of the small beings slashed into my friend's chest and stole his heart. I hardly noticed the shadows pooling beneath me until I began sinking into them. I began to struggle, screaming, "Lisson! Lisson! No!" Lisson's body broke into a million tiny sparks as I was swallowed whole by the dark.
Tears coursed down my cheeks. Darkness was everywhere and I seemed to be suspended in a black abyss. "Lisson," I murmured to myself, wiping at my streaming eyes and nose. Solid ground met my feet but I was too weak to stand and I collapsed onto the ground I couldn't even see. I fell quickly into unconsciousness.
I only woke again when I felt the surface below me shatter and I began to fall headfirst into more darkness. Slowly the dark shifted to something else--a night sky, stars burning bright to every side. I was blazing my own path among them. It seemed to take forever but the scene changed once more; I was falling through a sky, lit by a glorious sunset or sunrise--I did not know which. Below me water seemed to stretch on forever. I plummeted into the cold azure blue waves then rocketed as fast as possible back to the surface for air. I gasped in deep breaths as waves batted me around. There was no land in site and I was quickly losing consciousness. My limbs lost strength and the waves carried me where they willed.
I woke again faintly when I felt damp sand beneath me. It was warm and comfortable, as the sun seemed to be shining brightly, so I simply lied there, and let myself fall back into unconsciousness.
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"I'll race you to the water!" a young boy's voice called.
"You're on!" replied another. Their voices woke me and I realized that my head was pounding. When I tried opening my eyes the sunlight made them water; I quickly closed them once more.
"Hey, Riku, what's that over there?"
"Over where?"
"Over there!" The voices were closer.
"I think it's a person"
"I think you're seeing-" but then the voice cut off as footsteps made the sand around me shift.
"It is a person!" The boy's voice was loud and did nothing for my headache. I began to feel nauseated.
"She doesn't look too good..." the second boy said, "Maybe we should go get somebody."
"But should we just leave her here alone?"
"You're right, I'll go find someone and you stay here"
"Okay!" I heard the other boy run back the way the two had come. "Don't worry, Riku will find someone to help, you'll be just fine. My name is Sora," the boy paused; he didn't seem to know if I was awake or not but seemed to want to comfort me. I opened my eyes a crack to see two big blue eyes under a mop of unruly brunette hair and the biggest smile I had even seen in my life. Then the pain in my head was too much and I passed out.
Memories were few and far between after that. I remember the motion of being in a boat, and of being carried. I remember lots of worried voices, but nothing that they said. I remembered lying in a bed, with people standing over it. Sometimes the little boy with the smile was there--I was glad that I recognized someone. I never got my eyes open more then a crack before I felt too sick to remain awake. Sometimes I noticed another boy with the boy with the smile, and I guessed it was the other boy who found me.
When I slept I dreamed of what had happened: of the shadow creatures, of Lisson, and how they stole his heart. It seemed I was in that bed forever.
Then came a day when consciousness didn't hurt. I didn't hear anything. Slowly I opened my eyes, worried this was a dream in which the moment my eyes were open I would see Lisson, his heart clutched in the hand of a shadow. But I didn't. I saw a quaint little room of which I had only glimpsed snatches of before. I opened my eyes bigger and my head only pounded vaguely. Slowly I turned my head to look around me. No one was in the room with me. I was in a small bed, the covers were plain white, but the walls were a comforting blue colour. There was a window on one wall, opened to let in a comfortingly cool breeze that smelled like salt-water. Dark blue curtains adorned the window. There was a door in the wall opposite of the bed I laid on. I turned my head farther and noticed there was a jar on a table, filled with flowers, half of which appeared to actually be weeds. A small handmade card was propped up against the vase that had carefully formed letters written in what appeared to be red crayon, "Wake up soon so we can play! From Sora" and added beneath Sora name in sloppy handwriting was "& Riku" as if the other boy had been forced to sign it. Suddenly the door opened, revealing a woman carrying a bowl of water and rags.
When she saw that I had my eyes opened she proclaimed rather loudly, "Oh my! Dear, you're awake!" I blinked at a throb of pain that her voice brought to my head, but I stayed conscious. The woman walked over quickly and set the bowl on a bedside table then sat on the edge of my bed. "Oh, how do you feel?" the woman asked in a softer voice that didn't hurt my head. Slowly I raised an arm and indicated my head.
"Your head hurts?" I nodded. "I suppose that could be expected, I'm just glad you're finally awake. You have been sleeping for three weeks; we were worried you would never wake. If Riku and Sora hadn't found you…" the woman shook her head as if unwilling to continue the sentence.
To change the subject the woman asked, "Are you thirsty dear?" I nodded. "I'll be right back with some water then, and some soup! You must be starving!" The woman was right, I was very hungry. The woman left the room, leaving the door open. In the hallway I heard, "Watch where you are going young man"
"Sorry!" said a boy sheepishly and then the smiling boy appeared in the doorway. I stared at him and his mouth fell open. "You're awake!" he said loudly then called behind him, "Riku! She's awake!" I winced at how loud his voice was then the other boy walked into the room.
"Sora, you should really stop shouting, she probably has a headache and you'll only make it worse."
Sora looked horrified and turned to me, speaking in almost whisper now. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!" I shook my head to show it was okay. He grinned the big smile again and bounded up to the side of the bed. "I don't know if you remember but I'm Sora! And this is Riku!" I glanced at the other boy. He had long silver hair that hung in his aquamarine eyes. Both boys appeared to be about my age. "I hope you like the flowers! We picked them ourselves!" Riku shot his friend a look as if to say 'you picked them, not me'. I smiled faintly but Sora noticed and grinned. Just then the woman walked back in the room.
"I hope you two aren't bothering her! Now why don't you two shoo? She needs to eat and rest."
"But she's been resting for three weeks!" complained Sora and I smiled. The woman handed me a glass of water and a quickly drank some while she turned on the boys.
"If you want her to get better, you've got to let her rest." Sora sighed and seemed to give up. I picked up the bowl of soup the woman had set down and slowly began eating. With each spoonful I seemed to feel stronger. My head still hurt but it wasn't really a problem. I sat up straighter and quickly finished off the bowl. By the time the woman turned back I was finished and holding up the bowl pleadingly.
"My, you must really be hungry, just a minute, I'll get you some more." The woman left once more and chased Sora and Riku out of the building by the sound of it. I took another sip of water, then decided to throw off the covers and try to stand. The moment I removed the covers I realized that I was in a white nightgown. I frowned down at it then swung my legs over the side of the bed. Gently I touched down on the floor and tested my weight on my legs. At first it as difficult to stand because both legs were asleep, but as they gradually woke up I stood. I took a couple wobbling steps then stood strait. It was easier then I thought it would be. I looked back down at the nightgown in disgust. I had never particularly liked anything with a skirt. The woman walked back in the room.
"Alright dear, here's some more soup- Oh my! You shouldn't be out of bed yet! You're not-" I looked up at her and she stopped, as if realizing it would be no use arguing with me. Since I had her attention I pointed at the nightgown and gave and look of disgust. The woman laughed.
"You'll be wanting clothes I venture?" she asked and I nodded. The woman handed me the soup, "You sit down and eat that, and I'll go see what I can find. I'm sorry but the clothes that you were wearing when you got here are completely ruined." I sat down on the edge of my bed and nodded. I heard the woman leave the room as I started to eat the new bowl of soup. I had finished the soup and walked a number of laps around the room by the time the woman came back, a bundle of folded clothes in her arms. She also had a brush in her hand.
"I hope you like something in here. There wasn't much for pants, but I guessed you wouldn't like skirts much." I shook my head and she smiled. She laid the clothes on the bed and let me shift through them. After I found clothes she helped me take off the hideous nightgown. Once free of the nightgown, I pulled a green shirt over my head. The shirt had short-sleeves and a light green x pattern across the front. The shirt was followed by a pair of black shorts; they were a little big so I used a belt to hold them up. Finally I pulled on a sleeveless vest with a high collar that zipped up in front. It was black with an icy blue heart on the front. It reminded me of Lisson and what had happened.
After I was dressed the woman convinced me to sit down so she could comb my hair, which had grown wild while I slept. The woman combed it until it was strait then asked if I'd like it put up. I thought for a minute them held my hair up in two pigtails. About five minutes later the woman had put up my hair in pigtails and I was fidgeting to get out. Maybe it was because I had been in bed for three weeks, but I couldn't sit still. The woman sighed.
"I suppose you'll be wanting to go out now?" I looked at her pleadingly. She sighed, "Fine, I'm sure those two troublemakers are still lurking about outside the front door. Just be sure not to overexert yourself." I hugged the woman and the left the room, glancing left and right. The woman walked out behind me and laughed, "It's this way," and she turned left. I followed her down the hallway and down a flight of stairs until we reached the front door.
"Here we are." she opened the door and I saw a street lined with houses. Suddenly Sora's head popped into view.
"Hey! You're out of bed"
"She wants to go out and play"
"Yay! Let's go!" Sora grabbed my hand and happily began wandering away, Riku at his side as I dragged along.
"Wait! Don't you want any shoes? Or some sun screen?" the woman called after me but I shook my head and waved. The woman smiled and closed the door. I looked around me as Sora pulled me along. Wherever I was it seemed to be tropical; trees with coconuts were everywhere.
Sora turned to look at me, "Would you like to see where we found you?" I nodded. "Yay! Then we have to go this way. We have to take boats to go there. It's our own special play island, Riku and me," Sora paused in thought, "Well and some other kids too"
I turned to look at Riku as Sora dragged me on. I hadn't heard him speak much, only once since I had woken up this last time.
Riku noticed me looking at him and asked defensively, "What?" I smiled at him.
"I think she's just curious, you don't say anything. I've never seen you act shy before Riku," Sora said matter-of-factly.
"I'm not."
"We're here!" Sora called joyfully. In front of us was a long wooden peer, boats of all shapes and sizes tied up on either side. "Our boats are waaaaaay on the end. Come on!" Sora pulled me out on the peer and kept walking until we reached the end where two small boats were tethered.
"Hmmm, I would have you ride with me, but Riku is stronger so it'll be easier for him to row both of you." I was beginning to realize Sora was very honest. "Is that okay"
I wasn't sure if he was asking Riku or me but I nodded anyway.
"Good! Let's get going!" Sora also seemed to have endless energy. Sora steadied his boat then crawled in. I watched as Riku did the same with his as I remained on the dock. I bit my lip, I wasn't sure I'd be able to get into the boat. Riku glanced up when I didn't get in the boat after him and sighed.
"Here, I'll hold it, you just have to step in. But be careful not to slip or rock the boat too much or it will tip." I smiled at him and then carefully climbed into the boat. I sat down on one of the beams that crossed the boat and waited.
"Ready to go?" Sora asked and Riku responded that we were. "Alright, off we go then." Sora and Riku each picked up oars and soon the two boats left the dock far behind. It wasn't long before a new island loomed up before us.
"That's our play island! You'll like it, I'm sure," Sora called from the other boat. "There's some more kids our age that go there too. Wakka, Selfie, and Tidus," Sora said, naming them off. I hoped they would be nice like Sora and Riku. Soon the boats brushed up against a small dock branching off the island, three other boats were already there and a young girl sat at the end of the dock with a jump rope in her hands. She jumped up when she saw Sora and Riku's boats dock. Sora climbed out of his boat quickly and tied up his boat, Riku doing the same, then held his boat still so I could climb out. The girl quickly approached the two boys, not yet noticing me.
"Sora, Riku! Look at what I got today! A jump rope! Isn't it the greatest and-" the girl stopped mid-sentence and squealed. "Is that the new girl that you guys found on the beach? She's all better? How do you like it here? I'm Selfie!" The girl spoke so fast I was barely able to keep up. Finally I smiled brightly at her.
"She doesn't really talk much..." commented Riku as Selfie waited for a response.
"Hey, she and Selfie are like opposites then! Selfie talks all the time and she never does! Ouch!" Sora said then regretted it when Selfie smacked him with her new jump rope. "Ow Selfie, that was mean!"
"You deserved it!" Selfie replied and turned to me. "Well I hope you like it here! I'm gonna go practice with my jump rope!" Selfie said and ran off.
Riku shook his head, "Sometimes I wonder if she'll explode from all her energy." Sora laughed and I smiled.
Sora dragged me up the dock on onto the sand, "Here, we found you just over here." Sora led me to the edge of the sand where the waves lapped at my bare feet. I stared out at the ocean and wondered how it was that I had managed to get here. I was smart enough to realize I wasn't in my world anymore. I sat down in the damp sand and trailed my hands in the waves that touched my feet. Suddenly Sora asked a question, "What's your name?" I looked away from the water to stare at Sora. "Well, you have to have a name. We can't just keep calling you 'hey you' or 'girl', can we?" Still I just stared at Sora. I remembered Lisson, I remembered Lisson saying my name, I remembered him telling me to run, but no matter how I tried, I could not remember my name itself.
"Maybe she doesn't understand English?" Riku suggested and I promptly picked up and threw a handful of sand at him.
"I think she understands just fine," Sora commented with a laugh while Riku blinked rapidly, trying to get the sand out of his eyes. Suddenly a blue and white coloured ball landed in the sand next to me. I picked it up curiously and looked up when I heard a voice call.
"Hey, can ya throw the ball back, yah?" A boy with bright red hair was the source. I tossed the ball back as he began walking over. "Hey, you're new, yah? My name's Wakka." A blonde boy came running over after Wakka.
"Wakka, I thought you were gonna teach me how to play blitzball?" the boy complained.
"This is Tidus, he's not very patient, you know?" Tidus suddenly noticed me.
"Heeeeey, you're the new girl"
"You're brilliant as always Tidus," Riku commented sarcastically while rolling his eyes.
"Thanks!"
"Tidus, I think he was making fun of you, you know?" Wakka told the boy.
"Oh...hey!" I laughed; I liked these people and the strange ways they acted.
"Well anyway, I gotta go teach Tidus how to play Blitzball, you know? See you later!" Wakka and Tidus walked away again. Riku was shaking his head while watching them walk away.
"Hey, I know! Let's show her our secret spot!" Sora suggested excitedly.
"Then it won't be secret anymore you moron," Riku responded.
Sora pouted in thought then smiled, "But then it can be our secret spot, all three of us!" Riku looked at me, as if trying to decide, then shrugged.
"I guess that could work."
"Yay! Come on!" Sora grabbed my hand and began dragging me off. Soon we found ourselves in front of some vines that grew near a waterfall. "Through here!" Sora said excitedly then lead me through a small gap in the wall. There was a dark tunnel that finally opened into a chamber, tree roots growing from the sides. My mouth fell open in four-year-old wonder. It was amazing. Sora grinned.
"You like it?" I nodded enthusiastically. Riku leaned against a wall.
"Come look at this!" Sora led me to a wall were I could see little carvings. "See, we use rocks and carve little pictures on the walls!"
"You want to try?" I hadn't noticed Riku come over by us. I nodded and Riku handed me a small rock. I smiled and took it then turned to the wall, trying to decide what to carve into it. It came to me and I started to draw.
Finally Sora said it was time to start heading back; I nodded and finished one last line and put the rock down. I smiled over my picture and followed Riku and Sora out of the secret place, glancing one last time at the crystalline heart I had drawn. It didn't take long to row back to the main island that everyone lived on. Riku and Sora made sure I got back to were I was staying before running off in different directions to get home for supper. I waved after them then opened the door. The woman was walking down the hall at the time and smiled at me.
"Did you have a good time?" I smiled and nodded. "How are you feeling?" I took a moment to think; I hadn't noticed when but my head had stopped hurting. I smiled and gave the woman a thumb's up sign. "That's good. Come with me to the kitchen, and we'll get some supper in you." I smiled and skipped after her.
I lived a number of weeks that way. I never said a word, and almost every night I had nightmares about Lisson having his heart stolen. Everyday Sora called me by a new name, hoping one of them would work--most of them he made up him self. But I really didn't want to be called 'Franketta', 'Wilsenda', or 'Ameilella'. Riku rolled his eyes at each new name while I tended to stick my tongue out to show I didn't approve. Sora wasn't discouraged. I sometimes wondered if he stayed up each night trying to think of a new one. The woman I stayed with avoided the name problem by always calling me 'dear'.
It took four and a half weeks before I found a name. I was with Sora and Riku, simply wandering around town when I saw a sign in front of a coffee shop. It said something about Chai tea. I stopped and looked at it curiously, which caused Riku and Sora to stop and come back to see what I was looking at. I pointed to the sign in question.
"'Chai tea'?" Riku asked and I nodded. "It's a drink, with spices. I don't know; it tastes good." I tilted my head to the side. "Why don't we get some?" Sora suggested followed by Riku shrugging. Personally I thought it was strange that a four and five year old (as Riku made sure everyone knew he was a year older and so better) would know about anything sold in a coffee shop but I followed them in anyway. It turned out that it wasn't just a coffee shop, but ice cream too, which explained why Sora and Riku seemed to know the place. They walked up to the counter where a teenage girl stood.
"Hey you guys, what can I get you?"
"Some Chai Tea, please," Sora said.
"Oh, so you saw the sign? Boss thought maybe it would help bring in customers."
"Actually Wilsenda saw the sign," Sora said, indicating me. The girl behind the counter grinned.
"So it's Wilsenda today then? How do you like that name?" she asked me. It seemed that everyone knew of Sora's mission to find me a name. I shook my head with a look of disgust and the girl laughed and winked.
"You know, I kinda agree," she said and then turned to make some Chai Tea. "There you go, three Chai teas. That'll be 6 munny please." Riku dug in his pocket as he was the only one who actually had any munny. He handed over six pieces and the girl took them.
"Thanks! Please enjoy! See you guys later!" I picked up my cup and followed the two boys to a small table.
"Careful when you drink it, it's hot," Riku warned, and sipped his. Sora, of course, promptly burned his tongue then hopped around because it hurt but Riku seemed to have expected that. Carefully I sipped at the drink and immediately loved it. I tasted great. I smiled widely and drank some more. Sora stopped hoping around and watched me, he appeared deep in thought.
"Do you like it then?" asked Riku. I nodded vigorously.
I took another drink and jumped when Sora suddenly yelled, "I've got it"
"You've got what?" Riku asked, handing me a napkin to clean up the tea I had spilt when I jumped.
"The perfect name!" Sora cried as Riku rolled his eyes.
"Why don't we call you Chai?" Sora asked me, "Would you like that?" I thought about it; now that he mentioned it, I kinda liked it. Finally I grinned and nodded, then took a sip from my namesake.
"Yay! I succeeded! I found a name for Chai!" Riku shook his head and smiled.
that's it for this part, i couldn't decide where to stop it, so i did here otherwise it would be reeeeally long. I at least wanted her to get her name in. i realize that it is really strange that she was named after tea, but that's just the way it is. I'd really like to know what anyone thinks of it, even though there's not really much there right now. i'd be very thankful for any support!
And i need to think of a better title, but for now, it'll just be 'i don't remember' because i can't think of anything.