I am darkness. Sounds cheesy, but I am. Not incarnate, just darkness.
Ever since I was born into this universe, I've sat and watched people. For thousands and thousands of years, I've only watched people, honest. I am not the one who spread myself into their hearts, they stole me away. They stole me and darkness grew and grew until it couldn't be controlled anymore.
I found myself watching a small group of people, watched them change and evolve and grow to hate me with every breath they took. Every time they spoke my name, I wanted to cry. I had done nothing to them. Why did they hate me so?
I wanted to bring them to my castle. I wanted to show them I wasn't so bad. So I rounded up all the friends I could and decided to bring them to my home.
Sora's PoV
The island was the same as it ever was. We had beaten Xemnas, all the nobodies, and we were home. Kairi was stroking my hair, my head in her lap. Riku was standing by the Paupu tree beside us.
Donald and Goofy wrote from time to time. We would find notes in bottles around the island. I made sure to always write back. I really missed them.
Mom was glad to have me home, hopefully permanently this time. Kairi and Riku were always over for dinner… and Mom always burnt the food. We wound up getting pizza more times than I could count.
I wondered, while Kairi's hand came to a rest on my head, how my other friends were doing. How were Leon and Yuffie? And had Cloud ever found his light? And… There were others, but I couldn't remember their names. One was… She had dark hair… And there was a redhead who got on my nerves, but I still missed him… What was her name?
I shook my head and sat up. Thinking about them wouldn't change a thing.
I was home.
And I was bored.
Kairi's PoV
The island was the same old island, albeit a bit more lively now that I had the two of them home. I smiled at Sora as I stroked his spiky hair. Honestly, how much gel did he need to use in the morning? It didn't feel gelled, but it had to be. I smirked, but quickly hid the smirk as he glanced up at me. He was probably too lost in thought to notice the smirk, but when was he not?
I frowned. He was always thinking about the other places he had been. His head was never at home, with his mother and friends… Or with me. He said I had been all he thought about while out in the worlds, but now that he was home…
Everything was messed up since that day, years ago. I couldn't remember a whole lot. There was one big gap in my head, but I did remember some things. There was a boy I was watching, with Caramel colored hair. He had friends. I remembered them well. They were very kind to me, Hayner, Pence and Ollette, but that didn't change the fact that I shouldn't have remembered watching them before I had ever laid eyes on them.
I giggled. Pence and Hayner had been particularly eager to help me. Ollette seemed to want me gone, but she was way too nice to ever say it.
Sora quickly sat up, shaking his head. Whatever he had been thinking about had turned out to be not in his favor. He would be in a grumpy mood for the rest of the day.
I sighed. I wanted him to be happy, like we were before. But I didn't think that could happen on the island or at home.
Well, we were supposed to go to his house for dinner anyway. His mother was destined to burn another casserole. We were destined to order out again. Always the same on the island.
Riku's PoV
The lovebirds were cuddled up on the Paupu tree. I hadn't been interested in Kairi for a long time, but still, seeing them together… I would never admit to Sora I was jealous of him, not for all the Money in the worlds. It wasn't even that it was Kairi. It was just… Whatever. Sora had even asked me if it was okay before he asked Kairi out. What was I supposed to say? I didn't have feelings towards her, so it didn't make sense to say no.
I rolled my eyes as she petted his head like a dog. That's all he was. A scatterbrained dog. If you give him something shiny that makes a sound, he'll be entertained for days.
Stop! I quickly shook my head and shook off the feeling. That was… That wasn't me. Even in my own head, would I ever be safe from… I shivered. I didn't want to think about him. He… At least in my own head, I could admit I was afraid. He controlled me. I didn't want to hurt Sora. Or Kairi. Poor Sora… He must have gone through so much. I put him through so much.
Sora sat up and huffed. Something had upset him. I wondered what it was. He would never tell me, of course. I doubted if he would even tell Kairi what was on his mind.
He would tell Donald or Goofy, I thought bitterly.
No, stop!
I took a very deep breathe and let it out slowly, shuddering.
My heart is my own. My heart is my own.
I shouldn't have had this many problems with it. I had it locked away.
What if while I was relaxing, being home…