Chained Beneath
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A heart once so pure,
Could it really fade..
..into Darkness?
"Life had been so simple before. We had no cares... no worries. Just laughter, games, curiosity, and ambition. We had no idea it could so suddenly be ripped away. Now... There's fighting. Friends, they're now enemies. Tears are shed, pain is felt, and darkness takes its roots. The balance has been lost... and the one who fought to regain that balance.. Has he been lost as well?
We all never guessed that this could happen. It just seemed like an impossibility. I don't know if we just thought he was too strong, or what.. but when it happened, we were shocked. We couldn't believe it nor accept it.
We're fighting for him. We were, even before it happened. We knew he'd gone missing and we'd tried to do our best, but it seems it wasn't enough. We can't fight him. He's still our friend. The one we've grown up with. He's still there, buried within his own heart. Buried beneath the darkness that has been forced within him. I feel my heart break every time I think of it... of him... and I can only wonder if he's feeling the same. I canonly wonder how much it hurts. How much it hurts me? It can't possibly be compared to what he's feeling. Right now. I know he's fighting. He's strong. We'll win.
My memories are fading. Fading with each and every day. I feel like I'm loosing bits of myself. Some of those memories are the ones I vowed never to let go of... They are ones I don't want to let go of. But... its something of which I have no control. So now.. these are my memories. Words... written upon a page. I can't let myself forget. I have to remember him.. Both of them."
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Rain fell down upon the darkened and lonely world. He had one thing that he had to do. Save his friend from the darkness that he knew could take him away... and eat at his strong, pure heart. But the girl... she too was of great importance to their plan. His greatest worry though, was not her... but it was that with how much time had wasted away already between his first failed attempt and now. The consequences for that... He didn't want to think about it. He couldn't.
Boots softly sounded on the cobble stone street, splashing into the puddles of water that had gathered from the rain. Bright orbs looked upon the ominous, Castle that Never Was. It seemed this time... he'd be getting in easier. This time.. there was no one waiting for him. There was no one standing in his way. At least... thats how it seemed so far. But that didn't mean the task ahead would be easy, not at all close to it in fact.
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It was too late.
Two figures stood out in the pouring rain, in front of the Castle that Never Was. "Please.." The first boy pleaded, his dark hood pulled up and over his head. His keyblade was lowered at his side. He had no intention of using it against the boy in front of him. "Don't make me do this.." He continued softly, but most of all, sadly. "Don't make me fight you.."
The second boy merely smirked, standing in darkened attire. "You don't see what they've done to you... do you?" He laughed, but it wasn't the one that the other had grown up knowing from the boy. "They've tricked you! Wake up! You still remember..." He said, raising and reaching his hand out in front of him, that hand.. was tainted with darkness. He held it there, waiting for the other boy to take it. "..don't you?"
"No.. Not how you do. That isn't real. Its not... Its not what really happened!" He said, a bit louder, rougher... more desperate to get through.
"We grew up together in darkness... and thats how it should stay." But the first said nothing in response to this. "I guess then... that you're leaving me no other choice. Maybe this is what I can do to free you from their illusions.." His outstretched hand lowered, and the other raised with keyblade in hand. His gloved hand firmly gripped the hilt of the key weapon, having it now raised and ready for attack. Attack against the boy which he'd fought for before... but now...
"I'm sorry I was too late.."
"Goodbye.."
"SORA!"
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