A loud clap of thunder sounded throughout a small house in Traverse Town, waking a small girl from her sleep. Lightning flashed and more thunder clapped seconds after. Heavy rain tapped on the windows and the roof of the house, the wind blowing strongly.
"Liyx!" cried the little one grasping onto her small panda bear. "Liyx!" A few seconds passed and the girl's door opened. A boy, around 16-17 years of age walked inside to tend to the girl. He had sand-blond mixed with gold hair. His eyes where slightly round and ocean blue. He resembled his father so much. He sat next to her.
"What's wrong Lia?" He asked before embracing the small child. She trembled in his arms. She appeared to be around 5-6 years old and she was small for her age. She had blond hair and hazel-blue eyes. It was a sight to see, her eyes.
"The thunder scared me." She murmured in a trembling voice. Liyx hugged her tighter.
"It's OK Li." He murmured. She shifted to look at him.
"Liyx won't leave will he?" She stared at the boy with pleading eyes. Liyx looked at the girl sympathetically.
Her speech has changed ever since they left… he thought. He forced a smile at her.
"OK, I'll stay if you want me to." He said. Lia nodded as lightning flashed and a clap of thunder followed. Liyx lay beside the young girl and held her to him before the two fell into a deep sleep.
Water dripped from the corners of the house and the widow sills. Rain drizzled lightly throughout the town. Liyx woke slowly only to find a missing Lia. He sat up. Nothing, there was no one in sight. He shifted so that he was sitting upright. He stood.
"Lia?" he demanded softly, taking slow steps into the hallway. He blinked and ran a hand through his soft hair. "Lia." He called gently as he made his way into the kitchen. It was a lightly furnished house. The interior was blue and navy. Matching the carpet underneath his feet, there was navy lamps. He looked behind the counter…nothing. He walked to the backyard; everything was still wet from the heavy rain on the previous night.
"Lia!" he called out as he saw her on the edge of the pool, she was so small and didn't know how to swim. He dashed out to her as she began to fall, tackling her to the ground. He held the tiny body against him. Panting, he looked down at her.
She did it again… he thought, gazing down at the sleeping girl in his arms. Her eyes opened slowly and she gave a small groan. She looked up at Liyx and smiled.
"Morning." She greeted in cute way, so cute it made Liyx all warm and fuzzy inside. He couldn't help but smile back.
"G-good morning, sleepy." He choked out. Lia looked at her surroundings, then to Liyx quizzically.
"Why is Liyx and me in the backyard?" the young one asked. Liyx stammered,
"U-uh…well… You see Lia, you—"
"Liyx?" demanded a firm male voice. Liyx's head turned to the backdoor sharply to find a violet haired boy, not much older than him standing there with a curious look on his face. His hair was short and covered the entire left side of his face, the right side showed a handsome boy. The right eye that was revealed and green and narrowed coldly. Liyx blinked and smiled with great relief.
"Ienzo…" he sighed and stood holding Lia in his arms as if she were a baby. He walked over to him and smiled more, but then it faded. Ienzo looked down at the blond girl in Liyx's arms and then back at Liyx.
"It happened again?" the violet haired boy asked, raising an eyebrow. Liyx's features changed to sadness and he nodded. Lia looked at Liyx's expression and mirrored it.
"Yeah…she nearly fell into the pool." He told. Ienzo took an familiar posture. His left hand was over his nose and his elbow rested in his right hand in a thinking position. Lia shoot a puzzled look at the two boys.
"Hmm… I see. Let us discuss this further inside. Come," he motioned for Liyx to follow him inside.
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"Really?" demanded Ienzo as he stood observing Lia and she enjoyed her cereal humming away between chews.
"Yeah, it was weird. I wonder what she dreams about when it's going on…" Liyx followed Ienzo's gaze to Lia. "It happens a lot of the time that mom and dad are away. It happens sometimes that they're here too but not as much." He looked back at Ienzo solemnly.
"Can your mother not suppress her dreams? That is in her power right?" Ienzo retook his thinking posture. Liyx nodded.
"Yeah, but… What would have to do with the sleepwalking? How will that stop it?" Liyx asked.
"I am unsure at the moment. But I do have a plan." Ienzo answered gently, still in his thinking posture. "Here is my philosophy…"
That night Ienzo and Liyx sat at each side of Lia's bed looked at her while she slept soundly.
"Are you sure this is going to work?" demanded Liyx to Ienzo in a soft whisper. Ienzo shot a look at Liyx and sighed.
"I am quite positive. If both, if not, one of us is awake when she begins to sleepwalk again, we can catch her before we have a repeat performance." Ienzo explained firmly. Liyx nodded and the two boys watched Lia as she slept. It wasn't long before the need for sleep started to catch up to them. Ienzo slouched in his chair, still watching over Lia. Liyx sat with his head falling forward, his head shot back up once he realized that he was falling asleep. They surely couldn't keep this up for much longer…
The sound of birds chirping sounded gently. The two boys sat in their chairs as they did all night.
Ienzo's eyes opened slowly. His vision was blurry for a moment, but then it became clear. He blinked, and his eyes widened, he let out a gasp.
"Liyx, wake up! Liyx!" he commanded, shaking the sand-blond violently. Liyx woke to the hand that shook him.
"What?" Liyx demanded. Ienzo pointed to an empty bed. The two shoot out of the room.
"Lia?! Li!" they called out in unison. They ran all throughout the house, frantically searching high and low for Lia. Liyx searched the basement and Ienzo searched the attic. The two ended up meeting in the living room panting.
"Did you find her?" asked Liyx panicking. Ienzo shook his head. The next sound they heard was an earsplitting screech, followed by screams of fear.
"Heartless!" Ienzo exclaimed and the two ran outside.
They ran toward the screeching and found a giant Shadow Heartless on a rampage. Liyx and Ienzo stopped once they noticed something about the Heartless. Though it was huge in size, it was still. It wouldn't move. Ienzo examined the destruction.
"Such destruction…" Ienzo said over the sound of the crumbling buildings. The streets were now cleared of people. The Heartless grabbed a piece of debris and chucked at the two boys, they dodged it with little effort. It grabbed another, and another, and another and continued throwing it at the two boys. They continuously dodged the flying debris. Ienzo began to glow a dark purplish-back color and shot a ball of energy at the Heartless. It let out another earsplitting screech. The two covered they're ears at the sound. Liyx and Ienzo began devising a plan. Ienzo looked at the buildings at the side of the giant monster, his eyes widened in shock. He grabbed Liyx's shoulder roughly. Liyx looked at him and Ienzo pointed to the building that was on the left side of the monster where they saw a figure walking along the edge. It was a tiny figure, tinier from the distance. Liyx squinted to look more closely, then, Liyx's eyes widened with shier horror.
"LIA!"
I DO NOT OWN KINGDOM HEARTS. Though I wish I did...*sniffles*