potpourri; general fandom

Notes: Written for the 1fandom challenge. Prepare for an onslaught of fifty lines with different characters, pairings and situations.

x.o1 Mortal

The world was separated into three - the darkness, the light, and the inbetween; the Heartless linger in the shadows, the Nobodies stand in Nothing to watch over the those in the light; the mortals who have what the Nobodies will never gain.

x.o2 Broken
Naminé remembers the time when Larxene had came into the room in a fit of anger and left after destroying the witch's precious pencils, and it is these broken shreds she clutches to herself as she runs towards Sora, the knowledge of what she must do against the Organization in her mind.

x.o3 Vanish
It is from the shadows that Axel watches, watches as Roxas slowly vanishes away into the light - a place he knows he'll never be able to touch.

x.o4 Rain
Axel does not enjoy playing with water, but it gives him great desire to see the rain fall hard against the window; he only has to close his eyes before he can imagine that each tiny droplet is a enemy that dies before it can reach him.

x.o5 Ocean
She spends much of her freetime, staring into the ocean; Kairi smiles to herself because she knows he'll be back - he had promised to.

x.o6 Tense
The pain is too much, even for Roxas to bear and he tenses up; under the skilful fingers, soft murmurings and confessions of love, he eventually relaxes into the Axel's embrace.

x.o7 Soon
Soon provides no solace to the heart of the waiting; Aladdin spends his nights staring into the stars, wondering if his princess is safe, wondering if he'll ever see her again.

x.o8 Why
Riku knows who, what, why and when, but when he gazes into mesmerizing blue eyes, he finds himself unable comprehend the fact that he'll never be able to answer Sora from the bottom of his heart.

x. o9 Winter
She does not like winter, the way the sky seems to fall down on them all; Kairi fears the day the world is doomed, but when Sora smiles up at her, having fallen from a snowball that Riku had thrown, she knows that as long as Sora remains by her side, she will always be safe.

x. 10 Fallen
They might have been angels once - beautiful angels with abilities beyond comprehension, but all it had taken was the loss of a heart and an 'x' to make them fall.

x.11 Storm
Raging storms battled inside his heart as Riku ran - ran as fast as his legs could take him, all the while thinking of a grin he'd thought he would never see again.

x.12 Door
Door to Darkness and Door to Light - but never a door that will lead into her heart; she doesn't have one, you see.

x.13 Flash
They say memories of your life flash before your eyes seconds before you die, but all Axel can see are the blue eyes of a Nobody who had always been a Somebody to him.

x.14 Wait
No matter how far you are, please know that I'll always be right here waiting for you.

x.15 Shrine
The candle flame burning inside a house in the Third District is the shrine that leads the homeless to a shelter, and the Heartless to a heart.

x.16 Black
They were children, little lambs who knew nothing of darkness until it reached their doorstep and swallowed them up.

x.17 Lost
And yet, after falling into darkness - you found a way back didn't you?

x.18 Cell
Her room, the castle - her entire life - it was all a prison she couldn't escape from.

x.19 Villain
The world was a stage, and there was always a need for a hero and a villain; Sephiroth knew Cloud was destined for the first and he resigned himself to his fate to play the latter.

x.20 Road
The path that stretched out in front of them was a hard one, but Sora barely cared - as long as he could find them, it would always be alright.

x.21 Weep
Relief flooded his senses, and tears stung his eyes - he had found him at last.

x.22 Blind
He whose eyes are covered are not necessary sightless and Mickey realises this only as he nods to Riku before heading down a different path.

x.23 Pact
He remembers a promise made long time ago about fighting monsters together, and it is at this Riku grins at when he charges forward with Sora behind him.

x.24 Flight
Roxas watched as the birds took to the sky and wondered if, one day, he would be just as free as they were.

x.25 Hard
Aerith gladly volunteered to prepare the food after they all learnt just how undercooked Cid's food were.

x.26 War
Heartless and Nobodies, though once one, now fight against the beings that were once part of themselves.

x.27 Deed
The three faeries disappeared once the deed was done, and silently decided together to find themselves another victim to bug.

x.28 Unknown
She had been a small child, orphaned, having lost her parents to the Heartless, and he had been the strange man who had welcomed her into a world where she could be herself; Larxene had never known why.

x.29 Deep
Marluxia learnt never to call any of Larxene's books 'too deep for normal people' ever since the latter had accidentally destroyed his flowers by calling upon a thunderstorm that she called 'too good for plants'.

x.30 Sudden
When she ran into his arms, Sora was shocked for one split second, but he slowly wrapped his arms around Kairi's back, holding her close to him.

x.31 Dread
Something told Kairi something was wrong the moment she saw the red-haired cloaked man appear alongside weird white creatures - almost as if her heart was trying to warn her, she turned back and saw a faint image of a blond girl against a dark portal beckoning and so she ran.

x.32 Burn
He had never seen the need for paper dolls, but that didn't stop Axel from making a few of the teen he'd thought he would never see again and burn them out of anger, of rage - wishing, somehow, he would find him again.

x.33 Clock
As soon as the clock rang, Roxas jumped out of bed and headed for the usual spot, unaware of how three watching pairs of eyes were now joined by a fourth green pair.

x.34 Words
A picture is worth a thousand words, Naminé knows and lives by this, hoping, someday, the images she draws of Roxas and Sora will fulfil.

x.35 Fast
"Carpet, slooooow down just a lit -- Wait, where's Donald?"

x.36 Three
The next time Riku takes another paopu from the tree; the fruit is divided, not into two, but into three equal pieces.

x.37 Place
And we're here, in a place far from home, but I know, someday, somewhere, we'll go back to our childhood days again.

x.38 Irony
Sora was the Keyblade Wielder, the one who could lock the keyholes, and unlock the doors - but he found himself stuck in the toilet when a lock wouldn't work.

x.39 Sky
Sometimes, when she looks to the sky, Aerith smiles as she thinks back to the memories she once shared with him, and knows, somewhere deep inside her, that he'll be back, like he promised.

x.40 Closet
"You guys have no style," Number XIII remarks as he stares at the dress code of the Organization.

x.41 Real
It didn't matter if they were Nobodies - they were still real, they could feel, and that was all Axel thought of as he pressed his body up against Roxas' own.

x.42 Fair
Really, the mirror said, Maleficent should have known better than to ask who the fairest one of all was.

x.43 Knot
They had never tasted the fruit before this, but somehow, as Sora and Riku took a further bite into the fruit, each felt as though a thread had tightened around their fingers - connecting their futures together, forever.

x.44 Low
As he handed the munny for his purchases over, Sora added a mental note to thank Kairi and her bargaining skills the moment he found her.

x.45 Well
Naminé's last sketch had been one of Sora, surrounded by all the people he had gathered around his heart - and with a small jolt, Kairi smiled as she noticed the faint images of the Nobodies standing at the very back, their fingers intertwined.

x.46 Token
The star charm he held in his fingers was one to be treasured, and Sora knew, as long as held on to it - he would never forget her; Naminé.

x.47 Ugly
Marluxia's response to Axel's criticism of the hideous flytrap was that it ate annoying insects that would have otherwise destroyed the other prettier blossoms.

x.48 Lure
There were promises of better days and brighter futures, but some of them never had a choice the moment they glanced into Xenmas' eyes.

x.49 Drink
Riku caught the potion thrown his way and as Sora dashed past him and towards the enemy, he savoured every last drop of it.

x.50 Dust
Riku had barely known the man, but when he saw how Ansem became nothing but dust, sacrificing his life as his heart had beckoned him, the teen could only watch as his heart twisted horribly inside him and he found himself regretting how he never had the chance to hold a proper conversation with the Wise.