OK, so this is my first fanfic. Go easy. It's only the first chapter, I just wanna know how I'm doing
(Based on a dream I had)
Sora & Riku enter the door to light, but it takes them six years ahead in time.
"We'll go together"
Sora held his hand out to his friend, the light emanating from the door casting a glow on the Keyblade master.
Riku took his friends hand, shifting the sand he was sitting on.
Slowly, they entered the chasm of light, their figures shrinking in the coruscation before them, until they amalgamated with it & disappeared.
It wasn't long before they were being hurled at god speed down to the sea, surrounded by an array of oranges, resembling a comet fiercely.
Sure enough, they hit the water, slowing down incredibly, before soon, floating back up to the surface.
-x-
Kairi. She'd given up long ago. Six years ago that is. Waiting for them. My, what a beautiful young lady she'd become.
Her red hair cascaded down just beneath shoulder-blades, wavering in the zephyr beautifully.
She shifted in her seat, just outside a large building about 8 stories high. Her magnificent blue eyes glanced around at the place that once was Destiny Islands, the humble little islet she'd basically grown up on.
A lot of land had been reclaimed in the past 6 years, along with plenty of renovation. Everything the kids had built, had been thoughtlessly destroyed & made into a resort.
The building Kairi was situated outside of was the resort hotel itself. She worked there & was currently on break.
Eventually, her mind wandered back to her past, the boys she used to play with on the island. It was all a vague memory. She could barely remember what the island looked like before they changed it.
Something flickered in her mind. A memory; she tried to grip it as it slipped away 'No..' She struggled to keep it there. A broken picture of a cave was all she could pick up. Perhaps it had significance, but she doubted it.
"Hey Kairi!" An enthusiastic voice called, footsteps along with it. Kairi turned her head, red locks flying with it "Oh, hey Selphie" She mirrored her friends grin as she sat down beside her. Still simple Selphie, in her radiant yellow dress.
"What's wrong?" Asked a concerned Selphie, pouting. Kairi looked up, awoken from her pensiveness
"Oh, well..." She begun "Nothing." She decided she'd tell Selphie later. The red head glanced at the clock through the glass door "I have to go do something Selph. See you later" She said, standing up.
Her friend nodded understandably, remaining on the bench.
The tide was high & the breeze was gentle; just like she remembered. The slow lapping of the waves came into earshot as Kairi stepped off the white tiled beach-front patio & onto the white sand.
She raised her hand to stop her hair flying away in the wind that suddenly picked up & died in just the same amount of time.
She caught a glimpse of two streaks fly across the sky & splash into the water, barely a yard away. Surprised she was the only one who saw, she curiously made her way to the waters edge & squinted to where the objects had landed.
Her eyes opened in surprise when a white dot & a brown dot became evident on the surface of the water & began swimming over, after a moment of disorientation.
-x-
"Riku! Look!" Sora pointed over to a girl, standing by the waters edge, peering out over it "I think that's Kairi.." Riku nodded, smiling "Lets go then!"
The boys didn't really understand as they neared the island. Had the ended up on the wrong one? This didn't look like their island. A few buildings cropped up on it & it was much bigger than the islet they played on.
Not really thinking much of it, they kept on going, until their feet could touch the ground & they reached the shore.
Sora stood ankle deep in the water, doubled over & breathing heavily. Swimming with all those clothes on was not easy. Same for Riku, but he recovered faster then his friend & looked up, coming eye-to-eye with the 21 year old girl, who looked exactly like Kairi, only older. She looked stunned.
"Hi?" Riku said, uncertain. Sora looked up, achieving the same face as Kairi, mixed with a lot of confusion. She looked like Kairi, but she looked far too old to be her!
She broke the uncomfortable silence "S-Sora? Riku?" Sora's face changed to his cheerful old self & he tapped his chest with his fist "That's us!" Riku remained silent, staring at Kairi with deep amazement. He knew it was her, but how? It had only been a year! She couldn't have changed /this/ much over the course of a year. What happened?
Kairi was confused too. Six years & they hadn't changed much at all. She was nearly a whole foot taller then them "Is it really you guys?" Her blue eyes coruscated with sorrow, tears threatening to fall down.
"Kairi..." Riku finally muttered. Sora's smile faded completely & it was his turn to be utterly confused. Sure, it looked like her, but how? Sora shook his head, dropping to knees, shifting the water. Kairi's tears joined the ocean in front of Sora "How?" His eyes grew sorrowful as he looked up at Kairi, confused innocence.
Sora stood up "Kairi.. If it's really you.. Why are you so different?" He asked the burning question everybody was dying to know.
"It's been.. It's been seven years!" She said, in a semi-yell, tears rolling down her cheeks "I waited.." Her voice was barely audible now.She was joyous for their return, but confused & angry at the same time. She really didn't know how to feel at this stage. Why had it taken them six years? & Why had they barely aged.
Sora jumped back in surprise, while Riku fell even quieter, even more pensive, if possible "Six years!?" Sora sputtered in wonderment "But how!?" He searched in desperately in Kairi's eyes for an answer, the answer that wasn't there, he knew it, because she returned the same look.
Riku looked up, his eyes blank. He set his gaze on the resort, people sat around tables a few meters up the beach on the patio, just outside the hotel they were staying in. His eyes traveled along the shore, until they were set on a small island, with a few palm trees & one very mis-shaped paopu fruit tree.
The boy gasped silently, starting over to it. It was that same tree, he knew it. A pain wrenched at his heart as he came closer to it, unchanged. The wooden bridge had been torn down, so the only way on was the ladder at the front of it.
Riku sat down, gazing up at the tree, a silhouette against the midday sun "Seven years.." He murmured, his voice shaky with sorrow. Soon, Kairi & Sora were by his side, sitting on the ground.
Together again.
OK, thanks for reading the first chapter Submit a review so I know how my first fanfic is going. Chapter two coming out soon.