A/N: I wrote this a while ago and used it as the introduction to Pieces of Heart on a forum. Rather than giving you four chapters of craptastic writing, I condensed the story into one chapter that's about 300 words. You do not have to read all of the other chapters of Kingdom Epilogue to read Pieces of Heart! It's more optional, actually... You can read this, if you want, but it's not necessary; like Chain of Memories! This just builds the base for the real story.
Alright, I'll stop rambling. :P Here's the chapter and I hope you enjoy it! You can skip the other chapters after this, though I will keep it up for anyone who wants to read it later.
Kingdom Epilogue
la ritournelle . . .
These last few days... They've been kind of crazy.
This journey; this adventure. It ended now and I thought everything from it was just going to disappear. Even my friends left! I didn't need the keyblade anymore and it was just back to normal island life. It's really hard for anything to be 'normal', though.
I ran back home and my mom wasn't even a little mad at me. I almost drowned because of Nobodies. Kairi said she was worried and we actually kissed because of a paopu fruit. But then, Roxas showed up.
And so did a letter. That damn letter.
I came here, thinking that the King would be there, and Riku and Kairi even snuck along behind. I wish they've would've stayed back on the island. They wouldn't have to suffer through this...
The thought was... vicious. Every single time I remembered it, it bit me in the face.
I watched them disappear. I wanted them disappear from my eyes. I watched their agony. Their pain. I saw it all...
But, I couldn't move to save them. I was frozen. I was scared. I was horrified. I couldn't bare to see them in that sort of pain, but I couldn't move either.
Now, I was in that swell of pain. I was standing alone. I was standing alone in the darkness...
Why do I feel so empty? I lost my friends... They're gone now! They're all gone. I try to hold back tears, but they come anyways. Because I couldn't move my feet fast enough.
I can still hear their laugh. That horrible, sadistic laugh. It's still echoing in my ears...
I'm all alone now. I have nothing. Because...
The darkness is going to eat me alive. Yet, it will never hear my screams, because I have none.
Until now.
HELP ME!!
