The Prologue: One Sky, One Destiny
Loneliness… Longing…
Could you say that again? How she longed to leave this island, stretching sore wings and soaring away. Loneliness was another emotion she dealt with every single day since separation.
It was a bitter word. Separation. Even the word itself had that bitter ring to it, plaguing her ears with a sense of petulance. Her mind would spin the dreaded emotion of raw anxiety. Nothing seemed more painful. Angst seemed like a perfect word to describe what she was going through.
What was she putting herself through, you ask? She never meant to do this to herself, or to others, who had to put up with her distraught sentiments every single day. Slowly, on the inside, she was tearing apart. Her heart, seeming to be forever constricted by invisible binds, seemed to be shredding, one portion at a time, never to recover until she would finally see him again.
Sor-
"STOP!"
The scream of torment just poured past her tender lips, echoing through the dark night. To her ears, it was so loud that it seemed to pierce them with unlimited agony. Tears streaming down her pale cheeks endlessly, she finally shut her eyes, restraining more tears that threatened to fall from falling.
The soft, hesitant knock on the door fell on deaf ears. Standing on the other side was a tall man with business-like air, but that seemed to fade away when he began to hear the girl sob, tears eternally pouring down her face like a waterfall, although he was unable to see. This was a problem even he, the mayor, couldn't solve. Twisting the doorknob, only to find it both locked and bolted, he sighed, a single tear escaping his own eyes, before he wiped his eyes, retreating.
Auburn locks, cascading a little past her shoulders, framed a wet face, shining with glimmering tears of sadness. Her brilliant blue eyes, currently shut tightly, seemed to rival the beauty of the ocean of this paradise-like home… The Destiny Islands. Her fragile figure rocked to and fro on the chair, like if she should stop, she would teeter off the edge of what already felt like nothing.
With a loud tap, she settled back allowing the chair to firmly plant its legs back upon the ground. A sudden notion, stronger than an urge, brought her to her feet, plucking a paper from a stack on a shelf in the corner of the room, before she returned to her seat, picking up a black pen. A sad smile graced her lips as she took a deep breath and began to write in lovely handwriting.
Thinking of you wherever you are…
We pray for our sorrows to end,
And hope that our hearts will blend…
Now I will step forward to realize this wish.
And who knows?
Starting a journey may not be so hard…
Or maybe…
It has already…
B E G U N.
She paused, her sad smile almost turning into one of happiness, as she seemed to realize that there was hope. All she had to do was find it in the sea of other emotions. The sea of everything. Her eyes momentarily darted to the window, gazing out towards the blue sea, splashing with untold radiance. She began to write again.
There are many worlds.
But they share the same sky.
One sky, one destiny…
A delicate, true smile made its way on her lips as she began to sign her name carefully at the bottom of the paper. Kairi.
A breeze blew from the window, which was very close to the desk, and swept the paper off the desk, making it fly out the window with a serene swooshing reverberation as it flew away into the dark sky, only to be seen by the one she truly wanted to see it. The entire time, she surprised herself by making no effort to catch it again. She just watched as it blew away, the wind seeming to whisper to her.
He'll find it.
Kairi's smile widened as she wiped the last of her tears from her eyes as she headed to her bed, collapsing upon it in a weary manner, one thought reiterating in her almost empty mind as she closed her eyes gradually.
The search begins tomorrow. I will find him, no matter what.
With that, Kairi allowed the tendrils of slumber claim her mind and soul.