I never met my parents. Either that or I just don't remember them. I barely remember anything from the day I was born to the day I was found in an alley in Twilight Town.
I woke up and saw this group of kids staring at me as if I was a circus freak. Even then, they didn't seem very nice. And guess what. They weren't. Seifer and his lackeys are THE most annoying in the whole town. They prance around with their big egos and 'master skills' challenging random people to fights. But I didn't know that. But seriously, they were not the best welcoming committee.
"Who are you? I've never seen you here before."
Before any words can come out of my moth, he kept going.
"Are you here to challenge me?"
"Huh?'
"Well, it's not like you'd be any competition."
As he continued our lovely conversation, three more kids came. I was afraid they were with Seifer. At first.
"Hey Seifer! What the hell are you doing?"
Thank God they're not. The blond boy continued yelling at Seifer while the other two helped me up.
After more threats and yelling, Seifer finally ran off.
"Thank you so much."
"No problem. But what were you doing there." The black haired boy asked me.
"I don't know. I just woke up here of all places."
"So where did you come from?"
"Again I don't know."
We kept on talking like, them asking questions and me having no clue, until we finally introduced ourselves.
"I'm Hayner. This is Pence an Olette."
When it came to me, my mid was completely blank. What was my name? I really didn't know. Until a little voice in my head finally spoke up.
"Mitsuko."
I wasn't long until we all became close friends and for me to start crushing on Hayner. I can't help it. I'm hitting puberty.
But I kept on wondering what Seifer meant by competition. So I asked Hayner.
"He was probably talking about the Struggle."
"The Struggle?"
"The Struggle is a competition where you get these Velcro balls stuck to your clothes and you have to hit your opponent until all of their balls are gone."
".. Yeah that doesn't weird."
"Look, people from all over are coming to compete. Seifer thinks he's the best out there."
"Well he called me weak!"
"Seriously?"
"Yeah!"
That's when I had a brain-blast in my head.
"I am so sick of Seifer. He thinks he's the best out there and guess what? He ain't! Well you know? I'm going to train for the Struggle. And I'm going to beat Seifer."
Since then, I've been training non-stop. Sometimes alone, sometimes with the gang. Only one thought goes on in my head. 'I'm going to be the best.'
I will.
………
The whole gang was sitting in the Usual Spot. Mitsuko took a break from her training. While they didn't have munny to go to the beach or even any homework to do, they were bored. So they just sat there and played a game of darts. Well, not so much a game as it is randomly throwing darts at unsuspecting victims. One dart actually bounced off the wall and flew outside where someone, who sounded an awful lot like Seifer, screamed in pain. After that, it didn't take long for Mitsuko to get bored again.
"Well, I'm bored again. I'm gonna go out for a walk." And she left.
"You know, she's been leaving a lot lately." Hayner said.
"Yeah, I noticed that, too." replied Olette.
"We should follow her. It's only fair that as her friends, we know where she takes off."
………..
Mitsuko knew exactly where to go. Sunset Hill. She didn't have any money for the train. So she decided to go through he tunnels. She went, completely unaware of her three friends following her.
The tunnels were really creepy and dark, but Mitsuko never gets scared easily. Or, at least, she never shows it. She couldn't shake off the feeling that someone was following her.
………..
She finally made it to Sunset Hill. She always loved coming here to think or train. It always relaxed her to see the sunset.
Of course, she came here for a reason. For a while now, she's been having weird nightmares. Nightmares about shadows stealing people's hearts. And Mitsuko was standing in front of a huge white door screaming "Sora!". Who the hell is Sora?
And what are those shadow things? She's been terrified of the one dream.
She stood there, leaning on the fence looking the sky. She was completely unaware of her friends sneaking up on her. Until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She let out a big yelp and saw that it was her friends.
"God, you scared me."
"Is this where you've been running off to all this time?" Olette asked her younger friend.
"Yeah. I can't help but come here. It's so .. relaxing." She said as she continued staring at the sunset.
There were a few moments of silence as they listened to the trains come.
"Did you guys hear about the ghost train?" Pence asked to break the silence.
"Ghost train? Come on Pence. Get real. There's no such thing as ghosts." Hayner said, skeptical about the idea of a ghost train.
While the two were bickering, Mitsuko let out a big yawn. She wasted the whole day walking and thinking. At the same time. Now that is a real energy drainer. And it was getting dark.
"You tired?" Olette asked worriedly. Normally Mitsuko was bouncing off the walls a hi time. Now she's sleepy at six thirty?
"Only a little." She said. But as she started walking, she fell to the ground as if she as going to sleep right there. But eventually she got up.
"I'm okay." The whole gang laughed.
Soon, Mitsuko go drowsy again. As the group talked, she tried sleeping standing up. She found Hayner to be a good pillow as she leaned on him.
"Hey! Get off!"
"No. I'm tired."
Hayner soon found himself giving a sleeping Mitsuko a piggy back ride back to Twilight Town.
"After Mitsuko, it's my turn." Olette joked.
"Not a chance."
"Oh common."
As they continued talking, they sensed someone or something coming after them. Hayner turned around almost expecting Seifer. For once, he wished it was him.
Instead, there was a big black, swirling vortex behind them. Big, black creatures with piercing yellow eyes were marching straight for them. Everyone was screaming, which made Mitsuko wake up.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
Another vortex opened up and out came even stranger white creatures. It was quite obvious that both monsters weren't allies; as they marched towards the kids, they attacked each other. But they were both out for the same thing. Mitsuko.
Olette screamed as the monsters ran towards them. Pence were trying to hide somewhere. And Hayner just stood there with an expression on his face saying "this can't be happening."
Both creatures tried attacking him as he was still holding Mitsuko. The black bugs successfully tripped him making Mitsuko fall off his back. The black things ought of the white monsters while surrounding Mitsuko. A new vortex appeared in front of her and in a matter of seconds, she fell in. She screamed as she fell into the pure black hole in the air. And then they were gone. The monsters, the vortexes, and Mitsuko.
Hayner still stood there, shocked, as he just lost one of his closest friends. Just like that.
"Hey losers."
That was the worst time for Seifer to show up.
"Where's your other loser friend? There are only three of you here."
The three just stood there in shock.
"Hello? Losers? Where is she?"
Hayner tried to fight off his anger.
"Why do you care? All you do is torture her. Why should you care?"
"Oh really?" He said in the same snobby voice he always uses.
"Oh yes. Now why don't you do us all a favor and leave?"
And he left. As simple as that. And then it got quiet again. The sky was getting darker, but the sun was still up with some rays peeking out of the clouds. The light caught something that made a golden shine. Hayner saw hat it was ad bent down to pick it up. It was Mitsuko's necklace that was always too big for her. It was her locket that held some clues to her past and her family but couldn't be opened.
Hayner clung on to it. It was all there was left of her. As the last bit of sunlight disappeared, he did too, going back home. And his two friends still there in the exact same place they were when Mitsuko disappeared from Twilight Town.
…………
A blond-haired man was staring at the sky as a star fell out of the sky.
"There goes another one."
He was neither young or really old. Somewhere in his forties. Another star went out.
As he continued staring at the sky he saw something else fall from it. He couldn't quite make it out but as it got closer and closer, he saw what it was. It turned out to be a girl.
She was so close to the ground and the man ran in an attempt to catch her. But another man beat him to it.
"Leon!"
……….
Leon carried the girl into the hotel. He talked to the manager to rent another room, adding to the collection of rooms he and his friends now occupied.
"I'm sorry, but there are no more rooms left."
"Come on. There has to be at least one room."
"You took them all."
"Just look at this girl. She needs shelter!"
The hotel manager took one good look at her and said, "Alright. Follow me."
He led Leon across the hall to a staircase he'd never seen before in the hotel. Once they were done climbing steps, he saw two doors on either side of the hallway. One door white, the other black. The man led him to the white door. He unlocked it and gave Leon the key, who struggled to hold onto it while holding the unnamed girl in his arms. The door flew open and all he saw was white. The furniture, the walls, the rug. Everything.
Leon sat the girl on the bed and sat in one of the chairs near her. He wouldn't leave an unconscious unknown little girl alone. He stayed there and waited for her to wake up
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Okay finally done with the chapter. Compared to the old one, this is a masterpiece. But that's just because the old one sucked. So review people!