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Monday, 17th Day

I can't believe anything that's happened; it's all gone by too fast. It seems like yesterday when they were playing with me, here on Destiny Islands. It is times like these where my eyes fill with tears and my head feels like it's about to explode.

I forgot; you don't know anything about me or who they are. After all, you are just an old notebook I found in the chest my dear grandmother gave to me before I came to Destiny Islands. I've decided to keep it as a diary. It's going to be very hard though, as I have never kept a diary before. But who knows? Maybe one day I'll look back on this diary and see how much different I've become. Yes, I think that's exactly what I'll do.

You see, I returned to Destiny Islands yesterday from… I guess you could call it a grand journey. But it was definitely not any journey that you could ever imagine. I don't even know if I believe it! It all started when the boys and I started building a raft. We wanted to see new and far off places, and we thought that a raft would be the best way to do it. I remember… The boys raced each other to decide the name of the raft. Riku also made a joke of it and said that they were racing to see who would get to share the paopou fruit with me! That was definitely a sight to see! After two days, the raft was ready.

The night before we left the islands was the start of our adventure. I was waiting in my room, when suddenly I was drawn to the island where we played. I left my house quietly and took my boat out to the island. Riku was also there. He had been drawn there too. As I stepped onto the dock, I was pulled towards the secret place; a small room underneath a tree where my playmates and I used to go. I saw this mysterious wooden door, and I walked towards it. All I remember after that was falling towards someone, then my world becoming black.

From here on, I felt lost to the darkness. Not sure of anything; where I was, who I was, who I knew, how I got there; it was all unbeknownst to me. I drifted in and out of consciousness for some time. Everything that happened to me that time was a blur. I vaguely remember Riku holding me an awful lot, as well as a dark castle. I remember always feeling cold, but not exactly. It was almost as if I was in a numb sort-of half sleep; it's one of those feelings you don't understand until you feel it for yourself.

Eventually I came to a strange bright light. I suddenly regained full consciousness, and I was in a place I hardly remembered: Hollow Bastion. Hollow Bastion is actually my hometown, and I lived there before moving to Destiny Islands when I was nine years old. Then I saw that my dear friend that saved me had sacrificed his own heart to let me be. He had then become a heartless, but I knew that it was him. We got him back into the light as soon as we could, and he then returned human. He then gave me the longest hug I had ever had, much less by a boy! But I know that in my heart that I care for him greatly, and I know he feels the same way.

After this, I had to part with him. I then stayed in Traverse Town with three of his friends. Their names were Leon, Aerith, and Yuffie, and they were very generous and friendly. I miss them very much. As my friend went to journey on to defeat Ansem, seeker of the deepest, strongest darkness, I waited in fear. I prayed that he would return to me safely, and that he would bring Riku back with him. Suddenly, something happened, and I ended up on a patch of sand. Across from me I saw him, and I ran towards him. He told me that he'd come back for me, and I told him that I knew he would. Then the land he was on and the patch of sand I was on parted, and I could only gaze at him. He faded into the distance as the patch of sand I was on grew into the Destiny Islands I know and love.

The last time I saw my friend was yesterday, but it seems so much longer than that. I am scared that I may never see him again, and I pray every night for his and Riku's arrival. But I know in my heart that I will see them again. Because even if they are in the deepest darkness, they will find that faint light that is hidden in every darkness. And when they find it, I know that it will grow, and they will find their way back home.

Sincerely Yours,

Kairi