Chapter 1

As I sit here on this peir looking over the sea I can't help but wonder 'Why me, why us?' As I gaze upon the setting sun, my thoughts seem to wonder about past events and what the future may hold. The reflection of the sun on the water looks like something out of a postcard. This evening would have been perfect if it had only taken place about a week earlier.

Although my sense of time has been distored, the events of that day and the ones shortly after are still fresh in my mind.

The day was perfect, the sun was clear and it was a day of celebration. Every year at around this time we held a fesival, the Trinidad Festival of Lights. Exactly one hundered yaers ago that day, the comet Trinidad past over our village. The comet produced so much light, that for the entire night, darkness never comes. And on that special night everyone tries to stay up for as long as they can to see the comet pass. Almost like New Year's in August.

If only that same sense of hapiness stilll remained.

My best friend, and I were sitting on this exact peir. The two of us had been friends for as long as I can remember. Our mother's had been friends, so even from infancy Arianna had always been there for me.

Arianna was about a year older than myself, with long brunette hair, and had a reputation for getting into mischif. But the mischif wasn't hurtful. More often than not it was just in good fun. She was so gentle she wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone steal, or hurt someone. Although, everyone else in town, seemed to think the opposite. They thought of her as a loose cannon and a liability. But she could weasle her way out of doing almost anything. Her cute smile, beautiful green eyes, and her sharp wit have helped her escape from many a punishment.

That night as we sat on the peir, we talked about the stuff that had happened recently in our lives. Like, chrushes, daily events and other things. After we had run out of topics, we just stared at the ocean, the reflection of the comet overhead, only adding to the beauty of it all.

"Stella…" She asked me quietly as she turned her head towards me.

"What?" I replied.

"I have something for you, to celebrate the Festival." She said as she began to scrummage through her backpack that was always with her.

I began to worry, for I had not gotten her anything. She returned a couple of minutes later with two necklaces in her hand.

" Here." She said as she handed me one of the necklaces. I looked closer at the pendant. It was an Opal, Arianna's birthstone. The Opal was surrounded engraved gold. The engraving was a message, in an ancient text that I didn't recognize.

"Wow…it's so beautiful… but what do the markings say?" I asked with a confused look upon my face.

"It says 'friends 'til the end of time', mine says the same." She said as she gestured to the second necklace that was still in her hand. Instead of a Opal in the center, it had a Garnet, my birthstone, with the same ecriptions on the gold as my necklace.

"Wow… I didn't get you anything…" I said feeling all the more ashamed of myself.

" It's okay, I didn't expect anything. Just promise me one thing." She said with a look of genuine trust.

"Sure," I replied "anything." A look of curiosity swept across my face to meet her's.

" Just promise me that for as long as were still friends you will wear that pendent. I will do the same. The pendents are the symbol of our friendship. And if you take it off, the our friendship will break." She said. Then waited for a resonse.

"I Promise." I said as I put the necklace on. Overjoyed, she put her's on. We hugged and then after only a few hours more we went to bed. Ready to face the day ahead.

And as I sit her telling you this now,

my necklace is still firmly set on my neck. And I have no plans to remove it. Although we may never see each other again, there is still hope. As the sun sets today, a new day will arise tomorrow with the sunrise. Bringing new light and new hope.

Hello everyone! Thank you very much for reading my story. As you well know, do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of its characters If I did do you think I would be typing this? Anyways, please Review, but try to keep in mind that this is my first Fanfiction ever so be nice! Thanks!

-S.U.