(Static)Why her? (Static)
What is this…?
(Static)Why not me? (Static)
Who's talking?
(Static)She's not ready. (Static)
I can't see a thing…
(Static)None of them are.... (Static)
(Static)Why isn't it working?! (Static)
(Static)Stop please! I'll do what ever you want, just don't hurt--(Static)--Please!
This is too weird…
(Static) I'll miss you--(Static)
This must be a dream…
(Static)Why are you leaving!? (Static)
(Static)Why can't I hear her...? (Static)
So then…
(Static)No, come back! (Static)
(Static)Where is she?! (Static)
(Static)I'm--(Static)--Sorry--(Static) She's--(Static)
When Am I going to wake up…?
(Static)No...(Static)
GAME OVER
RESTART? Y/N
LOADING....FINISHED
WELCOME BACK_
"Andy, c'mon! We're gonna be late!"
"I'm coming, Rini!" Andrea Trint Lucifer yelled back to her friend as she slipped into her shoes. Grabbing her school bag, she rushed out the door to meet her agitated friend.
"It took you long enough." Rini grumbled.
"Oh, calm down. We've got plenty of time before the bell rings." Andrea slung her bag behind her back and began walking down the dirt path that led to the school. Andrea and Rini lived exactly 2.3 miles away from the main city. They both lived in the same neighbor hood. They were, in fact, next door neighbors.
Turning off the path, the duo walked into the main street. It was an open market day, with vendors yelling for you to buy their wares. Rini moved to a bakery stall and bought three loafs of bread. Tossing one to Andy, she bit into her own and put the remaining one into her bag. Today was a Friday, and that meant it was bread day for the friends. None of them really knew how the strange tradition got started, but being grade school buds, they didn't really care. Each Friday, they would have one loaf of bread for breakfast and lunch. For dinner, they would split a single loaf and share it.
People became sparser as the path moved up hill. At the top was a type of crossroads, were three smaller roads converged into one large one. There at the end of the third path, their third friend Chalice Du Foret waited patiently.
"Chalice!" Rini waved excitedly and ran to the quiet brunette.
"Good morning Rini, Andrea." Chalice smiled.
"Ugh, how many times do I have to tell you? Don't call me that!" Andy grimaced at the sound of her real name.
"But it's such a lovely name." Chalice insisted.
"No, it's not. Now stop." Andy glowered playfully
"Come on you two!" Rini had moved a several feet away without them noticing "We still have to get everyone else!"
The trio continued down the road joking about their families. Andy lived with her Dad, Mom and little baby brother. She loved them to death, but sometimes the house got a little too loud for her liking. When that happened, she would escape to Rini's house. It wasn't much better there, but Rini's room had thick walls. Still, thick walls couldn't keep out annoying younger siblings (Rini had three of them). That's where Chalice came in. She lived with her father in a huge Victorian mansion. Her father was almost always working, so she might as well be living alone. This was their sanctuary. They could do what ever they wanted to and no one would bother them. The maids and butlers were unresponsive to everyone but Chalice. When given orders, they would just bow their heads and say "Yes ma'am". Andy and Rini found them a bit unnerving, but they hardly ever saw them, so they didn't pay much attention to them.
They stopped at a bus stop half way down the road. Waiting there was the rest of their gang. A short blond boy named Anthony, A tall and lanky boy named Tomas, a girl with glasses named Melony, and a very clean looking boy named Issac.
"Hey everyone!" Rini greeted cheerfully, which was followed by a series of mumbled "'Morning's and groggy yawns.
"Too soon?" Andy smirked.
"Did you all throw a party last night and not invite us?" Chalice laughed, taking notice of their disheveled clothes and hair.
"Shaddup..." Anthony grumbled.
"I think they did." Andy answered Chalice's question "A crazy one." laughing at the pained moans they gave off when the sun peeked through the trees.
"We're not hung over, idiot." Tomas rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "We just..."
"Slept in?" Rini finished his sentence.
"...Yeah..." They all looked down at the ground.
"I thought so." Rini grinned triumphantly "C'mon lets go."
The group continued down the road to their high school.
Destiny Island High school.
It was the only high school on the main island. It was pretty small for a high school, but then again, there weren't that many high schoolers on the island anyways.
AFTER SCHOOL
"Hey, do you guys wanna head out to the Island today?" Andy finished putting her books in her bag.
"I don't see any harm in it." Chalice turned to Rini for her answer.
"Sounds fun!" Rini smiled.
"You guys can come too." Andy waved to Tomas and the others after remembering they were there.
"Gee, thanks for including us..." Anthony rolled his eyes
"You're welcome." Andy turned on her heels and joined Chalice and Rini as the walked out the door.
"Quiet the trio, aren't they?" Melony mused.
"A frustrating, infuriating, stubborn trio." Tomas and Anthony laughed.
"You're just jealous." Issac walked beside Melony.
"What's there to be jealous of?!" Anthony yelled after them. Issac just laughed.
"So...are we going?" Tomas asked hesitantly, turning to his friend.
"Of course we are, you idiot!" Anthony stalked after his companions.
LATER...
Andy fell back on to her hands. Rini lay splayed out upon the white sand next to her.
"Ah, this is the life..." Rini sighed.
"You said it." Andy smiled, soaking in the suns warm rays.
Anthony and Tomas chased each other around with wooden swords. Tidus, Wakka and Selphie played a game of soccer with Wakka's ball. Melony sat hunched in a shady corner, scribbling one of her fantastic stories in her notebook while Issac watched. Sora, Riku and Kairi sat in their usual stop, chatting about today's classes and whatnot. Chalice stood quietly on the wraparound of the tree house, staring into the horizon.
"Only one thing could make this even better." Andy said to no in particular.
"Oh?" Rini raised an eyebrow at her friend.
Andy scrabbled to her feet and cupped her hands around her mouth. "Chalice!" She called.
"Yes?" Chalice looked at her.
"Sing us a song, won't you?" Andy smiled broadly. A flurry of agreement rose from the gathered children
"If you insist." Chalice climbed down the ladder and stood on the edge of the small cliff. "What would you like to hear?"
"Sing us the one you sang at school." Andy said after a moment of deliberation.
"Yes, the Aria, the Aria!" Kairi called from the Paopou tree. More calls for the Aria, and Chalice began.
Think of me
Think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye
Remember me
Once in a while
Please promise me you'll try
When you find
That once again
You long to take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment
Spare a thought for me
We never said
Our love was evergreen
Or as unchanging as the sea
But if you can still remember
Stop and think of me
Think of all the things
We've shared and seen
Don't think about the way
Things might have been
Think of me
Think of me waking
Silent and resigned
Imagine me
Trying to hard
To put you from my mind
Recall those days
Look back on all those times
Think of all the things we'll never do
There will never be a day
When I don't think of you
Flowers fade
The fruits of summer fade
They have their seasons
So do we
But please promise me
That sometimes
You will think
of me
The final notes floated away with the tide. Cheers and cries for more echoed around the tiny island. Chalice quieted them and said: "One more."
She moved to were Andy rested and sat next to her, patting her lap. Andy nestled her head onto Chalice's legs and closed her eyes.
We are the lucky ones
We shine like a thousand suns
When all of the colors run together
I'll keep you company
In one glorious harmony
Waltzing with destiny Forever
Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into
The light
Time dances whirling past
I gaze through the looking glass
And feel just beyond my grasp is heaven
Sacred geometry
Were movement is poetry
Visions of you and me forever
Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Turning me into
The light
Dance me into the night
Underneath the moon shining so bright
Let the dark waltz being
Let me wheel, let me spin
Let it take me away
Turning me into
The light
Andy and Rini slept soundly. As did the rest, Chalice's voice lulling them to sleep with ease. Chalice brushed a stray piece of blonde hair from Andy's face
"Sleep well, my friends." She whispered.
Gently, she lifted Andy's head off her lap and on to the soft sand. She then stood up, brushed the sand off her self and walked solemnly to the small cove they had discovered years ago.