Little tiny Sora lay down on the hospital bed he felt his coughs lift up then drop down his little tiny body. When his fit settled down he stared up at the celling wondering when he could go home. The people at the hospital were nice, even though they looked scary in those big white suits they always wore when they came to see him.
He rolled over on his bed and looked his white nightstand that was propped up against the white wall which touched the white floor. Sora thought about pressing the white button so he could ask the nice lady who took care of him why everything was so white. But, the last time he did something like that the nice lady got upset and said that the button was only for emergencies.
Sora wanted to go home it was too boring here.
The young boy sat up and slide out of the tall bed and to the freezing tile floor in order to scoop up some water from the bathroom sink. He stepped into the little bathroom area and reached up to turn the large handle on the sink. A steady rush of water began to pour from the faucet when a large cough shook his body, he then felt another coughing spell come on.
Sora tried to swallow the water but only succeeded on choking on what he didn't spew out. He waited for the coughing to stop but wouldn't. The little boy soon discovered he couldn't breath. He felt a hard pain then chilling coldness of the floor tiles through his thin white hospital gown as he hit the floor. Luckily it didn't bother him too long before he passed out.
It took a very long time for Sora to wake up, but that didn't really matter because he had no way of knowing it, all he new was that when he woke he could breathe, and that was the only thing that really mattered.
After a while of savouring the beauty of oxygen Sora realized he was no longer in the hospital. Curious he began to look around his new surroundings.
The first thing he noticed was the sand, which was a little hard to miss since he was lying on top of it.
He tried sitting up when he noticed the second and third thing. The second thing being his hospital gown had been replaced with his well worn white t-shirt with its blue lined sleeves and collar, and pair of red shorts. The third thing he noticed was the black marks on his hands and feet were gone.
He was all better! He could go home now!
Except, he didn't know where home was. He didn't know where anything was. The big city that had been has only world was gone. Where it once stood was now just sand and water.
He started to walk around to see if he could find his way back when he noticed a girl in blue dress and blond hair was sitting in the sand crying. As he walked closer she lifted up
Her head and looked up him. Wiping away her tears she stood up and straightened herself up. Then she looked Sora in the eye and said, "Hello, my name is Alice. Who might you be?"
The little boy smiled and then replied. " I'm Sora, nice to meet you Alice. "
Shortly after they had completed introductions a panicked looking white rabbit came their way. He began running around saying something about searching for a fan and a pair of gloves. The two children feeling the need to help began to look around for the missing items. Soon enough the Rabbit took notice of Alice and said " Why Ann, whatever are you doing out here? Never mind go home and fetch the fan, and gloves. Hurry up now." Confused Alice turned to Sora. " Oh my, he seems to have mistaken me for someone else.
" It doesn't matter right now. Come on let's go get that fan. " Sora said taking off.
" Don't forget the gloves!", Alice said giggling, before following him.
The soon arrived at the Rabbit's house. " Come on " Sora said. "Now hold on a minute. " The voice of a young woman shouted. The children turned to see an older girl with short black hair pale skin and pretty face, quickly striding towards them.
"I'm sorry children. ", she said stopping in front of them. " But I'm afraid I have to separate you two."
"What why?!" The little boy demanded.
"Well to be simple, you really shouldn't be here. This is Alice's journey and you can't help her with "
"Excuse me but why can't Sora help me? , Alice asked looking up at the tall figure before her.
"Well Alice you don't need his help for one thing. And another thing would be Sora changes things by being here. Right now these changes are small but the longer he stays here the bigger the changes get and the chances of you needing his help get bigger too.
"I still don't get it." Sora said pouting. "Anyway how am I supposed to get back here, if I do get to help Alice. I don't know how I got here.", He mumbled looking down at the grass.
" I kinda hope you never will Sora", the older girl said patting his messy brown head. "
But if you do need to come back here you should give Alice something Important , and ask Alice to give you something important in return. When both of need that something back Sora will return here."
Eyes widening Sora reached for the back of his neck and tried to undo the clasp of a long gold chain that held a large golden circle that surrounded a smaller red circle. He fumbled with for a while until the older girl bent down and gently undid it for him. Sora caught the necklace and then held it out to Alice. "This is my momma's. She let me borrow it for luck. She says it's luck 'cause the first time she met papa was when he sold it to her."
Alice carefully excepted the necklace then began to examine the pretty object. "Now give me something." Sora demanded excitedly.
"I said ask her, child. " the older girl reminded him.
" Oh yeah". Little Sora muttered slightly embarrassed.
"I don't think I have anything with me." Alice said checking her dress pockets with her free hand. "Wait", she exclaimed. Then pulled out small compact mirror.
"My sister gave this to me for my birthday. It has my name engraved on the back. Be careful with it please, Sora."
"All-right then", said the girl said clapping her hands together. " Bye bye Sora."
"Wait!" Sora cried. He saw a light hurtling towards him. And then blacked out.