Memory 1: New Beginnings
Gods, why, oh why did she have to come to this place? She didn't know anybody! She'd never been good at making friends no matter how often she moved. And that was a lot ever since she'd been taken in by her foster parents Sophie and Richard. The red head sighed as she walked into her assigned dorm room. Hopefully the person she shared with was nice. Last time, though she didn't live in a dormotory that time, she'd just about started another war with one of those girls who have all the guys following her and obeying her every whim. Girls with attitudes like that just really got on her nerves. She stopped in the doorway, which she found was open for some unknown reason, and stared.
To say she was shocked was a bit of an understatement. She kept staring, and staring, and staring, not really sure what to say about anything. She snapped out of the trance as a voice sounded.
"Hiya! Are you my new roommate?" it asked. Kairi looked around, confused as to where it was coming from. Suddenly a brunette haired girl with emerald green eyes appeared, grinning happily at her. A blue shirt sat on top of her head, which she noticed as Kairi stared at it, and pulled it off quickly, she cheeks tinting pink from embarrassment.
"Ehehehe. Sorry for the mess. It always gets like this whenever I unpacked," the girl said. Kairi smiled. So she wasn't the only one always moving. She set her stuff down on the other unmade bed.
"That's okay. I'll help you clean up after I'm done unpacking my stuff. I've learned how to unpack pretty quickly without making a mess," she said. The brunette looked at her with surprise.
"So you've moved around a lot too?" she asked.
"Yeah. With my foster parents. Dad's job always hopped us from one place to another. I've never really stayed anywhere for very long. Or at least, not that I can remember. I'm Kairi by the way," the red head replied. The other simply grinned in response.
"Ooh. Cool. My dad's job moved us a lot too. They just kind of found this place and stuck me here last year," she said. The brunette then grinned happily at her. "Well, I'm Selphie and welcome to Destiny High (1), roomie! I think we'll get along just fine!"
"I hope so," Kairi said with a smile. They laughed, and then went back to unpacking their things. They talked a bit about their families and where they had been before their parents sent them to the school.
"This is my second year here. They moved me over to this room though because my other roommate had a complaint about me. I can't imagine why," Selphie told her newfound friend.
"Really? You seem so nice, I don't know why someone would make a complaint about you," Kairi said. She was now sitting on the floor with her back leaning against Selphie's bed as the brunette girl lied on her back with her head hanging off over the edge of the bed. She shrugged, a gesture that looked odd as she was upside down.
"I dunno. Something about me being too noisy when she was trying to study or something. She never really liked me anyway, so I'm kind of glad that I don't have to room with her again," Selphie told her.
"So do you have any friends I should meet? It'd be nice if I could make lots of friends since I'm actually going to be staying in one spot for a while," Kairi asked. The brunette's face lit up, and she flipped off the bed skillfully until her foot got caught and she face vaulted into the floor. Kairi laughed at the sight.
"Smooth Selphie," she said. Said girl simply grinned up at her, and pushed herself up.
"Okay, time to go meet Sora and Riku! I just know you'll like them, and then, we can go see Wakka and Tiddy!" she said happily as she bounced towards the door, dragging Kairi behind her.
"…Tiddy?"
"Yes, Tiddy! That's my nickname for Tidus! He acts like he doesn't like it, but I know he doesn't really mind. I used to know him when we were younger, but then I had to move. I was pretty surprised when I found out he went to this school too," Selphie explained. Kairi looked around, letting Selphie take her wherever they were going. She thought of how quickly she'd made a friend this time. It was record speed for her, and hopefully Selphie's friends were nice too. Suddenly she was thrown out of her thoughts as Selphie shouted.
"Sora! Riku! Lookie! It's my new roommate!" she yelled. Two boys turned from their conversation to look at the brunette and red head. One, the taller of the two, had unusually silver hair and aqua green eyes along with pale skin that didn't seem like it would do much of anything if exposed to the sun. He seemed more muscular than the brunette next to him. Said brunette was shorter, and his spiky brown hair only reached up to eye level of the other boy. He had expressive blue eyes that smiled along with his mouth as he saw his friend. The silverette stayed impassive for the most part, but you could see the slightest hint of a smile on the corner of his lips if you looked close enough. The pair stopped in front of the boys, and Selphie pushed the other in front of her.
"This is Kairi, my new roomie!" she said proudly.
"What happened to Riona?" the silver haired boy asked.
"She sent in a complaint or something about not wanting to be my roommate this year," Selphie replied.
"So they stuck you with…Kairi, right?" the brunette asked. Kairi nodded and looked around some more, taking in the scenery.
"What's she looking at?" Sora asked.
"This is her first year here, so everything's kind of new to her. But anyway, you guys need to introduce yourselves," Selphie said.
"Oh! Right," Sora said, rubbing the back of his neck with a sheepish grin. "I'm Sora!"
"Riku," was all that the silver haired boy said. Kairi looked at them and smiled a bit.
"I'm Kairi…it's nice to meet you," she said politely.
"Nice to meet you too! I hope you like it here," Sora said.
"She might if you stopped acting like an idiot all the time," Riku said playfully. The brunette boy pouted.
"I don't act like an idiot! At least…not all the time," he said. Kairi laughed at this.
"I think I'll definitely like it here if I'm around you guys. That is, if you want me around," she said.
"Sure, it's fine," Sora told her.
"Yeah. Once Selphie finds a new friend, they usually stick with us for the most part. With the exception of the ones she's scared away in past years," Riku said. It was Selphie's turn to pout.
"It's not my fault they can't handle me when I'm on a sugar high. And that last one was a result of staying up all night and sugar. I wouldn't have been like that if you guys hadn't made me watch that stupid horror movie," she said. They all laughed at this. Kairi smiled to herself. They were...nice and a bit strange, but in a good way. She always did find strange people to be the more interesting ones. At least she had some friends now, and she wouldn't have to leave them for a long while.
"So you're rooming with Selphie right? Do your parents move a lot, or do they just not want you at the house?" Sora asked. Kairi shrugged.
"I've moved around for as long as I can remember, which is about since I was eight, and this is the first time I'm going to be staying in one place for more than two or three months," she said. They gave her strange looks, which she returned with a confused one.
"You don't remember anything from before you were eight?" Riku asked.
"No. I've tried remembering, but everything's just all fuzzy. My foster parents said they found me somewhere over on the mainland in a village near some kind of war zone, and I've been with them ever since. The said I have amnesia or something, but that's okay with me. If they found me where they told me they had, then I'd rather live without the painful memories even if I would like to know who my real parents are," Kairi told them. They were all surprised she could talk about something like that with such ease.
"So you're a war child. Riku's one of them too except he doesn't have any foster parents," Selphie said. Kairi turned to the aforementioned boy with curious eyes.
"My aunt and uncle took me in, but they never liked my parents so they basically kicked me out. They said they'd pay for my schooling, but that's pretty much it," he replied. He'd accepted the facts already, and didn't seem bothered by it, as others might have been.
"And what about you Sora? I already know about Selphie," Kairi asked.
"It's not that interesting. My mom lives nearby, so I'm still living with her. My dad passed away when I was still little, so I don't really remember him all that well," Sora told her truthfully.
"Well that's okay. You can always ask your mom about him though," Kairi suggested.
"I know. I just don't want to make her sad is all. I remember her being really upset about the whole thing," he replied.
"Have you met Tidus and Wakka yet?" Riku asked. It seemed that he was opening up more to her as the time he spent around the red head grew.
"I was going to introduce them to her after we met up with you guys, so we could go do that now if you guys don't mind," Selphie said.
"Sure," Riku said.
"That's fine with me. They're probably over at the gym playing blitzball again though," Sora said. Selphie giggled.
"I kind of figured that's where they'd be," she said. "Come on. It's time to go meet those knuckleheads, Kairi."
The red head nodded with a smile. She was so glad she was able to make so many friends so quickly. So, so very happy.
"This," the brunette girl said, gesturing to the large dome gym, "is the gym."
They entered, and Kairi stared in awe at the space inside. She'd never been to a school with a gym this big before…
"Wow…it's huge!" she exclaimed. Sora grinned.
"Yeah. That's what most people say when they see it," he told her. Riku had gone ahead when he had spotted the two other boys they were looking for.
"Yo! Wakka, Tidus!" he called out, gaining their attention. He waved the over, and pointed to Selphie and the others. They nodded and went to grab their towels.
"Hey! Where'd Tidus and Wakka go? I saw them there a second ago…" Selphie said as Riku returned.
"I told them to come over here. Don't worry, they're coming," he told her. Selphie nodded and turned back to help Sora explain blitzball once again. Neither was doing a very good job.
"Hey guys."
"What's up, ya?"
"Hey Wakka, hey Tidus. How's it going?" Sora asked. A blonde with a tall orange haired boy beside him had now joined the group.
"Same as always, man," the orange haired boy replied. The blonde noticed Kairi and looked her up and down.
"Who's the chick?" he asked. Sora and Riku rolled their eyes, knowing what their friend was thinking.
"She's my new roommate," Selphie told him.
"What happened to Riona?" the blonde asked, repeating the same question asked earlier.
"She didn't want to room with me again, so they sent me to a new room," she said.
"Hmm, I can only imagine why…" he said with a quiet snicker. Selphie glared, though it only looked like a pout to the others, at the boy and hit him over the head. The other boy with him, as well as the others, laughed at the spectacle. He then turned to Kairi with a smile as Selphie and the blonde boy bickered some more.
"So what's your name?" he asked.
"It's Kairi. Nice to meet you," she said confidently.
"Nice to meet you too, ya. I'm Wakka. This one over here is Tidus. He's nice but horny," the taller one replied. Kairi's cheeks tinted pink at that, where as Tidus, having heard that last part, pouted much like Selphie had, but with more of a glare to it.
"Thanks Wakka. That's a great way for you to introduce your best friend to a new girl," he said sarcastically. Wakka simply smirked, and Tidus ended up sticking out his tongue childishly at his friend.
"Now, now, that's enough fighting, children. You'll leave a bad impression on poor Kairi," Selphie said as she hugged the red head with dramatic flourish.
"Like you haven't already?" Tidus asked. He was answered by another angry whack from Selphie. Kairi smiled and laughed with the others. Oh yes, she would most definitely like it here with these people. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea for her parents to leave her here after all…
A/N: Yesh I have started a new story. For those of you who have read Broken Then Mended Hearts, this is the new story that I was making in place of that one. Yes, the other one is being discontinued. It's all explained in the note I've posted in the story if you want to know. There are definitely some differences in this one such as no Twilight and Fayte. You'll see who they are replaced by when we get to the chapter. There will also be a couple chapters before the actual adventuring begins too. I wanted more fun stuff before it got all dark-ish and stuffs. So hopefully you will all like it and not smite me for making any of the changes in this. I'm going to be focusing on this story for a while, so if you read any of my other stories they'll be on a bit of a hold. I'll still be working on them, but this story what I'm mainly working on now. I really want this story to be successful, so please leave a review to tell me if you liked it or not. Thank yas!
1) Destiny High- yes, I know that it's an unoriginal name, but I couldn't come up with anything better. Let's just say that it was named after the island.