Chapter 3
My eyes flutter open to reveal an unfamiliar place. I'm lying face down on cobblestone ground and I slide my hands across it as I sit up on my knees.
Ugh, my aching head…
A throbbing pain courses its way through my skull, I rub my temples and pray for the pain to end. I take the time to look at my new surroundings.
Where am I? Some sort of town?
It's dark but there are lanterns all around me giving the plaza a comforting glow. I glance behind me and notice that I'm actually in the corner of the plaza. Up ahead and to the right hangs a sign with a white coffee cup on it, to my left is just a stone wall. I spot something odd out of my peripheral and bring my full attention to it. It's a red pillar with a stripped hat and a mouth with a tongue sticking out of it. I squint to read the white lettering.
Mail? They put mail in that thing? Oookaaayyy…
My gaze goes to the left as I pretend that the weird mail face doesn't exist. There is a huge door and I have to squint again to make out the sign that hangs above it.
Traverse Town?
I sigh and close my eyes for a brief moment.
How did I even get there? Last thing I remember is the darkness, then Mickey and the light…then he put something in my hand…what was that thing again? THE BLUE STAR! He gave me a key chain too, but I must have lost them. Where are they?!
I look around, desperate to find the items. Something glitters a few feet away and I quickly run to it, sliding to a stop on my knees just inches away. My breath catches in my throat as I kneel over the smashed, unrepairable pieces of what was one the blue star. Dread washes over me like a tidal wave and I can almost feel the color drain from my face.
"Nooo…" My heart breaks as reality sets in. I reach down and cup the shattered pieces into trembling hands. "What do I do now…?" A tear escapes me and I watch through blurry vision as it falls to the ground.
No! I clench the pieces to my chest an attempt to steel myself. This is no time for tears. Mickey told me to find the boy with the key, and that's what I'm gonna do.
I place the broken pieces gently in my hoodie pocket before wiping my face with my sleeve before I stand. I glance around again looking for that ever familiar symbol.
"Now…where is-"
"Looking for this?" I hastily turn to see the source of the voice; it's a man, and he has my key chain hanging from his hand. I reach out in wanting, but quickly retract as I notice the scar on the man's face and his piercing blue eyes. He looks to be in about his twenties with long brown hair parted in the middle. He is covered from head to toe in leather, aside from his white shirt and his accessories. He has a silver chain around his neck, on the chain hangs a pendent in the shape of what I can only call a roaring lion. My eyes travel down past his leather short sleeved jacket and to the menagerie of unneeded belts. One seems to be actually holding up his pants but the other, one…two…three; three belts are just hanging there.
What the hell? How many belts does one person need…and they aren't even doing anything, it's just aesthetics.
He shifts his weight and I notice that he has three more belt like straps going across a zipper that would normally be the seam. I follow the zipper all the way down the side of his leg until my eyes land on his leather boots…they too have a zipper.
Who dressed this guy?
He clears his throat and brings my attention back up to his face, he looks irritated and I cringe slightly. "Yeah…I was. It's important to me, so I would appreciate it if you gave it back. Where did you find it anyway?" He tosses it to me without warning and I barely have enough time to react. He points behind him over his shoulder with his thumb before crossing his arms and shifting his weight to the other leg.
"Over there. Y'know if it's so important to you you really shouldn't leave it lying around. Someone might steal it, or worse, break it." I resist the urge to snap back at him. To tell him that I would never leave it on the ground on purpose and that he wasn't even here so he doesn't know that that's what I did. For all either of us know I fell outta the damn sky and dropped it. "Hey kid, I'm looking for a boy with a key, if you see him let me know." His request sounds like an order and it instantly irritates me.
It's odd that we're both looking for the same thing, but this guy seems like a jerk…why would I ever tell him where that boy is? Hell I don't even know anyway. Do I tell him we're after the same thing? Nah…I don't trust him…
"How would I do that? I don't even know you, let alone where I am or how I got here…whatever that blue star thing was is busted all to hell now so I guess I'll never know…" I tap my pocket with the broken pieces absently; the crescent key chain dangles in my other hand.
"Blue star? Let me see." I take a step back and activate my defenses. He notices right away and I can see something click in his mind. He sighs and wipes a hand over his face. "Listen kid; I'm not gonna steal it." I eye him warily.
"Tell me your name first…and then maybe I'll let you look at it." Can I even trust this guy? He's blocking the way to any real shop…but maybe I could duck under him and run up the stairs into the accessory shop…would I be fast enough?
The mystery man chuckles and gestures my way. "Ladies first." I make a tsk noise under my breath, annoyed.
"Samn; my name is Samn." He smiles slightly, satisfied.
"Alright Samn, I'm Leon. Now, may I please see a piece of your 'blue star'?" I sigh and reach into my pocket.
What had once been a solid glass-like material is now semi-rubbery, as if melting. I ignore the pang in my chest and toss him the larger piece; confident that if it fell, it would only bounce. He examines the broken blue piece closely then places his hand on his chin as if deep in thought. After a few more seconds he smiles and looks at me.
"So…?" He gestures that he's gonna toss it this time and I catch it with ease.
"That's something special you got there. You're gonna want to go and ask Cid about it." He points behind him again with his thumb.
"What? Who's Cid?" He folds his arms again, like he's annoyed at all my questions.
"Go up the stairs and into the Accessory shop, ask for Cid, he'll tell you all you need to know about your 'blue star'. He point to the shard in my hand with a finger.
Simple enough I guess…
"Thanks…Leon." He nods.
"I'm gonna go look around the town some more, let me know if you see that key before I do." He walks toward me and before I can even move he places a hand on the top of my head, gently ruffling my hair. "Be careful in the other districts, it's not safe out here when you're by yourself." Before I can say anything else he puts a hand in his pocket and walks away toward the big door with the sign above it from earlier; leaving me standing with the shard still in my hands. My confusion melts away into understanding and a smile takes its place as Leon pulls the door open.
Guess he wasn't a bad guy after all…
Well hi there readers. *waves* I've been waiting a few chapters to introduce myself and give a bit of recognition. My name is UnluckyKitty41; you can call me Kitty or whatever you want. This is actually a "reboot" (I normally call it a redux) of another story I had called Kingdom Hearts: The Untold Story of Samn. It was old and I hated the way I wrote it so I decided to rewrite it in first person, and I actually am enjoying the way it's coming out. I want to apologize ahead of time if you think that Leon was out of character. He is so broody and it's hard to write, because sometimes he's messing with Sora and sometimes he's not and it all sounds the same. Anyway if you've never read one of my stories before I take really good care of my favoriters, followers, and reviews and make sure I thank each and every one of them in this big ugly black box I call authors notes, so I actually have some right now ^^ let's get started. First review award comes from a guest by the name of Chirithy565, thanks for the boost ^^ when people tell me to keep it up I usually get a confidence boost and start writing within the hour if I have time. ^^' Next up is…Rocco151, looks like Rocco favorited, followed, and reviewed the story. *reads review* For some reason the way you put that makes me feel honored ^^' Next favorite on the list goes to…EmoNinjaDatenshi. *waves*Looks like you followed as well. Thanks a bunch. Alright who's next…looks like N00bcake, O.o you also favorited and followed…wow what an odd coincidence. Alright looks like I covered everything. I guess I'll see you guys next time. ^^ If you have time, I also have a Deviant Art and a Tumblr all with the same user name. (This fic is also on Ao3) On DA I have some art of Samn; even though some of it is old I've been working on new stuff. My Tumblr is a good place to go for update information and general reblogy-ness. I'm into a lot of different stuff, but there a lot of Square Enix related reblogs so look me up ^^ If you have any questions or anything feel free to leave them in a review or pm me on here or on Tumblr. You can send me a note on DA too if you want. I have an iPhone so it's set up to annoy me until I answer my messages or look at my notifications. *shakes fist angrily* damn wish app always notifying me of shit I can't by yet. Alright, well this block is huge and it's like12am so imma go pass out. See ya. PS: Do you know what the blue star is?
