Unknown Character's P.O.V
I'd never asked for this. My heart was beating too fast. The darkness closed in around me as I struggled. My heart seemed to be. . . . . .disappearing. But. . .where to? I lurched in pain. I clutched my heart and screamed. My mom, dad, brother and sister were talking, crying and encouraging me to get over whatever had me, but, I couldn't hear their muffled voices.
"Ahhhhh!"
I lurched again and suddenly, everything went black. I couldn't hear, see, or feel anything. Everything just. . .disappeared. I clawed, looking for an escape. But the Darkness held me with a firm grip. "Mom! Dad! Coby! Kairi!" I called, terror rising. I ran left and right, but I couldn't see, hear, feel or do anything to escape. I banged, screamed, called, but nothing.
The Darkness had me. And it wasn't letting me go. I heard nothing. Saw nothing. Felt nothing. I didn't do anything. I don't know how long I was there. I felt empty. Like a drifting leaf, dead.
"Hello?" someone, a boy, called. "Who's there?" I looked around. Was that a. . .a voice!
"H-hello?" I stuttered. "Who are you? Where are you?"
"Why are you in the dark?"
It was female this time.
"I don't know," I replied truthfully. I didn't know. I just remember being happy, then, falling.
"Don't let the Darkness get to you!" someone, another boy, with an older voice, advised.
"How can I stop the Darkness? It's impossible!"
"You may not be able to stop it, but don't give up!"
"You have friends, lights, who will lead you out. I'll certainly help you out."
"I know how you feel, and I'll give you a hand. Two people shouldn't be lost like this. It's a crowd!"
The younger boy voice laughed. How could he laugh in the Darkness?
"But, which way is home?" I asked.
"Follow your heart. It will never lie. It will lead you home," the female encouraged.
"How can you be so sure?"
"How can you not?"
So I started walking. I just followed my heart. I shut my eyes and kept going. I felt so. . .unalone. Even in the Darkness. "The Light will welcome you back with open arms. Trust me," a voice, that I only knew as Kairi's, answered.
But I stopped short. What if it doesn't? I thought with panic. What if it. . .tries to take me? To make me fade? Like the Darkness!
Someone gripped my hand. I opened my eyes to find a girl. She looked older than me, about seventeen. But her features where dim. "I'll walk with you," she offered. She must of been the female voice. Someone took my other hand. I turned to see a boy, maybe the same age as the girl. His features were just as dim. they smiled at me, I could tell that. "How long have you been here?" the girl asked. "I-I don't know," I replied.
We walked together. Us three. "Who was the third voice? The younger boy?" I asked. They looked straight and replied with, "A good, no, great friend." I nodded and kept walking.
We walked.
And walked.
And walked.
And walked.
And walked.
It seemed like eternity until we reached a beach. It was still dark, but, I could see. A moon, seemingly frozen in time, seemed to be touching the ocean water. "Where are we?" I asked. I now realized something. My voice seemed. . .older. I looked down at myself, but didn't see-or couldn't tell-a difference. "We are at the Darkness' edge. Where Darkness meets the world of Light," the girl answered.
"Why are we here?"
"So you can go home."
"But what about you two? And your other friend?"
"We'll have to stay here."
"But why!? Can't you come with me!?"
"The Light isn't ready for our return. But, do me a favor."
"What?"
"If you see my friend, our friend, tell him that I'm sorry."
I stared at them, tears rising. "It's not fair," I muttered. Tears began falling as the girl bent her knees to have eye level with me. "Life isn't fair sometimes. But, you can't give up. It will work out in the end. I promise. We'll meet again. And we'll be free, and be friends," she explained. "You're wrong on one part Aqua," the boy commented. Aqua? Was that the girl's name?
"And what might that be, Terra?"
Terra must be the boy.
"We're already friends."
I nodded, wiped my tears and smiled a toothy grin. Aqua dropped to my level again and said, "If you are ever in trouble, you'll find a friend. A friend who will understand you and be there for you. You never will be alone. Trust me!" I nodded. Terra put his hand on my shoulder and I looked up to him. "If you meet anyone named Xehanort, kick his sorry butt outta' my body, will you?" he asked.
"I'll do it!"
Aqua smacked him in the head. "Terra! She's just a little girl!"she argued. "No, it's okay. You helped me, now I'll help you," I decided. He held a thumbs up, when a door opened. It was bright, almost blinding, but I could tell. It was the door home. "Goodbye, Aqua. Terra. I'll do what I can," I replied, waving. A tear fell but I kept walking.
"Wait!"
I turned as I was about to walk in the doorway. The Light was starting to swallow me now. I looked at them. I finally saw their faces. "What's your name?!" Aqua asked. "Hato," I replied. "Call me Fay." I stepped through. That was the last time I saw them. But, who knows. Maybe I'll see them again. Not now, but, soon.
