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Shattered Dreams: Chapter 3

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"Okay, let's see your wrist then…" Sora's mom gave a sweet smile and gently took my hand, "Just a sprain, like Sora said. Heh, who knew he was this good at this stuff?" She laughed.

"Yeah…" I gave a half-smile and looked down at my feet again.

"Well, I'm going to go find a splint for you, so stay right there." She said as she stood up, then walking into the dimly lit kitchen.

"Okay!" I replied loudly to make myself audible.

"So," I turned and looked at the staircase, where the voice came from, to see Sora, who was now wearing a bright red hockey jersey and baggy blue jeans. He continued to walk down the stairs, "I was actually right for once? That's a miracle."

I smiled slightly, "Oh come on, Sora. You get stuff right all the time." I replied, laughing a little.

"Yeah, but I get stuff wrong a lot, too." Sora fell back onto the couch, beside me.

"What ever you say, Sora." I replied with a roll of my eyes, but laughed at the same time. Flashes of my parents and what they had done to me my whole life came into my head, causing me to shudder and sigh.

"Huh? What's wrong, Kairi?" Sora gave a worried stare towards me with those deep sapphire blue eyes.

"It's just…" I sighed again, "Why can't my life ever be normal? Why do my parents have to hate me somuch, why can't they be more like your Mom and actually care about me? Why do they have to take out everything on me…and more importantly you and Selphie? Why did they have to make my life a living nightmare?" I choked, tears streaming down my face like a waterfall.

Sora leaned forward and wrapped his arms around me lightly. "Kairi…It's okay. I won't let anyone hurt you, I promise." He whispered into my ear.

"Sorry it took so long I couldn't find any--" She paused and gasped slightly, "Kairi, what's wrong, sweetie?"

I gently pushed Sora away and stood up. "I'm tired of my parents treating me like I don't have feelings. I can't ever go back to that house again…I can't…" I clenched my fists. Guess what? Bad idea again. "Ouch!" I feel back onto the coach in pain from my wrist, "Thanks a lot loving parents…" I muttered under my breath.

"Kairi, next time you do something like that again, please think about it before you do it…," Sora's mom said as she wrapped the splint around my wrist. I nodded in reply, she continued, "I do agree with you, they definitely shouldn't treat you like they do, it's just not right. Like Sora said, we won't let anything happen to you. We'll find a way to get you out of that place."

"You--you were listening?" Sora blinked, a surprised expression on his face.

"Yeah, why?" His mom turned to him and he turned away blushing.

"N--nothing…" He replied quietly.

"Sorry." She laughed and walked into the kitchen again, ruffling his hair as she walked past him. Suddenly the door fell onto the floor with a large thud and a dark figure with silver hair stood in the doorway.

"Riku," I glared, "Leave me alone… tell my parents, I'm not going back. I'm never returning to that place that I've had to live my whole miserable life in. Now that I know what it feels like to have people actually care about me, I can't stay in a place like that again, ever." Sora put his arms around me defensively and I smiled, but Riku only smirked.

I frowned. "What are you smirking about?" I shouted at him, and his lips only curled upward more.

"Whether you like it or not, you are coming back with me. You see, you're moving tomorrow, and so am I. I don't mean like one town away, either. I mean so far away that you can't even think of your little friends back here." His voice was so filled with pleasure it was sickening.

"I'm not going. Even if you do find some way to get me out of this house, my heart will stay here, with Sora. And I will find my way back here, no matter how long it takes. Whether you or my parents like it or not." I replied confidently. Riku turned around and began walking, seemingly leaving causing me to let out a sigh of relief. The next instant though, he was right back in my face and before I knew it, I wasn't in Sora's arms anymore, but Riku's.

"Let go of me!" I screamed and tried to break free of his grasp, but to no avail.

"Let go of her, Riku!" Sora lunged at Riku, but he easily dodged him.

"You're pathetic," Riku smirked, punching Sora in the stomach and watched him fall to the ground, knocked out.

"Sora!" I screamed out to him, but Riku took off. Once we were at my house, he practically threw me through the door.

"So, are you ready for your punishment, Kairi?" My father's voice drifted from a darkened room.

"NO!" I screamed out . Everything suddenly started fading away and all I could see was darkness, but I heard someone calling out my name…

"Kairi!…Kairi!" It was Sora's voice! "Kairi, wake up!" I slowly opened my eyes and blinked.

"Huh…?" I stared sleepily into Sora's sapphire eyes, inches away from my own.

Standing back up, he gave a smile of relief, "Good, you're okay…"

"Sora, you're still here!" I jumped up and hugged him tightly but quickly let go, glancing at the door which had no sign of damage, "Wait a minute…How'd I get back here? And how the door get fixed that quick?"

"What are you talking about? You fell asleep a couple hours ago when you stopped crying. You were just dreaming…" The brunette rubbed my back reassuringly, yawning after he finished his sentence.

"So, Riku didn't come take me and I'm not moving?" I looked up at him with hopeful eyes.

"Unless your dreams can tell the future, then no." He flashed a grin before collapsing backwards onto the other couch, stretching out and closing his eyes.

"Why are you sleeping on a couch?" I gave a curious stare to the boy.

Sora stared at the ceiling as he replied, "What's the point of sleeping upstairs if I'm just gonna have to wake up and run down here if you scream again?"

"You could just ignore me." I suggested with a shrug.

"What kind of friend would I be if I did that?" Sora actually looked at me this time, a smile at his lips.

I smiled back and laughed in reply, "Not a very good one I guess. But I'd forgive you if you were fast asleep and couldn't hear me."

"Um…Thanks." Sora turned away again.

"Night." I said pulling the switch to turn the lamp off, darkness overtaking the room.

He replied quietly, "…Night."