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This is based off of the song "Ring a Bell" by someone who I don't remember the name of ._. It makes me think of Roxas, Axel and Xion.
Premise: Roxas somehow comes back. It's a Next Life thing. He goes to Twilight Town in hopes of finding Axel and Xion, and he thinks he has a plan to help them find him.
"Why were we there back to back?
Why were we there face to face?
I must be the light when you're in the dark
If you lose me somewhere, and your tears are in the air
I will ring a bell until you feel me by your side"
The golden instruments dangled over the town, still and solid like statues. He wondered how long it had been since they had last sang. He glanced at the arches that curved out from the tower, somehow holding the bells up. How do they even ring all of these? Roxas wondered, a bitter feeling creeping through him. If he tried to climb out, he could slip and fall. Even if he managed to get to the one of the bells, how would he ring it without overbalancing? In his mind he saw himself plummeting, spiralling down toward the ground...
Quickly, he shook the thought from his head.
In the center of the room, amidst the cobwebs and the dust, there was one bell hanging in solitude, a series of pulleys attached to the top of it. Eyes following the metal chords, he saw them shoot out the windows, connecting to the rows of bells hanging out there.
So when it swings, the bells outside will start ringing with it, he realized.
Roxas placed his hands on it. He felt the cold metal through his gloves. It gleamed in the dying sun, a flaring orange glow. Glancing out at the sunset, he was hit with waves of nostalgia. He remembered the first time he'd come up here, with the red haired man. The day he'd brought her up here. The first time all three of them had sat here together, talking and watching the sun go down. He swore the taste of icecream still lingered on his tongue.
What if... They aren't here? What if I was the only one to come back?
What if I'm... Alone?
Swallowing down his fears, Roxas gave the bell a heavy shove. It swung forward, the ringer inside clanging against the side and letting out a long, clear 'gong'. As it swung back, he leapt out of the way, covering his ears as the ringing filled the hollow tower. A cacophony of clangs, rings and bongs exploded around him, clattering in a way that sounded both obnoxious, yet somehow beautiful at the same time.
Down below, people looked up. A trio of kids on their way home from school stared up at the tower, confused. It wasn't supposed to be ringing this early.
This is stupid. he realized, suddenly. Staring at the bell as it came back toward him, he gave it another half-hearted push. It continued to swing, filling the town with its music.
How will this make a difference? Even if they're alive... What makes me so certain they'd be here? Roxas swallowed the lump in his throat, trying to ignore the doubt creeping into his mind.
Even if they hear the bells, how will they know to come here? How will they know it's me?
Roxas tried not to think. He didn't want to be logical. He'd rather stand here, placing all of his blinded faith on these bells. Because They would have to be here. They'd have to know. They just would.
He finds them :D They come up on the other side of the bell when he tries to swing it and it's ":D" all around x3
I think I will migrate chaps from Memories :D
