"I wonder how everyone else is doing." I found myself saying as I looked up into the…sky. That's the only thing I know to call it. It's not blue or gray like the worlds that I've traveled to back in my day; it's not even black with white stars like space. The "sky" here was a never ending whitish-silver cloud that stretched into the nothingness. I, of course, was laying down on what I liked to call, my Station of Awakening. One could guess my surprise as I made it here and found, well, me on a large cylinder of glass with small circles of Ventus, Aqua, Vanitas, and Terra and a background of my snowy home world as I floated down. That was so long ago; who even knows how long I've been here? It gets lonely, sure, but I was used to that when I was a child. I would usually think of the outside when that happened anyway. Thinking is the only thing I can do right now. So that brings up the question of what everyone's been doing.
My mind traced back to the start of my journey, the Land of Departure, where I had met my three friends Terra, Aqua, and Ventus. I should know where they are now, but for some reason I don't know exactly, just bits and pieces. Being the lock to the heart of all worlds had its perks, but I was just the lock, not Kingdom Hearts itself. That being said, I knew a whole lot more than the average person when it came to certain things, but with others, I was left in the dark like the rest of the dwellers of the worlds were. My mind streamed to the world known as the Dwarf Woodlands, thinking about Snow White's happy ending. Speaking of happy endings, my mind shifted off to the Castle of Dreams, where Cinderella resided. The Enchanted Dominion, where the princess that Ventus and I shared a memory lived. Next was the Radiant Gardens, where I met Lea and Isa, the two boys who seemed like they'd be best friends forever, even if Isa would never want to admit it. Then there was that boy Tsubasa, who tried to keep a serious face, making him even cuter, and the girl…what was her name?
Wait…what WAS her name…? After a few minutes of no answer, I sat up in alarm. What's going on? I thought, standing up. There was one more person I had made friends with in that world. Wasn't there? I cringed inwardly and shut one eye, clutching my bangs as tried my hardest to remember. Yes… there was a girl… I saved her from the unversed a while back. Letting go of my hair, I realized that something wasn't right.
What's going on here? I rather demanded. As usual, the questions were answered in a matter of moments.
I'm losing specific memories. It's been happening for over a while now. I'm losing specific memories?
Why is this happening?
I'm not sure… that's something that the heart of all worlds and the heart of all worlds only would know. This is getting me no where… I don't care how it happened. I just want to fix it. That girl…I can tell she's important.
How can I get those memories back?
Traveling through the Awakening of said person and retrieving them. Although, the person in question's Awakening is not normal at all. It seems… occupied. Occupied? The only way it could be occupied is if that person was in it; the very definition of it. But that's not possible… no one's Awakening should be occupied at all; they should be in their world, not locked up in their own heart.
That only meant that something was very wrong. I put my hand up in front of me. Immediately, a small diamond shaped light appeared at my palm, opening up a space that was my size. Walking through, I floated down, having a full view of the stained glass. My eyes widened as I saw nothing but black on what was supposed to be a Station of Awakening. Getting closer, I found that the black was overflowing off of the stained glass.
"This is darkness." I murmured to myself as I stepped on solid glass, my shoes making a 'plop' sound when they sank into the ink-like substance. "This stuff is thick…how long has this been here?" Impure darkness like this should've have been this large in size, nor in a place like this. Finally, something in the base caught my attention. It was a floating ball of darkness in the middle of it all. I ran over to find that it was bigger than I had thought. "What happened here…?"
I summoned a small light from my fingertips, touching the dark figure. At that moment, the ball unraveled slowly, bringing out a strong gust of wind from it. I put my arms in front of my face as the air became stronger, pushing my feet away from the center. Looking to the ground, I found the darkness disappearing, leaving another kind of darkness to inch over to the unraveling ball. The sphere opened up fully as I started to walk back to it, revealing a girl who looked my age with black fingerless gloves and a small glowing violet key in the middle of them. She wore a black three-quarter sleeved shirt with a small breast pocket, loose darker black pants, black shoes, and a light green ribbon that tied her hair into a ponytail, reaching the end of her shirt. She leaned forward into my arms, unconscious.
"For a girl who liked wearing black and white," I started, smiling. "You sure have on a whole lot more black." I gasped, still holding the girl in my arms. I'm starting to remember again! She was older than remembered… she also had something on her face that isn't here now. "You sure have changed a lot, haven't you?" How is she? I thought.
Everything checks out well. I replied. She's got a physical body and emotions. But there are some things that are missing.
And I can't tell what it is?
Not at the moment, no. But I couldn't just leave her here until I found that out. Who knew how long it would take until those missing elements came back? But then she started to disappear. I've now solved the problem, so she's going to return to somewhere safe. As she finally vanished into a small glowing ball of darkness that flew up and disappeared,I noticed that I started to disappear myself.
"I guess my time is up as well." I said to myself, looking at my now translucent hands. Peering up at where she had gone, I grinned. "Remember our promise Migaru. Get stronger and acquire your weapon. Hopefully, I'll be able to fulfill my part of our promise…" And with that, I appeared back at my awakening. Lying back down in the position I was originally in, I sighed deeply. "Now all there is left to do now is wait."