Chapter 2 for my loyal fans out there. *crickets chirp* ummm right then.
ANYWAY, this chapter has more to do with Sora and Riku, yes the men of the
hour or the last four of five months of my life ^_^ Please review, I value
your comments ^_^ all of them so flames are excepted.
Rating PG-13
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Riku or Sora or any of the Squaresoft or Disney characters although I wish I did the credit goes completely to them. Also I do not own Jade she is my good friends character who I am borrowing for my story ^_^
Now on with the show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Faded Destiny Chapter 2
Bonds are Formed
Jade shoved her fingers into her ears trying to blot out the noise of the glass-shattering cry. But her attempts were futile, for the child screamed so loud nothing could silence the ringing tones as they echoed in Jade's head. Minutes passed before she built up courage enough to open her tightly closed eyes, and remove her fingers. The sight that greeted her was a sad one indeed, the site of a child who had lost all happiness and hope. The site that reminded her of the day her hope and happiness had left her.
It was only a few short whiles ago, that she had found them dead. Broken, bruised and limp bodies scattered on the floor like useless rag dolls. Pools of blood collected at her feet, their un-stirring surfaces reflecting the dim light.
Jade shuddered and pushed the chilling image from her mind. She had suffered the same feeling as this Meiko girl, the same feeling of hopelessness and failure. The same feeling that she could have done something to help, and she didn't. She looked down at the now silently weeping girl and made a decision, a decision to show this girl that her life could go on, even when she had witnessed something so horrible. She would make sure she saw the light.
But before Jade could approach the girl, she felt a presence behind her. She turned slowly, already well aware of whom it was. Behind her stood Sora and Riku. Sora's dark ocean blue eye's were resting on the body of the dead teenager. His mouth was open wide and his face was drained of all color as he took in the site. Riku on the other hand, was looking towards the new girl with curiosity in his eyes.
"That's odd Jade," he speculated " she ended up on the island the same way you did." Jade glared at him as if to say "Don't you dare mention that to me" Riku, catching her drift, silenced himself and cast his gaze over to the dead body. With a forced steady calmness in his voice he stated, "I guess we should tell some one about this, right?" Jade looked at Riku and nodded.
"How about we send Sora? I don't think he should see this." She gestured to Sora who was still starring at the dead lifeless body, eyes full of curiosity and fear. Riku nodded in agreement.
" Sora go get your parents or something, tell them something is wrong and we need them here NOW!" Sora broke his eyes away from the scene and nodded his head.
"Right good idea, I'll be right back with them." With that he took of running for the boat that would take him take to the main island.
Riku sighed, "Well come on Jade, we better get that little girl out of there" Jade looked at him and laughed slightly. " What are you laughing?" he snapped as he stomped his foot on the ground.
"It's just that. you're only a year older than her. Its like your trying to sound all grown up or something" She laughed again slightly and grabbed his arm. "Now come on lets go meet her before she runs away" Starting to sound more like the seven year old she was, Jade pulled Riku down towards the sand to meet the new comer.
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They approached slowly, not wanting to startle her. Meiko sat, her knees draw tightly up to her chest and her thumb in her mouth. She was still crying, but not as hard as before. She looked at the blood stained teddy bear that was lying next to her sister. She longed for its comfort but was afraid to pick it up. So she just sat there starring at it, silent tears running down her face leaving little silvery trails on her pink flushed cheeks.
Jade and Riku were afraid to disturb her, they didn't want to scare her, but still they were curious. It was Jade who made the first move.
"Uh hi I'm uh Jade" she said quietly. Meiko twirled around and held her hands up to shield her face. Jade could see there were thin silvery scars on the back of them. Those hands had taken many beatings trying to shield that face from danger. "Oh, no, I won't hurt you. I just want to be your friend. and so does Riku." She gestured towards the teal-eyed boy. Meiko lowered her hands and smiled a little.
"Friend? Really, I've never had one of those before" she squeaked. Her brown eyes seemed to lighten a little at the word friend and Jade was convinced she was on to something.
"Yeah you can come to the tea party I'm having. Riku is gonna come and so is Sora, you'll like him he's funny." She happily proclaimed.
"Really? You'd let me do that?" Meiko asked her eyes full of wonder.
" Yeah" Riku piped in, " and there will be cookies too!" He grinned and continued, " that reminds me, I am pretty hungry." Meiko laughed and began to stand up, but right as it looked that this sad child had started to find a little happiness, she sat down in the sand again and frowned deeply.
"What's wrong?" Jade looked at her with concerned eyes. Meiko looked back at her. Once again she seemed troubled.
"What about sister, I just cant leave her here can I?" She sighed sadly and looked at the lifeless body with newly formed tears in her eyes. "I mean she will get mad if I leave without telling her where I am going." Jade felt a surge of pity in her heart.
"Meiko, your sister is gone, she moved on. But she is in a better place now where she isn't hurt any more and she's happy." all of the sudden Meiko's eyes light up and she jumped to her feet.
" SO IT DID WORK!" She jumped around happily. "I told her that if she hugged teddy everything would be better, see even though she isn't with me any more she isn't hurt and she is happy!" She smiled brightly. "She is all better now"
Jade didn't understand at first. Meiko's sister was dead but she was convinced she was fine. Then it hit her. This little girl just wanted her sister to be all better, pain free and happy no matter if that meant losing her. She wasn't crying because her sister was dead, she was crying because she thought she had let her sister down. She thought that she had failed to make her feel no more pain as she passed on. But she could see now as this child jumped around happily that she had actually achieved her goal. And that even if she would not see her sister for a long time, she had still, in her mind, made the pain go away. She had still put her sister to rest safely.
"So I'm hungry are we gonna have cookies now?" Meiko sang out happily. Riku laughed.
"I like the way you think Mei" He said. Jade smiled and nodded.
"That's because she thinks like you dummy!" She laughed.
"HEY! I'm not a dummy" Riku pouted. This time Mei and Jade laughed out loud. Jade smiled and said,
"Come on we will show you our tree house!" she grabbed Meiko's hand and began to pull her away. But Meiko stopped her,
"Wait I have to do something first." She walked slowly back over to her sister's body and wiped her palm across her sister's face, closing her eyes forever. "Goodbye big sister." With that she picked up the teddy bear and placed underneath on of the older girls arms.
She ran down to the waters edge to wash her blood soaked hands in the ocean before she bounced back up to Jade. "That's a tradition in our family. Whenever someone dies you close there eyes so they don't have to see the world they left behind any more, mommy taught me that." She smiled at the memory of her mom, than said, "Now where is this tree house? Show me?"
Jaded nodded and once again began to lead the way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two days later, after the adults of the island who were summoned by Sora found the body of the dead teenager, they held a small funeral for her. Even though they didn't know the girl, they felt it their duty to lay her to rest properly. So one warm summer night a service was held. A large fire was built and her body cast in. Meiko didn't attended this service, and the adults let that pass for they thought it was because she was afraid to watch her sister's final moments. But she had her own reasons. She had already said goodbye and paid her respects. She was at peace now and she didn't wish to disturb that. But she did watch, from the tree house, as the ashes of her sister were cast into the ocean. Seeing that closed a chapter in her life. Now her whole family was gone and with them, her old life and ways. She had a new family now, the people on this island, her new friends, Jade, Sora and Riku, and she was happy, happier than she ever had been.
~TBC~
And this ends a chapter of the new friends life. Next chapter every one is a bit older and a problem starts to arise.. *evil scary suspense music* WHAT IS THAT PROBLEM YOU MAY ASK? Well you will just have to tune in for CHAPTER 3 of Faded Destiny to find out! Please review your comments are valued ^_^
~*Meiko*~
Rating PG-13
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Riku or Sora or any of the Squaresoft or Disney characters although I wish I did the credit goes completely to them. Also I do not own Jade she is my good friends character who I am borrowing for my story ^_^
Now on with the show ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Faded Destiny Chapter 2
Bonds are Formed
Jade shoved her fingers into her ears trying to blot out the noise of the glass-shattering cry. But her attempts were futile, for the child screamed so loud nothing could silence the ringing tones as they echoed in Jade's head. Minutes passed before she built up courage enough to open her tightly closed eyes, and remove her fingers. The sight that greeted her was a sad one indeed, the site of a child who had lost all happiness and hope. The site that reminded her of the day her hope and happiness had left her.
It was only a few short whiles ago, that she had found them dead. Broken, bruised and limp bodies scattered on the floor like useless rag dolls. Pools of blood collected at her feet, their un-stirring surfaces reflecting the dim light.
Jade shuddered and pushed the chilling image from her mind. She had suffered the same feeling as this Meiko girl, the same feeling of hopelessness and failure. The same feeling that she could have done something to help, and she didn't. She looked down at the now silently weeping girl and made a decision, a decision to show this girl that her life could go on, even when she had witnessed something so horrible. She would make sure she saw the light.
But before Jade could approach the girl, she felt a presence behind her. She turned slowly, already well aware of whom it was. Behind her stood Sora and Riku. Sora's dark ocean blue eye's were resting on the body of the dead teenager. His mouth was open wide and his face was drained of all color as he took in the site. Riku on the other hand, was looking towards the new girl with curiosity in his eyes.
"That's odd Jade," he speculated " she ended up on the island the same way you did." Jade glared at him as if to say "Don't you dare mention that to me" Riku, catching her drift, silenced himself and cast his gaze over to the dead body. With a forced steady calmness in his voice he stated, "I guess we should tell some one about this, right?" Jade looked at Riku and nodded.
"How about we send Sora? I don't think he should see this." She gestured to Sora who was still starring at the dead lifeless body, eyes full of curiosity and fear. Riku nodded in agreement.
" Sora go get your parents or something, tell them something is wrong and we need them here NOW!" Sora broke his eyes away from the scene and nodded his head.
"Right good idea, I'll be right back with them." With that he took of running for the boat that would take him take to the main island.
Riku sighed, "Well come on Jade, we better get that little girl out of there" Jade looked at him and laughed slightly. " What are you laughing?" he snapped as he stomped his foot on the ground.
"It's just that. you're only a year older than her. Its like your trying to sound all grown up or something" She laughed again slightly and grabbed his arm. "Now come on lets go meet her before she runs away" Starting to sound more like the seven year old she was, Jade pulled Riku down towards the sand to meet the new comer.
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They approached slowly, not wanting to startle her. Meiko sat, her knees draw tightly up to her chest and her thumb in her mouth. She was still crying, but not as hard as before. She looked at the blood stained teddy bear that was lying next to her sister. She longed for its comfort but was afraid to pick it up. So she just sat there starring at it, silent tears running down her face leaving little silvery trails on her pink flushed cheeks.
Jade and Riku were afraid to disturb her, they didn't want to scare her, but still they were curious. It was Jade who made the first move.
"Uh hi I'm uh Jade" she said quietly. Meiko twirled around and held her hands up to shield her face. Jade could see there were thin silvery scars on the back of them. Those hands had taken many beatings trying to shield that face from danger. "Oh, no, I won't hurt you. I just want to be your friend. and so does Riku." She gestured towards the teal-eyed boy. Meiko lowered her hands and smiled a little.
"Friend? Really, I've never had one of those before" she squeaked. Her brown eyes seemed to lighten a little at the word friend and Jade was convinced she was on to something.
"Yeah you can come to the tea party I'm having. Riku is gonna come and so is Sora, you'll like him he's funny." She happily proclaimed.
"Really? You'd let me do that?" Meiko asked her eyes full of wonder.
" Yeah" Riku piped in, " and there will be cookies too!" He grinned and continued, " that reminds me, I am pretty hungry." Meiko laughed and began to stand up, but right as it looked that this sad child had started to find a little happiness, she sat down in the sand again and frowned deeply.
"What's wrong?" Jade looked at her with concerned eyes. Meiko looked back at her. Once again she seemed troubled.
"What about sister, I just cant leave her here can I?" She sighed sadly and looked at the lifeless body with newly formed tears in her eyes. "I mean she will get mad if I leave without telling her where I am going." Jade felt a surge of pity in her heart.
"Meiko, your sister is gone, she moved on. But she is in a better place now where she isn't hurt any more and she's happy." all of the sudden Meiko's eyes light up and she jumped to her feet.
" SO IT DID WORK!" She jumped around happily. "I told her that if she hugged teddy everything would be better, see even though she isn't with me any more she isn't hurt and she is happy!" She smiled brightly. "She is all better now"
Jade didn't understand at first. Meiko's sister was dead but she was convinced she was fine. Then it hit her. This little girl just wanted her sister to be all better, pain free and happy no matter if that meant losing her. She wasn't crying because her sister was dead, she was crying because she thought she had let her sister down. She thought that she had failed to make her feel no more pain as she passed on. But she could see now as this child jumped around happily that she had actually achieved her goal. And that even if she would not see her sister for a long time, she had still, in her mind, made the pain go away. She had still put her sister to rest safely.
"So I'm hungry are we gonna have cookies now?" Meiko sang out happily. Riku laughed.
"I like the way you think Mei" He said. Jade smiled and nodded.
"That's because she thinks like you dummy!" She laughed.
"HEY! I'm not a dummy" Riku pouted. This time Mei and Jade laughed out loud. Jade smiled and said,
"Come on we will show you our tree house!" she grabbed Meiko's hand and began to pull her away. But Meiko stopped her,
"Wait I have to do something first." She walked slowly back over to her sister's body and wiped her palm across her sister's face, closing her eyes forever. "Goodbye big sister." With that she picked up the teddy bear and placed underneath on of the older girls arms.
She ran down to the waters edge to wash her blood soaked hands in the ocean before she bounced back up to Jade. "That's a tradition in our family. Whenever someone dies you close there eyes so they don't have to see the world they left behind any more, mommy taught me that." She smiled at the memory of her mom, than said, "Now where is this tree house? Show me?"
Jaded nodded and once again began to lead the way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two days later, after the adults of the island who were summoned by Sora found the body of the dead teenager, they held a small funeral for her. Even though they didn't know the girl, they felt it their duty to lay her to rest properly. So one warm summer night a service was held. A large fire was built and her body cast in. Meiko didn't attended this service, and the adults let that pass for they thought it was because she was afraid to watch her sister's final moments. But she had her own reasons. She had already said goodbye and paid her respects. She was at peace now and she didn't wish to disturb that. But she did watch, from the tree house, as the ashes of her sister were cast into the ocean. Seeing that closed a chapter in her life. Now her whole family was gone and with them, her old life and ways. She had a new family now, the people on this island, her new friends, Jade, Sora and Riku, and she was happy, happier than she ever had been.
~TBC~
And this ends a chapter of the new friends life. Next chapter every one is a bit older and a problem starts to arise.. *evil scary suspense music* WHAT IS THAT PROBLEM YOU MAY ASK? Well you will just have to tune in for CHAPTER 3 of Faded Destiny to find out! Please review your comments are valued ^_^
~*Meiko*~