Falling Star
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, I'd like to though. The only character in this story which is mine is Astar and the people/places she mentions. Please R&R.
Chapter 1: "Don't go"
(Destiny Islands, 1 year before the start of Kingdom Hearts)
Riku sat on the paupau tree looking out at the horizon. It was late summer, but still warm enough for him to forego his shoes and over trousers. A breeze played with his hair, pulling pale blue strands across his bright blue eyes.
The 14 year old looked down at his younger friends playing in the water. Sora, tidus and Wakka were 'fishing', a very lose term considering the amount of noise and splashing they were making. Kairi and Selphie were sitting on the end of the dock, watching the boys mess around. Riku didn't feel much like joining them and lay of the long trunk of the paupau watching the horizon. His stomach grumbled at him.
-Maybe I should eat breakfast more often- Riku pulled a paupau fruit off the tree. Paupau grew all year round, and they could get rather boring. His stomach gave another grumble and he complied, devouring the yellow fruit.
Sora swam up to the dock and rested his bare arms in between the girls, chatting idly with them as the late afternoon sun dried his hair. Kairi and Selphie laughed, pushing him back in by his shoulders. He resurfaced and grabbed their ankles and then everyone was in the water, laughing and splashing.
That was why they didn't notice the thing that made Riku sit bolt upright, staring at the sky.
"What's that?!" Riku saw something falling. From this distance it looked like a little blue star, but it was falling fast. Sora looked up too, distracted by Riku's yell.
"What the-?"
Riku swa the basic shape of the falling object, a person. In three seconds he had lept of the paupau tree and dived into the water, swimming as fast as he could to where he thought the falling body would land.
The young girls body, falling head downwards, landed in the water just a few feet ahead of him, it's momentum carrying it deep. Riku dived, catching the girl 4 meters down, and hauled her to the suface. It took him a few seconds to realise she wasn't breathing, before he began to swim back, keeping the girls head above the water.
Sora swam to meet him and together they pulled the unconscious girl onto the beach. "She's not breathing!" Riku was almost frantic, his calm lost in the face of such eminent danger.
Sora was panting out of breath, while the others crowded round. Riku thought for a second before placing his hands flat against the girl's abdomen, pushing sharply down and forewards, causing the water to exit her lungs.
The girl took a deep shuddering breath and Riku looked at her properly for the first time.
She had the long straight lines of a girl which made Riku figure she was about the same age as Kairi, he also predicted her to be tall, almost as tall as him, woth long legs too. A blue cut deep purple dress with long sleeves clung to her wet figure. She had long, straight waist length blue hair, not the light blueish silver of his, but a deep bright electric blue. She had pale skin, and thin waist, high cheek bones and a pointed chin.
After a couple more breaths she opened her eyes. Riku was shocked, her eyes were purple, a light mauve shade, without pupils.
She seemed to focus on the face above her.
"Don't go." the words were a barely audible whisper that escaped her lips before she fell back into unconsciousness.
-I won't- Riku thought, before he could think to stop himself.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, I'd like to though. The only character in this story which is mine is Astar and the people/places she mentions. Please R&R.
Chapter 1: "Don't go"
(Destiny Islands, 1 year before the start of Kingdom Hearts)
Riku sat on the paupau tree looking out at the horizon. It was late summer, but still warm enough for him to forego his shoes and over trousers. A breeze played with his hair, pulling pale blue strands across his bright blue eyes.
The 14 year old looked down at his younger friends playing in the water. Sora, tidus and Wakka were 'fishing', a very lose term considering the amount of noise and splashing they were making. Kairi and Selphie were sitting on the end of the dock, watching the boys mess around. Riku didn't feel much like joining them and lay of the long trunk of the paupau watching the horizon. His stomach grumbled at him.
-Maybe I should eat breakfast more often- Riku pulled a paupau fruit off the tree. Paupau grew all year round, and they could get rather boring. His stomach gave another grumble and he complied, devouring the yellow fruit.
Sora swam up to the dock and rested his bare arms in between the girls, chatting idly with them as the late afternoon sun dried his hair. Kairi and Selphie laughed, pushing him back in by his shoulders. He resurfaced and grabbed their ankles and then everyone was in the water, laughing and splashing.
That was why they didn't notice the thing that made Riku sit bolt upright, staring at the sky.
"What's that?!" Riku saw something falling. From this distance it looked like a little blue star, but it was falling fast. Sora looked up too, distracted by Riku's yell.
"What the-?"
Riku swa the basic shape of the falling object, a person. In three seconds he had lept of the paupau tree and dived into the water, swimming as fast as he could to where he thought the falling body would land.
The young girls body, falling head downwards, landed in the water just a few feet ahead of him, it's momentum carrying it deep. Riku dived, catching the girl 4 meters down, and hauled her to the suface. It took him a few seconds to realise she wasn't breathing, before he began to swim back, keeping the girls head above the water.
Sora swam to meet him and together they pulled the unconscious girl onto the beach. "She's not breathing!" Riku was almost frantic, his calm lost in the face of such eminent danger.
Sora was panting out of breath, while the others crowded round. Riku thought for a second before placing his hands flat against the girl's abdomen, pushing sharply down and forewards, causing the water to exit her lungs.
The girl took a deep shuddering breath and Riku looked at her properly for the first time.
She had the long straight lines of a girl which made Riku figure she was about the same age as Kairi, he also predicted her to be tall, almost as tall as him, woth long legs too. A blue cut deep purple dress with long sleeves clung to her wet figure. She had long, straight waist length blue hair, not the light blueish silver of his, but a deep bright electric blue. She had pale skin, and thin waist, high cheek bones and a pointed chin.
After a couple more breaths she opened her eyes. Riku was shocked, her eyes were purple, a light mauve shade, without pupils.
She seemed to focus on the face above her.
"Don't go." the words were a barely audible whisper that escaped her lips before she fell back into unconsciousness.
-I won't- Riku thought, before he could think to stop himself.