And here we go with chapter 6! Cuts off at the end with a bit of fluff, but hey, every story needs a little fluff. This chapter unravels a lot more in the plot, as far as who Ceres is and everything. Well have fun.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Kingdom Hearts. If any of you say otherwise I hope you are either Squaresoft or Disney saying I can. Got it? Ok.
Claimer: I DO own Falina, Ceres, and the plot. Plus the world they're in, ok? Good.
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Meanwhile, in another world, a horrible demon was planning. The demon wore a long, blood red trench coat, with long black hair that looked almost purple when the light shined on it. His eyes were a cold, icy gray. He was tall and intelligent looking, but now had an evil heart.
The item he was after....Falina's necklace. Though she didn't know, because of her memory loss, the necklace had the power to bring someone back to life. But it had a bit of a quirk with it...only the life of a loved one could be revived. And it could only be revived by one who loved the person, and was still alive of course.
He had lost his beloved wife 2 years ago, and desperatly wanted to bring her back. Back then he was a gentle, and kind person. But when he lost the only one he loved, his heart turned to ice, and he became hateful of every living creature.
He used the power of a long lost and forgotten sacred jewel, to become a demon. This demon's name...was Ceres. His world had become cold and bare, ever since he went on a rampage and destroyed practically everything. He wanted revenge.
He wanted to get revenge on the man that killed his lovely wife, Irime. The man that killed her was none other than...Falina's father. He planned to get revenge by killing his only daughter, and taking her necklace. The necklace that had the symbol of hope and protection on it...the celtic cross. Ceres grinned as he thought of getting his revenge.
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Back at Sora's house, Falina was having a dream. She dreamt of when she was a child. She was in a meadow with a house nearby. She saw a kind looking man holding out his arms and smiling as she ran to him. This man had black hair, and gentle blue eyes. As the little child that was Falina ran in to his arms she shouted.
"Daddy!" They were laughing. He sat down with her in his lap. He pulled something out of his pocket, and showed it to her.
"This necklace was your mother's. It's a celtic cross." She grabbed it staring at it with interest.
"I'm giving it to you, because your mother asked me to. What I'm about to tell you you musn't tell anyone, but your closest friends and loved ones. This necklace has the power to bring back people who have died." She looked up at him, mouth agape.
"Really..?" She asked.
"Yes, but the best part of it is that it can only be used to revive you and you alone. Only a loved one can wish you back though. Your mother had it made because you were so dear to us, and if we were ever to lose you, we could bring you back." He smiled at her, and she smiled back letting out a little laugh.
Sora heard her making noises in her sleep...like she was sleep talking. He got up and walked to the doorway to his room. Falina was moving nervously in her sleep.
Suddenly her dream changed...she was no longer in the meadow, but in a battle-worn looking area. She was older in this part, around the age she was now. She saw her father. It was like there was a war going on. He and a few other men were fighting more men. They all looked tired.
Her father threw some kind of explosive, like a grenade. It missed the target though. Instead it hit a small house, and he didn't know that inside...was Irime, Ceres wife. That's who he was fighting. Ceres and some other men.
Ceres saw who threw the grenade, and when it hit and destroyed the house...his eyes were wide with unbelief, and his mouth open. He fell to his his knees not wanting to believe that his wife had just been killed. That's when he vowed to get his revenge, on Falina's father. He did not know her father did it by accident. Falina's father ran by and grabbed her, as another explosion lit up the sky.
Her dream then ended as she felt her body cold with sweat, and someone shaking her.
"Falina. Falina wake up. You're having a nightmare." Sora said trying to rouse her. Her eyes snapped open, but just as that happened, a bright light surrounded her and Sora. Before they knew it, they were floating in a seemingly endless void.
They were suddenly dropped on the hard ground, but it wasn't the ground on Destiny Islands. She sat up and they looked around. They were in a strange place. It all looked like barren rock with only a few little forests. There were a few mountains and caves around, but that was about it.
"What the hell just happened...?" Asked Sora looking around in surprise and fear.
"I have no idea..." Falina responded, with the same look of surprise and fear. Falina looked down feeling something like a warm, thick liquid. It was blood, from Sora's arm.
"Sora you're bleeding!" She gasped. He looked down at his arm. It was a pretty big gash. Apparently when he had landed, his arm landed on a rock.
"Don't worry about it, it's not that bad." He said trying to move his arm. But it was bad and he cringed in horrible pain at the slightest move of his forearm. He grabbed his upper arm and leaned over in pain. She held him up by quickly putting her arm around his chest and shoulder, and the other on his back.
"You are too hurt. Don't try to move it." She said, looking and sounding concerned. As he watched her, it almost looked as though her face was occasionally cringing in a little pain, but he dismissed it.
"I guess it's worse than I thought, heh heh. Ow!" He said trying to smile, but hurting his arm more. She quickly tore off a strip from the bottom part of her white shirt, and began wrapping it gently around his arm.
He looked up at her face as she did this, and saw an expression on her face mixed with a little determination, worry, and kindness. She tied it tightly in a knot.
"There. That's better."
"...thanks." He said looking away.
"No problem. We can't have you walking around with an open wound now can we." It slowly started to rain, and then it became harder. "Oh great! Isn't this just our luck." She said looking up at the sky irritated. She looked around and saw a large cave. "Aha! we can stay in there." She said pointing to it. She helped Sora up and they ran over to the cave.
They walked inside and Sora sat down, while she looked for and gathered whatever sticks and brush she could find to make a fire. She found plenty. She put them in a pile and after a long struggle with two rocks, she got a small fire goin. She sat down beside Sora.
"Whew! Well, I wonder where we are." She said to no one in particular. He simply stared at her.
"You're rather good at this whole outdoors thing aren't you?" He said smiling. Not even realizing that before, she looked somewhat surprised.
"Yeah I guess so. It's a good thing though."
He tried moving his arm again, only to find that the pain had not gone away. His face cringed in pain once more. She leaned over and put her arms out.
"I told you not to try and move it, it'll only make it worse." He stopped and sighed. He had a very sad look on is face. Several minutes passed by. He was deep in thought, and Falina only watched him.
"I wonder where in the world we are, or...if we'll ever get back, to Destiny." He wondered.
They both wondered where they were. It didn't look like it was anywhere near home. They got tired and decided they should sleep and try to figure out where they were tomorrow. Sora laid down on the flattest part of the ground. She found her a spot right beside him and laid down trying to get some sleep as well.
After a few minutes Sora quickly fell asleep, but sleep didn't come as easy for Falina. She turned over on her side to look at him. He still looked like such a sweet and gentle person when he slept. Though he usually looked like that when he was awake too. He was so handsome, and strong looking. He looked actually a little more cute, than handsome really. But still she couldn't help but think that.
He stirred in his sleep and softly groaned. A lock of hair fell in his face, although most of it was sticking up defying gravity all the time, this piece wasn't though. She smiled and reached over and softly brushed it back behind his ear. She turned back on her other side and tried to sleep, and eventually she did.
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Meanwhile, Ceres was yelling at one of his minion/servant thingys. Basically his minions were creatures that resembled humans, only with bat wings, sharp teeth, red eyes, claws, you know.
"We...we, don't know where she is sir." His minion stuttered.
"Well go find her!" Ceres roared back. "I brought her here through the use of magic, but I didn't know it wouldn't bring her straight to me!"
"Ye..yes sir." The creature said as he ran to get the others and go looking for Falina.
"I swear, I should really create some more competent minions." He mumbled to himself as he sat in his large chair.
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Back at the cave, it was morning. Sora woke up somewhat early. He was going to wake Falina, but since she had her jacket off, he noticed a red spot on the side of her shirt. It was blood. Surely if she had hurt herself she would have told him.
He lifted up her shirt a little, being careful not to wake her, and saw a huge gash in her side. It was almost as big as the one on his arm. He became concerned and somewhat angry, knowing she had hid this from him. She must have landed on a rock like him. She was too worried about taking care of him to take care of her own self.
He put her shirt back down, and sat where he was. A couple of minutes later she awoke. She looked up at Sora, getting her eyes to adjust.
"Hey Sora. Whaddyou up so early for?" She asked as she sat up, showing a slight pain in her face from her side.
"Nothin, I just felt like it." He replied.
"Oh, well, how's your arm?"
"It's a lot better now...How's your side?" He asked. She looked surprised.
"How'd you know?"
"Well the blood stain on your shirt was a little obvious." Sora replied, not turning his gaze from her.
"Yeah, I should've guessed you'd figure it out. I landed on a sharp rock when we landed, like you did."
"But why didn't you tell me? You should have tended your wound too, not just mine. I could've wrapped mine up myself, while you took care of yours." He asked looking somewhat sad. She started to look sorrowful.
"I didn't want you to worry. I was going to tend to it in the morning, but you woke up before me. Besides, your gash was bigger than mine, so I figured we should fix it first." She replied.
"But still you were hurt too, and mine wasn't that much bigger!" He almost shouted, becoming a little frustrated.
"I know. ....I guess you weren't lying, when you said you were very protective of your friends." She said with a tiny smile on her face. "If I even am your friend. You haven't exactly known me as long as your other friends after all."
"...Falina you are my friend. Don't say that you aren't." He said looking concerned.
"...Well, the same goes for me. You're my friend...And I'm very protective of my friends." She said smiling even more.
He smiled back and quickly embraced her with his arms, surprising her a bit. She just smiled and hugged him back. He then released, still smiling.
"Well, should we bandage your wound now? It looks like it's still bleeding a little." He asked.
"Yeah." He then began to unwrap his arm. When he was done, it was evident that his arm was healing very fast, and very well. He took the ripped piece shirt that was being used as a bandage, went outside and washed it off a bit in a deep puddle. Wringing it out, he came back in.
He indicated for her to pull her shirt out of the way of the gash. She pulled it up to her ribs, while he started to wrap it around her waist. He tied it tightly when he was done. She put her shirt down and looked at him.
"Thanks." She said with a smile.
"No problem." He replied smiling back. "Well what should we do now?" He asked looking around.
"I dunno. Maybe we should go out and try to see where we are."
"Yeah, good idea." They went outside, and began looking around. They only found that it didn't look that much different in the daytime...still bare and rocky. A few trees and shrubs here and there maybe.
"Um, I don't think we should try looking around. We'd probably get lost." Falina said looking worried.
"We pretty much already are lost." He said still looking around.
"Yeah, but I mean we might not find our way back to this cave." She said somewhat irritated. "I wonder where we are anyway, or how we got here..."
"I have no idea. We can at least go look around. Just don't go out of sight of the cave." He said.
"Right. Let's go then." They went off in different directions, going far away from the cave, but never losing sight of it. After doing that just about all day, they got tired and decided to quit.
They sat outside the cave resting and just watching the sun as it was starting to go down. Sora sighed, got up and went indside the not that roomy, but tall enough for them to stand in, cave. Falina got up and followed.
They sat down by the fire they had started and kept going since this morning. It was a bit darker in the cave than outside. Sora then remembered that she was having a dream and he was trying to wake her up from it, just before they were taken here. He turned to her.
"Hey, were you having a dream just before we came here?" She remembered it as well.
"Yeah! It was really weird too. I dreamt I was a child, and I ran into this guys arms. In the dream I called him daddy. He then gave me this necklace." She said holding up and looking at the celtic cross. "But then my dream changed, and I was in like a battle zone where a war or somethin was goin on. I was about 2 years younger in this part. My dad and a few other men were fighting another group of men. The other groups leader had long really dark, purplish hair, and gray eyes. My father threw a grenade at him yelling out, 'Take this Ceres!' I believe Ceres was the name of the leader. But the grenade missed and hit a house. He ran by and grabbed me just before an explosion hit where I was. And then the dream ended." She finished.
"I bet that's some of your memory coming back!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah, it probably is. Otherwise, why would I have this necklace? Oh! Speaking of which, in the first part of my dream, my father told me something about this necklace. He said that if I were ever to die, it could be used to revive me. But only me. And only a loved one could wish me back."
"Whoa. I wonder if it's true..." Sora said thinking.
"Well we'll find out if I ever die." She said. He turned his attention back to her.
"Hopefully that won't happen for a very long time."
"Yeah, hopefully. The one thing that bugged me was that...my mother was in my dream. But, that was the worst part. The first part of it wasn't, because my mother was playing with me, when I was a child. " She paused for a moment.
"I know my father said that her name was Evareena, and I know she was beautiful. In the dream she told me that she loved me more than just about anything." Tears started to well up in Falina's eyes. "He also told me how she would sing to me when I was young, and how she would help me with anything I needed help with, and play with me if I was lonely or sad..." She stopped, then continued.
"But, then the dream got worse. I was in a hospital with my father, and we were in one of the rooms. On the bed was my mother. She was really sick. The doctors didn't think she'd last through the night...so they told us that we should probably say goodbye, in case we didn't get a chance another day. I felt my heart break instantly when I heard that. My father said goodbye, as painful as it was for him. But I didn't, because I couldn't. It was already painful enough. I didn't want to say goodbye. She didn't die that night, but the next day. When ever my father told me...I felt my heart stop." A couple of tears flowed freely down her face.
"I got my memory back, but now...I wish I didn't." She started to cry, finding it hard to talk about her past. Sora looked sympathetic and sad for her. He went over and embraced her in his arms. She hugged him back, crying into his chest, her small hands clutching his jacket. She was the one who needed comforting now, and it was his turn to comfort her.
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Author's Notes: Guess what....come on guess.....That's right! There will be more sap in the next chapter! Ok I'm tired as hell now so I'm gonna stop with da notes right now. Seeya. ~*~ Sky ~*~
Reviewer Credits:
Aniiston: Thanks for the review. Yeah I agree, this chapter was one of my best. Your story's good so far too. Seeya!
LewsTherinInsanity: Thanks, I'm glad you like the story. Don't worry, this place isn't as boring as it seems and you will find out eventually where they are. I noticed you added my story to your favorite stories list and you added me to your favorite authors list. Thanks, you make me feel so special, heh heh. Seeya!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Kingdom Hearts. If any of you say otherwise I hope you are either Squaresoft or Disney saying I can. Got it? Ok.
Claimer: I DO own Falina, Ceres, and the plot. Plus the world they're in, ok? Good.
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Meanwhile, in another world, a horrible demon was planning. The demon wore a long, blood red trench coat, with long black hair that looked almost purple when the light shined on it. His eyes were a cold, icy gray. He was tall and intelligent looking, but now had an evil heart.
The item he was after....Falina's necklace. Though she didn't know, because of her memory loss, the necklace had the power to bring someone back to life. But it had a bit of a quirk with it...only the life of a loved one could be revived. And it could only be revived by one who loved the person, and was still alive of course.
He had lost his beloved wife 2 years ago, and desperatly wanted to bring her back. Back then he was a gentle, and kind person. But when he lost the only one he loved, his heart turned to ice, and he became hateful of every living creature.
He used the power of a long lost and forgotten sacred jewel, to become a demon. This demon's name...was Ceres. His world had become cold and bare, ever since he went on a rampage and destroyed practically everything. He wanted revenge.
He wanted to get revenge on the man that killed his lovely wife, Irime. The man that killed her was none other than...Falina's father. He planned to get revenge by killing his only daughter, and taking her necklace. The necklace that had the symbol of hope and protection on it...the celtic cross. Ceres grinned as he thought of getting his revenge.
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Back at Sora's house, Falina was having a dream. She dreamt of when she was a child. She was in a meadow with a house nearby. She saw a kind looking man holding out his arms and smiling as she ran to him. This man had black hair, and gentle blue eyes. As the little child that was Falina ran in to his arms she shouted.
"Daddy!" They were laughing. He sat down with her in his lap. He pulled something out of his pocket, and showed it to her.
"This necklace was your mother's. It's a celtic cross." She grabbed it staring at it with interest.
"I'm giving it to you, because your mother asked me to. What I'm about to tell you you musn't tell anyone, but your closest friends and loved ones. This necklace has the power to bring back people who have died." She looked up at him, mouth agape.
"Really..?" She asked.
"Yes, but the best part of it is that it can only be used to revive you and you alone. Only a loved one can wish you back though. Your mother had it made because you were so dear to us, and if we were ever to lose you, we could bring you back." He smiled at her, and she smiled back letting out a little laugh.
Sora heard her making noises in her sleep...like she was sleep talking. He got up and walked to the doorway to his room. Falina was moving nervously in her sleep.
Suddenly her dream changed...she was no longer in the meadow, but in a battle-worn looking area. She was older in this part, around the age she was now. She saw her father. It was like there was a war going on. He and a few other men were fighting more men. They all looked tired.
Her father threw some kind of explosive, like a grenade. It missed the target though. Instead it hit a small house, and he didn't know that inside...was Irime, Ceres wife. That's who he was fighting. Ceres and some other men.
Ceres saw who threw the grenade, and when it hit and destroyed the house...his eyes were wide with unbelief, and his mouth open. He fell to his his knees not wanting to believe that his wife had just been killed. That's when he vowed to get his revenge, on Falina's father. He did not know her father did it by accident. Falina's father ran by and grabbed her, as another explosion lit up the sky.
Her dream then ended as she felt her body cold with sweat, and someone shaking her.
"Falina. Falina wake up. You're having a nightmare." Sora said trying to rouse her. Her eyes snapped open, but just as that happened, a bright light surrounded her and Sora. Before they knew it, they were floating in a seemingly endless void.
They were suddenly dropped on the hard ground, but it wasn't the ground on Destiny Islands. She sat up and they looked around. They were in a strange place. It all looked like barren rock with only a few little forests. There were a few mountains and caves around, but that was about it.
"What the hell just happened...?" Asked Sora looking around in surprise and fear.
"I have no idea..." Falina responded, with the same look of surprise and fear. Falina looked down feeling something like a warm, thick liquid. It was blood, from Sora's arm.
"Sora you're bleeding!" She gasped. He looked down at his arm. It was a pretty big gash. Apparently when he had landed, his arm landed on a rock.
"Don't worry about it, it's not that bad." He said trying to move his arm. But it was bad and he cringed in horrible pain at the slightest move of his forearm. He grabbed his upper arm and leaned over in pain. She held him up by quickly putting her arm around his chest and shoulder, and the other on his back.
"You are too hurt. Don't try to move it." She said, looking and sounding concerned. As he watched her, it almost looked as though her face was occasionally cringing in a little pain, but he dismissed it.
"I guess it's worse than I thought, heh heh. Ow!" He said trying to smile, but hurting his arm more. She quickly tore off a strip from the bottom part of her white shirt, and began wrapping it gently around his arm.
He looked up at her face as she did this, and saw an expression on her face mixed with a little determination, worry, and kindness. She tied it tightly in a knot.
"There. That's better."
"...thanks." He said looking away.
"No problem. We can't have you walking around with an open wound now can we." It slowly started to rain, and then it became harder. "Oh great! Isn't this just our luck." She said looking up at the sky irritated. She looked around and saw a large cave. "Aha! we can stay in there." She said pointing to it. She helped Sora up and they ran over to the cave.
They walked inside and Sora sat down, while she looked for and gathered whatever sticks and brush she could find to make a fire. She found plenty. She put them in a pile and after a long struggle with two rocks, she got a small fire goin. She sat down beside Sora.
"Whew! Well, I wonder where we are." She said to no one in particular. He simply stared at her.
"You're rather good at this whole outdoors thing aren't you?" He said smiling. Not even realizing that before, she looked somewhat surprised.
"Yeah I guess so. It's a good thing though."
He tried moving his arm again, only to find that the pain had not gone away. His face cringed in pain once more. She leaned over and put her arms out.
"I told you not to try and move it, it'll only make it worse." He stopped and sighed. He had a very sad look on is face. Several minutes passed by. He was deep in thought, and Falina only watched him.
"I wonder where in the world we are, or...if we'll ever get back, to Destiny." He wondered.
They both wondered where they were. It didn't look like it was anywhere near home. They got tired and decided they should sleep and try to figure out where they were tomorrow. Sora laid down on the flattest part of the ground. She found her a spot right beside him and laid down trying to get some sleep as well.
After a few minutes Sora quickly fell asleep, but sleep didn't come as easy for Falina. She turned over on her side to look at him. He still looked like such a sweet and gentle person when he slept. Though he usually looked like that when he was awake too. He was so handsome, and strong looking. He looked actually a little more cute, than handsome really. But still she couldn't help but think that.
He stirred in his sleep and softly groaned. A lock of hair fell in his face, although most of it was sticking up defying gravity all the time, this piece wasn't though. She smiled and reached over and softly brushed it back behind his ear. She turned back on her other side and tried to sleep, and eventually she did.
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Meanwhile, Ceres was yelling at one of his minion/servant thingys. Basically his minions were creatures that resembled humans, only with bat wings, sharp teeth, red eyes, claws, you know.
"We...we, don't know where she is sir." His minion stuttered.
"Well go find her!" Ceres roared back. "I brought her here through the use of magic, but I didn't know it wouldn't bring her straight to me!"
"Ye..yes sir." The creature said as he ran to get the others and go looking for Falina.
"I swear, I should really create some more competent minions." He mumbled to himself as he sat in his large chair.
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Back at the cave, it was morning. Sora woke up somewhat early. He was going to wake Falina, but since she had her jacket off, he noticed a red spot on the side of her shirt. It was blood. Surely if she had hurt herself she would have told him.
He lifted up her shirt a little, being careful not to wake her, and saw a huge gash in her side. It was almost as big as the one on his arm. He became concerned and somewhat angry, knowing she had hid this from him. She must have landed on a rock like him. She was too worried about taking care of him to take care of her own self.
He put her shirt back down, and sat where he was. A couple of minutes later she awoke. She looked up at Sora, getting her eyes to adjust.
"Hey Sora. Whaddyou up so early for?" She asked as she sat up, showing a slight pain in her face from her side.
"Nothin, I just felt like it." He replied.
"Oh, well, how's your arm?"
"It's a lot better now...How's your side?" He asked. She looked surprised.
"How'd you know?"
"Well the blood stain on your shirt was a little obvious." Sora replied, not turning his gaze from her.
"Yeah, I should've guessed you'd figure it out. I landed on a sharp rock when we landed, like you did."
"But why didn't you tell me? You should have tended your wound too, not just mine. I could've wrapped mine up myself, while you took care of yours." He asked looking somewhat sad. She started to look sorrowful.
"I didn't want you to worry. I was going to tend to it in the morning, but you woke up before me. Besides, your gash was bigger than mine, so I figured we should fix it first." She replied.
"But still you were hurt too, and mine wasn't that much bigger!" He almost shouted, becoming a little frustrated.
"I know. ....I guess you weren't lying, when you said you were very protective of your friends." She said with a tiny smile on her face. "If I even am your friend. You haven't exactly known me as long as your other friends after all."
"...Falina you are my friend. Don't say that you aren't." He said looking concerned.
"...Well, the same goes for me. You're my friend...And I'm very protective of my friends." She said smiling even more.
He smiled back and quickly embraced her with his arms, surprising her a bit. She just smiled and hugged him back. He then released, still smiling.
"Well, should we bandage your wound now? It looks like it's still bleeding a little." He asked.
"Yeah." He then began to unwrap his arm. When he was done, it was evident that his arm was healing very fast, and very well. He took the ripped piece shirt that was being used as a bandage, went outside and washed it off a bit in a deep puddle. Wringing it out, he came back in.
He indicated for her to pull her shirt out of the way of the gash. She pulled it up to her ribs, while he started to wrap it around her waist. He tied it tightly when he was done. She put her shirt down and looked at him.
"Thanks." She said with a smile.
"No problem." He replied smiling back. "Well what should we do now?" He asked looking around.
"I dunno. Maybe we should go out and try to see where we are."
"Yeah, good idea." They went outside, and began looking around. They only found that it didn't look that much different in the daytime...still bare and rocky. A few trees and shrubs here and there maybe.
"Um, I don't think we should try looking around. We'd probably get lost." Falina said looking worried.
"We pretty much already are lost." He said still looking around.
"Yeah, but I mean we might not find our way back to this cave." She said somewhat irritated. "I wonder where we are anyway, or how we got here..."
"I have no idea. We can at least go look around. Just don't go out of sight of the cave." He said.
"Right. Let's go then." They went off in different directions, going far away from the cave, but never losing sight of it. After doing that just about all day, they got tired and decided to quit.
They sat outside the cave resting and just watching the sun as it was starting to go down. Sora sighed, got up and went indside the not that roomy, but tall enough for them to stand in, cave. Falina got up and followed.
They sat down by the fire they had started and kept going since this morning. It was a bit darker in the cave than outside. Sora then remembered that she was having a dream and he was trying to wake her up from it, just before they were taken here. He turned to her.
"Hey, were you having a dream just before we came here?" She remembered it as well.
"Yeah! It was really weird too. I dreamt I was a child, and I ran into this guys arms. In the dream I called him daddy. He then gave me this necklace." She said holding up and looking at the celtic cross. "But then my dream changed, and I was in like a battle zone where a war or somethin was goin on. I was about 2 years younger in this part. My dad and a few other men were fighting another group of men. The other groups leader had long really dark, purplish hair, and gray eyes. My father threw a grenade at him yelling out, 'Take this Ceres!' I believe Ceres was the name of the leader. But the grenade missed and hit a house. He ran by and grabbed me just before an explosion hit where I was. And then the dream ended." She finished.
"I bet that's some of your memory coming back!" He exclaimed.
"Yeah, it probably is. Otherwise, why would I have this necklace? Oh! Speaking of which, in the first part of my dream, my father told me something about this necklace. He said that if I were ever to die, it could be used to revive me. But only me. And only a loved one could wish me back."
"Whoa. I wonder if it's true..." Sora said thinking.
"Well we'll find out if I ever die." She said. He turned his attention back to her.
"Hopefully that won't happen for a very long time."
"Yeah, hopefully. The one thing that bugged me was that...my mother was in my dream. But, that was the worst part. The first part of it wasn't, because my mother was playing with me, when I was a child. " She paused for a moment.
"I know my father said that her name was Evareena, and I know she was beautiful. In the dream she told me that she loved me more than just about anything." Tears started to well up in Falina's eyes. "He also told me how she would sing to me when I was young, and how she would help me with anything I needed help with, and play with me if I was lonely or sad..." She stopped, then continued.
"But, then the dream got worse. I was in a hospital with my father, and we were in one of the rooms. On the bed was my mother. She was really sick. The doctors didn't think she'd last through the night...so they told us that we should probably say goodbye, in case we didn't get a chance another day. I felt my heart break instantly when I heard that. My father said goodbye, as painful as it was for him. But I didn't, because I couldn't. It was already painful enough. I didn't want to say goodbye. She didn't die that night, but the next day. When ever my father told me...I felt my heart stop." A couple of tears flowed freely down her face.
"I got my memory back, but now...I wish I didn't." She started to cry, finding it hard to talk about her past. Sora looked sympathetic and sad for her. He went over and embraced her in his arms. She hugged him back, crying into his chest, her small hands clutching his jacket. She was the one who needed comforting now, and it was his turn to comfort her.
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Author's Notes: Guess what....come on guess.....That's right! There will be more sap in the next chapter! Ok I'm tired as hell now so I'm gonna stop with da notes right now. Seeya. ~*~ Sky ~*~
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