Authors Note/Disclaimer: I don't own Wild ARMs 3, Kingdom Hearts or various Final Fantasy games and Disney movies or cartoons; they belong to Media Vision, Disney, Squaresoft and Sony.
This was originally going to stand as it's own chapter elsewhere in the story and without the bit in Baskar, but I changed my mind. But still don't expect to see more very soon, I'm still straightening out the plot and it looks like this story's going to be a long one. And I mean more than my usual long length of a bit over 10000 words. Yay! Anywho, here it is, enjoy. Oh, and as for the title of this prologue... I have a sick, sick, morbid sense of humour.
Second Prologue – Simple and Clean
The water sparkled, crystal and blue as Kairi stared out over the ocean from her perch upon the rocks. Destiny Island was too quiet for her now without Sora and Riku around. Even Wakka, Tidus and Selphie had become somewhat more reserved without them around.
She sighed, clutching the Paopu fruit she'd picked earlier to her heart and stared up at the sky. "When will you come home, Sora? I miss you so much..."
She sniffed and tried not to cry. She knew Sora would return to her someday, but as the Keyblade Master, right now he was needed elsewhere. She had to be patient and wait until his job was done and he came back to her.
She spent the rest of her day sitting on the rocks just watching the waves come and go, daydreaming of times gone by, happier times when she, Sora and Riku would waste the day playing silly games on the beach. Tears came to her eyes as she banished the thought that she might not ever see them again.
Before she knew it, the sun was setting and it was time for her to head home. As she stood, however, she thought she saw something move up ahead.
"Hello? Who's there?"
There was no answer, but again she saw movement, and for a split second, she thought she saw the back of Riku's head. But that couldn't be, could it? Kairi had to know.
"Riku? Is that you? Wait up!"
Without thinking, she ran forward, but the rocks where she had been standing were slippery with algae. Her foot slipped and with a short scream, she fell off and over and onto the rocks below. There was a sickening crack and then silence, save for the sound of the tide washing in.
Over the course of the next couple of hours, the water rose and slowly covered Kairi's body and washed it out to sea, as curious fish and other water dwelling creatures nibbled it.
X X X
It had been several years since the Baskars had last been blessed with one who could foresee the future through dreams. When Shane Carradine seemed to develop this skill, it had been cause for celebration. But it came to be that his visions were not true, and in fact had been fed to him by the dream demon Beatrice. The colony went without a dream seer again, but there was hope that Shane could still develop the true skill.
And now it seemed, they were about to get their wish.
X X X
Shane's eyes flew open as he awoke suddenly. It didn't take him long to realize what had happened; he sprang from his bed and ran down the stairs, running into his older brother on the way down.
"Whoa, hey what's the hurry?" Gallows asked, laughing.
"Brother, I had a dream!"
"So? I had a dream too, but I don't think everyone wants to hear about it."
"No, no, not a normal dream. This was a vision of the future, I'm sure of it!"
Gallows' previously smiling face quickly turned to surprise then to seriousness. "You'd better tell Granny. But first," and now the look of mischief sparkled in his eye, "tell me what it was?"
Shane nodded. "A door of light was consumed by the darkness surrounding it. A key shattered to be reformed within a new heart while the hearts of two others were taken by the same spreading darkness which swallowed the door."
"A door of light and a broken key? Come on, let's go find Granny, she can probably make sense of this." The two Baskars ran off to find their grandmother in hopes of learning more about Shane's mysterious premonition.