Challenging Remembrance
Trailers and broken down homes were scattered throughout the slums. One particular home appeared to be in the best condition compared to the others, so Sora tried here first, and Aleisa, Donald, and Goofy followed.
The door creaked open, and the floor creaked as well when they stepped in. It appeared as though no one was there. Airplane models were hung on the ceiling, and plane blueprint had been laid out on various furniture that had been crammed into the small room. Though the room was a bit clustered, it appeared as though it were the living room, and kept fairly organized.
There was a small desk across the room, a recliner turned away from them. They heard an odd noise from behind it.
"What's that sound?" Sora asked, taking out his keyblade. Aleisa backed to the door, just in case. Donald and Goofy were at Sora's side.
The chair moved and creaked. They heard someone mumbling loudly. "Dangit, can't get no bloody sleep around here 'cause there's always people running in here, asking for something!" The man turned towards them. He had greying blonde hair that was sticking straight up, and his clothes were distinguished. He stood fairly tall, and looked like a stern, almost mean, old man.
"Cid!" Sora shouted. "I can't believe it's you!"
Cid scratched his head. "Yeah, it's the old bagger who's been here forever, kid. Now scram. I haven't seen you around here, but I don't wantcha back. Got too many little demons running in and out of here as it is, asking for things to be fixed."
"Hey, don't talk to Sora like that," Donald quacked. "What's the big idea?"
"You in a bad mood or somethin'?" Goofy asked.
"Am I supposed to give him some kind of special treatment?" Cid grunted. "Haven't seen him around here before, and suddenly, he seems like some huge bigshot. Well, whoop-dee-doo if he is."
Sora raised a brow. "Cid, you don't remember me?"
Cid coughed. "Can't say I have. I chase all the kids out of here. You a new little demon I gotta chase out of here?"
"Sora.." Aleisa spoke quietly from the door.
Sora turned her way. "What's up?"
"I need to speak with you a moment..alone." She walked out, and closed the door after her. Sora scratched his head and followed.
Sora joined her out back out in the slums. He felt a little edgy standing out there. "Something wrong?"
"Cid doesn't remember you."
"It seems that way."
"Do you know why?"
"Er.. not exactly."
"Well," she started, "whenever Kingdom Hearts is opened, the heartless are sent back into the darkness, and everyone intends to forget that anything happened after that because they return to their original world and eventually forget about what happened before."
"You explained that earlier, didn't you?"
"Well, I came from Hollow Bastion, and I only remember that because of this locket," she said as she held the small necklace in her fingers.
Sora lowered his gaze. "Is Kairi going to forget me, you figure?"
Aleisa's eyes dimmed. "I don't know.. I can't really say."
The door to the home opened, and Goofy poked his head out. "Uh, Sora? Cid wants to talk to you."
Sora looked to Aleisa then walked back inside, and she followed behind. They returned back inside, and Cid looked to Sora frowning. "Sorry about what I said, Sora."
Sora met his gaze. "Do you remember me?"
Cid scratched his head. "Faintly. I couldn't recognize you at first because it's been a year, and you look different, but it took me a while to remember you."
"How did you remember me?" Sora asked curiously.
Cid held up a purple gummi block. "This was the same block that I used on your gummi ship when you traveled to The End of the World. The ship returned back to Traverse Town because it's at the beginning on our universe, and gravity pulled it that far. I kept the block so I could remember you, but it didn't do a whole lot of good because it took a little while to remember."
Sora smiled. "That's fine. I just didn't want you to forget me."
Cid laughed. "I don't think I can forget you. That's the same thing Yuffie said."
"Yuffie told me when we departed that she couldn't forget me, even if she wanted to." Sora paused. "Do you think she might have?"
"Can't really say," Cid replied. "There wasn't anything that she took with her once we all departed, I'm sure. If she doesn't have a physical possession to remember you by, she most likely forgot."
"Where is she, anyway?"
"Aeris's old house. She stays by there to baby sit Barret's daughter, Marlene."
"Who's Barret?"
Cid chuckled. "Trust me, you'll know him when you see him."
Sora nodded, and turned from Cid after bidding him farewell. Goofy, Donald, and Aleisa followed, and followed a path close to the slums to a quaint little cottage-looking home. Up the bridge across the home was a small island where a garden of wildflowers possibly once bloomed, but they seemed to have died out, and were blackening.
Trailers and broken down homes were scattered throughout the slums. One particular home appeared to be in the best condition compared to the others, so Sora tried here first, and Aleisa, Donald, and Goofy followed.
The door creaked open, and the floor creaked as well when they stepped in. It appeared as though no one was there. Airplane models were hung on the ceiling, and plane blueprint had been laid out on various furniture that had been crammed into the small room. Though the room was a bit clustered, it appeared as though it were the living room, and kept fairly organized.
There was a small desk across the room, a recliner turned away from them. They heard an odd noise from behind it.
"What's that sound?" Sora asked, taking out his keyblade. Aleisa backed to the door, just in case. Donald and Goofy were at Sora's side.
The chair moved and creaked. They heard someone mumbling loudly. "Dangit, can't get no bloody sleep around here 'cause there's always people running in here, asking for something!" The man turned towards them. He had greying blonde hair that was sticking straight up, and his clothes were distinguished. He stood fairly tall, and looked like a stern, almost mean, old man.
"Cid!" Sora shouted. "I can't believe it's you!"
Cid scratched his head. "Yeah, it's the old bagger who's been here forever, kid. Now scram. I haven't seen you around here, but I don't wantcha back. Got too many little demons running in and out of here as it is, asking for things to be fixed."
"Hey, don't talk to Sora like that," Donald quacked. "What's the big idea?"
"You in a bad mood or somethin'?" Goofy asked.
"Am I supposed to give him some kind of special treatment?" Cid grunted. "Haven't seen him around here before, and suddenly, he seems like some huge bigshot. Well, whoop-dee-doo if he is."
Sora raised a brow. "Cid, you don't remember me?"
Cid coughed. "Can't say I have. I chase all the kids out of here. You a new little demon I gotta chase out of here?"
"Sora.." Aleisa spoke quietly from the door.
Sora turned her way. "What's up?"
"I need to speak with you a moment..alone." She walked out, and closed the door after her. Sora scratched his head and followed.
Sora joined her out back out in the slums. He felt a little edgy standing out there. "Something wrong?"
"Cid doesn't remember you."
"It seems that way."
"Do you know why?"
"Er.. not exactly."
"Well," she started, "whenever Kingdom Hearts is opened, the heartless are sent back into the darkness, and everyone intends to forget that anything happened after that because they return to their original world and eventually forget about what happened before."
"You explained that earlier, didn't you?"
"Well, I came from Hollow Bastion, and I only remember that because of this locket," she said as she held the small necklace in her fingers.
Sora lowered his gaze. "Is Kairi going to forget me, you figure?"
Aleisa's eyes dimmed. "I don't know.. I can't really say."
The door to the home opened, and Goofy poked his head out. "Uh, Sora? Cid wants to talk to you."
Sora looked to Aleisa then walked back inside, and she followed behind. They returned back inside, and Cid looked to Sora frowning. "Sorry about what I said, Sora."
Sora met his gaze. "Do you remember me?"
Cid scratched his head. "Faintly. I couldn't recognize you at first because it's been a year, and you look different, but it took me a while to remember you."
"How did you remember me?" Sora asked curiously.
Cid held up a purple gummi block. "This was the same block that I used on your gummi ship when you traveled to The End of the World. The ship returned back to Traverse Town because it's at the beginning on our universe, and gravity pulled it that far. I kept the block so I could remember you, but it didn't do a whole lot of good because it took a little while to remember."
Sora smiled. "That's fine. I just didn't want you to forget me."
Cid laughed. "I don't think I can forget you. That's the same thing Yuffie said."
"Yuffie told me when we departed that she couldn't forget me, even if she wanted to." Sora paused. "Do you think she might have?"
"Can't really say," Cid replied. "There wasn't anything that she took with her once we all departed, I'm sure. If she doesn't have a physical possession to remember you by, she most likely forgot."
"Where is she, anyway?"
"Aeris's old house. She stays by there to baby sit Barret's daughter, Marlene."
"Who's Barret?"
Cid chuckled. "Trust me, you'll know him when you see him."
Sora nodded, and turned from Cid after bidding him farewell. Goofy, Donald, and Aleisa followed, and followed a path close to the slums to a quaint little cottage-looking home. Up the bridge across the home was a small island where a garden of wildflowers possibly once bloomed, but they seemed to have died out, and were blackening.