KH Drabbles; will add chapters as I drabble more.
Pairing: None
Summary: Locked on the other side of the door, Riku receives a letter.
He'd sealed himself in the shadow worlds; running through half-remembered landscapes, searching for some point that would bring him out again-
He half fell, half tripped over some hidden thing in the sand and went rolling down the lazy curl of the dune, and to his horror, the keyblade went spinning into the air-then he had to close his eyes as he hit the bottom with a thump.
The keyblade had driven mid-blade into the sand, jagged edge shining like a fang in the moonlight. Riku huffed wearily, then wrapped his hand around the hilt and pulled. The blade came free with a puff of sand- and something else.
Flutter. Light, a shape like a torn butterfly wing, borne aloft by Riku's surprised gasp. His reflexes required no thought; his free hand arced up and caught it, curling inwards gently. He brought it down in slow motion, close to his face, cautiously opening his fingers to see what he had caught.
find you again
Even as his breath catches, the words burn gold, and start to crumble, dispersing into sparks that wink out even before they leave his hand. The last light winks out even as he watches, then he spins around wildly, searching for some kind of sign; some marker, even if it's just a ridiculously large shoe-print-
There is a stink that cuts through the clean desert air, and slithery dry sounds like a death rattle. Riku flings one wild searching gaze at the sky, then puts his head down and runs.