Hello and welcome to the second chapter of my first story. I'm pretty sure I'm going in the direction of a Riku/Kairi, cause to be honest, I like the pairing more than Sora/Kairi (ducks so noone throws food at her) but there will be some Sora/Kairi in there as well, it just won't be the main couple. I'm gunna skip chapters for everyone's POV, so next chappie is Riku (hehe my fav). I just whipped this out in like 2 hours, so I'm crossing my fingers it won't suck too bad >.
And thank you to sephyandme, who at the moment seems to be my only reviewer (cries). This chapter is dedicated to you!
Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts and its characters belong to Square Enix and Disney, not to me (cries again).
Chapter 2: Memories
A blinding light seared through his eyelids as Sora raised his head in surprise. Feeling the back of his head, he turned to look at his unfamiliar surroundings. Stacks and stacks of dirty, ancient looking books in a small, messy room surrounded him.
Shivering slightly, Sora jumped down from his perch atop a creaky wooden table.
"Shouldn't I know this place? I… I can't… remember…"
"Why yes, you should, seeing as how you've been here many times before," came an accented voice from the doorway.
Sora quickly sprang to life; gripping his keyblade and spinning to face his opponent.
"Ahh...ah…umm…" Still tightly clutching the Oathkeeper, Sora babbled on for loss of words as to who the person standing before him was.
"Merlin."
"Merlin?" The keyblade dropped to Sora's side and hung limply. This old man can't be much of a threat, wherever I am, and whoever he is.
"Yes, dear boy. Your noggin took quite the knocking, didn't it?" Chuckled the old wizard.
"What are you talking about?"
Merlin began to slowly circle Sora, making the boy somewhat nervous, and again chuckled to himself.
"Well, I wouldn't expect you to remember anything after that little incident, no." Merlin clicked his tongue disapprovingly. "What with all of that darkness business. Rubbish, all of it. You're lucky you're still alive, you know that?"
"I'm sorry sir, but don't understand." The boy felt extremely stupid simply standing there and not knowing anything, even who he was.
"No, of course not. Sit down, boy."
Sora spun to look behind him just in time to fall into the outstretched arms of an old recliner, as it had scooted towards him a few seconds before. Merlin slowly took to his own worn-down armchair.
Choosing to ignore the first thought of "What the hell?" that came to his mind, Sora instead opted to say, "Excuse me, uhh, Merlin sir, but uhh, would you please explain to me-"
"Yes, yes, of course," Merlin impatiently cut the boy off. Clearing his throat deeply, the wizard started, "Well, let's get to it, shall we?"
A loud gulp was heard from Sora's throat as Merlin pointed and whirled his wooden stick of some sort at Sora's head, nearly knocking it into his skull.
And then, it was initiated. Loudly, and enthusiastically.
Incomprehensible language began spilling from the open mouth of the aged man in blue, sending multicolored sparks and swirls from the tip of his wand. Greens and blues, reds and yellows, and every color imaginable came pouring into the air and directly towards Sora.
Suddenly feeling dizziness and nausea take him over, Sora slid back onto the table behind him where he had awoken with a small bump.
"…I…I..." muttered Sora slowly watching as the room began picking up speed as it spun; his head going along with the rhythm as he shut his pounding eyelids harshly. Memories.
The keyblade master's head swam through the mass of reminiscences before him, though his eyes were still closed. He could still hear the loud chanting of the wizard, though it was distant over the buzzing of his own mind.
Words and fragments began rushing through his head, speeding up and becoming more and more with every passing second.
Sora...Riku...Kairi...The darkness...Keyblade master...Her heart...
Everything, faster and faster.
Donald...Goofy...Hollow Bastion...The end of the world...Love...Kairi...Kairi...KAIRI
Sora sat straight up, whipping his head around in every direction. Finally opening his eyes, he only saw Merlin, who took him in with his own eyes with a look of sadness.
"If you wantto see your friends again,then you've got to finish what you've started, boy."
"I know what I've got to do." Sora slid from the table and walked towards the door, and brushing past Merlin, he said to himself, "Kairi needs me, I've got to get back to her." With that, Sora stepped out the door and glided off into Traverse Town without another word.
"Be careful, boy. You're not the only one looking for her." Merlin sat in silence for a long time after that, only rising to make some tea, and then going to bed to dream dreams that only a wizard could dream.
Well, I'd say that's quite a bit longer than the last chapter, but my 3rd chapter is even longer (yes, I finished it first cause I liked it more :P). Please review, and constructive criticism and suggestions areappreciated, but no flames, please.