Chapter Five

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Kairi was looking forward to going to school for one of the first times in her life. A Wednesday was really a horrible day to begin school Kairi thought. Though if she had to begin school on a Tuesday she guessed it would have been despairing to start school then too. Anyway she wasn't looking forward to a brand new day.

Kairi checked herself in the mirror for the umpteenth time then grabbed the lunch her mom made for her.

Kairi could still remember her dream from last night. It had been strange and very surreal. She still couldn't make any sense out of it. Maybe something triggered it? Riku and Sora had been in it. She blushed remembering.

She had been standing on an empty beach the sand a dark color in the setting sun. The ocean in the distance glared brightly like a vat of blinding light. Her eyes searched up and down the beach and then rested on the ocean as though expecting something to happen. Her fingers were trembling. She wasn't sure why. She felt anxious. Then the sky was darkening alarmingly fast. Time fast forwarding. Her eyes were still on the ocean in front of her.

Stars were taking the place of fluffy clouds and the ocean was no longer bright with sun light but with moonlight. And still she waited. But nothing was happening...

Huh? Something in the corner of her eye. Her head shot up.

The sky was streaked with light. Huge streaks of light lighting up the night.

What was happening?

Her eyes were locked on the sky now. It was so weird. She had never seen anything so strange. The stars were falling.

They were flying straight to earth. She stumbled back in surprise. They were going to crush her. She fell back on the soft wet sand putting her arms up to shield her eyes from the brightening light.

Panic flitted through her mind. She was going to die!

They were hitting the ocean now, sprays of ocean water making her wince. She searched the island. She was alone, except for a little tree full of star shaped fruit.

Without thinking she clambered to her feet and ran toward the tree. She didn't know what a little dinky tree could do against a falling sky but she didn't know what else to do. The tree looked far away but in no time she was clutching it with shaking arms.

And time stopped.

The sound of splashing water ceased and hesitantly she opened her burning eyes.

And gasped. Because right there in front of her was Riku. She was hugging Riku.

"Riku!"

He looked down at her and smiled.

And time started right back up again. He shoved her away roughly and she found herself falling off the edge of the island. She tried to scream but the sound was drowned out by the chorus of splashing water. Stars were still falling and now she was falling with them.

And Someone was holding her hand. Her eyes popped open.

"Sora! What happened to Riku!" he smiled happily at her blue eyes dancing in the light from the falling stars.

"Come back to us." he murmured before fading silently away into the air rushing around her.

She would rather he came back to her to help her.

"Sora..."

She closed her eyes, bracing herself for the inevitable. It was taking an awfully long time to fall. She opened her eyes expecting the stinging of salt water in her eyes. Instead she was laying down. In her bed.

Kairi sat up quickly running shaky hands through her red hair. No salt water or sand. She opened her bedroom window, scanning the night sky to see it any stars were mysteriously out of place. Thousands of stars twinkled back at her. It was just a dream. Just a really weird dream.

And she kept telling herself that as she walked out of the door heading to school.

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