(Author's Interlude)
HI!!!!!!!! Yes, I'm very hyper because I finally reached the 6th chapter. Warning: Chapters will get darker! This chapter will be divided into 3 parts. The first part is this: Riku's thoughts. Guess what Part 2 and 3 are.
Cuore della Penombra
Chapter 6
Revelations Part 1
Starring: Riku!
As the night day before, it was dark and cold. Crickets could be heard, snores were... snored.
A tired 16 year old dropped unto his messy bed. It has been like this since...the dreams came.
Dreams. They can be promising or misleading. Fact, or opinion. Fate, or imagination.
When they finally came back home. Riku thought that everything would be back to normal. School, work, eat, sleep. Well, let's just say it was not meant to be that way for Riku. For these 14 nights, Riku had dreamt of a dreary place, a place submerged in darkness. And yet, at some views, there was light sticking out of the tiniest holes. It tormented Riku's thinking, he hoping that they would just go away and he could finally be care free. But no.
Riku sighed. Always the oldest one gets the trouble. He hasn't heard any of these weird dreams from Sora or Kairi. Why him?
"Yeah," he said, "Why me?"
He just wanted to spend time with his peers. He just wants to fight with Sora again. He just wants to cook with his mom and work with his dad. He just...wants everything back to normal. But it isn't. His face would show no worry at all, but Wakka was right. He was in an internal conflict between himself.
These days were so precious to him, so little time to fit back into the lifestyle they had, it would be a little disturbance to tip their lives off. These dreams are that disturbance. Riku even thinks this is forewarning.
Every night, the image of this peculiar castle would appear. The whole place was surrounded by purple fog and reeked of darkness. The acre was only a square that grew spiky thorns. Its 4 pointy towers at the 4 corners were amazingly bent to create a heart with a pair of towers. In the middle of the square was a building, the main structure. At the front was an illuminated mosaic door that glowed with brightness. The lighted door would be always open to Riku and he would go through the open doors. Walking through the hallways, lighted by dark, pointy or shining lamps. Every time he would stand at a fork. One way leads to a dark, foggy place while the other is composed of sweet smells and sunshine. A voice, like DiZ, would ask, "Are you either? Are you with the trend, or a new one?" The voice is not DiZ of course (he died if you haven't known), but a small, but defiant feminine voice. Then, if he stared hard enough, Riku could see flowing hair above, in the abyss. Riku's dreams ends at this point. Sometimes, the mysterious voice would speak to him more. And that is what Riku is waiting for tonight, well maybe not.
Sleepiness wavered over Riku, and once again a cloudy fortress laid before him. At the fork, immediately a voice welcomed him warmly.
Oh yes, the girl. She claims to have watched Riku for a long time to see his progress. RIku thinks he has some relation with her, but lately the girl gave him more puzzles than clues.
Riku...
What! Who are you and what are you doing to me?
Pardon?
You've made me restless with your appearance, and I can't confide in no one!
Why?
What do you care? Sneaking around my personal space.
But...Riku...I'm in your dreams...
Yeah, sure
Doesn't that hold any meaning to you?
...NO!...
-sigh- I guess you have really changed
What are you talking about? You've never met me! I don't remember you!
As I wanted...now I will just tell you something...
Huh? As if I needed more...
A lot of revelations will come to you.
What...do you mean? I know me, myself, I!
Do you mean that? Do you feel you're not cheating yourself?
Actually...I do have some things...I don't know...
Well, good luck...
And just like that, the person vanished in a flash.
Riku sighed. These puzzles are messing with his mind a lot. Who was this girl? How does she know me?
"But, even if you had annoyed me, I wish to thank you. You've made me realize what... I really am. Thank you."
And as the moon went down the horizon, defeated by the powerful sun, Riku went to sleep as well.
At the same moment, an image of a brownish-blond person came into view. Her long, swift hair shrugged against her neck as her neck bent down.
"At last Riku, has your adventure continues..." And then, she let out a very, very small droplet out of her pupil.
"I hope...for...luck for all of you... Sora...Kairi...Riku."
The image then faded slowly into the shadows of the night.
End of Chapter 6
(Author's Corner :))
Wow, the chapters are gettting so much darker. You wouldn't mind if I add some smileys?
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That's better! Yep, that's the girl I talked about in the author's note in chapter 1! Don't worry! Some happiness will come later.
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