Dream Catcher

While in The World That Never Was, he met her. The one that will forever haunt his dreams because of her sacrifice. Now he searches for what is left to bring back what used to be.

Chapter II – Everywhere I Look

You are safe after I had found you at last... Riku looked at the girl, his eyes wide and his hands shaking. He saw the silver tear run down her cheek and saw through the shadows on her face a small smile. He extended his hand to touch her shoulder, but the shadows started to consume the area around him.

Wait! He shouted. Who are you?! Why are you doing this?! Her smile seemed to fall. He touched her shoulder and the coat fell to the ground in a puddle of blood. No one was there. The man before him seemed to be consumed with his surroundings. Finally, after it consumed everything around him, he fell into darkness. As he fell, head first, he saw the girl falling in front of him a few times, but she seemed to fade in and out. She touched his cheek with her hand when she faded out again and didn't come back. Who are you!?

Riku shot up from his covers and looked at the clock. It was four in the morning. He laid back down on the bed and took a few deep breaths before turning on his lamp. Since his desk was next to his bed, he reached into the first drawer to get out his sketch pad and a pencil. He sat there drawing until five and then looked at the picture. He had drawn the girl with her hood up and where her face was to be was still blank paper. He hoped that in another nightmare her face would be seen. Even thought he saw her in reality almost a year ago he could not remember her face if he had seen it. His heart seemed to have jumped as his cell phone started to vibrate. He picked it up to see that Sora was calling him.

"Hello?" he said.

"Hey, Riku! I can't sleep."

"Neither can I."

"To much on your mind?"

"You could say that. So, what's up with you at five in the morning?"

"Eh, nothing. Ya know, I got some sleep, woke up to get something to drink, and now I cannot get back to sleep. I tried everything."

"Everything?"

"Yeah. Counting sheep, laying down and closing my eyes, listening to soothing CD's. None of it works."

"I'm sorry to hear that, pal."

"Hey, when it gets bright out and it's around noon do you wanna go to the new pizza place down the street for lunch?"

"Sure. Why not?"

"Sweet! Hey, I'm gonna go now. I guess I should try to get a few more hours of sleep before we go out. You should too, man."

"I've only been awake for about an hour or a little longer, so it's not a big deal for me."

"Okay," Sora said. "See ya."

"Bye." He hung up and looked back down at the drawing. "Did I see your face at all or was your face always in shadow?" He asked himself. He closed his eyes and saw her image again, but after a moment he drifted back into sleep.

Riku looked around and then, as everything started to come into focus, he saw that he was standing in front of the old mansion in Twilight Town. He starred at the mansion for a moment, but then saw a figure behind the curtain of the second floor. The curtain was moved by a small burst of wind and he saw that she was in a black cloak with that same smile.

"You!" he shouted. He ran into the mansion, only to see that it was very vacant, dusty, and quiet. "Hey? Is anyone in here? I saw you at the window, so where are you?" He heard something behind him and turned to see what it was, but nothing was there. He then looked over at the staircase and saw the same girl that was at the window.

"Are you the girl that saved my life?"

"The girl that saved you, I might just be, but do you really want to know me?"

"Yes, yes, I do! For some reason, I see you everywhere I am and during every night! Why are you haunting me?!"

"Haunting you I am not, but the nightmares only you can stop."

"Stop speaking in riddles and tell me what to do!"

"I cannot say who I am, but you can ask another. Up these stairs and to the left you will find your answers."

"I said stop the riddles!" Just as he shouted that, the women disappeared and he ran up the stairs to try and catch her before she completely disappeared. Just as he leapt for her, she was completely gone. He sat on the stairs and rubbed his head.

"What to do now..." he said to himself. Then he thought of what she had told him. "Up the stairs and to the left..." He walked up the rest of the stairs and went down the left hall just as she had told him. He opened the door and walked into a room that was completely white.

"Hello, Riku..." said a voice. He turned to see a small girl with blonde hair and blue eyes looking at him. She was sitting at the far end of the table. He closed the door behind him and walked further into the room.

"N...Namine?" he asked.

"You remember me."

"You are in my mind as well? I don't understand what is going on..."

"I would be worried if you did."

"What do you mean?"

"You have a troubled mind which I am not surprised about. You have had a troubled, untamable mind ever since you wanted to travel to other worlds when you were fifteen."

"Who is the girl?"

"Girl?"

"The girl in black that is in my mind...she is haunting me."

"Haunting you?"

"Yes, she is everywhere."

"She is not one to haunt anyone. More like to follow and protect. Even in death she follows and watches over you."

"How long has she been doing this?"

"Ever since that day...the day you chose evil over good."

"What is her name, Namine? Her name..."

"Her name is-!"

Riku woke up and looked at his clock as the alarm went off. It was now nine in the morning. He hut his clock to shut it off, but hit it violently.

"Dammit..." he said to himself. He looked over at his sketch pad and saw that something was written on the next page, next to him drawing. It said,

She has watched

over you to see if you were okay.

That is what she does for

you everyday.

She isn't a nightmare

or a ghost.

It may seem like a haunting,

but maybe you miss her the most.

That's why you think of her

and why she is in your dreams.

That is the only answer

to this, it seems.

– Namine –

A/n; sorry that the chapter is short, but I haven't had a lot of time to work on it. I hope you liked the chapter and I promise the next one will be longer! Please Review!!!