TsubakiTwilight: Hey my avid readers! TsubakiTwilight here with the third chapter of Forgotten Memories: Introduction! I'm REALLY sorry that I haven't updated this for like over two months… BUT now that I've graduated I should have more time to work on my stories. Also someone (too lazy to figure out who) asked if you can suggest worlds that Len will visit and the answer is YES! Just as long as they are NOT in ANY of the Kingdome Hearts games. And now our assistant director today is… AXEL! *fanfare*
Axel: *walks in* Hey everyone, the name's Axel… got it memorized?
TsubakiTwilight: Alrighty! Anything you want to say to our audience before we get started?
Axel: Don't play with fire.
TsubakiTwilight: I'm pretty sure that people knew not to do that… anyway! *turns to readers* I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of its characters but I do own all my characters/places/monsters. OKAY PEOPLE PLACES! WE'RE ON IN 3-2-1… ACTION!
The sun shone brightly on Inizio Town. It was morning and the townsfolk were just beginning to go about their daily lives. Fishermen were leaving for the open ocean while shop owners were opening up. Children were heading off to school and cafes were receiving their first morning customers. Len was walking down the cobblestone street, on his way to Luke's house.
Yesterday, after leaving Mr. Oak, the older teen had asked Len if he could come over the next day and help look after his five younger siblings and Len had agreed. So, here he was, on his way to his friend's house.
He was passing by two women who had their head's close together obviously gossiping.
"Have you heard?" the first woman asked in a loud whisper.
"No… heard what?" asked the second woman.
"I hear that there's been another sighting; this time closer to town."
"That's the fourth sighting this week…"
Len stopped mid-step when he heard the conversation. He looked at the road, then to the two women. '…I'm sure Luke won't mind if I'm a little late.'
"Excuse me Mrs. Aiello." Len said as he approached the two women.
"Oh Len! Good morning." Mrs. Aiello greeted, giving the teen a warm smile. "Did you need something?"
"I was wondering what you were talking about."
"Oh… well… well I guess it would be best if you kids knew about what was going on." Mrs. Aiello motioned Len forward. "Actually, there have been sightings of monsters around town." She said.
"Monsters?"
"Yes. Mr. Takemoto was the first person to see it and over the past few weeks the sightings have been growing more frequently. Apparently it's described as a giant white rat with a weird symbol on it that looks like a heart with a flame in it."
"A heart… with a flame in it…" Len repeated a faraway look in his eyes.
The last groups of monsters were pure white and resembled a large rat. They had a long snout with vicious looking teeth and walked on all fours with a long skinny tail. There was an outline of a heart on the rat monsters' back in black with a similarly outline flame in the center of the heart.
Don't be afraid…
"… Afraid…" Len murmured softly.
"… Len? Are you okay?" Mrs. Aiello asked with concern.
"H-Huh? What?"
"I asked if you were alright, dear."
"Oh! I'm fine Mrs. Aiello." Len replied with a smile. "I must have spaced out for a few moments." He gave another smile before turning. "Well I gotta go to Luke's house now! Bye Mrs. Aiello! Ms. Samson!" he said before running down the street.
"Be careful Len! Run if you see the monster!" Mrs. Aiello called after him.
'Run? Why would I do that when I have my… my…' Len stumbled breaking his train of thought. "Woah… maybe I am getting old." He muttered, picking himself off the ground. "I'm spacing out a lot more than usual… wait… does that mean I'm naturally spacey on a normal basis?" he asked himself as he knocked on Luke's front door.
Luke lived in a two-story house near the center of town. The house had a large porch at the front with a large front and back yard. The exterior was the same as the buildings of Inizio Town with the entire building being made of bricks. Various toys could be seen strewn around the yard as a lone swing hung from a large tree in the front yard.
Len was about to knock again when a loud yell of, "ILLARIO! ROSE! PUT THAT DOWN!" was heard from behind the door. The wooden door was wrenched open to reveal a disheveled Luke. His normally net hair was messed up and his clothes were wrinkled and were covered in various stains.
"Thank God you're here Len!" Luke yelled literally dragging the younger teen into his home. "I really need you're help! Illario and Rose won't stop climbing the furniture and I'm afraid Alec will wake the twins!"
Len grinned when he saw his normally calm friend freaking out. "Relax Luke." He said as the two entered the living room. "Illario! Rose! Guess whose here to play?"
Two children who were in the process of climbing a bookcase stopped and turned quickly. "LEN!" they shouted with wide smiles on their faces, tackling Len to the ground. The first child was a boy about ten years in age. He had short, spiky brown hair and green eyes; a short sleeve red shirt with a white star on it and a pair of black shorts and socks adorned his body. The second child was a girl and about six in age. She had long white hair that was styled into braided pigtails and red eyes. She wore a white shirt under blue overalls and white socks. "Are you gonna play with us today?"
Len smiled and patted Illario and Rose's head. "Yep! I'm here to play with you guys!" At this point the two children let out a loud cheer and began dragging Len further into the living room. Luke let out a sigh of relief as Len occupied two of his five siblings.
"Alec! Get down here!" Luke yelled down the hall. Soon a pair of feet could be heard running down the hall as a small body barreled into Luke's legs, causing the taller boy to fall with a shout of "Ahh!"
Loud giggling could be heard as a young seven-year old boy with messy black hair and blue eyes sat up on Luke's legs. He was wearing a long sleeve purple shirt with a black truck on the front and tan shorts with blue socks. "Luke went boom!" Alec said with another giggle.
Luke groaned and sat up, rubbing his back before picking up Alec and dropping the boy next to Len. "Another one for you." He said before taking a seat next to his friend. "… So what are we playing?"
"Tea party!" yelled Rose.
"No! Cops and Robbers!" Illario cried.
"No! We play cars!" Alec screamed.
"Hmm… how about we play Cops and Robbers Who Are Driving Cars While Having a Tea Party?" Len declared after a few moments of thinking.
"… Okay that's it." Luke said, getting up and walking out.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Len asked.
"To watch paint dry. I do not want to play Cops and Robbers Who Are Driving Cars While having a Tea Party." Luke replied.
"He's just old kids… ignore him." Len whispered to the children causing them to giggle.
"I'm not old!" Luke yelled which caused his siblings to burst into laughter.
"Okay," Len said with a smile, "are you guys ready to play?"
"Yeah!"
Luke sighed as he tucked Rose into her bed. "Len," he said, turning to his dark-haired friend, "you are awesome."
"It's nothing. You just need to have lots of energy to keep your siblings occupied." Len replied as the two teens made their way back downstairs. Len and Luke-after much pleading and whining from his siblings- ended up playing Cop and Robbers Who Are Driving Cars While Having a Tea Party for a few hours, then they played an extensive game of hide-and-seek mixed with tag until late in the afternoon.
"Still… thanks for coming over."
"No problem! That's what friends do after all." Len replied before a loud grumble was heard. "… Eheheh… guess I'm hungry."
Luke chuckled before heading to the kitchen. "Don't worry you can have some of my mom's baked chicken."
"Yeah! You're the best Luke!" Len cheered, seating himself at the kitchen table. "… Hey Luke… have you heard about the sightings around town?"
"Of course… legally I'm considered an adult since I'm fifteen… that means that I'm included in town meetings and stuff dealing with adults." Luke replied as he placed two plates of chicken on the kitchen table.
"Can you tell me more about the monster?" Len asked leaning forward in eager.
"Well… we actually don't know a lot about the monster… or even if it's a 'monster'." Luke began. "In my opinion the 'monster' could just be some kind a rat that… I dunno… ate some weird, undiscovered, radioactive food which caused it to mutate."
"I guess that makes more sense…" Len said, taking a bite of his food.
"I'm sensing a 'but' in there."
"But, we can't really be sure that it's not a monster. After all there's a lot of the world that we haven't' explored yet and that 'monster' just could be some sort of new type of rat… or maybe it's kind of alien from outer space!" Len concluded with a wide smile.
"Yes cause it's really some kind of alien." Luke replied sarcastically.
"Well it could be!" was Len's response.
"Yeah, yeah… finish eating before it gets dark."
"Fine, mother." Len said with a grin. Luke sighed in response.
"... Just eat Len."
TsubakiTwilight: AND CUT! Great job everyone! *turns to Axel* Any comments/feedback/advice?
Axel: Not really… just try to be consistent in updating I guess.
TsubakiTwilight: I shall certainly try. *turns to readers* Thanks for reading this chapter of Forgotten Memories: Introductions! As I said before you CAN SUGGEST WORLDS TO BE VISITED! Stay tuned for the next chapter! Ja ne~
