Ch. 1
This Is The Present
As they finished reading the letter Sora's face grew apprehensive and bewildered. He wondered what these creatures were and if this thing worked for Organization XII. Sora traced the paper with his fingertips and scanned the sentences that stated, 'There has been some reports on people seeing shadows of their past or memories if you may call them.
These flashbacks are mostly about the worst tragedies that occurred in a person's lifetime or a distressful memory that no one ever wants to visit.' That was the quote that made Sora very concerned because of many memories that he doesn't want to recollect on. Memories of situations he'd experienced when he was on his journey. The scenarios weren't all good some were very bothersome to think about, and he doesn't want to look back at those memories.
For Kairi, she felt very anxious because now that she wields the keyblade she doesn't know if she could uphold the expectation of a keyblader. Sure, she fought heartless once with her powerful, floral weapon but that was the only time. Other times she was just the bait for the boys to fall for.
She wants to fight, yet Kairi doesn't know if she could fight; otherwise she might let her friends down. All the time when the boys were missing she wanted to fight with them, but she was also very hesitant. Now she has that opportunity to be by their side when trouble comes, but once she read that letter she feels very uncertain.
As for Riku, he feels very content about the situation because he's battled before and his battle techniques are very well structured, but he is worried that he might go into the dark side like before. He was tricked and hopefully it won't happen to him again. But if it does he's mostly worried because of the fact he can't turn back.
He still is apart of the dark, but his heart isn't. Just as long as he stays positive and believes in his heart then he won't succumb his dark side.
"Who do you think came back from Organization XII?" Sora asked.
"I don't think it was someone who came back from the organization but it was someone who supported them," Riku guessed.
"Why would anyone support them? They're the bad guys here," he continued, "They were the ones who nearly filled every world with heartless and nobodies."
"Who knows? But some people who never had a heart might've supported them."
Kairi asked, "Do you think that those shadows might come here?"
"Let's hope not, but you two be prepared. If anything happens defend yourselves," Riku ordered.
They both nodded and Riku left them on that little island hangout. Sora still seemed very worried and kept wondering what's going to happen if the shadow shows him his horrific memories. All Kairi is thinking about is if she could fight. Later that day Sora went to beach to walk around for a while and to see if he could forget about that memory shadow, but then he ended up where he hung out most of the time. So he jumped on the curvy, brown palm tree that he always sits on and stared out into the horizon. As he looked out he was still wondering about what was stated in that letter.
Man, everything has to continue. Why does everything come full circle? This shadow is probably looking for someone who has many bad memories, maybe someone like me. What am I suppose to do if that shadow catches me? What will it be like to look back at those events? He kept wondering and wondering, but then he realized that if he keeps thinking about it then the shadow would come. Abruptly, Kairi jumped in front of the tree so then Sora gasped and jumped behind the tree since he thought that was the shadow. Then Kairi chuckled a bit. Then Sora scanned the area to see if anyone saw his jump-start reaction, so he hopped up on the tree to continue his tree sitting.
"You always jump when someone suddenly jumps out," Kairi chuckled.
Sora opposed, "I do not. I just jump because I want to."
"Sora, you know you've kind of have been in some kind of trance all day. I mean when Riku challenged you to that mini sword battle you didn't even answer him," she exclaimed.
"He challenged me to a battle?"
"See? This is what I'm talking about. What's on your mind?" she asked.
He answered, "Well, it's that letter that the king wrote us. It's really bugging me for some reason. We've been on a journey before. Why do we have to do it again? It's not that I don't like adventures it's just that I don't want to face the same things like last time."
"Sora, everything comes full circle. Plus just don't think that the shadow will come here cause it won't," she continued, "All I'm worried about is what if you… and Riku get hurt because of me."
"Kairi, no matter what I'll always protect you even if I do get hurt it's worth it."
She debated, "I can't risk that happening. But anyway just make sure you think about happy memories when you confront that shadow, and think of what's happening right now."
"Yeah, but the shadow shows your past memories. Bad memories. Memories that you try to forget about and you just don't want them to return. People can't escape it. At least, I can't escape it. There are memories I don't want to revisit," he implied.
"Hey, just think about the good times. You know, like the first time you met Donald and Goofy," Kairi suggested.
Sora laughed, "I've tried to do that, but all I do is laugh not forget about the past."
"It's a start. Come on Sora, 'believe in you heart' it's what you used to say remember."
Sora let out a big sigh and nodded. Then Kairi comforted him by gingerly place her gentle hand on Sora's shoulder. When he turned to look at her she gave him the don't-worry-it's-going-to-be-alright look. He smiled and put his hand neatly on hers. Abruptly, a bright blue and green light came flying blundering across the island, and then it went directly into the water. That made a colossal splash that nearly hit Sora.
Sora let go of Kairi's hand to take a closer look at those soaring lights, and then bubbles started to form above the water. When they formed Sora went into the water to take an extreme close-up. All of a sudden he saw two very old friends from before.
"I told you not to use the light flight spell, but no you wanted to try something new," one of the friends answered.
The other character debated, "You know, you should always try new things. Next time we should try the invisibility spell."
"No, no more new spells until… hey, it's Sora!"
Sora shouted, "Hey Donald, Goofy!"
Donald and Goofy came rushing toward Sora and occasionally they tripped on that unsteady water. Once they reached him they all gathered in a very clumsy yet heartwarming group hug. After a second they fell down into the water and then Kairi joined into their little splash party.
"So what brings you two here?" Sora asked.
"Well, we wanted to see how you're doing and also because the king wants to see you, now," Donald replied.
Sora said in a confused tone, "What? He just sent me a letter saying that it wasn't safe to travel to other worlds."
"Don't worry you'll just do what we did," Goofy exclaimed.
"How? I don't know how to light travel. Plus I'm not a flying type of person anymore."
Donald explained, "All you have to do is well, nothing. Just let us do the work."
"Do you know what I think I'll wait until tomorrow? It's a non-bumpy day." When Sora was about to walk away, Donald and Goofy tugged his arm.
Donald argued, "Oh no you don't. You're coming with us today whether you like it or not."
"Come on, Sora traveling light isn't that bad," Kairi teased.
"I'm glad you feel that way Kairi," Goofy continued, "Cause you're coming with us."
Then Sora let out a silent chuckle, but then when he turned around Kairi gave him a very nasty scowl that made Sora look at what's in front of him. He tried to enlighten her by reiterating what she said.
"Hey, you're the one who said it isn't bad," he reminded.
She debated, "I was just trying to comfort you."
"You guys ready?" Donald asked.
"Wait, we're doing this now?" he asked.
Then without a 'ready' reply the four started to dissolve into petite pixie lights. Suddenly, they turned into these flashing, colorful lights. And then they started to take off into the orange, sunset sky.
