D.I. HOSPITAL

"Good morning." She said, looking to her friend in the bed next to her, whose eyes opened wide, along with a slight smile.

"Rio." Said the girl, proudly. There was something oddly comforting about that one word. "Rio." She said again leaning back onto her pillow. "All I know- All I remember is Rio." In her personal darkness right now, she had one light and that was the girl sitting three feet from her.

"That is my name, but you really don't have to use it that much." A sigh escaped her lips, as if exhausted with the situation. "Now tell me what you've forgotten and I'll fill in the voids." She said calmly to the black haired girl. They made eye contact for a while before she spoke.

"What is my name?" she asked turning her head forward to stare at the wall. Framed in front of her was a painting of a heart that bloomed colorful flowers. Something about it kept her attention.

"That's as good a place to start as any." Rio mused resting her hands behind her and shifting her wait backwards onto the bed. "Your name is Soku." She said.

Had it been that easy? Why wouldn't the word come out of her mouth a second ago? It rolled off the tongue like your own name should.

"Soku." She said, almost scared of how it would sound. It came easily sounding, not foreign, but dusty, as if her name was not something that she was accustomed to hearing or saying. A faint smile graced her lips but not long after was replaced with a frown. The idea was that when she knew one thing, everything else would just come flowing back. Still all she could remember was two names. Where did she belong and was there anyone missing her? Looking up to the doctor, she spoke again. "I'm sorry; I don't think I can answer all of your questions." She found a stray string coming from the edge of her sleeve and pulled at it with her fingers. The doctor smiled down at her but still held concern in his eyes. He turned to Rio and began to ask her questions.

"Where do you live?"

"A place called Halloween Town. It's pretty far away. I'm on vacation right now and that's where I met Soku; in the terminal. She was also traveling."

"Is there a way that I can get in touch with your parents, or hers?" he added just in case.

"I assume that we live in the same area since our transportation was the same. I'll give you my parent's address and you can send a letter for Soku as well. They can bring it up at a town meeting." The doctor nodded and took the address she gave onto his chart.

"This will only work short term but I want you two to stay here over the night and all day tomorrow." He turned to the boy to his right. Both girls had forgotten completely that he was there. "Did the girl who was here earlier say something about housing these two?" He asked. The boy smiled.

"She says that her parents want the girl's staying with them when they woke up. She has an extra room with a couple beds and she feels almost responsible for them." Rio and Soku both shifted uncomfortably in bed. Neither of them had any idea of who that was. The doctor nodded again and scribbled something down on the chart.

"For now, ladies, that will be it. There will be more questions later but I won't push things." He gave a smile to every teenager in the room and made his way out, promising a call to "the other two" which made no sense to either of the girls in the room. There was an awkward silence. Rio had quickly gotten annoyed by the beeping of her own heart monitor and pulled it off of her finger. It quickly flat lined before she could reach over and flip the on/off switch. The boy stepped forward between the two beds.

"Well, it's nice to meet you finally." He said, his eyes lingering a little longer on Rio's bright red hair. Soku felt her arm twitch like before. It wasn't a pain but an uncomfortable sensation, like the arm wanted to move on its own. She resisted the urge to reach for the strongest feeling just below the shoulder, and moved to shake the boy's hand. He had a firm grip and a warm smile. So far there was nothing to dislike about him, though he seemed to make her uneasy. Rio declined his shake with a sarcastic salute, warranting an eye roll from her companion and a laugh from the boy. "I'm Sora, by the way," he continued, leaning back against the end of Soku's bed. "I was the one who found you two, along with my two friends." The girls listened intently as Sora explained. "Those are the two that the doctor was talking about, by the way. All three of us where on the beach when we saw you guys-"he paused and the girls looked to each other and then back to him. ", floating in the water." He continued with an awkward smile. Rio smiled but Soku kept a straight face.

Frustrated was not how she would describe how she felt at that moment. Livid was better, maybe furious would work. Blood was finally making its way to her feet and they tingled annoyingly. She was achy all over and she felt disgusting. Her hair had obviously been cleaned along her hair line, but the base of her neck was dry and kind of sticky, making it impossible to move that area of skin without pulling her hair as well. On top of all of these misfortunes, she didn't know who she was. She knew her name but that was it. Did she have a family; any one she cared about? What was her favorite food? The simplest things in the world were so big to her in those moments. Sora and Rio talked to one another but she sat there staring at the wall. If everyone is the hero of their own life, than what did this make her?

She tried to think. What was it she was forgetting? All she could remember was darkness and her arm twitched again. She pulled the neck of her shirt down over her shoulder and found a distressing sight. On her arm was a birthmark, or a scar. It looked like a burn and took on the shape of a spade and visibly twitched when she saw it. She took in a sharp breath of air and ran a finger over it. Was a spade supposed to remind her of something? She focused hard on it but the twitching became so intense that she couldn't focus. A wave of pain ran through her head and she lay back in bed. She felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up to the boy. What was it about him? She grimaced and laid a hand over his, squeezing it as she did. What did this make her?


BTW- for those who haven't figured it out, I've been writing the setting underlined before starting any new scenes. D.I. HOSPITAL stands for Destiny Island Hospital. I didn't know if that was confusing or not. Tell me what you think! I'd be glad to hear criticisms along with compliments, or even just suggestions. Thanks for reading!