ShadowedDarkness: welp, heres another chapter...

Sora: ...and my torture shall continue ((rolls eyes)) yippee.

Riku: whatever. ((stares down at a peice of paper)) I am NOT reading this.

ShadowedDarkness: ((holds gun to head))

Riku: ((O.O)) heatherdoesntownkingdomheartsbutifshedidshewouldaruletheworldandeveryonewouldbow ((breath))downbeforeherbecausesheisawsomeandimasexybastard!!!

ShadowedDarkness: aint he?! ah welz, on with the story!

Memory

Green eyes stared softly into mine.

"You can tell me you know…"

"I know. But, I…can't."

A hand gently placed itself onto my shoulder. "You can trust me." Green eyes flashed with an emotion, pride? "Sure you can tell me! I'm your bestest fwiend!" He laughed, mimicking my lisp.

Giggling I nodded. "Yuppews. And you'll always be my bestest fwiend. Wight?"

Smiling, he nodded, his silver hair flashing in the sunlight as he did. "Of coarse Sora. Who else would come to save you from the pirates?"

His eyes danced with laughter as I huffed. "Humph. I can save myself." Turning around I tripped only to land into his arms.

"Are you sure?"

Blushing, I nodded. "Yeah. But you'll always be there wight? Juwst in case?"

He laughed softly. "Maybe…"

Suddenly it was getting dark out. Fear crawled through me. Gripping onto the arms that held me, I whimpered. "Don't let go." As the words passed my lips, I noticed I sounded older. Different.

And suddenly they were gone. I found myself falling swiftly into the darkness around me. Crying out I winced as I felt something grab me out of the darkness, clawing at me.

Cold amber eyes filled my vision. A cold so deep they sent shivers throughout my body. He spoke with an icy tone. "Hello Sora."

Hearing his voice, I wished that I was falling.

He laughed. "Sora, Sora, Sora." He mocked softly. "You can't run from me."

The cold hand wrapped around my wrist suddenly found itself wrapped around my neck. Gasping in fear I struggled to free myself out of his grasp. He laughed and squeezed harder.

As I gasped for air, I felt as if something was tugging at my heart. With each labored breath, it tugged harder. From the hand around my neck and the pain in my chest, my mouth opened in a silent scream.

Crying out, I snapped my eyes opened, only to squeeze them back shut from the blinding light above me. Whimpering, I turned my head to the side. It ached and pounded with a numbing sort of pain at the movement.

Lying as still as possible, I waited for the screaming in my head to stop. When it did, I hesitantly opened one eye. The world seemed…

Fuzzy…

Sort of like the way you see things after being under water in a pool for too long…

Through the haze, one thing stood out. One thing that caused a violent stirring in my chest. It was growing, swelling like a balloon.

Slowly reading and re-reading the words above the hazy outline of the door, the feeling in my chest grew. And then it registered. I was in the nurses office, and for some reason I felt terrified.

Eyes widening, I sat up in panic. I couldn't be here. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. NO. Grabbing the sides of the cot, I gripped it as hard as I could. The feeling in my chest making it harder to breath, like the hand squeezing tighter around my throat. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO.

Shaking violently, I shut my eyes. I couldn't be here. I couldn't, couldn't, couldn't be here. No.

I was dimly aware of hands grabbing my shoulders and a voice calling my name.

And then I felt strong arms encircle my waist. A voice softly whispered soothing words into my ear, telling me it was alright, telling me to calm down, telling me that I would be okay…

The shaking gradually stopped, but my mind still reared and buzzed. Screaming still sounded in my head, trying to out voice the one whispering in my ear, smothering most of the noises around me.

His arms came from around my waist, and he gently pushed me down. Jerking forward, hands pushed me back down.

"Shhhhhh. It's going to be okay. Calm down. It's okay."

Shaking my head, I tried to sit back up. But the hands were there. Struggling I pushed myself out from under the pressure. But the hands were no longer being gentle as I found myself shoved back down and then restrained there. Struggling a bit more, I grew limp when it finally registered to me that I wasn't going to be able to move.

Finally he went to pull away, but I didn't want that. Wrenching my eyes open, I grabbed the person's hand. Whimpering softly I shook my head. "Please….d-d-don't l-leave me h-here." Not alone…don't leave me here alone.

Staring pleadingly into deep sea green eyes, a feeling of being safe washed over me. "Please…don't…"

"I can't do that Sora."

I whimpered softly. Letting go of his wrist, I was slightly surprised as arms slipped themselves under me. Hoisting me up, aqua eyes winked at me. "But then again, I'm not really one for rules."

I smiled.

Letting my eyes close I realized how cold I felt. Shivering, I curled up into the strong arms that held me. "Thank you…Riku…"

When I opened my eyes again, I realized that I was no longer in Riku's arms, but in a bed. Snuggling into the covers, I coughed. The intensity of it caused my whole body to shake. I dimly realized that I was in my own house.

"Riku…?"

A hand gently placed itself on my shoulder. "Hmm? I'm right here."

Opening my eyes I smiled weakly in thanks. Closing my eyes, dream land softly beckoned me. Although, for me, they were more like memories…

"Yuppews. And you'll always be my bestest fwiend. Wight?"

Smiling, he nodded, his silver hair flashing in the sunlight as he did. "Of coarse Sora. Who else would come to save you from the pirates?"

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