Oh my. What's up with all these shorter chapters? D: They look some much longer in Microsoft Word...
Sleepless Chapter 16
She was falling headfirst into the dark. Why would I jump into darkness? She looked at something falling before her, it was far away. Did I jump to catch it? She didn't know. She didn't care at the moment either. She closed her blue eyes and faces flashed through her mind people she didn't recognize, then her parents, Selphie, Wakka, Tidus and of course, Riku. But Riku stayed there. He didn't disappear like the ones before him. Who came before Riku again? Kairi couldn't remember.
Riku smiled at her as they started racing on the island. But she was far behind him. No, Riku's not smiling at me. He was looking to the left of him, ahead of her. Kairi looked at the sand and saw footsteps appear before her. No one was making the prints but they kept appearing and Kairi kept following in whoever's footsteps. She looked up and saw him; spiky brown hair and big yellow shoes. She didn't recognize him. She couldn't see his face. Kairi tried calling out, but no noise came from her throat. She tried again. Nothing. She reached her hand towards the spiky brunette and felt his clothing on her fingertips. But right when she felt it, she tripped and everything turned black again. And she continued to fall. The object ahead of her was gone and now she felt like she was falling to nothing. Nothing was going to catch her, was this her fate? To have nothing to look forward to? No. I'll wait. There's something there for me. There has to be.
She waited. It felt like she was falling for hours, she didn't know. Light glimmered ahead of her and she waited for it to grow, but it didn't. Am I still falling? Her feet hit the transparent floor. She was confused. She thought she was falling headfirst. The light shined above her. She jumped to reach it, it was futile. I'm not going to give up! She stood on her tiptoes and reached as far as she could towards the light.
Brightness engulfed the area. She was in the white room from her dream, No, it has windows and doors this time. Kairi looked around and saw sketches of the unfamiliar on the floor. She smiled at them but looked elsewhere. Where am I now? She walked to a nearby door and put her hand on it.
"What are you doing here?" Kairi quickly turned to the voice. It was the blonde girl again.
Kairi sighed, "Hey! I actually don't know." She said a little embarrassed. "Can you help me out?" She asked gently. Kairi walked near her and gave a smile, but the blonde girl looked sadly at her. "Are you ok?" The blonde stared down at the floor as Kairi touched her shoulder. Another shock through the fingertips, the red-head jumped back.
"You're not suppose to be here," The girl in the dress stated.
Black smoke started forming behind the girl, "Namine, Sora's memories should be-" The smoke turned into a man in a black cloak. His eyes caught Kairi's. "What is she doing here?" He yelled at the blonde.
Kairi ran between Namine and the man. "It's not her fault!" Kairi defended. The girl looked surprised at Kairi but then looked at the man. He started walking to them. Kairi stood her ground even when he grabbed her wrist. She looked into his green eyes with fear, "You're the guy from-"
"No, don't! I'll take care of her." Namine interrupted. The guy let go of Kairi and disappeared into darkness. Kairi turned to Namine and stared at her. What is she going to do? "Please, hold still," Namine begged, "I don't want to hurt you anymore than I have."
Kairi did what she was told, preparing to die. She closed her eyes and thought of everyone she could and hoped they knew she loved them. Tears started to fall from her eyes uncontrollably. She heard a door fly open and she didn't dare open her eyes until she heard someone speak.
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