DAY 380 ~ Missing Pieces
(Chapter 9)
In my dream, I was…searching for something. I had searched everywhere that I knew to look. But for what? What was so important that I had to look everywhere?
I woke up before that question was answered. I went downstairs for my mission, after that. I was given a couple missions, so I chose the one in Twilight Town, first. That was where I remembered the most about the girl…
The mission was simply to collect hearts. It took a bit longer than normal--they wanted a larger amount than usual--but it was fairly easy. During the mission some memories of chasing after the girl came up.
Why was she running, though? Did she think I was someone else? And why was I chasing her? Then there were the dreams of searching…had I been looking for her?
Somehow, I actually remembered. Sometimes, she'd…disappeared. But why did she run?
Though things were getting easier and easier to remember, it was just…really frustrating. None of it made sense, since there was so much else that I was forgetting.
So many missing pieces.
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I ended up asking Axel a bit on the clock tower. "Did she…our friend…did she sometimes disappear?" I asked. "Like not come back from a mission, or something?"
"Hm.." Axel didn't respond for a while. Was he having trouble remembering? Or did he just not want to tell me? "Yeah, sometimes," he finally said. "We've both searched for her, whenever it happened. One time our mission was to find her, and that was when…she couldn't use her keyblade for a while. The first time she disappeared."
"I wish I knew what she looked like…then I could look for her," I sighed. "But I don't even remember her name.."
"I used to," Axel said. "But…"
"Sometimes…I feel like I'm so close, though." I tried remembering, every day. I just…couldn't. "Like I only need to go a bit farther.."
"Well, it will probably come back to you, some time." Axel shook his head. "It needs to…"
I agreed. It had to come back.