One Whole Day
A Kingdom Hearts fan fiction
By:
Chison
Mareo wandered to a nearby bench and sat down, putting his right leg over his left knee, "Great. A whole day to spend to myself…in a completely different world…" he watched the people scurry about with their chores and duties. "Alena is off at the markets…" he thought aloud, "and we wont leave until the sun goes down…" He yawned, shielding his mouth, he got up from the bench and began to wander through the town. Walking past various markets and the mineshafts ending the city, workers shuffled back and fourth between the mine and the buildings: suddenly something caught his ankles and Mareo fell face first to the cobblestone.
Putting his right arm under his chest, he started to pick himself up from the ground when he felt a strong tug at his shirt, and was picked up into the air. "You had better watch where you step Hume…" the deep voice of a Galka radiated behind Mareo and the beast man turned him around in his hand, lifting him to eyelevel. "I…I'm…" Mareo started, frightened that someone could pick up him up like a child's plaything, "I'm sorry! I wasn't watching where I was going…" he said, trying to stay perfectly still, the Galka narrowed his eyes and let his grip loosen, letting Mareo fall to the ground, three feet below him. Watching as the massive Galka walked away, he noticed the long, thick tail protruding from the beast man, taking deep breathes, Mareo calmed himself down, "wow I had no idea that Galkas' were so strong" with that, he quickly found himself the shade of a large tree and planted his back and slid down to the ground.
"there are so many things I don't understand about this world…" Mareo thought as he closed his eyes, putting his head against the tree, opening them and looking up towards the branches, "well…at least the trees are the same…" he smiled to himself and closed his eyes again, "Alena will be waiting for me at dark…I should try and get some sleep now, rather than fighting to stay awake…" With that, he shifted his body into a more comfortable position and simply listened to the rustling of the tree branches above him.
"Yes, that will be 500 gil, miss." The young man behind the stand said as Alena fetched some money from her sack and handed it to him, and took her items. "All right…I think I have enough for both of us tonight…" Alena thought to herself as she wandered the streets, watching the people go on with their lives. "These people…They don't even realize the danger the Abyss presents…or the new creatures Mareo told us about…" She had made her way to a bench and sat down, looking over her items, Alena raised her gaze, looking to the buildings and the black plumes of smoke rising up into the air, "Even if we do meet the God of Twilight…there will not be much chance that we will come out victorious…" She got up from the bench and shook her head, "no…we have to prevail…because if we don't…" Alena whispered, "we are all doomed." with that, she started wandering through the city.
