[Mother]
[Sora remembering Aqua, no pairings]
Sora doesn't remember what it's like to have a mother. For as long as he can recall, it's always been him and his father. His father, who would row Sora and Riku out to their special island off the coast of the mainland to play. His father, who hugged him with the strength of ten bears when Sora returned home after being away for over a year, off fighting Heartless and Nobodies and sleeping in a chamber.
But in his memories, Sora can't remember a mother.
Instead, the closest thing he can recall is a blue-haired young woman who was very strong. He could tell the second she leapt down from the boardwalk onto the shore that she was a warrior. She also wore bits of armor; he remembers how the pads on her arms and the metal on her shoes gleamed in the evening light.
The brunet recalls how the woman smiled at him and Riku, and how she asked them their names. He remembers how she was softened at the sight of them, and mentioned how they remind her of her own friends. She was kind and friendly. She was warm and inviting. She touched the boys, petting them on the tops of their heads, and teaching them a lesson they would later experience.
'Sora, you like Riku, right?'
'Of course I do! He's my best friend in the whole world.'
'Then, say, if Riku got lost… or started to go down a dark path… you'd save him, right? You'd find him and set him right again, wouldn't you?'
'You bet I would!'
'Good. And Riku, you like Sora, don't you?'
'…I guess so.'
'Mm. Then you'll protect him if he gets into trouble, right?'
'Of course. He's my friend, and friends matter. Friends are worth protecting.'
'Good. I have a feeling everything will turn out just fine for you two in the future, then.'
If anything, this stranger had been the closest thing Sora had to a mother. In the short moments that he met her, he felt and received all of the things a mother is supposed to give: wisdom, affection, kind smiles, and warmth.
There for two minutes or so, and yet Aqua touched Sora's heart.