Shades of Grey
The world seems to be painted in shades of grey, muted and dull in comparison to the bright colors lingering in his mind from his dream.
He can remember going to a festival once, being surrounded by costumed people in a myriad of colors—
They were dancing all around him, full of smiles and festivity and his heart was racing... Not with excitement, but with fear.
The crowd was too big, he couldn't find _ _ _ _. Where was _ _ _ _?
"_ _ _ _!" He shouts, frantic.
—but he doesn't even know if he ever found what he was looking for.
Author: A little look into Riku's head and how his thoughts worked when he remembered times he'd been with Xion. Naturally, any aspects dealing with her would get cut from his memory, and I can't help but picture it like the scenes in KHII dealing with, well... pictures. XD
(And dammit, FFdotNet... when I want to put four underscores in a row all together, I have a reason for it. I shouldn't have to space them out. :/ Stupid formatting... Sorry about that, it took me three tries to realize that the document was changing that and I had to find a loop-hole around it. Which still doesn't look the way I intended it to. Oh well. Imagine that those dashed underscores are solid lines, okay? ^^)
To my reviewers:
XIIIXV: Lol, similar story with me and the Lord of the Rings. I was always scared that the black riders would come for me in the night. And... Why would merman!Riku be scary? (That's funny, your friend has the same name as me.^^)
vanitas1776: Thanks. ^^ Yeah, it's not a perfect parallel, but it's similar nonetheless. :) I have put arguments in drafts of drabbles before, but sometimes they just feel off somehow. I'll go for it, though. They need some healthy conflict, true enough. ;)
See ya next time!