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3am Challenge Day 14
Prompt: #51 - Associative Logic (700 words)
Song: Nox Arcana - Summon the Wind

Characters: Kairi, Lea (indirectly), mentions of Aqua and Kairi's grandmother

(takes place just after BBS, with little!Kairi and teen!Lea)

LEA!

Lea I was playing in the courtyard with Gramma and we were picking flowers and – and – and you know that pretty lady with the blue hair that saved me from the monsters? I wanted her to come play with me so I thought maybe if I got her some more pretty flowers that she would come back and we could play so I was looking for flowers that looked like her hair and–

LOOK LEA I MADE YOU A FLOWER CROWN!

See? See, look! It's just like you! 'Cept I couldn't find any red flowers so I made it with pink. Boys can wear pink, right? Gramma says it's a girl color but it's just a color so why can't boys wear it?

But see, we were looking for red flowers and I was also looking for pink flowers 'cause I thought the lady would look pretty with pink 'cause blue and pink are pretty colors, but then I thought the pink looked like you and there weren't any red flowers so I made this one for you outta the pink ones and the yellow ones and HERE PUT IT ON!

Yay! Do you like it? It looks so pretty on you!

But- but-but Gramma said to tell you – you remember the fountains? The ones you took me to play in for my birthday? The big ones down the stairs where I'm not s'possed to go 'cause Gramma said I could get hurt 'cause I'm so little? Those're broken, Lea! Lea, they're broken! There's monsters all over the place and now there's water everywhere, too, 'cause they broke the fountains and Gramma told me to come find you so we could hide!

But I told her – I said "Lea'll get them, Gramma! He can beat up the monsters with his f'isbees 'cause Lea's the strongest and the best brother 'cause he lets me throw his f'isbees, too" – 'cept I didn't tell her you let me throw 'em cause she wouldn't like that and she'd get mad at you and I don't want Gramma to get mad at you.

OH!

Lea, we gotta hide!

'Cause Gramma went to go tell the guards 'bout the monsters but she said I had to come get you and that we gotta go hide.

I told Gramma not to worry 'cause that's what the guards're for! The guards are strong and they'll keep us safe. But Gramma said they might make us vac-yoo-ate. What's vac-yoo-ate?

Wha-no! No, I don' wanna leave! Not until Gramma gets back!

NO! No, Lea, we gotta go hide until Gramma gets back! She said to hide! SHE SAID TO HIDE, LEA!

NO!

No, Lea, I don't wanna! I'll run away! I'll run away and then you'll have to come find me and then you'll get in trouble for not keeping me safe SO YOU GOTTA PROMISE!

Lea you gotta! You gotta promise we won't leave until Gramma gets back.

Pinky promise!

Okay. Now we gotta go hide like Gramma said!

Come on, Lea! Hurry up we gotta-

Lea, look out!

Lea, it's the monsters – ah!

No! Lea! Lea, you're bleeding, Lea, you're bleeding! Come on, come on! You're heavy, I can't - no no no no no!

Get up, Lea! Please! Get! Up!

The monsters are coming, we have to go hide! What-? No! We have to go hide, Lea, NO! No, Gramma said we have to hide together, I'm not – no! You can't fight them, Lea, don't fight! We have to go! Come on, come with me! I don't wanna go alone, you said-! You promised, Lea! You said we would hide together until Gramma came 'n found us!

Please! We have to – NO, Lea, no! You have to stay with me! We have to stay together, you're supposed to protect me! You have to come with me! I don't wanna go! I wanna stay with you, we're s'possed 'ta… we have to-! We can go together We can make it but we gotta run – Lea, you can run, come on!

You… You promise? You promise you'll be right behind me? You have to promise!

Lea?

Lea where are you?

You… you promised…

You promised…

I haaaaaated writing this one. Oh my god, I hated it. I couldn't figure out what fandom to do or what characters to have and bleh. I also got stuck at 500 words or so because I couldn't come up with anything else that was worth another 200. I also feel like I greatly disserviced baby Kairi as a character and for that I am deeply sorry.

Not to mention ff.n messes up my formatting hardcore... *drags hands down face*