Chapter 3 The Melody

(Rayna POV)

Where am I? I guess I dozed off a bit and fell asleep while I was watching the stars. When I woke up, I was in a bed, I guess they moved me here, but where are they? Looking around the room I found a note in fairly recognizable handwriting.

Hey Rayna,

If you haven't woken up by when we come back, Oswald and I went into Traverse Town to get supplies. If you want to go out and explore a bit, just don't get lost okay, Oswald said we shouldn't be losing any keyblade wielders, especially to the darkness. So just relax for a while until we get back.

~Kate.

Relax for a bit huh, well let's see, I guess I could sing the melody now. They won't question it anyways. Slipping into the bathroom in Skylight Era, I quickly filled the somewhat shallow, somewhat deep bathtub. Getting into the warm water was relaxing for now, I submerged my head into the water so then I could feel somewhat refreshed from all that training. Finally relaxed for once, I closed my eyes.

Cycling, continuous,

Light and darkness,

Forever in sight, forever within.

If the seal is broken in me,

I will be lost, for all eternity.

Cycling, continuous,

In a circling loop,

When has it started? When will it end?

For eternity spiraling throughout me,

My eternal light is balanced with my eternal darkness.

When I opened my eyes, I was surprised it actually worked, my mind felt in peace. I was surprised seeing glittering light and dark misty bits of darkness floating around in the water and then disappearing. Just like Yen Sid said, and if he was right, then the excess light and darkness would disappear as if it never was around, as if it never had existed in the first place.

As soon as I was certain it was gone, I dried myself up, emptied the bathtub and started changing back into my usual clothes and tied my hair back up into the normal ponytail I kept it in. Now all I should be doing is wait for them to come back, although, it would have been easier if I had my sketchbook.

(Kate POV)

As we were walking back to Skylight Era, I noticed something in one of the shop windows. Stopping to see what had caught my eye was a black hair tie with a fake flower that had red and silvery blue tipped petals and a golden outline for the petals and center.

"You know if you want to wear it, it could work for a bracelet, since your hair is…short," Oswald said.

"I know, I'm going to grow it out but still," I said, "Rayna hasn't been able to come here, so I was wondering."

"Don't worry, we have some extra munny left over," Oswald said, "I'll hold everything until you come back outside."

"Thanks," I said going into the shop.

"Can I help you miss?" the shop owner asked, oddly he had pink hair…okay?

"Oh, yeah, I was wondering about the hair tie in the window," I said, "I was wondering if I could get one for a friend of mine."

"I see," he said looking into my eyes.

"What?" I asked.

"I'm just wondering," he said.

"It's for a friend of mine; she missed out on visiting Traverse Town, I just want to get her something so she wouldn't miss out on much," I said.

"I see, so nothing between you two other than friends," he said.

"Wait…what?!" I asked.

"It's nothing, it's just something to easily question, but if you two are more than just friends, I would suggest to possibly look deeper into it, after all, you would never know how important the friend could be to you, I've already lost mine," he said, "which hair tie was it? You never specified which one you wanted to get."

"The one with the red flower with blue tipped petals," I said.

"I see," he said picking it up, "I hope your friend is grateful for it."

"How much is it?" I asked.

"Eleven munny," he said, "here, a locket, it's empty and not much, but not much business happens here. Consider it as a deal, a hair tie and locket for eleven munny."

"Thanks," I said as he handed it to me in a small bag with the hair tie and the golden heart-shaped locket as I paid for it.

"Happy to do business…" he said.

"It's Kate," I said.

"Happy to do business Kate," he said, "if you ever need me, my name is Lumaria."

"That would be nice to know later on," I said leaving the shop.

Meeting up with Oswald again, I pocketed Rayna's gift as we headed back. When we did, Rayna was back at the spot she fell asleep in on our trip here. When I shook her to wake her up, I was surprised, she was wet. I guess she did do something while we were gone. She did wake up but she was surprised.

"All you told me to do in the note was to relax, I took a bath, that's it other than waiting for you two to come back," Rayna said.

"It's okay, although the bed would have been a bit more comfortable to sleep on," I said.

"I guess, but then the bed sheets would have gotten wet then," Rayna said, "and then I would be sleeping on a wet bed."

"I would have taken it if it was," I said, "hey close your eyes."

"Why?" she asked.

"Please, it's a surprise," I said.

Reluctantly she did. And carefully, I smoothed out her skirt, placing the hair tie on it and around the neck I placed on the locket. When I saw she was okay I stood in front of her now.

"You can open your eyes now," I said.

When she did she was surprised, admiring the locket and the hair tie's flower.

"They're beautiful, where did you get them?" Rayna asked.

"At one of the shops here, I could show you the next time we come here," I said, then when she opened the locket, she was surprised.

"It…it's empty," she said.

"Don't worry, you could add in photos later," I said.

"Okay," she said putting the hair tie in place, "where are we going next?"

"Halloween Town, just to check up on them to see if they are okay for now," Oswald said.

I could kinda feel Rayna cringing at the thought, Halloween Town, would that explain her minute Halloween Spirit?

"Rayna?" I asked.

"I'm not much of a fan of Halloween," she whispered.

"Don't worry, I'll be there," I said, "You'll be okay."