Even If You're In the Deepest Darkness, I'll Be Your Light

Getting Ready

My Pov

Where... am... I? What is this place.

Voice: "You must hurry. The time is drawing near." What?

Me: "Who are you? Where are you?"

Voice: "Darkness is destroying everything. You must fight it and protect the light." Darkness? Light?

Me: "What are you talking about? What darkness and what light?"

Voice: "You must fight the darkness, or you will lose everything you care for." What!? I saw a light off in the distance. As I got closer, it got brighter. I shielded my eyes from it as it engulfed me. I found myself standing on some kind of platform. I looked and saw it was me! That's when my shadow grew and came out of the floor. It transformed into a terrifying monster. That's when I felt myself sinking. I looked down to see that my own shadow was swallowing me. As sank into the darkness, I heard a different voice calling me.

Voice 2: "...kari? Hikari!" I opened my eyes and saw I was on the Play Island of the Destiny Islands. I looked up and saw Kairi hovering over me.

Me: "Hi, Kairi."

Kairi: "Geez, Hikari. You're as lazy as Sora."

Sora: "I am not!" I looked to see Sora. "I told you Kairi, this huge black thing swallowed me up! I don't even know what that place was... It was so bizarre..."

Me: "You were having the same dream too?"

Sora: "You were there too? I didn't see you."

Kairi: "Sure."

Sora: "It's true!" I got up and dusted the sand off my skirt. "Say, Kairi, Hikari, what were you're hometowns like? You know, where you grew up."

Kairi: "We've told you guys before, we don't remember."

Sora: "Nothing at all?"

Me: "No."

Sora: "Do you ever think of wanting to go back?"

Kairi: "Well, I'm happy here. But you know... I wouldn't mind going to see it."

Me: "I'm the same as Kairi. I love it here, but I wouldn't mind going to see my old home."

Sora: "I'd like to see them too. Along with any other worlds out there. I wanna see 'em all!"

Kairi: "What are we waiting for?"

Me: "Aren't you guys forgetting about-"

Voice: "Me?" We all turned around to see Riku carrying a log. "So, I guess I'm the only one working on the raft." He threw the log at Sora, who fell over. "And you're just as lazy as they are." That's when he looked at me. "Hikari, I'm disappointed in you. You were helping out at first, then you just up and ditch your work."

Kairi: "So you've noticed." That's when he looked at me.

Riku: "Hikari, I'm disappointed in you. You were helping out at first, then you just up and ditch your work."

Me: "I didn't ditch! I just need to take some time and clear my mind. A lot of things have been going through my head since we're almost done."

Riku: "Emphasis on 'almost'."

Kairi: "Okay, let's finish it together. I'll race you!"

Sora: "Huh?"

Riku: "What?"

Kairi: "Ready? Go!" Sora and Riku ran ahead of us. I ran after them and Kairi followed me. She was laughing and so was I. This is what I always hoped for. That the 4 of us would be together forever. After completing a day's work, we met up at the Paopu Tree.

Sora: "So, Kairi and Hikari's homes are out there somewhere, right?"

Riku: "Could be. We'll never know by staying here."

Sora: "But how far can a raft take us?"

Riku: "Who knows? If we have to, we'll think of something else."

Kairi: "So, suppose you get to another world. What would you do there?"

Riku: "Well, I haven't really thought about it."

Me: "You thought about building a raft to sent sail to another world and you haven't thought about what you'd do when you get to one?"

Riku: "Silly, I know. It's just... I've always wondered why we're here on this island. If there are any other worlds out there, why'd we end up on this one? And suppose there are other worlds... Then ours is just a little piece of something much greater. So we could have just as easily ended up anywhere else, right?"

Sora: "I don't know."

Riku: "Exactly. That's why we need to go out there and find out. Just sitting here won't change a thing."

Me: "Yeah. We always do the same stuff, day in and day out."

Riku: "My point exactly. So let's go."

Kairi: "You've been thinking a lot about this, haven't you Riku?"

Riku: "Thanks to you 2. If you and Hikari hadn't come to the island, I probably would've never thought of any of this. Hikari, Kairi, thanks."

Kairi: "You're welcome."

Me: "Happy to help." We all headed back to our boats and paddled for home. I got back first, then Kairi, then Riku and Sora. "What took you so long? You're usually the first one back."

Riku: "Sorry. I had to tease Sora." Riku always teased Sora and 9 times out of 10 it was Kairi-related. It was funny to watch.

Me: "What'd you do this time?"

Riku: "Gave him a Paopu Fruit." I sighed heavily. I hated it when people made fun of the legend of the Paopu Fruit.

Me: "Riku, you shouldn't joke about that. I hope one day when I met someone special, that we share a Paopu Fruit and our destinies will be bound together. Wouldn't you?"

Riku: "There's... no one who interest me. What about you?"

Me: "Yeah. There's someone." He looked at me, shocked.

Riku: "Really? Who?"

Me: "I'm not telling!" I turned and ran back home. I kicked off my shoes, ran into my room and locked my door. Riku had been and older brother to me ever since I came to live with him and his family and would want to make sure any guy I liked was worthy. But I could never tell him that the guy I like... is him.