Silhouettes

Chapter 14 - The Conflict of the Spirits and the Silhouettes

Sora ran as fast as he could from the front gates of the school when the dismissal bell rung. He had picked up his bag and not even caring to wait for his new friends or get books from his locker. 

He just ran.

Roxas had definitely not been at school and the brunette brother had been overwhelmed with emotions of panic and dread. 

The minute he got in that door he would instantly be blaming that red headed Silhouette for being careless with his little brother.

Sora ran through the cobbled streets, through the crowds of people and the jumping over the tram tracks. He didn't dare stop even though his legs stung and his lungs were constricted. 

He ran and ran until he reached the back wall of Twilight Town and saw the small opening to the forest beyond. The forest that led right to his house. 

Sora didn't even think as he ran through the foliage and the shrubbery.

As he slowed down, the hair at the back of his neck started to prickle and Sora heard a large eerie howl echo throughout the trees. A wind whipped through the canopy and cursing to himself Sora thought, 'Fuck, I didn't think about those bastards'.  

Without thinking, Sora stopped and spun around to see the empty forest behind him. Of course there wouldn't be anybody when 'they' were shadow creatures. 

Sora held in his breath, turned on his heels, and forced himself to walk back through the prickly shrubs and ferns.

The birds sang to each other in the treetops and the occasional rustle was heard, alarming and frazzling Sora's nerves even more.  

When the break in the trees came Sora saw the glow of the sun and the sidewall of the mansion he called his home. His forced steady pace broke back into a run and Sora sprinted over the green terrace to the front porch of his house.

He jumped up the two front large steps and as expected the door swung open for him. He barricaded in and was greeted by the sad looking, ghostly figure of Naminé. Her eyes widened when Sora came in wild eyed and she said alarmed: 

"Sora, what is the-?"

Sora gasped for breath and hurried to the stairs, "Roxas, where is he?" 

Naminé misted in front of him and said, "Roxas came home this morning, Sora, something went wrong with the Silhouettes, you have to talk to Riku, immediately!"

"No" Sora murmured throwing his bag down, "I have to see my brother." 

Naminé shrilly exclaimed on the way up to the stairs, "Sora, you imbecile! Riku you have to talk to him, we have a war-."

"Oh shut up Naminé" Sora snapped and reaching the hallway, he ignored the boundary line to the Silhouettes and stormed his way into Roxas' room. The door slammed open with a bang and Sora saw his brother on his bed. 

Roxas looked pale and more like a ghost every day, but when Sora stormed in Roxas said in an alarmed voice, "Sora, what are doing here?" he looked around frantically and whispered, "You need to get out of here." 

*****

Roxas glanced around his room when Sora came bursting through like a maniac. His brother was pink in the face and he was gasping for breath. He would have run all the way home. 

Roxas felt guilt churn his stomach and Sora sat down on the bed beside him and said, "Where did you go today Roxas, I was worried out of my brain for you." Roxas snapped sarcastically, "You don't care any other time Sora, why now? You were the one usually teasing me with your posse."