Secrets

12

"Where are we going?"

"The cliff."

"Oh...wait, what!?"

"Hold still I don't want to drop you...yet."

"Put me down!"

"Uh...alright." Kiku let go almost instantly.

"Wait-" Arthur's girlish scream was completely worth the wait. It was even better when they were about a foot off the ground. All Kiku could do was laugh as Arthur kept screaming. Once realization hit, Arthur started yelling.

"Calm down."

"How am I supposed to be calm when you dropped me!"

"You were not very far off of the ground."

"Hm."

"And you say Alfred is immature..." Kiku turned around to look out from the cliff. Memories flowed to his mind. He couldn't help but smile then frown. The place had grown old looming deserted. Moss growing all over the place. Dirty all over. It almost looked rusty. He disliked the fact that time had passed so much. Still, he learned to accept it.

"What is this place?"

"This is where we all used to live."

"What happened to it?"

"Is it not obvious?" He walked closer to the edge and turned to Arthur. "We learned what our purpose was."

"Why did you bring me here?"

"To show you something." He grabbed Arthur once more and fell back off the cliff. Before they hit the water below he pulled up and went into a cave at the edge. He dropped Arthur and landed.

"What is this?" With the snap of his fingers the cave lit up.

"You really don't remember anything." Kiku walked further looking to the scribble-filled walls with Arthur following. He noticed one particular one and stopped. It was of a child along with a rabbit.

"What's that?"

"It's you." He looked to the right and found the next piece. "It's your story."

"What?"

"This cave is where we all drew our stories. This one is yours."

"What exactly happened to me?"

"According to you, you started out alone...And you searched for people. Instead you found a rabbit. For a while, that was all you had until we found you. You were scared that we might hurt you so you strayed away from the group until one of us showed their story. You then realized that we all understood what you went through. Time passed with everything being more or less the same until..."

"What happened?"

"Arthur, do you remember ever..falling?"

"Well, I do have these-uh-dreams where I'm falling."

"I understand it all now." Kiku turned to Arthur. "We better get back."

"Uh-alright?"