Destined Hearts

Chapter 20: A Needed Pride

"-ra?"

"-ora!"

"Sora! Can you hear us?"

Sora slowly blinked his eyes open, and saw he was laying face down on the floor in his parents' room, but when he slowly looked up, he saw Riku and Kairi sitting in front of him as Riku's hand was on Sora's shoulder as Fate was standing behind them. They all had concerned looks on their faces.

"Are you alright?" Riku asked him concerned as he slowly sat up.

"What...happened to me?" He asked dazed.

"You tell us." Fate said. "We saw something bright up here, and when we came in here, you were out like a light."

Sora put his hand on his forehead as he tried to shake the dizziness out of it.

"I'm sorry.." He said as he slowly stood up. "I...saw something."

"What did you see?" Kairi asked. Sora glanced at the backpack, still around his back and he looked back at everyone else.

"When I looked in the bag, the books are in it. But I found this little...orb in the pocket of it. When I held it in my hand, it just floated, and it went on it my chest. I guess I passed out after that happened." Sora put his hand on his chest.

"I don't feel different either. It's like nothing ever happened to me." He said.

"Well, whatever it is, we can figure it out later. We should get back to Ashira." Riku said. "We have what we need, and maybe Emileigh and the others are back."

"Yeah. Come on." Kairi said as she and everyone else walked out of the room. Sora was about to follow them, until he saw a small picture frame on the other stand. He walked over to it, and he picked it up, and a tear formed in his eye.

It was his mom and dad standing between a six year old Sora as he had his hands behind his head.

A tear fell onto the picture, but Sora refused to cry at a time like this. He had to get back to Ashira before anything could happen. He zipped the backpack open, and he put the picture in it and shut it. Sora looked at the bed and he went into his pocket as he took out a small orange and golden ring. The colors of the sunset.

He held the ring to his chest as he closed his eyes.

"Just like you promised me...I'll keep fighting, mom. You can count on it." He put the ring on his finger on his right hand and he ran off to catch up with the others.

*End of Music*

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Vanitas was floating in nothing but darkness as his breathing was calm. He felt like he was floating in the middle of an ocean as a gentle breeze flowed through him.