Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless Hearts ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

A/N: woo, update. Yay for me! Sorry for the wait! Disclaimer: Don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of the little bits of Zelda I stick in here. Woo. I own Runa and Kendra though... dunno if that 's a good thing...

The stars look a lot farther away when you're out here, Kendra thought as she stared out into space, vainly trying to find Traverse Town in the maze of stars shining through the glass of the gummi ship. She touched the glass lightly with gloved fingers, an odd sort of aching feeling growing from the base of her stomach. Dimly, she realised she was homesick.

Rising from the floor and stretching, she shook her head. Why should I feel homesick for a place I never liked, she thought, glancing at the small digital clock near the controls of the gummi ship. 12:03, the numbers read.

"I should be asleep," she said outloud to no one in particular, since the fairy companion she had recently aquired was snoring on the makeshift bed Kendra had set up in the back for her. Her thoughts traveled to the story the annoying little firefly had told her.

"I'm from a world called Hyrule," the fairy had told her the previous day, "in a place called the Kikori Forest. We, the children of the forest and the fairy's that watched them, were all very happy. I was out looking for the child that I guarded when I noticed that a strange feeling came over the ancient woods. I hurried to our guardian, the Great Deku Tree, and found that he had become withered and sick. This had happened once before so I just assumed that the enemy of our people, Ganondorf, had caused this to happen again, Boy, was I wrong. This wierd little black thingies just came out of black portals in the ground, and all around me the forest was dying. All at once, I realised that my homeland, my world of Hyrule, was being consumed by them. Then there was this big flash of light and I woke up in that freako place that you found me on. I know my world is destroyed, I just want to know why. "

The little fairy had seemed almost uncharactoristicly serious during this, and Kendra had found herself feeling sorry for the little thing, unlike the annoyence she had felt when she first met Runa.

Her bright blue eyes travelled out into the stars again. Kendra found herself drawn to them, as if somehow, someone else was watching them too. A tiny star off in the corner of the window shone brightly for a second, then suddenly went out, as if it was a candle and someone had just decided to blow it out on a wim. She realised with a small twist in her stomach that the enemies she now knew to be called the Heartless had claimed another world. She sighed and rose up to go back to bed, when she felt something in the back of her mind. It was a voice, a quiet gentle voice that sounded like and unlike anything Kendra had ever heard.

The closer you are to the light, the greater your shadow becomes. You are the one who will open the door. Help him,Kendra.

A thosand voices screamed in Kendra's mind, calling and demanding, whispering and promising in low, seducive tones. Suddenly it seemed to Kendra that a thousand hands were crawling on her, and she screamed, full throated and loud, collapsing on the floor and huddling in a fetal position.

"Kendra!! KENDRA!!" a high pitched voice shrieked in her ear. Kendra stopped screaming, and looked a Runa who was floating right in front of her face. Kendra pulled her knees closer to her head, shuddering, and started to cry.

The fairy rested on her shoulder. "Kendra... what was that?" she asked tentively.

Kendra let out a sob. "I don't know Runa. I really don't know."

A/N: Dundunduuuun... Yeah, I know, I know. I promised some Riku. Well, I could either update now and make you people happy, or update later (Muuuuuuch later!) and have Riku in it. Hope you liked it, please R&R!