Repeating Darkness
Cross posted for the latest kh_drabble challenge.
Challenge: [304] Starting Over
Title: Repeating Darkness
Notes: Based on the floating ‘game over/continue’ screen.
His heart was floating somewhere in darkness. The only faint light in all this place, the pink glow was only bright enough to illuminate the brown hair and pale face of the boy floating in midair. Sora wasn’t aware enough to know where he was, let alone what he was doing there or how to get out. He wasn’t even conscious enough to know he was ‘Sora’. All he knew was he was tired. A tired that came from fighting his all and it not being enough.
He couldn’t remember what he was fighting, or who, or why. He couldn’t remember if he had been fighting alone or side by side with his friends-allies. He couldn’t remember the last blow that had landed him here. But he did know that something he had fought his all for must be worth it. Worth this tired feeling dragging him down into the dark.
The pink, heart shaped light above him flickered. He knew, if he allowed it to go out it would all be over. No more fighting or pain or fear. He would simply sleep forever, letting his exhaustion drag him into the dark-sleep-dream. He was tempted, very tempted. He had been fighting for so long. But at the same time he knew, whatever he had been fighting for wasn’t over. He wouldn’t have fought himself into this place if he had been finished. He wasn’t sure what he was fighting for, but he had to keep trying.
Pulling up the last dregs of strength, he reached out into the dark. He twisted his heart-mind-fingers in something that lay beyond the dark. With a twist-pull he could feel it rushing past him, his strength returning. A sieve ran through his mind, erasing memories of this place, replacing them simply with the knowledge that he had to keep fighting. A battle was coming, soon, and who knew how many times this place would be able to send him back, how many times he would fight before he gave in to the dark.
The battle was about to start, and he had to be ready.
Challenge: [304] Starting Over
Title: Repeating Darkness
Notes: Based on the floating ‘game over/continue’ screen.
His heart was floating somewhere in darkness. The only faint light in all this place, the pink glow was only bright enough to illuminate the brown hair and pale face of the boy floating in midair. Sora wasn’t aware enough to know where he was, let alone what he was doing there or how to get out. He wasn’t even conscious enough to know he was ‘Sora’. All he knew was he was tired. A tired that came from fighting his all and it not being enough.
He couldn’t remember what he was fighting, or who, or why. He couldn’t remember if he had been fighting alone or side by side with his friends-allies. He couldn’t remember the last blow that had landed him here. But he did know that something he had fought his all for must be worth it. Worth this tired feeling dragging him down into the dark.
The pink, heart shaped light above him flickered. He knew, if he allowed it to go out it would all be over. No more fighting or pain or fear. He would simply sleep forever, letting his exhaustion drag him into the dark-sleep-dream. He was tempted, very tempted. He had been fighting for so long. But at the same time he knew, whatever he had been fighting for wasn’t over. He wouldn’t have fought himself into this place if he had been finished. He wasn’t sure what he was fighting for, but he had to keep trying.
Pulling up the last dregs of strength, he reached out into the dark. He twisted his heart-mind-fingers in something that lay beyond the dark. With a twist-pull he could feel it rushing past him, his strength returning. A sieve ran through his mind, erasing memories of this place, replacing them simply with the knowledge that he had to keep fighting. A battle was coming, soon, and who knew how many times this place would be able to send him back, how many times he would fight before he gave in to the dark.
The battle was about to start, and he had to be ready.