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[caidentity.livejournal.com]

Yay for random drabbles not having to do with an actual challenge :)


Title: Eclipse
Word Count: 214






It was the event of the year.

I squirmed uncomfortably next to Kairi, all too aware of the children playing on the beach nearby, joyous laughter echoing down the shore.

Once upon a time, we would have been those children.

I turned sightless eyes to the sky as her voice broke the companionable silence. ‘It’s starting.’ I stared at the sky, wishing for what must have been the hundredth time, that this cloth was not necessary, that I would be able to see this grand event.

But never again.

A hush fell over the playing children: night was come in the day!

Kairi gasped next to me, her hand tightening around my own; my knees nearly gave out on me. It was a cruel occurrence, that darkness should cover our island, intruding, regardless of the sacrifice I’d made to protect it. Darkness, chilling darkness, swept the island, tearing the breath from all who watched.

My head filled with screams, shrill and high, deep and dark, pulling, pulling at the threads holding my mind together, threatening to send me careening into the dark abyss that was unconsciousness.

The cowardly sun returned, my head cleared, banished the darkness until its next return; nay, until its coward’s death.

I think I cried myself to sleep that night.

Comments

[wrong.livejournal.com]

I like Riku's idea of the sun being a coward, it seemed to imply that he understands that light can be conquered by darkness, no matter what, but it also shows the utter despair that he can't pull himself out of.

[eternal-moonie.livejournal.com]

very nice!