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Title: Go Back To Sleep
Challenge: Lullaby
Word Count: 403
Notes: Riku/Sora ship, lyrics by A Perfect Circle - Pet...Also, sorry it's long.....

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Sora woke with his heart pounding in his throat as the nightmare collecteded itself in front of his eyes. It seemed that a darkness greater than the night around him gathered at the foot of his bed. A great clocked figure manifested from the collected shadow and stood looking at him. The only thing Sora could see was a pale face whose eyes were hidden by a black blindfold and a few tendrils of silver hair. Only one person had that hair, but it couldn't be him, could it?
"Go back to sleep," came the voice of the one whom he had loved, "Go back to sleep."
"What?" Sora asked, not sure he heard right, how could he sleep when the Shadow was at the foot of his bed.
The shadow at the foot of the bed opened its mouth and sang a cold song that made Sora's blood freeze.

I won't let the bogeyman come...
I'll be the one to protect you from
your enemies and all your demons
I'll be the one to protect you from
a will to survive and a voice of reason...
Head down, go to sleep
To the rhythm of the war drums...

"Go back to sleep," the Shadow Riku said again, "Go back to sleep."
The shadow Riku started toward him and Sora opened his mouth to scream but no sound came out. It was crawling over him on the bed and Sora didn't want it to touch him. It kept repeating the song over and over again. But then another voice called to him, a voice that was the same as the Shadow's only softer, more welcoming. Sora clung to that voice and it dragged him out of his nightmare.
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Sora woke up, gasping for air and shaking like a leaf when he felt a strong hand on him shoulder, helping him calm a little. He took in a deep breath and turned to face the silver haired boy who had been sleeping next to him. He saw Riku's concerned aqua eyes and instantly felt better.
"You okay Sora?" Riku asked.
"Bad dream," Sora nodded, "I'm okay now.
Riku smiled then and said, "Don't worry, I won't let the bogeyman come."
But what if you are the Bogeyman, he thought to himself.

Comments

[caidentity.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, dark. I like this :) It's got an interesting theme running through it--and the dream-within-a-dream rocked. I noticed one thing near the beginning ('clock' instead of 'cloak,' methinks...) that puzzled me a bit, but I adored the interaction between Sora and the real Riku. It was nice :)

[purple-angel01.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was great. I loved it ^_^.

[pedosaurus.livejournal.com]

*gape*

I was gonna use that song.... ;-;

Well, it's nice to know that we both like A Perfect Circle. ^^;

Oh well, perhaps I'll still enter my drabble, since it's much different than this. =\

Good job~ *sparkle*