[234]: "A New Name"
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kh_drabbleTitle: A New Name
Challenge: [234] Coping Strategies
Word Count: 293
Characters/Pairings: Leon, Yuffie, Aerith
Summary: The first few days in Traverse Town were hard.
The nightmares started on the first night in Traverse Town. He woke, gasping, still seeing images of black clouds of Heartless swarming over the land. He had tried to fight, clutched his gunblade so tightly he could barely feel his shaking hands. "Take the children and run!" A woman's voice and the crack of a whip, before she disappeared into the crowd. He saw a girl who'd often followed him around at the orphanage, Yuffie, running toward the invaders with a knife in hand. He grabbed her about the waist, ignoring her screams of protest, and ran. He had no choice. No choice, when the pilot grasped the back of his shirt and lifted him into the ship before the Heartless reached them.
He was helpless, safe in this strange place while his home and people he loved were gone. He wiped his arm over his eyes and lay there on the blanket, listening to a distant baby's cries.
The next few days became a blur of restless nights and silent afternoons. He didn't talk to anyone, but gave Yuffie his food to quiet her crying. She followed him around like a thin, dark-haired ghost. He didn't think he could eat, anyway. The survivors were noisy around him, yelling or crying or trying to find their families in the crowd.
"You're alone here, too?" He looked up, to see wide green eyes staring at him. The girl smiled softly, the expression strange in a place like this, and sat down next to him. "I'm from Radiant Garden."
"So are we." Yuffie shyly glanced over his shoulder. "I'm Yuffie, and he's Squall."
"Call me Leon."
She took his hand, and years later he would never know why he let her. "I'll stay with you."
Challenge: [234] Coping Strategies
Word Count: 293
Characters/Pairings: Leon, Yuffie, Aerith
Summary: The first few days in Traverse Town were hard.
The nightmares started on the first night in Traverse Town. He woke, gasping, still seeing images of black clouds of Heartless swarming over the land. He had tried to fight, clutched his gunblade so tightly he could barely feel his shaking hands. "Take the children and run!" A woman's voice and the crack of a whip, before she disappeared into the crowd. He saw a girl who'd often followed him around at the orphanage, Yuffie, running toward the invaders with a knife in hand. He grabbed her about the waist, ignoring her screams of protest, and ran. He had no choice. No choice, when the pilot grasped the back of his shirt and lifted him into the ship before the Heartless reached them.
He was helpless, safe in this strange place while his home and people he loved were gone. He wiped his arm over his eyes and lay there on the blanket, listening to a distant baby's cries.
The next few days became a blur of restless nights and silent afternoons. He didn't talk to anyone, but gave Yuffie his food to quiet her crying. She followed him around like a thin, dark-haired ghost. He didn't think he could eat, anyway. The survivors were noisy around him, yelling or crying or trying to find their families in the crowd.
"You're alone here, too?" He looked up, to see wide green eyes staring at him. The girl smiled softly, the expression strange in a place like this, and sat down next to him. "I'm from Radiant Garden."
"So are we." Yuffie shyly glanced over his shoulder. "I'm Yuffie, and he's Squall."
"Call me Leon."
She took his hand, and years later he would never know why he let her. "I'll stay with you."
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Date: 2010-07-26 01:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-28 12:05 am (UTC)(By the way, the woman with the whip, the one that told them to run. Is that Quistis, by any chance?)
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Date: 2010-07-28 02:33 am (UTC)I'm glad you liked it.
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Date: 2010-07-28 07:06 am (UTC)no subject
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