Hi! It’s been a while. I had an idea today to write something, I’m not sure what to title it yet. Right now, I think this chapter is called “Letters to Sora.”
It’s been about a month since Riku went into the fictional world to find you. A month since I woke up from my year long sleep, diving deep into my memories to find any clue of where you were, any hint that could lead me to you.
Part of me hates that it took so long. What should have taken a few days took an entire year to find, and I still don’t know what triggered it. Xehanort appeared in my heart and mind, a part of him had lingered ever since I was a little girl.. it’s how he found Riku and the islands, because we were connected. I’m sorry about that by the way.. If it weren’t for me.. no.. I can’t think like that.
Anyways, I went to train with Master Aqua in the Land of Departure. Merlin was a great magic teacher, but I think everyone agrees I have a long way to go when it comes to fighting. She’s been a really great teacher so far! Her, Ventus, and Terra have all helped me train, and I’m getting so much better! I think you would be proud Sora, at least, I hope you’d be.
Master Aqua’s become like a big sister to me. She already seemed familiar of me when we first met, but now we’ve grown to be really close. She’s gentle when she teaches, and doesn’t get frustrated when I mess up. We spend time together outside of training too, just talking and getting to know each other.
Ventus and I are great friends. He already seemed to know me too, I wonder if it has something to do with us being in your heart at the same time. I think it helps that Chirithy likes me already. She was really happy when I showed up, and she likes to watch me train. I give her lots of pets, so don’t worry about that, she gets plenty of love from everyone. Ventus is really fast Sora! It’s hard to keep an eye on him in battle when we spar, and I lose to him a lot because of it. He’s helping me with my agility, and I’ve gotten better at keeping my footing when sparring because of it. We talk about you a lot, the three of us. We’ll have sleepovers and we’ll all reminisce about when we were little. Ventus likes hearing about how goofy you were when you were little, and Chirithy just likes the fishing stories.
Terra.. It’s weird with him. Im.. im scared of him, and I don’t know why. I know he isn’t Terranort, that he’s not him.. but everytime I see him, I can’t help but be scared. I haven’t sparred with him yet. He watches my training with Chirithy, and he talks to Aqua afterwards, telling her what he noticed to help me improve. I appreciate his help, but I still feel awkward. It reminds me of how I was around Lea at first. Terra won’t look me in the eye, and we’re hardly ever in the same room together. I don’t really mind it, but I feel like I’m making everyone uncomfortable because of it..
Riku’s come by a lot. He can’t stay in the fictional world for long periods of time, everyone’s agreed that throwing ourselves into comas isn’t working. He’s tired a lot, and I force him to just sleep so that he doesn’t collapse from exhaustion. How do I do that? I send Chirithy to lay on him. A few minutes with her purring puts him right to sleep. Who knew he was a cat person? I’m kidding, he’s always liked cats, even when he pretended he wasn’t.
Riku and I talk a lot. He hasn’t found anything about you yet, and it’s frustrating him. I haven’t found out anything else on my end, there’s nothing in the library here about the fictional worlds. Even Ansem the Wise doesn’t know too much. I’m trying to train as fast as I can, to get strong and pass my mark of mastery so I can go with Riku and search for you. You saved me Sora.. I can’t just leave you there all alone. I’ll bring you back, I promise.
Aqua’s calling me now, we took a quick break for lunch, and then we’re going to work on some combo moves I think. I’ll write to you soon, I miss you Sora. Please be safe.