As It Was Before

Disclaimer: I do not own this game or any of the characters.

I stared up at the moon, surprised it was out withal the clouds. I thought of every-thing that had gone on here, Destiny Islands. Everything that had started here. All our adventures.

I missed the simplicity of that time, all our "problems" which weren't real problems but only things like Sora being stuck on a tree and not being able to climb down or Kairi tripping over another rock.

Then the Heartless came around and everything changed. All of a sudden, we… we weren't little kids anymore. It was as if we were soldiers fighting on a war we never knew existed until days ago.

Sora, Kairi, and I got separated and nothing was ever the same. Keyblades, Heartless, and Organization IIV got in the way of us being together.

"Hey, Riku?" a voice sounded from behind the rock I sat on. I turned and replied.

"Whatcha want?" I said, not wanting to sound rude, but it came out that way. I just wanted to sit there alone and think.

It was Sora, of course. He clumped down next to me, legs stretched out in front of him.

"Whatcha doin'?" he asked, staring out at the deep blue water, dotted with the perfect reflection of the sky. You could hardly tell the difference between the sky and the sea.

"Just thinking," I said back, not breaking my gaze with the bright silver moon.

"Do you miss it?" Sora asked, surprising me. I knew we were both thinking about the same thing.

"Yeah, I do miss it. I miss how it was all so… simple. No real problems. No real death. No real violence. The Heartless just came in a muddled it all up. So, yeah, of course I miss it," I said, really feeling the regret and disappointment hit me.

"Me too. I miss us just hangin' around. How Kairi was always trying to get us to be knights for her sandcastles which really looked terrible!" Sora laughed. I chuckled and looked at him. He sat there, in the same clothes as always, laughing at his own little joke.

I was really lucky to have friends like Sora and Kairi. I felt sorry for people like Zexion or Zenmas who never really had true friends.

Although I loved my life now, I knew one thing for sure. I wished life was as it was before.