KH OC Week 2020âDay 4: Treasured Memories
[Originally I was just going to outright say what Erica treasures most but I realized that was super boring and decided to finally write something for this week. So anyway, the titleâs pretty self-explanatory. This one was shorter than I thought it would be but it still went pretty well seeing as how I had just thought of this and threw it onto a document. Hope you enjoy! :) @khoc-week]
It was the end of a fun adventure, and so much had happened. The beach had been rid of a shark Heartless after a lot of hard work, the need to enjoy summer vacation to the fullest had been a constant must, and there had also been the unfortunate absence of sea salt ice cream. But in the end, everything was taken care of, and ice cream was officially on the menu.
After their mission was done, of course.
Luckily they did get to have that ice cream together afterwards, and even better, it had been kept from melting away.
It felt like it had happened yesterdayâsitting there with her friends, enjoying each otherâs company, laughing together. She missed them. . . .
When she blinked, she wasnât in Daybreak Town anymore. A familiar sunset was before her, and she was much higher up now. A gentle breeze tugged at her curls, and she looked to her right to see Xion, Roxas, and Axel talking. They were having sea salt ice cream like she was as they laughed together, enjoying each otherâs company.
Axel said something exaggerated, tugging a giggle out of Xion and Erica. Roxas teased Axel, who feigned being offended, and both girls just burst out laughing.
Erica turned her gaze to the sunset, which brightened as it adorned pinks and purples. Upon shielding her eyes, she heard waves coming from down below. Footsteps drew her attention to Ven coming toward her, and he gave her a smile that she returned. After she faced forward, she spotted the other lighthouse on that beachy island in the distance.
Ven talked about his mission in Dwarf Woodlands, saying that he wondered what the castle there looked like up close. And Erica wondered that, too. It was very pretty even from far away. Maybe it was as pretty as the castle in Cinderellaâs world.
They always exchanged their experiences in other worlds whenever theyâd meet up in Waterfront Park. It was sort of a thing they fell into doing, and it always left them excited about seeing the parts of the worlds they had yet to see.
Erica blinked, and the scenery changed again. This time she was sitting with Ephemer and Chirithy at Fountain Square, the former at her left with the latter at her right. It had been so long since theyâd met up with each other, and now they were finally spending the day together. She wondered if Ephemer had ever tried sea salt ice cream before. Maybe she shouldâve brought it up when they were at the Market. Well, there was always next time.
If Skuld were here everything would be more than perfect. But she was busy, and Erica was okay with that. Skuld and Ephemer both had important jobs to do. So for now, she would enjoy her time with Ephemer before duty called again.
The two wielders and Chirithy laughed about something together, but electric fizzing in the air cut their laughter short. They stood up as they studied it, but suddenly the electric fizz enlarged before it engulfed everything in an instant.
 Erica woke up with a start, and she blinked at the orange and yellow rays of the setting sun streaming through her window. This time she didnât feel sadness, even if some of the people and places she knew werenât to be found anymore. She remembered those memories fondly and clearly, and thankfully that included the ones she had once forgotten about.
All the fun times she had with her friends, all the painful ones, and everything in between; she wouldnât trade them for anything.
