Short Story

knock-knock

Before Xion could even lift herself out of bed to open the door, Roxas let himself into her room and plopped himself down on the bed. "Hey! Mornin' Xion!" He greeted.

"...morning..." She yawned and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "You sound enthusiastic, what do you want?"

"I wanna go to this festival with you."

"Where's it at?"

"Twilight Town. There's this thing called a summer festival I've been hearing about since the last time I came there and they're giving out a bunch of free ice cream. So, how about it?"

"Of course, sounds fun!"

Roxas grinned. "-Oh and before you ask, we'll be back before Saïx even wakes up to assign us missions. Axel's for sure gonna come with us too...whenever he's done with his mission that …show more content…

'For me and her together...I should have just enough for two tickets and a couple snacks at the festival.'

Xion sat down on a bench by the door while Roxas went up to the ticket counter to buy tickets, she glimpsed out of the window at the endless sunset. 'I can't believe I'm going to a festival. I've never been to one of those before. Best of all, I'll be here with one of my best friends.'

"Hey, Xion."

Xion turned around to see Roxas waving at her with two train tickets in hand. "Let's get on!"

"Ok, I'm coming!" Xion joined Roxas in the line to board the train.

*SCREECH

"Sounds like that's the train."

They boarded the train and found themselves a seat near the back. As the train filled up, Roxas kicked back in his uncomfortable seat and Xion rested her head on the window.

"—Boarding passengers will be taken to Sunset Terrace, the north-east district of Twilight Town." A radio announced. With that, the doors closed shut and the train began moving.

"So..." Roxas began. "How's your keyblade been working out?"

"Great, I really can't thank you enough. Wish I planned going out to this summer festival out for you instead."

"Hey, don't mention it, I'm glad we're here. We should totally do this more often since we won't be working together anymore and all."

"I'd love to." She turned her back to stare out the window and enjoy the view, however, a black substance splatter on the window. "...huh?"

Subsequently, the train came to a halt and the