A/N: I was bored in English one day, so I wrote this. Enjoy!

Shadow

A witch

That's what I was

Never meant to be

A shadow of that most precious to him

I wondered what it'd be like

To feel

Important.

So I temper with the chain of memories

The promise he made her

He now made to me

Her lucky starfish

Now my lucky keychain

The one precious to him

Is now

Me.

This is what it's like to mean something to another

No more would I feel empty inside

So what is this raw guilt

Eating away at me?

No, I say to myself

It's for the better.

Would I want to feel lonely again?

That hollow nothingness?

All it took

Were simple

Memory adjustments

And it's not like I actually have

A choice

They're forcing me to do it anyways

They as if I wanted to remain her shadow

If I wanted to be cast aside

Do I want to remain unimportant?

I don't.

He finally makes it

The easygoing smile, the goofy sayings, strong heart,

For once I'm cared about

And it makes me feel good

Until I remind myself that his feelings are a fluke

Just like me

I can't hold the truth from him any longer

I tell him about my wrongdoings

My manipulation

That I'm nothing more than a living shadow

A Nobody

I expect him to be mad

Who wouldn't be?

But after being confused and frustrated for a bit

He smiles at me

Just as he did in the false memories

But this aren't false memories- this is reality

And says he'll

Protect me

As he promised that night

Why?

That night never happened

And he knows it

He brightly says that

Whether it happened or not

A promise is a promise

True to that promise

He takes them out

Not only in a quest to regain his memories,

But to keep me safe as well

It's overwhelmingly nice to know that

I'm worth

Fighting for

I make an offer to him-

Keep the memories he has now

Or regain the ones of her

If he chooses the latter

I'll be forgotten

And once more, I'll just be a

Shadow

He gives it serious thought

And after much debate with himself

He settles on getting the memories of her back

I'm sad that I'll be forgotten

But I want to make him

Happy

He should be, after how much he did

For me

Now he and his friends will be

Sleeping peacefully

Unaware of the world

As I work diligently to repair

The damage I inflicted

It's my turn

To protect him now

Before he delves into slumber

He writes, "Thank Naminé"

So he can express gratitude to me

Even when he's forgotten me

It's time

"Goodbye," I say

He immediately scolds me

Says he'll find me

And then we won't have to keep things

From each other

He asks me to promise him this

Because even if the memory's lost

It'll still be their

Within our hearts

Seeing his point,

I do promise him

And we lock pinkies

Now, even when he was about to fall asleep

He says we'll find each other

And become real friends

I smile,

Motivating him,

And he finally remembers her name-

"Kairi."

Then he falls asleep

Here I am now

Working diligently

Sometimes I want to quit

Knowing that I'll become

A shadow

Again

I immediately scold myself

Because it's just like we promised

After this, we'll meet again

There will be no lies

And we'll be friends for real

Those were his exact

Words

And I have faith in them

Yes, we will see each other

Soon

And now longer will I be

In her

Shadow