It'd be cool to read this while hearing Kairi's theme ~~
A girl named Kairi was born. She resided in a town named Radiant Garden, with her grandmother, whose duty was to take care of her little granddaughter. In the town, no one knew about what had happened with Kairi’s parents. They just knew that she lived with her Grandmother. Kairi had pretty blue eyes, and red hair. As a baby, she was very pretty, but not tall. She was very loved by her Grandmother, who couldn’t spend one second without her.
As she was getting older, she began to wear a while dress, which had some violet things that reassembled the letter “X”. She also wore white shoes, which had a little of pink and violet on it. She also used a white necklace, and her hair had grown -- it was around her neck. Kairi’s Grandma told her many stories, but Kairi had a favorite one : the one about light and darkness.
According to the story, the world was once only full of light. In that time, people loved the light. However, as time went on, people began to fight for it, because they wanted to keep it only to themselves. And, as a consequence of that, darkness was born in people’s hears. The darkness spread very quickly, and it managed to swallow people’s hearts, and even the light itself. Then, the world disappeared, but the Light would not be so easily destroyed, and so its fragments remained in the children’s hearts. Thanks to that, the World was rebuilt. But, the worlds are divided from each other, since the true light is still sleeping deep within the darkness.
With that story, Kairi’s Grandma wanted to tell her that she must not be frightened of the darkness, because just by believing in the Light, you will be safe from the darkness. Kairi enjoyed that story so much that she kept asking her grandma to tell it again and again.
Kairi is kind, gentle and respectful. She is one of the Seven Princesses of Heart, whose hearts are pure light, without a single flick of darkness. She has a strong personality, and what she likes the most to do is spend time picking flowers from the gardens around the town where she lives.
At the age of four, Kairi had just picked some flowers from the Garden near Ansem’s Castle, when she was attacked by some weird creatures named “Unversed”. Strangely, however, she had an ability of driving these creatures away. Frightened, Kairi began to scream, when suddenly a girl, who appeared to have eighteen years, and was carrying a weapon that reassembled a Key, appeared to rescue her. The girl seemed not to be ready to fight that big number of creatures, but thankfully, a mouse with a weapon like hers appeared to help. The girl took Kairi to a safe place, but then she immediately returned to help the Mouse.
It took a few minutes, but the two of them were able to destroy the creatures that were frightening the little Kairi. The Mouse was able to talk, and it told both Kairi and the girl his name -- it was Mickey. He also spoke about a man named Yen Sid, but suddenly, something began to shine, and Mickey just disappeared. Before doing, however, he said that he would meet them again soon.
So, now that there were only Kairi and the other girl, Kairi decided to give the flowers she had picked to her, as a symbol of how grateful she was. The other girl thanked her, and said her name was Aqua. However, just then, Kairi’s Grandma just arrived and screamed Kairi’s name. However, Aqua asked Kairi to stay just one more minute, and then she touched Kairi’s necklace, saying that she had just cast a spell on it. The spell would ensure that wherever Kairi was in danger, her own light would lead her to someone who was able to keep her safe.
As soon as Kairi approached her Grandmother, she asked her to tell her favorite story once more. And, loving her as much as she did, she began to tell the story one more time.
Kairi continued doing what she always did, like picking up flowers from the gardens near the Castle, and her life remained the same until the next year, when something very bad happened in the town she lived. In one day, she was collecting flowers, when she felt that danger was near, and her necklace began to shine. Frightened, she ran to her house as fast as she could in search of her beloved Grandmother, but she could not find her. And, to make the situation worse, when she left her house, she looked at the sky, and noticed that it was black, and not blue.
Then, she began to cry while running to Ansem’s Castle. However, as soon as she got there, she was kidnapped by Braig, one of Ansem’s apprentices. Kairi asked him where Ansem was, and he answered that Ansem had left their world, which was his responsibility to take care of (when in reality, Ansem had been made prisoner in the depths of the castle). He also told her that he could bring her to somewhere safe, and so he entered inside the castle with her.
Kairi had never entered inside the castle. It was so beautiful. But Kairi did not have time to spend looking at the rooms of the castle, because Braig held her hand and began to run to the direction of the Laboratory.
Daniel Chiuchiarelli