Prologue

Once everything had calmed down after the destruction of Meteor Cloud and Tifa went to say their final good-byes to Aeris in the City of the Ancients. It was only the two of them by the small lake where Cloud had set Aeris not long ago.

The place hadn't changed too much from the time they were last there. The shell house was still standing and looked the same. Light filtered through the colorless trees, dancing across the surface of the water where Aeris had been laid to rest. But to Cloud it seemed as if she wasn't there because he could no longer see her slender form within the depths of the water. Despite what he felt he still stooped and placed a bouquet of flowers onto the water's crystalline surface.

Standing up, Cloud backed away to station himself next to Tifa. They stood in the stillness of the place as they both said their wordless prayers to their friend. Silence soon filled the area as if nothing would ever make a sound again, but before long a noise came. The sound was faint at first but steadily grew louder until Cloud and Tifa could hear it clearly.

It was the tinkling sound of someone giggling.

"Cloud you're not imagining things. I'm not in the lake," a voice from the shadows spoke.

Aeris appeared from behind one of the white leafless trees. She looked just the same as she had the last time he'd seen her. Her hair was undone from its ties and her face was still as beautiful as before. The only difference was the wound from Sephiroth's sword was gone.

Both Cloud and Tifa were stunned to see her. Before Tifa could stop herself she began to cry. Cloud, being the tough guy, held back his tears as best he could.

"How…?" he began but was stopped by Aeris' readied reply.

"After Holy failed to work, I used the lifestream to destroy it. The planet then returned the favor by bringing me to life. The planet told me something that bothered me though. It said 'There is another force at work on the planet that might become a threat one day.' After that I lost contacted. I didn't even get the chance to say thanks…" Her voice trailed off.

But before long the worried expression she had been wearing was replaced by a smile. "I'm so happy to be back!"

Aeris then ran to them and embraced them both with tears in her eyes. They all stayed that way for a long time in a big group hug. Tifa was the first to break away from the embrace to use her PHS. With shaky hands she fumbled to dial the numbers of the others to tell them the wonderful and unbelievable news.

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Subsequent to their finding of Aeris, Cloud decided to sell his villa in Costa del Sol and use the rest of his money that he had gathered on their adventure,* to build a house in Kalm. Once the house was completed, Cloud proposed to Aeris, which she happily agreed.

He also had enough money to build a new bar for Tifa. She was glad to have something to occupy herself with and started working right away. Within a few weeks the bar became the most popular in the slow growing town of Kalm. Cloud also had an extra room attached to their house for Aeris to open a flower shop. Her flower shop was their only source of money when Cloud didn't have any work.

A year after Meteor Aeris gave birth to a baby girl. They both decided on the name of Sora for their new bundle of joy. Cloud purposed that Tifa be named the godmother of Sora and Tifa agreed.

After their adventures everyone went their separate ways. Reeve headed the new world government to ensure the safety of the world. Cid opened his own airship service company and continued inventing new ways to travel. Barret became the mayor of Corel and discovered new fuel sources. He always made numerous visits to Aeris, Cloud, and Tifa in Kalm. Yuffie was another frequent visitor at their house too. She became very good friends with Sora always bringing gifts from the various places she visited around the world.

Vincent seemed to have disappeared off the planet, but he always sent letters to all of them saying he was okay and what not. The person who received the most letters had been Yuffie, but she never mentioned what he said in those letters. Red XIII, also known as Nanaki, opened a school for people who wanted to learn about the planet. Everyone was making their way in the world.

After fourteen years had past, following the destruction of Meteor, nothing had happened. No more threats in the world to deal with, no more Shinra, and no more anything. There seemed to be no action in the world. It was just too quiet to stop worrying about the obvious foreshadowing of the future.

On that peculiar day, it was Sora's thirteenth birthday. It was on that day when everything was going to change. She had always wanted to cut her hair short and get new cloths like shorts or pants instead of dresses. Her mother, Aeris, had promised her they would get her new clothes and a new haircut. Cloud had also been talked into giving her his old buster sword so that he could train her to fight. What they didn't know was that Sora had her own plan as well. That day she would go to the Midgar Ruins to do some training of her own.

*(Author's note: It's not even funny how much money I had at the end of the game; the Cloud in my game was like a millionaire.)

Author Notes-

If a little star is in the middle of a sentence it means there is a little note from me at the end of the section.

How do you like it? I hope you don't think it's that bad. It is a prologue you know. It was hard to choose how I would tell people what happens from the time they find Aeris to Sora's 13th birthday. It probably seems kind of rushed, but it's the best I can do, I'll try to add more detail. I also had to think of a way to have Aeris come back without having her resurrected with human help. I didn't want people to think that this was a resurrecting Aeris story.

At the end of the game it seemed Cloud had gotten over her death in the part when he and Tifa are talking about seeing her again or in other words to say goodbye. I also remember that at the very end of the cut scene they show a picture of Aeris opening her eyes. That part led me to believe that she might be alive even though it could be her in the lifestream.

By the way this is the revised version so things have been added and/or removed. Please tell me if you spot any mistakes, read more, and review! Thank you!! ^.^