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Coming of Shadows

"….k…"
"….ink…."

"….Link…LINK!"

A young man shot up in his bed, his hair falling into his eyes. He looked through the hair, trying to remember where he was. There was light emanating above him. He looked up to see what looked like a ball of light with wings.

"Navi!" he said with a smile.

The fairy groaned. "No, not Navi!"

The young man was confused for a moment, then remembered what happened seven years before. It was after he sealed the King of Thieves, Ganondorf, into the River of Time. Navi had left him after he returned the Bane of Evil to the Pedestal of Time. He had gone to search for her, but instead found a different world….

"Oh. Sorry, Tatl…"

"Apology accepted, Link," she replied.

Another young man was standing in the darkness, only a feeling of emptiness to keep him company. A circle of light appeared in the distance, and he saw himself. He was standing with a woman in pink, her brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. She looked up at him and smiled that familiar, friendly smile. It was then he heard the rustle of cloth from above. He looked up, seeing a dark shape plummeting towards the girl. It was a man, his sword outstretched.

"No," the young man said. "You're not taking her from me! Not again!"

The sword went through the torso of the girl. Her arms went slack, the life dying from her eyes as she fell. The young man looked up and saw him….

White hair framed his face, his blue, penetrating eyes staring into his soul, the smile of pain…

"Sephiroth, you bastard!"

The young man opened his eyes, gasping for breath. He looked around, seeing his bedroom. He sat up, trying to relax. A woman to his left had her arms around him, whispering something in his ear. As he started to relax, he heard her words.

"Shh…Calm down. It was just a dream, Cloud. Just a dream…"

He wiped tears away from his eyes. "I'm sorry… I had the dream again."

"There's nothing to be sorry about, Cloud."

"Tifa?" he asked.

"Yes, Cloud?"

He smiled a little. "Thanks."

A young woman in pink sat on her balcony, looking off into the distance. On the horizon, there was a large building. The lights surrounding it shown a blue pattern snaking its way across the circumference. She smiled, remembering her teaching days there. It was only seven years before that she had talked Squall in the infirmary after his fight with Seifer. She smiled, remembering the first words coming out of Squall's mouth: "My head hurts…".

She heard footsteps coming from behind her. She turned around slowly, her hand on the handle of her whip. She looked to see a man with blond hair. His hair was cut short and he had a large tattoo on the side of his face. He raised his hands in mock surrender.

"Easy there, Quistis," he chuckled. "I just have a message for you."

She groaned. "What is it this time, Zell? Bite Bugs attacked your chocobo again?"

"No. Even better! There's someone here to see you! He's in the lobby."

Quistis raised her eyebrow again and followed Zell out of her room. They went down the hall in silence, Quistis wondering who her mystery visitor was. When they entered the lobby, it was empty, except for a man in the center, facing away from the pair. His shoulder length brown hair brushed against his favorite leather jacket as he turned around. He brushed his hair out of his face, a scar on his forehead fairly visible.

"Hey stranger," he said with a smile, "it's been awhile."

Quistis smiled , a surge of happiness coursing through her body. "Squall!" she shouted as she dashed across the room.

Yuna looked around her quarters, nodding. She had completely reorganized her room, making room for her sphere collection. She had just joined the Gullwings, a group of Sphere Hunters, along with her cousin, Rikku. She smiled as she thought of her cousin. Rikku was hyper, and that gave her a knack for getting into trouble.

Yuna moved into her bathroom and looked into the mirror. She saw her green and blue eyes looking back at her, her brown hair falling neatly on her shoulders. She smiled weakly as she remembered her quest, seven years earlier. She looked deep into her own eyes and made a promise to herself.

I will find you, Tidus…

It was a cold morning in the town of Narshe. A light snow was dusting the mountains to the north, and the sun was yet to break over the horizon. A woman looked out her window, remembering the World of Ruin. The thought made her cringe; the barren wasteland her home had become made her cry. But the rebuilding had begun, and slowly the world had become more lively.

She shifted in her seat, her blond hair brushing against her bare shoulders. She waited for her husband to return every night, constantly worried. He was out on one of his jobs again, exploring the ruins of Kefka's Tower. She started to drift off to sleep when there was a knock on the door.

She bolted up out of her seat and dashed to the front door.With a yank, she pulled the door open, revealing three people. The two in front were friends of the family; one, a woman with green hair, while the other was a older man with his dark hair pulled back into a pony-tail. She couldn't see who was behind them, but she smiled.

"Terra, Cyan! Please come in!" she said with a smile, motioning them towards the couch.

"And what about me?" said the third person. His voice sounded very familiar. She looked at him and started to cry. Tears of joy flooded her face when her husband embraced her tightly.

"Oh, how I've missed you!" she said, feeling the warmth of her husband.

"I missed you too, Celes," he said quietly, placing a light kiss on her forehead.

She pulled him inside their home. "Come in, Locke."