AN: Just to warn everybody, this is a self insert fanfic, please to not throw rocks at me. Though the plot will be exactly like the game, I'm just going to add a few twists of my own. Okay...here goes the first chapter. I hope you like it.
Cat like Eyes
"He's one of the good guys, right?"
-Barrett Wallace referring to Sephiroth
"Silver, what should we do later today?" Silver Eve Ronaldo's best friend, Devon, chirpy voice made her almost cringe in pain.
Silver sighed, and began rubbing her temples. "I don't know Dev; I'm not feeling too good, just ask Jake to take you out."
Devon crossed her arms across her chest after taking a sip of her coffee. "But you've been sick almost every day; we never get to hang out anymore."
Silver sighed, and took a bite of her donut, and swallowed. "I'm really sorry…I just need to rest some mosre. You know me I get migraines all the time."
Silver's greened eyed friend watched with worry as Silver hissed in pain and began messaging her temples.
"I think you should go to the hospital."
The black hair girl's eyes snapped up so quickly that Devon had to blink a few times before processing her movements. Silver scowled at her friend, and continued rubbing her temples.
Devon simply shook her head, an amused smile graced on her lips. "You're still paranoid about hospitals aren't ya?"
"It's not paranoia, it's a phobia."
Devon nodded, her caramel curls jumping up and down. "Sure, sure, Sil, whatever you say."
Silver once again scowled at best friend, and got up from her seat. "I'm going home."
Devon got up from her seat as well, rushing to Silver's side before they threw out their trash and walked out of Borders, they're usual place to be after a school each day, but they spend more hours there today, since it's Friday, so they could relax and talk in peace.
Though, peace for Silver won't be coming in a while. Her headache's have been constant all this week, for some reason, not once have they disappeared, though it's a little less painful when she lays down and goes to sleep, or when she plays her favorite game of all time, Final Fantasy VII.
Devon makes fun of her for being a total Final Fantasy geek, but Silver isn't afraid to admit it. She even brought the dvd to school one day to show everybody that she loves Final Fantasy and isn't afraid to admit it.
"You'll drive me home, won't you?"
Silver sighed and ignored her friend's pleading eyes and continued walking. "No."
"Why?"
"Just call Jake; I'm sure your pretty boyfriend would be more than happy to take you?"
Devon sighed in defeat, and took out her cell phone from her blue sweater's pocket. "Fine, I'll call him…" the young girl jabbed a finger at Silver. "But just so you know, you'll have to drive me next time, take me wherever I want to go for a whole week."
Silver sighed but nodded, then winced and began rubbing her temples again.
"You sure you don't want to go to the hospital."
"No! Stop being such a drama queen, Dev, jeez." The dark hair girl began walking toward the parking lot, towards her black SUV.
"See ya later, Alligator."
Silver chuckled slightly, and sent Devon a single wave good bye over her shoulder. She clicked a button on her keychain and she heard the click of her doors unlocking. She opened the driver's door open and sat on the seat, and rested her head against the steering wheel. She waited for the pounding in her head to soften before shoving her key into the ignition and giving it a little twist, and listened to the soft hum coming out of her engine. She shifted her gear to drive, and began moving out of the parking lot.
Her mind drifts off to her favorite game. Sometimes she wishes that her life was like Final Fantasy VII. Silver loves that game with all of her heart and sometimes dreams meeting the characters from the game. Her life, being an eighteen year old, hasn't been all that well. Her parents were both drug addicts, and at times her dad would hit her, that's why growing up, she's always been bitter. It wasn't until she met Devon in high school that she learned to live your life to the fullest and not to focus on the bad things.
So she did just that and moved out of her parent's house in an early and into her own small place close to her school, thanks to her life's saving she had enough money to buy the house and furniture. On her free time, she plays her favorite game, and then sleeps, or does homework. But with her headache being there in her head all week long, she hasn't been able to play Final Fantasy so when she comes back home, she'll take some pain medicine and play it.
Then suddenly, out of nowhere, she felt her brain give a hard thud. She hissed and pain and her right hand let go of the steering wheel and rubbed her right temple. This pain she felt has been the worst she felt all week, and this caused her eyes to water. Everything became a blur once her car drove over a wooden bridge above a lake.
She wiped the tears out of her eyes but it's still all too blurry, she can't see anything and panics.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit!" Cursing under her breath, Silver opens her eyes wide to try to focus her eyes on the road. But it's useless. "Fuck!"
But the yelling only made the pounding in her head worse. This time though, it felt like hammers were trying to crack open her skull. She let out a scream of pain, and let go of the steering wheel to squeeze her head.
Silver didn't know that she's on a bridge, and it was wide one too, she didn't see how her car wasn't going straight, it moved its way to the wooden railing and crashed into it, landing the deep water of the lake.
Before Silver even hit the water, her head gave one final thud before she blacked out.
Silver's cold, shivering so hard that her whole body looked like it was a having a seizure. She felt pressure on her chest and then warm lips on her, blowing air in her lungs.
Her throat burns, her muscles are sore, but every time she feels the pressure on her chest she feels her breath coming out of her lungs.
"Come on, kid."
Silver hears a voice, barely, but is glad she isn't alone. She still can't breathe right, she's choking.
"You ain't goin' die on me now, are ya?"
With one final pressure, Silver felt something push its way out of her lungs and out of her mouth. She coughed—though it burns her throat—and kept spitting water out of her mouth, glad that she's able to breathe again.
"Open your eyes, kid, I wanna make sure you ain't dead."
Silver did what the man asked and opened—slowly—but shut them close by the light shooting into her sensitive eyes.
"That's all right, just trying gettin' used to it."
Silver tried again, and this time, waiting bit-by-bit, before fully opening them.
At first all she could see were nothing but trees, and the smell of fresh air. But then a figure hovered over her, smiling down at her, relief written on his face. Silver studied the man with mild curiosity. He seemed to be over the age of thirty, probably thirty-three. He has shaggy blond hair, sun kissed skin, dark blue eyes, and a bit of stubble on his chin. His eyes are wrinkled from smiling too much, and his smile is welcoming, warm, and wide.
"Where," Silver's voice caught in her throat. She cleared her throat before continuing. "Where am I?"
The man's smile faltered slightly. "Kid, how can you not know where you came from?"
Silver didn't respond to the man, instead she tried to sit up, but found it difficult. She clenched her teeth so she wouldn't hiss out in pain. The man helped her up though, even wrapped his arm around her waist, helping her stand up. Silver wrapped her arm around the man's neck before she fell onto the ground again.
"Thank you."
The man nodded. "No problem, kid, it's my pleasure." He then cocked his head to the side and glanced at the young girl out of the corner of his eye. "What's your name?"
"Hmm?" Momentarily confused by the sudden question, Silver curiously cocked her head, before continuing. "Oh, Silver…and yours?"
"Silver, huh?" The man chuckled lightly. "Fits ya nicely, your eyes are silver…was that why you're parents name you Silver, 'cause of your eyes."
The young girl nodded, and began walking. She doesn't know where she's going, but she figured out that this man would lead her out of this…forest? It seems like it. It looks familiar to her somehow, like she's seen it somewhere before, but she just couldn't put her finger on it.
So instead, Silver asked the man's name once again.
He chuckled and stopped walking so he can tighten his grip on her shivering body, before walking again.
"The names Aiden Walberg."
"Nice to meet you Aiden," Silver smiled at the older man before turning her attention in front of her.
She wondered how she got here, wasn't she driving awhile ago, and how in the hell did she end up in the water, where did the road go, it just disappeared out of nowhere, and what the hell happened to her agonizing headache it's…gone. Being on a string of life and death and it's gone? She isn't sure if she should be happy or worried.
"Aiden?"
"Hmm?"
"What happened…to me? How did I end up here?" Where ever here is? Silver thought to herself as she looked at the familiar scenery before her.
Aiden used his free hand to rub his chin. "I ain't too sure, kid. I was walkin' into the forest, close to the village of course, what idiot would travel far," Aiden shook his head at the thought. "I was looking for some berries for my kid, when suddenly out of the blue I heard something like…something big crashing into water? I wasn't too what it was, but there was a big splash," The older man chuckled, and ruffled his hair with his free hand.
"I went to check what I heard, I think I walked about a mile before I found this huge pond, and guess what was laying face down on the water?"
"Me?" Silver's voice came out soft and weak, which made her curse under her breath.
"Bingo," Aiden chuckled nervously at the glare Silver sent him. Obviously she didn't like the way Aiden said "bingo" so lightly. "I mean yeah, I found you…drownin' and half dead. I swam to the middle of the pond and dragged you out. Then I did that….that, damn what's it called?"
"Mouth to mouth recitation?"
Aiden snapped his fingers, "Yeah, that. You looked kinda…beat up."
Silver raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"
"I mean you have a broken rib, kid. And bruises all over your body, and your really pale, Silver."
Silver looked at her free arm and saw on her bicep a large bruise, so far that's the only damage she could see, but she can feel the pain in her ribs and in her legs, and figured that Aiden is right. But how did she end up here is the question that's been bugging her.
"Did you get in a fight or somethin'?"
Aiden's sudden rough voice snapped Silver out of her thoughts. "Hmmm?"
"I asked if you got in a fight…you ain't a good listener are ya?"
Silver ignored the man's jab and answered his earlier one. "No, I didn't fight anyone. But I don't remember how I got here. I mean, I was driving somewhere," Silver tried to remember where she was driving to, but her mind went blank, "and then I blacked out…and end up in a forest?" She then looked up at Aiden. "How does that happen?"
The blond man snorted at her ridiculous question. "How am I supposed to know, kid? I ain't no expert on that kind of crap. I'm no genius."
Silver was about to make a snappy remark but stopped herself from doing so. The man was kind enough to save her life, she owed him that much.
Silver then heard a twig snap somewhere deep in the trees. The darkening sky didn't help her sight, and she can feel a flutter of panic somewhere near in her gut. Something's not right.
"Aiden, what exactly is so dangerous about this forest?"
Before the thirty year old could answer, a dog like creature jumped out of its hiding place and gracefully landed in front of the two. But this isn't just a normal dog, this…beast, is fairly larger than any other dog she has ever seen, and considering that the dog has pure black fur, razor sharp teeth, and gleaming red eyes, made her terrified.
"Fuck," Silver heard her companion curse under his breath. "This is why the forest is dangerous."
Silver stood there in shock, unable to form words as the dog took closer steps near them.
"Silver, I ain't gonna leave you here, alright?" Those words didn't comfort her, what if she died, what if they both died. "You think you can manage on your own?"
Silver nodded, still not able to make a sound. She took her arms off of Aiden's neck, as the other man let go of her waist. Silver's feet felt a little like jell-o, but after a few seconds, she regained her balance, though the pain in her ribs and legs made her feel useless and powerless.
"Here," Silver looked down at the man's hand, in his hand is a rather large, thick dagger.
She took it without hesitation. "What about you?"
"Already got one, kid, don't worry about me." Then without warning, the man attacked the beast.
Silver let out a small squeak as she watched her new friend—though they just met—attack the dog with seeing any kind of fear in his eye.
Aiden's used his speed to his advantage, stabbing the dog on the leg was a good idea. The dog howled in pain, but Silver didn't expect how fast it actually was. In a flash, the dog growled and snapped at Aiden, but he dodge just in time and tried to stab his dagger into the dog's temple, but the beast jumped away. Now, the beast's back is facing Silver, and she thought that this would be a great time to move.
And she did just that, ignoring the stabbing pain in her legs, she ran to the dog and stabbed one of the back legs, and jumped back quickly before it attacked her.
The wolf howled in pain once again, and jumped sideways, so that it'll be facing both of them.
It's smarter than it looks, Silver mused as the wolf's eye's calculated each person's next move.
"Have you ever faced a monster like this?" Silver asked with slight panic in her voice.
Aiden shook his head. "Nah…but it's 'bout damn time. I always wanted to face monster that would be a challenge."
Silver shook her head, thinking that the man that saved her life might be crazy.
She came rushing to the dog—again ignoring the pains—and dodged its bite. She took this as her chance to jump on the dogs head and sit on the neck, grabbing onto its fur for dear life.
"Girl, you're one crazy chick!" Aiden yelled, worried by his new friend, and decided to attack the wolf seeing as how it's distracted by Silver.
Aiden stabbed the wolf's stomach and gave it a hard twist. The wolf, however, seemed more annoyed then hurt by his wound. Momentarily forgetting the girl on his neck, his teeth snapped onto the man's body, gripping him tighter and thrashing his head around, causing its teeth to dig deeper into the man's body. Aiden yelped in pain, and used all its strength to stab it in the eye.
The blood that squirted out of its eye had no affect on Aiden he just kept pushing the knife in, but he was becoming weaker. His body was shutting down, he could feel it, and he accepted it. Though the face of his son and wife stayed in his mind, he couldn't but feel terrified of leaving them behind. But…
"It'll all be alright." Aiden whispered oh so softly.
Silver watched in horror how Aiden's body laid limp in the dog's teeth. She yelled out in anger, used her left hand to hold onto the dog's fur, and stab its head with the other. The dog howled in pain, dropping Aiden in the process.
She pulled the dagger out of the beast's head and jumped off, falling onto her knees when she felt an agonizing pain hitting her legs and ribs.
"Son of a bitch."
Momentarily distracted by the pain, she didn't realize the dog coming at her. But her keen hearing was enough warning to hear him coming. She turned around as quickly as she could, but she didn't move fast enough as the wolf swiped its right claw across Silver's abdomen. The young girl cried out in pain, before falling onto her knees, grabbing her belly and feeling nothing but pain and blood.
The wolf growled, and this time, Silver is ready. In a flash, Silver stood up and round house kicked the beast's face with enough force to knock it on the ground. Her surprise was enough to bury the pain all over her body. She wonders how she was able to do that, kicking it like a professional.
But she didn't dwell on it for too long, and ran to it before it got up, and stabbed its head multiple times; ignoring the pains in her abdomen, before it finally fell completely, on the soft ground. Silver wiped the beast's blood off of her face, and finally fell onto the ground.
But then her silver like eyes snapped open once she remembered Aiden. "Fuck," getting up off the ground, though whimpering from the pain, she limped her way to a dying Aiden. Though she only met this man a few minutes ago, she couldn't help but feel anguish by his limp body. Once she was next to his body, she fell onto her knees, her hands hovering over his large bite wounds.
"It's alright, kid." Silver jumped at his smoker like voice. He sounds….dead, but somehow he's still alive. Silver let a tear slip out of her eye.
"I'm sorry."
"It a-ain't your fault, kid," Silver became worried, he's gasping for air.
Aiden grabbed her hand tightly. "Do me a favor, will ya?" He gasped. Silver nodded. "Find my family," he wheezed in some air before continuing, "and tell them…what happened….tell them that I love them….and that….I'll always….be with…them," Aiden swallowed his own blood, and then cleared his throat. "Understand?"
"I understand."
This time, Silver let her voice be weak, she showed Aiden how broken she is, she showed him how much she's affected by this, something she would have never done. But she wonders why, though, that she knows so much about herself, but remembers nothing from her past. It's all…blank.
A low chuckle snapped Silver away from her thoughts. She glared down at Aiden for acting so lightly about his current situation.
No one should be acting this lightly when they're about to die…no one.
But her glare softens when she saw him cringe in pain.
The last words that escaped his mouth were, "Too bad we…don't have any healing materia, huh, kid," before his blue eyes hid behind eye lids, and before his breathing stopped all together.
Silver recognizes that word from somewhere…materia. Where has she heard it before?
Suddenly, Silver shook her head. Now isn't the time to be thinking these kinds of stuff, it won't help Aiden… or his family. She decided then, as she carefully got up from her current position—wincing albeit, but still got up without harming herself further. She held her bleeding body and whimpered slightly.
"Don't worry, I'll find your family," Silver whispered to Aiden's body. She began limping away from the body, looking for a trial that might lead her out of the forest.
Ignoring all the pain, she continued walking with her chin set high and a determined gleam in her eye.
A few hours later, Silver finally made it out of the forest. But she didn't feel happy as she thought she would be. Her body, aching more than before, felt like salt has been on all of her open wounds, especially her bigger wound. Her thirst and hunger is something else to worry about, she's parched. Her lips are cracked, her tongue is dry, and her throat feels like it's on fire. Her shivering body is the last thing to worry about. She's on a brick of freezing to death.
So is she happy to be have made out of the forest? Not really.
But she decided that this a good time to finally fall onto the ground. Though it caused her pain to fall onto the floor, it made her happy that her muscles could finally relax. She sighed and closed her eyes, and opened them the next second. She looked up at the sky, a lot of stars and a moon. Silver knows that she never seen things before, but she knows what they are. Frustration irked in her. Knowing nothing about her past is, if anything, frustrating, especially since the only thing she remembered was her driving, having a huge headache and then passed put.
She sighed once again, and dropped her head so that her left ear is on the ground. Her eyes landed on a mountain, a large mountain. Again, she had this nagging feeling like she was here before, but doesn't know from where.
But she didn't dwell on it much, and closed her eyes, feeling like she was going to pass out at any second.
"Oh my Goddess!" a sudden yell made Silver's eyes snap out, though the heaviness of her eye lids fought to keep her eyes close…but she wouldn't.
"Someone help! Please!" Silver could faintly see a woman with white sandals run away from her, her legs disappearing when she ran past a house?
Am I so weak that I can't walk over there? Yes, she decided. Yes she is. Her body just can't take anymore.
"Sir, please you have to help me! There's a girl—a girl is with blood, please!"
Her eyes were half way close when she began seeing the woman with the white sandals running her way to her, but an extra pair of feet walked calmly behind her. Boots, black boots were coming closer.
The woman kneeled down next to her, giving Silver a better look at her face. She has blond hair, brown eyes, and she's very pretty for her age. Though there are some bags under her eyes, and the look in her eyes is not only worried but sad and motherly.
"Thank you sir," the woman pushed aside some of Silver's hair of her face to get a better look at her face. "Are you okay sweetie?"
Silver didn't answer; she just blinked up at the woman, half aware of what she's saying.
"Pardon me, ma'am." The gruff and masculine voice caused the woman to give Silver a soft pat on the cheek.
"It's okay, he'll take care of you. Go to sleep now." Silver felt herself being lifted off of the ground, being cradled gently by a strong man brought comfort to her, and began closing her eyes.
The last thing she saw before blacking out was silvery white and cat like eyes.
AN: So what you think? Please contructive critisim is advice.
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