White and black.
Or is it black and white? Can it ever be that easy? Can the true nature of two people be summed up in two such short, simple words?
Who am I to say? I cared for both, the good and the bad, the right and the wrong, the darkness and the light. But now, both have become only shadows of who they used to be.
Genesis. He's faded, the dream of being a hero of Sephiroth's caliber having faded with him. His copper tresses have shaded to white, so near the color of the man he sought so hard to emulate. He'll be gone, soon. It's so hard to face the truth of his inevitable demise. I wish I could see him again, just once more, before I too am lost to the ravages of the tests and horrible tortures performed upon my body.
And Sephiroth. Where is he now? I truly don't know. He, too, I wish I could see again. He was my anchor, my best friend, my brother. So young to have endured so much. Life had not been favorable to him, even before he drew his first breath. Can his mother be held accountable for what he was, what he became? In some ways, yes, he was her creation. A sacrifice, a testement to the depth of human pride. And what did it get her? Pain, and loss, and eventually death.
Death. Such a small word, yet it holds so much fear for me. I don't know what will happen to me when my body releases my soul. Will the Lifestream welcome me, someone who was so much blood on his hands, his very soul? Or will I be cast out, to wander a ghostly shadow, alone until the end of the world?
As my breathing becomes shallow, I feal a stab of panic. Then it subsides as I feel the soft brush of feathers against my cheek. Feathers.... I crack my eyes, force myself to look. Tears well in my eyes, I can feel them, though they hold no meaning for me. They have come, so beautiful, to carry me home. Genesis, restored, Sephiroth, as he should have been. Both smiling, reaching out to me. I take their hands, so soft and so strong, and allow myself to be pulled into their embrace, surrounded by wings, both black and white, and my own shimmery silver. We are together again, and always will be.