Authors Notes

Uh... Hello Readers. This is a prologue to my first ever fan fic, if you could leave a review to tell me how to improve my writing or if you liked the story so far I would appreciate it. This story basically came to me after thinking about the ending to both FFXIII and FFXIII-2, I'm hoping for it to be quite a few chapters and as you can see it is a Hope x Lightning fic so expect some angst here and there.

Hope: "You can say that again!" O.o

Sorry about that interruption, *stares angrily at Hope* enjoy the prologue for now with more to come in the future.

Unfortunately I don't own Final Fantasy, so yeah.

This is an Alternate Universe story and therefore the events of LR will not occur. (It is also because I haven't played Lightning Returns yet).

Prologue: Unexpected

As Hope Estheim stared up at the crystal pillar that imprisoned Fang and Vanille, He couldn't help but feel a concoction of emotions flood over him: grief, loneliness and uncertainty to name just a few. He knew these feelings all too well. But this time he didn't have to be alone. There was warmth at his side and gazed up into the lightning blue eyes of the woman he cared for and looked up to. She stood staring at the glittering pillar, the light from it illuminating her beauty. Hope could not contain his thoughts much longer, but could not help but worry if she would understand his emotions. Hope plucked up the courage to speak his mind.

"…L-Lightning" he said softly. She was noticeably startled by his sudden speech and looked over to him. "Yes?" she answered calmly but sternly. He had got her attention and his heart fluttered at the piercing blue eyes staring into his own. "What is it?" she asked with a hint of worry in her eyes. He hadn't even noticed that he had been staring at her 'Get a hold of yourself Hope' he thought to himself. He immediately regained his composure; he didn't want to seem weak in front of Lightning. "Sorry, I was just thinking about how much we have been through" a weak response, he carried on nonetheless, "I-Light…" he trailed off. She looked confused and he panicked. "Light I really care a lot about you… you know, but seeing what happened to Fang and Vanille, made me realise how much I care about you…" his voice trailed off again and he looked expectantly into her eyes. She smiled and he couldn't believe it. A genuine smile from Lightning Farron, it was more precious than anything he could ever own, he reached over to her, intertwining his fingers with hers and her smile faded for a second only to be replaced by a broader smile but what happened next was even more unexpected. She squeezed his hand in acceptance. Felling happier than he had ever felt in his life Hope squeezed back. As quick as her namesake he was pulled into a warm and welcoming embrace. Hope didn't know how to feel about it, all he knew was that it made him happy. Lightning quickly looked up from hopes face and stared around at the others. Hope suspected this was to make sure they weren't looking. Then something extremely astonishing happened, it was very out of character for lightning. She kissed him on the cheek. And he went beetroot red. "I care about you too Hope".

Then Hope the young scientist woke up. It seemed like only yesterday since he had seen her but in fact it had been 507 years. He was now the same age as she was when she had disappeared. Of course with Noel and Serah's help they had been able to find her again, much to his relief. But then Serah had died. It was something he and Noel would have to fix before Lightning returned or else she would never rest. But instead of dwelling on the hard task ahead his thoughts wandered back to the pink haired beauty of his dreams, he missed her more than words can describe. He now knew that the feelings he had felt on the day of Cocoons fall, were stronger than ever. Maybe... maybe the age gap wouldn't matter any more? He loved her and he wondered; even after all this time, if she felt the same.

Authors Notes

Well that was unexpected wasn't it. :D