Well here is my new story; I hope you'll like it and the CxM means Cloud and my character, but don't worry it's nothing bad and there will be a lot of yaoi. Fangirl's Honor.
Disclaimer: I don't own the ffvii characters
~Cloud's Pov~
She was the answer and cause of all of my problems. I know that sounds kinda redundant but it's the truth, I guess it started when I was nine, actually it started years before that but whose really counting. I was born and raised in Nibelheim, a backwater town in the middle of a winter paradise and lived with my mother, Trisha Strife and my father, Adam Strife. My mom was the one who mostly raised me because my father was a 2nd class soldier and was always busy with missions, yet he always made time for me and my mom and loved us unconditionally. Also my mom is an amazing seamstress and always loved making cute clothes, mostly girl clothes and because I was her only child and sort of girly looking, she always made me wear girl clothes.
When I was seven years-old my father died in the line of duty, because of some weird monster that no one has ever seen before, leaving me and my mom all alone. And if that didn't make matters worse, the neighborhood kids started to bully me too and try to beat me up. Until Tifa and her father moved into town; Tifa was my very first friend and was my protector for the most part. But she couldn't protect me all of the times or play with me, because after her father became mayor everyone treated her like a princess and she didn't have time to play with me anymore.
I knew that everyone started to treat me like an outcast because I didn't want to be like the other kids, but that wasn't fair. So one night my mom bought me a telescope and we would spend ours looking up at the sky and talk about space, the Planet, and our future. I remember one night there was nothing but shooting stars in the sky. It was beautifully, magical; it was so amazing that no words could fully describe what happened that night. But all I could really remember was the night sky glowing and the stars dancing and my mom telling me to make a wish and that it would come true.
And I did, I closed my eyes and held my hands together and prayed. I wanted a friend, a special friend that would play with me, be there with me, help me, guide me and be with me forever. I wished so hard that as I went to bed I still wished. The next day, I was so excited, thinking that my wished had come true and when I told Tifa, she said "I used to do that too, but my dad said you can't just wish on stars. You have to work for what you want." Although what she had said was very true, I felt that the stars were my last chance of happiness and so the next couple of weeks I've began to sorta close myself off from the rest of the world. Only letting my mom and Tifa in my little circle and with that I was very happy.
When my eighth birthday came around; I didn't want a birthday party because I knew Tifa and some of my mom's friends and their kids would come and I didn't like them. Plus my mom was sick, so I spent the entire time taking care of her. It was 7pm and already dark outside, and mom was asleep, so I looked through my telescope and found another shooting star, but this star was different it was big, bright, and seemed like it was heading towards the town. As I watched the star just kept getting closer and closer and was going to land near Mount Nibel.
At that moment I didn't feel fear or think through my actions, all I did was run. I ran as fast as I could and didn't care if anyone saw me or not, I just followed the star and soon found myself at the foot of the mountain. Before I continue I want you to know that back then there were multiple ways to enter the mountain, and before all the weird and dangerous monsters began to show up, Mount Nibel was a save place and one could walk in and out without worrying about being attacked by monsters because back then the monsters weren't hostile.
So back to my story; I was at the foot of the mountain, thankfully I was dressed warm because it felt colder than it usually did; however, that didn't stop me. I ran in and didn't have any idea where to go, but I felt something, something distinct call to me so I followed it. I don't remember how specifically I got there but I soon stumbled upon a cavern that I never seen before in my life. It was breathtaking, there was nothing but flowers and crystals throughout the whole room and each were glittering and shining in the moon light. But what really took my breath away was a huge flower in the center of the room. I reached out to touch it, it felt soft and smooth and smelled really nice too and as I examined it closer I could make out a figure just floating inside.I didn't know what to do exactly but I tried to talk to the person. The figure didn't respond but I could make out the details, it looked like a child around my age, yet was shorter than me and by the way its body was shaped and the hair was flowing, I assumed that it was a girl. For the first time in years I never had been so happy in my life. My wish had come true, my friend was here.
No one new about my secret and no one could recall ever seeing a shooting star last night either, not even Tifa who loved stargazing as much as I did. So every day for the past months I would secretly run back to Mount Nibel and in the secret cavern to talk to my new friend, even though she was still in the flower. I told her everything about me, what's it like in Nibelheim and what the other villagers do when no one's looking. Sometimes I check out books from the library and read to her all sorts of things, mostly about fantasy and war, yet I'll also read informational stuff like farming, electronics, botanies and animal stuff. Then I found a book on names and at first I given her the name Hanako, meaning flower child, but I liked the name Maya, meaning enchantment or great one, so I officially named her Maya Hanako Strife. I could tell that she liked it; I know that sounds strange because she's inside a big flower bud, but somehow I knew that she understood me.
Soon my ninth birthday rolled around and this was the year that my troubles, as I mentioned earlier, started. It was Sunday and I again didn't want a birthday party, so mom took me into town to get me a cake anyway, when I noticed that these weird people in suits and lab coats were asking questions around the village. At first I didn't pay any mind; however, when I heard one man ask the Innkeeper if he had saw a bright meteor a year ago and a change in our area, was when I realized that they were talking about Maya. I knew that it was only a matter of time before they decided to check the mountain and block it, so I left my mom in the market place telling her I forgot something and ran as fast as I could towards the mountain. Thankfully they didn't know the mountain like I did, so it was easy for me to pass them and make my way into the cavern.
As I walked towards Maya, I realized that something was different about the room. It didn't have the usual feeling that it normally did, but that didn't stop me. I ran towards her and banged on the flower with all my might. I told her that it wasn't safe there anymore and that people were trying to take her away. For some reason she didn't respond to me like she usually did, so I grabbed a sharp rock and tried to force my way to her. But that didn't seem to work either, before I had a chance to try another idea, I heard voices of men and women, somewhere close and others were distinct but I panicked anyway.
I began to plead with her to do something, anything that would save us and before the voices got any close, Maya began to glow from inside the flower bud. At first I didn't know what to do but stand there with my mouth open in aw. The flower slowly opened and the room was filled with a bright light and green streams of energy began to float not only around Maya but me as well and for a split second I could see my dad holding Maya in his arms and place her on the flowers before me.
I called out to him, but he just smiled and placed a kiss on my forehead. I looked down at Maya and was surprised. She was very pretty, her skin was light brown, her hair was brownish red color and was straight yet curly and she had strange markings on her arm all the way down to her feet. And if the marking weren't weird enough, she had on a dress made completely of vines.
I lifted her up and put her on my back, she wasn't as heavy as I expected her to be, but thanks to all the running I did, I somehow developed speed and endurance making our escape a lot easier. I snuck back into town and made my way home, hoping mom would be there. Thankfully she was and she was surprised at what I brought home. At the time I couldn't tell her what happened I just told mom that we have to hide her. My mom didn't question me; she just gave me a look and took Maya into our guest room.
Mom was bathing Maya, when I heard a knock on the door. I checked to see who it was expecting to see a person in a suit or lab coat, but it was the mayor. I politely greeted him and told him that mom was busy in the shower. Being the honest man that he was, Tifa's father just wanted to ask us about the meteor and I told him that I had no idea that we even had a meteor shower. He believed me and left and mom was finished dressing Maya and said "I want you to tell me what is going on Cloud."
I nodded in agreement; I was going to have to tell her anyway. So I told her what really happened on my last birthday and where I was running to for the past months and how I saw dad a minute ago. At first I didn't know she believed me, but she said the she heard my father's voice telling her to go home. I told her I named her Maya Hanako Strife, making my mom laugh so hard tears started to fall. I guess my mom finally got her girl.
Four days after I brought Maya home, she opened her eyes and three days after she not only learned to speak English but Wutai and was able to talk to animals first the people of the village was skeptical about Maya but after she charmed them, everybody began to love her, even more than they loved Tifa. It was that moment I knew that my troubles were only beginning, Maya was everything that I wasn't she was loud, energetic, clever, sneaky, funny and full of surprises. And together we explored places, play games, read books, and played pranks.
The first time I realized how unique Maya was when I there was a big snow storm and my mom was having problems lighting the fireplace. And just when she was about to give up, a fireball appeared out of nowhere and lighted up the fireplace. We had no idea what happened, but there was Maya sitting on the couch, smirking. The second time she used her powers was when we were hiking and I fell and cut my leg pretty badly. I was in so much pain and begged Maya to get some help but she shook her head and said. "Watch this." She placed her hands near my bloody led and a green light wrapped around my leg and healed me.
The only drawbacks to her power was when she used too much. When she did we either had one of four options. 1. Place her in a large body of water so she can recharge that way 2. She has to bite/kiss me because she says "I need your body energy because we are connected," like I had any idea what that meant 3. Have her eat my mom and I out of house of home and 4. Have her sleep it off.
Years passed and now I'm seventeen years-old and Maya is now sixteen. And the one thing that we really wanted was to leave Nibelheim and the only way we could leave was the soldier recruiter that showed up. At first mom was against it but I always wanted to be a soldier and mom eventually accepted my wishes, so I registered and got my information ready, until I noticed Maya was doing the same thing. I was shocked, but not surprised that she was doing it, but I didn't know that they left girls be in Soldier. So I confronted her, but all she did was hush me and in a split second she was a he and I was stunned. Maya made sure I was there when she registered and the soldier bought her excuses and now she was a Shrina Cadet, just like me.
I was happy that I wasn't joining Shinra alone, but mom was pissed and couldn't believe what Maya had done. But in her defense she told mom that I had a least chance of getting "butt-touched," if she was there protecting me. And if I know my mom, me getting "butt-touched" by weird and older man was the last thing she ever wanted.
So know my story officially begins. Maya and I are on a train heading to Midgar, we already are homesick, nervous, and excited. But there's one thing I know for certain, and that is (I know this sounds cheesy) but wishing can come true and as long as I'm together with Maya, I know that we can make it.
First chapter touchdown, so tell me what yea think and I'll try to post again
