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Wish Upon A Star

Final Fantasy VII

Chapter 1:

…Aftermath…

It had been one week since Sephiroth had been defeated, and the threat meteor had been vanquished. Shinra was also finished, the company was damaged beyond repair and all their funds lost in the process. The once thriving city of Midgar had been become a ghost town. The citizens had all been evacuated to Kalm and Junon. Now however was the time for rebuilding, and mourning. As for Crisis Avalanche they had had gone to their safe haven in Cosmo Canyon, what awaited them was a week of celebrations.

Tifa Lockhart was inside the bathroom within her quarters. She heard the cheers of the celebrations going on outside. She had partaken of the festivities all week long however now she was nervous and trembling.

It was late evening in Cosmo Canyon, it was also the time of day when the town was most beautiful, but Tifa couldn't see it from within the walls of her temporary residence. The walls comprised of a red tile on all sides. There was a sink in front of her, and a shower to her right. Her hand nervously holding the pregnancy test, it was shaking violently in her nervous hand but it never left her grip

"How much longer is this going to take?" she asked herself, fear evident in her voice.

Fear was something she had grown accustomed to during her travels, the fear to death, the fear of getting hurt, the fear of losing a close friend, however on all these occasions her fear was banished by her closest friend, one who always kept her close to him during battles and kept his promise to protect her. Of course at this moment she was afraid of even him, if the test should come out positive, then it could change their relationship forever.

Her hands stop trembling, and the pregnancy test was held firmly in her hand as she her lowered her head.

"Cloud..." she whispered softly.

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Outside in the open area between the canyon numerous amounts of tents were set up, there was one however that stood out from the rest, it was rectangular in shape and longer than all the others, it was also where most of the members of Crisis Avalanche were currently located. A large buffet table at the center of the tent ran its entire length, on it a wide exotic variety of food were displayed. A tired blue-eyed blond-haired swordsman walked into the tent; still in his Soldier attire he scanned the tent for his companions.

"Hey Cid, has Barret arrived back yet?" The younger blond asked an older blond-haired man dressed in a plain blue t-shirt and long dark green trousers.

"He should be back soon, he's been gone for the past two days, that bastard how long does it take to reach Kalm and back!" Cid exclaimed.

The youth didn't reply he quietly excused himself once again turned his attention of the other characters within the tent, aside from Barret who had gone two Kalm to pick up his adoptive daughter Marlene one other member of Crisis Avalanche was missing. His eyes scanned the tent quickly and thoroughly, when he didn't find any trace of her a pang of fear and worry came over him. Since Cid was so loud the blue-eyed boy decided to ask someone else about the missing member.

"Looking for someone Cloud?" A deep male voice asked.

Cloud quickly turned to his side to see Vincent standing beside him.

"Vincent," Cloud said the worry present in his voice, "Have you seen Tifa?"

"No," Vincent replied, "She hasn't come down from her room since daybreak."

Cloud exhaled a sigh of relief, she was still in her room although it was odd for her still to be there, perhaps he could drop in to check on her.

As he prepared to leave the tent two local girls approached him, both were clinging to each other's arms and were both blushing and giggling as they approached him. They were both dressed in red, one had a two piece outfit, her skirt reached to her knees and had a ponytail, the other in one long dress also reaching to her knees but her hair was loose reaching to her shoulders, both girls were fairly pretty. Cloud smiled awkwardly at them, interaction with others were a problem for him, of course he was fine with the members of Crisis Avalanche, they had traveled together for so long shared their pasts and dreams. But now with strangers the awkwardness he had before began to build up and no longer harboring traces of Zack's persona made it all the more worse, add to the fact it was girls, he wanted to run away at the moment they approached him. The only girls he felt comfortable around were Tifa, Aerith and Yuffie.

But maybe they would just walk past him by or they had him mixed up with someone else. Or so he thought or rather hoped.

"Hey Cloud," One of them said in a flirtatious tone.

"Uhh…hey," Cloud replied awkwardly.

Both girls giggled to each other, "So Cloud," the other girl spoke, "We were wondering if you could help us with something?"

Cloud raised an eyebrow at their statement.

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Tifa sat on top the seat of the toilet, before she had been waiting for the results, and it seemed like an eternity, but eternity had passed and the results would surely be in by now, she had left it by the sink, not wanting to look at it. But now the anxiousness and nervousness began to settle in. Her heart was racing, she could feel each thump within her chest and hear it as loud as thunder, she could also hear the music from the outside celebrations clearly, half of her wondering if Barret had brought Marlene here yet. But her attention once again settled on the pregnancy test.

Questions once again filled her mind, questions like: How would Cloud react? Would he even want a child? Would he still accept her?

She shook her head trying to eliminate all the questions, though she had many fears, there was a small light within her that secretly prayed for it to be positive. Realizing that she wasn't getting anywhere just contemplating and it was only adding to her stress, she walked over to the sink, but as she lifted up the test she closed her eyes. When it was directly in front her field of vision she slowly opened her eyelids, letting her ruby eyes view what had been the cause of her recent worry.

They was a brief calm serenity, the sound of the music died, her heart rate dropped, she could no longer hear it, she could no longer hear the outside world. The only thing that mattered to her now was what her eyes saw. She dropped the test onto the bathroom floor, her body slid down away from the sink; the young female hugged her knees and buried her head in them.

"I'm pregnant…" The twenty-year-old muttered softly to herself.

To Be Continued…

Okay, this is going to be a multi-chaptered fic, so don't worry, first chapter is kinda short but the next one will be up shortly. Oh yeah Crisis Avalanche is a fan-made terms that I got hooked on using, I didn't invent it but an acquaintance of mine did.