The Highwind landed.
Cloud disembarked, alone. He started walking.
Cloud stood at the edge of the pool. The Ancient City glowed as the Lifestream's energy flew through its bloodstream, giving one the feeling of a presence around them at times. Cloud looked in the pool, down into the midnight blue darkness, and spotting a ribbon of pale pink waving.
"Aeris."
He knelt at the pool's edge, focusing on the ribbon. He stared harder into the almost endless darkness, to see reddish-brown strands moving with it.
"Aeris. I know you are gone. I sometimes wonder if I could do anything to bring you back. I lay at night thinking. of you."
Cloud turned over on his back and lay by the pool, looking up into the star- studded sky, littered with growing storm clouds.
"I love Tifa and all. but you were beyond that kind of love. love for a friend. as if they were family."
He saw a shooting star. He closed his eyes and made a wish.
"I miss the little things that we had. I miss the fun we had at the Gold Saucer. I miss the walks though the fields. I miss your house, your room, your phoenix doll on your bed. I miss your antics. I miss your ideas. Your thoughts! I miss."
His eyes widened. He stood up.
*Splash*
---
Thunder and lightning blasted outside as Tifa, Barret, and Cid sat inside Tifa's room in Nibelheim.
"What a night!"
"Do you have the slightest idea where Cloud is?"
"You should know! You let him borrow the Highwind!"
Cid frowned. "So what, Barret? It's not like he's gonna wreck it!"
Tifa stood up. "Stop it, you two."
*BOOM*
The door flew open and there stood Cloud. with Aeris in his arms.
"What the heck are you doing, Cloud!?" Barret blew up.
Tifa screamed. "That's so wrong! Let her rest in peace!"
"Give it up, Cloud!!!" Cid yelled.
"Wrong," Cloud simply said.
The room fell silent to nothing but the sound of the storm outside.
"What?" Tifa almost whispered.
Cloud gently set Aeris down on Tifa's bed. He uncorked a bottle and poured the glittery dust onto her torso. Everyone watched as it spread across her body and, in a flash, it absorbed into her body.
"It's so obvious. Why didn't we think of it before." Cloud muttered.
Cid quietly asked, "Think of what?"
Cloud looked up. "Phoenix Down."
Aeris's eyes opened.
Cloud disembarked, alone. He started walking.
Cloud stood at the edge of the pool. The Ancient City glowed as the Lifestream's energy flew through its bloodstream, giving one the feeling of a presence around them at times. Cloud looked in the pool, down into the midnight blue darkness, and spotting a ribbon of pale pink waving.
"Aeris."
He knelt at the pool's edge, focusing on the ribbon. He stared harder into the almost endless darkness, to see reddish-brown strands moving with it.
"Aeris. I know you are gone. I sometimes wonder if I could do anything to bring you back. I lay at night thinking. of you."
Cloud turned over on his back and lay by the pool, looking up into the star- studded sky, littered with growing storm clouds.
"I love Tifa and all. but you were beyond that kind of love. love for a friend. as if they were family."
He saw a shooting star. He closed his eyes and made a wish.
"I miss the little things that we had. I miss the fun we had at the Gold Saucer. I miss the walks though the fields. I miss your house, your room, your phoenix doll on your bed. I miss your antics. I miss your ideas. Your thoughts! I miss."
His eyes widened. He stood up.
*Splash*
---
Thunder and lightning blasted outside as Tifa, Barret, and Cid sat inside Tifa's room in Nibelheim.
"What a night!"
"Do you have the slightest idea where Cloud is?"
"You should know! You let him borrow the Highwind!"
Cid frowned. "So what, Barret? It's not like he's gonna wreck it!"
Tifa stood up. "Stop it, you two."
*BOOM*
The door flew open and there stood Cloud. with Aeris in his arms.
"What the heck are you doing, Cloud!?" Barret blew up.
Tifa screamed. "That's so wrong! Let her rest in peace!"
"Give it up, Cloud!!!" Cid yelled.
"Wrong," Cloud simply said.
The room fell silent to nothing but the sound of the storm outside.
"What?" Tifa almost whispered.
Cloud gently set Aeris down on Tifa's bed. He uncorked a bottle and poured the glittery dust onto her torso. Everyone watched as it spread across her body and, in a flash, it absorbed into her body.
"It's so obvious. Why didn't we think of it before." Cloud muttered.
Cid quietly asked, "Think of what?"
Cloud looked up. "Phoenix Down."
Aeris's eyes opened.