Disclaimer:// I do NOT own Final Fantasy VII, or the characters. So HA!
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Chapter One: The Reunion
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It was Christmas time for all around Midgar. Everyone was shopping for trees, gifts, and food, but one. Her name is Tifa Lockheart. She is twenty-seven years old. She loves to ice skate. Since now Denzel had moved in with Marlene, and Marlene moved back with her father Barret, Tifa had no one to turn to. Cloud disappeared somehow, and still hasn't returned yet.
Tifa was right now in her backyard skating rink. She never had anyone ever come to it because it was her own, and plus, she either didn't know them, or didn't like them.
Her dance was beautiful, going backwards, forwards, sideways, and doing some turned and flips. She had been greatly experienced with ice-skating since she was six years old. She pushed herself into the air as she spun around a few times, landing gracefully, her left leg outstretched, allowing herself to spin around in the center of the skating rink.
She ended with her leg in the air next to her face, holding her thigh. She put her leg down as she then did some easy turned and flips, just going easy on herself. She then stopped, hearing some footsteps in the snow. She skated over to the side and took off her skates and put on her sneakers, as she crawled up behind the kids. She remembered them as Marlene and Denzel. Oh how they grew up.
She made some snowballs quietly as she threw one at each of their heads. "Tifa!" they exclaimed as they began to pummel her with snowballs. She fell over as they came over and tackled her. "Come out Daddy!" Marlene said as Barret came out of the shadows and grabbed Denzel, lifting him up off of Tifa.
Tifa lifted Marlene up as she then stood up, and placed her down, letting her chase after Barret. They finally calmed down after a few more minutes. "Why don't we all go inside and I'll make us some hot chocolate," Tifa said smiling. They nodded.
When they were inside, Tifa began to make some hot chocolate. Barret stood in the kitchen with her as the two younger ones stayed next to the fire in the dining room. "What's brings you three here?" she asked Barret.
Barret grinned, "Well the kids wanted to see you," he said to her. She smiled softly as she gave him his cup of hot chocolate and then gave the kids theirs. She poured herself a cup of cocoa.
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It was morning. Tifa had enjoyed the visit from Denzel, Marlene and Barret, it was good to see them again. And it was good to see Barret without his giant gun arm on him. Since now the war was over, they could replace him arm with a real one.
She was at the bar, in a pair of flared jeans that were a grayish-black, with a red tank top. Her hair was down as usual. She continued to make breakfast and drinks for those around her. It was the day before Christmas, and she wanted a gift, that no one could even think of. She wanted the gift of going into a real ice-skating championship.
A man walked in with a tuxedo on. He had long silver hair, and sunglasses on. He strangely reminded her of someone that she once knew before, "Hello sir," Tifa began. "How may I help you?"
"Yes," he began. "I'm looking for a Tifa Lockheart?"
"That would be me," she replied.
"I've seen you dance on your rink, and I was wondering if you would like to go to a real rink?"
"Oh, yes!" she said cheerfully. "I'd love too!"
"Very well," he said. "My name is Sephir- Sephth."
"Thank you Sephth!" she exclaimed.
Later that day, she closed the shop, grabbed all her stuff that she needed to show her skating style. She had no idea that this Sephth, was actually Sephiroth.
