The Angel of Silver
Prologue I
(Ten years before the beginning of the story)
After 25 years of peace, the people of Avalanche had done many mundane and normal things, like got married, had kids, got jobs, and just generally had lives. Cloud and Tifa had finally gotten married. After six years of 'dating', they now have a single child, a girl, if that matters, who had long dark hair, a great smile, and a pointed face, like her mother, and piercing blue-green eyes, a quite manner, and a strong build like her father. Her name is Aria. Cloud and Tifa co-own the now famous "Seventh Heaven" bar, and Cloud still does deliveries, but he's cut back a bit on that. They have 'settled down' as Tifa calls it, but Cloud feels that life is just as hectic, or worse than when he was younger, childless, and searching for Sephiroth in Northern Crater. Both are happy though, and that's all that matters to them.
Now, Cid on the other hand, was taking care of two kids, about the same age as Aria, with Sharra, while still trying to be a pilot, and it wasn't working out so well. The oldest is Jasmine, a semi-grumpy girl, with a shock of bleach blond hair that refuses to stay down; she thanks her father for that. She could swear like a sailor by the age of six, and she could put Cid to shame by seven. She was in love with flying, and had taken to wearing Cid's old flying goggles on her head, making Cid smile. "That's my girl! You learn to love flying, just don't start smoking... It's a bad habit." He'd say, whenever he saw her wearing them. Cid's son Alex had taken after his mother, who was a little less of a swearer, and a little bit calmer, and had decided on becoming an engineer. He also has blonde hair, but it's much tidier than his sister's, and more 'dirty' blonde than Cid's. He started tampering with Cid's tools when he was just a wee boy, at the tender young age of four. He quickly mastered the basics with tools, and by the time he hit eight, he had built a small-scale model of the Highwind (with a little of Cid's help, of coarse.). The family, though ridiculous to the outside world, was perfectly content to stay the way they where.
Two other members of Avalanche have also made house together, though they haven't made it formal, and probably never will. Vincent and Yuffie have become and 'item' as Yuffie says, and always with a grin on her face. They decided to not have kids, but in the end, Vincent of all people, was the one to break that decision. After three years of living with Yuffie, Vincent happened by a young boy, who was sleeping in a garbage bin in Midgar. Vincent had taken the boy to his hotel room, and got some food for him. Yuffie took a liking to the boy almost immediately, sensing the kindred thieving spirit she was always looking for. They found out that the boy's name was Jordan, and that his parent's where murdered by a gang that was trying to extort money from his father's shop. He said he was eleven, and that he'd been on his own for almost a year now. That's when Yuffie decided that they'd keep the boy, and help him find his family (you see, Yuffie still hasn't quite outgrown the fanciful nature that she had carried for twenty years or so.). So, Jordan has lived with them for a while now, and beome a part of their 'family'. Jordan has grown into a professional pickpocket, not that Yuffie would admit to giving him lessons. He was tall for his age, with tanned skin, and sandy brown hair. His eyes where an odd hue of blue, very dark, almost black in color. They live in Vincent's 'spruced up haunted house' in Nibelhiem, and are happy as well.
Some members weren't doing as well as others. Barret was having a lot of trouble. He stayed in Midgar, and took care of Denzel and Marlene, both of whom had gone to college, with a little help from Tifa and Cloud. But now Barret had fallen into an age-old habit, and had started to drink a little too much. He was trying to 'get over' Myrna, but he wasn't being too successful. He had several bad relationships with women over the past few years, and has gotten a little depressed. He moved in with Cloud and Tifa after Denzel and Marlene had left, and he was trying to put his life back together again. He managed to kick his drinking problem, but his depression has continued to get worse.
Another member that was not doing so well was Nanaki, who upon returning to Cosmo Canyon, heard of Buganhagan's death. Buganhagan was like a father to Nanaki, and his death was a real blow to him. Though in a will, Buganhagan left behind the Huge materia to him, and also the spacious cave dwelling as a home, Red was devastated. He mourned the loss of such a wise and venerable friend, and has begun to get some grey hairs over the matter. Though he is battling gallantly with his grief, he isn't quite the same as he was before. He had never really experienced death of a close friend, except for his father.
Cait Sith, the moggle-cat puppet was taken back to Shin-Ra, and dismantled. His robotic mind was erased, and cleared of all memories of Avalanche, and then was discarded as a bit of outdated trash, only to be picked up by none other than Alex, Cid's son, about six years later. The 'brain' was then taken to Cid's house in Costa del Sol, and there was turned into another robot, this time a small three-foot tall humanoid, with the alias name 'Blot-head'. Oddly enough, some of the 'personality' of the mind had been left on the chip, and so Bolt-head had a Scottish accent, and a fondness for gambling. Cid always wondered about Bolt-head, for that accent he had, sounded very familiar to him, even after that long. Bolt-head now goes with Alex everywhere he goes, and undoubtedly loses most of Alex's money at various casinos around Costa del Sol.
This was a short summary of the various and sundry things that the group has done in the time before the actual events in the story. Further discussion of past life will be placed throughout the story, to fill in a little of the gaps that I might have left out. The rest is up to you, so if you want Cloud and Tifa to go to Nova Scotia and have a dance off with a group of lawn gnomes, then they have. If not that, then anything you'd like. If Cid and Alex have flown Puff the Magic Dragon, and had tea with the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland... You should go see a psychologist, or at least stop doing Ex... lol... It's not good for you! Anyways... Enjoy the story; it won't be as boring as this first chapter.