Disclaimer: I do not own final fantasy VII or any of its. I do own Samy though.

Cloud's Story

The Beginning

He kept running faster and faster, blond hair flying in the wind, stopping only to listen to his surroundings. Silence. He couldn't hear anything except the sound of his own breathing. He was finally out, could rest without being worried about hurting her.

"Damn!" he said to himself, he could hear the silence breaking, but it was too late to run.

"Cloudyyyyyyy!" the girl that came through the woods screamed. Cloud stood up defeated, he had been found.

"Cloudy, I was soooo worried when you left, but I thought 'hey he must want to play hide and seek, and I found you!" she giggled. "I knew you wouldn't leave me. I've still got your sword! Hehehe." Her hazel eyes were sparkling, something they didn't do they didn't do often.

Cloud looked at the young girl, Samantha, but he couldn't call her that, she was against it for some reason, so she was Samy. She always called him Cloudy no matter how many times he asked her to stop. She loved him, but he could love her back, he still loved Aeris. He couldn't love her because he didn't want the same thing to happen to her.

"Well I guess you win," he said defeated, not that he was really playing hide and seek. He was running from her, not wanting to get attached.

They walked back to the hut Samy lived in. When they entered Cloud saw his sword – the Buster Sword – and all his matiria chained up.

"So Cloudy what --" But Cloud had cut her off

"I asked you not to call me that…it's so, so….sissy…." Cloud said not wanting to sound mean, he had feelings for her, but she would never know.

"Oh yes, sorry Cloud, Just cloudy is so cute. Just like you! Anyways what do you want to do now?" Samy asked with enthusiasm.

"Umm, well how about we play another game, of ummm…hide and seek, but you should hide this time. Oh and take off that necklace, you don't want to lose it." He sounded so caring how could she not listen to him? The necklace she had on carried two keys and a locket, she never opened the locket, but he knew the keys would open the lock on his stuff. He knew she would never take it off unless he asked her to.

"Okay, good idea Cloud." She said taking off her necklace, then she ran quickly to find a spot to hide, her brown hair streaming behind her.

When Cloud was sure she was gone he took of one of the keys on her necklace and unlocked his Buster Sword and matiria. That's better he thought. He hated not having them on him. That's when he saw the locket; he wanted to know what was inside. He lost all self control and opened it up…There were two pictures in the locket, one of her mom who had past away some years before, and one of a person of whom he didn't know But it looked just like him, at the bottom he saw a name, Isamu. He knew that name, that must be the person Samy loved. He had died 3 years before, now he finally understood.

That's when he heard it, a scream coming from deep in the woods. Samy! She's too far in, I won't make it. He ran outside and saw Samy's prized possession; the golden chocobo, the fastest kind of chocobo there is. He hopped on it going towards the screams of fear. Not another one, she can't get killed too… thinking back to Aeris. He was getting closer to them, hoping she was okay.

He finally saw it, a Malbro, the worst kind of enemy who could poison, blind, silence, and put to sleep someone all in one attack. Samy was afraid. She was in a tree to be as far as possible from the monster. Cloud went up to the Malbro. He was wearing his ribbon, a gift from Aeris, he knew he wouldn't be hurt while he wore it. He was at him limit; no one he cared for would be hurt!

"Omnislash!" he yelled hitting the monster several times. The Malbro fell to the ground and faded away, back to the Lifestream. Samy looked at Cloud, still with an expression of fear on her face.

"Oh Cloud, I was so scared" she was crying now. Cloud had never seen her cry; even after all she had been though. She came down from the tree and he went up to her, and embraced her in his arms.

Samy was in shock she couldn't move, couldn't do anything but stand still. He never showed any sign of affection towards anyone, and she never knew why.

"Cloud…" Samy began

"I didn't want to lose someone else, I won't lose you." Cloud said looking her in the eyes. His eyes are glowing blue Samy thought to her self. For some reason his glowing blue eyes calmed her, she felt safe from the world

"What's wrong Cloud, your eyes are glowing…" Samy said to him, finally thinking of something to say.

"Nothing…" he lied, but he decided to tell her half of the truth, she would know about Aeris later. "Umm Samy, I opened your locket. I'm sorry, not only for opening, but for what happened to you."

Samy looked at Cloud but she gave him a smile, "well it was about time that you found out about that" she said softly.

"Well let's get back" Cloud said taking Samy over to the golden chocobo, "I brought us a ride"

"Heh, Cloud, you and that chocobo could be twins." She giggled, the last of the tears drying up.

They both got on the back of the chocobo. Samy fell asleep and Cloud made sure she didn't fall. She reminded him of Aeris, happy and smiling all the time.

"…She smiled until the end" he said softly, slowly making his way back to the hut. Maybe one day they would know of each other's pasts…..