Ever After...

once upon a time...

A modern young women named Aerith is independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. After a tragic accident and the death of her father she is stuck with her evil stepmother and her two daughters, They treat her like her slave and command her one day on the job she meets a man that will change her life. Realizing it is Cloud Strife the man her older sister Tifa pined for she is dumbstruck. After meeting eachother in strange ways they begin to grow a passion for one another. Against all odds she stands up to her scheming stepmother and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her including Cloud.

(Cloud, Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie, Zach)

Aerith was awoken by the screams of her stepsister Tifa screaming for her. Aerith rolls out of bed and rushes down the hall to her room. Aerith enters gasping for air when Tifa points toward her curtains indicating her to open them. She opens the curtains to let the sun hit her face and warm her smooth skin. Aerith is running down the stairs when she bumps into her other stepsister Yuffie. "Oh I am so sorry Yuffie" Aerith says bowing her head in shame. Yuffie picks her up and tells her to be careful next time because she might fall down the stairs and hurt herself and to also watch were she was going daydreaming while walking down the stairs can be dangerous."

Aerith giggles somewhat relieved that Yuffie was nice to her not like her stepmother and stepsister. Aerith quickly got breakfast ready when she heard her stepmother's footsteps coming down the stairs. Ami was very mean to Aerith because she wasn't her real daughter. Ami handed Aerith a list of chores to do. That was her life everyday she would hand her a bunch of chores and she would have to do them. Later that night Aerith couldn't sleep she got up and walked over to her father's picture. She runs her hand down the frame stroking the smooth wood tears building in her eyes.

FLASHBACK

"Okay honey I will only be gone for a little while" Aerith's dad says hugging her tightly. He was going off to fight Shinra. Aerith knew she shouldn't cry but her dad's health was getting worse by the day. He made her promise that she will take care of her stepmother and her 2 stepsisters. 3 weeks later the 6 year sees troops walking up her dirt road. She runs outside to greet her father she saw many faces pass by looking sad until she didn't see her dad. Finally this cart was being pulled with a man lying down on it. Her father died during battle. Her stepmother was furious she was throwing and breaking everything around her. She looks up at Aerith who is sitting across the table sobbing uncontrollably. She walks around the table, grabs Aerith by her hair and yells at her, "THIS IS YOUR FAULT YOUR FATHER MY HUSBAND IS DEAD. You are not my daughter and you never will you be. I will not accept you as my own you are nothing more then a servant to me now" she slaps Aerith and tosses her limp body down and storms out of the room.

END OF FLASHBACK