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'think' - someone using their mind to communicate.

Today seemed like an ordinary day. The sun rose like any other day and the garden needed to be tended to. Cloud was washing up the dishes from breakfast, while Leon put on his boots. After he got them on, Leon walked over to Cloud and kissed his cheek before going out to work like he did everyday. Then Leon went out the backdoor to the garden. Cloud watched his husband of three years through the window.

Leon had been working in the garden for about an hour, when dark clouds started coming in. All of a sudden, a bolt of lightning struck the ground in front of Leon, knocking him off his feet. Cloud saw the whole incident and rushed out to his husband as the dark clouds rolled away.

"Are you alright?" Cloud asked as he was kneeling down to Leon.

"I'm fine," Leon said gruffly, sitting up.

"What's going on?" Cloud asked, looking up at the now cloud-free sky.

"That storm was magically created," Leon said.

"You don't think we could be under attack do you?" Cloud asked, a hint of fear in his voice.

"Nonsense, it was probable some amateur magician casting a spell and it went awry," Leon stated, hugging Cloud.

Cloud gave a sigh of relief and looked to the spot where the lightning had struck the ground. His eyes widened and he tapped Leon's arm as he said, "Leon look."

Leon looked over to where his lover was pointing and saw a baby with ocean blue eyes and spiky brown hair staring at him. After a minute of staring, the baby smiled. Then he heard something come out of Cloud he never thought possible…a squeal.

"Oh Leon, he's so adorable. Can we keep him?" Cloud asked as he picked up the baby and looked at Leon with big puppy eyes.

"He's not a pet," Leon stated, "Besides, we don't know where he's from. People could be looking for him."

"Leon Misaki, you are not implying I just leave him here," Cloud said, clutching the baby close and glaring at his husband. Leon knew better than to argue, but he still said, "We could take him to the orphanage…" He stopped his sentence at the furious look on Cloud's face. Leon closed his eyes and waited for the outburst of anger. To his surprise he heard sniffling and he opened his eyes to look at Cloud.

Cloud started crying and said, "Y-you know how much I w-wanted a child a-and now that we have that o-opportunity, WE CAN'T KEEP HIM!"

Leon sat there dumbfounded at the way his husband was acting. He never knew Cloud would be so…sensitive about a baby. He hugged Cloud and said, "Alright we'll keep him, but if someone is looking for him, we have to give him up okay?"

Cloud pulled back from the hug to look Leon in the face and said, "Thank you." Then he kissed Leon softly on the lips. Cloud was about to kiss his husband again, when he felt the baby wriggle in his arms. When he looked down, he saw the baby was crying but was making no sound.

"Leon, Leon!" Cloud exclaimed worriedly. "The baby can't make any noise."

Leon looked at the baby, whom he had to admit was cute, and frowned in thought. "Maybe the magic-induced storm had an affect on him. Let's take him to Merlin to see if we can find the problem," Leon stated after a moment.

Cloud nodded and got up, handing the baby to Leon. Then they made their way to Merlin's house.

BAM! Merlin shook his head as the substance exploded out of the container and onto the walls.

"Well, there goes lunch," Merlin said to himself. He spelled away the mess and then heard knocking at his door. Merlin opened the door and was surprised to find a slightly irritated Leon, a panicked Cloud, and a wriggling baby.

"Well, congratulations my boys," Merlin said.

"It's not ours old man," Leon stated his eye twitching.

Cloud quickly rushed up to Merlin and said, "Something is wrong with him. He doesn't make any noise."

"Shouldn't that be a good thing?" Merlin asked.

"No, I mean the baby can't speak," Cloud said.

"Well of course he can't, he's a baby," Merlin stated.

"Just watch him Merlin," stated Leon, "Cloud put the baby down."

"But-," Cloud started to protest.

"Put him down," Leon said, sternly.

Cloud sighed and put down the baby. Again the baby began to cry, but made no sound. Merlin frowned. "How did you obtain this child?" he asked.

"He appeared by lightning at Leon's feet," Cloud stated.

"A magical storm hmm?" Merlin said.

"That's what we believe," said Leon.

Merlin sat and thought for a moment. Then he clapped his hands together and said, "It looks like your new found child here appeared because of Solis Magneticus."

"What does that mean," Cloud asked, holding the baby once more.

"It's the soul mate spell. It is supposed to make the subject, in this case our dear little one, appear in an area close to their soul mate. But the subjects always have some disability to where it makes it very hard to communicate with their soul mate. In this case, the baby can't speak and won't be able to until he finds his soul mate. Whoever cast this was a very cruel person. It is forbidden to cast this spell on one so young, in fact I believe it's forbidden to cast it on anyone," Merlin explained. "It is possible though for him to find his soul mate, although it is very rare."

"So we just help him find his soul mate and it's over with?" Cloud asks.

"No, that would be too easy, else people who were soul mates would end up shaking hands in a general greeting, poof, the spell is broken, and that's it. No, this spell makes it so the two soul mates must fall in love, confess, and commit an act of love for the spell to be broken," Merlin explained.

"Then how will the child communicate?" Leon asked.

Merlin thought for a moment and then reached out with his mind to the child. 'Hello little one, what is your name?' he thought. The baby stopped playing with his toes and stared at Merlin. Merlin pulled back from the baby's mind, giving a sigh of defeat, when a picture of a blue sky appeared in his mind very forcefully. Cloud and Leon winced at their minds being invaded, but they saw the picture as well.

"What was that?" Leon asked, rubbing his forehead.

"It seems that our little one is very powerful in magic. I reached out to his mind and asked him his name. He didn't respond right away, so I believed him to be void of magic; but with as much power as he sent that image, he's a very powerful magic user, or well, will be," Merlin explained to the couple.

"So his name is Sky?" Cloud asked.

An image appeared of just a solid red color. "No, I believe the young one's name is Sora," Merlin stated. An image of green appeared in their minds.

"And I also believe he's found his way to communicate," Leon said, looking over at Sora.

Sora gurgled happily and Cloud smiled. "Can you help him control his power so it's not so forceful," Leon asked.

"Yes I can. Just bring him to me each day and I will work with him. For the first few months, someone will probably have to stay here because I will only be able to do a few minutes at a time. Since he's still a baby, it should be easier to help him, but I don't want to harm him by straining his mind," Merlin said.

"Okay, so do we start tomorrow?" Leon asked.

"Yes, I think tomorrow will be just fine," Merlin said, smiling.

Seven Years Later

"Sora!" Cloud yelled.

A small pair of feet was heard running down the stairs. Suddenly a little boy of seven came running into the room and tackled Cloud with a hug. Cloud hugged him back and kneeled down so he was eye-level with Sora. "Now, remember to mind your manners. The King has something he needs to speak to your dad and I about. And remember Sora; you cannot communicate with your mind. That means you are powerful and depending on the situation, well…just don't use it sweetie."

Sora was confused for a moment, but then smiled when his mom patted his head. He knew he needed to be extra good today. His parents had important people coming and he was hoping they would just let him go play outside. His dad walked into the kitchen with them and said, "They're here."

The three of them went to the door, Sora standing in front of Cloud. Soon, a firm knock was heard and Leon opened the door. "Your Majesty, how nice of you to visit our home," Leon said, bowing respectfully. Leon stepped back and a very well dressed man and little boy stepped into the house. Sora looked at the boy and saw he had aquamarine eyes and silver hair.

"Leon, Cloud it is very good to see you," King Sephiroth stated, slightly smiling. "I would like to introduce my son Riku," he said, motioning to the boy.

"It is very nice to see you as well Your Majesty and we're very pleased to meet you Riku. This is my son, Sora," Cloud replied, putting his hands on Sora's shoulders.

"Please old friends, call me Sephiroth. I will not have you addressing me Your Majesty when we fought the War together. Now please, we must get down to business," King Sephiroth stated.

"Very well. Come on Sora," Cloud stated, turning towards the living room.

King Sephiroth started to follow Cloud and said, "There is no need for the children to join us. Young ones should not hear of such matters yet. I brought Riku because I had heard from the other villagers in the town that you had a young boy around his age and since I trust you both, I thought it would be good for Riku to play with someone his age."

"Okay then Sephiroth. Sora go play with Riku," Leon stated.

Sora knew his dad was just naturally gruff, so he smiled at his parents and then turned to face Riku. Once he heard the doors shut to the living room, he started to approach the little prince. They both stood there for a moment when Riku finally said, "So, where's a good place to play?"

Sora was excited that Riku wanted him to lead him to all the cool places he found over the years, so he grabbed Riku's hand and started to pull him towards the kitchen to the backdoor. Riku was not used to being touched without his permission, so he automatically tensed up. He was about to yell at this Sora boy, when Sora turned his head around and smiled. Riku wasn't really used to that either, so his first reaction was to smile back. When he realized that he was showing emotions, because he was taught not to, he stopped, but Sora no longer had to drag him through the rest of the house. Once they were outside, Sora led him to his cave he had found hidden in the rocks. Inside the cave, Sora had stored food and games so the boys had plenty to do. Unfortunately when Riku asked Sora questions, Sora didn't speak of course, which was making Riku angry. Finally when it was Sora's turn to play and you had to say the objects, Sora wanted to quit.

"Why won't you play right?" Riku asked, raising his voice.

Sora looked down at the ground. He wanted to speak to his new friend, but he didn't want to disobey his parents.

"Fine, if you won't say, then I'm not playing with you anymore. Good bye!" Riku said, getting up off the ground to leave. He started walking towards the entrance to the cave.

'Wait!'

Riku stopped, the words appearing in his mind. They looked like floating bubble letters. He turned around.

'This has to be secret. My parents would be mad if they knew I spoke to you,' Sora sent.

"You speak with your mind?" Riku asked, in disbelief.

Sora nodded, ashamed. He looked up in surprise when he heard, "That's awesome!"

Riku ran back over with a big grin on his face, his attempt at hiding emotions gone. "Don't worry I won't tell. I don't have very many friends anyways, so how about we become best friends?" Riku asked Sora.

Sora smiled and agreed. The boys talked and played games until Sora heard Cloud calling for him and Riku. Before the boys left the cave, they made a pact that they would never forget each other, never tell each other's secrets, and would always be best friends, no matter what. Then they spat on their hands and shook them.

Sora and Riku ran to the front door as Cloud and Leon were saying good-bye to the King. Soon after, Riku and his father left, Cloud and Leon went to the kitchen to discuss more about the findings from King Sephiroth, and Sora sat his room, thinking about when the next time he would get to play with his new friend, Riku.

Whew! That was only eight typed pages on Word . But I know I probably made baby Sora smarter than what he probably should be, but, I think Sora's smart so why not . This chapter was mainly to get information about what kind of direction the story is headed and what the whole meaning of the spell contained. Solis Magneticus was just something I made up to kind of sound like Magnetic souls...so if it means something bad in some other language or something, I apologize.

So please R&R, and give feedback. I always want to know what I need to work on. Thanks for reading!