CRASH.
It had been sudden, and any normal person would have died. He was no normal person, however. So there he lay, unconscious, in a small patch of flowers where flowers refused to grow.
She watched him. Something about the spiky haired blond reminded her of someone; of Zack.
Aeris shook her head gently. She knew he was gone. Maybe…He was a SOLDIER, too? She shook her head again. Kneeling next to the unconscious teen, she ran her hand gently across his face and down his neck until she came to his dog tags.
Cloud. The boy's name was Cloud.