Chaotic Damnation: Eternal Resting Death
By Pegasia Silverfeather
Prolog:
"Cloud."
He gazed around in the watery darkness confused.
"Cloud." The ghostly whisper beckoned this time closer.
Startled, the man looked around suspiciously. Reaching his hand back for the handle of his sword only to feel his fingers slide through the handle. Shocked, his blue-green eyes widening as he tried again and again with the same results.
"Cloud. Come here, Cloud" It called again slightly echoing into the depths disguising the voice and driving the shattered mind into frenzy.
"Who are you? How do you know my name?" He asked with fear dripping unwillingly from his voice.
"Cloud. Come here, Cloud."
Suddenly two thin hands grasped his shoulders. Turning his head she could only see a red jacket and a soft voice say urgently, "Cloud, don't listen to it! Keep walking; don't look back! This is not your time!"
"Aeris? Aeris!" He shouted a small bit of hope swelling in his chest and he turned around, her fingers slipped from his shoulders and she floated away strangely, almost as if she were falling sideways. "Aeris!" Cloud's eyes widened further at her screams in the distance. Quickly he ran in the direction she had been pulled to. As he passed, flashes of places, times, and people danced along his peripheral vision. He ran and saw a huddle of being wrapped in a threadbare pink rag, its face hidden in shadow. A lump formed in his throat and he bent to push the shadowed stray locks away from her face.
Large callused fingers pulled the dark stands out of the darkness but strangely, as the glow of the life-stream touched it the color escaped it turning to brilliant silver. "What the?"
Suddenly the pink rag retreated and formed into a long gray leather trenchcoat and the figure of a tall dangerous man stood in the figure place.
"Sephiroth." Cloud spat.
"Oh, Cloud, really, what were you expecting? That pathetic Ancient? No, she's not here…anymore. " He said, his pale lips not moving and then curling into an evil grin. "Cloud, do take me to the temple of the ancients."
"What?" Cloud asked disoriented. Where was Aeris? Why was Sephiroth there? Wasn't he dead? Why was he in the life- stream anyway? Was he dead? So many questions.
"Take me to the Temple of the Ancients, Cloud. "
"Why?" he asked
"Take me to the Temple of the Ancients.
"But, Tifa-"
"Take me to the Temple of the Ancients."
"And my home-"
"Take me to the temple of the Ancients."
"AVALANCH"
"…Temple of the Ancients."
"Why?"
"…Ancients"
"What?"
A flash of green light and he saw a young girl with vivid green eyes praying before the alter a small smile on her lips.
"Take me to the Temple of the Ancients."
"Aeris…is at the Temple of the Ancients."
"…Temple of the Ancients."
"I'm going to the Temple of the Ancients. Aeris is in the temple of the Ancients. " Cloud said and turned numbly and walked away.
Sephiroth grinned evilly and watched as Cloud walked away.
Cloud awoke in his bed and threw the blankets aside. Quickly he strapped on his armor and raced out of his room and down the steps into the living room and out the screen door, leaving it open as he walked away into the darkness of the night…
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Authors Note*
In case you don't know, this is the much desired sequel to 'Chaotic Damnation.' ( Finally I got off my duff and actually got to work. Aren't you proud? If you are…reply!!
By Pegasia Silverfeather
Prolog:
"Cloud."
He gazed around in the watery darkness confused.
"Cloud." The ghostly whisper beckoned this time closer.
Startled, the man looked around suspiciously. Reaching his hand back for the handle of his sword only to feel his fingers slide through the handle. Shocked, his blue-green eyes widening as he tried again and again with the same results.
"Cloud. Come here, Cloud" It called again slightly echoing into the depths disguising the voice and driving the shattered mind into frenzy.
"Who are you? How do you know my name?" He asked with fear dripping unwillingly from his voice.
"Cloud. Come here, Cloud."
Suddenly two thin hands grasped his shoulders. Turning his head she could only see a red jacket and a soft voice say urgently, "Cloud, don't listen to it! Keep walking; don't look back! This is not your time!"
"Aeris? Aeris!" He shouted a small bit of hope swelling in his chest and he turned around, her fingers slipped from his shoulders and she floated away strangely, almost as if she were falling sideways. "Aeris!" Cloud's eyes widened further at her screams in the distance. Quickly he ran in the direction she had been pulled to. As he passed, flashes of places, times, and people danced along his peripheral vision. He ran and saw a huddle of being wrapped in a threadbare pink rag, its face hidden in shadow. A lump formed in his throat and he bent to push the shadowed stray locks away from her face.
Large callused fingers pulled the dark stands out of the darkness but strangely, as the glow of the life-stream touched it the color escaped it turning to brilliant silver. "What the?"
Suddenly the pink rag retreated and formed into a long gray leather trenchcoat and the figure of a tall dangerous man stood in the figure place.
"Sephiroth." Cloud spat.
"Oh, Cloud, really, what were you expecting? That pathetic Ancient? No, she's not here…anymore. " He said, his pale lips not moving and then curling into an evil grin. "Cloud, do take me to the temple of the ancients."
"What?" Cloud asked disoriented. Where was Aeris? Why was Sephiroth there? Wasn't he dead? Why was he in the life- stream anyway? Was he dead? So many questions.
"Take me to the Temple of the Ancients, Cloud. "
"Why?" he asked
"Take me to the Temple of the Ancients.
"But, Tifa-"
"Take me to the Temple of the Ancients."
"And my home-"
"Take me to the temple of the Ancients."
"AVALANCH"
"…Temple of the Ancients."
"Why?"
"…Ancients"
"What?"
A flash of green light and he saw a young girl with vivid green eyes praying before the alter a small smile on her lips.
"Take me to the Temple of the Ancients."
"Aeris…is at the Temple of the Ancients."
"…Temple of the Ancients."
"I'm going to the Temple of the Ancients. Aeris is in the temple of the Ancients. " Cloud said and turned numbly and walked away.
Sephiroth grinned evilly and watched as Cloud walked away.
Cloud awoke in his bed and threw the blankets aside. Quickly he strapped on his armor and raced out of his room and down the steps into the living room and out the screen door, leaving it open as he walked away into the darkness of the night…
--- ---- ---- ---- ----
Authors Note*
In case you don't know, this is the much desired sequel to 'Chaotic Damnation.' ( Finally I got off my duff and actually got to work. Aren't you proud? If you are…reply!!
