Prologue

In the blinding sunlight he looked around... not quite sure why or what; but he was looking for someone. The sunlight was making it harder for him to see, as if something was telling him to stop looking. To just stop looking for... HER.

He squinted his eyes and caught the outline of a woman. Aeris? No... it can't be. Cloud slowly moved closer, making the familiar clomping sound of boots and rippling sound of leather being moved by the wind. As he moved closer the light got brighter and brighter. He put his hand over his eyes to block the sunlight as he still inched closer to that woman.

Her presence felt familiar... as if he'd known her for a long time. He squinted harder trying to figure out who that woman was.

He moved closer, and closer. He saw her outline move as if she turned around. She started to slowly move back and shaking her head slowly whilst looking at the rocky ground.

Her voice was unrecognizable... it was shaky and broken.

"I'm... not her. I will never be her... After you became hurt, and unsure, and lost... and after you met her, you didn't look at me the same. The same way you did before all of this. Instead you looked at her with that look... that I wanted to be mine. Selfish, right?"

He felt confused... he only looked at one woman a special way.

He saw her tilt her head as if she was giving a reassuring smile. Her voice came back softer and sweeter.

"J-Just trust me. Alright?"

Cloud unconsciously said "No. Don't do this."

Her voice came back again, coated in sorrow and hurt.

"Everything is gonna be fine ok?"

A soft giggle coated the sorrow atmosphere with a little sadness and happiness.

He ran towards her reaching his hand out trying to stop that woman... the light got brighter and brighter until he could see the outline of her no more. He leaned forward as if trying to catch something...

He couldn't see anything but his hand. Reaching, stretching... waiting for the feeling of the weight of another person.. waiting of the feeling to catch someone.

The light became brighter and brighter.

He woke up.