Authors Notes

Just a little short story to keep you going till I'm done with my exams. I'll be writing my main story again soon.

As always the characters and places named within this story belong to square enix. But the story belongs to me.

I actually came up with the plot to the fic when sitting on a train.

Chapter 1: Some Things (Never Change)

'After the fall nothing was the same, but the L'cie had changed their fate and were for the first time in many years, happy.'

"I'm going to kill you Snow Villiers."

'Maybe I spoke too soon.'

Hope Estheim looked up from his journal, knowing that today was going to be a hard but fun day. Serah had always ridiculed him for being so negative so he just coated his words with sarcasm and that seemed to be enough for her.

"You'll have to catch me first, Sis!" Snow shouted causing the attention of the cabins passengers to be turned on him.

Hope winced, he knew what was coming after that. Lightning hated when Snow called her 'Sis'.

"I'm not your sister" she growled charging at the gigantic man.

"Oh sh-" He exclaimed before running out of the doorway and into the adjacent carriage.

'That's not going to end well.'

Serah turned to Hope suddenly, "Now that they're gone we can have a mature chat."

'Oh no'. Hope gulped audibly. "Yeah sure." He said worriedly "What about?" He finished knowing exactly who it would be about.

"Well you know how you've always had a little crush on my big sister?" she said teasingly moving to flick his head. Hope stopped her before she could, 'I'm 24 for makers sake why won't she treat me like an adult, I'm technically older than her.'

"Yes I remember" he replied reluctantly.

"Got anything special planned?"

"What? N-No."

'Damnit, I'm reverting to being 14 again.' Hope thought, angry with himself. 'I'd be lying if I said I didn't still like her though.'

After a pause he continued the conversation, "Anyway, she doesn't feel the same way. She still thinks I'm a child… Just like everyone else."

"Aww don't think like that." Serah replied while smiling trying to appease Hope.

"What should I think then Serah?"

"Hmm… Maybe you should be the best man you can?" She shrugged and punched him playfully. "And you could actually talk to her for once. I know she likes talking to you." Serah added quickly covering her mouth. 'Obviously she had said something I wasn't supposed to hear.'

"Oh really?" Hope raised an eyebrow questioningly. "What else aren't you telling me about the mysterious Lightning Farron?" He questioned. Now it was her turn to try and squirm out of an awkward situation.

"…Nothing…?" she ventured hopefully. As always Hopes scientific curiosity was coming through. "Stop looking at me like that" Serah said chuckling.

"Like what?"

"Like you're about to dissect me."

"Who says I'm not?"

Serah looked at him with a serious look, similar to her sister's.

"Just tell me." Hope half asked, half commanded.

"Sorry, sisters vow of silence. My lips are sealed." Serah smirked. Hope rolled his eyes, "Hey, don't get sarcy on me mister." He could see he would get nowhere interrogating the younger Farron, she could be as stubborn as Lightning sometimes.

"Fine." Hope mumbled, defeated. "Do you know anything about the ruins at Paddra?"

"No, I don't. Please enlighten me." Serah said it in a mean way but was smiling.

"Well, they're believed to be millions of years old. But that's not the reason we are going there."

"Why are we going there then?" She asked.

"You'll see" he answered vaguely.

"That's not fair" Serah exclaimed.

"Well if you're going to keep secrets then so am I." Said Hope, who stuck out his tongue in defiance.

Soon after crashing sounds could be heard from the adjoining carriage. Serah and Hope both looked around slowly, wincing in anticipation, to see what the commotion was before seeing Snow get punched head first through the door.

"Lightning?!" Serah shouted. "Stop trying to kill my fiancé."

"He'll be fine, I've made him apologise for his transgressions."

Hope chuckled jovially. 'Some things never change.'

Authors Notes

Well, that was fun. I hope you had fun reading the start of this story but if you want more you're going to have to show me you liked it. So give the story a follow or even give a review to tell me what you think of this story.

Vocabulary: Sarcy (in case you didn't know) is a British colloquialism and abbreviation of sarcastic.