How Lightning Got Her Name
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Claire. Claire was a very grumpy child. She was always scowling or growling, and almost all of the other kids were afraid of her.
What Claire liked to do the most in the whole wide world was glare. She would glare at the other kids. She would glare at the sea. She would even glare at her sweet little sister.
Sometimes, when Claire was feeling especially grumpy, she would even glare at the sky. She would glare at it so hard that it got all dark and cloudy, and the sun went away. Yes, Claire's glare was so scary that even the sun was afraid of her.
But one day, Claire went too far.
On that day, Claire was feeling super grumpy. She hadn't gotten a good night's sleep, and she missed the bus to school. At school, she realised that she had left her homework at home, and the teacher gave her detention. If that wasn't bad enough, a bird flew through the window and hit her on the head.
When Claire finally got out of school, she glared at everyone. She glared at her classmates, she glared at the teachers, and she even glared at her sister. But that wasn't enough.
So Claire glared at the sky. She glared at it so hard that the sun ran away, and the clouds came. But that still wasn't enough. She kept on glaring and glaring until it began to rain and rain and rain. In fact, she glared so hard that a storm started.
And Claire was still glaring the mightiest glare that the world had ever seen when a bolt of lightning shot down from the clouds and hit her. Somehow, Claire survived, but from that day onward, everyone called her the Girl Who Glared So Hard She Got Hit By Lightning.
But that took too long to say, so everyone just called her Lightning instead.
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Author's Notes
I neither own Final Fantasy, nor am I making any money off of this.
This is just a quick, whimsical short.
As always, I appreciate feedback. Reviews and comments are welcome.