Disclaimer: I don't own any of the character from FF7, so on and so fourth. They belong to their original creators and what not.
Author's note: My first fanfic written two years ago, some of my friends urged me to post it, so tell me what you think. I will be posting some of my better ones soon. But please tell me what you think.
A Delicate Wish from the Past
By White Wolf
Chapter 1
NNNOOOOO!!!!! Sephiroth cried.... no.
He slammed his fist on the ground and sank to his chest as he saw his equal fall and cringe in pain........He was too late to save her, and he knew he would never be the same again.
He suddenly awoke from his bed and sat up still trembling from the dream he had been reenacting since his student Lacey had fallen in a rough battle. He always blamed himself and was afraid he would do something crazy until she was avenged.
Sephiroth sat still as he calmed his nerves, then he got out of bed and went to the soldier headquarters to look at the daily report.
Everyday it was the same thing reactor this......monsters that ....he threw aside the old report until he noticed the a pink slip of paper shuffled to the bottom. He picked it up and quickly scanned through it and was about to chuck the nonsense when he finally skimmed over a section of interest it read------
Sir, Zack reporting, I have been scouting the village where you
lost your student, Traces of a strange ancient weapon and something else has
come up, your assistance required immediately----Zack
Hmm he thought, an ancient weapon, naw nothing important or was it? Sephiroth quickly discarded the idea of going , but still had a bright sparkle in his large mako eyes. He suddenly couldn't move and he started to remember what
happened 12 years ago.......
Ahhhh he sighed.... the town of Midgar; sad seeing the slums worse than ever, nothing on this planet could help it yet Lacey persisted in helping the poor people. One of the mako reactors exploded and was spewing monsters throughout the city and the poor people could not defend themselves so Lacey volunteered to dash in and save the day. Sephiroth could clearly remember the enthusiasm she had and the swish of her long brown hair as she swung around the train exited to jump in at the slightest of conflict.
What a great student she was, when she was little she was strong and cheery. Soldier was looking for new soldiers when the war started, and met a young girl in Junon while looking for some strong pilots. She was defending her home from indescribable monsters. She was 8 at the time and was fighting them off almost as well as the best of soldiers. After she was saved and out of danger she found her parents had been killed and with no where else to go she joined soldier. After they reached headquarters she left them with a name-
Lacey which means dream child.
She was then taken to be showered in mako, bringing out even more unspeakable strengths, showing such promise in a woman has never been seen before, she was head of all her classes, an honorable first class soldier. She was unlike anything anyone has seen....except for me I was just the same! This girl Lacey was special so I decided to take her in as my student.
"All off the train!!" the conductor shouted, Lacey gladly jumped off the train in to the street, while Sephiroth slowly walked behind being careful not to show the warm glow he had in his eyes-he refused to admit he had been in love with this girl since he met her. Sephiroth's silver hair reflected in the sun creating a heaven like light around him. Lacey wouldn't give this up for anything in the world she thought quietly to herself she sighed and thought some more. Sephiroth is the only one who could charm her heart without using pity. Yes she has always been an orphan and it makes her mad when she's pitied but this was not pity Sephiroth felt for her she was sure.
It's just care for a student Sephiroth said as he walked toward a nearby weapon store to trade in some things. Lacey decided to keep her distance so she whirled around and began to walk toward an old rusty bench. She sat down and took out a rag, polish, and her silver shacrum.
The round circular shacrum sparkled and reflected the light fragments off it's smooth silver surface.
Her shacrum was shaped like a Frisbee with a hole in the middle yet was sharpened around the outside with lasers. The edge was so sharp it would cut through bone in a split second and steal in another. While it also had the power to bounce off something and return at Lacey's command. It held 10 slots for materia on one side and ten on the other. No one except Lacey could use this weapon, it's origin unknown and power unlimited.
Sephiroth sighed, called Lacey and started to head to the nearest mako reactor. Upon their arrival they were bowled over by a large monster, it charged after Sephiroth, almost crushing him, but Lacey threw her shacrum and severed off its leg. It stumbled, and fell; just missing Sephiroth with it's crushing fangs. The shacrum returned and the monster staged it's second attack; it turned and cast quake. Lacey fell into a hole in the ground that was created by the spell; and was stuck. Her shacrum lost in the abyss below, her head just visible. Lacey hung on the edge of the hole. The monster ran at her and Sephiroth yelled at her to watch out but was to late, by the time Lacey crawled out of the pit she was smashed by the monster and her pale body flung against the brick wall a few feet from her, she crumbled to the ground with a clatter and lay motionless.
Sephiroth shouted his war cry and sliced the monster more than a hundred times. The monster fell, and shouted with a vengeful cry that rang through the city, it slumped away in a wounded manner, but Sephiroth had no time to chase after it. His masumune was full of acid like blood he wiped and
sheathed it. Then ran over to Lacey's cowering body. She turned her head. Her lips were blue, her face pale. Her mako eyes still slightly glowed ; telling Sephiroth that she was barely alive. She began to mumble and Sephiroth bent nearer. Lacey went to speak but could not find the strength to use the words she wanted to say; so she just pointed to the pit referring to her shacrum.
Sephiroth, ignoring the request began to pull out a life materia but she shoved it away. She held her shaking hand to his cheek and he gripped it; tears flowing from his eyes. Lacey managed to mumble don't worry and she gripped a small charm that was in her pocket. It was a sphere that looked like materia but was made with crystal and the color of mako. She held it to her heart and the dim glow in her mako eyes seized and she lay lifeless...........NO!!! he yelled into her lifeless body but she did not stir............ Suddenly Sephiroths vision went black and he shook, cowering where he stood.
Sephiroth then was able to move his legs and shook his head clearing the image of Lacey and returning to reality. He tried to think of an explanation but could not seem to find one.
