I let out a deep sigh. Too much to take in for one day. Besides Tifa acting weird around me. Finally met…. Er re-met Vincent. Thought I would get a god damn heart attack. Ugh creepy fellow. Always moves like he's walking on air. You'd never hear him unless he wanted to be heard. Also that gold claw he has isn't the most comforting of sights. I sit up in my bed sighing again. Tifa also dropped the bomb on me that I helped saved the world. At first I thought she was joking. After midnight and a few laughs on my behalf I believed her. Wasn't that a great welcoming home present? Letting me know I helped saved the world before bedtime. Although I dreamt of something different……..
This place was dank, dark, and the smell of metal filled the air as stem rose from machines that did God knows what. I'm on a platform and a dead man is nearby. One strike of the sword through his abdomen. Rage filled me. I rush into the next room. It is filled with capsules and is a scarlet red. Blood color. It has an ominous feel to it. On one of the capsules I see a man with black hair like my own with a rather large sword on his back. He's moaning very slightly. I look in front of me and I see…….
"AH!", I nearly jumped out of my bed. Just a bad dream. That's all it was. Yeah. A bad dream. My room is spacious although it is littered with junk. Old magazines of sports, fighting, and swords. In one corner stands a large sword. The same one from my dream. "No it couldn't be the same one. Could it?". To get my mind of things I get on more appropriate clothing and head down stairs. I reach the landing when.
"Good evening Cloud."
"HOLY SHIT!", I yelled jumping up and back several feet. "Vincent. You almost gave me a heart attack.", I said trying to hear a pause in my heart's racing beats.
"Sorry about that Cloud. You usually knew I was going to show up after so long.", he said. Then paused, "Before your accident."
"I'm just going to walk around town a bit.", I said making my ways to the front door. Vincent just nodded. Does he ever sleep? It was a cloudless night. Except for me. The stars shone brightly this night. I headed to the town square. A well-like tower in the very center. Kalm lived up to it's name at night. This well gave me a weird feeling of déjà vu. Like something important happened here or some place like this long ago. Out of the corner of my eye I see a pair of legs swinging slowly on the platform of the tower. I walked over quietly so I wouldn't alert the person. It was Tifa!
"Well he keep his promise?", she said talking to herself. "Does he even remember?", something was causing her some trouble.
"Tifa?", I said walking into view and making myself know.
"Oh! Cloud what are you doing out at this time of night? You'll catch a cold. Plus you're still injured from losing your memory! You could get hurt or get in serious trouble!", she said jumping down from her perch. "Don't make me worry like that!", she yelled at me.
"Sorry Tifa. Couldn't sleep. Weird dreams and such.", I said. I noticed a small line on Tifa's chest. I was going to ask about it but I would see wrong to.
"Well at least You found me. Now we better get back home. It'll much colder out here before sunrise.", Tifa said rubbing her coated arms. Her light jacket didn't seem to work to well in the cold weather. I doubt the tank top helped much either. The pants might have if they weren't so tight. Or maybe she wore those like that to make them warmer. "Well come on Cloud.", she said grabbing hold of my left arm and walked me back to the large house. We wished each other a good night and went to our separate rooms. Again I was met with an uneasy sleep.
"I'm going to Midgar this summer." I said. Although I saw nothing but blackness.
"All the boys are leaving.", a feminine voice said.
"I'm joining SOLDIER. I'm going to be like the great Sephiroth!"
"So if you make it you'll be in the paper?"
"Probably."
"Promise me something Cloud."
"What?"…………
"Promise what?", I found myself asking as I regain my consciousness. I was met by a direct beam of sunlight to my eyes. Not the best way to wake up. I'm put on a pair of pants and a T-shirt. When I reached the first floor and made me way to the kitchen I saw Tifa in there cooking.
"You're up early.", she said
"More dreams.", I replied.
"About what?"
"I'm not really sure.", I replied.
"Sometimes dreams can be windows to the soul.", I heard Vincent say right behind me. Again I nearly had a heart-attack.
"Well eat up Cloud.", Tifa said giving me a plate of food she had prepared. "We got quite the day ahead of us."
"What do you mean?", I asked.
"We're heading to the Midgar ruins. Hopefully jog some of your memory.", she said with a smile. Midgar ruins? The same Midgar from my dream? What took place here that was so important.
"What's so important about Midgar?", I asked.
"It's where we started our journey Cloud.", Tifa said.
Several hours later I was staying outside two large steel doors opened. Tifa explained to me that it was stuck like this since Meteor crashed into it. All the junk, shadows, and dark alleys made me go on my guard. Hopefully nothing too bad would happen here. Maybe all those footsteps I hear behind me are just my imagination. Maybe I can't see what's making the footfalls, because it's not human.
Now I see why Vincent decided to stay home.
Lucky bastard.
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