A/N: This is the intro to the FFNet exclusive tale – Part One should be written and/or posted sometime next week. This isn't long on purpose – it'll give you an idea of what to expect from the story as a whole. Enjoy!

Prologue

Poor Seven…the silver haired girl seeing her mom, Lightning, grieving this way once again, although it's been two years since that fateful day. She did what she could to comfort the older Farron, just like before, when she was approached by a dark haired toddler and woman out of the blue…

Flashback

Rachel Tronco-Farron, dead from fatal gunshot wounds, while protecting another woman; one with green eyes, dark hair and sporting a tattoo of some kind plus her newborn son from certain death. Oddly enough, Rachel confronted her killer for a while before hand, as if she knew who that person was. The dark haired woman was at a loss for words by what Rachel had done, sacrificing her life so that she and the baby boy could live. It was the dark haired woman who was taken aback by Rachel's final words: "Please look after Lightning and Seven for me…"

Fang, the woman who Rachel died protecting, was too busy comforting her newborn son Lasswell from Jihl's wrath. The Oerban native knew that Jihl had varying issues but nothing this extreme. Somehow, the Guardian Corps arrived at the scene in the nick of time, to ensure that Fang and Lasswell wouldn't be the next ones to die because of Jihl Nabaat, Fang's wife. It would be a few days later that Fang would file for divorce from Jihl, because of this very incident. However, it would take the brunette some time before accepting what Rachel had asked her to do.

Fang needed time to sort everything out for not only herself, but her newborn son Lasswell too.

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Lightning was doing her usual shift with the GC when she got a call from Rygdea, saying that she had to come to his location in the hospital, as he was horrified by what he was seeing in front of him. It took the speed of her namesake to get to his location…and just as quick to completely break down by what she saw when she got there. Rachel Tronco-Farron, who died protecting another woman and her newborn son from someone else, now lifeless, was the only thing Lightning could concentrate on. Nothing else mattered to her outside Seven and her wife Rachel.

Now that Rachel is gone, the only thing the older Farron can do is be the best parent she can be to the silver haired girl. Seven is the best thing that happened to Lightning, but the biggest question is whether or not the older Farron will love anyone else like she loved Rachel. In the meantime, Seven became Lightning's only concern and focus, nothing and no one else was a concern to the older Farron, as she was able to shut almost everyone else out of her life with such ease that put Serah, Snow and their family in fear due to the principle of who Claire "Lightning" Farron is.

Little did Lightning know that someone would come into her life in the future and love her in ways Rachel never did…

Present Time

"It's going to be okay, kiddo…" was the only thing Seven heard from the woman, who turned out to be Fang, who approached her to comfort the silver haired girl in this time of need. The toddler joined his mother in comforting the girl, knowing that his mother cared about the girl as if she was her daughter. "Thank you…" Seven told the woman in a very quiet tone, ashamed that she was talking to a complete stranger, even though the woman and her toddler son were comforting her as they genuinely cared for her.

Fang, unaware that this is the same Seven that she was asked by Rachel to look after along with Lightning, had a smile on her face, knowing that the silver haired girl was very grateful for this type of comfort. The trio stayed like this until Lightning was able to muster up the strength and leave the area with Seven. The older Farron thanked the Oerban native for looking out for Seven while she grieved for Rachel, parting ways but not before Fang taking a look at both females, wondering if they're the same pair Rachel wanted her to look after.

Little did they know that this would be the first day of their lives together…how, none of them have a clue.

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Fang mentally berated herself for not asking either person their name, for Seven looked a bit like Rachel, the woman who saved her and Lasswell, but also like the older Farron. The brunette was instantly smitten with the pinkette in every way imaginable, as if Fang and Lightning were meant to be together. For now, however, the Oerban native has other matters to get to, mainly finalising her divorce from Jihl as the brunette won sole custody of Lasswell.

As for Lasswell, he felt that Seven will protect him as if she was his older sister in time. His mother did a random act of kindness by comforting the silver haired girl whose name neither of them know, yet he had a feeling that Seven and the older Farron would repay them the same way, with kindness...he doesn't know when or how. Nevertheless, he was sure it'll happen. There was a wisdom within the toddler that not only made Fang proud to be his mother, but also surpassed his age.

Only time will tell before they all cross paths...

To Be Continued

A/N #2: Each part will have a title to it, as opposed to Part 1 or Chapter 1. Wanted to mention that before I forget.