Rainstorm: OK! Right. I have a rant. At the time I write this I have just looked at the story traffic and I am VERY disappointed because 130 different people have looked at this story! Literally from all round the world! But I have NO reviews! (Well, I'm hoping I will soon but when I'm writing this I don't!) But anyway, just please review when you read! Even if you don't have an account because I accept non signed in reviews! PPPLLLEEAASSEE! Anyway. So this chapter may have a few X spoilers yet again… but only for the end really well, near the end urm if you haven't got past the Cavern of the Stolen Fayth on top of Mt. Gagazet then unless you know what happens read no further and simply wait for me to update! =D I can't be bothered to get Mosspath to translate anything so yeh read on! Unless you don't want to be minorly spoiled! Anyway this one is based on the scene in Terra's story where Cloud explains Firion's dream. Pretend some of the others are there! For instance Zack and Tidus! (Sorry most of these will include Tidus or Zack! =D) Oh yeh also maybe spoilers for Advent Children the movie but I highly DOUBT that anyone will stop halfway through the movie and go on the computer and read this fic! It also doesn't really spoil it much but just so you know!
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"What about you Cloud? What's your dream?" Terra's gentle voice rose up.
"I've lost mine."
"What--?"
"How can you LOOSE a dream?" Tidus was sitting on a plinth his face puzzled.
"Something happens… or someone does something to you and you realise that you can either not achieve your dream or it is no longer suitable…"
"So, you stop dreaming?"
"Yeh that's about it… A lot of people don't achieve their dreams…"
"I got mine!" Zack exclaimed from where he was leaning on a pillar.
"What was your dream then?" Tidus said to him.
"Oh me? My dream was to become a hero!"
"So how did you achieve that?" Terra asked but Zack wasn't listening. "Cloud do you know?" But Cloud just shook his head a strangely sad expression on his face.
" You know it was kinda classic, my old mentor always said, Embrace your dreams, if you want to be a hero you need to have dreams. You remember Cloud? You know I told you that! Right at the end…" Zack trailed off.
"So how was it classic?" Tidus wondered.
"Well, if you want to be a hero you need to have dreams, well, my dream was to be a hero! So it was like two in one!"
"But apart from you hardly anyone gets their dreams… and sometimes to achieve your dreams something terrible has to happen… in the end dreaming gets you no where." Cloud said,
"Hey! I'll have you know! Some people dreaming got me a long way! They're the reason I'm here now!"
"So they saved your life?"
"Something like that…"Tidus scratched the back of his head thoughtfully then stretched.
"Oh yeah Zack what did you mean the end?" Terra asked gently.
"Oh urm… just the end…"
"The end of a journey?"
"Urm… not quite…"
"It was the end of our journey together. Wasn't it Zack? And where a hero began his journey." Cloud said, reminiscing slightly.
"Huh?"
"Never mind about that now. We ought to get going." Cloud walked off Zack following close behind not before whispering to Terra and Tidus,
"He never used to be this serious! I blame Sephiroth for that! Getting stabbed doesn't really help and I suppose you could also blame" here his voice dipped below hearing then rose again. "Having your best friend killed in front of your eyes wouldn't really help! I suppose you could blame Yazoo and Loz as well, I guess being shot and exploded on would make ya slightly tense! Even though I TOLD him… anyway better get going!" Zack turned away and ran after Cloud doing his signature sign, hand to temple and salute.
"What did he say? Cloud was…shot?" Terra puzzled to Tidus.
"He also said he was stabbed and exploded on…"
"And his best friend died right in front of his eyes…" They looked at each other.
"Who do you think--?"
"He meant?" They spoke at the same time. Tidus shrugged.
"Lets ask him!" He ran off leaving Terra to follow more slowly.
A/NRainstorm: OK! Yes that was short I know but I decided to make it a running chapter so there will be part two up soon! I just decided to space it out a bit! =D lolz yeh I know it's idiotic but this will only have like 5 chapters otherwise! Anyone recognise some of those lines? Or where I got them from… especially the Crisis Core references… anyone who has Advent Children Complete or has watched it will know where I got one of those lines! Where a hero began his journey… that was from Advent Children Complete! I don't even have that! But you know hurrah for You Tube and InfernalKamikaze! Also just to say I know I didn't have the rest of the conversation between Cloud and Terra but I couldn't be bothered to type it up and it didn't fit with the rest of the conversation! Yeh so next chapter soon!
