Cloud and Troy set off to the next town after checking on the inn and the people in it. Gramps was okay, but didn't like Cloud leaving though.
"Are you sure you must go?"
"Yeah Gramps, me and Cloud has caused enough trouble. We'll visit okay?"
"Y- Yes, but how do you know my name? You were unconscious the whole time."
"Yeah Troy how do you know his name?"
Troy didn't understand what they were asking.
"His name? …Wait your name is Gramps?"
Cloud started to laugh a little, Gramps follows. Troy confused started to laugh too.
"W- What are we laughing about?"
"Nothing, thank you Gramps we will be back after our journey."
Troy realized what they were laughing about.
"OOOoooooh his name's Gramps! Heh, I get it. Thank you Gramps, as Cloud says we have to go thank you again."
As Cloud and Troy start to walk away Gramps waves back with lots of energy.
"But Cloud you do know he won't ever see us again?"
"Yes I know, but I just couldn't tell him that."
Cloud started on with his now back to earth friend. He now heads for a town Cloud knows called Nibelheim. He expected someone there to at least know of Shinra or even SOLIDER. Some has to know… if not than Cloud is stuck there.
"So… Nibelheim. That's where you grew up if I'm not mistaken, right?"
"Yes Troy, I grew up in Nibelheim, Zack was born in Gongaga and Sephiroths mother was there, too. Genova, the ancient."
"An ancient weren't those people… things… whatever extinct?"
"Yes she wasn't alive or at least it seemed that way. Honestly I barely remember her. It's been hard to remember things like that at all."
Troy shifted toward Cloud and started walking backwards.
"Could be because the light we saw, huh?"
"Yeah, I suppose so."
Cloud thought of Tifa as they walked on is it true that he lost some of his memories or is it just his imagination? Wait Troy is up! What happened to him in his mind?
"Troy you were sending messages to me when you were knocked out. What was happening to you?"
That's more like it.
"Well that's a long story. I was in a world unheard of to even myself it was hard to move around it felt like I couldn't breathe it was hard, but I could hear you voice so I kept moving."
Troy began to explain the place and the feelings he felt. He began to feel a heavy weight as though be pressured down. He felt as though as he was under water, but he couldn't really move. He felt constricted. As he continued they stop to take a break, but the story was hard to stray away from.
The smell, he began to explain, the smell was horrible it wasn't like any sewer, it was heavy it was… full of death. At this point Troy is looking down clenching his fist.
"I- I think that water was the blood of all the men and women my blades tasted. T-there was so much… h- how could I- I do such a thing? So many lives… wasted… because… of me."
Troy goes on about what happened. The blood was hard to get out of it felt like hours before he made it out. He fumbles to keep on his feet as he finds a clearing. In the clearing he finds two warriors, one with one half of the sword the other with the other. Troy steps forward and they finally react to his presence the dark half lunges at him he just barely manages to move out of the way. He stumbles to his feet, he was fatigue from getting out of the "water" all he could do is just barley manage not to get hit. He couldn't do anything, but then he notices the light half has done nothing. He tries to reach the light side before the dark had a chance to attack again. They started to walk on once again, without the story leaving their minds.
The dark half notices this and rushes toward the light half and tries to slash at the motionless sword. Troy did what he thought was right and tried to defend the light side. His body touched the light while he was stabbed by the dark, at the same time. The light and the dark started to fight inside himself he could barely stand it, until he put his foot down. He stood between them and before the blades could touch again he grabbed them and stopped the senseless fighting.
"I created peace from light and darkness."
Troy and Cloud make to the next town just before Troy finishes his story. Cloud was still interested in what happened.
"What happened after?"
"I- I don't know, I can't remember. All I can remember is this feeling… this feeling of power or… was it pain? Eh, I don't know."
Cloud got disappointed at his answer he expected a full description, but then this is Troy he's never done that before.
"Right, now we got one more town to pass to get there, and since it's getting dark we rest here."
"What?! I thought we were already here!"
"Nope, sorry."
Troy was feeling tired anyway so he didn't argue about the resting part.
"Where to?"
Cloud was unfamiliar with the town so he didn't know where to go until he saw a building with an inn sign over it.
"There maybe?"
"Wow, how'd we miss that?"
Troy and cloud enter the inn as though tourists eyes scanning every inch of the room looking for anything that would remind them of where they are.
"Hello~ hoooow may I help you? ~"
A woman from across the table asked with a big smile trying so hard not to giggle. She was so perky Cloud couldn't help but smile. Troy thought she was cute but was unaware that Cloud was even smiling at all.
"Hi…"
Troy began to speck.
"…we need a room to stay in, preferably with two beds please."
"Yes~ sir~ Okay let's see what we have here, we've only have two rooms right now the suite and the lover's paradise suite."
Cloud and Troy's smiles instantly disappear.
"Is that all?"
"Yes I'm sorry."
"Tell me you have something else like two vacant closets or something?!"
The woman smiles and giggles again.
"You're funny. No we don't have anything like that."
Troy's head fall in disappointment, as a man and a woman passes. The man puts a key on the table and slides it towards the woman and says, "Thanks." In an unsettling voice.
"Wait, can we have that room!"
Troy asks excited.
"It's only a one bed room."
"Does it have a couch?"
"Yes-"
"TAKEN!"