Last chapter. Can't really be bothered to keep thinking about it so I'm just going to finish it. All in Sephy's POV :D Sephiroth is 7. Please bear in mind I've not been 7 for a lot of years. I'm sorry if it doesn't sound quite right (I do work with 7 year olds so I don't think I'm too far off)


Chapter 6 – Lost

Vincent wasn't here. That is all he knew. He'd been searching everywhere for him, but nothing. He'd asked his Dad, but he was busy. His Dad was called Timmy, or that's what his Mam called him. Sephiroth wasn't allowed to call his Dad 'Timmy'. It made him wear his unhappy face.

Sephiroth decided to do his school work. They were looking at summon beasts in the religion class. He wasn't sure if people thought they were gods or not... but they were pretty cool. He liked them. Miss Hayley was the teacher in her class. She was very nice. They weren't usually allowed to call teachers by their first name, but she said they would not be able to say her surname.

She was fun. He had to colour in the pictures of each of the beasts and say a bit about them. He was doing Ifrit and Shiva right now. He'd started Shiva in class, but had fallen asleep. That had not been nice. Miss Hayley had woke him up and he'd called her 'Mam'... Everyone there had laughed.

He was colouring Ifrit in with red. It would be amazing if he could go save Vincent. He must have been kidnapped by someone, like a princess in a story. That would be the only reason he wasn't here. Then his Dad could go save him, but not on a chocobo. His Dad didn't like them.

He'd stay behind with his Mam and they would bake cakes and bread. He liked baking stuff because he looked like a ghost when he was covered in flour. His Mam used to pick him up and make him fly around the room like a ghost, but she said he was too heavy now.

That was because he was growing. All children grow, and when he is done he will be a SOLDIER. He'll be the best one and then he will be able to keep safe his Mam, his Dad and his Vincent. He'll have a sword like the princes in the stories and he'll fight all the dragons and the fiends and it will be amazing.

But Vincent will be back by then; because his Dad will save him, unless his Dad is in a weird mood again. He sometimes daydreams a lot. His Dad has an invisible friend too. Sephiroth has one. He is very quiet and doesn't like anyone else except Vincent, and sometimes his Mam... but his Mam doesn't like him very much. He's called Charming, and he's going to teach Sephiroth to be a prince. His Mam says it's a silly idea, but Vincent likes to ask him questions. He makes Vincent smile, and both Sephiroth and Charming like it when Vincent smiles. It means he is happy. Happy usually means something yummy for dinner and a bubble bath with his toy boat.

He'll have to ask his Mam if he can have a bubble bath tonight. His Mam might know where Vincent is too. He decided to go ask her, but she was working in her office. He wasn't allowed in her office because last time he had coloured dinosaurs all over her papers. It wasn't fair. They needed pictures or no one would read them.

She said it was important work that would go to her boss, but she just didn't understand that her boss would look at all the writing and decide he would rather read about the king from Wutai... no, emperor. Wutai had Emperors, he'd been reading about it in class. Miss Hayley had picked him to read out page 3. It had a dragon on it, so Sephiroth had been happy.

His Mam had seen him hovering about the door though, and come over.

"Are you ok Honey?" he loved his Mam.

"Where's Vincent. I want a bubble bath and he has my boat."

"Oh..." His Mam looked very sad. He gave her a hug, because that is what you do when people are sad. "He'd not here anymore, Sephy."

"Where is he?" Maybe he'd moved away like his Mam's parents had. They could still go see him... he hoped he hadn't gone a long way away. He didn't like being in a car for long.

"He's... Gone back to the Lifestream. You can't see him anymore." Well, that was no good. Vincent took him to the park on Wednesdays.

"Can we go there to visit him?" his Mam hugged him tighter. It kind of hurt, but she was crying. He didn't want to see.

"I'm sorry, but he... he died. Oh god..."

"Was he sick?" His Dad's Mam had died because she was sick. He didn't like her though. She had called him a freak. It had made his Mam angry.

"No... It was... an accident. I'm sure."

"So, when is he coming back?"

"Sephiroth... he isn't... coming back..." His Mam was crying harder now, but Sephiroth gaped over her shoulder. Not coming back? That wasn't right. Vincent always came back. He'd just keep waiting. Vincent loved him and he always came back. They had to go to the park. They had nearly finished building a wooden boat to sail on the pond. It just needed painting and its sails adding.

"He'll be back." His Mam clearly just didn't realise this. He buried his face in her neck. People like Vincent didn't die.

"Do you want a sandwich? I have tuna for you."

"No..." He wouldn't eat until Vincent came back. The idea of him being gone forever was just silly. He sat on the floor and pulled his knees into his chest. His Mam went over to her bag and pulled out his juice. She put it on her desk and picked Sephiroth up.

He was finally in her office, on her knee. It didn't matter though. He'd just keep waiting until Vincent came back. He didn't want to draw dinosaurs right now. He scowled unhappily and cuddled into his Mam.


Finished. I didn't want to do a chapter about Vincent's death from anyone else POV, so it was just Sephiroth. Hope you enjoyed it. It's all done. Please review and let me know what you think.