prologue
Chapter One:
Wedding Day Rain
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII, Squaresoft
does. Damn them and their awesomeness.
Summary: Seth and Aeris's wedding.
Rating: PG
The dark sky above the young women's head infected
her very body like a virus. It made the flower girl feel uneasy deep in
her heart. The man standing next to her in a black suit his father had
given to him seemed less on edge, more certain than she. It was most likely
due to the fact that he loved the women in the cerulean blue wedding dress.
She loved him too, but she also loved Cloud Strife. There was no mistaking
that. Cloud made her feel... whole.
Aeris Gainsborough stood before a priest she and
her soon to be husband, Seth McGregor, had found standing infront of the
church in ruined Midgar. They asked him if he would marry them. He had
asked to see a marriage license that Seth was glad to hand over. Three
hundred gil had sealed the deal. They stood in the church in the middle
of the flower bed Aeris used to tend to below a huge gap in the ceiling.
She stood with a bouquet of roses next to Seth. For the slightest of seconds
she contemplated running away, running to Cloud.
However, she stayed. She had to stay with Seth,
it was a manner of whom she loved more. Her mind went back to the wedding
when a lone raindrop fell onto her forehead. When it began to rain on them
the priest went quicker in his speech. Finally he said his last words of
the ceremony, crossed himself, and smiled at the new couple. Seth kissed
his wife softly on the lips. Aeris kissed back and wondered how long it
would take to leave Midgar before Cloud and the others found them. As their
lips parted Aeris finally thought of the perfect place to go. Icicle Village,
her birthplace.
"We should go, darling," Aeris told Seth as he
covered her from the rain with his coat. He gave her a quizzical look,
asking her where they should go. Thunder rumbled above her, catching both
of their attention. She did not answer his question, but simply grabbed
his hand and led him to the airfield. The bottom of her beautiful satin
dress was getting muddy while it scraped along the ground. Seth's own outfit
was not getting as dirty as Aeris's dress.
"Where are we going?!" Seth yelled to her as they
became closer to an airship. However he did not hear him over the loud
engine noise and thunder. A man stood at the latter leading up to the very
first airship. He looked up when he saw the waterlogged, muddy couple running
his way.
"Does this ship go to the North Continent?" Aeris
asked when she and Seth had reached him. She raised her voice as high as
it would go to be heard over the engine of the man's airship. He nodded
his head instead of straining his voice to be heard. Aeris thanked the
man and boarded the ship after handing him five thousand gil for a room
aboard the ship.
The ship lifted off the ground twenty minutes
after Seth and Aeris boarded. They stood in their room, dripping wet from
head to toe. Aeris's once beautiful dress was soaked and frosted with drying
mud. Seth, on the other hand, was less messed. Only the bottom of his pants
were muddy, the rest of him was soaked. She stared at him from behind wet,
hanging bangs trying to figure out what to say next.
"Where are we heading to?" Seth asked after taking
off his suit jacket. She threw her high heeled blue shoes off into a corner
and gave him a sweet kiss on his lips. A smile graced her face when she
moved to the bathroom to change into something that did not have dried
mud clinging to it.
"We're going home," She answered simple. Before
her husband could ask her where exactly "home" was, she shut the door to
the bathroom and turned on the shower. Over the sink was a mirror which
held Aeris's reflection for the time being. As she stared at herself she
realized just how awful she truly looked. Her head was soaking wet, with
flecks of mud on a few choice strands of her brown hair. Aeris smiled at
the reflection, wondering what sort of future she would have. Mostly she
wondered whether or not she had made a mistake in marrying Seth instead
of Cloud.
Cloud, what did she see in him. She guessed it
was whatever she had seen in Zack, whom she did not know what she had seen
in either. Seth, however, she saw courage, strength, intelligence, and
a caring personality. To be raised by Hojo and working for Shinra, that
was pretty good. Maybe she was more like her mom than she thought. Her
mother, Ifalna, had married a scientist, her father, Charles Gast. Of course,
that had not last long thanks to Seth's own father, whom killed the good
professor. It was than that Aeris realized what a Romeo and Juliet sort
of situation she and Seth were in.
Instead of hating him for the mistakes his father
made, she loved him. Seth had brought her back from the dead, kept her
safe, and loved her. Aeris was grateful for that. Just like her parents,
the happiness would not last all the time. When AVALANCHE come to find
them, or when Aeris and Seth go looking for AVALANCHE themselves, they
will have to deal with Cloud. It hurt her to have to tell him by mail where
she was at, she wanted to tell him in person. Soon enough she would see
him again, tell him that she still cares for him. Until than, she had a
marriage to enjoy while she still has a chance.
To Be Continued...
Author's Notes: Hi! Hey it's a sequel to Truth and Consequences.
I'll put up the first chapter soon, first I have to write it. I think that
the wedding went a little quickly, but that's what Seth and Aeris were
going for. Anyway, R&R please. Until next time, my friends!
