Aeris was sleeping soundly in the moogle village dreaming of when her and Cloud would be together…
His embrace…
His eyes…
His smile…
She loved everything about him…if only he knew how much she did…
She never got the chance to tell him…
She didn't even know if Cloud loved her back…she only knew that he was all she had left…the one thing left in the world for her to live for…
And tomorrow she was going to find him….
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Aeris woke up with the rising sun…the sky was a beautiful blue flecked with white, fluffy clouds…
A very excited Aeris brushed her hair and ran outside to the elder's house…
"Kupiko! Kupo Kupo!" shouted Aeris knocking on the elder's door.
(Kupiko…are we leaving now...?)
A really tired Kupiko walks out of the hut…
"Kupoo…Ku…Ku Ku…po…"said the tired moogle…
(Aeris…the ship leaves at the dock in half an hour…I'll meet you there…)
Kupiko yawns…
BANG CRASH!
A mother moogle came out of one of the huts and screamed!
"Kupo KUPO KUPOKO!"she screamed.
(The hut's on fire! Someone help! Kupoko is in there!)
The burning flames reached to the sky. The hut sizzled and flamed. Kupoko was a child moogle…someone had to save him.
"KUPO-KU KUK KU!!!" yelled the elder…
(GO TO THE RIVER! WE HAVE TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT!)
"KU KUPIKO KUPOKO KUPOPO!" yelled Aeris.
(There's no time Kupoko can die in there! I'm going in!)
Aeris rushed inside the little hut…
"KUPOKO!!!" she yelled.
No answer…
The flames and smoke were getting heavy…Aeris could hardly breathe…
The flames flickered on the side of the hut where Aeris could see…
She ran to the cellar and looked under the trinkets and furniture…
Nothing…
She ran back upstairs into the living room…
"KUPOKO!!!" she yelled again.
No answer…
The flames were deteriating the wood of the hut as everything burned.
The smoke was getting more and more heavy…
She ran upstairs, breathing heavy…she took off her vest and used it as a mask to save her breath…
"KUPOKO!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed.
"Ku…po…" said a tiny voice.
"KUPOKO!" screamed Aeris…
She ran to a bedroom and looked under a dresser…a little moogle was stuck underneath it.
"Kupoko! KUP Kup Kupo" Aeris said in a comforting voice.
(Kupoko…it's okay you're gonna be alright now…)
Aeris lifted the dresser propping it with her staff…then picking up the moogle she retrieved her staff and ran downstairs…
Too late…
Fire had blocked their way downstairs…
She ran frantically from bedroom to bedroom trying to find a window…
None…
She ran down the hallway checking the last bedroom
She screeched into the bedroom…her eyes scanning the room.
No window…
No luck…
They were trapped.