Chapter 6: The Dreams
It took a couple hours until the evening dawned on the world and it was finally time for Cloud and Aeris to receive their dreams. Sephiroth walked over to the chair and sat in it. His eyes rolled back and he started to tremble.
"Sephiroth, what are you doing?" Tifa asked. It broke him out of his trance.
"Well, before you messed me up," he started, a little aggravated," I was just about to astral project, you know, give Cloud and Aeris their dreams."
"I see," she said nodding her head. Sephiroth fell back into his trance until his eyes just shut completely.
(Meanhile... in dreamy land... heh heh...Snicker... snicker)
Cloud's dream(First person point-of-view)
There in the black abyss she stood. Her glorious brown hair shimmered in the starlight. Was this Aeris? No, this was Tifa. Do I feel this way for her, no, it can't be. I've waited so long to be with Aeris. Who was this coming out of the shadows?(gasp) It was Sephiroth. Oh how I want to slash his insides and smear his blood on the wall as a shrine of my revenge.
Sephiroth walked up behind Tifa enclosed his hands over her eyes. She gasped slightly as she turned around. When he released her, her eyes widened in surprise but not in fear. Instead of fighting him off, she only embraced him. Why? Why wasn't she breaking away, and why was Sephiroth looking at her that way? He leaned in for a kiss and Tifa was all too eager to receive it from him. Sephiroth pulled away and all of a sudden, Tifa looked drastically weaker. The black caped man leaned in for a kiss again, but this time Tifa was way too weak to pull away. When he finally pulled away, Tifa fell in a crumpled heap against Sephiroth. He simply smiled and tossed her aside.
"Don't you see what will happen if you waste your time?! It is not of abundance to you. Each minute that you are away, you let her fall into my arms. Loving me will be the death of her, are you going to let that happen to her? Are you going to let the love of your life slip away from your fingers like grains of sand?" he had said. Sephiroth then walked away with his cape whisking behind him. Finally, a pool of blood flooded my vision and Tifa simply floated out of my sight...
Aeris's dream(First-person point of view)
I stood on the sands of the beach that seemed to belong to Costa de Sol. It was pitch black outside and my eyes weren't yet focused. When they finally came to be, a masculine figure was in my line of vision. Of course I knew who it was; it was the one who caused massive destruction, my murderer, my only love. WHAT?! Love? Where did that come from? I'm in love with Cloud... Aren't I? Sephiroth's gargantuan cape whisked away from the ocean winds until he finally turned around.
"Have you chosen your love yet? Don't be so quick to judge; your true love is right before your eyes and you don't even know it, or perhaps you do. Don't lie to yourself, it isn't fair for you, Cloud, and especially me," he had said.
"But Sephiroth, I'm not lying to myself, I know who I love," I said to him, shaking, but not from the chilly ocean winds.
"Really, then why are you so reluctant to voice your choice. My poor naive little Aeris, don't you see that Cloud already has found love?" he told me in a provacative whisper.
A giant wave came about and within it was an image, a vision. It was of Cloud and Tifa.
"You see, Cloud was in love with her as a child and endured the Shinra episode because of her. If he hadn't fallen that day, you would've never been involved. Don't you understand?! You are nothing but a mere obstacle in between two lovers," he said with his green eyes glowing in the darkness. Yet another vision was seen in the water, it was Cloud and Tifa, kissing passionately. Tears fell freely from my eyes, why was Sephiroth doing this to me? Of course I knew about the love Cloud still held for Tifa, I was just praying, with one spark of hope that Cloud held a different love for me. A love not shared by friends, but by lovers.
"Your true love will always be in front of you as you dream, as you sleep, as you think, and as you see. I will wait for you, no matter how long it takes, time will just allow everything to take place," he said. Sephiroth leaned in closer and surprisingly I did not stop him. I felt his warm lips on mine and I wondered how I would be able to love my murderer...
It's been two hours since Sephiroth has been "conscious" and Tifa was getting concerned. She walked from the bed over to where Sephiroth was sitting. His head was tilted back over the base of the chair and his silver locks were swaying behind him. Tifa leaned over to examine his face. She studied his features to realize that Sephiroth was not entirely bad-looking. In fact, had the two met under different circumstances, he'd be one of the type of guys Tifa would go for. Of course, in reality, Tifa was in love with Cloud and Sephiroth with Aeris. Sephiroth was too cold and reticent for her liking anyway. But wait a minute, hadn't Cloud been the same way??
"Oh god what's wrong with me?" she thought and she could not take her eyes off of him.
Suddenly, Sephiroth's eyes shot open, seeing Tifa looking at him attentively. Even then she couldn't move, she was stunned in her place. Sephiroth did not speak a work, but instead stared back. Tifa saw his intense green eyes and she felt drawn to them. She had never seen such eyes. It was as if she could feel his anguish, his emotions by simply staring in his hypnotic gaze. Sephiroth saw Tifa's rich, wine colored eyes, it was a change from Aeris's sea colored ones. He felt her uncertainty and her tension by looking into the pools of rich colour. Finally
Sephiroth raised his head, still staring at her, not bringing himself to look away. Both of them stood up and and leaned in, closer, and closer, until their faces were centimeters away. Tifa finally pulled away and Sephiroth looked the other at the same time almost as if they had broken out of their own trance.
"So um...Sephiroth, what did you put in their dreams," Tifa said a little uneasy.
"Just things that were necessary," he replied, unwavered.
"Oh," she said," well, I'm going to sleep, you coming?" Tifa's words flew out of her mouth before she even caught them. Her face reddened and she turned away before he even had the chance to answer.
"No, I'll retire soon enough, I need time to think about other things," he replied, a little surprised, but he didn't show it. She nodded and climbed into the "bed" and pulled the thin sheet over her. Sephiroth signed and went back to sit in the chair.
"What the hell am I doing?!" he thought," What am I thinking? It's been so long since I had been in the company of a lady. I have to learn to control myself. If I don't, this whole plan will fall apart and my chances with Aeris will wither away to nothing."
It took a couple hours until the evening dawned on the world and it was finally time for Cloud and Aeris to receive their dreams. Sephiroth walked over to the chair and sat in it. His eyes rolled back and he started to tremble.
"Sephiroth, what are you doing?" Tifa asked. It broke him out of his trance.
"Well, before you messed me up," he started, a little aggravated," I was just about to astral project, you know, give Cloud and Aeris their dreams."
"I see," she said nodding her head. Sephiroth fell back into his trance until his eyes just shut completely.
(Meanhile... in dreamy land... heh heh...Snicker... snicker)
Cloud's dream(First person point-of-view)
There in the black abyss she stood. Her glorious brown hair shimmered in the starlight. Was this Aeris? No, this was Tifa. Do I feel this way for her, no, it can't be. I've waited so long to be with Aeris. Who was this coming out of the shadows?(gasp) It was Sephiroth. Oh how I want to slash his insides and smear his blood on the wall as a shrine of my revenge.
Sephiroth walked up behind Tifa enclosed his hands over her eyes. She gasped slightly as she turned around. When he released her, her eyes widened in surprise but not in fear. Instead of fighting him off, she only embraced him. Why? Why wasn't she breaking away, and why was Sephiroth looking at her that way? He leaned in for a kiss and Tifa was all too eager to receive it from him. Sephiroth pulled away and all of a sudden, Tifa looked drastically weaker. The black caped man leaned in for a kiss again, but this time Tifa was way too weak to pull away. When he finally pulled away, Tifa fell in a crumpled heap against Sephiroth. He simply smiled and tossed her aside.
"Don't you see what will happen if you waste your time?! It is not of abundance to you. Each minute that you are away, you let her fall into my arms. Loving me will be the death of her, are you going to let that happen to her? Are you going to let the love of your life slip away from your fingers like grains of sand?" he had said. Sephiroth then walked away with his cape whisking behind him. Finally, a pool of blood flooded my vision and Tifa simply floated out of my sight...
Aeris's dream(First-person point of view)
I stood on the sands of the beach that seemed to belong to Costa de Sol. It was pitch black outside and my eyes weren't yet focused. When they finally came to be, a masculine figure was in my line of vision. Of course I knew who it was; it was the one who caused massive destruction, my murderer, my only love. WHAT?! Love? Where did that come from? I'm in love with Cloud... Aren't I? Sephiroth's gargantuan cape whisked away from the ocean winds until he finally turned around.
"Have you chosen your love yet? Don't be so quick to judge; your true love is right before your eyes and you don't even know it, or perhaps you do. Don't lie to yourself, it isn't fair for you, Cloud, and especially me," he had said.
"But Sephiroth, I'm not lying to myself, I know who I love," I said to him, shaking, but not from the chilly ocean winds.
"Really, then why are you so reluctant to voice your choice. My poor naive little Aeris, don't you see that Cloud already has found love?" he told me in a provacative whisper.
A giant wave came about and within it was an image, a vision. It was of Cloud and Tifa.
"You see, Cloud was in love with her as a child and endured the Shinra episode because of her. If he hadn't fallen that day, you would've never been involved. Don't you understand?! You are nothing but a mere obstacle in between two lovers," he said with his green eyes glowing in the darkness. Yet another vision was seen in the water, it was Cloud and Tifa, kissing passionately. Tears fell freely from my eyes, why was Sephiroth doing this to me? Of course I knew about the love Cloud still held for Tifa, I was just praying, with one spark of hope that Cloud held a different love for me. A love not shared by friends, but by lovers.
"Your true love will always be in front of you as you dream, as you sleep, as you think, and as you see. I will wait for you, no matter how long it takes, time will just allow everything to take place," he said. Sephiroth leaned in closer and surprisingly I did not stop him. I felt his warm lips on mine and I wondered how I would be able to love my murderer...
It's been two hours since Sephiroth has been "conscious" and Tifa was getting concerned. She walked from the bed over to where Sephiroth was sitting. His head was tilted back over the base of the chair and his silver locks were swaying behind him. Tifa leaned over to examine his face. She studied his features to realize that Sephiroth was not entirely bad-looking. In fact, had the two met under different circumstances, he'd be one of the type of guys Tifa would go for. Of course, in reality, Tifa was in love with Cloud and Sephiroth with Aeris. Sephiroth was too cold and reticent for her liking anyway. But wait a minute, hadn't Cloud been the same way??
"Oh god what's wrong with me?" she thought and she could not take her eyes off of him.
Suddenly, Sephiroth's eyes shot open, seeing Tifa looking at him attentively. Even then she couldn't move, she was stunned in her place. Sephiroth did not speak a work, but instead stared back. Tifa saw his intense green eyes and she felt drawn to them. She had never seen such eyes. It was as if she could feel his anguish, his emotions by simply staring in his hypnotic gaze. Sephiroth saw Tifa's rich, wine colored eyes, it was a change from Aeris's sea colored ones. He felt her uncertainty and her tension by looking into the pools of rich colour. Finally
Sephiroth raised his head, still staring at her, not bringing himself to look away. Both of them stood up and and leaned in, closer, and closer, until their faces were centimeters away. Tifa finally pulled away and Sephiroth looked the other at the same time almost as if they had broken out of their own trance.
"So um...Sephiroth, what did you put in their dreams," Tifa said a little uneasy.
"Just things that were necessary," he replied, unwavered.
"Oh," she said," well, I'm going to sleep, you coming?" Tifa's words flew out of her mouth before she even caught them. Her face reddened and she turned away before he even had the chance to answer.
"No, I'll retire soon enough, I need time to think about other things," he replied, a little surprised, but he didn't show it. She nodded and climbed into the "bed" and pulled the thin sheet over her. Sephiroth signed and went back to sit in the chair.
"What the hell am I doing?!" he thought," What am I thinking? It's been so long since I had been in the company of a lady. I have to learn to control myself. If I don't, this whole plan will fall apart and my chances with Aeris will wither away to nothing."
