Here's chapter 3. It's
a little happier than chapter 2 and it's the beginning to the real story. Oh well, let's hope it gets a little more
interesting! Oh, and I do not own Final
Fantasy VII.
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Chapter 3
Aeris
stopped and looked down.
"Wow",
Darius said, "please, go on". She
looked up.
"You still
want me to continue?" she asked, "You're not bored yet?"
He
laughed. "Of course not!" She started to laugh too.
"Okay", she
said as she continued.
"We
continued our journey and eventually we got to the Nibel Mountains. We settled in a small town called Nibelheim
and we rented a tiny house. We paid for
it by selling flowers from our garden. Around
that time, I met a boy named Vincent.
He was about a year older than me and we quickly became best
friends. My life turned happy
again. But the infection from the wound
in my mother's shoulder got worse. By
the time I turned thirteen, my mother was too sick to even walk. Vincent and I cared for her and did all the
work for her. Vincent even lent me some
money to pay for the house. He was poor
too but he couldn't stand to see us thrown out of our house.
No matter
what we did, a year later my mother died.
I used up what was left of the money to try and pay for the house. But I would never sell my father's dove
pendant. I wore it everyday just like
he did. My emotional state was horrible
and I kept telling myself that it was all my fault that my family died.
Vincent
helped me so much then. He got me out
of my bad moods and he even let me stay at his house after my money ran
out. He decided to help me find a job
so he took me to Nibelheim Castle in the valley.
It was about
five miles away from the town and it was in a beautiful sunny meadow surrounded
by mountains. Vincent worked there as a
part time servant for the royal family and he got me a job working as a
caretaker of the royal family's chocobos and other animals in the stable. I was even a chocobo trainer. I was allowed to stay in the stable so I
did. It was much bigger than Vincent's
house and it was also quite beautiful.
It was perfect for me because I loved animals and I lived in a pretty
valley surrounded by nature. And yet
again my life seemed perfect."
Aeris
paused for a moment.
"So…umm…did
you and Vincent ever go out on a date?" Darius asked.
"No, we
never did. I guess we both didn't want
to risk ruining our friendship. He was
also a little too much like a brother to me", she replied.
"Oh, okay",
he said.
Aeris
continued her story.
"Vincent
visited me everyday at the barn and brought me things whenever I needed them, like
extra candles and blankets for the cold winters. He never stopped wondering why I chose to live in the barn
instead of his place. He always argued
with me and said, "But Aeris, you sleep on a pile of hay!" After each argument, we broke down laughing. Strangely, those were some of the best times
of my life.
My life was
pretty predictable by then. But a few
weeks after I turned seventeen, right before I fell asleep, I saw a figure in a
long black cloak silently walk into the barn.
He took one of the chocobos out of its stall and rode off with it. Something told me not to worry and that the
chocobo would be back in the morning. I
trusted that feeling and went back to sleep.
The next morning I got up and I saw that the chocobo was back in its
usual place. I checked it to see if it
was hurt and it was perfectly fine.
"That's strange", I whispered to
myself. I decided not to tell Vincent
about it because I didn't want him to worry about me. But the next night at the same time, the man came back again and
did the same thing. I checked the
chocobo in the morning and there still wasn't anything wrong with it. It happened each night for about a
week. The man did the same thing and he
always took my favourite chocobo. But
then finally, I got tired of it.
The next
night I waited outside the barn and I made sure I was hidden. He came at the exact time I thought he would
but it surprised me to see that he came from the castle. He took the chocobo out of the barn and rode
away with it. I started running as fast
as I could towards them. I almost
tripped over my dress a few times but I finally caught up with him. I grabbed his cloak and pulled with all my
strength. He fell off the chocobo and I
tripped over him. I landed on my arm
and I yelled out. Pain shot through my
arm as I held it to my chest. The man
crawled over to me.
"Are you
okay?" he asked.
I nodded
but the pain was getting worse.
"Let me
help you", he said as he gently held my arm.
"Cure 3", he whispered as the air around us started to glow green. A few seconds later, I felt so much better.
"Thank you",
I said to him.
"You're
welcome", he replied as he pulled back the hood that covered his face. It revealed blonde, spiky hair and two of
the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen.
They seemed to glow in the moonlight.
I
gasped. "P-Prince Cloud!"
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Ok, how was that chapter?
I hope it's getting a little more interesting. Any comments or suggestions are still welcome!!
Yunalesca Strife ^_^