Here's chapter 8. I had some extra time so I typed it up quickly. So read!! ^_^ And I don't own Final Fantasy VII.
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Chapter 8
After we woke up, we watched the sunrise again. I never met someone who loved nature as much as I did. But after a while, Cloud began saying how nervous he was. He really was scared about confronting Sephiroth. He still said that he had a very bad feeling.
"It's okay", I told him. "If anything happens, I will be right here for you, alright?"
"Yeah", he said with a smile.
After that he kissed me on the cheek and left. But a bad feeling came over me. Where was Vincent? He came to see me everyday for the past few years. He said he would come back to see me.
"Oh well, maybe it's just one of his many jokes", I said to myself. But still I couldn't shake off that feeling.
It was beginning to be a very stormy day. I decided not to let the chocobos out of the barn to eat. Instead, I fed them inside the barn. I also found out that Sunrise was afraid of lightning. I spent most of the day sitting with the chocobo and comforting it. Finally, after a few hours, it fell asleep. I began to wonder about how Cloud and Tifa did against Sephiroth. My thoughts were interrupted by a loud crash of thunder. That time, all the chocobos were startled. I got up and gave them more greens to eat to calm them down. I went back to the baby chocobo and sat down. I slowly began to fall asleep.
I was in a wide empty field with clouds overhead. I seemed to be running. I started calling out Cloud's name and I heard someone in the opposite direction. I turned around and looked at the man in front of me.
"Sephiroth", I whispered. He smiled and took out his sword.
"You should have died long ago, with your parents", he said with a voice that seemed to come from all directions. He lifted his sword and brought it down on me. Right before he stabbed me, Cloud came out of nowhere and jumped in front of me. The sword went through his chest. He fell down and I knelt beside him. I started to cry and he wiped my tears away.
"I love you and I always will, my princess", he said before closing his eyes forever. My eyes widened. I thought back to that day when my father died. He said the same thing.
"No, Cloud! Please don't die! I love you!" I yelled. Sephiroth laughed and disappeared. I felt a burning feeling on my back and I looked up. The sun had broken through the clouds and was shining on me. The burning got worse and I started screaming. Finally the pain was too much to bear and I fell unconscious.
I woke up screaming with sweat on my face.
"Wow, I never had a dream like that before", I said rubbing my head. I got up and I started to feel a little dizzy. I leaned against the wall, letting the dizziness pass. I was startled by a scream coming from the castle. I looked out the window but I couldn't see through the rain. It was already really late at night so I decided no to go outside and check. Again I sat down on a pile of hay and put my head down. I had a headache so I decided to go back to sleep. I doubted that Cloud would be there on a night like that.
I woke up and someone was tapping my shoulder gently.
"Aeris, please wake up", he said.
"C-Cloud? What's wrong?" I asked. I couldn't see him because the candles had gone out, but I knew his voice.
"Something happened, Aeris", he said quietly.
"Wait, Cloud. I'll light a candle so I can see you", I said getting up.
"No! Please don't!" he said loudly.
"Why not?" I asked.
"I don't want you to see me like this", he said with a quiet voice.
"See you like what? Cloud, I'm confused. Please let me see you", I said. A flash of lightning lit the room for a moment. I only saw him for about a second but I noticed something was different.
"Okay, but please don't be scared", he said backing away from me.
I stood up and lit a candle. I turned around and gasped. He had very pale skin and his eyes were even more brilliant than before. They had a mystic quality. But they were also filled with tears.
"Cloud, what happened?" I asked shaking a little. He looked down.
"Sephiroth got a little mad at Tifa and I. We found out his secret."
"What's that?" I asked.
"He's a vampire", he said.
"They exist?" I asked with surprise. He looked up at me and nodded.
"We found out and he said that killing us would be too good of a punishment for us", he said looking away. "We tried to escape from the castle but he caught Tifa. I heard her scream and I went back to where I heard her. Then Sephiroth jumped out at me and…"
"And what?" I asked. He paused and closed his eyes. After a minute he looked into my eyes, tears flowing down his face.
"He turned me into what he is", he said quietly. I walked over to him and hugged him.
"It's okay, Cloud. Everything is going to turn out okay", I said trying to comfort him. But doubt was lingering in my voice. I started to cry.
"I love you", he said.
"I love you, too", I said smiling through my tears.
"At least I spent my last sunrise with you", he said. I hugged him even tighter. I never wanted him to go through such pain. I never wanted to leave him. I wanted to stay with him forever. I opened my eyes and an idea came to me. Even now, I still don't know why I had to say it to him. It would change my life forever.
"Cloud?" I said.
"What?" he asked. I stopped and took a breath. I closed my eyes.
"Make me into a vampire", I whispered. He quickly pushed me away.
"Are you crazy!?" he yelled. "Do you know what it feels like to be like this? It's absolute hell", he said. I walked over to him.
"Cloud, I don't want you to be in pain like this all by yourself. I'd rather be in an eternal hell with you than to live a normal life without you. I love you and I want to be with you forever." He looked into my eyes.
"But you'll regret it!"
"I don't care! Being without you will bring me more pain than you can imagine. Cloud, please understand! I'd give up the sun for you!" He gave me a sad look.
"Aeris… are you absolutely sure?" I nodded. "Remember what it feels like to be alive, Aeris. You'll never feel that again".
Aeris stopped and put her head in her arms on the table.
"Then what happened?" Darius asked impatiently. He heard quiet sobbing sounds from her. She brought her head up to look at him.
"He made me into what you see before you", she said quietly.
"How?" he asked.
"Please don't make tell you the details of it. It's too painful to remember".
"Oh, okay", he said. "What happened after that?"
"Cloud took me to a mirror so I could see myself. And I know that most people think that vampires are invisible in mirrors, but it's not true. We can see ourselves just as good as any normal person. When I looked in the mirror, I couldn't recognize myself. My skin was so pale and my eyes were so bright that they actually scared me. But all my senses were incredible. I could see as well as an eagle and I could hear almost anything. I even had a type of telepathy. I could read people's minds and talk to them through their thoughts. It was a frightening experience.
I finally looked away from the mirror and looked at Cloud. We hugged each other again.
"I can't believe I did this", he said.
"It's okay Cloud. I forced you to", I said.
"No, you didn't", he said. I looked at him.
"Yes, I did!" I almost yelled.
"Okay, so what are we going to do now?" he asked with tears still in his eyes.
"Let's go see Sephiroth", I answered.
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Ok, the action starts soon! What do you think so far? I'd say it's a little angsty. I have a screwed up mind! ^_~ Anyway, the next chapter will be up soon, hopefully. I have to take a break from typing for a while. Plus, I'm kinda mad at my computer. It froze up while I was working on this chapter and I forgot to save it. So, now I feel stupid! Oh well, gotta go!
Yunalesca Strife ^_^
