Chapter 3
The shuttle glided through the air on it's way to Junon harbor. Cloud Strife looked out
the window, and down at the ground below him. It was a blur, all a blur. Junon was a hub in the
Shuttle system, so it was a direct flight from Midgar to Junon. Cloud smiled and sat back in his
seat. First class. Reeve and Cait Sith were sitting across from him, sleeping. (or whatever
passes for sleep for Cait) Cloud thought.
A voice came on the intercom. "Next stop, Junon Harbor. We should be arriving at Skylark
Overland Shuttleport in... 10 minutes. On behalf of Midgar Shuttle, we thank you for traveling
with us, and hope you do so again. Have a nice day!"
(Yeah right) Cloud thought to himself. (2 hours of delay, and they think I'm ever going
to use them again. Next time I'm using Junon Air.)
Cloud leaned over to shake Reeve awake. "Reeve...Reeve....REEVE! Wake up. We'll be there
in a moment!"
Reeve nodded in an almost drunken way and got up. "Yawn! What a rest! Nice flight don't
you think?"
"Oh yeah," Cloud said, the lie effortless, "maginifacent."
"Good. I worked hard on this."
Moments later the shuttle touched down. As Reeve and Cloud disembarked, their eyes were
caught by a familar face, waving.
"Tifa!!!" Cloud said, running towards her and envoloping her in a huge hug. "How'd you
get here before us?"
Tifa shrugged, "Earlier flight. It was right at sunrise."
"Hello Tifa."
"Reeve! So nice of you to show up! I loved the shuttle, it was a great way to get around.
Beats walking, right Cloud?"
Cloud laughed as the memories of all the walking he did across the surface of this world.
"Come on, we got to hurry!" Tifa said while running off, "You're the last to arrive."
"I wonder why that is." Cloud grumbled, but ran with her into a building overlooking Junon's
stunning harbor view. Cloud, Reeve, Cait Sith [who had now joined them], and Tifa all took the
elevator up to the top floor. Cloud stepped out and was amazed at the sight. "Wow!" was all he
could say. The room, in addition to being enormous, was stunningly decorated, with beautiful and
intricitally carved chairs and tables, and shining marble pillars holding up the room in the center.
There were no walls, just a huge glass window that looked over the shimmering water of Junon Harbor.
A opening in the glass led out to a huge balcony, and it was clear that was where the actual
ceremony would take place.
"Tifa, this is amazing! Who designed this place?"
"That would be me."
Cloud turned around to see the smiling face of Lord Godo, leader of Wutai. Cloud nodded
in understanding. The pagoda's of Wutai were widedly regarded as archutectual masterpieces, so
it really didn't surprise him that Lord Godo's family designed them, though he didn't know it
before.
"The ceremony won't be for another four hours, so I'll show you to your apartment and you
can get ready."
Cloud nodded and was allowed to be lead off, though unable to tear his eyes away from the
beauty of the room until the elevator doors closed in front of him.
The shuttle glided through the air on it's way to Junon harbor. Cloud Strife looked out
the window, and down at the ground below him. It was a blur, all a blur. Junon was a hub in the
Shuttle system, so it was a direct flight from Midgar to Junon. Cloud smiled and sat back in his
seat. First class. Reeve and Cait Sith were sitting across from him, sleeping. (or whatever
passes for sleep for Cait) Cloud thought.
A voice came on the intercom. "Next stop, Junon Harbor. We should be arriving at Skylark
Overland Shuttleport in... 10 minutes. On behalf of Midgar Shuttle, we thank you for traveling
with us, and hope you do so again. Have a nice day!"
(Yeah right) Cloud thought to himself. (2 hours of delay, and they think I'm ever going
to use them again. Next time I'm using Junon Air.)
Cloud leaned over to shake Reeve awake. "Reeve...Reeve....REEVE! Wake up. We'll be there
in a moment!"
Reeve nodded in an almost drunken way and got up. "Yawn! What a rest! Nice flight don't
you think?"
"Oh yeah," Cloud said, the lie effortless, "maginifacent."
"Good. I worked hard on this."
Moments later the shuttle touched down. As Reeve and Cloud disembarked, their eyes were
caught by a familar face, waving.
"Tifa!!!" Cloud said, running towards her and envoloping her in a huge hug. "How'd you
get here before us?"
Tifa shrugged, "Earlier flight. It was right at sunrise."
"Hello Tifa."
"Reeve! So nice of you to show up! I loved the shuttle, it was a great way to get around.
Beats walking, right Cloud?"
Cloud laughed as the memories of all the walking he did across the surface of this world.
"Come on, we got to hurry!" Tifa said while running off, "You're the last to arrive."
"I wonder why that is." Cloud grumbled, but ran with her into a building overlooking Junon's
stunning harbor view. Cloud, Reeve, Cait Sith [who had now joined them], and Tifa all took the
elevator up to the top floor. Cloud stepped out and was amazed at the sight. "Wow!" was all he
could say. The room, in addition to being enormous, was stunningly decorated, with beautiful and
intricitally carved chairs and tables, and shining marble pillars holding up the room in the center.
There were no walls, just a huge glass window that looked over the shimmering water of Junon Harbor.
A opening in the glass led out to a huge balcony, and it was clear that was where the actual
ceremony would take place.
"Tifa, this is amazing! Who designed this place?"
"That would be me."
Cloud turned around to see the smiling face of Lord Godo, leader of Wutai. Cloud nodded
in understanding. The pagoda's of Wutai were widedly regarded as archutectual masterpieces, so
it really didn't surprise him that Lord Godo's family designed them, though he didn't know it
before.
"The ceremony won't be for another four hours, so I'll show you to your apartment and you
can get ready."
Cloud nodded and was allowed to be lead off, though unable to tear his eyes away from the
beauty of the room until the elevator doors closed in front of him.
