Prologue
"Cloud"
"Aeris?" Cloud strives against the chains, struggling to reach out to that figure in front of him but somehow, all that effort was in vain. The harder he fought it, the tighter the chains became.
"Is that you Aeris? Answer me," tears started to roll down Cloud's cheek, "come back to me. Please!"
"No, Cloud..."
"..."
"I wish I could but I can't."
"Why? I need you, Aeris,"
A hand gently touched his face and wiped away the tears. Cloud slowly reached, afraid that she'd suddenly disappeared, leaving him once more.
"I must go now," the white figure withdrew her hand from Cloud's grasp and began to fade away.
"Nooooo!" Cloud screamed at the top of his lung, desperately trying to break free, "Don't leave me again, EVER!"
"Whatever you do Cloud," Aeris ignored him and continued, "Just remember..."
"How can I do anything without you Aeris?" Cloud suddenly felt the anger bursting from within, he was mad at Aeris, for dying.
"It's..not..your fault..." the last word reached him just as the world spun and then. Darkness came.
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Gasping, Cloud woke up to find himself sweating like a pig on a bed. He could still feel the pain that he'd experience as well as the smooth, silky skin that had touched him.
"I will find you Aeris," he murmured, "I will travel to the end of the world to find you."
"To touch your face again."
"And this time," Cloud got out of bed and straightened up himself, "I will not let you go."
Cloud opened the door to the outside world. The sun still shines, the leaves still rustles and the wind still blow. But somehow, he felt as if something is missing. And he hoped that this search will lead him to the answer that he's been looking for so long.
"Aeris, be there for me."
"Cloud"
"Aeris?" Cloud strives against the chains, struggling to reach out to that figure in front of him but somehow, all that effort was in vain. The harder he fought it, the tighter the chains became.
"Is that you Aeris? Answer me," tears started to roll down Cloud's cheek, "come back to me. Please!"
"No, Cloud..."
"..."
"I wish I could but I can't."
"Why? I need you, Aeris,"
A hand gently touched his face and wiped away the tears. Cloud slowly reached, afraid that she'd suddenly disappeared, leaving him once more.
"I must go now," the white figure withdrew her hand from Cloud's grasp and began to fade away.
"Nooooo!" Cloud screamed at the top of his lung, desperately trying to break free, "Don't leave me again, EVER!"
"Whatever you do Cloud," Aeris ignored him and continued, "Just remember..."
"How can I do anything without you Aeris?" Cloud suddenly felt the anger bursting from within, he was mad at Aeris, for dying.
"It's..not..your fault..." the last word reached him just as the world spun and then. Darkness came.
***************************
Gasping, Cloud woke up to find himself sweating like a pig on a bed. He could still feel the pain that he'd experience as well as the smooth, silky skin that had touched him.
"I will find you Aeris," he murmured, "I will travel to the end of the world to find you."
"To touch your face again."
"And this time," Cloud got out of bed and straightened up himself, "I will not let you go."
Cloud opened the door to the outside world. The sun still shines, the leaves still rustles and the wind still blow. But somehow, he felt as if something is missing. And he hoped that this search will lead him to the answer that he's been looking for so long.
"Aeris, be there for me."