"Hey." A voice said as Rae felt a hand on her shoulder. She put a hand on
her should, and felt a leather glove.
"Hi Clou- " She started to say, but was cut off as Cloud turned her around and kissed her. Rae, now very startled, pushed away and just looked at him, waiting for words to come to her, but they wouldn't.
"Cloud? Wha-what was that?"
"I love you."
"Oh." Rae looked to the ground.
"Even tough you killed me, in revival, you showed me kindness. In all of our travels, you showed me strength. We are more than friends."
Rae looked up.
"Cloud, could you ever love or be friends with somebody who is related to Sephiroth?"
"No."
"Then your love is not true."
"What do you mean?"
"You wanted answers, thus you shall get them.m-my father is Sephiroth."
"But that can't be!"
Sephiroth came up behind him.
"Sure it can." He said suddenly, causing Cloud to turn around quickly.
"But she's nothing like you." Cloud said to Sephiroth.
Rae had a very sad look on her face.
"The Sephiroth you know was evil, vicious and cruel. But you don't know him, you never did. He was a kind and loving father as well as a strong- willed sorcerer. He wouldn't hurt a fly. He loved my mother-" Rae stopped to think about something.
"What is it, Rae?" Sephiroth asked.
"The keys. They're all here."
"What?" Cloud asked.
"Keys to mother's grave."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Sephiroth ordered.
"You. Katarif. Cloud. Red. All keys. All here. But one is missing." Rae sighed.
"You speak in riddles." Cloud said.
"You'll see later." Rae said as she ran inside. She ran to her room. Both Sephiroth and Cloud looked at each other in puzzlement. Sephiroth stepped back and pushed Cloud forward, toward to castle.
"What was that for?" Cloud exclaimed.
"Go inside. Nights are getting cold nowadays." Sephiroth replied.
Cloud obeyed and went inside to look for Rae.
Meanwhile, Rae was lying on her bed, remembering what had happened a few minutes ago. She touched her lips.
"Poor Cloud. Fooled by his own love. Then again, nobody would know this secret just by looking." She said to herself. Windom came up and whined.
"What is it, Wind?"
He motioned to underneath the bed.
"Underneath?" Rae pulled out a box form underneath the bed. Opened it, went through the old pictures, until she came upon a blue, rather large, spherical gem, like an orb.
"This, Wind?" She held it up to Windom.
He barked, saying "Yeah."
"Do you know what it is?"
Wind nodded.
"What is it?"
Windom shook his head.
"Well, your no help." Rae put the box back, still holding the gem.
"It's heavy." Rae found a small pillow, placed the pillow on her dresser, and carefully placed the gem on the pillow.
Rae sat on her bed, staring at the ceiling with pealing paint. Rae used a spell to fix this, but also turning the ceiling pink.
"Ew! Pink!" Rae quickly changed it to white. While she was doing this, she heard a loud thud on the floor. She looked down to see what it was. She almost broke up laughing, seeing the knocked out Seymour on the floor, and having a rather large dent in his head. Rae noticed that the gem had rolled off the pillow, and figured it had landed on him, protecting it from shattering on the stone floor.
Rae carefully stepped out of the room. She found Tifa standing outside her door, whistling.
"What are you doing?" Rae asked.
"Nothing, just saw Seymour walking by, and saw the crystal ball on your dresser about to fall, so I pushed him in and saved the crystal ball." Tifa replied. Rikku came out from behind her.
"Yeah right, you wanted to steal it so Yuffie doesn't blackmail you." Rikku poked Tifa's shoulder.
"Shush, you little thief." Tifa hushed Rikku.
Rae crossed her arms and tapped her foot.
"Tifa, is this true?"
"Yes." Tifa looked down.
Rae smirked and uncrossed her arms.
"How would you girls like to play a little trick on Yuffie?"
"Alright!" They said in unison.
"Okay, the plan is: Tifa, I'll look like you. Rikku, you just follow me, and don't say anything. Oh, Tifa, you dress up like me." Rae planned.
"Okay, but we look nothing alike." Tifa said.
"No problem." Rae said snapping her fingers and instantly looked exactly like Tifa.
"But I can't wear your clothes." Tifa stated again.
"Of course you can't. But I can do this." Rae said again snapping her fingers and making Tifa look exactly like Rae.
"Okay. Fair enough." Tifa shrugged.
"Now, plan is in session." Rae said just as she was about to take off but Tifa stopped her.
"What do I do?" She asked.
"Act like I would when I find someone trying to steal from me." Rae said running off pulling Rikku with her.
"Oh." Tifa said.
Rae was almost to where Yuffie was.
"Hey, Rae, what about the orb?" Rikku asked.
"This." Rae held up an orb that looked exactly alike the orb in her room.
"Your not going to give that to her, are you?"
"No, of course not. Here." Rae tossed Rikku the "orb".
"Hey, this is light!"
"Of course it is. It is made to look like it to fool thieves like you."
"But it's too light."
"Now it isn't." Rae snapped her fingers. Rikku almost dropped it.
"Wow."
"Also, you can drop it from any height and it won't break."
"Wow. Um, can you make it light again?"
"Yes." Rae changed it back. They were right in front of Yuffie's door. Rae knocked. Yuffie answered.
"Yes?" She asked.
"We're here to give you the orb." Rae said.
"Really? Thanks. May I have it now, Tifa?" She said holding out her hand.
"Okay." Rae dressed up like Tifa said as she turned the orb really, really heavy, but since Rae is really strong, she holds it like normal and gave it to Yuffie. Yuffie almost fell.
"Heavy!" She exclaimed.
"So what was this about you blackmailing Tifa?" Rae asked still dressed up as Tifa.
"You mean you?" Yuffie asked.
"No, I mean Tifa." Rae answered.
Tifa came up behind Rae.
"Uh, Tifa?" Yuffie pointed to Tifa who is dressed up as Rae.
"What? Tifa's here." Rae said not turning around.
"Huh?" Yuffie said.
"Hope you like the fake." Rae said turning both Tifa and herself normal. Yuffie was now very horrified.
"You tricked me." She exclaimed.
"You can't blackmail anybody here in this castle. And what was "The Great Ninja Yuffie" going to do with my orb?" Rae asked crossing her arms and tapping here foot.
"Uh, sell it." Yuffie answered as she looked at the floor.
"Boy, you can't tell what one thing is worth from another, that thing is worthless." Rae said as she turned around and headed to the secret path to the roof. Yuffie just stared at Tifa, as Tifa was about to punch her in the face. Rikku stopped Tifa from hurting her.
Rae walked up to the roof of the castle and sat down. Sephiroth was still there, staring at the pond. Then, even though it was night, everything changed to a bright, faded orange, and out in the yard there were people, a little girl, a small dragon, a woman, whose face cannot be seen, and a man with long white hair. Rae watched them play in the yard, although she was mostly trying to see the woman's face. The woman had long dark hair, with little dog-like ears on top of her head, and a long tail. The dragon was white but nothing else of it could be seen from where Rae was. The little girl had short metallic blue hair, a tail, and a pair of black wings.
Zidane came up from behind Rae.
"What are you doing up here?" Zidane asked.
"I can't remember her face." Rae said.
"What?"
"I can't remember." Rae said again.
Zidane walked over and sat next to Rae and watched what Rae was looking at. He somehow understood what Rae was saying.
"That little girl is you, right?" He asked.
"Yes."
"And that guy is your father?"
"Yes."
"That woman is your mother. It's been so long you don't remember her face, correct?"
"Yes."
"Don't worry, we'll find it, I'll make sure of it." Zidane put a hand on Rae's shoulder. Then everything in the yard changed back to normal; a dark yard, with Sephiroth looking into the pond, a nighttime forest and field of flowers on either side of the castle. Rae stood up.
"I know we will." She said staring at Sephiroth as the wind blew through her long hair.
"Hi Clou- " She started to say, but was cut off as Cloud turned her around and kissed her. Rae, now very startled, pushed away and just looked at him, waiting for words to come to her, but they wouldn't.
"Cloud? Wha-what was that?"
"I love you."
"Oh." Rae looked to the ground.
"Even tough you killed me, in revival, you showed me kindness. In all of our travels, you showed me strength. We are more than friends."
Rae looked up.
"Cloud, could you ever love or be friends with somebody who is related to Sephiroth?"
"No."
"Then your love is not true."
"What do you mean?"
"You wanted answers, thus you shall get them.m-my father is Sephiroth."
"But that can't be!"
Sephiroth came up behind him.
"Sure it can." He said suddenly, causing Cloud to turn around quickly.
"But she's nothing like you." Cloud said to Sephiroth.
Rae had a very sad look on her face.
"The Sephiroth you know was evil, vicious and cruel. But you don't know him, you never did. He was a kind and loving father as well as a strong- willed sorcerer. He wouldn't hurt a fly. He loved my mother-" Rae stopped to think about something.
"What is it, Rae?" Sephiroth asked.
"The keys. They're all here."
"What?" Cloud asked.
"Keys to mother's grave."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Sephiroth ordered.
"You. Katarif. Cloud. Red. All keys. All here. But one is missing." Rae sighed.
"You speak in riddles." Cloud said.
"You'll see later." Rae said as she ran inside. She ran to her room. Both Sephiroth and Cloud looked at each other in puzzlement. Sephiroth stepped back and pushed Cloud forward, toward to castle.
"What was that for?" Cloud exclaimed.
"Go inside. Nights are getting cold nowadays." Sephiroth replied.
Cloud obeyed and went inside to look for Rae.
Meanwhile, Rae was lying on her bed, remembering what had happened a few minutes ago. She touched her lips.
"Poor Cloud. Fooled by his own love. Then again, nobody would know this secret just by looking." She said to herself. Windom came up and whined.
"What is it, Wind?"
He motioned to underneath the bed.
"Underneath?" Rae pulled out a box form underneath the bed. Opened it, went through the old pictures, until she came upon a blue, rather large, spherical gem, like an orb.
"This, Wind?" She held it up to Windom.
He barked, saying "Yeah."
"Do you know what it is?"
Wind nodded.
"What is it?"
Windom shook his head.
"Well, your no help." Rae put the box back, still holding the gem.
"It's heavy." Rae found a small pillow, placed the pillow on her dresser, and carefully placed the gem on the pillow.
Rae sat on her bed, staring at the ceiling with pealing paint. Rae used a spell to fix this, but also turning the ceiling pink.
"Ew! Pink!" Rae quickly changed it to white. While she was doing this, she heard a loud thud on the floor. She looked down to see what it was. She almost broke up laughing, seeing the knocked out Seymour on the floor, and having a rather large dent in his head. Rae noticed that the gem had rolled off the pillow, and figured it had landed on him, protecting it from shattering on the stone floor.
Rae carefully stepped out of the room. She found Tifa standing outside her door, whistling.
"What are you doing?" Rae asked.
"Nothing, just saw Seymour walking by, and saw the crystal ball on your dresser about to fall, so I pushed him in and saved the crystal ball." Tifa replied. Rikku came out from behind her.
"Yeah right, you wanted to steal it so Yuffie doesn't blackmail you." Rikku poked Tifa's shoulder.
"Shush, you little thief." Tifa hushed Rikku.
Rae crossed her arms and tapped her foot.
"Tifa, is this true?"
"Yes." Tifa looked down.
Rae smirked and uncrossed her arms.
"How would you girls like to play a little trick on Yuffie?"
"Alright!" They said in unison.
"Okay, the plan is: Tifa, I'll look like you. Rikku, you just follow me, and don't say anything. Oh, Tifa, you dress up like me." Rae planned.
"Okay, but we look nothing alike." Tifa said.
"No problem." Rae said snapping her fingers and instantly looked exactly like Tifa.
"But I can't wear your clothes." Tifa stated again.
"Of course you can't. But I can do this." Rae said again snapping her fingers and making Tifa look exactly like Rae.
"Okay. Fair enough." Tifa shrugged.
"Now, plan is in session." Rae said just as she was about to take off but Tifa stopped her.
"What do I do?" She asked.
"Act like I would when I find someone trying to steal from me." Rae said running off pulling Rikku with her.
"Oh." Tifa said.
Rae was almost to where Yuffie was.
"Hey, Rae, what about the orb?" Rikku asked.
"This." Rae held up an orb that looked exactly alike the orb in her room.
"Your not going to give that to her, are you?"
"No, of course not. Here." Rae tossed Rikku the "orb".
"Hey, this is light!"
"Of course it is. It is made to look like it to fool thieves like you."
"But it's too light."
"Now it isn't." Rae snapped her fingers. Rikku almost dropped it.
"Wow."
"Also, you can drop it from any height and it won't break."
"Wow. Um, can you make it light again?"
"Yes." Rae changed it back. They were right in front of Yuffie's door. Rae knocked. Yuffie answered.
"Yes?" She asked.
"We're here to give you the orb." Rae said.
"Really? Thanks. May I have it now, Tifa?" She said holding out her hand.
"Okay." Rae dressed up like Tifa said as she turned the orb really, really heavy, but since Rae is really strong, she holds it like normal and gave it to Yuffie. Yuffie almost fell.
"Heavy!" She exclaimed.
"So what was this about you blackmailing Tifa?" Rae asked still dressed up as Tifa.
"You mean you?" Yuffie asked.
"No, I mean Tifa." Rae answered.
Tifa came up behind Rae.
"Uh, Tifa?" Yuffie pointed to Tifa who is dressed up as Rae.
"What? Tifa's here." Rae said not turning around.
"Huh?" Yuffie said.
"Hope you like the fake." Rae said turning both Tifa and herself normal. Yuffie was now very horrified.
"You tricked me." She exclaimed.
"You can't blackmail anybody here in this castle. And what was "The Great Ninja Yuffie" going to do with my orb?" Rae asked crossing her arms and tapping here foot.
"Uh, sell it." Yuffie answered as she looked at the floor.
"Boy, you can't tell what one thing is worth from another, that thing is worthless." Rae said as she turned around and headed to the secret path to the roof. Yuffie just stared at Tifa, as Tifa was about to punch her in the face. Rikku stopped Tifa from hurting her.
Rae walked up to the roof of the castle and sat down. Sephiroth was still there, staring at the pond. Then, even though it was night, everything changed to a bright, faded orange, and out in the yard there were people, a little girl, a small dragon, a woman, whose face cannot be seen, and a man with long white hair. Rae watched them play in the yard, although she was mostly trying to see the woman's face. The woman had long dark hair, with little dog-like ears on top of her head, and a long tail. The dragon was white but nothing else of it could be seen from where Rae was. The little girl had short metallic blue hair, a tail, and a pair of black wings.
Zidane came up from behind Rae.
"What are you doing up here?" Zidane asked.
"I can't remember her face." Rae said.
"What?"
"I can't remember." Rae said again.
Zidane walked over and sat next to Rae and watched what Rae was looking at. He somehow understood what Rae was saying.
"That little girl is you, right?" He asked.
"Yes."
"And that guy is your father?"
"Yes."
"That woman is your mother. It's been so long you don't remember her face, correct?"
"Yes."
"Don't worry, we'll find it, I'll make sure of it." Zidane put a hand on Rae's shoulder. Then everything in the yard changed back to normal; a dark yard, with Sephiroth looking into the pond, a nighttime forest and field of flowers on either side of the castle. Rae stood up.
"I know we will." She said staring at Sephiroth as the wind blew through her long hair.