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Prologue II
Aeris
Everything was a blur. The girl would probably have enjoyed her first train ride if she and her mother were not fleeing for their lives. It wouldn't be long before the ShinRa caught up with them. She glanced over at her mother. Ifalna was breathing heavily and bleeding just as much from the bullet wound.
"Mommy..?"
The woman smiled weakly at her daughter and nodded. The girl went over to her and sat down. They sat in silence for a few moments.
"Mommy..."
"Hmmm...?"
The girl averted her gaze to stare out of a nearby window.
"Will...will everything be alright?"
"I...wish I could say for sure," Ifalna breathed, "but I...don't know."
The girl sniffled and fell silent again. When Ifalna looked to her again, she was fast asleep.
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(Brilliant darkness...)
~ARISE LADY~
(...surrounds me...)
~OPEN YOUR HEART~
(...it comforts me...)
~AFTER SO LONG~
(...in my time of pain...)
~THE DOOR...~
(...but how long...)
~...HAS OPENED~
(...will it last...?)
~THE PROMISED LAND BECKONS~
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"Wake up! Wake up!"
The girl's eyes fluttered open to find her mother shaking her gently.
"What's going on, Mommy?"
Ifalna offered her a reassuring smile.
"We have to get off of the train now."
The child complied quickly, helping the older woman to stand. As quickly as they could, mother and daughter hurried off the train.
It was a slow day at the Sector 5 train station. Slow, peaceful, and utterly boring.
Or so it seemed.
The last train of the day pulled into the station lazily. The passengers got off the vehicle just as lazily. But the last two... All made way for them; a small girl helping along a badly injured woman.
Ifalna collapsed on the steps of the platform, gasping for air.
"Mommy! Get up, we have to keep going!" Aeris did not even try to stop the tears flowing from her eyes.
"Let me...rest...just for a moment..."
The girl squeezed her hand, shaking a bit.
"Oh my goodness! Are you alright?!"
The two turned to see a woman about the same age as Ifalna hurry over. She had a green and white dress, and her hair was done up in a tidy bun. Ifalna took in a shaky breath before adressing the woman.
"Please...miss...do something for me...?"
The woman nodded. Ifalna's vision began to blur.
(No, not yet...let me finish...)
"T-take my daughter...take Aeris somewhere safe..."
The world faded.
Elmyra Gainsborough placed the young girl named Aeris down on the small guest bed. She sighed.
"M-mommy..." Aeris murmured in her sleep.
Elmyra shook her head sadly and retreated into her own bedroom. That night, she shed tears for the now motherless little girl.
(I hoped you liked this chapter as much as you did the last one. Oh, and does anyone think they can guess what Cloud is by the next chapter? As usual, reviews and constructive critisism will be most inspiring! 'Til next time!)
Diamond Weapon
Prologue II
Aeris
Everything was a blur. The girl would probably have enjoyed her first train ride if she and her mother were not fleeing for their lives. It wouldn't be long before the ShinRa caught up with them. She glanced over at her mother. Ifalna was breathing heavily and bleeding just as much from the bullet wound.
"Mommy..?"
The woman smiled weakly at her daughter and nodded. The girl went over to her and sat down. They sat in silence for a few moments.
"Mommy..."
"Hmmm...?"
The girl averted her gaze to stare out of a nearby window.
"Will...will everything be alright?"
"I...wish I could say for sure," Ifalna breathed, "but I...don't know."
The girl sniffled and fell silent again. When Ifalna looked to her again, she was fast asleep.
_______________________________________________________________________
(Brilliant darkness...)
~ARISE LADY~
(...surrounds me...)
~OPEN YOUR HEART~
(...it comforts me...)
~AFTER SO LONG~
(...in my time of pain...)
~THE DOOR...~
(...but how long...)
~...HAS OPENED~
(...will it last...?)
~THE PROMISED LAND BECKONS~
_______________________________________________________________________
"Wake up! Wake up!"
The girl's eyes fluttered open to find her mother shaking her gently.
"What's going on, Mommy?"
Ifalna offered her a reassuring smile.
"We have to get off of the train now."
The child complied quickly, helping the older woman to stand. As quickly as they could, mother and daughter hurried off the train.
It was a slow day at the Sector 5 train station. Slow, peaceful, and utterly boring.
Or so it seemed.
The last train of the day pulled into the station lazily. The passengers got off the vehicle just as lazily. But the last two... All made way for them; a small girl helping along a badly injured woman.
Ifalna collapsed on the steps of the platform, gasping for air.
"Mommy! Get up, we have to keep going!" Aeris did not even try to stop the tears flowing from her eyes.
"Let me...rest...just for a moment..."
The girl squeezed her hand, shaking a bit.
"Oh my goodness! Are you alright?!"
The two turned to see a woman about the same age as Ifalna hurry over. She had a green and white dress, and her hair was done up in a tidy bun. Ifalna took in a shaky breath before adressing the woman.
"Please...miss...do something for me...?"
The woman nodded. Ifalna's vision began to blur.
(No, not yet...let me finish...)
"T-take my daughter...take Aeris somewhere safe..."
The world faded.
Elmyra Gainsborough placed the young girl named Aeris down on the small guest bed. She sighed.
"M-mommy..." Aeris murmured in her sleep.
Elmyra shook her head sadly and retreated into her own bedroom. That night, she shed tears for the now motherless little girl.
(I hoped you liked this chapter as much as you did the last one. Oh, and does anyone think they can guess what Cloud is by the next chapter? As usual, reviews and constructive critisism will be most inspiring! 'Til next time!)
Diamond Weapon