(This whole chapter takes place in a dream. That is all.)
Chapter 3
The Garden of Dreams
The air held the strong scent of flowers. It was dark, though. Too dark to see anything. This disturbed Cloud a bit, since his darkness sight should have kicked in by now. Just where was this?
A large beam of light then fell from above, illuminating a small area around him. A similar beam lit up another area nearby. Standing at it's center was a girl. She could be no older than he was, with sparkling emerald eyes, light brown hair, and a blue dress. She blinked at him.
"Are you Cetra too?" she asked.
"Maybe," Cloud replied.
Wait- this girl was a Cetra? She frowned at him slightly.
"You've gotta be! Otherwise you wouldn't be able to come here," she stated matter-of factly.
"Where is 'here'?"
"Can't you tell?"
Cloud looked around, but still saw nothing. He shook his head. his caused her frown to deepen.
"This is Remora'sien, the garden of Destiny."
"Garden? Then where are all of the flowers?"
The girl gave him a look that shouted, "are you insane?!" After a moment she let out a gasp.
"What do _you_ see?"
"I don't see anything. It's really dark."
"One whose vision is clouded by shadows," she murmmured softly.
She remained lost in thought for some time, and Cloud was begining to feel unnerved. After a while, she walked up to him, the light following her.
"What's your name? I'm Aeris."
Cloud was getting a little sick of introducing himself, but did so anyway. He and Aeris talked for a while. They were more alike than they seemed, yet more different than they seemed. Like darkness and light.
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The two young Cetra met in Remora'sien almost every night after that. Cloud told Aeris one night that his adoptive mother had insisted he start school soon, so he would not have as much time to focus on the garden as he did now.
"It's alright," she had replied. "I gotta go to school soon, too."
During their last few days of full focus, Aeris attempted to help Cloud to see the garden. It seemed as though it was hiding from him.
"It's no use," he'd said one night. "I just can't see it."
"Don't say that!" Aeris chided. "There _is_ a way! I know it!"
Cloud sighed, and they both began thinking again. Aeris suddenly had a look of enlightenment on her face.
"Why don't we ask?"
"Huh?" Cloud was genuinely confused.
"You know! Ask the Planet."
The blonde youth slapped himself mentally for not thinking of that in the first place. He nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. But can we ask from here?"
"I think so."
The two called out to the Planet, and were answered almost immediately.
~Ah, it has been some time, Cloud. How do you fare?~
"I'm alright," he replied as respectfully as possible.
"Umm, Lady Gaia?" Aeris spoke up. "We have a question."
~You wish to know why Cloud cannot see the garden of Destiny.~
They both nodded. Gaia was silent for a moment. The two children waited as patiently as they could. Cloud was quite nervous about what the answer might be.
~Cloud's soul is Dark~ Gaia 'said' finally. ~The garden can only be seen by those whose souls are Light.~
Thus the two were left to ponder these words.
(Uh, this chapter was mildly weird, and made almost no sense, but oh well! ^_^' Oh, and sorry about my ignorance, as I am still more than a little confused to how this site works, but how do you change the font so that it shows when a story is uploaded? Heh, I think ignorance is a bit of an understatement...)
-Diamond Weapon
Chapter 3
The Garden of Dreams
The air held the strong scent of flowers. It was dark, though. Too dark to see anything. This disturbed Cloud a bit, since his darkness sight should have kicked in by now. Just where was this?
A large beam of light then fell from above, illuminating a small area around him. A similar beam lit up another area nearby. Standing at it's center was a girl. She could be no older than he was, with sparkling emerald eyes, light brown hair, and a blue dress. She blinked at him.
"Are you Cetra too?" she asked.
"Maybe," Cloud replied.
Wait- this girl was a Cetra? She frowned at him slightly.
"You've gotta be! Otherwise you wouldn't be able to come here," she stated matter-of factly.
"Where is 'here'?"
"Can't you tell?"
Cloud looked around, but still saw nothing. He shook his head. his caused her frown to deepen.
"This is Remora'sien, the garden of Destiny."
"Garden? Then where are all of the flowers?"
The girl gave him a look that shouted, "are you insane?!" After a moment she let out a gasp.
"What do _you_ see?"
"I don't see anything. It's really dark."
"One whose vision is clouded by shadows," she murmmured softly.
She remained lost in thought for some time, and Cloud was begining to feel unnerved. After a while, she walked up to him, the light following her.
"What's your name? I'm Aeris."
Cloud was getting a little sick of introducing himself, but did so anyway. He and Aeris talked for a while. They were more alike than they seemed, yet more different than they seemed. Like darkness and light.
_______________________________________________________________________
The two young Cetra met in Remora'sien almost every night after that. Cloud told Aeris one night that his adoptive mother had insisted he start school soon, so he would not have as much time to focus on the garden as he did now.
"It's alright," she had replied. "I gotta go to school soon, too."
During their last few days of full focus, Aeris attempted to help Cloud to see the garden. It seemed as though it was hiding from him.
"It's no use," he'd said one night. "I just can't see it."
"Don't say that!" Aeris chided. "There _is_ a way! I know it!"
Cloud sighed, and they both began thinking again. Aeris suddenly had a look of enlightenment on her face.
"Why don't we ask?"
"Huh?" Cloud was genuinely confused.
"You know! Ask the Planet."
The blonde youth slapped himself mentally for not thinking of that in the first place. He nodded in agreement.
"Yeah. But can we ask from here?"
"I think so."
The two called out to the Planet, and were answered almost immediately.
~Ah, it has been some time, Cloud. How do you fare?~
"I'm alright," he replied as respectfully as possible.
"Umm, Lady Gaia?" Aeris spoke up. "We have a question."
~You wish to know why Cloud cannot see the garden of Destiny.~
They both nodded. Gaia was silent for a moment. The two children waited as patiently as they could. Cloud was quite nervous about what the answer might be.
~Cloud's soul is Dark~ Gaia 'said' finally. ~The garden can only be seen by those whose souls are Light.~
Thus the two were left to ponder these words.
(Uh, this chapter was mildly weird, and made almost no sense, but oh well! ^_^' Oh, and sorry about my ignorance, as I am still more than a little confused to how this site works, but how do you change the font so that it shows when a story is uploaded? Heh, I think ignorance is a bit of an understatement...)
-Diamond Weapon