Part Eight

He stood up, looking to his surrounds. It was clear, looking to be a beautiful morning. He soon realized what had happened, and looked around, trying to find anyone he knew. He soon did, finding Riku and Jeria after, Cloud and Aerith come up behind. He just shrugged as Riku exclaimed that they were standing in water, staring off as the sky turned a rich orange and the water a dark blue. But he thought he hear something, and apparently everyone else did, and turned to look that way.

"What is that?" Aeith questioned in responds to no one.

"Don't know," Cloud answered, walking forward to where the sound came from.

They all began to walk from where the sound was coming from, sounding like music, as they saw a pink spot in the distance. As they approached, they saw that this was not a spot at all, but a flack of flamingos. Vincent stopped, shaking his head.

"Oh no, no more! The last planet we were on had brooms, and I can see where this is going for having flamingos!"

"It's not like they're going to grow back if you chop their heads off, Vincent," Cloud stated.

"But that's the horror. How do you know?!"

"Well, I don't, but they're just flamingos! Get a grip, man!"

"You're right, you're right...I'll just keep repeating that they're flamingos...just flamingos..."

Cloud rolled his eyes and walked on with the rest of them, coming ear the birds. The music was at it's loudest when they were finally face to face, the birds waking up. They saw them, and skated near, all in line but one.

"Excuse me, but do you know if there's someone we can talk to?"

They all shook their head simultaneously, waiting for the next question to be ask. Jeria peeked around the corner, seeing the other flamingo and her eyes widening with wonder. She blinked, making sure she was seeing right, as she stood up straight again. She looked over to Vincent who stood next to her along with Riku, seeing his unblinking eyes fixated on the flamingo behind too. She nodded her head, and he snapped out of it, looking down at her.

"You know what," she whispered, "I think I'm not so sure about this world either. I mean, are you seeing what I'm seeing?"

"The question is, are you seeing what I'm seeing, and I'm not just going insane," he replied in a whisper.

"You mean the flamingo with the yo-yo? Yeah, I see it."

"Oh good. I'm not the only one."

The flamingos in line heard them, their eyes narrowing and turning to find the one flamingo doing tricks. They snuck up behind him, grabbing him by the neck with one of their feet and bring him back into the water, stomping on it and soon shaking each other's hands. But suddenly the flamingo appeared, wrapping them all quickly in one of the yo-yo strings, twirling them on its head and doing some more tricks. They all just stared, Aerith trying to get through and asking him a question.

"Well, can you at least point us into the direction where we can find people like us?"

The flamingo stopped, throwing an extra yo-yo in the direction they were to go. Stupidly, Riku pointed out his hand, trying to be funny.

"Quick, follow that yo-yo!" he shouted, and they all looked back and stared.

Jeria laughed, shaking her head and slapping her forehead. "Riku, never say that again..."

"Yeah, I don't plan on it,' he laughed back. "I just thought it would be funny."

"Don't worry," she said, patting him on the shoulder and walking on with the rest, "it was."

He grinned, following. They walked in the direction of which it had gone, but did not find it. It soon got colder, the water getting deeper as they went. Finally they stopped, seeing no point.

"Okay, why are we going this way?" Aerith asked.

"I don't know, you asked the flamingo," Cloud stated.

"Yes, but I didn't expect him to throw a yo-yo to show us the way!"

"What do you expect? A tour around the world?" Vincent stated sarcastically.

Riku crossed his arms, freezing. Even though he was wearing a coat, it was blistering cold in the wind. He looked over to Jeria who stood far off. He stopped shivering, seeing her calm expression in the wind. She did not even blink, though she wore her same t-shirt and jeans. He black hair fell across her face, snowflakes beginning to fall onto her head. He walked over, trying to ask what was up, but she stopped him and held up and hand, soon turning to him with a smile.

"Our ride is coming."

"What?"

"You'll see."

And soon enough, he heard a sound of an animal, and recognized it without a doubt. Soon, spreading through the mist, came whales, but the odd thing was that they were flying. Most pasted, as she looked up and held up a hand, the others from where they had been staring up, gazing over to her. A small, decent size baby whale came down, its dark brown eyes soft as if smiling. She got to level with it, tilting her head.

"Say, will you give us a ride to the nearest town around here."

It blew water from its head, agreeing with joy. She waved the others over and it got as low to the ground as it could, Jeria getting on. The others followed, and after they took off into the sky, where the rest of the herd was going. After a few moments, the whale flipped, making them fall off and into the clouds. Each of them shut their eyes, and when they opened, they found themselves standing, finally in a town.

But it was dark, no lights in any one the buildings. They looked to the people who stood about, frozen in this silent town. Aerith waved her hand over one of their eyes, but they did nothing. Cloud blinked, looking up to the clock tower building, which was the only thing moving.

"Alright, now I'm starting to have a bad feeling about all this," Cloud said, eyeing around.

"Told you," Vincent stated.

"I don't like the look of this," Riku exclaimed, shaking his head.

They jumped when they heard the clock bell ring, the hands of it reaching twelve. Suddenly, the town lightened, and the while world around them came to life...

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A/N HAHA! Not exactly what you were expecting for a new world, was it? But I like people guessing, so please guess what this place is and what the next place is, and please review!!!!