Disclaimer: Final Fantasy does not belong to me. It belongs to Squaresoft,
wonderful video game makers that they are.
Author's Note: Okay, finally some Aeris for all the Aeris fans out there! Woo-hoo! Not much to say tonight. Tired. Read story.
Chapter 11:
Confused Image
"Okay, class, remember to do your homework, and have a nice weekend!"
Aeris smiled at Lily, and found that she really wished she was outside instead of stuck in the classroom. Of course, the weekend was here already, and she could spend all the time she wanted to outside in her mother's flower garden. It was a nice change from the confines of school.
"Hey, Aeris, wanna come over to my house today?" Lily asked while packing up her books.
Aeris nodded. "Sure, but I've gotta stop home first."
Lily pulled her backpack over her shoulders and said, "Okay. Come by later, then, or tomorrow. Whatever."
Aeris nodded and waved good-bye to Lily. The rest of the class was also leaving, and Aeris hurried to catch up. But before she left, she turned around to look at an empty seat whose occupant had been the center of her thoughts for a few days.
Where was he, anyway? No matter how hard Aeris tried to find him, she never could. When she asked the planet, it just told her to be patient. Well, patience wasn't her strong suit, and she really was worried about him.
She sighed. She would ask the planet one more time, when she got home today. It was all she could do, really.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Elmyra watched Aeris coming through the window. She smiled and waited for her to come up the walkway before opening the door.
"Hi, honey," she said. "How was your day today?"
"Good. Lily invited me over to her house to play, so I think I'm going to go after dinner."
Elmyra nodded and watched as Aeris went upstairs. She turned around when she heard Aeris running down the steps. Aeris ran out to the garden and looked up at the sky. Elmyra shook her head and began to make dinner. Aeris would be awhile.
~*~*~*~*~*~
When she had gone home, the planet had begged her to listen to it. There was some awful, dreadful news, but she couldn't figure out what it was. It was something bad, but what?
Aeris asked about Sephiroth, but still no word on that.
What was it about the boy that intrigued her so? She barely knew him; in fact you really couldn't consider them friend. They had, what, maybe two or three conversations together? If you could call his one-word monotonous answers a conversation. And he had always acted so cold towards her. She didn't understand him at all.
Then again, he had acted cold towards everyone. It wasn't as if he was being singularly difficult towards her. Maybe it was the only way he knew how to act. Even when someone invited him to do something, he preferred to stand in his corner and be alone. Why would anyone prefer that? She really couldn't understand him at all.
Her musing was interrupted when the planet suddenly sent her an image. Distress, pain, suffering, similar to what she had been hearing form it all day. But, strangely, it still wasn't clear.
Worry caused her to frown. Maybe it had something to do with Sephiroth? Perhaps, but even if it was him, what could she do about it? Maybe she was just being overly sensitive.
That must be it. She probably was just overreacting.
After all, she didn't know whether or not he was alright. What with that stretcher coming to take him to the hospital. What had been wrong with him, anyway?
"Aeris!"
Her head quickly turned to meet her mother's eyes. "Yeah?"
"Come on in! Dinner's ready!"
Aeris smiled. "Okay!"
Ah, well. It was probably nothing, right?
~*~*~*~*~*~
Shining green eyes stared at the ceiling. Light brown hair flowed down the side of her shoulders, and her fingers drummed absently on her thigh. What exactly had the planet been trying to tell her? She still didn't know.
Just as Aeris was about to go over to Lily's, out of sheer boredom, a thought hit her. The planet had finally sent her an image she could understand. A man, lying in a room, blood surrounding the floor around him. A woman, also surrounded in blood, cradling a crying baby. Others in the room, surrounding them, closing in on them.
But the focus of the image was on the man, and suddenly Aeris knew exactly who he was and why he was important. The message the planet had been trying to send her finally made sense.
Aeris threw open the door to her room and ran down the stairs. She stopped at the foot of the stairs and saw her mother milling about in the kitchen. Aeris moved closer to her, and waited until her mother looked at her curiously.
"Aeris, what is it?" she asked.
"I'm sorry, mommy."
"What? Why are you sorry, honey?"
"Someone very dear to you has just died."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Elmyra stared at her daughter in shock. What was she talking about? Who was there that could-
Her eyes widened. But he couldn't have… they would have sent her a message or something, right?
Yes. Yes, that's right. He wasn't dead. He was in Wutai, fighting a war that didn't need to be fought to gain territory that ShinRa didn't need to save his family that didn't need to be saved. There was nothing amiss there.
She glanced back up, but Aeris had already gone back up to her room. Oh, well.
Elmyra turned around and pushed the disturbing thoughts to the back of her mind. Everything was fine. Maybe Aeris meant something else. But what?
She would have to ask the child later.
Author's Note: Okay, finally some Aeris for all the Aeris fans out there! Woo-hoo! Not much to say tonight. Tired. Read story.
Chapter 11:
Confused Image
"Okay, class, remember to do your homework, and have a nice weekend!"
Aeris smiled at Lily, and found that she really wished she was outside instead of stuck in the classroom. Of course, the weekend was here already, and she could spend all the time she wanted to outside in her mother's flower garden. It was a nice change from the confines of school.
"Hey, Aeris, wanna come over to my house today?" Lily asked while packing up her books.
Aeris nodded. "Sure, but I've gotta stop home first."
Lily pulled her backpack over her shoulders and said, "Okay. Come by later, then, or tomorrow. Whatever."
Aeris nodded and waved good-bye to Lily. The rest of the class was also leaving, and Aeris hurried to catch up. But before she left, she turned around to look at an empty seat whose occupant had been the center of her thoughts for a few days.
Where was he, anyway? No matter how hard Aeris tried to find him, she never could. When she asked the planet, it just told her to be patient. Well, patience wasn't her strong suit, and she really was worried about him.
She sighed. She would ask the planet one more time, when she got home today. It was all she could do, really.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Elmyra watched Aeris coming through the window. She smiled and waited for her to come up the walkway before opening the door.
"Hi, honey," she said. "How was your day today?"
"Good. Lily invited me over to her house to play, so I think I'm going to go after dinner."
Elmyra nodded and watched as Aeris went upstairs. She turned around when she heard Aeris running down the steps. Aeris ran out to the garden and looked up at the sky. Elmyra shook her head and began to make dinner. Aeris would be awhile.
~*~*~*~*~*~
When she had gone home, the planet had begged her to listen to it. There was some awful, dreadful news, but she couldn't figure out what it was. It was something bad, but what?
Aeris asked about Sephiroth, but still no word on that.
What was it about the boy that intrigued her so? She barely knew him; in fact you really couldn't consider them friend. They had, what, maybe two or three conversations together? If you could call his one-word monotonous answers a conversation. And he had always acted so cold towards her. She didn't understand him at all.
Then again, he had acted cold towards everyone. It wasn't as if he was being singularly difficult towards her. Maybe it was the only way he knew how to act. Even when someone invited him to do something, he preferred to stand in his corner and be alone. Why would anyone prefer that? She really couldn't understand him at all.
Her musing was interrupted when the planet suddenly sent her an image. Distress, pain, suffering, similar to what she had been hearing form it all day. But, strangely, it still wasn't clear.
Worry caused her to frown. Maybe it had something to do with Sephiroth? Perhaps, but even if it was him, what could she do about it? Maybe she was just being overly sensitive.
That must be it. She probably was just overreacting.
After all, she didn't know whether or not he was alright. What with that stretcher coming to take him to the hospital. What had been wrong with him, anyway?
"Aeris!"
Her head quickly turned to meet her mother's eyes. "Yeah?"
"Come on in! Dinner's ready!"
Aeris smiled. "Okay!"
Ah, well. It was probably nothing, right?
~*~*~*~*~*~
Shining green eyes stared at the ceiling. Light brown hair flowed down the side of her shoulders, and her fingers drummed absently on her thigh. What exactly had the planet been trying to tell her? She still didn't know.
Just as Aeris was about to go over to Lily's, out of sheer boredom, a thought hit her. The planet had finally sent her an image she could understand. A man, lying in a room, blood surrounding the floor around him. A woman, also surrounded in blood, cradling a crying baby. Others in the room, surrounding them, closing in on them.
But the focus of the image was on the man, and suddenly Aeris knew exactly who he was and why he was important. The message the planet had been trying to send her finally made sense.
Aeris threw open the door to her room and ran down the stairs. She stopped at the foot of the stairs and saw her mother milling about in the kitchen. Aeris moved closer to her, and waited until her mother looked at her curiously.
"Aeris, what is it?" she asked.
"I'm sorry, mommy."
"What? Why are you sorry, honey?"
"Someone very dear to you has just died."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Elmyra stared at her daughter in shock. What was she talking about? Who was there that could-
Her eyes widened. But he couldn't have… they would have sent her a message or something, right?
Yes. Yes, that's right. He wasn't dead. He was in Wutai, fighting a war that didn't need to be fought to gain territory that ShinRa didn't need to save his family that didn't need to be saved. There was nothing amiss there.
She glanced back up, but Aeris had already gone back up to her room. Oh, well.
Elmyra turned around and pushed the disturbing thoughts to the back of her mind. Everything was fine. Maybe Aeris meant something else. But what?
She would have to ask the child later.