Author: Reno's past life with Tranquillitatis... oh fun.
Spiral: This shall be interesting
Blaed: Any blood and guts?
Spiral: In a memory?

Blaed: I can dream, can I?
Author: I'm going to start writing now... *leaves*

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Reno's Sad Past

It was I guess 19 years ago, I was living in the slums with my mom. The big kids always picked on me because I was small. I was 8 years old then, well, a bully took the cookies my mom baked for me and knocked me into the dirt. I couldn't help but cry as he ate my cookies and over a bad cut I got on my arm.

When the bully and his friends left, I was still crying. I was lonely, I didn't have any friends and I thought that I would never have any... until "Daijobou?" someone placed a hand on my shoulder and I looked up to see who it was. It was a girl a year younger than me, but I thought that she was around my age, her light green eyes had concern and sadness in them as she stared at me, but what really startled me was her hair color, it was the same color as mine.

I wiped my tears away and answered "Yeah... I'm ok..." and she smiled "I'm glad..." she said. She stared at the cut "You're bleeding." She said kneeling next to me, getting a better look at it "It's nothing... really..." I tried to reassure her, but she ignored me. She held her hand over the cut and closed her eyes, I stared at her hand and noticed a moon tattoo on the back and it started to glow. Soon my cut was gone and it didn't even leave a scar!

"Better?" she asked "Yeah... thanks..." I replied "Why are you so sad?" she asked me "The big kids pick on me." "Why?" "Because I'm small and I have red hair..." "That doesn't give them the right to do such a thing!" she exclaimed and I stared at her "That doesn't seem to be the only thing that's making you sad..." "I don't have any friends..." "I'll be your friend."

My eyes widen and I thought that I might cry again "Why would you want to make friends with me?" "Because I moved here with my mama and I don't have any friends." She told me and I was a little glad about it. "I'm Tranquillitatis." She introduced herself "Tranquil-what?" Tranquillitatis... I know my name is hard to pronounce so that's why I rather be called Tranquil for short. What's your name?" "...Reno...thanks Tranquil." And for the first time in my life, I smiled.
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"How sweet." Aeris commented "So you knew her since you were 8?" Rufus asked and Reno nodded "I never knew that she was some kind of..." "Rare breed..." Crisis finished "Yeah..." "What happened to her?" "Well... I'm going to finish my story..." "Go on than."
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The next day, I met Tranquillitatis' mama, she was very kind and happy to see that her daughter made a friend and soon she met my mom. We found out that we had so much in common besides having red hair, we both didn't have fathers, the only differences is that her father died before she was born and mine left me and my mom when I was 5. Both our moms became friends and whenever we went shopping with them; the adults would always joke about us being brothers and sisters, so we started treating each other that way.

This joke started because we went nowhere with out each other and no saw us without each other. We didn't care it was nice to pretend that we were related.

One day we started talking about our future, I don't remember how it started or who brought it up, but Tranquillitatis was really into knowing, I think it was her that asked me "What are you going to do when you're older Reno-kun?" "I don't know... probably get a good job with a steady pay so I can help my mom in her old age. How 'bout you?" "I don't know... I might not have a future..." "What do you mean?" "I don't know... sometimes... I don't think that moving here was a good idea... but I'm glad that I did, because I met you." She smiled at me and I smiled back "But if I do have a future, Reno-kun, let's live together! Ok? At least that way, we'll be together always and we won't get sad, because we won't be living away from each other." She held out her pinky and I took it in mine "It's a promise... sis." I said smiling.

"Isn't that sweet? The red head has a girlfriend." We turned to see the bully and his friends laughing and making fun of me. I felt heat crawl up my face and tears threaten to spill. "Leave him alone you stupid bully!" I heard Tranquillitatis tell the bully. "Little Riiiiiiiiino's girlfriend is trying to protect him." They laughed again "Why do you pick on him only?! Why not pick on some other poor defenseless kid?!" "Because Riiiiiiiiino is fun to pick on and it's also because you both have red hair." "What does that have to do with anything?" "Red hair is considered as whore hair. So both of you are whores."

I didn't understand what he meant, but I think Tranquillitatis had been called that before because she wasn't happy "I... am... not... a... WHORE!!!" "Oooooh, Riiiiiiiiino's girlfriend is upset. What are you going to do? Dress us up? Hit us like a girl?" "Oh no please don't hit us like a girl." Two of the bully's friends said pretending to be scared and they started laughing again.

That did it, I didn't care if they made fun of me, but to laugh and mock my friend was too far. "Look guys little Riiiiiiiiino is going to protect his little girlfriend whore." Tranquillitatis turned to me and it frighten me to see rage burn in her eyes, turning her lovely light green eyes into dark green ice. "Don't worry Reno-kun... I can handle these idiots..." she told me and another moon tattoo appeared on her forehead and the ones on her hands started to glow "What's she doing?" The bully asked.

She turned to them and placed a hand on the ground "Hold on to something Reno-kun...this is going to be a rocky ride." Then the ground started to shake "Ahhhhhh! Earthquake!" one of the bully's friends exclaimed and they ran away except the bully, he fell on his ass and some of his friends fell as well. I knew better than to believe it was an earthquake, Tranquillitatis caused it with some unknown powers she had. The bully got up and stared at us "Wh... what are you?" he asked her "Something unknown." She answered making fire appear in her hand "What are..." "This!" she threw the fire and it landed on the bully's foot. He screamed and tried to put it out.

When he did Tranquillitatis strolled up to him and told him "If you ever pick on Reno-kun, me, OR any other kids again, I promise you, the next time I use my powers on you, it'll kill you before you could scream." She scared him so bad that he wet himself and ran away. She turned to me, the moon tattoo was gone and her eyes were back to normal but she was nervous "Don't tell my mama I did that... that... that was the reason we had to move... some kids were picking on me because I look nothing like my mama and when they called me that... I used my powers on them and nearly... nearly... killed them..." "But... what are you?" I asked her "I don't know, I was born different, my mama told me I got my daddy's eyes but not his or her hair color... and I was born with the moon things and my mama and I don't know why... she made me promise not to use my powers... and I did... please don't tell her I did."

She was so upset and despite being different and born with powers, she was still my friend "I promise I won't." and she hugged me "Thank you Reno-kun."

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"So she told you what she was?" Elena asked and Reno shook his head
"No, she didn't know what she was either." "What happened to her after
that?"

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I kept my promise, I didn't tell her mama what she did... but eventually someone did find out because two weeks later, when I went over to her house, I found the door half open. Not knowing why it was left like that, I pushed it open. I stared in horror, her house was a mess! A table was turned over and the lamps and vases were smashed on the floor, the curtains pulled and the couch was ripped. Realizing that a robber or murderer had came into their house; I ran upstairs calling out Tranquillitatis' name "Tranquil! Tranquil! Where are you?!" my mom had watched the NEWS where a murderer had came into a house pretending to be a poor person and raped and killed the lady, and my mom explained what happen on the NEWS to me and I was afraid something like that had happen Tranquillitatis and her mother.

In the NEWS, the lady was found in her bed dead, so I went to Tranquillitatis' room and found it the same as her living room, but she wasn't anywhere in her room dead, that didn't mean that she could be in her mama's room, on the bed, both dead. So I ran to her mama's room and again no sign of them.

I ran downstairs and into the kitchen still calling her and her mama "Tranquil?! Ms. Era!" when I reached the kitchen it was as bad as the living room... the table was knocked over, the chairs was turned over, plates and cups were smashed on the floor, but was even more horrible was the blood splattered on the cabinet wall. I couldn't breath, only stare, and then I saw a hand behind the table "Tranquil?" I managed to choke out "Reno?" it was Tranquillitatis' mama.

I ran over to her and knelt next to her, she had been shot, blood was pooling around her, she had her hand pressed to the bullet hole, and I saw blood ran down the corner of her mouth... I realized whose blood had been splattered on the cabinet wall. "Ms. Era... what happened here?" I asked and she coughed up more blood "A Scientist... and SOLDIERS came... the Scientist wanted Tranquil because... of something she did... what did she do?" I couldn't keep the secret; I had to tell her "Yes... she used her powers on a bully..." I told her "What happened to Tranquil?" "When he told me why he wanted her... I told her to run and... I... I tried to stop them... they shot me..." "Where's Tranquil?!" I asked with tears running down my face "They... took her... they took her... to... the ShinRa... building..." and with that as her last breath, she died.

I stared at the dead woman, a few minutes past and I ran out of the house and ran as fast as I can, not knowing where was I going, or caring where I ended up. I tripped and landed in the dirt. I lay in the dirt and realization that Tranquillitatis is gone forever slowly crept into my head, tears slid to the dirt, I curled up in a ball crying, and then I screamed in anguish, over the lost of my dear friend...

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Author: *sniffles* oh gods.... That was SOOOOOOO sad...
Spiral: I agree...
Blaed: Disgusting...

A & S: *glares at Blaed*
Blaed: *gulps and sweat drops* I'll be over here...

End of Chapter 7