(Author's Note: Well…thanks for the reviews…but here's chapter 2! Enjoy!)
Disclaimer: FF7 and Squaresoft are not mine. Any other character is…
Chapter 2
'Everything is so peaceful here,' the young woman thought as she gazed at the meadow around her. The grass was a lush green and swayed in the breeze. There were different kinds of flowers everywhere that were in full bloom and swayed with the grass.
She was sitting on a rock under a willow tree with her bare feet in the cold water of the crystal clear stream in front of her. She reached back and pulled her braided hair over her shoulder. She pulled out the ribbon that held it and undid the braid. She shook her head and the breeze caught the long golden brown tendrils, blowing them around her. She sighed and turned her soft emerald green gaze to the sky above.
There wasn't a single cloud in sight. The sky itself was a light purple/blue mix.
When she had first opened her eyes to the sky the day she had arrived she had thought that many moons hung there. But a closer look had said otherwise. They were planets.
She looked at one in particular. It was a blue and green ball that swirled with white. Her home planet…earth as it was called. She let her thoughts drift back to her time there…
One man instantly came to mind. Bright glowing blue eyes and spiky blonde hair. Cloud Strife was his name. She had only known him for awhile but she had felt something everytime he was close by. She had trouble breathing right around him. She had always felt warm and safe when she looked at him. A strange feeling always came over her…
But then another man's face came to mind. Bright glowing green/blue eyes in a face framed by long silver hair…Sephiroth. He had always been a dark shadow to her…one that had been above every step she took. One day the shadow had descended upon her bringing darkness and more pain and fear than she had ever known, even during the days when Shinra had chased her. That shadow could only be stopped by sacrifice. Her sacrifice.
She had been happy when the dark shadows disappeared from the planet. She would never truly forgive him for what he did to her. She shivered from a sudden chill.
She turned her thoughts to her other friends…Yuffie…a young energetic girl with stormy grey eyes and short brown hair. Yuffie was always thinking of new ways to steal materia and such. She had always smiled a big happy smile and had been a good friend.
Another face…Tifa. Tifa's maroon eyes had always been bright as had her smile. Her hair was long and brown in color. She was always by Cloud's side helping him…loving him from a distance. There had been tension between her and Tifa over Cloud's attention.
The next face…Cid. He was the pilot of the Highwind. The ship they had used to travel. His eyes were a clear blue and his hair a sandy blonde. He would do anything she asked. A friend she respected for his determination.
Barret was the next face. He was a friend who always wanted his opinion to be heard. He had been kind to her and always wanted the best for his daughter Marlene.
The next face…a cat like creature with fiery red fur and a flame tipped tail…Red or Nanaki…she called him Red. He was quiet and smart. He could understand her mood without her having to speak. He had cheered her up on more than one occasion.
Vincent…now he was interesting…always calm and quiet. He knew what he was doing without having to think about it. He had been there for her and had helped her just like the rest. She had tried everything to get him to forgive himself without luck. She wondered if he was still the same as he had been.
She was left to her thoughts for only a few more minutes.
"Aeris!" a feminine voice called to her.
She sighed and put her boots back on glancing at the flowers too. She stood and started walking towards her mother's voice ignoring the nagging feeling in the back of her mind like something was calling for her to return…
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