DISCLAIMER: The game--its character, story, and the like--of Final Fantasy VII belong to Square Enix, formerly Squaresoft. Only the plot of this story, as well as the original characters, belongs to me.

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"Oh, you're awake..."

Lisa opened her eyes to the sound of a woman's voice. After her vision had cleared, she could see a young woman with the kindest looking face she had ever seen.

"Where...where am I.....? How...how did I get here...?" She tried to sit up straight, but her back hurt and all she could do was groan.

The woman's bright emerald eyes softened in concern. "You poor thing, you must have hit your head too hard."

"Hit my...head?" Instinctively, her hand reached up to touch her temple.

The woman nodded. "Yes. I was passing by when I heard a loud thump coming from this alley. I came here to investigate, and found you."

"I...I see." Lisa decided to just leave at that. After all, how else can she explain that she did not belong to this world?

Slowly, she tried to stand up. The older girl immediately put down her flower basket and helped the girl up. "How are you feeling now?"

The younger girl leaned her right hand upon the wall, steadying herself, before turning to face the older one. "A little woozy, but I'll manage." She smiled slightly.

The emerald-eyed girl returned the smile with a bright one that was so hers. "That's good to hear."

Suddenly, a commotion could be heard outside of the alley.

"Did you see her?"

"One of our men saw her come here."

Both girls looked out onto the alley. The older caught Lisa's hand and spoke with urgency, "Listen, I have to go now. You don't mind, do you?"

The younger girl shook her head. "No..."

The emerald-eyed woman nodded, and picked up her flower basket. "Alright, I hope I'll get to see you soon....um..."

"Lisa." The young girl smiled.

"Well, Lisa. I hope we'll see each other, then." She waved and turned away.

"Wait!" The young girl caught on her arm. "I can help you get away from them, Miss Aeris."

The older woman's eyes widened in surprise. "How did you--?"

"There's no time to explain," She said, taking her arm and pulling Aeris with her. "We need to get you out of here before they catch you, fast." Together they both crouched behind the crate, and peered out onto the street. As Lisa had suspected, there were a lot of people in blue uniforms walking around. "What is the nearest safe place that you can get to from here?"

"The Church..."

Lisa nodded. "Alright, the plan's simple. I go out and distract them while you make an escape to the Church."

"But what about you?"

"Don't worry about me, I'll manage."

Aeris took her hand and held it gently. "Thank you. But why are you doing this?"

Lisa only smiled. "Because you're a really kind person, Miss Aeris." Then she stood up from the crate. "When I say the word "now", you run for it, alright?"

"Okay."

Walking up to one of the men clad in blue suits, she tapped his shoulder. "Um...excuse me...."

The blue-suited man turned around roughly, looking at her sternly. "Whaddaya want, kid? Doncha see we're busy?"

Lisa took a step back in shock, not expecting to see this person face-to-face. "Reno?!"

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Author's Notes:

Wow, I got the third chapter up this soon! ....yeah I know it's another short one but I just can't help it! I'm used to writing short chapters. For the background music, hmmm....I think the fitting one would be "Flowers Blooming in the Church", you know the music used whenever Aeris is inside the Church?

Anyways, I would like to thank Blue-Eyed Disgrace for being my second reviewer! I will do my best in continuing this. As for the girl's description, I saved it for the next chapter, so stay tuned! Please keep on reading and reviewing!!