Cloud followed Aeris into the small shop. It was full of flowers. He smiled slightly. 'Trust Aeris to find a place like this.' he thought.
Aeris turned to look at Cloud. "Wait here, I'll be back." She said, before leaving the building.
Cloud looked at the assortment of people standing or sitting on the floor. Tifa was there, with Barret, Nanaki, and Vincent. There were a few other people whom he did not know as well.
"Cloud!" yelled Tifa, and ran up to him, "Aeris found you!"
"Do you have any idea of what's been going on?" Cloud asked her.
"Haven't got a clue." said one of the people Cloud didn't know, getting up and walking towards him, "Name's Zell." he said and held out his hand.
Cloud shook it and replied, "I'm Cloud."
Just then, there was a sound from outside, like an airship landing. A few minutes later, the door opened and more people walked in, Aeris being the first.
"Squall!" said a girl from right behind her, and she ran into the arms of the person who had been standing silent in the corner. After her came Cid, then a few more people he didn't know.
Aeris watched as everyone assembled. Once everyone had gotten comfortable, she looked around to make sure she had everyone gathered. "Hey-where's Yuffie? She was on the airship."
"I'm right here." said Yuffie, walking inside, her face looking a little green. "I had to take a side trip to the restroom."
"Well, I think that's everyone I could find that would be of any use, so let me explain-"
"Wait!" said a voice. Everyone turned to look at the person lounging against the wall, the brim of his cowboy hat pulled slightly over his face. "Where's Selphie?"
"And Cait Sith?" added Tifa.
Aeris' face fell, "I...I can't find them..." She looked as if she were about to cry again.
"It's okay, Aeris, Just please explain what's going on." Cloud said comfortingly.
"Right," Aeris said and took a deep breath. "When I died, I became the protector of the planet. It was my job to make sure that nothing happened to it. It was mainly to make sure that nothing like Meteor would ever happen again...and...and I failed," a shining tear fell down her cheek, "There was a ripple in the sky, I had never seen anything like it. It kept moving closer and closer. I looked very closely at it and to my suprise, found that there was a planet in it, about to collide with mine...so.... So I did the only thing I could do. I...I...when the planets collided..." she took another deep breath, "I melded them. What you find around you is the resulting chaos..." At this she fell into full blown tears. "I'm...so...so very...sorry."
Cloud walked forward. He placed a comforting hand on Aeris' shoulder. "It's okay, You did all you could do. It's better than both planets being destroyed. Everything will be all right." Since his back was toward Tifa, he didn't see her confused and slightly hurt look at that last statement.
"Aeris," asked Tifa, "Why are you...well...alive?"
Aeris wiped her tears off her face. "I...I think it's because both planets are confused. The lifestreams of each have been mixed. Many unwanted changes have happened. Plants have changed shapes, and flowers have changed smells, and colors have changed...and people who should be dead are now alive.... The planet that melded with ours has just had something very odd happened to it to it not long ago. I can't figure out just what. Something was compressed, or melded-"
"Time compression." Said a new voice from the corner. A person with brown hair and a scar in the middle of his head stepped forward. "A sorceress from the future was messing with time on our planet. It was called Time Compression."
Aeris looked at him and a knowing look dawned on her face. "Now it makes sense...I've got to go!" she said and rushed out the door.
"Aeris wait!" Cloud called after her, but it it was too late, she had already swept off with her new-found idea.
Seeing that there was no way to stop her, he instead turned to the person who had talked about time compression. "Hello, my name is Cloud," He said, and held out his hand. The person didn't shake it, so he put his hand down. "So, you're from the other planet." The person still didn't say or do anything.
"Oh, Squall, be a bit more friendly." said the girl who had run up to him earlier. She walked closer to where they were standing. "Hi, Cloud. I'm Rinoa, and this silent guy is Squall. Yes, we are from the other planet, though right now I think we're standing in a town from it." she turned to Squall, " This is where Ellone's from, isn't it?" Squall just nodded.
Cloud heard a voice whisper in his ear, "Not very talkative, is he?" he turned to see Tifa standing behing him, her green eyes looking amused. Wait-green eyes?
"Tifa, since when have your eyes been green?" he asked.
"Green!?" she said, alarmed., "Are they?"
Rinoa smiled at Tifa, "They most definately are. Are they not supposed to be?"
"No, they're not! I have red eyes!." Tifa exclaimed
"Here," said Rinoa, handing her a mirror, "See for yourself."
"Whoa! That's definantly a new look on me." Tifa said, amazed.
"It must be because of the planets melding. Didn't Aeris say something about changes?" Rinoa asked, and then gasped and looked in the mirror herself, "Oh, good, my eyes are still brown- wait! My highlights are blonde!! They WERE red..." Rinoa ran her fingers through her hair.
"I think it's cute." Tifa said.
"Really?" asked Rinoa.
Squall, who was never fond of girl talk, had already walked away. Cloud was beginning to think it was a good idea and was just turning when Tifa asked, "Cloud, do you mind me having green eyes?"
Cloud thought it was an odd question, but answered, "Of course not, green eyes are very pretty." To his surprise, a troubled look came over her face, but he shrugged and walked over to where Vincent, Nanaki, and Barret were gathered.
Rinoa caught the look on Tifa's face, and once Cloud had walked away, she asked, "What's wrong?"
Tifa sighed and turned to her, "It's nothing."
"Nonsense. Something's troubling you, what is it?"
"Well...A while ago, Aeris died...and now she's back."
"I get it. You're afraid that Cloud likes her more than you. Tell me, what makes you think that?" Rinoa prompted.
Tifa sighed again, "Because Aeris has green eyes."
Hermionehobbit: Wow, for me, that's a long chapter. Kinda sad too...poor Tifa, don't you think Squall?
Squall: Yeah, whatever...
Hermionehobbit: Squall, Squall, Squall, I roll my eyes at you. Hey Kadaj, why don't you tell them to review?
Kadaj: Yes, why?
Hermionehobbit: Grrrr. Guys are so stubborn. Anyway, Please review!
Aeris turned to look at Cloud. "Wait here, I'll be back." She said, before leaving the building.
Cloud looked at the assortment of people standing or sitting on the floor. Tifa was there, with Barret, Nanaki, and Vincent. There were a few other people whom he did not know as well.
"Cloud!" yelled Tifa, and ran up to him, "Aeris found you!"
"Do you have any idea of what's been going on?" Cloud asked her.
"Haven't got a clue." said one of the people Cloud didn't know, getting up and walking towards him, "Name's Zell." he said and held out his hand.
Cloud shook it and replied, "I'm Cloud."
Just then, there was a sound from outside, like an airship landing. A few minutes later, the door opened and more people walked in, Aeris being the first.
"Squall!" said a girl from right behind her, and she ran into the arms of the person who had been standing silent in the corner. After her came Cid, then a few more people he didn't know.
Aeris watched as everyone assembled. Once everyone had gotten comfortable, she looked around to make sure she had everyone gathered. "Hey-where's Yuffie? She was on the airship."
"I'm right here." said Yuffie, walking inside, her face looking a little green. "I had to take a side trip to the restroom."
"Well, I think that's everyone I could find that would be of any use, so let me explain-"
"Wait!" said a voice. Everyone turned to look at the person lounging against the wall, the brim of his cowboy hat pulled slightly over his face. "Where's Selphie?"
"And Cait Sith?" added Tifa.
Aeris' face fell, "I...I can't find them..." She looked as if she were about to cry again.
"It's okay, Aeris, Just please explain what's going on." Cloud said comfortingly.
"Right," Aeris said and took a deep breath. "When I died, I became the protector of the planet. It was my job to make sure that nothing happened to it. It was mainly to make sure that nothing like Meteor would ever happen again...and...and I failed," a shining tear fell down her cheek, "There was a ripple in the sky, I had never seen anything like it. It kept moving closer and closer. I looked very closely at it and to my suprise, found that there was a planet in it, about to collide with mine...so.... So I did the only thing I could do. I...I...when the planets collided..." she took another deep breath, "I melded them. What you find around you is the resulting chaos..." At this she fell into full blown tears. "I'm...so...so very...sorry."
Cloud walked forward. He placed a comforting hand on Aeris' shoulder. "It's okay, You did all you could do. It's better than both planets being destroyed. Everything will be all right." Since his back was toward Tifa, he didn't see her confused and slightly hurt look at that last statement.
"Aeris," asked Tifa, "Why are you...well...alive?"
Aeris wiped her tears off her face. "I...I think it's because both planets are confused. The lifestreams of each have been mixed. Many unwanted changes have happened. Plants have changed shapes, and flowers have changed smells, and colors have changed...and people who should be dead are now alive.... The planet that melded with ours has just had something very odd happened to it to it not long ago. I can't figure out just what. Something was compressed, or melded-"
"Time compression." Said a new voice from the corner. A person with brown hair and a scar in the middle of his head stepped forward. "A sorceress from the future was messing with time on our planet. It was called Time Compression."
Aeris looked at him and a knowing look dawned on her face. "Now it makes sense...I've got to go!" she said and rushed out the door.
"Aeris wait!" Cloud called after her, but it it was too late, she had already swept off with her new-found idea.
Seeing that there was no way to stop her, he instead turned to the person who had talked about time compression. "Hello, my name is Cloud," He said, and held out his hand. The person didn't shake it, so he put his hand down. "So, you're from the other planet." The person still didn't say or do anything.
"Oh, Squall, be a bit more friendly." said the girl who had run up to him earlier. She walked closer to where they were standing. "Hi, Cloud. I'm Rinoa, and this silent guy is Squall. Yes, we are from the other planet, though right now I think we're standing in a town from it." she turned to Squall, " This is where Ellone's from, isn't it?" Squall just nodded.
Cloud heard a voice whisper in his ear, "Not very talkative, is he?" he turned to see Tifa standing behing him, her green eyes looking amused. Wait-green eyes?
"Tifa, since when have your eyes been green?" he asked.
"Green!?" she said, alarmed., "Are they?"
Rinoa smiled at Tifa, "They most definately are. Are they not supposed to be?"
"No, they're not! I have red eyes!." Tifa exclaimed
"Here," said Rinoa, handing her a mirror, "See for yourself."
"Whoa! That's definantly a new look on me." Tifa said, amazed.
"It must be because of the planets melding. Didn't Aeris say something about changes?" Rinoa asked, and then gasped and looked in the mirror herself, "Oh, good, my eyes are still brown- wait! My highlights are blonde!! They WERE red..." Rinoa ran her fingers through her hair.
"I think it's cute." Tifa said.
"Really?" asked Rinoa.
Squall, who was never fond of girl talk, had already walked away. Cloud was beginning to think it was a good idea and was just turning when Tifa asked, "Cloud, do you mind me having green eyes?"
Cloud thought it was an odd question, but answered, "Of course not, green eyes are very pretty." To his surprise, a troubled look came over her face, but he shrugged and walked over to where Vincent, Nanaki, and Barret were gathered.
Rinoa caught the look on Tifa's face, and once Cloud had walked away, she asked, "What's wrong?"
Tifa sighed and turned to her, "It's nothing."
"Nonsense. Something's troubling you, what is it?"
"Well...A while ago, Aeris died...and now she's back."
"I get it. You're afraid that Cloud likes her more than you. Tell me, what makes you think that?" Rinoa prompted.
Tifa sighed again, "Because Aeris has green eyes."
Hermionehobbit: Wow, for me, that's a long chapter. Kinda sad too...poor Tifa, don't you think Squall?
Squall: Yeah, whatever...
Hermionehobbit: Squall, Squall, Squall, I roll my eyes at you. Hey Kadaj, why don't you tell them to review?
Kadaj: Yes, why?
Hermionehobbit: Grrrr. Guys are so stubborn. Anyway, Please review!