Chapter 2
The carriage took another hour to get to Nibelhiem and Sephiroth sat watching it approach, his buddies having already left, wondering why he was so intent on staying still for an hour. Sephiroth whittled down the time by talking to himself.
"Why do I want to know about whoever is coming if they probably will just leave to go to the reactor," He thought aloud.
He shrugged and carried on staring in the distance, having found a place to sit on the fence.
When the carriage finally arrived, Sephi jumped off the fence and followed it to the eerie gates of the old mansion.
It was a grand carriage. It was bore by four extremely rare full grown white chocobos and had harnesses of gold, as was the embroidery in gold. The words said in fancy writing ShinRa Inc.
He was about to get a glimpse of the people inside of the carriage when Vincent, Sephiroth's father called out," Sephiroth!! Get over here!"
Sephi jumped and sprinted back to his dad, asking," Yes?"
"Come inside, I will be making dinner soon," Vincent said quietly.
The teen snorted with laughter as he thought of his dad in an apron and mittens, cooking dinner and ran upstairs to his bedroom, his dad following.
They both stared out the window as people unloaded out of the over-sized carriage, Sephi continually asking Vincent questions.
"Who is that, with the blonde hair?"
"That his Palmer...he's from ShinRa."
"Who is that?"
"Rufus, heir to ShinRa."
"And that?"
"That is ShinRa, Rufus' dad."
"They sure don't look alike."
"Rufus looks like his mom." Sephi squinted at a girl coming out of the carriage with long silvery hair and was wearing a black shirt and a black long skirt.
"Who is that?"
"ShinRa's adopted daughter...She is a little older than Rufus."
Vincent looked at his son," I have to go to work at Midgar tomorrow. Stay out of trouble and do your homework."
Sephi grinned," I will, don't worry."
Zack was lounging on the floor like he was dead when his dad came in," Get off the floor, Zack....I know you're not dead."
"Well so do I then."
Cloud walked in and snorted at the sight of Zack and his dad rolling on the floor laughing," I'm gonna go home, Zack....See ya."
Jessica ShinRa yawned loudly as night time approached and stared out her second story bedroom window. She loved this little town and wished she could live here forever, but her dad said they would just stay here for Rufus' education since this was the best high school in the world. Jessica put her silver hair down from being in a pony tail and climbed out onto the roof in her sleeping gown. She loved sitting on the roof and her dad didn't care because once Rufus was born, nobody cared about her anymore. She began to sing to herself, her sweet voice ringing among the rooftops around her,"
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all of my childish fears
If you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Because your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just to real
There is just to much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating lie
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just to real
There is just to much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Me
Me"
As the last sweet notes rang out across the town, Jessica heard applause from below and quickly asked," Who is there?"
Sephi smiled," Just me....my name is Sephiroth, what is your name?"
"My name is Jessica, but you can call me Jesse if I can call you Sephi," Jesse called down.
Sephi grinned in the growing darkness," Sure. I just wanted to welcome you and say I'll see you at school, tomorrow."
"Well, then thank you and see you tomorrow. Your so sweet...."
Sephiroth waved and jumped nimbly over the gate and ran all the way back to his door, glancing back at Jesse when he arrived as she waved, too.
The morning came bright and promised a cloudless day. Jesse dived out the front door and walked quickly toward school. It was only six and the school started at nine, but Jesse had gotten up at three given she didn't sleep at all last night.
Zack and Cloud were up so they could talk before school started, but Sephi was late, to Zack and Cloud's standards. Jesse had a long day ahead of her.
The carriage took another hour to get to Nibelhiem and Sephiroth sat watching it approach, his buddies having already left, wondering why he was so intent on staying still for an hour. Sephiroth whittled down the time by talking to himself.
"Why do I want to know about whoever is coming if they probably will just leave to go to the reactor," He thought aloud.
He shrugged and carried on staring in the distance, having found a place to sit on the fence.
When the carriage finally arrived, Sephi jumped off the fence and followed it to the eerie gates of the old mansion.
It was a grand carriage. It was bore by four extremely rare full grown white chocobos and had harnesses of gold, as was the embroidery in gold. The words said in fancy writing ShinRa Inc.
He was about to get a glimpse of the people inside of the carriage when Vincent, Sephiroth's father called out," Sephiroth!! Get over here!"
Sephi jumped and sprinted back to his dad, asking," Yes?"
"Come inside, I will be making dinner soon," Vincent said quietly.
The teen snorted with laughter as he thought of his dad in an apron and mittens, cooking dinner and ran upstairs to his bedroom, his dad following.
They both stared out the window as people unloaded out of the over-sized carriage, Sephi continually asking Vincent questions.
"Who is that, with the blonde hair?"
"That his Palmer...he's from ShinRa."
"Who is that?"
"Rufus, heir to ShinRa."
"And that?"
"That is ShinRa, Rufus' dad."
"They sure don't look alike."
"Rufus looks like his mom." Sephi squinted at a girl coming out of the carriage with long silvery hair and was wearing a black shirt and a black long skirt.
"Who is that?"
"ShinRa's adopted daughter...She is a little older than Rufus."
Vincent looked at his son," I have to go to work at Midgar tomorrow. Stay out of trouble and do your homework."
Sephi grinned," I will, don't worry."
Zack was lounging on the floor like he was dead when his dad came in," Get off the floor, Zack....I know you're not dead."
"Well so do I then."
Cloud walked in and snorted at the sight of Zack and his dad rolling on the floor laughing," I'm gonna go home, Zack....See ya."
Jessica ShinRa yawned loudly as night time approached and stared out her second story bedroom window. She loved this little town and wished she could live here forever, but her dad said they would just stay here for Rufus' education since this was the best high school in the world. Jessica put her silver hair down from being in a pony tail and climbed out onto the roof in her sleeping gown. She loved sitting on the roof and her dad didn't care because once Rufus was born, nobody cared about her anymore. She began to sing to herself, her sweet voice ringing among the rooftops around her,"
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all of my childish fears
If you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Because your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just to real
There is just to much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
You used to captivate me
By your resonating lie
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just to real
There is just to much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Me
Me"
As the last sweet notes rang out across the town, Jessica heard applause from below and quickly asked," Who is there?"
Sephi smiled," Just me....my name is Sephiroth, what is your name?"
"My name is Jessica, but you can call me Jesse if I can call you Sephi," Jesse called down.
Sephi grinned in the growing darkness," Sure. I just wanted to welcome you and say I'll see you at school, tomorrow."
"Well, then thank you and see you tomorrow. Your so sweet...."
Sephiroth waved and jumped nimbly over the gate and ran all the way back to his door, glancing back at Jesse when he arrived as she waved, too.
The morning came bright and promised a cloudless day. Jesse dived out the front door and walked quickly toward school. It was only six and the school started at nine, but Jesse had gotten up at three given she didn't sleep at all last night.
Zack and Cloud were up so they could talk before school started, but Sephi was late, to Zack and Cloud's standards. Jesse had a long day ahead of her.