Squall opened his eyes and saw a young woman in a pink dress sitting over him. She looked into his eyes and smiled. Her brown hair slinked down and he felt a familiarity around her.

"Yuffie, he's awake," said the pink dress girl.

"Who… Selphie…" the words slipped out of Squall's mouth.

Another girl whipped her head above Squall; she had black hair and wore a bandanna.

"The name's Yuffie!" said the black haired girl.

"Oh yes, and I'm Aerith," said the pink dress girl.

Squall sat up and looked at them. "Where am I?"

"Traverse town, or so they say. Seems your world was destroyed like ours," said Yuffie as Squall backed away a bit.

"Oh yes, and what is your name?" said Aerith as she smiled at him.

Squall choked a bit and barely let out, "Squall"

"Squall eh?" said Yuffie.

"It's a nice name," said Aerith with another bright smile.

Squall stood up and picked up the handle of his once gunblade. He examined it and noticed it was broken, only the hilt stood there. This broken image gave him the thoughts of his world being destroyed because he couldn't stop Seneka, he couldn't stop the heartless.

"I have to fix my gunblade," said Squall as he looked around the town.

"Oh, I think Cid teamed up with some mogs at this one place," said Aerith.

"Yeah! C'mon, I'll take you there! Let's go Squall!" said Yuffie as she happily hopped away looking backwards towards Squall.

Squall followed, the feelings tore through his head how he didn't save his friends. Aerith walked beside him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"It's okay, we all carry burdens," Aerith said this and looked away, "some carry more. Our supposed hero didn't pull through in his eyes; he let down the ones he loved. I know what it's like. Just remember, to stay out of the darkness, and always search for your light"

Squall looked at her and realized something happened in her world as well, quite similar to his or so it seemed.

"Aerith," Squall said as he turned her face to him, "would it be alright if I stuck around with you and Yuffie?"

"WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG!" screamed back Yuffie as she stood in front of a buildings doorway.

Aerith laughed a bit and looked at Squall, "Yes Squall, we'd be glad to have you with us."

Squall and Aerith walked up and Squall opened the door. Yuffie and Aerith walked in and waited for Squall's entrance. Squall looked at the two and said before entering, "From now on…. call me Leon."

The End