Disclaimer: :sings: Final Fantasy 7 doesn't belong to meeee…
Silent Wind
Chapter 1
A New Beginning
Things have changed dramatically in Midgar as the whole city was filled with life. People of all ages were attempting to fix things that would take many years to finish, but that didn't stop them from turning the messed up Midgar into a whole new Midgar. The whole city was running freely as the ShinRa had nothing to do with it anymore. It was practically a memory to them. Now, everyone can finally create a city that didn't need to depend on some company anymore.
Meanwhile, deep in the slums of Midgar rests the Seventh Heaven. From the day Cloud arrived at the bar when he was hired by AVALANCHE, it had remained the same. The same old westernized style… the same old pinball machine…
Tifa had been back in business after a, ridiculously, long vacation. She actually missed serving people drinks, the scent of alcohol, and watching people getting drunk before her eyes. Although, she wished everyone wouldn't get too drunk in front of her.
As Tifa watched her last customer exit out of the bar, she stretched her arms across the counter and quickly got up, hoping to lock up before another customer was willing to spend another six hours drinking.
With the bar finally locked up, a slight sigh escaped from her mouth as she headed upstairs for the night. Just when things started to quiet down, beeping noises were heard, echoing throughout. Tifa paused and remained silent. When the noise returned, she widened her eyes and started running towards the guest room. As she searched through the disorganized dresser, she finally came across her old PHS.
"Whoa," she thought. "I… can't believe I still have this thing…"
After a few moments, Tifa finally picked it up, and answered with a shaky voice.
"H… hello?"
"… Tifa?" the other line responded.
"… yes?"
"Hey, it's been a while."
After a short pause, Tifa widened her brown eyes and grasped onto the phone, almost splitting the poor thing in half.
"Cloud!" she squealed loudly. Her heart jumped around her chest like crazy! She obviously had not heard from Cloud in such a long time. It must've been months since she heard his voice! Tifa whirled her long brown hair around and switched the phone to the opposite ear. "How are you? Are you alright? Please tell me you're alright!"
Cloud grinned softly. "Yes, I'm alright. Don't worry."
"I should worry! Why haven't you called? Where are you? Are you positively sure you're okay?"
Cloud remained silent as Tifa continued her 'ask twenty questions' game. Cloud finally spoke up, hoping to end her questions.
"Listen, I need you to contact... Barret, Cid, and Yuffie for me."
Finally calming down, Tifa replied. "Huh? Why so sudden?"
"…something came up," Cloud responded with a serious tone in his voice.
"What?"
"I'll tell you as soon as you call and have them meet me at the Gold Saucer entrance."
"Gold Saucer?" she thought to herself. It had to be months since the last time they've been there. Why did Cloud want to meet up so suddenly? She resisted the urge to ask him that, so she nodded to herself. "Okay, Cloud," she finally said before Cloud hung up on her.
As she slowly removed the PHS from her ear, her arm quickly dropped to her side.
"… what happened now, Cloud?"
A/N: End of Chapter 1! Eh, twas a tad bit short. I'll try to make the next chapter a little longer. Welp! Hope you liked! Please leave ze review!