Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to Square Enix. The storyline belongs to me.
Insanity…Or Love?
He walked through the forest in silence, not really sure where he was going. He just had to get away. Away from what though? he asked himself.
"From your life, Cloud."
"Who's there?" he called out.
He heard a laugh, a girlish giggle. Then, in the darkness, he saw a pinpoint of light. The light blossomed into a flower, glowing a pale yellow. The flower soon disappeared into a larger droplet of liquid light. The liquid slowly molded itself into a shape resembling a young woman. The light, now glowing a pale pink, seemed to solidify, but not lose its glow. A moment later, she was standing in front of Cloud.
"Aerith," he said in less than a whisper.
She smiled. "Why are you running away, Cloud?"
"I'm not running away, I'm just…"
"Walking away?" she replied with a giggle. "You know, if you keep running you'll never find what you're looking for."
"What am I looking for?"
She giggled again, "How would I know? But running away won't help you find it."
"I didn't know that I was looking for something," he said, a slight smile breaking his usually emotionless face.
"Maybe not something, but someone."
"Someone…"
Aerith shimmered then said, "Don't forget Cloud, everything will be okay, I promise," before slowly fading away.
"Aerith! Wait! Please, don't go!"
She smiled and waved then faded back into nothingness, leaving Cloud alone again.
The smile that had previously adorned his face had faded with the light that had been Aerith.
"Aerith," he whispered again. He stood for a moment, and then turned around, and headed back. "I promise, I'll find what I'm looking for… And… And I won't run away."
AN: Yeah… this was weird… I'm not even sure what inspired me to write it. I can't say I'm happy with it, but I can't say I absolutely hate it. I'm not really sure what I think of it. Please review, and tell me what you think. I know it's short, but I just kind of started typing and this came out. And I know I should be working on "The Heart of a Lion" but I'm currently going through what they call writer's block. I know where the story's going, just don't know how to get there. Anyway, I hoped you liked this, and please review.