Do not own Final Fantasy 7

Drabble twenty-three: In which Cloud falls in a lifestream pool.

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Lily served as a guide every once in awhile, because it had good pay and she knew the lands around the mountains well enough because of her husband taking hikes with her.

So whenever she took these jobs, she would usually have someone baby-sit Cloud.

However, Cloud had somehow escaped the range of the baby sitter and was currently walking by his mother's side cheerfully.

Lily sighed as Cloud watched the area around with nearly wide eyes. Lily knew that he explored around, but he had never been this far from home.

The one's she was guiding snickered at Cloud's childish behavior, but that's what he was, a child.

When they passed a clearing after fighting against a small dragon, a pool gleamed brightly in the center. Cloud of course went towards it, curious of what it could have been.

He wasn't the only one.

"What is this?"

"Before materia is condensed, it's just a part of the lifesteam, or that's my understanding."

"What's this?" Lily turned and became tense as Cloud was teetering on the edge to touch the little bit of stone just on a branch.

"CLOUD NO!" The other's that had she had been hired to guide tried to make a grab at him, but Cloud fell.

Lily had never been so frightened in her life, she grabbed her son carefully with lots of clothes and ran, not caring for anybody else's life.

Cloud was glowing, his eyes were pure white and he coughed up mostly the lifestream he had ended up swallowing.

Lily had managed to make it to the town quickly enough, the other people managing to follow her faithfully.

Lily had never been so scared after waiting a week with her boy stuck inside the item shop, the best thing that was a hospital in the whole town.

She had never cried so many tears as she thought more and more about a death, she would not be able to take it if her boy died on her.

However, Cloud came back to her and the boy was as healthy as ever, just with more of a glow to his blue eyes.

"Strangiest thing-" The 'doctor' said, rubbing his hands with a deep breath, "He took the lifestream rather well."

Lily didn't care though, she was just happy to have her little boy back.

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Drabble 23, end! I needed some drama, and there we go...Heh, sorry. Anyway, thanks to KDA (I suppose I could...(Stares over at all other fanfics)...someday), macalaniaprincess (I'm sure I'll use a few of those ideas), Elanor Pam (I got the idea from listening to my anime club and their theory on why Cloud and Sephy had wings in KH1, KH2, and FF7AC, even though Cloud didn't...Heh, Hojo Jojo, that's a good one), Sesshy is sexii (It's hard to stick what you believe when someone brings up a good point), Wish-full Thinker, and Tolea (Step-father maybe...(Frowns and curses and kicks Hojo))