Woo! I finally decided to update my FF Fanfic due to a friend who wanted the next chapter. :3
Enjoy
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That was probably the first time Cloud had taken a good look at her. He was momentarily stunned as he realized just how unique she looked.
Dark brown hair fell around her pale face as she stared at him with a rather confused expression. At that moment he was drawn to her eyes; perfectly rounded, light silver eyes. The sunlight seemed to dance around her with every movement she made, unless his eyes were playing tricks on him. She tilted her head curiously, dark copper locks falling over her shoulders allowing the sun to reflect the faint blonde spots she had in her hair. "Where am I?" She repeated the question, narrowing her perfect eyes at him.
He shook his head, finally remembering to blink and breathe. "H-half way to Midguar." Cloud stuttered, almost willing himself not to stare again.
"Midguar…?" She asked, trailing off and staring down the road they had come off of. Her voice was oddly soothing to him in that specific tone, he was about ready to pass out on the spot as it was.
"Yeah…" He mumbled, rubbing his eyes to help keep awake. It wasn't working.
She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, "You should rest. You seem tired."
That did it. Could was fighting a losing battle with his eyes, giving in after just a few seconds. He was out like a light, the last thing he heard in reality was. 'sweet dreams.'
A familiar scene. Once again he was wandering through that same maze, knowing where to go by instinct. That same female voice called out to him, guiding him through. "Cloud…" She'd say, and he'd suddenly know what corner to turn. Just like the other dreams the same bright light came up and he couldn't see who was standing in front of him. "I knew you'd come…" She said, in that dreamy echo, holding out a delicate hand to him. His eyes adjusted to the light and he looked at her for the first time, still unable to make out her features with that light in the back ground.
Suddenly he felt he shouldn't do it. That something was wrong. His conscious came back to him and told him to run, get as far away as possible. But he couldn't. At the same time he felt such a longing to take her hand. He was being torn in half by to 2 separate but strong feelings. He reached out for her…
His eyes shot open and he suddenly reached up and grabbed the neck of his assailant, after being shaken awake. "Woah! Calm down buddy…its me!" Zack said, holding his arms up in surrender.
Cloud had to blink a couple times to make sure he wasn't still dreaming before he let go. "Sorry…" He mumbled sitting up.
"Yeah, yeah, you're forgiven…for the most part." Zack said, suddenly slapping him upside the head. "Why the hell didn't you tell me she woke up?"
He jumped slightly, wide eyed with shock. "What are you talking ab… oh." It had just dawned on him that he forgot about the girl. That strange girl with the perfect silvery eyes and dark hair…
Zack wound up to hit him again when Cloud snapped out of his day dream and caught his arm. "I'm sorry. I was so tired and I didn't realize what I had even fallen asleep and I didn't know you wanted me to wake you up if she happened to move… where is she?" He asked suddenly, noticing that it was just him, Zack and their driver there.
"You just noticed that? You're a freakin' SOLDIER." Zack said, thoroughly mad at Cloud for letting her leave. "We have to find her before Sephiroth does…" He mumbled, tossing his blade in the back of the truck and hopping in.
Cloud followed after, "I don't understand. She was just and experiment…"
"Sephiroth doesn't start things like that without a reason. If he planned on making her a weapon, we're in trouble. We don't even know what she can do!" He said, exasperated. "Oh, and by the way, we likely have the whole Shinra army after us right about now, I'd like to get moving some time this week thanks."
Cloud winced, he knew Zack wasn't going to forgive him for this. Even though it wasn't really his fault she left. He got comfortable in the back of the pick up, nervously fidgeting under Zack's 'I-want-to-kill-you glare. He gruffly told the driver to take them to Midguar anyway, figuring that's where she had to go because it was the closest place from where they were.
He sighed and watched the scenery go by once Zack was finished glaring, his most recent dream coming back to him suddenly. He shook his head, not wanting to think about it at that moment.
Pushing those thoughts aside, he stole a glance at Zack again. He looked deeply troubled. Cloud still didn't really understand why he was so worried about it, unless there was something more going on. He highly doubted he knew the girl from anywhere. They likely had no connection to each other in any way. Another thing he couldn't figure out was why Zack had chosen him to go along in the first place. He knew Cloud wasn't exactly SOLDIER material to begin with, but did he really trust him that much?
His thoughts were interrupted when the driver pulled up to the entrance of Midguar, and to a line of lower class soldiers, armed and ready for them…
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I could use some reviews to know if the direction I'm going in sounds good. Thanks for reading and please review!
