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In this chapter there are new twist and turns and even something oddly shocking. I wonder how many of you will guess what it was.
As we stood there outside the ShinRa Mansion. I couldn't help but feel sad for my home town that had been burnt down. It had been seven long years since that had happened and I just feel sad for a town that was burnt shouldn't I feel more than that for it?
I started to hum the song wide awake. I don't remember when I heard it probably some song I heard once on TV while in the bar or so. As I let my thoughts turn away from the sun and the place I once knew so well.
I'm wide awake
Not losing any sleep
Picked up every piece
And landed on my feet
I'm wide awake
Need nothing to complete myself - nooohooo
I'm wide awake
Yeah, I am born again
Outta the lion's den
I don't have to pretend
And it's too late
The story's over now, the end - yeah
I felt like I was being stared at. But I don't turn around, I was waiting to find out what was going on so I kept humming to myself while the words flew around in my head.
I wish I knew then
What I know now
Wouldn't dive in
Wouldn't bow down
Gravity hurts
You made it so sweet
Till I woke up on
On the concrete!
Falling from cloud 9
Crashing from the high
I'm letting go tonight
(Yeah I'm) Falling from cloud 9
Thunder rumbling
Castles crumbling
I am trying to hold on
God knows that I tried!
Seeing the bright side
But I'm not blind anymore...'cause I'm... wide awake
As I was looking at each member of our group. I landed on the latest member to join our group a Vincent Valentine. I had found him in the basement of the ShinRa Mansion. Who ever left him down there was a sick man very very sick to do whatever it was that happen to the poor man.
I looked back to our leader and shook my head. What was it about this Vincent Valentine? What made me want to know more about him and figure out what happened to him. Wasn't I still in love with Cloud or was I just finding out it was just a teenage crush and
"Cloud its too late now to go up Mt. Nibel, maybe we should get a room at the inn?" I told him and asked while watching him turn to me.
"You're right Tifa, you would know best seeing how you was the guide back then, lets go guys." Cloud told us in his monotone voice, as we all walked through the gates to the ShinRa Mansion I noticed that Yuffie was giving Vincent a wide berth of space.
"Yuffie what's wrong now?" I asked in a whisper to her and waited for her to answer.
"Hes a vampire, no one sleeps in a coffin." Yuffie said to me in a whisper back and I became angry for some reason for this man was being misunderstood before anyone knew a thing about him.
"YUFFIE! I should just slap you and tie you to a tree for saying that, you don't know a thing about him so why judge him so much for all you know I could be a vampire, I'm sick and tired of all the stupid jokes you have about people, even more so I'm sick and tired of people being rude to people they don't know a thing about." I told her in a whisper of anger I turn around and ran in the other way from the group to my old house not caring if anyone noticed or not I was that angry with her for being so mean to him.
I ran to the door and open it up and closed it behind me heading up to my old room. I ran over to my bed and jumped on it and let the tears fall. How can I feel that way about someone I just met, not over an hour ago. I'll just stay here in my old house and think.
"Why am I so protective of him?" I asked myself scared to know the answer. I really wanted to know the answer to this question it was like a yearning within me.
"You remember the story you're mother used to tell you of a man locked inside the Mansion, that she had known him at one time that, he was her friend and she had knew his father. Didn't she tell you once what his name was?" My inner voice answered back to me.
"Yes I remember the story but wasn't his name...Vincent Valentine?" I asked myself once more and I sit up and I stare at the wall where my mother had put the book that she had written for me to understand what had happen in her life.
"Yes his name was just that, but wasn't there more to the story, in fact didn't she write a whole book before she despaired?" My inner voice said and asked me.
"Yes! I remember right where she put it, it was right above my bed. But wouldn't it have burnt with the house along time ago?" I asked myself wondering why I could remember that story so well.
"You remember that story so well because it had been your mother's life, and the book wouldn't have been burnt that easy you're father probably knew where it was and moved it somewhere safe before the building burnt down." My inner voice told me and I listened. I stood up and walked over to the headboard of my bed and lifted my hand up and pushed the panel on the wall to open the secret place where the book was hidden. Only to find two books. One was a black and red leather while the other was a brown and blue leather bound book. One had many pages tucked into it while the other looked like it was never used.
I lifted the books right out and looked at them. There was a red and black leather one and a blue and brown leather one. I heard a noise downstairs. As I walked out the door I looked to see Vincent standing there looking for me.
"Tifa?" He asked in a monotone whisper and walked a little closer to me.
"Yes Vincent?" I asked back with a whisper and I saw he had taken a few steps closer to me.
"Are you all right?" Vincent asked me with that same voice and whisper. I don't know why he would have came looking for me him it didn't seem like part of his character.
"I'm fine, I'm sorry its been a long day and I didn't mean to startle you at all. She just gets on my nerves sometimes, are you ok Vincent?" I asked and said to him all at once.
"Where did you get that book?" Vincent asked me while looking at the books that was at my chest I drew it closer to me.
"It was my mothers, she left it to me though. I don't understand how it is here after the fire from seven years ago, I mean it should have burnt along with my house. I'm not sure who the other book belongs to." I said to him and watched how he reached out a hand.
"That was hers, how could it have gotten in your room or you're mothers ownership. I don't understand this." Vincent said to me and I looked up to him and noticed he had some feelings in his eyes a bit.
"My mother was always in love with science, she had told me of a time she had been under Professes Hojo and Gast Faremis, I believe she even said she helped on the Jenova Project. Though thats all she would tell me and dad and her name was Lucrecia and she said she was on the run from ShinRa. Whenever they were in town she would always never leave the house, but sometimes I'd see her outside the ShinRa Mansion gates staring at the gate as if she was still trap there. I never asked her about it. I never wanted to worry her. She once told me. I had an elder brother that I wouldn't probably never know." Tifa said to him all in a whisper and looked up to see Vincent in shock.
"Your mothers name was Lucrecia? Did she ever tell you her last name before she married your father?" Vincent asked me in a monotone voice. I had to think really hard on this.
"I don't remember much Vincent. I remember most of the story's she used to tell me, But she may have told me one time her last name used to be but I can't be sure. I'm so sorry." I said to him in a whisper along with I found myself saying sorry to him.
" It's not your fault Tifa." Vincent said in a monotone voice and turn around and walked outside with me trailing behind him we walked back to the inn with silence between us.
I started to think to myself, this all seems so weird.
"But I want to know more as to why I can't figure out most of this, its like a secret is finally going to come out and I'm going to have all the answers as to why my mother left me and my father when I was little all in this book." I thought to myself. I was thinking so deeply I didn't noticed that Vincent had stopped and was staring ahead of us until I bumped into him.
I looked up at him and noticed he looked down at me then pointed ahead of us at the end to see Yuffie running to us at full speed.
"What's wrong Yuffie?" I found myself asking the girl who just stop in front of us.
"You...puff...are...puff...needed...puff...in...the...puff...inn...puff puff puff...Aerith...big puff...fainted...puff" Yuffie said to us and we ran after her with worry on our faces all but Vincent I guess for he didn't know us long.
As we came into the room I noticed that Aerith was laying on the bed looking very pale.
"What happen guys?" I asked them in a scared tone thinking the worst. Cloud turned around and looked at me with a sad face and made me feel even more sad.
"She fainted outside the inn, the doctor hasn't gotten here yet." Cloud said to me in a monotone voice and I turned to look at my best friend to hear the door open behind us and a doctor rushed in. I noticed he turned to us all.
"Will you all please leave, I know you all are very worried for your friend, but I can't look over her while everyone is watching over my shoulder." The man said to us in a tone that left no questions. So we all left and I stood next to Vincent and watched as the others filled out into the hall.
"I hope nothing is wrong with her." I heard Yuffie say to the rest and I just looked at the door with a sadness of a true friend.
"I'm sure she's fine probably wore herself out today with all the walking." I said to the rest of them with a worried tone and looked at the books in my hand that I had almost forgotten I still had them in my hands and turned to look at Vincent.
"Come find me when the doctor is done or when she comes to again." I found myself saying to the rest in a sadden tone of voice and headed out the front of the inn back to my old room to read this without the others looking over my shoulders.
As I open the door to my old house I walked in and looked around more closely to it and then headed upstairs to find somewhere to sit where I could see if someone was coming to get me.
As I open the cover of the book a letter slip out into my hand not only one but three. I took them into my hand and noticed one had my name on it. Another one had Renee Valentine's name on it and the last one had Vincent's name on it I put the others two next to my legs and lifted my letter to myself and turned to open it.
Dear Tifa, my beautiful daughter
I know you're probably wondering why I've written this letter to you.
You've probably already met your elder brother by now.
Also Vincent too.
I've been keeping a secret from you and Vincent.
You have a little sister Tifa.
Shes Vincent's daughter shes younger than you.
I came back when Nibelheim was on fire.
I came back to your room and saved the books.
At the time I was with child, your little sister.
Renee Valentine.
You are probably wondering how I could have became pregnant with her.
Well that will be told in the book for you to know.
Tifa my darling daughter please don't judge me too harshly or Vincent for that matter.
I never loved him. I believed I fell in love with Hojo.
Before your father came into my life.
But I was wrong, oh how I was wrong.
Your father was my soul mate.
But I was too over ridden with guilt for what my past was.
I know its no excuse for how I left you and your father but I still love you.
I hope you are well and are safe my daughter.
I hope everything is alright with you and I miss you very much.
Now I ask you to look for Renee, shes only seven years old.
She is on her way to the very town you are in the minute you wake Vincent up.
She shall know when he is awoken for she has waited to meet him since she was two years old.
What you are about to find out about yourself and not only about Vincent and Renee.
My past is dark thanks to Hojo and the Jenova Project.
You're elder brother is Sephiroth. He also has a twin sister.
I hope you never have to fight against him. Because of my stupid choice.
I hope he never finds them stupid books that madman wrote down in the basement of the ShinRa
Mansion. They tell of how the Jenova cells were put into him.
They also tell of me and my choice in this whole matter.
I never once got to hold him after he was born.
That is my sin, can't even call me his mother. But I got to hold your elder sister.
I should've listen to Vincent but I didn't.
Look where that got me now.
Please help Renee.
I love you Tifa Lockheart.
Renee is on her way to Nibelheim and she should be there by dark she'll be worn out.
She should be walking up to your old bedroom by now.
Shes got Vincent's hair and eye color.
You shall see her soon and notice the same things I've noticed about her.
Shes really great with weapons too don't let her age fool you.
She can use guns and hand to hand the most she likes guns to the hand to hand method.
Also she's very looking forward to meeting you both so much I couldn't keep her from asking
questions about you and Vincent. She acts like you did when you were but a child.
Also Tifa if you are fighting against Sephiroth this book might help you somewhat.
I can only hope that my children don't have to fight each other it saddens my heart so.
I don't think I could bear it if all four of you died.
You with your strength to overcome anything its just as beautiful as you are.
I wish I had that inner strength like you my daughter.
Renee with her smile that lights up the dark just like yours.
I don't know much about Sephiroth other then he was a sweet little boy from what Hojo told me.
I know very little about Sephiroth's twin which Hojo finished her name off with my first and last name to make it hard for anyone to say they were sister and brother.
He visits me while I'm inside this cave hes got no idea of Renee.
I've hidden her from him so he'll never know about her.
You must keep her safe until the time is right for Hojo to know of her.
Please don't try to find me just yet, I'm not ready to face the hate in your eyes nor Vincent's.
You're little sister will be coming to you with two letters for you and Vincent.
Also Tifa, theres a secret in that book waiting to be found out by you.
One more thing. You have a elder sister. She is Sephiroth's twin.
Cordelia Lucrecia Crescent. I have not heard much about her other than the fact that shes no longer with Shinra and she has despaired. Hojo is upset by this so if you find her along the way please, please save her.
With Love
You're mother
Lucrecia C Lockhart
I looked up to see a small child standing before me with long raven hair down to her shoulders with bright red-brown eyes, she was dressed in a light blue dress with light blue shoes and with a backpack that was the same color. I turned away from her for a bit to wipe away the tears that had formed in my eyes.
"Are you Tifa Lockheart?" The little girl asked me in a calm tone that kinda chilled me and at the same time reminded me of her father all at once.
"Yes and you must be Renee Valentine I take it yes?" I said and asked her in a kind voice and I watched how she started to walk up to me.
"You're very beautiful Tifa." the little girl said to me and looked down for a minute hearing something that I also heard the door down stairs flew open.
"Yes I'm Renee." Renee told me and looked to the door to see a man standing there in a red cape.
Renee turned and stared at the new comer and I looked at Vincent.
"Vincent, please meet Renee." I found myself saying to him in a calm voice that he also noticed.
"So you're Vincent Valentine?" Renee asked him and watched him with her red-brown eyes that I had noticed looked just like his in a very weird way.
"Yes I'm Vincent Valentine." I heard him say in a monotone voice. I watched her walk up to him and noticed she handed him the letter.
"Please read this after you get the first one from Tifa, the one from her is the first, the one from me is the second you may find it hard to believe but you have living proof in front of you now." Renee said to him and looked back to me and walked over and took the letters from next to me and handed Vincent his and looked at hers and smiled sadly, I noticed that Vincent had looked up at me to see why that letter probably had my mothers hand writing on it.
"It fell out of the books, the two I found." I said to him in a kind tone and he nodded. I looked away from him and looked at the second letter that had just been put into my hand it had my name on it like the first.
"Renee?" I said to her in a whisper of kindness to see if she would look back at me while I was watching her and Vincent.
"Yes Tifa?" Renee said right back with kindness in her voice and a smile on her face. I did notice the likeness between Renee and Vincent it was kind of scary.
"Mom's letter was right she looks just like him some what." I thought to myself while watching how the two acted around each other. "Best to tell him now and get it over with." I thought sadly and looked up to see them looking at me noticing my change.
"Renee can you give me a few minutes alone with Vincent, please I must tell him something?" I said to her in a whisper and watched her nod and leave the room, I looked back to Vincent. I knew I didn't know him long and he just found out my mother was the one he had loved some odd years ago.
"Vincent come sit please." I said to him in a kind voice as I watched him walk over and sit on the edge farther from me, I felt kind of sad but I understood in the end we had just met after all.
"What I'm about to tell you might sound crazy but its the truth, I read the letter my mother had for me I know you haven't had time to read her letter yet, but please read it and I will tell you what I do know." I said to him with a tear I had been trying to hold in fell down my face as I whispered this to him.
I watched him look to his letter and I open my second one to see about two pages long.
Dearest Tifa, my beautiful daughter
If you had read the first you know of Renee then and Renee is with you now.
I have something that you need to know before Vincent.
Hojo somehow got a hold of yours and Vincents blood.
I only know so much has to what he has told me of his little pet or so he likes to call them.
He said you and Vincent have beautiful children a girl and a boy.
He also said you two make really beautiful children I guess it made him jealous.
Twins he named them both differently.
The little girls name is Violetta and the little boy is Vince-Vlad.
I don't know why he named the little boy that but it's got some of Vincent's name in it.
Violetta's full name is Violetta Lucrecia.
I wish I could save them they are being kept in ShinRa HQ on the floor Hojo now has.
From what I heard you already know the floor number and you have fought him once.
I feel sorry for them they are being tested on.
Renee has my key card so when you go back to Midgar you can save them.
The Last I heard from Hojo was that they have Vincent's powers.
Violetta has your powers where Vince-Vlad has Vincents.
Vincent probably hasn't shown you what has happened to him as of yet.
He might have trust issues, but please over look them that is my fault also Hojo's.
The letter to him tells him of the same as yours my beautiful daughter.
Also when you go to get the children they will already know who you are somehow Hojo
has shown them pictures of you and Vincent.
Also if you are traveling with a group please keep this a secret they can not know.
They can not know about Renee or the twins.
Now when you go to read the book please read only so much per time.
There are pages in there that are rather long and papers needed to be
added so the book can never get out.
Also please act like Renee is yours if you are around friends though I know shes a little old to be that way but it might help the rest if you are in a group.
With Love
You're mother
Lucrecia C Lockhart