Darkness enveloped her, cradling her. It was so comforting. She wanted to stay there forever. To stay in the safety of the Darkness. It protected her from the hurt she would have to face in the Light. Light appeared in the horizon.

"Ever," Someone called. "Ever, come back. Please. Think about Squall. You can't leave him."

Squall. Her baby. How could she forget about him? She began to move forwards the Light, but the Darkness wouldn't have none of that. It became constricting. It became like quicksand. She could barely breath.

No, it wouldn't keep her away from her baby. She had to see him. Its been weeks since she last seen him.

She stepped into the Light. It stung like hell. But Temperance stood there. Holding Squall he looked older then two, almost three, months. How long has it really been?

X

Ever stormed down the halls of Shin-Ra, not watching where she was going. The ex-Keyblade Master let out a small yelp as she ran into somebody. They papers the guy held scattered over the floor.

"I'm sorry." Ever said as she helped pick up the papers.

"It's my fault," The man replied. She handed him the rest of the papers and he helped her up.

He gave her a charming smile.

This world has a lot of hot guys. She thought, smiling back at him.

"Hi," She breathe. "I'm Ever. Ever Leonhart."

"Rufus Shinra." He replied, giving her a wink. But the name broke the magic. She remembered why she was angry and storming out in the first place. Rufus Shinra, the fifth, was the same womanizer as his father.

"Jerk." She hissed, pushing pass and leaving a confused Rufus Shinra.

X

When Ever recounted the events to the others, her sister crackled with delight.

"You called the Rufus Shinra a jerk for smiling at you?" Temperance laughed. "Do you know how many fangirls are going to try to murder you for even talking to him, much less insulting him."

"See, he has fangirls. What was the last guy we knew that had fangirls?"

"Shinra."

"And he turned into a jerk. And the same thing about the other two Rufus Shinras. I'm sure if I named Squall 'Rufus', Shinra would have no qualms about claiming Squall as his own, but then Squall would turn into a jerk." Ever turned to Squall. "By the way, Squally, I hate your father's guts."

Squall blinked but decided not to ask. Smart kid.

X

I was back to sitting on the roof while everybody was asleep. I had tried to convince Sora to let me go with him. I was a Keyblade Master in my day. Sora looked ready to accept my help when Aerith, Yuffie, Squall, Temperance, and that duck came down and said no.

"We don't know if you can summon Heart Breaker.", "You're not fully healed. Your wound can open again. It just closed this morning, you had a lot of stress up on you, and magic can't heal everything.", "You still have to teach me those super awesome moves you where tell me about!", "You'll just slow us down.", and "No." were the objections. And yes, the last one was from Squall. He didn't say anything else. Just "No.". And just when I started to think Temperance raised him the right way. She apparently forgot to teach him how to string a proper argument together.

Eerie blue eyes looked up at her.

"You never told me your name." Cloud commented.

"Guess." She challenged.

"Ever Leonhart."

Ever blinked. "How did you know?" He held up a small package.

"A woman claimed she saw you earlier and wanted to give you a package. As delivery boy, she gave the package to me and described you."

"Then why did you even asked." She asked as she jumped down from the roof of the house.

"Just to see if you would tell me your name." Ever flicked him off, causing him to smirk.

"You know what?" She asked as she took the package. "You annoy me." With that, she ran off. Cloud blinked.

Ever was a very strange woman. A very strange woman indeed.