Peace Chapter 3: The ribbon"Excuse me, do you need some help" the clerk gently asked as she saw Zack's confused expression. She had to fight the urge to laugh, because he looked completely lost. He held one pink ribbon gently in his hands, he wasn't sure if pink was her colour. Would it match her green eyes? "No thanks, I'm only looking" Zack replied, and tried to hide the fact that his hands were shaking. He then stared at some of the pearls, they were in all sizes. Small, and large. Some pearls were even made into jewellery, but he wasn't sure if jewellery was her thing. He had only seen her with a bracelet once. The clerk stared out of the window, with a small smirk on her lips. "you must love her a lot, but would you like to know what I think is a nice gift?"the clerk said and Zack stared at her. "go on" he murmured, and her smile broadened. "the perfect gift is love, because it doesn't cost anything and no matter where you are you will always have it with you." he thought about it before she continued. The clerk brushed some of her brown hair away from her eyes, and smiled before se continued. "isn't it great, to be embraced by someone that loves you. Isn't it great to hear "I love you" whispered into your ear? We sometimes buy stuff because we think that our loved ones will like it, but isn't the free gifts better than any other gift with a cost?" she paused and she could clearly see that he had listened to her. "I think you're right" he said calmly, he then put the ribbon back. And then he left the shop. "Angeal, I don't know what to give Aerith, it makes me depressed" Zack buried his face in his hands, his black spikes pointed everywhere. Angeal ruffled his hair and grinned. Zack could be hopeless sometimes, but every teenage boy was hopeless. "hasn't she told you what she desires?" his mentor looked at his "puppy" with a gentle smile on his lips."She hasn't mentioned anything" Zack said as he thought about it. No, he couldn't recall some of her wishes, but she was a good girl. She didn't ask of much. One of her wishes had been to spend more time with him, but work hadn't allowed him to fulfil her wishes. Aerith tossed and turned as she slept. Sweat ran down her pale skin, and her hair was ruffled over her white pillow. They came from everywhere, they had surrounded her. With their guns pointed at her, her breath laboured. They came closer and closer, she fell backwards. Landed on her back as she tried to steady herself with her hands. The time stopped as soon as one of them pulled the trigger. The rain was pouring down, and she was soaked wet. This wasn't just an ordinary dream, this was more like a vision… but she didn't know the victim… she couldn't see the injured person, she could only see the rest of the armed group. I want to wake up, oh goddess I want to wake up. Aerith thought and shut her eyes closed, she had never felt so much pain in her whole life, and blood streamed down from her body. A blond haired person sat next to her now, he cried. She took his hand and tried to sooth the younger boy. She lied to him, told him that everything was going to be alright, then she saw Zack's sword beside her, and she knew who the dying person was, it was Zack. He was going to die, she didn't know when. She closed her eyes one last time and the blonde boy shrieked so loudly she had never heard anything like it before. A faint light was all she could see, and a hand. A big hand, but friendly. It came towards her. She woke up and screamed, Zack rushed through the door and held her gently in his strong arms. He told her that everything would be alright. She had just had a bad dream. Everything was ok. Author note: I'm so sorry for late update, but high school has taken away my free time. I'll update my stories as fast as I can. Characters are (C) square enix