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-Lightning-

"Li-ight! Time to wake up!"

Lightning woke up to a smiling Vanille.

As she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, Lightning asked, "What do you want?"

"Light, if you are going to see the Prince again, without killing him, you're gonna need a one-day holiday first."

Vanille was still smiling. This made her nervous.

"Do we have to?" Lightning whined

"Yes. We do."

"Well, I'm not going! I don't need a holiday and don't want a holiday."

Lightning got up and walked to her wardrobe. She opened the doors only to find nothing. Only the smooth, dark wood that was the back of the wardrobe.

"Vanny! Where are my clothes?"

Vanille giggled, making Lightning even more nervous.

"I hid them." Vanille replied, "And if you want them back, you are taking this holiday with us."

"Us?"

"Snow and Lebreau are coming too."

Lightning sighed. She would have to agree after all, she couldn't go in her pajamas.

"Fine."

"Yay!" Vanille squealed

"Now can you give me your clothes?"

"I'll just go and get them." said Vanille as she walked out of the door.

Lightning lay back on the bed and groaned.

Later that day........

Lightning gazed in awe at the view. It was…beautiful. Amazing even. There was life everywhere and the air smelt fresh. It was wonderful.

Before her was a vast mountain range. Trees covered the whole area and where there were no trees, there were flowers. At the bottom of the mountain was a small village and beside it, a lake. It was hard to believe that this place was once covered in flames and ashes.

Vanille, Snow and Lebreau stood beside her also gazing in awe.

"It's…stunning." Lebreau said breathlessly

"Yeah. Wonderful." Snow whispered

"It is beautiful isn't it?" Lighting smiled

"So this is where you grew up, Light?" Vanille asked

"Yeah. This is where I grew up."

"It's amazing!" Vanille stated

Lightning started walking towards the village below them. Her friends started to follow.

"I had no idea where you grew up was so, beautiful." Lebreau commented

"It's come a long way since the fire." Lightning said

"Fire?"

"There was a fire that destroyed many of our homes and families. It was terrible. All the screaming and crying." Lightning sighed, "Now, you wouldn't even know that this place was a wreck!"

As they came close to the village, laughter was heard. This place has changed so much since the last time she was here.

As they entered the village, they didn't notice that a man with spiky blond hair was standing motionless behind them, watching them….

-Noctis-

As Noctis emerged from the meeting, he saw his friends waiting for him.

"How was the meeting?" Michael asked the Prince who shrugged

"Outstandingly uninteresting, as always."

"Glad I wasn't there." Sam said

"Same here." Michael agreed

"What's that?" Sam asked as he saw a heap of paper in Noctis's hand

Noctis groaned, "Something you DON'T want to know."

Sam smirked, "More work?"

Noctis nodded, "Yeah. Unfortunately."

"Well have fun with that." Michael chuckled

-Lightning-

"LIGHTNING!!!" yelled a voice behind them

Lightning turned around as the person who said that wrapped her two arms around her.

Lightning laughed as she saw who it was. The girl had a yellow shirt and denim shorts on. She wore white boots and her short, brown hair that was tied in a small pony. She also carried a Rapier Sword.

"Hey Jess! How you going?" Lightning said

"Great! Who are these people?" Jess asked curiously

"Right. This is Snow, Vanille and Lebreau."

"Hey!" said Vanille, Lebreau and Snow consecutively

"I was just about to go hunting if you'd like to come." Jess smiled

"Definitely." Snow grinned, "We love hunting, don't we?"

"Yeah." Lebreau smiled

"Fantastic!" said Jess, "Then lets go."

Jess motioned for them to follow.

They began walking to the far end of the village.

Wow. Lightning hadn't been here for so long. She forgot how BIG this place actually was.

"So what are we looking for again?" Vanille asked

"Oh anything. Chocobo will do." Jess answered

Lebreau chuckled, "I'll bet Sazh wouldn't have approved of that if he were here."

Vanille smiled, "No, he wouldn't like it one bit."

As they reached the end of the village and into the forest, Lightning wondered if her church was still here, then shrugged it off. That place was now a memory.

"So here is the entrance to the forest. You guys need to watch out if anything comes, 'k?" Jess pointed to a large body of trees and bushes.

As they entered the forest, Lightning wondered why they were here again. Then she remembered.

Because Vanille said that Lightning needed a holiday if she was ever going to be able to face the prince while keeping her cool, she would have to take one. The only reason she agreed was because Vanille hid all her clothes and threatened to keep them until she agreed. Since Lightning couldn't go in her pajamas, she approved. When she, Vanille, Snow and Lebreau were discussing where they should go, Lebreau wanted to see where Lightning grew up and so that's how they ended up here.

Suddenly there was a rustle in the large bushes nearby. Jess motioned for them to be quiet and crouched down and walked slowly towards the bush.

As she was getting closer to the large bush, when a thump was heard. The creature in the bush ran away before Jess could catch it.

"Great." She said annoyed

"There will always be another chocobo." Snow said helpfully

Thump

The sound was getting louder.
"Lightning?" Vanille asked, "What's that noise."

Thump

Jess frowned, "Trouble."

Vanille looked confused, "What do you me-"

Vanille's words were replaced by an enormous screech. Standing before them, looking angry, was a huge monster with big, sharp, yellow teeth showing. It had giant claws that could slice someone in half.

"What is that thing?" Lebreau asked as she got out her weapon

"A forest monster!" Jess shouted as she attacked the creature with her rapier sword.

Lightning took out her gunblade and switched it to blade mode then attacked

Snow assault with his fists and Lebreau used her gun.

Vanille used magic with her staff.

The creature slashed at Lightning using its claws but Lightning dodged with ease. Quick and nimble, she cut off one of the monster's arms and cringed at the beast's scream.

Jess then proceeded to slice off its head. The Forest Monster, using its other arm, tried to sever her in defense but was stopped by one of Lebreau's shots and Vanille's magic.

Lightning jumped, clicked her fingers, jumped over the monster, changed her gunblade to a gun and shot at the fiend's head. As the creature fell, Lightning switched her gunblade once more and continued on to slice the thing in half. What Lightning didn't expect was that the creature's arm that was cut off from before had grown back. Lightning gasped as she saw the claws come at her.

BANG!

A large buster sword lie in between Lightning and the beast's arm.
A man with spiky blond hair looked at Lightning and said, "Go!"

Lightning nodded and sliced the creature in half. With a loud cry, the thing finally gave up and died.

Lightning looked at her savior.

"You owe me." said the man

"Good to see you too, Cloud." Lightning replied coldly while returning to her friends

"That is no way to greet your brother, Lightning." smirked Jess

"Brother?" Vanille stared wide-eyed

Snow looked shocked.

"Lightning, I didn't know you had a brother?" Lebreau said

"Thanks a lot Jessica." Lightning hissed

"What?" Jess asked

Cloud began to walk away.

"Hey! Where you going?" Jess yelled as she saw him leave

"Elsewhere. I'll see you at the festival." Cloud said, still walking away

"Still a loner, I see." Lightning said to Jess

Jess shrugged, "Yep."

-Noctis-

When would this end? Noctis hated all this work. It went on and on! He wished he was somewhere else. ANYWHERE else.

Writing the last sentence on the papers, he sighed in relief.

Finished.

"Prince Noctis!" a man said

Noctis turned around. A man dressed in a gray suit with a black tie was smiling.

"Yes?" he answered

"Prince Noctis, I just wanted to say what a good job you are doing. Your father would have been most proud."
"Thanks." Mumbled Noctis

It was always 'your father would have been proud', wasn't it?

"I would also like to congratulate you on the wonderful job you are doing, keeping the crystals with Tenebrae and not Cocoon." The man added

"Many thanks." said Noctis

"I'm sorry but I have much work to do." he lied

The man smiled and nodded.

"I understand. Good luck your majesty." He said and walked off

"Having fun?" David asked as he and his friends walked towards Noctis

Noctis made a face, "Help?"

"That's what we're here for." Sam grinned

He sighed. If Lightning were here, she'd make things more fun. Noctis still couldn't wait until Thursday. This was five days away.

"Noct, you done yet?" Michael asked

Noctis rolled his eyes, "Just about. Watch as I dazzle you with 15 solid pages of absolutely nothing about how I will keep the crystal here and not with Cocoon."

"I'm looking forward to it." said Sam

"You need a break." David said

"I know. Thank Etro I'm done!"

Noctis shook his head as he went to pour himself a glass of red wine.

-Lightning-

There were lights everywhere. People were dancing and singing and little children were playing games and laughing.

"Tonight we are celebrating the crystals and the kindness the goddess Etro has shown us since the day of the fire." Jess informed the group

"I remember that day." Lightning said quietly

Vanille, who overheard Lightning, gave her a hug and said, "Look how happy everyone is!"

Lightning stood stiff in the hug and Vanille let go.

"I guess so." mumbled Lightning

"Someone's upset." Snow muttered

Lightning rolled her eyes and walked away.

"Where you going, Light?" Vanille asked

"For a walk." replied Lightning

In the corner of her eye, she saw Jess shaking her head and saying, "She's as bad as her brother."

Ignoring the comment, Lightning went in search of it. She was determined to find it.

She tried to remember where it was.

"Centre of town." she whispered to herself

She began walking towards the middle of town and there it was. The church. The same church that Noctis helped build. Lightning sighed. What changed Noctis, she would never know.

It was had a little more cracks since the last time she saw it, and there was a big hole in the roof but she didn't mind.

She opened the large, wooden doors and smelt the flora inside.

Lightning smiled as she walked towards the bed of flowers.

She bent down and cupped them in her hands.

Lightning saw something in the corner of her eye. She turned and saw a bed and a photo frame with a picture in it.

She then heard a small noise.

"So you live here now, Cloud?" she said, knowing who it was

Cloud emerged from the shadows and shrugged.

"I guess." He said

"I'm glad."

There was a silence.

"You still miss her don't you?" Cloud asked

"Yes I do." Lightning answered

"How's Noctis?"

"Why do you need to know?" she scowled

"So you haven't patched things up with Noctis, huh?" Cloud chuckled, "Well I hope you two fix things soon. I'm going to see Jess before she finds me. Bye."

Lightning turned to her brother. "Cloud?"

Cloud turned around. "Yeah?"

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"Just…for keeping this place alive."

"You're welcome." Cloud smiled and walked out

Lightning smiled and began walking out after Cloud.

It was good to see this place again, but tomorrow, they would leave.


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