This is From Aeris' POV. This is my first story that I've posted, and the first story that I've ever written Aeris into... so if she seems OOC, sorry in advance.
I gently moped the sweat off of Zack's brow as he lay in the bed. After Sephiroth and Genesis had brought him back, I had put him to bed. By all rights, he should have been dead, I could tell by the slight displacement of his lifestream, and mixture of his lifestream and bits of the planet's. The twisting purple fire shadowed over by light green wisps. They were slowly fading, leaving nothing but his natural purple, only glowing brighter than normal. I sighed as I ran a hand through his raven hair.
I thought back to the events that have happened already and the boy that had led my boys to the mansion. Cloud. The planet had reacted to him being near me, I had felt it. Then Zack had said that he had seen an angel. What all could it mean? I racked my mind thinking of all the legends my mother had told me before she passed away, but I couldn't recall anything about angels.
She told me of a calamity that had fallen from the sky, she told me how all humans were descendants of Cetra, although some have more cetra in them than others; like Zack, Genesis, and Sephiroth for example. She told me of the WEAPONs: Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, Rudy, Ultima and Omega; although she skimped out on Omega. She told me about how the WEAPONs' job was to protect the planet from what they perceived as a threat. She never mentioned angels.
I shook my head and moved to the window to check to see if my two boys were back yet. They were just entering the inn. I frowned. They seemed troubled… maybe they couldn't speak with the man that they were looking for, or find Cloud?
"Aeris?" I heard Zack's voice, and I turned to him, to see that he was sitting up and rubbing his forehead slightly.
"Right here." I spoke as I moved back to him, putting my hand on his chest I gently pushed to show that I wanted to lay back down. He complied.
"I saw an angel…" He whispered.
"Did you?" I asked softly, holding my hand to his forehead to check to see if he was hot.
"Yeah. What else could those big white tings behind him be?" I blinked, the angel was a male? Doesn't that go against normal stereotypes of angels?
"Did he have a halo?" I asked with a joking tone. He seemed to think about it before shaking his head.
"Nah. He did have these beautiful eyes." He sighed. "So pretty… they reminded me of yours. Except yours are green and seem more human."
"And what color are the angel's?" I heard Genesis ask as he entered the room. Sephiroth followed with a slight frown. Sephiroth didn't really believe in angels, Genesis on the other hand, was obsessed with things like that. At Genesis' question Zack furrowed his eyebrows.
"I… I don't… can't…. I think… no…" He mumbled, I smiled sadly at him. "They weren't green and they were beautiful. I'll recognize them when I see them again… I think…"
"Of course you will…" Sephiroth snorted. I frowned at him.
"Is it possible that the 'angel' is Cloud? You said he disappeared after he entered the mansion." Sephiroth seemed to ponder of that. Zack shrugged, and went to eating some food that Genesis gave him. Genesis handed me a plate, and I thanked him with a nod. "And what happened, you seem upset."
"The mansion was inaccessible. The wolves were too bad, and frankly I didn't feel like dealing with them." Genesis supplied quietly, he too was thinking of what I had said. Wolves… another piece to the puzzle. Wolves usually didn't get along well with humans and Fenrir had seemed pretty well at rest with Cloud.
"He did remind me of the stories of angels that Genesis used to tell me." Sephiroth spoke quietly, as if he didn't want to reveal this.
"Didn't you ask about angels because you thought Aeris was one at first?" I giggled at Zack's statement and the blush that appeared on Sephiroth's cheeks. I glanced out the window as my boys started a debate. Genesis was teasing about he didn't know that was why Sephiroth had asked. Sephiroth was threatening Zack. Zack was spilling more information. I felt a small tug, similar to when the planet wanted to 'speak' with me.
"I think I'll take a walk." I spoke, putting my plate on a table and heading for the door. The boys exchanged glances, I caught the message. "I'll be fine by my self. Really."
"Twenty minutes." Sephiroth finally spoke after a few minutes silence. I nodded my head and exited the room. I let my feet lead me, and finally I was about halfway from the town and the mansion. There was an injured animal by the path, and I bent down to heal it. It was a young female Nibel Wolf. Her coat was still brown and white in places, proof that she was young. When I finished I stood.
"Thanks. Luna is often getting hurt like that." I jumped slightly, and turned to see Cloud staring at me. His bright blue eyes seemed brighter than before, watching me with eerie awareness. "You're a Cetra, aren't you?" His voice was softer as he spoke. Stunned, I nodded. "I thought so… but I thought they were all killed by Jenova? No, then there would be no humans… I suppose they could have just barely hung on to life." He looked down to the ground, and then to Luna, who was watching the exchange of words. He kneeled and she came to him, he petted her.
"Hmmm…" I replied. "And what of you?" He looked sharply to me.
"Me?" He echoed. I nodded. "Who really knows anymore?" I frowned slightly. "Zack said he saw an angel." I let the indication silent.
"How is he?" I mused over the question.
"He is fine, currently." He replied in a hum, and the wolf seemed to smile at the noise, if it was possible. I noticed how musical his voice seemed to be. I didn't bug him about side-stepping my silent accusation. I started to play with my skirt, gripping it in my hands and twisting it.
"The lifestream was a stream of consciousness in the cosmos that formed together to create Gaia." I froze as he spoke. "The lifestream supplied Gaia with water to form oceans, fire to form volcanoes, earth to make islands, and air for things to breathe. It also gave Gaia the element sprit to breath life into its creations so there could be life for Gaia to support and to help spread the lifestream around Gaia. This element came in the form of the first being. These beings created wolves first. As such, wolves have always been close to the planet, and spots that are important to the planet. Nibelheim is where the beings created wolves."
"That's why Nibel Wolves get to large… they were the first." I responded to his story with my conclusion. He mutely nodded. "Who were the beings? And how did you know that story, my mother never told me anything about that."
"Who knows… I don't. I don't even remember where I heard it." He softly replied.
"What about angels?" He made no acknowledgement to my words. "Cloud? Do you know anything about angels?"
"They are winged humans. The results of failed experiments. Horrible, huh?" He finally spoke. "You should head back. Your lovers are worried." With that, he started walking to the mansion. Luna stared at me, but with the sound of a whistle, she ran after Cloud.
I pondered over his words as I made my way back. The moment I neared the town, I was attacked by a blur of red.
"Aeris! We told you twenty minutes. Not about two hours! You had us worried, and why are you coming from the mansion? You didn't go there did you?!" Genesis asked, looking me over.
"No, I just had to talk with someone. By the way, I have a new story to tell you. Now lets head back to the inn. I figure Seph is staying with Zack?"
"Yeah, we were taking turns looking for you. Goddess, Aeris, who did you have to talk to?!"
"Cloud." At this he gave me a weird look. "I think… I may have found a friendship with him." He sighed, and held the door to the inn open for me.
"We'll talk later."
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