Okay… I felt that I was due for an update, so here it is. But first, I'd like to show you all something. Several things actually. These things are videos. The first two are brothers… companions to one another. They are poems. I suggest you read those poems or watch the video, seeing as the poem is written on the video. The others... I just suggest you watch. Starting with third video, preferably.

These are the songs I look to for inspiration, for this moment, on this video. My music taste varies as much as my moods, but… when I am writing, the first thing I do is look for songs that I feel relate to the story. And yes, my friends have checked it out. Sad song, I wrote about Reno dying. Happy song, turns out he didn't die, he just crashed in an unknown village where he is considered a god. Are you guys ever going to see that story… probably not. But that's besides the point.

These videos are what I listen to when I write this fic. And as great as it'd be if you read while listening… each of these videos are extremely well done (well… most of them) and deserve praise.

Oh, and to let you know… I HATE one of those songs. I absoultly hate it. And then I hear two parts of it, and my heart melts and suddenly I love the song just for those parts. The song is 'Angels on the Moon'

The playlist is here: (There is a space between .com and /.)

.com /view_play_list?p=35548F2906648F88

If the link doesn't work, I should have it set as Video Log on one of my YouTube accounts…. Silent0Sacrifice. Oh, and before I forget, some of the videos cut the songs short, so I suggest you look them up. One of those videos is "Angels on the Moon' and 'For Blue Skies'.

BTW, the POV starts as Seph's, then changes to Cloud. And I really should stop doing that... hmmm.


"You must have been high on the mountain for there to be enough snow for snowball fights." Aeris nodded as she sipped her hot chocolate by the window, I glanced to Zack, who was watching Aeris, waiting to see if she'd say anything.

"Yeah, we were. We left when we woke, which was early in the morning. And before you start worrying about me sleeping in the snow, the mako spring kept me warm and so did Fenrir. He makes for a surprisingly soft pillow."

Naturally her words, despite telling me not to worry, made me worry more. From the looks on Genesis' and Zack's faces, I could tell they felt the same.

"You slept on that monster of a wolf!" Genesis all but shouted out at her. She looked at him with wide green eyes, her small pink lips were opened in a small 'oh' shape.

"He isn't a monster." She retorted after a few moments of silence. Zack snorted. I silently agreed. She finished her hot chocolate and bounce up, looking to each of us. "I am going to go for a walk. I will see you all soon. Bye!" Then she walked out the door before any of us could say anything. I stared. Zack stared. Genesis stared. And then we all looked at one another.

'What exactly just happened?' was the question on all of our minds.

~Cloud's POV~

I smiled as I saw Aeris exit the inn. I walked up to her. "Mind if I join you?" She smiled at me before shaking her head.

"I don't mind." I smiled more.

"Great. I was actually wondering if you'd like to meet Vincent tomorrow. He really isn't a bad guy… once you get over his icy shields." She laughed, and readily agreed. The next day, I met her bright and early. Luna, who had decided to come with me, flanked Aeris' side. She looked down, smiled and even petted the smaller female wolf. Fenrir was by my side also. Together, we started to the mansion. A few moments later, she spoke.

"Say Cloud…" She waited until she had my attention before continuing. "Why do you keep wolves as your company?" I paused, as did she. I had never really thought of why I kept them as company, just came natural to me.

"Most people see wolves as evil monsters." I glanced down at Luna and Fenrir. "People think wolves all need to die, because they are afraid of them. They think that they eat children, and destroy stuff. Really… wolves are just misunderstood." I rested my hand on the flank of Fenrir. The large black wolf looked back at me, his purple eyes trained on me.

"What they don't understand is the wolf. They come in and destroy the homes of wolves and expect them to just accept it. They think that they can kill a wolf or two, and then they'll be left alone. They don't understand how a wolf thinks or acts. Killing a pack-mate just angers them, and they seek… I guess the word would be retribution. An eye for an eye, a mate for a mate. They are loyal creatures. Calm, majestic." I looked to Aeris, who was watching me with a slightly tilted head.

"They are misunderstood… which is both good and bad. Bad in the sense that people fear them and try to kill them… but good in the sense that people are afraid of them and try to leave them alone. It's a double-edged sword. It all depends on how one uses it."

"Like Vincent. He is misunderstood and uses that to his advantage. He uses the 'scare them into staying away' tactic." Aeris spoke softly, and I nodded.

"Exactly like Vincent. But the sad thing with wolves… it's that they were…"

"Here first. According to that legend you told me, right?" I nodded.

"This is their home first. What right do we have to take it? What right do we have to kill them because they do what their nature dictates they do? We kill them because they protect their pack and home. If someone threatened their home and family, I'm sure they would retaliate too."

"So you like misunderstood people and animals as your friends. Could this be because you, yourself, are misunderstood?" I smiled and laughed, startling her.

"Possibly. But you do realize that you just called yourself misunderstood… but then again.. I guess you are." She puffed up at my words. "You are walking a double-edge sword, just as we all are. You need to hide from Shinra, yet you are dating the company's three generals. You purposely let yourself hang in danger because you trust that your generals will protect you, despite being part of what wants to hurt you. You are taking a chance with that. Like with Vincent. He might one day scare people into hunting him down instead of leaving him alone, and yet he takes that chance. The wolves stay with me to regain the human's trust, and one day they might meet a rouge wolf that will hurt a person, and then they'll be hunted again. But they are trusting on people to remember how nice they were."

Aeris was silent after my little speech. She tucked a strand of brown hair behind her ear, and looked down at the ground. She chewed thoughtfully on her bottom lip, obviously thinking over what I said.

"I… I guess you're right. I never thought of it like that." She looked up at me, her green meeting my blue. "And you'll misunderstood too."

"I know. But that's what you're for." I laughed, and she did too. "Misunderstood people understand misunderstood people. It's a fact of life." We continued walking back up the path again.

"So… are you sure its alright for me to meet Vincent?"

"Yeah. He'll like you, I just know it. 'Sides, you're misunderstood, and he's misunderstood. You should get along with one another fashionably well." She laughed, and we continued making our way up the mountain. The only problem I could foresee was that I never checked to see if this was okay with Vincent. I mentally sighed. Oh well. He'd get over it.


Yeah I know, short... but an update is an update, right?