Welcome to my first ever drama/romance. *gasp* Finally, something besides
humor. I worked INCREDIBLY hard on this, and hope it's worthy. ^^ So please
read and tell me what you think!!
The pairings in this are Cloud x Tifa, Yuffie x Vincent, and Cid x Shera. The fic focuses, more than anything, on Cloud and Tifa. Barret, Cait Sith, and Red XIII aren't talked about a lot; they sorta disappear in the fic since they're not main characters at all. There is NO Aeris bashing whatsoever; she's a very main character. And finally, this takes place after the game so there are a few spoilers. Just wanted to clear all that up...
Disclaimer: I don't own Square or anything, but you know that. This disclaimer applies for the rest of the story.
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{ PROLOGUE ~ REMEMBER ME }
A swift airship flew through the wet violet midnight sky. The world of Gaia towered beneath it, silent and prismatic. The airship seemed real. The sky seemed real. Everything seemed so real... Yet the scene was trapped in a surreal world. The beauty was trapped in a single crystal ball. The crystal ball was lying in a dark room, the one that marked the border between two dimensions...
A young woman walked into the room. She was surrounded with a gentle aura, and she had the instant powers to ward away evil. The woman's glowing green eyes caught the vision of the crystal ball. She sat down before it and focused her soft gaze.
"I can't protect you now..." she whispered, her voice calm and sweet, "A greater evil has fallen. Stop it with the force of your hearts and never, ever give up hope..." A single tear rolled down the woman's cheek and fell onto the ground. Her emotions were welled up inside her, pushing to get out.
How this woman longed to be with her best friends on that airship. Barret, Red XIII, Cait Sith, Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Shera, Tifa, and Cloud... She was a hero too, after all. Like them, she fought to save the world. She deserved to be there right now, but fate stepped in and decided otherwise...
She closed her eyes for a moment, then stood up. The woman lifted her gown slightly, trying not to step on the edges as she walked. She headed for the exit out of this room, the one that would lead her back into the opposite dimension, but stopped before the door. She turned her head, her brown hair waving around her face. For a long time, she stood there and longingly stared at the crystal ball.
"Remember me always," she finally uttered, "Especially you, Cloud and Tifa..." With that, she stepped out of the room.
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I know it's short... Everyone knows who that woman is, right? -_-;; But should I continue? Once again, I worked really hard, so I'd love encouragement...
The pairings in this are Cloud x Tifa, Yuffie x Vincent, and Cid x Shera. The fic focuses, more than anything, on Cloud and Tifa. Barret, Cait Sith, and Red XIII aren't talked about a lot; they sorta disappear in the fic since they're not main characters at all. There is NO Aeris bashing whatsoever; she's a very main character. And finally, this takes place after the game so there are a few spoilers. Just wanted to clear all that up...
Disclaimer: I don't own Square or anything, but you know that. This disclaimer applies for the rest of the story.
~*~
{ PROLOGUE ~ REMEMBER ME }
A swift airship flew through the wet violet midnight sky. The world of Gaia towered beneath it, silent and prismatic. The airship seemed real. The sky seemed real. Everything seemed so real... Yet the scene was trapped in a surreal world. The beauty was trapped in a single crystal ball. The crystal ball was lying in a dark room, the one that marked the border between two dimensions...
A young woman walked into the room. She was surrounded with a gentle aura, and she had the instant powers to ward away evil. The woman's glowing green eyes caught the vision of the crystal ball. She sat down before it and focused her soft gaze.
"I can't protect you now..." she whispered, her voice calm and sweet, "A greater evil has fallen. Stop it with the force of your hearts and never, ever give up hope..." A single tear rolled down the woman's cheek and fell onto the ground. Her emotions were welled up inside her, pushing to get out.
How this woman longed to be with her best friends on that airship. Barret, Red XIII, Cait Sith, Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Shera, Tifa, and Cloud... She was a hero too, after all. Like them, she fought to save the world. She deserved to be there right now, but fate stepped in and decided otherwise...
She closed her eyes for a moment, then stood up. The woman lifted her gown slightly, trying not to step on the edges as she walked. She headed for the exit out of this room, the one that would lead her back into the opposite dimension, but stopped before the door. She turned her head, her brown hair waving around her face. For a long time, she stood there and longingly stared at the crystal ball.
"Remember me always," she finally uttered, "Especially you, Cloud and Tifa..." With that, she stepped out of the room.
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I know it's short... Everyone knows who that woman is, right? -_-;; But should I continue? Once again, I worked really hard, so I'd love encouragement...