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It was a late night. Cloud couldn’t sleep he tried and tried but nothing happened. Aeris was dead and Sephiroth was dead but it seemed to him that they were still alive in someone else. Sometimes this scared him and kept him from sleeping. He killed Sephiroth but he still haunted him. Afraid to sleep he has insomnia since he forgets, Tifa tried to console him, but this phobia wouldn’t leave him. He was frightened. Hey lay in his bed awake until he heard a voice. “Cloud, you okay?” a small voice spoke. Cloud turned his head to find none other then they small Yuffie Kisaragi. “Did you hear me I asked if you were okay, Tifa and I are worried about you,” she said sweetly. Yuffie has changed a lot since she joined them. No longer a smart mouthed little materia stealer that she used to be. AVALANCE changed her in a good way. “No, I’m fine,” he answered finally. His thoughts were all of Sephiroth and Aeris and how they were connected. He didn’t know. “Okay, are you sure? All of AVALANCHE is worried,” Yuffie asked again to get reassurance. “Yeah,” Cloud said. He really wasn’t put he said so just so she would go away. “I’m fine,” he continued. “Okay,” Yuffie said as she left to talk to Tifa. Tifa was standing in the kitchen. Yuffie approached her with a bit of a smile though it was fake. “How is he?” Tifa asked. “Awake as usual,” Yuffie said, “he says he’s okay but I don’t believe,” she continued then ended. “Do you think he is still scared that Sephiroth will come back and kill him in his sleep?” Tifa asked. “No it’s just insomnia,” Yuffie said. It was by now morning and Cloud got up like usual but it wasn’t the same there were two strangers. One was a man tall and dark haired with night blue colored eyes. He was slender and not quite that tall but he looked strong a Cloud kind of feared him. Then he saw a smaller person a younger girl, obviously the man’s younger sister for they were practically identical in their build and hair and eye colors. “Who are these people?” Cloud asked Vincent who sat next to bar. “Oh yes, I’m Sophire and this is Alana my sister,” the man spoke. These names sounded too familiar to be true. “What happened to your parents?…I mean where are they?” Cloud asked to find out a bit of history. He had always been afraid that Sephiroth would somehow take over someone’s body and kill them all. To gain revenge. He was not as afraid that Aeris would take over a body to warn them. Their names were similar and if their past was too he was warned ahead of time. “Oh both of our parents are dead. Our mom got killed by a scientist and our dad was an assistant of this scientist,” Alana said. “WHAT?!” Cloud said, “I mean I heard you. Is that true?” Cloud asked somewhat nervously. He KNEW in his heart that they were Sephiroth and Aeris and wasn’t about to give up on that. He wouldn’t let him for his life stay at the AVALANCHE hideout. Barret was home with Marlene he was the only one who had left. He was in charge he decided who could or couldn’t join now. “They were wondering,” Vincent said until Cloud interrupted him. “NO!” Cloud said it, “they won’t join avalanche,” Cloud continued. “Okay, we won’t,” Sophire said then muttered under his breath, “I’ll get you another way.”

It is now that night. Cloud lay awake frightened but able to sleep. Eventually he went to sleep. He woke up and found himself somewhere else. He saw a closed in room. Not liking this he called out names. “Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Red XIII, Cid, Cait Sith,” Cloud shouted but received no answer. When he heard an evil laugh. “You thought I’d never find you. You thought you were the winner, well your times up bub. Now that I’ve taken over this body, I’ll do it more. Until I destroy you,” Sophire I mean Sephiroth said. “Stop, Sophire, you can’t do this,” a sweet voice shouted. A girl ran toward Sophire it was Alana. “Aeris, you can’t do anything,” Sophire turned to Alana’s possessed body by Aeris and slashed at her until he turned to Cloud. Then……Cloud woke up. “AAAAHHHH!!!!” Cloud shouted, but suprisingly didn’t wake anyone up. “I am NEVER sleeping again,” he ended.

It is now morning. Everyone met at the bar 7th Heaven. Cloud lay at the bar pounding his head down on the table, crying. He hasn’t cried since the death of Aeris, but now he was. “This is unusual,” Vincent said as he sat down beside Cloud. “What’s the matter?” Vincent asked. “I had an AWFUL dream. It was about those weird people Sophire and Alana. Sophire was possessed by the soul of Sephiroth, and Alana was by Aeris. Sophire killed her. I mean Sephiroth killed her when she tried to stop them. Sophire called her Aeris,” Cloud said as he turned his head toward the table. “I’ve dealt with one death, Aeris’s and I don’t want to deal with it again,” Cloud said. He buried his face in his hands and cried with fear. “Dreams, I used to have them. Until Hojo locked me up, he didn’t want to hear me again. I could have gotten out, my dreams of Lucrecia and of what Sephiroth really could’ve became. I blame this on myself,” Vincent said. “So, how is that supposed to help me?” Cloud asked. “I should have stopped the evil,” Vincent replied then left. “That’s it, I’ll stop them,” Cloud said then left.

It is now the Temple of the Ancients. Cloud walked through remembering that soon after he saw Aeris’s death. He remembered that awful feeling. He remembered experiencing Tseng’s death, poor Elena. He didn’t like this place it brought up too many bad feelings. He walked toward the Life Stream. Flying down came Sophire. This was his chance to stop the evil. “I’ll stop you,” Cloud said somewhat nervously. “You fool. Ha, No one can stop us,” Sophire said, “you stupid spikey haired boy,” he continued. “BOY?!!!” Cloud shouted. He attacked Sophire wildly like Omnislash. “DIE!” Cloud shouted. He continued until Sophire was healed by the evil soul of Sephiroth. “No,” Sophire said. He stood up and began slashing Cloud. “Stop it, Sephiroth,” A sweet voice hollered. This WAS his dream but it was about to change. “Foolish Aeris, you’ll die again, you didn’t deserve to be reborn into another body,” Sophire said as he turned to Alana and slashed her several times across the chest. “Nor did you,” Aeris said as she collapsed to the ground. “Aeris,” Cloud said. He knew this was going to happen. He attacked Sophire until he fell to the ground and died. “You will be one will the planet,” Cloud said as he left Sophire and walked to Alana. “Aeris,” Cloud said. “I will be one with the planet,” she said, “don’t forget I’ll be reborn once again….with……him….” those were Alana’s last words. Cloud gave her a water grave and reunited her reborn body with her older but yet newer body. This is where he left her this is where she will always be, in a watery grave.

This story is dedicated to Aeris and Sephiroth.
Sephiroth we’ll remember you for you’re evil deeds. For if you grew up with your true parents (Hojo and Lucrecia) and weren’t lied to you wouldn’t have turned out like you did.
Aeris we’ll always remember you for your spirit. You were true at heart and ever faithful. We’ll all remember what you did, for all you did was good.
If they didn’t know how close they really were.

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