Final Fantasy VII: Epilogue By: Adam Tuck 1 It’s been just one day now, just one day since the destruction of Midgar, one day since meteor hit… and one day since Sephiroth died. I already feel the nostalgia of it all kicking in. We’ve decided what happens now. Yuffie has decided to go home to Wutai, and try to reclaim its honor. We gave her some good materia. She liked that. Red XIII, or Nanaki as you will, has decided to go home for the first time in many years. He said he would stay there as long as his people might ever need him. He also wants to be there as long as his grandfather will be alive. Vincent didn’t really say where he was going; he just stayed long enough to say good-bye. I think I’ll look for him some day, but who knows, maybe he would like it if I didn’t. Cid went home to Rocket town. With his dream of entering space complete, he made peace with (name of woman he lives with). Though they might never really got to close. He doesn’t think he’ll ever get back into space since Shinra isn’t around any more, but I don’t think he cares. Reeve showed his face for the first time. He stopped to pick up Cait Sith. He spoke of plans to rebuild Midgar, but he said he’d let the ruins stay as a monument to what we did, and what could’ve happened. Berret is going to make a life for himself like a normal human being for him and his daughter. He’s going to have a prosthetic hand attachment that goes over where he put on the gun on installed. He also said something about opening a shop, but I don’t know. Tifa, she talked about going home, or at least to Nebelheim, which ever you would call it, but I think shell stick with me in the end. It’s obvious how she feels about me. I love her too. I think Id really like it if we stuck together. I mean I’ve been through some weird shit in the past few months, and I would like to be able to have her to hold onto. What should I do? I think I will just try and live out the rest of my years in joy. If I can I would like to build a house near a small city. Keep it simple. Just the open fields, and the chocobos. I just want to get on with my life, but not have it tear by what few seams I have. I already lost one dear friend, Aeries, and I don’t want to lose all of them. As I lay here on the deck of the Highwind, I realize that I am at peace. I killed Sephiroth, something that I’ve needed to do. By doing so I repaid to the fullest extent of my ability my debt to Aeries. But it will never bring her back. With Shinra gone, there are fewer monsters around, so my job as a mercenary is probably over. But now, with the wind blowing through my hair, my eyes wide open, and my mind at ease, and completely clear for the first time, probably forever, I am at peace. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. 2 Today Cid takes us to our final stops on the Highwind, well at least most likely to be final. We have agreed to a reunion in exactly one year. When we all had woken up, Vincent was gone. It was really his idea to have the reunion, which surprised us all. He said so in the note he left. The first to be dropped off is Reeve, and Berret at Junon. They aren’t going together though. Before we could drop Berret off, we had to pick up Marlene. I know Tifa cried after they had left. I know because she had run into the chocobo room after their departure. I didn’t think that I had to join her; I don’t think she wanted or needed it. Next we took Red XIII to his desert home in Cosmo Canyon. We had all been invited to a party of some sort, but the rest of us just wanted to go somewhere we could call home. This time Tifa just burst into tears, and hugged Red. For a second I thought Cid was going to cry, but he did not. We decided to take Yuffie home next, only because she actually knew where she wanted to go. As we approached Wutai, night fell. We decided to stay at her place. The next morning we were invited to a breakfast of foods none of us besides Yuffie had ever seen before. All, in all, it was good. Yuffie and Tifa hugged in the moments before we departed. Tifa tried not to cry but failed. When Yuffie saw Tifa cry, it didn’t take long for her to follow. As we took off in the Highwind, Yuffie and her father, who just stepped out, waved good-bye. On the bridge of the ship cid said to Tifa, “where will you be going?’ “Ummm,” she said looking down, and then I spoke up. “Shell come with me, if she wants,” and I turned my head to her, gesturing for here to answer. She just fell over on my arm, and shook her head yes. Cid wiped his eye, smiled and nodded. “So, where will you be going?” “First, I want to pick up one of my chocobos, from there we’ll decide.” “Fine with me,” Cid replied. The flight to the chocobo ranch was longest of all, well at least for me. I think this whole day has been hard for Tifa. When we got to the ranch, Tifa stayed behind on the Highwind. I got off to the ground, and ran into the stables. I told the farmer’s son that he could have the chocobos I left behind. That really made the kids day. I took a newborn gold chocobo, and my older gold chocobo. One for me, and Tifa. The boy followed me to the Highwind, and waved good-bye to the chocobos and I as I went into the chocobo cell in the ship. When I got to the bridge, there was not a person there that could speak because of the knot in their throat. Cid looked at me, and I knew what he meant with that stare. I answered it, “Midgar.” He didn’t try to understand, but just told the pilot to go. When he let Tifa, and I off, we took the two chocobos with us. There we stood settled on our brilliant gold chocobos. We waved to Cid, and the Highwind crew for what might be the last. I have learned to treasure each moment like it’s my last. When they were out of sight, I looked over at Tifa who was just balling. I moved toward her, and gave her the best hug I could. I myself felt like crying. After a few minutes, I let go, and nodded my head toward the entrance to Midgar. It only took a few seconds for us to ride over to it on chocobo back. I was first to demount my chocobo, and Tifa soon did the same. We tied them to some large debris, just to make sure that they didn’t run off. Using my sword, I cut open the doors to Midgar. Not to far was the church where I first learned Aries’s name. Amazingly it was the only thing intact. I pushed the wreckage from in front of the doorway, and opened the door for Tifa. I followed after her. The flowerbed. I was untouched. Still intact. I walked over to it, and kneeled. Tifa followed. She took out of her pack the flowers I had given to her, the ones Aeries sold me. She laid them flat in the bed. I swear I felt her smile, felt it from where ever she was. We spent the rest of the night there. It was strangely warm, unlike the cold, dead Midgar. The next morning, we woke up, and took one last look at the flowerbed. Tifa’s flowers had taken root. It was strange, but neither her, nor I wanted to ask any questions. As we mounted our chocobos, she asked, “where will we go?” “I think we could stay at my place at Costa Del Sol, but it would drive me crazy after a while.” ‘Ok, then to Costa Del Sol it is. Just ‘till we get our feet on the ground.” “Right,” and off we went. We only stayed for about a month. With the money we had, we could afford to build the house I spoke of. We decided to build a few hundred mile south of Rocket City. Why Rocket City? Truthfully no reason. Or maybe there is. Maybe because every time that the Highwind goes over us, I remember Aeries. Maybe because it is close to my past, and could go back to the Shinra mansion, there would always be plenty of reading… But besides this, I don’t know. As the days went on, Tifa counted every day, until the reunion. Vincent’s note said it should be at the waterfall where we found him, so I guess that’s where we’ll go. We made a monthly trek to Aeries’ church. Each time the flowers grew only more beautiful. Each time I saw them I thought to myself, “you did a fine job here.” It was now the day Tifa waited so long for, the reunion. We galloped on our chocobos to the waterfall. Needless to say, Cid was there first, he had the fastest mode of transport. “What took so long? I’ve been waiting,” and then he came up and gave me, and Tifa a big hug. We all just began to smile. We waited and talked for about an hour. We spoke of memory after memory. Next to arrive, but actually first was Vincent. He had walked out of the volcano passage, and handed Cid an unopened pack of cigarettes, just as Cid said, “ahhh, shit, now I’m out of my fucking god damn-,“ Vincent hadn’t given him time to finish. Cid sat there, against a loge, next to the shore, and stared down at his nice neat, unopened cigarettes, and without taking another second to think about it, through them into the water. “So what, you quittin?” Berret asked from about 30 feet behind them, with both Reeve, and Cait Sith not far behind. Cid chuckled to himself, and exposed a smile. At the same time so did Vincent and I. But Tifa had already started running to greet them. She opened her arms, and gave Berret the biggest hug she could. He wrapped his arms around her, and rose her into the air. “What about me?” Reeve asked. Tifa gave him a hug to. She walked back with them. Not to far behind them was Yuffie. She couldn’t be seen yet, but she could here them, and started running over the cliff side of the waterfall. “HEY! OVER HERE!” By now she caught the attention of all of them. They all stood to greet her as she came to the little circling. It was truly a festive time, like one I had not seen for many years. A few hours had passed, and no one thought that Red XIII would show, but when it was least expected, after the sun had set, there was a huge howl, and everyone looked up to see the figure of Red. He began to run down the mountain, and you could feel the excitement lift off his skin. There were hollers welcoming him back. When he reached what had become our little campsite, he had to face a barrage of hellos, like he had never seen before. After the time it took to get everyone settled, Berret sat back in the chair he had brought, and in a calm voice said, “We’re all here…” After that there was an odd eerie silence. I think we all were thinking of Aeries. What she had done. And suddenly I think we all felt like she was there, and that she was happy. It took a few minutes for the silence to break, but when it did, the up roar of joyous talking restarted. We all sat around the bonfire made earlier. Red exchanged his experiences, and so did the rest of us. We ‘all’ really were there. That night I was the only one awake. I sat there, staring into the star lit heavens, and I thought of her. And I was glad. It is now so obvious that her sacrifice was worth it, and at this, I felt a presence pull away from us. I startled me so much; I sat up and counted everyone… They were all here, and ‘she’ finally went home. “Good-bye my dear Aeries, I whispered under my breath, just loud enough to hear. And I don’t know how to say this, but I felt her say good bye too. I felt her spirit leave us, she left in the same kind of peace I feel right now. “Good bye, Aeries. May you be patient for our reunion. Thank you,” I said under my breath. I spent the rest of the night staring straight into the navy blue, and black sky. The stars, the Heavens, and the full moon, it was all splendid. I got from beneath my sleeping bag, and crawled closer to the fire. Shortly after I think I slept, and when I slept, I think I dreamed. I think I dreamed of us all together again, as we are, and at a reunion like the one today. It was still a young night, so I went for a walk around the lake. When it felt I walked enough, I unsheathed my sword, and sparred with my imaginary enemy. Same old techniques, same old motions, it was as if the sword was part of me. I felt it move freely, and in sync with my mind at the same time. I don’t remember thinking at all at this point. What I do remember is reliving in my mind the last fights. The one with Jenova, the one with Sephiroth. What an odd time I am, and was in. With all the chaos about us, there was nothing but harmony. The chaos of change was littered through the time we call our lives. Cid quit smoking, who saw that coming? Berret opened a shop, and put his daughter through school, and was a complete professional; meaning no more rugged beard, no more ear ring, and the option of having a gun arm was there, but dormant. Red XIII had grown so much since the last time we saw him, I can hardly imagine him in two hundred years. Hell, I can hardly imagine the world in two hundred years. Yuffie is no longer the thief we knew her to be, but yet she had become a noble of her land. Wutai. Reeve had put his days in Shinra completely behind him, but keeps the Cait Sith around as to serve his memory of what happened, though I think it’s impossible to forget it all. I continued to thrust my sword into different battle positions for at least an hour. I realized I had gotten out of shape, I should do this more often. I plunged my sword into the ground, and rested against the side of it. I wiped what sweat there was from my brow, and turned to the camp. Everyone was asleep. The chocobos, Cid Tifa, Berret, Vincent, Reeve, Red, close to the fire, and the Highwind crew. The water was calm. Everything was resting. “Why am I not at peace,” I had thought to myself for so long. I pulled my sword from the ground, and washed the dirt off in the pond in front of me. I spun it round in the air, and all the drops of water seemed to make a perfect circle around me. After holding it in my hands for quite some time, I resheathed it. I dug around in my pocket, and pulled out a ring case. Inside is one of the purest, largest diamonds you would ever see. It was one of two. I had made this one while still on the journey to Sephiroth. Looking at the diamond, then at Tifa, all warm in her sleeping bag, I decided that now should be the time. I ran to the camp sight as quietly as I could, as not to make any commotion. About fifteen feet away from the camp sight my jog turned into a slow walk. As I neared the camp sight, I pondered, what I would say, and what she might say. But when I was standing above her, looking down at her, my mind went into autopilot. I sat down next to her. Next I raised her head and rested it on my lap. She began to wake up at this point. With her eyes squinting with fatigue, she gave a small smile. I reached down, and grabbed her hands, and left the black ring box in the cup of her hands. She didn’t know what it was, so she brought it up into her sight. Once she realized what it was her eyes widened, and she wanted to yell out, but I gestured for her not to wake the others. She slowly opened the black wood box, and I think she started to cry as she put the ring on her finger. All I know is she pulled herself up onto my lap, and our lips met. She whispered in my ear, almost too quietly, “yes.” The entire night from that point on was spent like that. It was a little before sunrise that we both fell asleep. 3 In the morning we awoke to Cid and Vincent talking. The fire had burnt itself out, and they of course wanted to know how they were going to eat breakfast. After everyone was awake, Tifa of all things left it up to me to tell everyone. How do you announce this too a group of your closest friends? What are the words that I should say? I need to know these things. But where inside me is the knowledge? I thought of my mom, and how she always wanted me to settle. I was sad because she wouldn’t be at the wedding. I thought of all the movies I had seen, but in none of them had something like this come up. I had to decide to let it flow, or else it might not happen. I would have to say it in a way that to me was very plain. But would it seem so to Tifa? All this seemed to matter. It was a good stress. It was exciting. My heart began to pump fast. I felt like I wanted to run home, but I would not. I decided to do it during breakfast. We were all talking like we hadn’t gone our separate ways a year ago. It was almost the end of breakfast when Tifa started kicking me in the shins to tell them. I waited for the first quiet moment. Then I spoke up, “everyone, lets plan the next reunion. I think it should be at the church where Aeries worked.” There was an odd quiet silence in the air. Berret was the first to speak up, “but wasn’t the church destroyed?” “No, actually it was the only place still intact. Even odder, it was completely untouched,” I answered. Next Red XIII spoke, “why the church?” I grinned like I hadn’t in forever, “that individual church because it’s the only one I know of, and where else do you have a wedding?” At that I picked up Tifa’s left hand, and showed off the newly placed ring, and at the same time, I slid mine on. For a few moments not a word was spoken, the Cid broke the silence by clapping. The rest of them followed, and if they could not clap they made some sort of applause. “Fine, the church it is,” Red said. Yuffie grinning widely spoke up, and said, “whose the bride maid gonna be?” Everyone grew silent, knowing that if it was possible, it should have been Aeries. Yuffie realized what she had done by saying that. Then she grew silent, and I could tell felt slightly embarrassed, and saddened by this. Tifa spoke up to break the ice, “well, I think it should be you Yuffie. I mean you’re the only other girl in this group.” Almost seeming to blush, she replied, “thank you, I’ll be there… Dear God, what am I gonna where?!” We all laughed at that. It felt real good being with everyone again. It feels like only yesterday that something like this was all too common, the gathering, not the wedding. Feels like only yesterday that we couldn’t imagine not spending each day like this. Feels like only yesterday when it all started, our friendships started, our journey started, and our lives started. But it feels like yesterday was years away. Like yesterday was stolen. Like there’s infinite space, far beyond what the mind can comprehend. Yesterday, I was the one who killed Sephiroth. Yesterday, I avenged Aeries. Yesterday, I let the meteor be summoned. Yesterday, I was one of the first three humans in space. Yesterday, I killed monsters for a living. Yesterday I was weak. Yesterday I became strong. But most of all, Aeries died yesterday. But now, with everything changing, and getting as distant as it has, I must move forward into today, and tomorrow, and the days, weeks, months, and years after that. But I cling to yesterday as I do, because I don’t want to forget. Because I want it to remain. Because I don’t want there to be change. I fear that if there is change, it will leave me behind, and alone again. I don’t want to lose what I love. I don’t want for what I love to die, or wither. I don’t want to lose who I love, or for them to lose me, or lose love for me. God damn, why am I always afraid like this? There is just nothing fare about it! I want a shoulder to cry on, but I have to be strong. My fear tears me apart… …. But maybe now there will be something permanent, some stability. Something to fall back on. Something that will finally be able to let me rest. But we will see… That night, as the reunion ended, I think Tifa and I were the last to leave, I can’t really remember because… I was probably to damn happy. Berret left for home with Reeve, he’s gonna have Marlene at the wedding. Since only Berret, Reeve, Cid, and Tifa and me are the only ones with decent ways to get home, everyone, accept for Vincent, who wasn’t there for the farewell, but instead left a note again, which said that he was gonna be the first one at the wedding, well anyway, everyone who didn’t have a good way to get around got to go home in the Highwind once more. I sure do miss those days we spent in the Highwind. I think we should of asked for a ride on it, I have no clue why we didn’t. But t was nice to ride home on the chocobos, it’s been a while since we had just gone out on them, I think they like the exercise. 4 It was the night before the wedding. I was nervous like I never was before. Every bone in my body ached with anticipation. Every second seemed to rush by, like time was fast. It was a peace like I had not known for many years. I was excited. I couldn’t settle down. It was a natural high like nothing else. I have no words to describe how I feel. But that night I slept like a log. I fell asleep instantly. But my sleep was not peaceful. I dreamt of Aeries and Sephiroth. At least I thought it was a Dream… Un my dream, Sephiroth had gotten to Aeries and I was helpless. We were floating through the lifestream, and I was kept at bay by everything we had ever killed. I was bare fisted, and Sephiroth had his sword to Aries’s throat. I wasn’t going to let her get hurt any more. With beasts, monsters and everything else under the sun ripping at my flesh, I fought as hard as I could. I felt my strength fleeing me… I was going to die… But then I saw her bleeding. My rage was unlike anything I had ever known to exist in the world. At that point I had no choice; I had to make it. I pushed through anything in my way. Nothing was strong enough to break my flesh more than it had been. Suddenly my rage erupted as if I had set off every materia I owned, but yet I had none, I didn’t even have a weapon. When the light was gone, there was nothing, nothing but Sephiroth, Aeries, and I. I charged straight for Sephiroth, and he released Aeries. She ran to get away from what would be the fight of all time. He started it off by thrusting that long sword straight into my chest. It had pierced my heart I swear. But I didn’t care. I had to win. With all my strength I had left, I reached, and grabbed his blade. By hands bled like they never had before. But I couldn’t stop, ever. With a yell of all the hatred I had for him, I snapped the sword in two. His eyes widened, and I fell to the floor; well where there should have been a floor. There I kneeled, waiting, concentrating. I grabbed my half of his blade. Straight forward. Straight out. I did not bleed. I didn’t have time for it. I was too angry for it. Baring it in my right hand I rushed as fast as I could, and brought it down over him. He blocked with all the strength he had. In this one blow, I knew he was losing. As the metal in our parts of the blade spark, they begin to fade into powder. We were pressing too much for the blades. I thought it would be over, but I was wrong. I thought he had retreated, when he flew back. But using all his magic, he changed the scenery. It was like it was 9 years ago; we were in Niblheim. Flames surrounded us. Just like when he had first gone mad. But there was another element; Jenova was in the background. She was ghostly looking. It was as if we were the ghosts though. There were people running around us. But everything was backward. Then I saw it. Sephiroth. He had never set the fire. Jenova’s magic had. Then my heart stopped. I saw him; Sephiroth when he came out of the mansion. There was that ghostly image of Jenova once more. She was whispering into his mind. Poisoning him with her evil magic. His mind slowly slipped away as he tried to evade his capture… But he was to weak, and couldn’t help but give in. Then the image of Sephiroth that had brought us here looked at me with hurt eyes. He begged me for a release. I knew what I had to do. He walked over to me like he was in pain, and grabbed my hand. He gave me all the magic he still could control. I used this to summon Jenova; it was time she released her son. With her in sight Sephiroth seemed to go mad. Her evil glare was focused only on him. He drew another sword from the lifestream as Nebelheim faded. He drew to strike me down. He looked me square in the eyes, and I saw he couldn’t bring himself to try and kill me. I guess her hold on him had decayed just slightly. All he could do was plunge his blade through his chest, and force himself down. He did this so I could have his blade. So I could release him from this witch. As I pulled Sephiroth’s blade from his chest, Jenova shrieked the most blood curdling sound imaginable. I knew I fought for both her head, and Sephiroth’s mind. I pulled forward his sword, and began to run for her. She was about a mile off; well at least that’s how it felt. As I drew upon her, she began to cast a spell. I had never felt such evil, dark, fearful power before in my life. Now is when I had to strike. I reached forward, I wasn’t going to give her time to cast this spell, because by now I figured out that this was no dream, I don’t know how I knew, but I did. She vanished each time I go to strike, always just a move ahead of me. It was only seconds, but it felt like hours; strike after strike, tear after sweat filled tear, and beads of sweat, dropping one after another from my brow. Her incantation was done. Light of every color beamed, and radiated from her every fiber. This was the first time she stopped moving; now was my chance, my only chance. I said to do, “now, or never, do or die,” and I was inches away from her. “Sink or Swim,” and my sword fell above her, as the blast of magic emerged. “Fall, or Fly,” and Jenova was two, then no more. Her dark wave of magic had hit, and I went flying. As I lay on the ground Aeries ran to my aid. She rested my head on her kneeling lap, and she grabbed my hands, and whispered, “I’ll be there tomorrow… Take care, and good-bye.” That’s when I woke. I fell out of my bed, and took in the largest breath I could. I looked around for Tifa, but she was nowhere. I searched the bed side table, and found a note that read as so: Cloud, I am with Yuffie. She showed up real early, and I didn’t want to wake you. I’ll see you at the wedding. Tifa Holding the note in my hand I had almost forgotten about the night before, and I thought to myself, “Pre-wedding girl talk, I suppose.” As turn, and I stretch I look straight out the window; the life-stream had gushed! How could this be, were nowhere near an ocean, nowhere near a place for it to gush? I ran outside as fast as I could, and at the bank of the life-stream was a case. Inside there was Sephiroth’s sword, and a letter. Cloud, thank you for what you have done for me. I am ashamed of myself for what I had done, and only beg that you live your life, and I beg for forgiveness. Sephiroth “Deep down, I always believed this way of life you had chosen, was not your own. Good-bye, Sephiroth.” After reminiscing on the ‘real’ Sephiroth for a few moments, I folded the letter back up, and put it in the case once mort. I sat there for a few minutes remembering the dream instant by instant, and watched the life-stream. “Holy shit, I’m going to be late!” I thought to myself, and I grabbed the box and ran inside. I rushed as fast as I could to get ready. In a short while I was ready to mount my Chocobo and leave. 5 I was almost there, and almost late. I rode faster and faster, and slowly the ruins of Midgar were in sight. I was almost there, just a few moments long. I was there, I was waiting at the end of the isle, everything was perfect; Cid, to wed Tifa, and I, Berret, the ring bearer, and best man, and the rest of them in the seats. The place was cleaned, and rebuilt; it was splendid. Just a few more minutes; and it would all be different. Suddenly, there she was, time seemed to freeze on each moment as I watch her gently move down the isle. Her dress; it was perfect on her. An endless river of white fabric. I was never more nervous; or excited. There she stood in front of me. She gazed into my eyes as I look into hers. The words Cid spoke were almost not there. But when she answered, “I do,” My knees almost gave out. Now it was my turn. This was so easy to answer, all I had to do was mutter the words, and it would be done, but I was quiet. The entire room seemed to loom forward onto us. I told myself I had waited to long, now I must speak. “I do, I do with all my heart.” All the friends we had made were there, and suddenly they erupted in applause. I reached down, and lifted Tifa to my lips. That moment seemed to last forever. When it was over, we turned to Berret, who I believe was closer to tears than he had ever been in his life. He opened the small black box that held our rings. I reached in, and slipped the ring over my finger. I then held her hand, and gracefully snatched the second ring, and slipped it on her finger. It was as if the whole world was applauding our wedding. The sun shown brighter than I ever remembers. It was the best day I can remember in my life. In the moment we were cutting the first slice of the wedding cake, the earth quaked. Every body ran outside ran outside to see what was going on. What we saw amazed all of us; the life-stream was gushing out of the ground. Suddenly doors seemed to appear from the life-stream. As it settled, it also seemed to harden, and yes, there were doors. After everyone had settled, they burst wide open. What we saw left us all wide eyed, and jaw dropped. Both Sephiroth, and Aeries had emerged; not only that but they were hand in hand. We found ourselves in the church once more. It was just like it was for Tifa and me, accept that Sephiroth, and Aeries walked down the isle together. Cid got back into place, and began to read from the book that he read to Tifa and I from. Both Aeries, and Sephiroth spoke the words that still seem so fresh in my mouth. And as they kiss, rings are formed on their fingers by Sephiroth’s magic. It was the weirdest moment I had ever lived through. They turned to face the crowd. Tifa stood next to me completely confused. But then they walked back down the isle to meet with Tifa and I. Aeries pulled Tifa away from me, and me and Sephiroth stood there not a word was said for a long time. It was so weird to me. He just stood there. He wrapped his arms around me, and manically began to thank me. I didn’t know what else to do, so I hugged him too. Everybody’s eyes widened. I’m sure none of them had any idea what was going on. After Sephiroth released me, Berret was the first to speak up, “what the God damn Hell is going on?!” We sat everyone down, and explained it all to them. Sephiroth told us how he and Aeries came back, “using all the magic I had, I recreated our bodies. It has left me almost completely drained.” It took until dusk for everything to get straightened out. In the end I feel it was well worth it. Sephiroth, and Aeries would move in with us for a while, and then they would begin work on their own home. There were a lot of old times to be caught up on. And I realized that this is really the best day of my life; I got my childhood hero back, and one of my dearest friends. It is all so incredible. We decided to travel the world again for our double honeymoon. And until next time this is all. “But tell us more, Granpa Cloud!” “Yeah, please???” No, it’s time for sleep, now get in your beds, and I’ll tell you more soon, I promise. “Oh, ok,” the two children, say at the same time.