this is my first ever fanfic so bear with me! if you like it, ill carry on writing. if you dont like it...ill carry on writing lol :P hope you like it. :cleris:


What it's like to be a dreamer...and how it feels to see them come true

Chapter 1

As a 22 year old Cloud Strife slumped over his beer in Tifa's 7th Heaven, the young woman of barely 21 was looking over at him as she was cleaning the bar, worried. He was always like this, and could never cheer him up, she never knew what to say. Cloud got out of his seat, and walked outside. As he looked wist fully at the sunset, he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"its nice now, that shinra removed the plate," Tifa pointed out. "I love watching the sky at night."
Cloud fidgeted. "would you mind, Tifa, i'd like to be alone. no offence," Cloud replied.
"right. ok. fine, i understand" and with that, tifa walked back inside, moving her arms with a little more vigor than usual. Cloud just rolled his eyes, and walked off. toward the church.

:cloud: ***** :aeris:

As he stood outside the derelict building, so many fond memories leaked into his mind. He smiled to himself at the time she made him laugh,and the time she made him her bodyguard in return for a date. If only he couldve done his job properly...
He walked past the dusty doors, and into the main church. To his surprise, he saw a man in a navy suit, with long black hair shielding his face. The men bent over the flowers and picked one up, and sniffed it. Cloud was sure he saw a tear drop fall from his face.
"You come here too, tseng?"
the man jumped. "er...yeah...nice to see you cloud."
Cloud smirked.
"What?"
"You miss her too."
"Um...yeah, you could say that."
Tseng grinned.
"what?"
"never mind"
tseng made his way out of the church, and when he reached cloud, he said to him quietly, "I guess im not the only one who had feelings for her, eh?"
Tseng tucked the flower he picked up in his front jacket pocket, and then walked out without another word.
Cloud took a deep breath, and then walked up the aisle. he inhaled the sweet smell of the flowers, like perfume. thats what she smelt like. He sat himself in a pew, and stared into space, deep in thought. Something made him jump. A very vague figure walked into the room from the back. She had a pink dress, with her lovely golden brown hair tied back in a pretty pink bow. She had the most wonderful green eyes you ever saw. like an angel. Cloud rubbed his eyes. he could only make her out, like some kind of spirit,it was very transparent. She walked towards the flower bed, and started picking flowers and putting them into a basket.
"Aeris...?"
She kept gardening. As cloud got up from his seat, she started humming to herself. it was a very familiar song, like a song cloud had played on a piano somewhere...
Cloud was creaking the floorboards as he got nearer, but she didnt jump. she just carried on like noone was there. Cloud reached out his hand and tried to touch her, just to feel her one more time. but his hand went straight through. She suddenly jumped, and she had a horrified look on her face. Cloud jumped back, scared he hurt her, but then she gave a little sob.
"No..." she moaned.
"nooo...zack..."
Cloud stared at her, transfixed. A tear fell from her eye, and then she sobbed as she dropped her flowers. As she ran out into the back room, her figure became so clear it disappeared.
:cloud: ***** :aeris:


what do you think? please send me feedback, i want to know if i should carry on or not. ive got so many scribbles on my notepad, i dont know where else to improve!!! :unsure: im writing more chapters soon! :cleris:

Wow... kind of gives a sad feeling to it. I think it suits the story very well. :D

now, here comes the best bit! i want you guys to finish it off! im gonna give you some choices of what should happen:

cloud dies
aerith gets revived
cloud is encouraged by aerith's spirit so lives out his life in peace
cloud and tifa hit it off(boo!)
tifa and rufus hit it off(i think thats cute actally)
barret and cloud hit it off(joke!)

ive already got it planned out, but want to know what you guys think would happen. tell me! let yuor imaginations run wild! lol. printing chapter 2 soon!


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It was really good. I think that Rufus and Tifa should get together. Cloud was never for her at all.

i will be posting the next chapter in the next few days, so :cleris: keep checking!!

Okay ^^

chapter 2 is here! i cant post them on fanfiction.net yet, becoz i have to wait for my member ship to go through. hope you enjoy it!

Dreams and memories

what its like to be a dreamer...and how it feels to see them come true

Chapter 2

“Will you be my bodyguard?”
“It’ll cost ya.”
“Ok. How about I go out with you once?”


“The roof and flowers broke your fall its lucky you’re alive.”

“I thought you were cut out to be in soldier?”
“Oh, you’re terrible!”

“Cloud…”

“Cloud!”

“Cloud?”

“Did I give Sephiroth the Black Materia? Answer me!”
“Ow, no Cloud, get off! CLOOOUUUDDD!!!!”
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“AARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!”
“Sh. It’s ok now. Just rest.”
Cloud opened his eyes. He had sweat dripping down his back, and his hands were all clammy. He was lying in the middle of the flowers. Feeling guilty, he jumped out of the flowers and brushed himself off, feeling a bit clumsy too. He glanced at the flowers, and then looked back. It was him, lying in the flowers, and the pink figure was leaning over him was smiling at the man in the flowers, stroking his hair. He started to stir. When she realised he was coming to, she snatched her hand away, and called to him.
“Hello? Have you woken up yet? You’re lucky. The roof and flowers broke your fall.”
He saw himself regain consciousness, and then he jumped out of the flowers. Cloud smiled as he saw himself go red with embarrassment, and grinned when Aeris giggled. She had such a sunny laugh that could brighten up anyone’s day. As Cloud was thinking to himself, and the other figures were conversing, another figure walked into the church. Cloud recognised him immediately. It was Reno, from the Turks.
“Who’s he?”
“It doesn’t matter. Hey, have you ever been a bodyguard?”
“Why?”
“Do you want to be mine?”
“It’ll cost ya.”
“Ok. How about I go on a date with you once?”
“Well, I-”
As Cloud walked down the aisle to check out Reno, three guards walked in. Cloud remembers the uniform so much, he always changed when he put it on. He felt braver, arrogant even, proud that he was part of a big company like ShinRa. Reno and the three guards started to walk up the aisle. The two figures near the flowers ran into the back room. Cloud chased after them.
“Got ya, missy,-”
“Cloud help!”
Cloud looked up to the rafters above.
“Errrmmm, which one do I push…”
“The left one,” Cloud said to himself. “The left one…-”
A barrel toppled on top of the soldier.
“Thanks, Cloud…help Cloud, help!”
“Ok! Which one now…-”
“Cloud, hurry!”
Cloud toppled the rest of the barrels on the ShinRa soldiers and Aeris ran to him.
“Thanks, Cloud…”
“ ’s’ok, now how do we get out of here?”
“Carry on that way, there’s a hole in the roof up there…”
“Ok.”
As Cloud saw them disappear, he punished himself because he remembered the things that were to come.

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As Cloud made his way back to 7th Heaven, Tifa and the rest of the crew were watching the news on the brand new television that they had bought with all the money they saved when they were on their “journey”. The latest newsflash was that Rufus ShinRa had regained consciousness and was giving orders from his bed to remake “New Midgar”.
“Apparently, as Rufus ShinRa regained consciousness at 8:16 last night, his first words were: (news footage)

“ARGHHH!! I’m sorry! Please forgive me! Help me Tif-”(at this point, the camera had been switched off, because the nurse hurried the cameraman out of the room).

“We are hopefully expecting to see Mr. ShinRa-”

“Damn hooligan,” Barret said aloud, while drinking his whiskey. “I could give him such a piece of me mind…”
“Barret, that’s not the right attitude,” Tifa replied. “From what we saw just now, he looked sorry-”
“And a bit loony,” added Yuffie, blowing a raspberry. “He’s nuts.”
Tifa felt compassion for Rufus. He had said sorry after all.
“Maybe he got hit in the brain, or exposed to too much Mako like Cl-”
“You know wha’ Tifa? You’re too forgiving for your own good,” interjected Barret.
“You know wha’ ShinRa’s like.”
“Well, to be fair, they did rebuild Sector 7,” replied RedXIII. “Maybe ShinRa is trying to say sorry.”
As everyone was discussing the subject at hand, Cloud quietly walked in. Vincent, the only one not talking, sidled over to him.
“How are you doing?”
“Not too bad. Couldn’t sleep well.”
“Yes. Tifa’s been going frantic since you walked off last night. Did you sleep at the church again?”
“Yeah, I did,” Cloud added miserably. “Vincent, I’ve got to find her-”
“Cloud!” Tifa jumped over the bar and ran towards Cloud and hugged him.
“Cloud, I was worried, really scared that you might me in a mood with me-”
“Hey, Tifa! Its ok!” Cloud said rather breathlessly, because Tifa had winded him. He smiled at her, feeling her affection for him. She was so small, so delicate, a fragile woman who needed protecting. Cloud hoped a man would come along for her someday.
“Hey Cloud, did you hear about Rufus? He’s in the loony bin” Cid told him. Yuffie giggled. Tifa gave her an exasperated look, and Cloud grinned, and put his arm around Tifa. As Cloud looked at everyone, they were all happy, except maybe a few problems in each of their lives, but sooner or later, each of them would be solved. He was certainly going to try to solve his, and make his dream come true...
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right, ive got my fanfiction up and running! visit it here: Dreams and Memories

hope you enjoy!