This moment. This exact moment was when everything changed.
Aerith had warned them as earnestly as she possibly could and yet, together, they had stepped into the maelstrom to take arms against Sephiroth and their Fate.
All around them the world was breaking up. The skies were dark, winds whipping at hair and clothing, chunks of buildings floating past in this contained pocket of time and space. And within it they fought. They fought with everything they had, calling to one another as magic flew. Aerith was desperate to heal her friends, throwing out spell after spell until her voice was raw. But they were winning. Slowly but surely the tide was changing and could feel it, feel that they would be victorious!
And then something happened. Something that threw their victory into chaos.
Aerith heard Cloud and Tifa screaming out her name as she was blasted off of the hunk of rock she had been standing upon. She could hear Cloud and when she turned her head as she fell she saw him coming toward her, jumping from place to place and near flying through the air to get to her. She cried out back, stretching out her hand...
But a blinding light enveloped her and then all sound ceased.
...
Aerith landed with a thump and a crunch of snow. The web that had been lain down under her caught and cushioned her fall but that didn't stop her from just laying there and gasping for the air that had been pushed from her lungs.
She was windswept, dirt smudging her face and clothes along with several cuts and bruises as she'd concentrated on healing her friends more than herself, but she was whole. And she was healthy. She was just in shock... And when she opened her eyes and looked up, expecting to find Cloud's worried gaze above her, all she saw was a strange sky.
"What...?" The question was whispered out in a breath and followed by a confused frown as she slowly, finally began to sit herself up to take stock of her situation.
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Date: 2022-08-22 09:03 am (UTC)This moment. This exact moment was when everything changed.
Aerith had warned them as earnestly as she possibly could and yet, together, they had stepped into the maelstrom to take arms against Sephiroth and their Fate.
All around them the world was breaking up. The skies were dark, winds whipping at hair and clothing, chunks of buildings floating past in this contained pocket of time and space. And within it they fought. They fought with everything they had, calling to one another as magic flew. Aerith was desperate to heal her friends, throwing out spell after spell until her voice was raw. But they were winning. Slowly but surely the tide was changing and could feel it, feel that they would be victorious!
And then something happened. Something that threw their victory into chaos.
Aerith heard Cloud and Tifa screaming out her name as she was blasted off of the hunk of rock she had been standing upon. She could hear Cloud and when she turned her head as she fell she saw him coming toward her, jumping from place to place and near flying through the air to get to her. She cried out back, stretching out her hand...
But a blinding light enveloped her and then all sound ceased.
...
Aerith landed with a thump and a crunch of snow. The web that had been lain down under her caught and cushioned her fall but that didn't stop her from just laying there and gasping for the air that had been pushed from her lungs.
She was windswept, dirt smudging her face and clothes along with several cuts and bruises as she'd concentrated on healing her friends more than herself, but she was whole. And she was healthy. She was just in shock... And when she opened her eyes and looked up, expecting to find Cloud's worried gaze above her, all she saw was a strange sky.
"What...?" The question was whispered out in a breath and followed by a confused frown as she slowly, finally began to sit herself up to take stock of her situation.