I started down the glass steps and I thought
Exactly what for have I fought?
Freedom?
Peace?
The horrible pain inside me that I've wanted to ease?
I always do this to myself as I walk
Or else to myself I start to talk
of nonsence.
I came upon the altar on which I must pray
I must kneel here now and start to say
those words mother sang to me
She told me to remember them
That they would be my destiny
I heard the words of the abomination Jenova
"You are too late Cetra
I have already won
I knew right then she would use her son
to stop me
I ended my prayer and fell to sleep
I knew that when Cloud came
me from danger he would keep
I scenced Cloud was there
He softly whispered my name
His tender, loving voice
was always the same
when he spoke to me
I thought I was safe
I thought I was free
But the One Winged Angel came down
and plunged his sword of flame into me
I looked into his eyes
and I could see
Jenova's eyes
leering back at me
By then the pain was too much to bear
Of course Jenova would kill me
without a single care
To Sephiroth I whispered
"I forgive you
but not the creature you once prefered
over your true mother"
I saw a tear form in his eye
but Jenova wouldn't let it fall
for behind her evil will
Sephiroth would call
for freedom
Cloud gently caught me
I was mortally wounded
as he could see
He silently whispered no
as his first tear fell onto me
I looked at him
with a look full of hope
and a dream that could never be
But no
I was wrong
Through death
If he does remember me
That's when
that one beautiful dream
could become a true reality
"Remember" I whispered with my last living breath
"what I said in the forest back then
I shall return to you my dear Cloud
When this quest for freedom is at it's end"
With that
I blacked out
My spirit rose
and I watched what would happen next
Sephiroth and Cloud fighting verbaly
Cloud's anger was at it's best
As he spoke those heartfelt words
a tear came to my eye
He finished what he had to say
and sadly I started to cry
Those words about me
were they actually true?
Would I never come back to life?
Would I never laugh, smile or get angry again?
Would I never become Aeris Strife?
But there was Tifa
Another like me
who was enchanted by this man
But there is no one you see
who has ever loved him more than me
More than this very ancient land
Jenova called him a puppet
and ran
But not before leaving a monster at hand
Vincent and Nanaki suddenly came by
to deal with the monster Jenova left behind
Cloud then rushed to my lifeless body's side
and left Vincent and Nanaki to make the monster die
I went to Cloud
and to my surprise
he wept sadly over my body
His beautiful Mako eyes
filled with tears just for me
and I too wept quietly
But then I realized
that I wasn't truely gone
I will always be with him
Always by his side
And one day
I will be revived
and spend the rest of my true life with him
The monster was dead
Everyone was standing over me
I saw a tear in Nanaki's eye
and I thought I heard Vincent sigh
but no one spoke for minutes at a time
I wanted to yell
I wanted to scream
I'm right here!
Is this merely a horid dream?
Nanaki turned to the steps
and started to run
I knew he was thinking of all the fun
we had together
Then at the top
of the steps he did stop
to give one last saddening howl
to the heavens asking why
and he sat there for a moment
as if waiting for an answer from the sky
Vincent soon followed
after hearing those cries
I could see tears flowing
from those suffering crimson eyes
As he walked up the stairs
I could hear him say
his final good-bye to me
in a very heartbroken way
Now it was just Cloud
With my spirit silent behind him
he picked me up and walked toward the lake
A good resting place for me
he thought
that's what this would make
He placed me in the water
and closed his eyes
He saw all the promises he made to me
all turn into lies
A world without me
is what he tried to see
but it was impossible
To him
A life without me ment
A life without happiness
A life without hope
A life without love
He tried thinking of suicide
But then I know that he would find
that I would never approve of it
so he would never do it
That is when he opened his eyes
and he looked upon me
That is when I realized
that he actually loved me
He kissed me softly on the lips
and stroked my hair lovingly
I wanted to kiss him back and say longingly
"I am still with you Cloud Strife
and I always will be!"
And like he heard me
a smile appeared on his face
and he softly whispered back to me
"I, Cloud Strife
will avenge you my dear angel of light
Versus Jenova I shall fight
and when I win
I will find
the one way to bring you back to life"
And with that
Of me he let go
and as I slowly decended the icy waters below
I saw crystaline tears run down his face again
But this time
they were tears of hope
Hope of finding me again
I know he could bring me back
because the powers of love he did not lack
The power of love is the one true key
That is what he will soon see
I watched as my body disappeared below
I looked behind me and my back started to show
Wings?
Am I seeing right?
Am I becoming a dove that will one day take flight?
No
I am becoming what he needs me to be
His protector from evil
His bringer of might
His healer of wounds
