Legacy of a Star Child

Chapter 7: Secrets in an Old Desk

-It had been a few weeks since Aerith, Cid, and Yuffie had returned to see there friends here in Edge City. Tifa and Aerith would stay up all late hours of the night, talking about what death was like, and all the beautiful things one saw through the everlasting vision of the life stream. The pair or women would also read Denzel and Marlene bedtime stories before sending them off to sleep. They both were up at the moment, having put the kids to bed and cleaning up from dinner. The bar was closed for the night, due to needing to discuss with everyone what the plans were from here on out. Cid and Yuffie were seated at the kitchen table, Red XIII curled up on the floor by the couch, Barret seated on said couch and with him, and a friend that Cid and Yuffie had picked up in there travels resting on a bar stool. His name, was Leon. Well, technically his name was Squall, something Yuffie kept teasing the poor man about. He reminded both Aerith and Tifa of a certain someone who was one of the only ones absent from their little troop aside from Cait Sith who was with Reeve, and Vincent, whom no one had seen in months.-

You all have a very nice place here, I am grateful for the hospitality I have received from you all the past couple of weeks.

-Started Leon, whom looked absolutely exhausted. After having spent much of the day helping around the bar, sparring with Yuffie and Red XIII, and doing some heavy lifting, he was tired. Barrett spoke up, grunting softly as he laid back on the couch, trying to relax.-

So, where ya from? There any place Cid needin' to drop you off at?

-Leon looked to the side some, scratching the back of his head.-

I...honestly? Its complicated. If you want the truth... I think I am from a different world than this one. But, I couldn't even begin to tell you where to look... or if my world still exists even at all. I asked Merlin to check into it for me, he said that many worlds have been "blinking out". Literally ceasing existence. That's why many people were falling out and ending up where we all did in Traverse town. Obviously, Cid, Yuffie, Aerith, you all ended up there from something that happened in this world... but...

-Leon trailed off, that look said it all. He was afraid. Afraid that the place he happened to call home, it didn't exist anymore. Yuffie frowned and got up from her chair to wander over to Leon, touching his shoulder.-

Hey, its ok. You remember what Sora said, right? He's going to make things right... I bet you, if anyone could figure out what's going on with the worlds, its him. Hell, without him, we wouldn't of even realized how to get out of Traverse Town!

-Tifa blinked.-

Um... Sora? Who is he?

-Cid spoke up this time, yawning and cracking his knuckles as he took out a cloth to begin polishing his lance. He hadn't really been in any fights for a while, so it needed a nice wipe down to keep the wood looking nice.-

Some kid who was travelin' the worlds. Somethin' about knowing what was causing the heartless.

-Yuffie nod nodded crossing her arms as she began to pace.-

Hopefully he's gotten to where ever he needs to be in order to stop them from spreading. They apparently are the source of worlds blinking out all over the place.

-Tifa paused seeming to be trying to process.-

Heartless... what do they look like exactly? Are they monsters?

-Leon seemed to have composed himself, deciding to answer the woman.-

Yes, they swallow worlds by looking for a worlds "Heart" and stealing it. They also steal the "Hearts" of people in order to multiply. They look like shadowy creatures, many if not most of them have creepy beady yellow eyes... they can use the element of "darkness".