NNNOOOOO!!!!! Sephiroth cried.... no.
He slammed his fist on the ground and sank to his chest as he saw
his equal fall and cringe in pain........He was too late to save
her, and he knew he would never be the same again.
He suddenly awoke from his bed and sat up still trembling from
the dream he had been reenacting since his student Lacey had
fallen in a rough battle. He always blamed himself and was afraid
he would do something crazy until she was avenged.
Sephiroth sat still as he calmed his nerves, then he got out of
bed and went to the soldier headquarters to look at the daily
report.
Everyday it was the same thing reactor this......monsters that
....he threw aside the old report until he noticed the a pink
slip of paper shuffled to the bottom. He picked it up and quickly
scanned through it and was about to chuck the nonsense when he
finally skimmed over a section of interest it read------
Sir, Zack reporting, I have been scouting the village where
you
lost your student, Traces of a strange ancient weapon and
something else has
come up, your assistance required immediately----Zack
Hmm he thought, an ancient weapon, naw nothing important or was
it? Sephiroth quickly discarded the idea of going , but still had
a bright sparkle in his large mako eyes. He suddenly couldn't
move and he started to remember what
happened 12 years ago.......
Ahhhh he sighed.... the town of Midgar; sad seeing the slums
worse than ever, nothing on this planet could help it yet Lacey
persisted in helping the poor people. One of the mako reactors
exploded and was spewing monsters throughout the city and the
poor people could not defend themselves so Lacey volunteered to
dash in and save the day. Sephiroth could clearly remember the
enthusiasm she had and the swish of her long brown hair as she
swung around the train exited to jump in at the slightest of
conflict.
What a great student she was, when she was little she was strong
and cheery. Soldier was looking for new soldiers when the war
started, and met a young girl in Junon while looking for some
strong pilots. She was defending her home from indescribable
monsters. She was 8 at the time and was fighting them off almost
as well as the best of soldiers. After she was saved and out of
danger she found her parents had been killed and with no where
else to go she joined soldier. After they reached headquarters
she left them with a name-
Lacey which means dream child.
She was then taken to be showered in mako, bringing out even more
unspeakable strengths, showing such promise in a woman has never
been seen before, she was head of all her classes, an honorable
first class soldier. She was unlike anything anyone has seen....except
for me I was just the same! This girl Lacey was special so I
decided to take her in as my student.
"All off the train!!" the conductor shouted, Lacey
gladly jumped off the train in to the street, while Sephiroth
slowly walked behind being careful not to show the warm glow he
had in his eyes-he refused to admit he had been in love with this
girl since he met her. Sephiroth's silver hair reflected in the
sun creating a heaven like light around him. Lacey wouldn't give
this up for anything in the world she thought quietly to herself
she sighed and thought some more. Sephiroth is the only one who
could charm her heart without using pity. Yes she has always been
an orphan and it makes her mad when she's pitied but this was not
pity Sephiroth felt for her she was sure.
It's just care for a student Sephiroth said as he walked toward a
nearby weapon store to trade in some things. Lacey decided to
keep her distance so she whirled around and began to walk toward
an old rusty bench. She sat down and took out a rag, polish, and
her silver shacrum.
The round circular shacrum sparkled and reflected the light
fragments off it's smooth silver surface.
Her shacrum was shaped like a Frisbee with a hole in the middle
yet was sharpened around the outside with lasers. The edge was so
sharp it would cut through bone in a split second and steal in
another. While it also had the power to bounce off something and
return at Lacey's command. It held 10 slots for materia on one
side and ten on the other. No one except Lacey could use this
weapon, it's origin unknown and power unlimited.
Sephiroth sighed, called Lacey and started to head to the nearest
mako reactor. Upon their arrival they were bowled over by a large
monster, it charged after Sephiroth, almost crushing him, but
Lacey threw her shacrum and severed off its leg. It stumbled, and
fell; just missing Sephiroth with it's crushing fangs. The
shacrum returned and the monster staged it's second attack; it
turned and cast quake. Lacey fell into a hole in the ground that
was created by the spell; and was stuck. Her shacrum lost in the
abyss below, her head just visible. Lacey hung on the edge of the
hole. The monster ran at her and Sephiroth yelled at her to watch
out but was to late, by the time Lacey crawled out of the pit she
was smashed by the monster and her pale body flung against the
brick wall a few feet from her, she crumbled to the ground with a
clatter and lay motionless.
Sephiroth shouted his war cry and sliced the monster more than a
hundred times. The monster fell, and shouted with a vengeful cry
that rang through the city, it slumped away in a wounded manner,
but Sephiroth had no time to chase after it. His masumune was
full of acid like blood he wiped and
sheathed it. Then ran over to Lacey's cowering body. She turned
her head. Her lips were blue, her face pale. Her mako eyes still
slightly glowed ; telling Sephiroth that she was barely alive.
She began to mumble and Sephiroth bent nearer. Lacey went to
speak but could not find the strength to use the words she wanted
to say; so she just pointed to the pit referring to her shacrum.
Sephiroth, ignoring the request began to pull out a life materia
but she shoved it away. She held her shaking hand to his cheek
and he gripped it; tears flowing from his eyes. Lacey managed to
mumble don't worry and she gripped a small charm that was in her
pocket. It was a sphere that looked like materia but was made
with crystal and the color of mako. She held it to her heart and
the dim glow in her mako eyes seized and she lay lifeless...........NO!!!
he yelled into her lifeless body but she did not stir............
Suddenly Sephiroths vision went black and he shook, cowering
where he stood.
Sephiroth then was able to move his legs and shook his head
clearing the image of Lacey and returning to reality. He tried to
think of an explanation but could not seem to find one.