The morning had come, and the members of Avalanche had now awakened from their slumber under the stars. That was, except for one member.

"#$$$&! How long is he gonna sleep for!"

Barret glared across the rows of blankets towards the tuff of blond spikey hair. After his night of continuous thought, Cloud was downright tired. Tifa turned towards Cloud as well, she could emphasize exactly why he was still asleep. She knew he had been up all night thinking, she had felt him reach across to her and heard the words, "I'm sorry" pass from his lips.

What was he sorry about? Tifa was indecisive over wanting to know the answer or not. Sometimes she felt she knew the answer exactly, but at others she felt completely confused.

"Well, the hell do we do now?" Cid called over to her. He wasn't the first to ask though, Tifa had been the reciever of this question the whole morning, but she had never answered it. She was entirely sure of Cloud's answer now, to go and find a way to bring back the flower girl, but she just couldn't bring herself to tell everybody else.

Breakfast was laid out, but Cloud still had not awoken. Tifa cast glances over to his direction but did say anything, she wasn't sure if she should go wake him. The rest of Avalanche looked at her warily, unsure if they should start their meal without their leader. Finally Tifa realised what they had all been waiting for, "Knock yourself out," she added as she gestured towards the food, "I don't want it to go cold..."

Subconciously, she turned back to the spiky haired blond. He was still lying on the ground. Sleeping peacefully she decided. If only she could be in the same state of mind, not having to be aware of the mystery and danger that would soon await her and instead be floating in a world where only hopes and dreams existed. Sighing, she turned back towards the noisy group, she was being silly: a world like that didn't exist and she had known it since her childhood in Nibelheim.

The next few moments passed dully, apart from Barret spilling a glass of water onto Cid and ensuring an argument and near battle. Cloud finally awoke from his slumber a few minutes after everybody else had finished their morning meal to a sky of glowing gold and light breezes. He sat up and glanced around, and only then did he realise that all eyes were on him, waiting for him to reveal their next destination and next adventure.

Finally, the silence and staring eyes began to give way to impatience. Barret and Cid began to tap their feet loudly on the ground, Red sat back on his legs and scratched at an itchy spot behind his ears and Yuffie began to complain once again, this time it was about the whole state of the world. The beginnings of a new power crazed company, the building of tensions between herself and Godo, and most of all, their new discovery.

Tifa knelt down beside him, her brown eyes locked on his, "So, Cloud. What'll it be?" He turned away from her, a feeling of foreboding rose in the group as he opened his mouth to speak. "We're going to do it. I can't just leave her, not like this. If there's a chance, I'm going to waste it. I promised her...now I have to fix it. I don't want to regret." He turned back to Tifa, and whispered, "I can't throw this chance away." She only nodded back. What else would she have throught? Sure it seemed like what they would be trying to do was breaking the cycle of life and death, but this was Aeris they were talking about. The one who had fought valiantly by their side. And had died for it.

Cloud had got to his feet, looking around he could see the workers returning for a new day of searching. It was a whole new day, anything could happen.

"Okay everybody, let's get movin'!"

Nobody needed more encouragement, they all scampered onto the airship, ready for another day of adventure. It was time for a new story to begin.