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Challenge: Oath
Title: Marriage
Word Count: 665 (Eeek! I’m so sorry it’s so long. T_T I tried to cut it down the best I could. But then it got longer (somehow) So I cut more, did this. Did that. It was 699 at one point. X_X;;; Hey, the rules said as long as it wasn’t a 3000 word essay I was good. X3 This is only 665.)
Rating: Probably PG. PG 13 would be the highest.
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: None.
Characters, Pairings: Sora, Laguna, Jecht, Cid/Shera
Anything else?: I don’t think so. :D There’s a flashback (Which is how Laguna Jecht and Shera come into play) that takes place when they’re 6 or so.
Fun Facts:
  • Laguna was originally who married Cid and Shera. But Laguna has to be several years older than them, considering...Leon...And all that jazz. :D
  • Finding someone in Cid and Shera's age group was hard. So I used Laguna just to get the drabble down, then later asked around and chose Jecht. That should work, right? He must be 'round thirty like Cid and Shera. Right?




  • Cid Highwind sighed as the young boy named Sora left his shop to go search for his friends.

    ‘I really hope he finds those friends of his...’ He thought idly. His friends might be all he had left, considering his world had probably been destroyed, just like his. If he couldn’t find them, Sora would lose everything, and even if he didn’t want to, he’d have to leave it all behind.

    Cid’s eyes softened as he reached down under the counter and pulled out a picture from below. Another sigh escaped from him, this time much heavier and sadder.

    A cute younger woman, with chocolate brown eyes and mousey features stared back at him. Her smile was full of innocence, and her eyes looked like stars...

    Sora wasn’t the only one missing a friend. In fact, the only difference between Cid and Sora was that Cid left everything behind...

    Sora hadn’t. Not yet anyways.

    He thought about where it got him...

    No where.

    He thought about who it got him....

    No one.

    And it wouldn’t matter if it had, because the one person he wanted was as good as dead, and the promise he had made to her as a child was broken.

    “I wanna get married.” Shera huffed as she sat down beside Cid at a picnic table. “My auntie gets to get married, why can’t I?”

    Cid and Shera were at Shera’s aunt’s wedding, and since Shera was an only child, her mother let her invite one friend, and she chose Cid.

    “....Iunno.”

    “I’m wearing a pretty dress. I’m holding pretty flowers! Look,” Shera held up her hand, “I even have a pretty ring!”

    “ ...Isn’t that from one of those stupid vending things at the grocery store?”

    “Cid Highwind! You watch your mouth! You know the ‘S’ -word is bad!” Shera exclaimed, ignoring everything else Cid had said but that particular word.

    “When did you start talking so much? Can’t you go back to being quiet?”

    Cid heard Shera huff again and he saw her cross her arms from the corner of his eye. Cid sighed irritably, but he couldn’t help but note that her pout was awfully cute.

    “Wanna get married?” Cid offered.

    “What?” He heard Shera exclaim with shock.

    “You wanna get married; I’m bored; Lets go get married. We get free cake if we do...”

    Shera hopped up from her seat happily and dragged Cid to his feet. He heard her muttering something about a priest as she walked.

    “Jecht!” Shera cried as she neared a friend of the family. A ‘Huh?’ was what she got in response before she told her friend their situation.

    “Sure, I’ll be your priest!” He said cheerily, and with that lead the two children to an area of the park where there were a lot of flowers.

    “Okay, first take hands.” Jecht nodded in approval once they had done so and then proceeded.

    “Dearly beloved-- ”

    “There’s no one here...” Cid interrupted. “Get on with it! I want cake.”

    “Uh, right-o then! Shera! Do you take Cid to be your waffle of a husband! To have and to hold, through sickness and health. To protect from the boogie man, and cooties till they day you’re dead?”

    Shera wasn’t sure that was really what had to be asked. Since when was Cid a waffle?

    “Shera?”

    “Oh– I do!”

    “Awesome!” Jecht replied, and then continued to ask Cid the same questions.

    “Sure, why not?”

    “Then, I now pronounce you! Waffles: Man and wife.”


    Cid placed his head in his hands, he had been so young at the time, and did it to shut her up but...

    He didn’t protect her from the boogie man, or in this case, the Heartless. Cid never held her, until the day he lost her... Until..

    Until he held her lifeless body. With no heart...He failed her.

    Cid had broken his oath, and although he had made it as a child, and it seemed like he hadn’t cared...

    Cid meant every word.

    DING!

    Sora re-entered the shop with his hands in his pockets looking rather disappointed.

    “Hey Kid, c’mere. You look like you need some advice.”

    It was too late for Cid.

    But it wasn’t for Sora.



    X-posted at [livejournal.com profile] teadrinkers404 because of the Cid/Shera, not for a contest or anything of that sort. Just to share. n_n

    Special Thanks to:: [livejournal.com profile] mirrorwings for inspiring me, [livejournal.com profile] squalls_heart for looking it over, [livejournal.com profile] mistress_yuna for looking it over, and last but not least-- [livejournal.com profile] chainedengel for being my editor again. <3

    Date: 2005-12-08 09:05 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] shadow-dust.livejournal.com
    HSAGKFHWEFOSDNLHEROUFNAJDSH XO! Dang! *jaw drop* That thing is freaking long!!!!!! lol XP

    Date: 2005-12-09 09:01 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] shadow-dust.livejournal.com
    Lol, i know. Im just pickin at you X333

    Date: 2005-12-14 11:46 am (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] white-death.livejournal.com
    Waffles?! XD
    *dies*
    That was adorable.

    Date: 2005-12-14 02:19 pm (UTC)
    From: [identity profile] white-death.livejournal.com
    Well I did just post it today, as I went back through the other entries and read them so I could vote.

    I think LJ is pulling its usual shit again, though, and not sending all comment notices. Hate when it does that.

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