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Title: Innocence
Rating: XD there's nothing here that'd rate it above G or PG. For once.
Pairing: Cloud/Aerith
Challenge: Ever After (and Winter XP This was originally my idea for the winter challenge, but I never got around to writing it)

"Hey, careful." He caught her as she slipped on the frost-slick marble.
"What is it you want to show me, Cloud?" She looked up at the older boy adoringly.
"You'll see when we get there."
They were innocent then; they had yet to experience real pain.
The touch of a gloved hand on crystal brought a lift up to their level, and the pair was teleported aboard.
"The falls? But my parents said I'm not allowed down there."
Cloud smiled. "Who'll know?"
The lift glided gracefully to its station at the top of the Rising Falls.
"Wow... it's so pretty!"
"See, Aerith, I knew you'd like it."
Even in the bitter cold of winter, the Falls never completely froze over; the water still flowed upward, glittering in the winter sunlight.
They only knew the simple pleasures and trials of youth.
Aerith stood on tiptoe to kiss Cloud on the cheek. "Thanks, Cloudy."
"Don't call me that," Cloud protested, as always.
"Aww, you're no fun, Aerith pouted, as always."
That night, a dark storm ravaged the kingdom of Hollow Bastion. As they fled in Cid's little ship, the children looked back at the life that they could never have again.

Man... the wording at the end was a bitch. ^^;;