Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN any of the characters used in this story. Except for the names of the children, I OWN THE CHILDREN! (Wow...that sounded...odd... :P)

Chapter 1

Every single one of her dreams was mysterious, yet heart warming. A dark blue haired girl ran around a meadow filled with flowers and trees. She would run around for hours smiling until a man with the same hair colour as her walked into the field that made her stop dead in her tracks. She looked at the man suspiciously. He reminded her of something, maybe someone special to her. In the distance, she could hear someone calling her name.

"Skye, wake up!"

"Come on, Skye. You've got an hour to get ready for school." The woman said softly to her daughter. She brushed her fingers through her daughter's blue hair, but noticed her daughter did not move. The woman sighed and smiled mischievously.

She went over to the front of the bed and slipped her hands under the covers until she grasped her daughter's foot. The woman lightly brushed her fingers under the foot that made her daughter squirm and pull her leg back.

"Five more minutes..." She mumbled pulling the covers over her face. The woman sighed and ran her hand through her own pink hair.

"Skye, I know you're tired, but if you don't wake up now I'll get Aunt Serah to come over and give you a tickling session." At this her daughter climbed out of bed and went into the washroom to get ready. She mumbled an 'Okay' to her mother as the passed by. The woman chuckled and went over to fix her daughter's bed. She left the room and went into the kitchen just as the phone was ring. The woman picked it up and held it to her ear.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Light!" a high pitched voice sounded from the other line. Lightning knew the voice too well. "It's Vanille."

"I know that." Lightning muttered. "What's up?"

"Just wanted to ask if you wanted me to pick up Skye and bring her to school along with Kyra." Vanille said. Vanille's daughter was very pretty just like her mother, but with strawberry blond hair. "So, how about it?"

"Ah, no it's alright. I've got a meeting right after so I'll drop her off on my way over to the office."

"Oh okay. Just remember to stop by my house after your meeting! I know how stressed you get after you go to one." Lightning could hear giggles on the other line which made her smile.

"Alright, see you later then." She replied and hung up. Just as she did so, her daughter came into the room, skipping happily and sat down by the counter.

"And what are you so happy about?" Lightning asked her as she handed her daughter a box of cereal from the cupboard above and a bowl. Skye merely smiled and shook her head as she poured the cereal into the bowl.

"I had a weird dream last night." She told her mother. "Almost like every other dream I've ever had." At this Lightning raised an eyebrow.

"What was it about?" She asked. Skye shrugged and dipped her spoon into the bowl as her mother poured the milk in for her.

"I don't know. It's kind of hard to describe, I think." She said. For a girl so young, she surely did know her choice of words, Lightning thought.

It had been seven years since she had given birth to Skye. The pregnancy was quite unexpected. Lightning knew who Skye's father was, though she never talked about it to anyone except for her closest and most trusted friends. Skye's father had the same hair colour as her daughter which came to the fact about people saying she and her daughter looked nothing like except for the facial structure.

Seven years ago, Lightning had her heart broken. The man whom she thought she loved and thought loved her back was the father of her child. Noctis Lucis Caelum. The day he had broken her heart was the day she was going to tell him the news of her new pregnancy, though she didn't have the right words to tell him after he broke her heart. She had been a single mother for these past seven years now and didn't mind having to take care of a child that she loved the most.

The fact was, Skye was her whole life right now. There were no struggles in the beginning and none at present. Taking care of her daughter was a new step for her in life. The fact that Skye would be living without a father, didn't bother Lightning at all, (seeing as he had left her in the first place), made her somewhat stronger for Skye and herself.

As Skye finished up her breakfast, Lightning was already getting her lunch ready for the day and for herself as well (though she was going to eat with Vanille after her meeting).

"All done?" Lightning asked. Skye nodded as she downed the last few drops in her glass of orange juice and hopped off the seat. She grabbed her backpack while Lightning handed her daughter her lunch bag.

"Mommy, am I going to Auntie Vanille's house after school?" She asked. Lightning shook her head and smiled as she bent down so she was head to head with her daughter.

"No, sweetie, I'll be picking you up after school." She answered and kissed her daughter's forehead. She stood back up and grabbed her car keys. "All set?"

Skye nodded and opened the door. Lightning followed behind her and closed the door. She unlocked the car and helped Skye get in.

"Morning, Lightning! Morning, Skye!" A voice called. Lightning turned around and waved to her neighbour who was about to go to work also. She knew this because she'd see him at exactly the same time she and her daughter went out of the house and off to school.

"Morning, Sazh!" She shouted back.

"Good morning, Mr. Sazh!" Skye shouted as she waved to him also. Lightning smiled and put the seat belt on her daughter. Soon after, she got into the car herself and started the engine.

"You excited for school today?" Lightning asked as they drove to Skye's school.

"It's going to be like every other day." Skye answered from the back seat. Lightning looked into the rear view mirror when she noticed a light bumping noise from the seat beside her. She saw that Skye was kicking the seat and making that small bumping sound.

"Don't do that." She said to which her daughter stopped immediately and looked as if nothing happened. Lightning grinned and kept her eyes on the road. When they arrived at the parking lot, Skye looked out the window and hopped up and down in her seat.

"Mommy, look!" She said pointing her finger at the window. "There's Auntie Fang and Vanille!"

Lightning pulled into one of the empty parking spaces as Skye undid her seatbelt and opened the door of the car. Fang noticed them come in and waved. Lightning waved back as she followed her daughter to where Fang and Vanille stood.

"Took you long enough. Vanille here was wondering if you got into an accident." Fang teased to which Vanille punched her cousin lightly on the shoulder.

"I did not! Lightning knows better than to engage someone into a car crash." She retorted. Vanille glanced at her daughter, Kyra, whom was talking with Skye and Fang's son, Zane.

"So, Light," Fang started. "How've you been? It's been two days since I haven't spoken to you."

"You only missed me for the weekend, Fang." Lightning said with a sigh. Fang laughed and patted her son's black, spiky hair who tried to get his mother to stop.

"Ack! Mom, stop!" He shouted. Fang grinned and fixed Zane's hair.

"Sorry, kiddo." She said just as the bell rang for all the students to come in.

"Alright, you kids have fun!" Vanille said as she hugged Kyra and kissed her on the cheek.

"I'll see you after school, Skye." Lightning said and kissed her daughter on the forehead. Skye nodded and walked with Kyra to the front entrance.

"Be a good boy!" Fang yelled as Zane waved to his mother and went to catch up with the two girls.

"They grow up so fast, don't they?" Vanille said bringing her hands together.

"They're only seven years old, Vanille." Lightning said and looked at her watch. "Anyway, I have to go. Meeting starts in half an hour." She waved goodbye and walked off to her car.

"I've got to go too." Fang said after they both watched Lightning pull out of the parking lot.

"What? You said you were off today." Vanille whined.

"I lied." Fang answered with a light chuckle. "I'll see you later when Lightning comes."

"Fine." Vanille muttered. She waved her cousin a goodbye and started walking towards her car as well.

"Damn it." Lightning cursed as she dropped a few papers while on her way to the elevator of the office building. Just as she bent down she noticed someone with rather large hands pick up her papers and handed them to her. When Lightning looked up, her mouth turned into a frown.

"Snow, what are you doing here?" She asked darkly. Snow grinned and handed her the papers she dropped which she took back rather quickly.

"I believe the words are, 'Thank you, Mr. Villiers'." He said with a grin. "And I'm the new trainee here! Isn't that great?"

Lightning felt like banging her head against a wall. "First I have you as a brother-in-law, now I have to work with you?"

"Hey, hey." He explained, holding up his hands as a sign of innocence. "Just to let you know, it will only be for a couple of weeks. Then you're free without me. Unless I like it here, then I'll have the choice to permanently stay here."

"Please don't." She answered in a pleading tone. Snow laughed and clapped her on the back.

"Serah says 'Hi' by the way." He said as he walked alongside Lightning toward the elevator.

"Tell her I said hi back." She answered pushing the button to her office floor. "And ask her if she thinks that you're harassing her."

Snow laughed louder this time while Lightning only glared at him. What was with this guy and laughing so loudly? Thankfully they made it to her office floor not too long after. Lightning stepped out of the elevator rather quickly and almost ended up bumping into her boss, Yaag Rosch.

"Ms. Farron, I'd advise you to walk slower next time." Yaag stated as he fixed his silver hair that was tied up in a small ponytail.

Lightning sighed and mumbled, "Sorry, Rosch."

"I see you have met our trainee for a few weeks." He said as Snow walked out the elevator also. "Well Mr. Villiers. I'm sure that you'll have a wonderful time staying here and hopefully might even come here to work full time."

Lightning pleaded in her head that the day wouldn't come if Snow came to work full-time as her colleague.

"I might be considering that, Mr. Rosch," Snow said. "That way I could see my sister-in-law's smiling face every day." Lightning glared at Snow and swore that she would kill him after her day was over.

"Would you like to join our meeting that will happen in a few minutes?" Yaag asked Snow.

"Ah no, that won't be necessary, sir." Lightning started. "You see-!"

"I'd love to!" Snow beamed, much to Lightning's dismay.

"Well then if you follow Ms. Farron here, she will lead you to the Conference Room and then we'll start as soon as possible." Yaag informed them. Snow shook his hand and followed Lightning as they both made their way toward the Conference Room.

Lightning took a seat along the long table with Snow sitting directly in front of her. She re-organized the papers that had fallen before and placed them inside her folder. As all of her colleagues that were appointed to join the meeting took their seats, Yaag stood up and welcomed everyone into the room.

"Today, we'll be having a guest speaker." Yaag began. "Now I'm sure that all of you have heard of him before. Everyone, please welcome, Noctis Lucis Caelum!"

Lightning froze. Did she hear him right? She shot her head toward the entrance to the room where a tall yet handsome man came in. Sure enough, she knew it was him, the man who had broken her heart. He looked the same no doubt with his dark blue hair, and stunning blue eyes. She turned to look at Snow who was surprised also to seeing his sister-in-law's ex-boyfriend come in. He knew how Lightning was feeling right now.

Many thoughts were running through Lightning's head at that moment. The one thing that she wanted to do right now, was to get out of that place soon.

First fanfic! If there are any grammar mistakes, please feel free to tell me, that way I know in the future I won't make the same mistake.

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