The Other Side
DISCLAIMER – I don't own FF VII, Dirge of Cerberus, Kingdom Hearts, or any other Squeenix games. Or any of the characters in them. I don't own PS2 either. I only own Nylite, Mystryle, Xion, and Vyne (Vincent), along with any monsters I make up, and any more characters in later chapters.
No negative reviews. If you don't like it, don't read it.
Character Bios
These are some basic descriptions of my OC's in the story so far. This is only describing what they're wearing in our universe, not the FF-verse. They're personalities aren't on there mostly, because….They might change.
Nylite (Pronounced exactly as it looks.) – Nylite is the leader of DOWNFALL. She dresses mostly in all black, and constantly changes the colors of her hair, and eyes, using contacts, though her original color is that of "Mako Eyes". She's also somewhat obsessed with Cloud. (More like in love with.)
Mystryle (Mist-ril) – Mystryl is the unofficial second-in-command, being Nylite's right-hand girl. She's a bit naïve sometimes, and acts a bit random. She dresses in bright colors, has short, dark brown hair with hazel eyes, and hardly ever changes her image. She has a huge crush on Kadaj.
Xion (Zy-on) – Xion's personality is hard to figure out for a while, but after knowing her, the others know that she's got a pretty short fuse, but otherwise is pleasant to be around. Xion dresses in jeans and a blue shirt, just about every day. Her hair is white-blonde, silver-ish if under sunlight. Her eyes are murky green. She likes Sephiroth.
Vyne (Vine) – Vyne acts like Vincent Valentine, except she can be a little more girly at times. But not often. She dresses in a modified costume of his, with changes to everything so she can wear it to school. Her hair is naturally black, and her eyes naturally orange-red, and glowing slightly. Not only does she act like Vincent, she believes she is him, and the others refer to her as "Vincent", "Vin", "Vinny", or any other silly name like that.
All four of them are fifteen.
Chapter I
"THEY'RE ALL OUT OF CHEESE!" The lunch room silenced for a few seconds as all heads turned to look at the wailing figure emerging from the food line. After everyone saw who it was, they resumed eating and talking, ignoring her. The girl stood where she was for a few minutes, before she sighed and headed off towards the windowed wall. As she neared her table, it quieted down, and a chorus of greetings went up, along with offerings of cheese.
When she sat down, Nylite turned to look at her, arching an eyebrow. "Out of cheese again?" Mystryle nodded, staring down at her almost-empty plate. Nylite sighed, and placed her nachos onto her friend's tray. "Can't have you starving tonight." She stated simply, before turning to the others. Xion stared down at her not-quite-hotdog, trying to decide whether to eat it or not. Vin sat there, gazing into nothing in particular behind Nylite and Myst. The foursome sat in silence for a while, eating their "food", until a couple of guys tried to sneak up on Vin. The girls were all looking away, towards the front of the cafeteria, where the lunch ladies were fighting about something, and making quite a commotion.
The guys took this opportunity to try and sneak up and scare them. They crept closer, hiding behind the pole directly behind Vin. One of them was about to lunge and shout "Boo!", or something, when suddenly he found himself pinned to the pole with three sets of eyes glaring at him. Vin was still looking the other way, but was holding him up against the pillar by crushing her metal-gloved hand into his chest. Nylite smiled cruelly, and soon Xion and Mystryle did too. Vin turned around and stared at him coldly, no feeling showing in her eyes or on her face. The boy struggled, trying to pry her hand off of him. He looked around frantically for his companion, but he had fled. All around, people were going deathly quiet.
Nylite, Mystryle, and Xion stood up and came over to stand by him, while Vin remained where she was. He struggled for a few more seconds, then gave up on it. He regarded the girls before him as casually as he could, trying to look tough. They just stared at him for a while, and his courage started to melt away as his breathing got ragged. He noticed the clawed hand was pressing into his chest more, probably cutting him some. But he didn't really care. He was too focused on the girls around him. After a few more seconds, Nylite stepped forwards. "If you ever try to mess with DOWNFALL again, you'll get more than just a few cuts. Got it?" She spoke fiercly, and didn't bother to whisper. Everybody was silent around them, though most of the lunchroom was still focused away. The boy nodded, and the three girls sat back down. They started eating again, and he waited for Vin to relax her grip. But she didn't.
Instead, she turned to him. Her red-orange eyes bore into him, seeming to burn him. The talking around the table had started again, somewhat nervously, but neither Vin nor the boy heard it. They stood staring at each other, everything completely silent. In a quiet, and deadly-serious voice, Vin said, "Come near me ever again, and you die." He shook with fear, and she released him, before sitting back down. The boy lie in a pile on the ground for a while, curled up in a ball, before he slowly got up and went away.
The dismissal bell rang throughout the lunchroom, and everyone grabbed their bags before heading out the back doors. The group of girls walked swiftly through the crowd, and made their way to the paths out back of the school. As they walked down the unusually empty path, they began to chat idly about their day at school, even though none of them were really interested. Especially Vin, who stayed quiet.
Eventually, they reached Nylite's house. They cut around to the side and hopped the fence, knowing that her parent's wouldn't be home till later. Nylite pulled out a ring of keys and flipped through them, before finding the one she wanted. The group approached the old, but rather large, shed in her back yard, and inserted one of the keys. They all shuffled inside, and locked the door behind them.
Vin pulled the rope that released all of the window shades so that it was completely dark, and then disappeared into the gloom while the others waited. After a few seconds, four small lava lamps around the room turned on, and Vin was kneeling by an old oil lamp, lighting it. She sat back on a black cushion on the floor, and was joined by the others. Nylite headed over to one of the far corners first, and opened up the mini fridge they had there. She handed out snacks and drinks amongst her friends, and then sat down again. A TV in the direction their half-circle of pillows was facing flickered on, as did one beside it. Speakers behind them turned on and started blaring One Winged Angel, rather too loudly, as everyone made a scramble to find the right remote.
Within a few seconds it was all sorted out, and the two tele's both had something going on. One of them had Advent Children playing on it, still a little too loudly. The other had the PS2 symbol, and then switched to the mode where it was waiting for a disk. As Vin settled back to watch the movie, the others argued about which game to play. Finally, they decided to play Dirge of Cerberus, as they'd already recently beaten the origional FFVII and Kingdom Hearts games, atleast twice in the last two weeks.
Vin looked over in amusement at the game as it loaded. "Playing my game again, I see." She muttered, earning a few laughs from the others. Then she went back to watching the movie, while they all struggled with the game, easy as it was. After an hour or so, everybody ended up playing the game and quickly switching the controller back and forth as they attempted to beat a boss. It had started to rain outside, or pour, more accurately. It pounded down against the roof of the shed, and lightning struck outside, but that didn't distract the group.
Atleast, it didn't distract them until the power suddenly blacked out. Mystryle screamed, but the others stayed calm. They waited a few moments, then decided to head into the big house, before their heat ran out. They all headed outside, only to jump back in, soaking wet, seconds later. The rain was so thick that they couldn't see where they were going, so they'd have to stay in the shed. They all settled back onto their cushions, and started talking. It took about half an hour before they figured out something weird was up.
"Hey guys," Xion started, getting them all to look at her. "How come we can see each other if the power's out, and there's no lightning outside?" They all looked at each other in silence. Finally, Vin pointed behind them.
"The screen." They looked. Sure enough, one of the screens was lit up, but it had the "fuzzy" look. Nylite crept closer to it. "The PS2 is on." Xion and Mystryle came over too, and after a minute, so did Vin. They all stood staring at it. Suddenly, the Dirge of Cerberus music started to blare.
"What the heck." Muttered Xion, just as the picture on the screen appeared. She grabbed for the controler out of habit. Suddenly the screen went white. The four girls all stared at it, and found that they couldn't look away. Suddenly, they all blacked out.
Nylite was getting wet. Everywhere. And she didn't remember falling asleep outside. In fact, she didn't remember falling asleep at all. She blinked away, and stared up at the sky. It was raining, but not as heavily as before. In fact, the sky looked different, too. It had more of a yellowish tint, and it felt...Drier. Which was weird, since it was raining.
She groaned, and forced herself to sit up, wondering where she was. Mystryle, Xion, and Vin were lying on the ground around her. Mystryle and Xion looked pretty uncomfortable, and not like they'd be waking any time soon. She couldn't tell with Vin, 'cause she was wrapped in her cape. Nylite looked around, and suddenly she remembered what had been going on, and how they'd been looking at the screen. And now they were here.
She stood up and brushed herself off. As she looked around, things started to look a bit familiar. She blinked, and then pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. And then she fell over again. She couldn't believe it. She just couldn't bring herself to accept it right away, but she didn't have long to think about it. Dark shadows raced along the ground, barely visible from her point of view. She only noticed them when it was almost too late. She jumped to her feet, just as seven Shadow Creepers erupted from the darkness they traveled in, surrounding her and her friends.
Fwee, hope you liked the first chapter! . Please review if you did, and I'll try to get Chap. II up soon!
