Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE CHARACTERS OR PLACES USED.

Warnings: Man on man, also mentions of three-somes, four-somes, and later on five-somes. I know this offends some people, but in this, Vincent is Sephiroth's father. Also, Aeris is goign to be slightly perverted, but she can't be perfect... and I can always blame Zack. There may be some more warnings later on.


Nibelheim was a simple little mountain town. It was practically winter all year, making the only time possible to access or exit the sleepy little town in summer, when at best it seemed to be autumn. The majority of the inhabitants were environmentalist scientists or people who were just sick of the city. The little town, nestled at the foot of Mt. Nibel, was a beautiful place that was perfect for seclusion.

Like any place, it also had its bad points. But one really one. Shinra had once inhabited the town. A group of scientists had entered the town, and made a place to stay. The mansion they built would most likely be the jewel of the town if it hadn't fallen into ruin after the scientists left, and if the town's people had liked Shinra. The creepy mansion was given a simple name: Shinra Mansion. Over the years, it grew more and more abandoned, and became the center of the town's children's ghost and horror stories.

Also, like any town, there was the weird kid. He wasn't weird because of the majority of reasons that most kids are classified as weird: glasses, braces, nerdy, ect. No, this boy was quite different. He was shorter than normal, and more lean then stocky. His skin matched the color of the snow that covered the town almost year-round, and it only stood out more due to the black clothes he often took to wearing. His hair was just as pale, with only the slightest hint of yellow. Also, it stuck up in various spikes, two of which framed his face, although one was longer than the other. Also, the grace with which he moved was astounding, and the power that he held. Despite being the smallest boy, he was the strongest. Also he was intelligent, knowledgeable on most things.

The most noticeable fact about him was his eyes. They were framed with dark thick lashes, that made him seem feminine, especially with his slender features. Then again, his eyes deserved to be framed so beautifully. They were blue. Not sapphire, sky or ocean; just simply blue. That was enough to make people not like looking into them. What encouraged not looking him straight in the eyes was the quality of his eyes. From the electric and bright color of his eyes to the soft glow that actually lit up dark spaces with a translucent blue light. Also the depth of his eyes shocked many. If one were to stare too long at his eyes, they would find a sudden drowning feeling; as if they were drowning in all the knowledge and maturity. The look that seemed to say 'I have lived a thousand lifetimes,' and the depth only added to that effect.

So in a town full of dark-haired, brown-eyed, olive-skinned people, who really didn't care or want to know about everything, the boy stood out even more. That standing out was punctuated even more by his mystery. No one knew where he had come from. A student had found him at the age of six in the snow. He lived where ever he pleased and ate what ever as well. In return, the boy, who had a natural talent for sword fighting, shooting, and mechanics, would help out in what ever way he could. Although, to limit the burden of him on the villagers, he often stayed in the mansion. Which just added more to his isolation.

The boy and the town co-existed in harmony, until he was fifteen. Then all hell broke lose.

Sephiroth was not a happy man. He was a general of an army, but apparently, even generals were sent on inane missions. Inane missions with his annoying Second-in-Command, said SiC's girlfriend, and The general's best friend, Genesis. Screw the fact they were all in a relationship, if Zack asked once more if they were there yet, Sephiroth vowed to skewer him on his freakishly large sword. Genesis was asleep, the lucky bastard. Aeris was making friendly to the various grunts and SOLDIERs, so that left Sephiroth to deal with Zack, his wayward Second-in-Command.

"Why are going to this back water town again?" Genesis asked almost silently, but Sephiroth heard him. Apparently he wasn't asleep.

"Hojo is planning to return to the mansion there, and as such, we are going to clear it out of monsters and the likes that could have settled there." Sephiroth kept his voice even, despite Zack's face at the professor's name. The violet-eyed SiC then leaning up and let the wind rushing past them push his long black hair back. His violet eyes were sparkling as he breathed in the fresh air. Sephiroth dully noted that Zack's eyes never shined that way in the city.

"Who cares? Free country land! Although I do despise the fact we are going some where cold…"

"That's right. You're the freak who complains of it freezing at ninety degrees." Sky blue eyes narrowed at Zack. With a simple head toss, Genesis forced his chin-length, layered auburn hair back. His milky skin was extremely pale compared to Zack's natural tan. The SiC only grinned in response.

"I've gotten better. It's the mako. I now only complain of cold lower than seventy-five."

"I doubt that.' Right before the silver-haired, green-eyed general was about to impale the both of them, a saving grace came.

"Will the two of you quit it? Zack, I know you love the country, I do too. Genesis, I understand that you are sick of it, and that you want to annoy Zack. But let's not ruin Seph's first time in the snow. If I am not mistaken, this is all of our first time in the snow." The soft voice broke though the two male's. The brown-haired, fair-skinned, green-eyed wonder known only as Aeris, glared half-heartily at the two. The two feel silent under the gaze of the mighty Aeris, a task even the Great General Sephiroth usually failed at. He could never expect such child-ness from her… No asking-

"Now, Seph, are we there yet?" Sephiroth repressed the need to groan. Apparently, he should expect that from her. Zack only grinned and mouthed 'That's my girl."

"There's no snow…" Aeris muttered sadly, looking at the sleepy town before them.

"Don't worry miss. The snow will be back in a matter of weeks." A random SOLDIER assured Aeris.

"Yeah, and then there will be so much of the white stuff that you'll hate it." Another chimed in.

Sephiroth raised an eyebrow at the SOLDIERs. After they had arrived. The two SOLDIERs stationed here had shown them around and then brought them to the inn, where they would be staying for the year until next summer. They had been flirting with Aeris nonstop and Zack wasn't the only person getting annoyed.

"But we could always warm you up on those cold winter nights," the first one went to continue speaking, but he was shut up by a punch.

"Pigs!" The punch had been thrown by a girl, no older than fifteen. Her dark brown eyes, a trait that seemed to belong to any natural native of Nibelheim, glared at the SOLDIER. "Obviously this lady is taken. And even if she wasn't, I doubt she would want to spend any time with the likes of you." She turned on one foot and held her hand out to the flower girl.

"I'm Tifa Lockhart. Nice to meet you." The Nibelheim accent in her voice was soft, but evident. Her eyes were now soft as they looked Aeris. Zack noticed that she was muscular, mostly fought, although he had thought that most girls up north weren't allowed to. This thought that she could fight was only strengthened when he noticed a lovely bruise already forming where the girl had punched the one SOLDIER. The two miserable excuses wandered off.

"Aeris Gainsborough. It's a please to meet you." They shook hands, Aeris wince at the strong grip of Tifa's.

"If you want, I can show you around. I can do a much better job than those idiots." Aeris agreed to the girl's offer, and the three males (Sephiroth, Zack, and Genesis) found themselves at ease. As the two girls wandered off, chatting; Zack looked to the inn keeper.

"What can you tell me about the mansion?" Zack asked, bouncing on the balls of his feet. The inn keeper gave him a look.

"Not much. We don't go in there, we just ignore it." Zack's smile didn't falter.

"Come on, you must now something."

"Yeah, it's source of tall tails, especially with the children. Stories of haunting and ect. Although, their favorite is the story of a Turk who went in there and was turned into a vampire." The accent wasn't as soft as Tifa's so it was a little hard to understand completely, but it was done.

"Who does know?" The inn keeper sighed and shrugged.

"Don't know, don't really care." He replied before promptly ignoring anymore that Zack had to say.

The black-haired SOLDIER returned huffing. Genesis smirked at him, and Sephiroth only shook his head. He would find information out tomorrow. Right now, he really wanted to sleep. With out speaking, he made his way up the stairs to where the rooms they had rented would be. When Genesis winked, both he and Zack raced on up after Sephiroth. Aeris wouldn't mind if her boys had playtime without her.

"So you're with the SOLDIERs just to see the country side and because they are protective of you?" Tifa asked softly. Aeris nodded.

"They don't like to leave me alone, so they brought me along. I don't mind, I always wanted to see snow." Tifa laughed.

"Well, you'll certainly see a lot of it here. Why are you here anyways?" Aeris shifted nervously.

"They were given a mission to clean out the mansion and surrounding area. A scientist wants to come back here or something. Problem is that the SOLDIERs who are stationed here, the ones you punched, say that the mansion in inaccessible, even with fire power, and that the third SOLDIER had been dragged in by an unknown thing." Tifa shifted nervously.

"Yeah, we found his mangled body later. Although we did say how to get in… now we're just planning on keeping quite."

"So you know."

"Yeah… But I mean, it's not like you would listen. They wouldn't." Aeris stopped walking, Tifa stopped soon after. "But, I do feel I can tell you."

Aeris' face broke out in a smile. Her green eyes glowing naturally and not from mako like Zack's, Genesis' and Sephiroth's. Tifa smiled too.

"If you want to get in…" A loud bang caused both girls to jump. Then a voice called out among the landscape.

"TIFA! BEDTIME!" Tifa sighed.

"Look for Cloud." Tifa finished before waving and running off. As she ran, she called back: "Just follow this road and you'll be back to the inn." Aeris smiled and followed the instructions.

She and Zack were sharing a room, as were Genesis and Sephiroth. However, when she got there, Zack was absent. Grinning, she peeked into Sephiroth's room. The sheets around them were barely hiding the manhood of the three males. Zack was sprawled out across Sephiroth, who was half on Genesis. Genesis was somehow using Zack as a pillow… like a big huge triangle. It was endearing, and took all she had not to 'sqee' or giggle at the sight. Sephiroth peeked open one hazy green, pupil-silted, catlike eye. He beckoned as best as he could. Aeris didn't wait for further invitation. Stripping, as to not spoil her clothes and because she didn't feel like getting a night gown, she climbed into the bed, carefully avoiding the damp spots. She curled up next to the men. Genesis sensing her, wrapped his arm around her. Zack shifted to be as close to her as possible, and Sephiroth gave her a kiss before he too fell asleep. Aeris sighed, loving the smell of her boys, especially after playtime. With that scent swirling around her, she feel into a steady sleep.

"Look for Cloud?" Genesis repeated Tifa's words. Aeris nodded. Sephiroth raised his eyebrow. "What in the goddesses name does that mean?"

"Maybe the doors have symbols above them, and we have to find one with a cloud on it?" Zack suggested, shrugging.

"I wish I knew." Aeris replied, sighing.

"Well, the best course of action is to ask about it."

"As about what?" The SOLDIER Tifa had punched asked as he walked by.

"Cloud." Zack replied. The SOLDIER sighed. He raised his hand to this face, and let it slide down.

"Cloud is a boy Tifa found when she was six. Apparently he can get into the mansion. But if we, who are mako-enhanced SOLDIERs, couldn't do it, we doubted that a fifteen year-old boy could." Genesis shrugged.

"As much as I agree with them, there's no harm in trying, correct?"

"We tried. He had his pet Nibel Wolf attack us. Fenrir I think he said its name was. Then again, I wasn't paying too much attention. I had the king of all Nibel Wolves on my heels." Zack grimaced.

"A level twenty three. You were scared by a level twenty three?" Sephiroth growled out. The SOLDIER paled, and pointed.

"Actually Fenrir is about level eighty, but that doesn't really matter." A soft melodic voice flowed gently. His voice was laced with accent, but like with Tifa, it was easier to understand than most. Spinning around, the three SOLDIERs plus Aeris turned to look at the boy while the other nameless SOLDIER just ran for his life. The remaining three SOLDIERs soon understood why.

Standing what had been once behind them was an angel. And beside the angel, the biggest wolf any of them had seen.


If you have any ideas, questions, or comments, please feel free to write a review or message. I don't bite. (Unless you count that one time... but that was only because I was at a friend's house and we were playing boys against girls in war *there was three of each gender* , and my *now ex-boyfriend* rival was about to attack us girls with a tri-pod of all things, so I bit his arm. It worked, he droped the tri-pod and the girls gained possession over it.)