Ch.1 The Beginning, Oh The Irony.

"Time, tis the greatest illusion of this world, yet it is the master of us all. We all obey the orders of time, it tells us when to sleep, when to be awake, how long we have to wait to eat, and etc. We are all slaves to this unse--"

"VINCENT AXEL BLOOD ROSE STARR!!!" The young man's thoughts were interrupted by the screaming of his full name by his younger sister, Iviniya, aka, Ivy. The young man, called Vincent by his sister, turned around after having his though monologue interrupted.

"What is it Ivy, I was thinking." Vincent said, his tone quite serious with a touch of annoyance. "Weeeellll, unless you want me to walk off on my own in this unknown place, you'll come with me!" She countered. Vince sighed, he couldn't leave his sister to wander off in this place, especially since they had no idea where 'this place' was.

Our young hero is Vincent Starr; Vincent had stark white hair that stopped at the back of his neck, but had a long bang in front of his right eye, which made his deep blue eyes seem even bluer and wore a plain white T-shirt hidden underneath his off-white trench coat, hidden from site on his pants was a gun holster, which held his personal Smith & Wesson .357, it was inscribed T.R.S, the initials of his and Ivy's father and it had an odd looking charm tied to the end of the handle. The pants the young man had on were simple grey jeans with some tears around his kneecaps and he work brown work boots.

The heroine of the story is Iviniya Starr; Ivy was a lot different from her older brother. She stood a bit shorter than Vincent and she had dark green hair with matching green eyes. She had her hair tucked under a boy's messenger hat; she wore a black hoodie with Japanese symbols on it. She wore a pair of blue jeans with some rips that were on the knees like Vincent's. And finally, she wore dusty working boots like Vincent's, only smaller in size. While Vincent was 17 years old and had a quite serious attitude towards things, Ivy Starr was not so serious, laughing at a lot of things and almost always having a smile on her young face. She was 4 years younger than Vincent, putting her at 13 years of age but she was a bit odd for a young teenager. She had severe mental problems that caused her to have a negative personality trigged only by extreme negative emotions, which has been dubbed Poison Ivy. While Ivy is quite gentle, although she can be quite dangerous in battle, Poison Ivy is extremely vicious.

Poison Ivy has only been seen once and it's something that neither of them can forget. Back on there home world of Earth, Ivy was only about 9 years old and she was being beat up and picked on by some bullies that lived down the street from them. After 10 minutes of being laughed at and bullied, Vincent was finally able to show up; however, he couldn't do much seeing as the boys were a lot older and stronger than the young 13 year old. Vincent was shoved down and Ivy was shocked and scared. But, then something in her brain snapped and she stood up and lunged at the boys. She was on them and beating the hell out of them and Vincent was shocked at what happened to his little sister. He got up and barely pulled her off of them, but she turned on him in her blind rage and sliced his back. The site of her brother injured like that, snapped her back into control and he was rushed off to the hospital for treatment. The young man's injury left a long scar down his back that only got longer as the boy grew taller. Ivy has always felt bad about it, but Vince always assures her that it's okay.

Annnyyywaaay, enough back story, on with the main tale. Our young heroes are in an unknown world, trying to find out where they are and why they're there. Vincent was standing on the edge of a cliff near the ocean, looking out and thinking, but he walked back towards his sister when his thoughts were disturbed.

"Alrighty VinceyVince, which direction shall we go?" Ivy said, giggling at her little pet name for her brother. Vince sighed when she called him VinceyVince, even though she knew he hated that. The young man surveyed there surroundings, they were on a relatively flat plain with only a few trees dotting the area here and there. The wind blowing a gentle breeze that blew the grass in the direction it wanted to go.

"Hmmm, how about this way?" Vince said, pointing in the direction that the wind blew. Ivy giggled slightly at his direction and said,

"Okay, but next time pick a direction that's not going in the direction of the wind. Vince smiled a bit at his younger sibling and said, "I'll try, but I'm not making any promises."

The two of them set off in the direction that Vince pointed to and after about an hour of seeing nothing, the two of them let out a sigh.

"Viiiiiiinnnnce, I'm tired of walking, carry me?" Ivy asked, using her puppy eyes to try and get her way. Vince sighed and nodded at her request, he then kneeled down onto his knees and waited for Ivy to climb onto his back. When she was on, Vince stood back up and continued his walk. After some more walking, the two of them ran into what seemed like an endless marsh. Vince sighed a little bit at the swamp-like area they had come across. He then continued on his journey, stepping through the marsh.

However, unbeknown to our heroes, something was sneaking up on them, something very large, yet quiet, was coming up on them. Finally, the large monster reared back for the kill but it wouldn't be able to, it was struck down by something unknown.

Vince turned around, startled by the loud, painful sound and noticed a large, roughly 30ft. snake had fell down and died. Vince put his young sibling down and stared, awestruck, by the gigantic monster that they dead before them.

"W-what did this, and how!?" Vincent said. Ivy looked just about as awestruck as her brother when she saw the snake, but she was more shocked at the giant snake itself then the fact it was dead. The two of them looked around to see if they could find the saviors.

Then, a young blond warrior appeared before them, which startled Vince and he quickly pulled his gun out and pointed it at the warrior; however, the warrior was very skilled and he quickly pointed his overly large sword near Vince's head, holding the blade one-handed somehow.

"Who are you!?" Vince said, his tone very demanding even though there was a very large sword near his head.

"I should be asking you the same thing, what are you doing out here in the Marsh, it's a very dangerous place for a couple of kids. The blond warrior said, never dropping his guard for even a second.

"Me and my sister are lost, we have no idea where we are or how we got here." Vince explained. The young warrior then pulled back his sword and put it back on his back. Vince was a bit skeptical about the warrior putting away his blade, but Vince was soon to follow, slowly putting his Smith &Wesson away in its holster on the left side of his pants.

"Now, like I said, who are you?" Vince asked again.

"Tell me your name and I'll tell you mine." The warrior said. Vince sighed and said,

"My name is Vince Starr and this is my sister I-" "Ivy Starr." Ivy interjected. The warrior nodded his head slightly and said,

"My name is Cloud, Cloud Strife."

Vince nearly had a stroke when he heard the name of their savior.

"Cloud Strife….THE Cloud Strife." He said. Vince couldn't believe what he was hearing, they were saved by one of his favorite characters from one of his favorite video games.

"Hey Vincey, isn't the Cloudy from Final Fantasy 7." Ivy said, pulling Vince out of his shock. "Y-yes." Was all the awestruck hero could say. "You've heard of me?" Cloud asked.

"Well YEAH!! You're the most famous video game character of all time!!" Vince just about shouted.

"A video game character?????" Cloud said, confused at the strange boy's words.

"I apologize for pulling a gun on you Cloud." Vince said, returning to his serious demeanor. Cloud nodded at the young man's apology. He turned his back towards the two and said,

"It's dangerous here you should come back to my base back in Kalm. Come on, I'll give you two a ride on Fenrir." Cloud said. Cloud then preceded to walk away from Vince and Ivy, making it obvious that they were supposed to follow him. When Cloud stopped in front of his motorcycle, Fenrir. Vince and Ivy looked at the motorcycle with amazement and awe. It was even more impressive when it was right in front of you.

Cloud then took his sword off his back and separated it in all of its pieces and put them inside Fenrir. The blond young warrior then hopped onto his bike and started it up, revving it up after it started, for no real reason, just to show off. Vince huffed a little bit and muttered,

"Show off…" Ivy then nudged him in his arm and glared at him.

"Don't be disrespectful Vince." She whispered to him. Ivy then snapped her fingers and looked at Cloud with a large smile on her face.

"Ohhh Cotton Candy, is Spook, Teddy Bear, and Ciddy Kitty, in Kalm too?" She asked with hopeful optimism in her green eyes. Cloud raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Who?" He asked. Ivy sighed and said,

"Vincent, Barret, and Cid." Ivy clarified.

"Ohhh, yeah they're there." Ivy jumped up and down and squealed in happiness. Cloud raised his eyebrows again and Vince said to him,

"Sorry, she a bit hyperactive, especially when it comes to those 3 and you too."

"Ahhhh. Okay, hop on, you too." Cloud said. The two of them nodded and, Ivy being a bit more hyper with her nod, and they hopped on. Cloud revved his bike up and drove off away from the marsh and back towards Kalm.