Hey guys, there's been much confrontation going on in my mind about which of my works i want to start putting up, but I've finally come to the decision that this is the right one. I'll start by saying that i do not own the main characters or FF13, they rightfully belong to SqaureSoft/ SqaureEnix. However, as te story progresses there will have to be a few Original Characers, I will be claiming the rit for those hehe

Anyway, this is my second Fanfiction, one for Final Fantasy 13, it takes place immediatey Post-Game and will contain spoilers from the outset, if you have not played the game then i suggest you either play it now or watch all the walkthroughs that they have on youtube And for those of you that have slaved away fighting mosters and learning the story line... Here goes, enjoy...

Reviews are much welcomed, please let me know your thoughts on it, i would really appreciate it. Thanks :)

Serah P.O.V

Amazingly, things went back to normal quicker than I had expected. It was almost as though the l'Cie threat never happened, although we did have the permanent reminder in the form of a giant ice planet connected with Gran Pulse, and everyone lived in harmony with one another. The Guardian Corps and other military branches had managed to find a way back onto Cocoon through the ice tunnel, and work immediately started on re-building the world we'd once had. To everyone's surprise, there wasn't that much work to do; it was still possible for humans to live on Cocoon without being in danger. Meanwhile, those who had survived the joining of the two worlds were re-located to Gran Pulse (Without being Purged – that was all over now). True, they had to do a little re-building here also, but it was nothing that we couldn't handle.

On the day I'd returned, with a little boy named Dajh who had also been made into a l'Cie, I remembered seeing a few figures on the horizon; one was short with colorful clothing, another was tall and thin, one had an afro, and the last was taller than the others with a black bandana on their head.

Immediately, I took hold of Dajh's shoulder and leant down to him. " Look there" I said, pointing to the figures. Dajh looked in the direction of my hand and then began to run frantically in their direction. I took up a light jog in their direction too, only have my first thoughts confirmed when I heard a familiar voice call my name.

"Serah!" Snow shouted at the top of his lungs, and took up a run in my direction. The man with the Afro was now holding Dajh in his arms; of course, it was his father whom he'd been telling me about on our journey back.

That thought immediately disappeared when I got a closer view of my fiancé, I hadn't seen his smiling face in so long and right now I just wanted to hold him close. "Snow!" I called, desperately reaching my arms out towards him; every second he got closer just wasn't fast enough.

"Serah." Finally, he scooped me up into his strong arms and held me close, so happy that he spun us around a couple of times before setting me back on the ground and kissing my forehead. "You're alright aren't you?" He asked, with a slight panic creeping into his voice.

I just smiled at him. "Yea, I'm just fine," I almost whispered.

"Good, lets keep it that way from now on, agreed?"

My cheeks hurt from smiling so much. I gave a light nod of my head. "Agreed." He then pulled me into one of his tight hugs, and just held on.

The next person I saw was my sister, Lightning. "I missed you," I said as I wrapped my arms around her neck.

"Serah…" she replied, almost as if she didn't believe I was there. "I'm sorry."

I pulled back so that I could see her face again, "It's okay."

Just then, I felt Snow pull me back into his side. "Hey! Come on, the apologies can wait!" I found myself giggling at his forwardness, happy to see that nothing had changed him. "We've got a wedding to plan! You are gonna allow it –right?"

I bit my bottom lip and looked longingly at my sister. She and Snow hadn't always seen eye to eye when it came to my future and I was prepared for her to pull her gun blade on him there and then. However, I saw a glint in her eye that had been missing for years and it only made me more hopeful. As the other boys made fun of Snow for his assertiveness, I just looked on at Light. Was this really happening? Was she really going to accept the fact that Snow and I were in love and wanted a future together?

"I swear to you, I will make her happy." Snow said, as a verbal promise to the woman who had played the role of both mother and father to me for so many years.

It was then that Lightning looked straight at Snow, and I couldn't breath as my future hung by a single moment. "I believe you." Light replied, and then turned to me, giving another pause, "congrats."

I don't know what happened in those days that I was crystallized, but I did know that I was grateful for whatever had occurred between my sister and my fiancé, and maybe now we could live a life in harmony with each other. Just like Cocoon and Gran Pulse.

That day seems like it happened years ago, compared to what's happening now.

After we'd done more talking, Lightning and Snow led the group back to a small village called Oerba, where we settled into what I could only describe as a run down tin hut with stairs.

Once inside, I found that it was cozier than I had originally pictured; there was a large bedroom, with at least six single beds, an open plan kitchen and living area, and a large bathroom for us to share. Oh dear, I wondered how Snow would cope with that. It wasn't home, but at least it was better than nothing.

Dajh immediately ran around the whole place, until he finally found the bedroom. "Daddy! Come look!" he yelled, not urgently, but playfully. His father, who I now knew as Sazh, went to find his son. From where we were stood, everyone else could see him too. He was jumping up and down on one of the beds with the Chocobo chick flying around his head. "I want this one!"

We all started laughing, after everything the boy had been through at his age, it was nice to see that he was still a playful soul. I then felt a pair of arms around my shoulders and a strong jaw by my ear. "Maybe ours will be just like him," Snow whispered, low enough that only I would hear. I managed to turn around in his arms and wrap my own around his waist.

"Maybe," I whispered back. We'd always talked about having a big family. I was only eighteen, but there was no harm in planning for the future, right? Snow was orphaned when he was little, and had no brothers and sisters (only his friends from NORA), and I only had Lightning as a reminder of my childhood. So more than anything, I wanted my own children to have someone else with them if anything should happen to me.

It was then that I saw the young boy; Hope I think he'd introduced himself as, in the kitchen looking through the cupboards. "What do we do about food here?" He asked, gathering the attention of everyone apart from Sazh and Dajh, who were both in the bedroom now. "There are no stores or food markets on Gran Pulse."

That's when realization hit me. He was right. Gran Pulse was nothing but a wasteland until the government built things here too. Until then, we had no definite food supply, sure there was a lake on the edge of Oerba, but we didn't know how pure the water was.

It was Snow who answered. "We just do what we did before." He stated, as a matter of fact. Hope and Lightning just looked at him, and I was a total loss, because I had no clue what they had done before. "When we were here with Fang and Vanille," he continued. " Until the government says we can go back to Cocoon, we'll just have to hunt for our food, right?"

I looked at Lightning. I could tell from the way she was frowning that she was considering it. "We'll have to act soon." She said. "With six mouths to feed, one of those being a child and another being a pig, we'll need to make sure we have enough time to get all we need."

"Hey, who you callin' a pig, sis?" Snow replied.

"I'm not your sister." Lightning chastised, as usual.

"Not yet anyway!" I chimed in excitedly.

We all seemed to have a little laugh at that, and I was glad that we were all acting like a little family already. "Alright, " Lightning turned to me. "I'm gonna go out and get dinner with Snow and Sazh. Think you can do a little cleaning whilst we're gone?"

I felt my mouth curl in the corner slightly. "I'm not even married yet Light, and I'm already being treated like a little house wife."

She could tell I was joking, and I was happy to see a small smile form on her face. She grabbed her gunblade from the corner, along with both Sazh and Snow's weapons. I followed them to the door, all the while; my hands were intertwined with my wonderful man's. He was the last out the door, stopping to say goodbye to me. "Hurry back," I smiled. He was already down a couple of the stairs, putting his face at the same level as mine.

"I can't stay away from you for long, especially now that I have you back." He put his forehead to mine and I began to remember the times we'd been this close before I was crystallized. My smile grew wider. The way he spoke was so touching, that all my memories came flooding back and I found myself tearing up. Snow immediately put one of his large hands to my face and refused to let anything leak from my eyes. "Hey, it's alright," he whispered. "You're home now, and you're safe. That's all that matters to me. I promised Lightning that the tear you shed when you turned to crystal would be your last. I better keep good on my promise or who knows where she might be pointing her sword next."

I laughed then and the smile, the ine that I loved to see on him, spread across his face. I leaned closer to him and brought my lips to his. It had been so long since we'd shared a kiss like this, the last time had been the night he'd proposed to me, a day that seemed so far away now. I found myself not wanting to let him go again.

Snow was about to wrap one of his muscular arms around my waist, when we were rudely interrupted by a shrill whistle. "Come on, Hero." My sister called from further down the path. "There'll be plenty of time for violating my baby sister's innocence when we get back. Food first, fun after."

"You better go," I said as I pulled away and put my forehead to his.

He sighed slightly, his dreamy blue eyes looking into mine and then all over my face. This was one of those very rare moments that his over-confident exterior broke slightly, revealing a love struck puppy, and he assured me that I was the only one who got to see it. He then gave a slight nod and pulled back. "Don't worry baby, your Hero will bring back a feast fit for a King." His cocky self was back, and he practically ran down the stairs to try and catch up with Lightning and Sazh, tripping on the last step slightly and earning a quiet chuckle and head nod from me.

I then shut the door of the tin hut and headed back inside. Now then, I thought to myself, if I lived here… Where would I keep a mop and bucket?

So that was it for chaper one, hope you enjoyed it, please share your thoughts on reviews if you wish xx