Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Sqauresoft Characters such as Cloud, Tifa, and Barret etc etc. I do however own all of my own Characters Such as
Gale Amber, Stratus Strife and so on.

This is the first story I have ever written. I would appreciate any reviews I get, but please go easy on me. *Smiles the biggest smile ever* Thank You!

The Forgotten

It has been twenty years since 'The Meteor Incident' and the world has changed a lot since the downfall of the Shinra and the great city Midgar. The world is run by the domineering city named Ranish; they are as bad or worse than the Shinra and have took full control of the world.

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A tall dark figure is leering in the shadows above the once great city Midgar, his cape fluttering in the wind as he stands there. Silent. The city is a desolate wasteland, full of broken down metal and rubble. Patches of moss are starting to form around the edges of the dark former city. The wind is howling in an eerie fashion, suddenly the noise of wind is broken as the man begins to speak "Men..."

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The City of Ranish, large clusters of houses surrounding an even bigger market place. The constant pitter-patter of feet and drone of traffic is all that can be heard in this bustling city. People going about their average day lives. Running their errands. All of them unaware off the danger they are soon to face. In the center of this huge new city is one building, One building that holds the power to do anything in this new world, this democracy. More specifically one man, one man who can destroy a whole continent in just a few simple words. He is the President. Not much is known about this man, he has never appeared in public, never shown his face. He lurks in the shadows of his empire.

"President." a large well built man stated, he has dark grey hair, slicked back and tied in a ponytail. He wears a dark blue jacket, black pants and black boots fitted at the end with steel. His face, slightly pale. His eyes, cold and blue. All the little details, a misshaped nose indicating it has been broken and a thick battle scar show he is a man who has killed hundreds, maybe thousands of people.

"General Talenous, do you know what its like to have dirt in your finger nails?" asks the mysterious President, he stands with his back facing the General. He is drowned in a dark cloak, his arms folded in front of him.

"Yes sir." replied the Brute General.

"Then you know how annoying it gets?" stated the President once again, in a calm cool tone.

"Yes sir." responded the General, almost like he was a mere recording.

"Do you want me to clean your nails sir?" a newly recruited soldier standing behind the General blurted out.

"Shut up!" the General Boomed at his inferior.

"As I was saying, I want you to get clean out my dirt General! And I want it done as soon as possible, in fact. I want you to blow the dirt away!" said the President, getting louder and louder with every word.

"Yes Sir!" the General responded once again to his President.

"Soldier, you stay!" ordered the President. The soldier, now shaking wildly nodded and responded with the usual yes sir as the General and his other men left the room. The door slammed shut with a bang.

"Soldier. Tell me. What is your name?" asked the President in an emotionless tone.

"Err..R..Robin Sir." replied the terrified soldier, he had heard of people disappearing after going into the president room, but he thought it was just a silly rumour to scare the new recruits.

"Robin. Well, Robin. Do you always feel the need to interrupt people of higher stature than you? What? You do? That's too bad, because I find that unacceptable!" again with his roaring voice, striking fear into the heart of this young eager recruit.

The President turned to face the recruit, a look of shock and fear can be seen on the boy as the president gets closer and closer.

"Sir, please Sir! I'm sorry Sir. Don't kill me sir. I beg you! You ca..." the boy is cut of as a metallic hand clasps around the boys neck, raising him off the ground. The boy tries to speak but the sound of a muffled voice is all that can be heard. Suddenly the hand squeezes. Then, Snap.

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Standing atop a high mountain is the figure of a great fighter; one considered the best in her tribe, her name is Gale Amber. A young and fierce warrior of the remaining Wutai Clan. She stands silently, listening to the birds chirping, the wind howling through the canyons below. Her neck length black hair swaying side to side at the ever-changing direction of wind. Her raven eyes piercing the horizon. She is wearing a white tank top; blue tight knee high pants, covered by a short black skirt slit at both ends for easy movement. All topped of by her musty orange boots, rolled up white socks and red bandana. Two Ninja stars are attached to both her boots, knives dangle off the right hand side of her skirt, whilst a boomerang is slung over her back attached to a dirty rope over he shoulder.

Suddenly the young girls eyes widen, she turns sharply and runs down a dirt path leading to a slightly dark cave, candles line the walls allowing her to see where she is heading. As she reaches her destination, a huge cavern deep inside the cave. People scattered her and there.

"Planes! There here, they've come! Someone get Gandhi! Now!" bellowed the Young Ninja trying to catch her breath.

The survivors of the Wutai began to run off in different directions in a state of confusion. The hollow hole in the cave echoed the sound of feet hitting the floor and the silent noise of fear. Until.

"People! People!" cried a voice from afar.

Everyone turned his or her attention to a platform above the lower level of rock.

"The time has come for us to leave this place we call home, but fear not. We are a surviving people. We cannot be killed off. We will survive. Now. Gale, I want you to check the entrance to the cave, everyone else, head for the docks. We must leave the island if we wish to survive." said the adored leader of this small clan.

Some spirits rose from the speech given by the leader, some felt sad, for leaving there home, others felt fear of death, some just wanted to survive. As the state of confusion wore of the people of Wutai headed to the dock, as ordered.

Gale was standing strong at the entrance to the cavern below, watching as the planes grew closer and closer, as possible death got closer and closer to her. Suddenly a missile was fired directly at her; she jumped back as the missile exploded on impact, blocking the entrance off. She picked herself up and dusted herself of, ignoring the pain in her right leg. She ran to the Cavern once again.

The Cavern was shook with a violent explosion, a few rocks falling here and there. The clan of Wutai where very nimble and able to dodge the rock as they made their way to the docks. Just as they reached the docks Gale arrived and notified them off the situation above.

"Gale. Leave with the rest, I will stay." said Gandhi.

"No way!" replied the ninja "I wont let you do it again." lowering her voice to a whisper.

"You have no choice, this is not an option!" shouted Ghandi, irritated at the girls Stubborn nature.

"You cant, our people need you!" pleaded Gale.

"You are young Gale, you have much ahead of you. Unlike me." getting even more frustrated with the stubborn ninja.

"I want to help!" bellowed the raven-haired girl.

"Very well." said the now calm leader.

Gale smiled and began to run towards the entrance when Ghandi grabbed her around the neck and stuck a needle into her delicate skin. She fell loosely onto the floor and passed out as the needle took immediate effect. A few remaining Wutai clan members grabbed the unconscious girl and placed her in a boat, setting sail for their escape.

"Go to a town named Costa Del Sol, find a man named Cloud, he will help!" shouted the leader to her people before running to the entrance to the cavern.

As she approached the mass of rocks she thrust her hand forward, breaking the rocks down with a gust of mighty wind. She ran out into the opening and stared death in the face, as a plane lowered to her level. As a missile was fired off she leaped into the sky, landing on a platform above the entrance to the dark cave. She threw her dark cloak to the ground revealing herself to be Yuffie, the leader of Wutai, thought dead after the last attack on her village. She began to raise her hand into the air. A bangle became visible; a green piece of materia flashed and suddenly comets began to rain down on the planes. A few missing the planes, hitting the floor below reshaping the planet with huge holes. In a flash of light a huge missile collided with the platform beneath her.

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As the remaining Wutain's watched the planes begins to blow up in the sky, they realised what they had suspected ever since the invasion of Wutai, that they never lost their leader, Yuffie was alive, and she was saving them again.