Hello all readers! This is my first fanfic ever so I hope you enjoy. Please read and review or please send comments/questions/concerns if you wish to my e-mail I sadly do not own any copyrighted material I may use in this writing though I wish I did! Props to Square-Enix for making such an awesome game! I have some ideas but could use input sent to my e-mail address to help with the story and i will make sure you recieve proper credit.. That done let the story unfold...

CHAPTER 1:

The Story Begins!

After meteor was stopped by Cloud everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Shortly afterwards Cloud disappeared in Ancient Forest and though Barret and the others searched all over the forest they could not find him.

Meanwhile, miles away and buried deeply under Mount Corel hundreds of people trained while a man hidden under a heavy robe looked on. Looking at all those training there was something eerily similar about them all. The man at the front of them was training with a huge sword that easily weighed as much as he does yet he swung it easily with one hand. The robed man raised a closed fist into the air and all training ceased.

"You have done an excellent job training your brothersZeta-3," said the man.

"Thank you," replied the man at the front of the lookalikes as he bowed double.

"I have to go abroad for a short time," the man addressed the large army in front of him. "But when I return we will carry the fight to the infidels!"

A thunder of applause greeted these words and then, with a peel of thunder and flash of light, he was gone.

The crowd filed out to eat lunch else where in the massive lair where they talked about what would happen soon enough.

"Yo, Zeta, over here!" called a man with black hair.

"Coming Alpha-2," said Zeta-3 waving to another group of people.

Zeta-3 sat around a table not only with Alpha-2 but several others all with designations written on their shirts there was: Charle-9, Evan-20, Kalo-13 and Yezkin-99.

"So, Zeta whatcha thinks gonna happen when the Master returns?" asked Charle.

"I'm not sure," Zeta replied.

"Oh come on!" interjected Evan. "Everyone knows your gonna be the leader. You gotta know something."

"I know no more or less than you do," Zeta responded. "I don't know if I am even gonna be the "leader"."

"Its obvious," Yezkin said and Kalo nodded in agreement.

"Aww come on Zeta just tell us already," whined Alpha.The others all nodded their assent.

"Hey Zeta-3!" yelled someone nearby. "Why don't you tell us the story of the beginning?"

"Yeah Zeta tell us!" other people yelled out.

"Sorry I'll talk to you guys later," he whispered to his table.

"Ok, ok," Zeta said as he stood up.

"Only a few years ago the hope of this planet, Meteor, was destroyed by a hideous being known only as Strife, who was aided by many other demons. Yet his power was so great that he subverted the wills of the commonpeople andused them todrive us into the hills. Yet our Master appeared and cracked Strife's power and he disappeared. But still Strife's demons would have hounded us, but our wise Master teleported us here to rest and recuperate… to prepare ourselves to take back the planet from the demons and lift the veil from the eyes of our poor brethren who have been hoodwinked!"

People gave a standing ovation and Zeta-3 bowed. A gong sounded from deep in the bowels of the cavern.

"With that my friends," said Zeta. "It is time to rest and prepare ourselves. I feel we will have a long day tomorrow."