Vert the Emerald and the Cetra Heritage

by Quatermass

He fell through the Veil, and into another world, and into the hands of Shinra. Forced into Deepground, Harry Potter died screaming, and in his place, the slayer of Deepground, Vert the Emerald was born. When Aerith is brought into Deepground by Hojo, Vert and his adopted sister Shelke decide it is time to escape, and help AVALANCHE save the world from Shinra, and Sephiroth...

1. Foreword

FOREWORD

Once more, I show my insanity by starting yet another fic. This is my sixth crossover between Harry Potter and Final Fantasy VII, four of them being instalments of the same series (three of those being completed), and the fifth being an AU. This sixth story is also an AU of Harry Potter and the Cetra Heritage, but with at least as dark a bent, if not darker, as The New Cetra Heritage: Imago (which, incidentally, is still being worked on, slowly but surely). Considering that this story will be posted on the first anniversary of my joining this site, and Harry Potter and the Cetra Heritage was my first story, it's somewhat appropriate to mark that anniversary with a new story.

As with Harry Potter and the Cetra Heritage, this story starts with Harry ending up in the world of Final Fantasy VII. Unlike that story, however, (but like Cycle of Sin and Ghost of Dalmasca), the Harry who has ended up in this world did so through the Veil at the end of The Order of the Phoenix, and he wasn't a happy chappy then. Time and the story have not improved this. He will be a dark Harry, partly because he ended up in a very dark place.

I only did this story because I had this weird idea: what if Harry had ended up in Deepground? What if he became a Tsviet? I can't remember whether this idea came from the multitude of reviews I had for the Cetra Heritage Saga, or else it came from my own mephitic imagination. Either way, this is the result, and it may very well prove to be a bigger AU than most. It certainly went through multiple versions of the initial story before I was satisfied. Have fun.

Anyway, time for the usual disclaimers. Firstly, there will be spoilers for both Harry Potter and Final Fantasy VII.

Secondly, there will be annotations, and a lot of them at that. Probably not as much as the original story, but even so, you have been warned.

Thirdly, unlike the original Harry Potter and the Cetra Heritage, this is an M-rated work, for violence, language, and sexual references.

Finally, the following is a fan-written work. Harry Potter and Final Fantasy VII are the properties of their respective owners. Please support the official release. Otherwise, Tifa might ask you to do her a solid. Like blow up a Mako Reactor.