-Prods Coffin open and stretches- WELL THAT WAS A NICE NA-----
-Gets shoved back in by Link- STAY DOWN!
Me: Oh you guys are mean! Just because I've neglected you all for so long…
Pit: Sorry to say but we were fine without you.
Me: -Pouts- Fine, I don't really care about you guys anyways…
ANYWAYS! Here comes the Final Fantasy VII Fanfic!
Everyone: …So another one of those fanfics you won't EVER finish?
Me: OH NO NO NO~! This time it's different, well…It could be. I have this terrible blackmail tactic I'm throwing in this time.
Cloud: Money's involved isn't it?
Me: Yuppers!
Cloud: Thought so…
Me: ONCE AGAIN NO! It is free to read the fanfic and it always will be! But, some of you…very few of you, might know that I actually draw as well.
Cloud: And you suck at both, go die.
Me: DETAILS CLOUD! DE-TAI-LS! I need money! XD~! And I'm ready to go to any extent to get it. Or else, you know…The streets aren't really comfortable.
Cloud: Get a job.
Me: Pffft! I'll never become famous working at Timmies.
Cloud: -Face palms- You won't ever get famous with this approach either.
Me: I wanna turn this into a Doujinshi!
Cloud: -Horrified Face- You didn't…
Me: Oh yes I did! I'm being supported to draw a manga, and during that free time availability I'll sneak in a chance to get this Doujinshi published. So reading the Fanfic will be free, but for those of you who are interested in seeing a Doujinshi of the fic published/Purchasing said Doujinshi, let me know in the reviews section, and it might just happen!
Cloud: You don't even have the skills….
Me: Well if I get it done, and become better and better at drawing I might go back and fix it up, but for now, I'm going to any extent possible to get a few extra pennies.
Me: And creating stories is what I do best!
Cloud: …. I liked you more when you were being overly depressive about your life.
Me: Suck it up princess.
MAJOR WARNING BEFORE YOU BEGIN READING!!! READ THIS!
Me: [rant]So! I know many overly obsessed Final Fantasy VII fans will be reading this. And before you start sending in the hate mail, I wanna let everyone know that not ALL of this information is 100% accurate! I never played Before Crisis, and though I acknowledge Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus's existence, I'm a die hard Original Final Fantasy VII fan, and forever will be. I like modifying plot lines/stuff to fit my twists and have my storyline rolling. So even though this might NOT be possible, walk it off you pussies! And just soak it in. Acknowledge Final Fantasy VII, but in a sense, keep your mind open to modifications to the story, and please, please, PLEASE don't start lecturing me about the Final Fantasy VII storyline in all of its might, it's already confusing enough with AC/Dirge of Cerberus/Last Order/Before Crisis.
Don't like it? Don't read it.
And leave me alone! Because do you know what I'll do to your hate mail or Reviews?
Ignore them =D~!
3~! Enjoy! [/endrant]
Setting: After Advent Children
Pairings: SephirothxOC/VincentxCid
Rating: M for future Chapters and swearing.
Eisblume:
Chapter 1- Before the Ice Flowers
Mako eyes snapped open at the redundant beeping sound.
Where was he?
This place?
Welcome back my son…
Once again he cheated death, didn't he? This body, it was his wasn't it? Perfect, then mother's legacy can prevail with his strength at its full return… He wouldn't have Cloud defeat him once again, no, this planet will be mothers, and the plans will fall through this time, he'd make sure they're set out of the way before anything.
He peered around the room, it was dark, even through the glowing mako tube he was in. The annoying beeping sound mixed with the heavy sound of his breathing through the device tied to his face. Irritation raised in his chest, blind rage giving him the strength to struggle enough to break through the glass container that had him encased.
There was the loud sound of glass shattering, every tube and needle in his skin ripping out of him as he stumbled out of the case, coughing and hacking as he tried to make use of his lungs on his own.
This body, it was never used before, though it felt like his in every way.
A clone?
A perfect clone even, one so perfect Jenova was able to return his soul to him. Hojo knew Jenova wouldn't let him die, nor did he want him to die… That demented scientist, without telling anyone, he was researching for a perfect way to keep him alive…
He finally got use to breathing again, hunched over with his silver hair clinging onto his back, face, he gave his body a few seconds, simply peering around this unknown place. With Midgar's destruction, every lab should've been destroyed, should it not? Unless that sneaky Hojo had a secret lab underneath the Midgar ruins, created in case of Midgar's demise as it was. Secret in a sense that it would be hidden even from Shinra itself, a place where he could create clones of that feared General SOLDIER, and despite what might happen, keep him alive…
This was his final chance at getting back the Planet, destroying man-kind for it's wicked ways and make place for mother's legacy. He slowly stood up, strength not quite known to this body, he stumbled a few times though finally got a hang of walking.
First things first, get rid of that annoying beeping noise.
He extended his hand and as he summoned his Masamune, he sliced through the computer which somehow triggered the lights to brighten the room. Revealing what seemed like thousands of pods hosting clones of him.
Silver eyebrows furrowed at the sight, there would only ever be one of him, and did this man really think he'd fail so many times as to hold so many bodies of him!? He dashed in the direction of one of the first pods and went right to destroying it, doing so with the rest of the pods, making sure he was the only Sephiroth body remaining.
Perfect, this body was even stronger then his original one. It might have been modified in with the cells and balance of the Mako coursing through his blood. Hands tainted with the blood of the replica's, he smirked in satisfaction at the sight, weak bodies, this one was the one chosen by mother, which meant it was most suitable for his rebirth. He chuckled, spotting his usual General SOLDIER attire hung up at a far side of the room; he wandered over and slipped it on.
Cloud must have missed him; maybe he should go and pay a visit? First thing's first, he'd make sure to let the world know of his return, and then get rid of the pest with a personal invitation. He wouldn't do the same mistake twice, since he knew…
Without Cloud around to stop him, his plan will be nothing but successful.
He couldn't believe it, it was all over the news though, papers, and he even had Reno call him about it. Sephiroth was back, apparently this started about a week ago, and the crazy serial killer was running around making himself known to the world, as like he didn't know that everyone was out to get him for what he's done.
Was he simply just trying to get 'his' attention specifically? Well he sure did get it, the party now back together for yet another quest to defeat Sephiroth and maybe finally lay him to rest one final time. Little did he know, this quest was going to be quite different from the previous ones.
Lately Cloud's dreams were filled with his true memories of that fateful day in Nibleheim. Previously, his memories were purely Zack related, and to do so he forgot many memories that he'd have as Cadet Cloud and not First Class SOLDIER Zack. Those were the memories that filled his mind again, returning to him as the effects of the experiment on him wore off, and he was fully aware of the delusion he placed upon himself.
That night, something important returned to him, a memory so important, he was sure it was Aerith blessing him from up above. That other Cadet… [[A/N: This is where I tweaked the storyline a bit]] The one that was with them during Nibleheim… Once his other best friend, though he never really made friends with Zach as he did with him, which was why he forgot all about him he figured.
Pyry, rumors had it he was really close to Sephiroth, though he knew better then that, they were quite deeply in love. Though Pyry was strong, strong enough to enter SOLDIER he never even tried to enter SOLDIER for the purpose that he needed to remain as a Cadet. It wasn't love related at all, truly, Sephiroth was fine with the way things were. But he kept out of SOLDIER because of a secret he needed to keep hidden.
Only a spell made him look human, only he and Sephiroth knew of that secret. Pyry was Isonnian, an Ice spirit race whom remained alive only since they hid during the tragic events that wiped out the Ancients. Isonnian's saw the world's demise, and decided to separate from the world to avoid the tragic events that would come to it. Since their Civilization has no need for the greed and technology of man kind, they now live…
Where was it he said?
Gaea Cliff…Somewhere around the Icicle Lounge…
Northern Ice continent he was sure, they were Ice Spirits after all.
This made him wonder if Pyry was still alive, since there was no great revelation about the race and its existence, he was sure Pyry made it out of the Nibleheim flames, or else he would've been experimented on as the other survivors of the incident. This would've lead to another new series of experiments on the race. Did he go back home? He was sure of it, that or was hiding out around somewhere…Maybe even passed away? He hoped not, now that he remembered, if he found him…
He'd give them a hand against Sephiroth?
What if there was a change in Sephiroth at the sight of him?
Was he okay?
The sudden switch in the man he loved so much must have been so hard…
Sitting in bed, he slid out and decided to go see who was awake at this time. Of course, since it was so early, only Vincent was sitting at one of the Seventh Heaven's table, reading a book quietly, dressed as he usually was.
Since they were on the lookout for Sephiroth, everyone gathered together again to lead a party out. Sephiroth was too confident though, to be gathering attention so openly, he was sure there was a trap set up, or even better, there was a point he wanted to have proved, maybe of the strength he held with his return? He knew the last time he came back, Sephiroth was only borrowing Kadaj's body, and he also swore to return again and never become simply a memory.
He nodded to the ex Turk whom returned the motion after peering over his book to the ex Cadet. Though after setting down his book, he peered back up to Cloud: "You're up early, couldn't sleep?" Cloud took this opportunity to bring up what did indeed have him up so bright and early. He wandered over to the bar, speaking as he got himself some breakfast: "I remembered something that might make our lives easier."
The ex Turk raised a thin eyebrow at his friend, folding his arms as he leaned back into his chair, waiting for a better explanation of it all: "Those memories again? They seem to be recovering themselves quite quickly." Cloud nodded at this, closing the fridge door with some form of a breakfast shake in his hand, quick, easy, and it kept him full for the morning. He sat down behind the bar counter as he opened the can and sipped at it, before continuing: "Yeah, but I'm starting to think it's a sign from them up there, they want me to remember something important, and I think I just remembered it."
Vincent nodded, urging the other to continue: "Well?"
"I remembered someone I use to work with, someone that I couldn't remember before since he was never really someone Zach knew, but Sephiroth and I knew him really well. He was one of my close friends, and Sephiroth's lover." He saw Vincent tense, and he chuckled: "So yeah, if we find him again, I'm sure it could come in handy one way or another. He was strong, strong enough to enter first class except he couldn't since he wasn't human, he had a spell to hide his features, and so abused of the helmet we needed to wear so he could lay off the spell while fighting. Unfortunately, he didn't join since having to hide his features at all times would drain him and he'd probably just end up getting killed. Hiding his features would be too suspicious, and he just wanted to avoid the trouble it could cause."
Vincent tilted his head: "What race was he?" Quite intrigued with Cloud's sudden re-discovery. He kept his eyes on the other as Cloud brought his hand up to the side of his head, trying to remember the name again.
"Isonnian? Was what he said, Ice spirits, they keep themselves hidden from the world since what happened with Jenova, apparently they're as old as the Ancients."
Vincent though didn't seem to respond to the name, until he thought about it enough: "I think I heard Gast mention that name before, same with Hojo and Lucrecia. They were proclaimed fake and only a myth." Cloud chuckled: "That's what they wanted, this way, no one bothers them and they have no need to get involved with humans."
Vincent furrowed his eyebrows: "They feared the same faith as the Ancients and Nanaki's race, so they hid away, didn't they? Who would blame them?" Cloud nodded and then once again sipped at his breakfast.
There was an awkward silence between the two as they thought, though, they didn't confirm it, both agreed that they should probably go searching for Pyry, and see if he'd give them a hand at fighting Sephiroth, if not, maybe try and speak with the man to calm him down. Since he reached him there before, he was sure maybe…Just maybe…
It was all worth a try.
Later on that day, when everyone awoke, the idea was brought up to the party. To find Pyry and bring him back to give them a hand and fight against Sephiroth, or maybe even see if he'd try and calm the man. He found it appropriate for them to find him and see to what his opinion on the whole thing would be. Even if he'd refuse the offer and simply wish to remain where he was and forget about the whole event. At least they tried…
"You sure you're not crazy Cloud?" The young ninja of the group folded her arms and furrowed her eyebrows, before flailing her arms: "You're not even sure and you want us to run around Gaea cliff!? You want us to freeze to death don't you!?"
The Pilot did the same on the protest, pressing his hands onto his hips as he stared at Cloud: "Runt's right, ya want us t'freeze our balls off up there? Sheera's not gonna take'us up. We're gonna'have ta walk it."
Cloud sighed then raised his hands as he spoke, trying to convince the rest of the party: "So you want us all too just go blindly chasing after Sephiroth instead? I want to see him; I want to make sure he's okay, and if someone's gonna be able to pull Sephiroth out of Jenova's grasp it's going to be him."
Tifa though stood and nodded: "I agree with Cloud, we've done worst then just run around cold weather, so, why not give it a chance? If it can end the whole Sephiroth thing once and for all, why don't we take it?"
"HELLO! Sephiroth's wacked, he's gone! His old fuck buddy isn't gonna cut it. All he cares about is blowing this planet up." Cloud glared over to the bear like gun armed man completely trashing his idea, before he sighed and closed his eyes: "So we're just going to say fuck it? That's what you want to do? Instead of at least giving it a shot because you simply don't want to get your ass up there where it's cold? And here I thought you all had balls."
Everyone just kept quiet for a while, while Cloud moved his hands onto his hips and stared at everyone until someone said something. Cid just brushed his hand against his nose, then shrugged: "Well what'ever, a little cold neva hurt a man, let's get up there and find'dat imagin'ry friend of yours." Cloud chuckled, and then peered over to a pissed off Barret whom seemed to have given into the idea as well.
Next thing everyone knew, they were transported over to the Frozen Continent, where they booked a room at the Icicle Inn, and since they were all sure they'd be sticking around for a while.
Little did they know, they were going to be stuck around for much longer then they intended. Cloud never expected there'd be so little leads on the race.
"Yeah I've seen them! Giant monsters they are! Attacked me and a few of my me----" Not at all…
"Fur and fangs…" No he clearly remembered Pyry only had ears and a tail.
"I saw them, but it could've been my imagination, it was only a shadow through the blizzard…" Cloud sighed and face palmed.
"So…About your imagin'ry friend…" Cloud snapped: "SHUT UP CID! I know I'm not crazy! I've already went through the fucking Crazy stage, I know what I remember and he was real! I'm just chasing my own tail right now since they're so fucking good at hiding themselves."
Cid furrowed his blond eyebrows, then slumped down beside the other blond and chuckled, elbowing the other in the side: "Hay! If you're so damn cert'n about it, then we'll find'dat race and you'll prove me wrong, right? Gonna say told'ya so and then we'll all laugh it off. But Vincent's got frost bite all over from lookin'for you, and we're all sick and tired. By the way…If they're such a hidden race, why was your friend'n SOLDIER." Cloud paused, tried to remember, digging his skull for a bit before he shook his head: "He never said…Maybe I'm just going crazy."
Cid blinked, then furrowed his eyebrows and raised his voice slightly: "And you'were so determined before! Geeze! Make up ya'mind! Here, have a beer! It'll make'ya feel better!" Cloud just made a face, but shrugged and sipped the disgusting liquid, trying to think of a way they could find the race.
Safe to say though, everyone was getting sick and tired of looking, weeks passed, and there was not even the smallest lead on it all, except for a small girl whom had a somewhat description of the race, but, all she had for information was that one of them saved her when she was about to freeze to death on a mountain. The description fit perfectly, which brought a glimmer of hope to Cloud, but that was crushed as time went by and they got nothing better.
"I give up…" Vincent peered over to Cloud, then sighed and shrugged: "What ever, we did all we could but they simply don't wish to be found. Maybe it's best if things stay that way…" Vincent slid off the stool and wandered back up the stairs: "Staying at this inn is getting expensive as well, we should return on track to defeat Sephiroth now…" Cloud though, had a distant gaze in his eyes which made Vincent simply look back, then continue on his way.
He'd leave Cloud to his thoughts on this; surely it was hard considering everyone was irritated with him by this point. Since Cloud insisted so much that they'd find them, it was a disappointment, though he knew everyone would get over it eventually.
Cloud sighed, bringing his hand up to his forehead as he simply sat at the Inn's bar, he was sure there was something Pyry once told him that would give them a major lead on where the race's village was located. It was hidden, he knew that much, but they investigated all the caves, every corner of the mountain even! Maybe they were completely wrong? Or they moved!? Where too though…
While he was deep in thought, he never noticed the small boy that walked up to him, dressed in a black and white mountain coat, his hands behind his back as he smiled brightly up to Cloud: "Excuse me!? Mister? I heard from a friend that you were looking for the Isonnians." Cloud's eyes glanced over to the boy, before he sighed: "its okay, I gave up…" Another one who saw them he supposed…
The boy blinked, frowned, and then pouted: "So I guess you really don't want to find them if you gave up, why is it you want to find them?" Cloud shook his head: "I was friends with one of them, but I don't know where he is now…I wanted to see him again." The boy giggled: "A friend, who's that?" Of course, kids hit the softer part of him so he set down his glass and turned to look at the small dark haired boy, whom smiled brightly up to him: "His name was Pyry, we went to Cadets together."
The boy giggled and bounced up: "Really!? I'm friends with one of them too! That's why, since if mister promises to keep it a secret from EVERYONE! I'll show you and your friends where the village it, though, promise you'll keep it VERY secret! And your friends too! I don't want my friend mad that I showed you all where it is."
Cloud couldn't believe his ears, his eyes widened, and he leaned forward to where the boy was, since it was so loud in the Inn, he was sure no one else heard them, but, was this kid for real: "You're serious, you know where it is?" His voice was lower, and the boy nodded and giggled, then whispered: "Yep! I'm sure they'll trust you and your friends if you're really sincere about keeping their secret, since if they sense any form of lie and doubt in your voices, they'll kill you."
Cloud tensed, sat back and away from the boy for a while, staring down at him, before he nodded. And so, the boy smiled sweetly then extended his hand: "Pinky swear?" Cloud paused for a while, though, he knew it was for the best. Plus there was a selfish sense in him that wanted to prove to everyone that he wasn't crazy. The boy had such large innocent dark eyes, he couldn't possibly be lying to him or setting up a trap, how could this go wrong? He extended his hand out, and took the boy's pinky with his own: "Pinky swears." The boy brightened up, giggled, and then strutted off happily, his hands behind his back as he smiled brightly: "Alright then! Let's all meet outside the town in a few minutes! I need to make sure my parents will let me go~!"
Cloud nodded to the boy, whom then disappeared outside the inn entrance, and Cloud blinked when everyone stared at him oddly, probably misunderstanding the situation in thinking he was leading a little boy off for…Oh god no! He stood and headed up the stairs to their inn room: "Everyone! I think I found it! Some boy just said he knew someone from the tribe, and knows where they're located!" Everyone eyed cloud oddly, but then, after quite a bit of arguing, they decided they'd go with it and give it one final shot.
"I swear, after this, if it's not it, then I give up and we can go and find Sephiroth." Cloud confirmed with all of them.
So they met with the kid outside the village, the boy was holding onto a few Chocobo's for them to travel with, since it was going to be freezing cold and through the blizzard, he also made sure that they were all dressed accordingly, and soon, they were on their way towards the village.
Yuffie coud barely ever shut up about how cold it was, but also how excited she was. To be able to see creatures that were assumed to be a Myth, and with all the rumors of their beauty, it was safe to say all of them were curious about how the evening was going to turn out. They were riding for hours, in the freezing cold, wind whipping violently against their skin to the point where some of them thought they were going to die out there.
"Do you REALLY know where this place is!?" Even Red XIII was freezing by this point, the cat on his head hidden behind the fur. Since he was a tiger, he was forced to follow along through the snow instead of having a method of transportation.
"We're almost there, please hold on for a bit longer~!" The boy exclaimed from up ahead, it was only an hour or so later that the boy finally pointed towards a cave: "We'll stop here." And so, willingly, all went in to hide from the snow. All got off their feathered partners for the afternoon, whining and bitching could be heard from most of the men, while Yuffie jumped in place to try and warm up. The boy though, didn't even seem bothered as he got off the Chocobo and headed towards the back of the cave. Before he turned around: "I'm sorry, but, I only made the promise with one person...So only that person can come with me."
Everyone stopped, stared at the boy before glancing over to Cloud with a glare on their faces, except for Tifa whom spoke to the boy: "Please though, we've come this far!"
"Wait! They won't utter a word I swear it! Do you want another pinky swear!?" Cloud was getting irritated, and the boy frowned, and then placed his gloved hand to his mouth, before he then peered again over to the group: "Maybe I should let you all know that the ones who speak of the village location are frozen in large ice crystals for eternity. This village has been hidden from human eyes since the beginning of time. We escaped the tragedies of the Planet since we saw it faltering, so, would you be so cruel as to destroy us?"
All of them paused at the sudden switch, and Cloud pondered of this for a while. Wait, Pyry was able to use magic to hide his traits, so maybe…: "You're one of them!? I thought you said a friend.,," The boy smiled: "I lied, this is my human appearance for when I wander the town, I noticed your group was desperately looking for the village for so long, when you all didn't let up, and then you mentioned the name of one of our people when I confronted you. I could tell I could trust you, selfish reasons made it so I bring you all here today. But… Please, understand, I need you all to keep your promise desperately…"
"Oh shit! This is the real deal is it!? And here I thought you were nuts Cloud! So…Like…We'll really get to see this!?" The boy nodded, and all looked to one another with large eyes, while Cloud just grinned and then smirked: "Who's crazy?" Tifa giggled, and Barret snapped at the blond: "Oh shut yo'skinny ass face up, let's see this village." The boy just chuckled, and then turned, removing his glove from his hand to press his hand onto the wall of the cave at the back.
He ran his hand over the rocks, until finally he made a design along a few rocks with the tip of his finger, cracks began to glow a bright blue light, then the rocks split apart to reveal a door, which then opened itself up. He turned to the others and then smiled again: "Come in then." He stepped inside, lighting a torch, since inside the door was pitch black, obviously this was a tunnel.
He waited at the entrance for everyone to come in along with the Chocobo's, then he sealed the door once again, the light of the torch the only thing brightening up the tunnel. No one really said anything as the boy took the lead once more.
The place looked more like a maze; glowing blue drawings lining the wall of the war against Jenova, quite a bit of history remained on the walls of the cave. There were plenty of turns on the paths, until finally, something different could be heard other then the sound of their own footsteps.
"Water?" Tifa whispered…
The boy peered over his shoulder and smiled: "Yep, we're almost there…" Cloud though, had been dwelling over something in his mind for the entire walk, something he thought might be important to bring up: "Uh…How will your people react to us? I mean, since you all hate humans so much, won't they try and kill us? What if your leader completely disagrees with us?" The boy smiled: "I'm sure our leader won't mind, you see, the reason why he'd accept you all coming into the village, is because he's sick of our people being in hiding, we want to help…And we think we've hidden within the mountain for long enough." He frowned: "The problem is, the previous leaders have all been dead set on hiding our people as much as possible, we never had a say in anything, although some of us believe we should all stand and fight. The problem is, Isonne are a race for appearance and peace, not war, we're magic dwellers but our power doesn't rival that of any other, we're handy within war yes, but, if ever there was to be an attack on our people, we're sure we wouldn't be able to defend ourselves. We can't fight, we're weak creatures, sure we're more powerful then humans, but the Cetra's magic was much superior to ours. We would've been of no help against Jenova, which is why our previous leader thought it right for us to cowar." He furrowed his eyebrows: "But that's enough! We have to stand up for the planet and do all we can."
Everyone just followed along, listening to the story while Cloud then frowned: "I don't really find it wrong for you all to cowar within the mountain, humans will try and experiment on your race, the people won't be safe where ever they go, but, if you all feel it'd be right if you give us a hand standing up against the dangers of the planet, I promise we'll make sure no harm come to the people of the village. Will we be able to meet your village leader once we reach the village?"
The boy nodded: "Of course, and thank you…" He stepped up to another wall, and the same process as the entrance was done, as the doors opened, all of them shielded their eyes at the bright white light that filled the once dark tunnel.
The light was put up, as a wave of cold air overwhelmed everyone. Though the cold was comfortable, nothing of freezing temperature, no, it was a welcoming cold. As their eyes adjusted to the light, they opened their eyes to find the young boy gone, his real form now revealed.
The Isonne before them was tall, with long white hair down to over his rear, with beautiful welcoming gentle mismatched blue and gold eyes, a common trait amongst Isonne people. His skin was pale, with blue markings which seemed to glitter in the light striped along his body and face, only one mark on both cheeks.
Their traits were also cat like in the sense they had furred ears and tail, commonly white, with blue longer strands of fur at the tips of the ears and the tail as well. He was dressed in rather elegant but feminine clothing, a long white loin cloth trailing down to bellow his knee's, at the back and front, though it was well decorated with blue gems and chains along the pieces of clothing. A top held together by yet another blue gem, the top cut off right under his chest, with long kimono like sleeves and also revealed his shoulders. Dressed rather revealingly for the cold weather, Isonne adored the cold and hated warm weather, which was a given considering their race was Ice related.
The village behind him was wondrous, it was like they stepped into what seemed like an alternate part of the world.
The place had a sky, but walls of ice surrounded the village up to the sky, a large ice tree entwining in the middle, houses remained on the large center branches of the tree larger then any had ever seen before. The tree's bark was white, though the tips of the tree held leaves of usual size; the tree seemed giant and obviously was more then a few thousand years old. The tree was the center of the town, though woods surrounded the village of the same shade as the tree in the middle, white bark, blue leaves.
Everything sparkled, the ice, the rivers, shaded of blue water. A few homes remained on the ground as well, as well as the markets, with blacksmiths and other essential things. All stood at the entrance, not too sure if they should enter this forbidden place. Even Cid had his jaw open so wide his cigarette fell from in between his lips onto the floor, but, Yuffie scolded him: "PICK THAT UP!" Cid did as he was told surprisingly. And Cloud could only elbow Barret in the side with a grin saying 'see, told ya so.' Barret scoffed, then the boy turned and smiled at the group: "Welcome to Isolda Eira, village of the Isonne. You can all call me Xue, I'm the village Chief here."
Cloud almost smirked, since he expected something along those lines, so he was the village leader? He supposed he wouldn't need to explain himself again.
"I'm sure you're all tired, why don't you all stay here for a little and get to meet everyone? It's not often that we have guests after all."
Me: This ends this chapter. I'm sorry if I have many mistakes within the text, I'm just getting use to writing Fanfics again.
I was just setting everyone in, the next chapter should be the same, but I promise things will pick up from there. Please continue reading, review, and correct me if anything is too out of line.
I know the character interaction is limited, but, once again, I'm just browsing through things almost like a prologue to get everyone a feel of where I'm heading, major actions should be after everyone is introduced and the world is well out and explained.
I should have another chapter up soon, very soon.
So stick with me okay?
33333~! Everyone!