A/N: So this is my new story I am currently working on. I know time travel fics have been done alot, but I wanted to make one without Cloud going back in time. Instead, a young girl, who was there from the very beggining during Before Crisis and all the way past Dirge Of Cerberus, gets the second chance she always wished she had. It may be a time travel fic, but I will not be following alot of events others have used in the past. So, please sit back and enjoy the first chapter of Beyond The Sands Of Time!

Prologue: Down The Rabbit Hole

Blue-gray eyes closed and a sigh escaped the young girl's lips. Below her stretched the area Deepground had used as a base. The war with Deepground was over now. The base now lay in ruins after the battle that had raged against the WRO and the Deepground forces. The fighting hadn't lasted long, and had ended with the WRO blowing-up the reactors to keep Omega from rising. However, Omega still, somehow, rose and started its flight. Vincent Valentine, the human host to Chaos, somehow beat Omega and stopped it from draining the life stream from the planet and taking off to space to find a new planet to start again. She had watched the whole thing from the cliff she stood on. She had been unsure of what she should do.

A year before the attack of Deepground, three remnants of Sephiroth were discovered when the Turk's found Jenova's head. Elena and Tseng had been captured and tortured by the remnants. She hadn't even known about any of the events until she had seen a huge beast flying above Midgar. She was surprised when she learned Rufus had actually protected the true hiding place of Jenova's head from the Remnants. However, she felt completely useless when she was uninformed of the situation and unable to help. Even a year ago she could do nothing but watch.

She opened her eyes and stared down at the former Deepground base below her. She felt a connection to the place; even though Deepground was completed disbanded and only herself and Shelk remained. Silviana was, after all, a former member of Deepground and a Tsviet. She was known as Silviana the Violet inside Deepground. However, that had been thirteen years ago. Since then she had worked for Rufus Shinra, and when Shinra Electric Company fell, she had traveled around Gaia but sill returned to Rufus.

When Deepground had risen. She had been unsure which side she should take. But, when she finally met up with Nero after he had tracked her down, she felt a piece of her shatter. Nero, Weiss and the others were like brothers and sisters to her. Silvia had not expected to see them with such blood thirsty ways. They had not thought twice about Weiss's change in character after the other Tsviets escaped the hold of the Restrictor or his orders. She couldn't believe Weiss had ordered her fellow Tsviets to capture people and use them as sacrifices to create a pure life stream and awaken Omega. The change in the Tsviets was the last straw.

She had no family left. After being apart of the Deepground project for four years, she was labeled a failure and left to die. It still made her scowl slightly. Rufus had a couple of his trusted Turks found and save her but that just started a whole new nightmare for her. She hardly had any friends in Shinra, mostly because she didn't even try. Rude and Reno helped her little by little to become more sociable, but it wasn't until after the fall of Shinra that she actually smiled and tried to make friends with others. After meteor, she had finally rebuilt her a new life for herself, but, for the third time, it all came crashing down. Over the last thirteen years of her life nothing had changed. Just one big shattered mirror that no matter how many times she repaired it, it just broke again.

A strong gust of wind blew toward her, blowing her dark brown hair around her. She easily reached up and used her hand to hold it in place. A sigh escaped her lips. She had been wandering for awhile trying to find out where she should go or what she should do. She didn't mind working for Rufus but she just had a nagging feeling that something was off.

A flash of white, from the corner of her eyes, halted her flow of thoughts. Turning her head, she noticed something familiar moving in her direction. It was a man, she could tell. Silvia cocked her head to the side when she spotted another man walking along with him. The first man she recognized immediantly. His white, long, spiky hair and unnaturally toned, unclothed upper body was one she knew well. Both men were headed toward the forgotten forest. Curious, Silvia ducked down and moved down the cliff to follow them.

The Forgotten forest was beautiful. But, Silvia wasn't interested in the sights at the moment. Instead she kept all her senses trained on Weiss and the man that walked with him. Using every bit of stealth she possessed she crept after them. They finally stopped in a meadow. The man that had accompanied Weiss started to pace the meadow, muttering angrily as he did so.

Silvia couldn't figure out what he was muttering but his facial expressions changed from anger to sad to thoughtful. Shadow, her life long friend growled quietly. Turning she, made a shushing sound at her shadow before turning back to the two men.

"We cannot change what has already occurred." Weiss told the man calmly.

The other spun around so quickly Silvia almost didn't even see him move. Only one group of people she had ever seen or heard of moved that quickly. The SOLDIER 1st's of Shinra.

The man stomped angrily over to Weiss. "If I could I would change everything! I would save my friends! Do you really think I wouldn't?"

Blue-gray eyes blinked in confusion. Their conversation was completely confusing. She had no idea what they were talking about. However, now she had a clear view of the other man that had accompanied Weiss. His copper hair practically shinnied in the light admitting from the setting sun through the trees and was cut just above his shoulders but it looked as if it hadn't been cut for some time. He also had strong aristocratic features. A red leather duster brushed the ground behind him with a black turtleneck shirt and black combat trousers. The boots he wore had a slight heel to them which puzzled Silvia. Why would a man wear heeled boots?

Weiss suddenly turned toward the large pond behind them, bringing Silvia out of her thoughts. Silvia and the other man's head whipped toward the pond when they heard a faint voice coming from the pond.

"Do you truly wish to help those you care for?" A soft, musical, feminine voice echoed across the clearing.

The red haired man stepped toward the large pond. "I would do anything to help those I care for. Even if it meant suffering through the degradation and the mako injections again." he answered without a touch of hesitation.

"Many innocent souls were sent to the life stream before their time, just as your friends did. And I am slowly dying, even after the fall of Shinra. Many people still suffer to this day. Maybe, just maybe…" The soft, feminine voice spoke again.

Suddenly, a bright light emitted from the pond and spread throughout the clearing toward Weiss and the red haired man.

Once again the woman's voice spoke. "With the last of my power I shall give you your second chance. But, I have power to send only one. And the one I am sending may be able to help more than anyone else. Many trials will await you all, especially the one that will remember the events that have transpired till today. One who is untainted with the prejudice of others."

From her hiding spot behind the tree, Silvia could see the red-clad man start to protest, but before a word could escape his lips, it was too late. The light reached the red haired man and Weiss and both vanished into the light. Shadow growled as Silvia stood up in surprise at what she was seeing. 'What was going on here?'

"Do not worry, child. You will be the one I send back. You have many regrets and have not chosen a side just yet." The woman spoke, making Silvia jump slightly as if hearing her thoughts. "Maybe you can help them find a better path to walk than the paths they chose that led to their deaths. I wish to help all my children and I believe this to be the best choice."

"What do you mean?" Silvia asked the voice. But no answer came; only the bright light that descended on her. The last thing she saw was the face of a beautiful woman with long, golden hair, before everything disappeared.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed the first chapter! I bet you all thought Genesis would be going back in time, huh? But, Silvia did instead. It is kind of obvious who the woman's voice belongs to. It took me awhile to write out a plotline for this one and a long time to figure out how i wanted to start it. Well, anyway, Please read and review everyone1