Ch 1

With Alexis reunited with her old friends, we get to the room assignments and maybe... find some clues on what was that creature was...

A dream? Or something else?

Alexis walked over to the group of recruits that have gathered near Zack's room, the owner of the room standing amongst them.

"Alright, chill, you guys! I'll post this on the bulletin, so every one of you can see it. One of time! HEY, I SAID ONE— AAAHH!" suddenly, the black haired boy got trampled as the hopefuls crowd around the wooden board.

She giggled a little at the scene before her before walking to him and offering her hand.

"You ok?" she asked.

"Ow... yea. Note to self: never place stuff too close to your room," he said, taking her hand and pulling himself up, dusting himself off.

"Yea. Not the brightest idea. I'm Alexis Mizuiro, by the way," she introduced herself with a bow.

"Nice ta meet ya. You know... you handled yourself pretty well against the General. Usually, normal people who face him don't even last a minute," Zack said.

"Hey, blondie! Come look who you're rooming with!" called one of the recruits with sounded like a suppressed laugh.

Curious, she ventured over and looking over the list, her eyes suddenly went wide as dinner plates and her jaw dropped. There was no way... she was with HIM! Noticing her utter shock, Zack came over. Seeing her name under a certain someone's, he broke out in laughing hysterics.

"Good luck with him! You won't last a week!" he laughed, leaning against the wall for support.

Who was her roommate? Well... it was... General Sephiroth.

Was she doomed? The answer: surprisingly... no.

Upon reaching the top floor, Zack and Alexis made their way to Sephiroth's room. A question ran in her mind: why would he want her as his roommate? I thought he didn't need roommates anymore. At least, that's what he told her years ago when she was in the academy. As they got close to his room, butterflies began to writhe in her stomach, followed by a mild headache. She pressed a hand to her forehead, slightly groaning in pain.

"You ok, kid?" Zack asked.

"Yea... just... let's keep going. Sephiroth won't wait forever," she replied.

Then, as quickly as it came, the headache vanished. Finally, they reached the General's room. Zack held out a hand for a moment, signaling to wait, before he rapped thrice on his door. They heard a muffled permission to enter before Zack opened the door, allowing the female recruit to go in first. Looking up, there sat the General behind his desk, fingers interlaced and elbows propped on the desktop.

"'Sup?" Zack asked the silver haired man.

Sephiroth nodded in reply, and then shifted his gaze at Alexis. Suddenly, the headache came back, but full force, causing her to drop her bag and clutch her head. Teeth gritted in pain, she bit back a scream of pain as she dropped to her knees. Confusion dizzied her mind. Why was this happening? Her vision was swimming in and out of focus, but she could hear Zack's voice and feel Sephiroth's arms go around her.

"Hey, Alexis! Snap out of it!" she heard Zack say.

But, his voice sounded so far away, as if he were talking from a great distance.

Alexis...

Her eyes snap open. Did she just Sephiroth's voice in her mind? Or was she just hearing things? She heard him again...

Alexis... calm down.

Sephiroth? What's going on? Why do I hurt so much?

Before she could hear anymore, blackness overcame her vision and she heard no more.

(Dream)

She awoke to find herself in a valley of snow capped mountains. As she pulled herself to her feet, bits of snow fell from her body.

"Where... am I?" she thought.

As she began her walk, she suddenly heard a roar from above. She whipped her gaze to the skies to see... a navy blue and black dragon is flying towards the distance, its magnificent wings flapping in a slow, but powerful rhythm. Alexis stared in sheer awe at the mighty creature and proceeded to follow it.

Alas, she came to a deeper valley and to her amazement, at least ten dragons were gathered there, some apparently in a mock fight. The navy dragon sat on the side, watching the action, amusement dancing its bright green eyes.

"Hmm... that dragon looks... familiar... in a sense," she whispered to herself as she watched from behind a huge rock formation.

Then, the dragon roared, stopping the action.

"He must the leader," she thought.

The leader dragon stood up and roaring something once more, she then realized... somehow, it had sensed her presence! It came up to the formation of rocks and poking its head around the corner, there stood the female, completely in shock. Looking closer, she saw that its eyes seemed to smile at her. Alexis timidly stepped closer, unable to look away from its piercing orbs. But... something seemed familiar about them, yet couldn't place her finger on it.

"... Who are you?" she asked it.

The dragon brought its head closer, its warmth breath tickling her ear. She closed her eyes as her hand drifted towards its snout, stroking its scales. She didn't know why, but being around this dragon, she felt... safe.

Then, she heard a distant voice. As she listened, it sounded like...

"Alexis... can you hear me?"

"Sephiroth, where are you?" she called out.

Suddenly, there came a bright light and all went black.

(End dream)

Alexis awoke, her vision blurry at first. Blinking a few times, she cleared it enough to see Sephiroth sitting next to her. She felt something damp on her forehead, no doubt a wet cloth.

"Are you ok?" he asked, his eyes soft with concern.

"... I think so. How long was I out?," she replied, removing the cloth as she slowly sat up.

"For all afternoon and part of the evening. It's about..." he stole a glance at the clock hanging over his doorway. "9:30 p.m. I had Miss Rosalie bring up lunch for you. It's soup and a sandwich. I chose grilled cheese because well... I didn't—"

"It's ok. Thank you, General," she replied with a giggle.

Sephiroth retrieved the plastic brown tray with the soup and sandwich from his desk and brought it over. Placing it in her lap, he went back to his desk and went back to his paperwork. As she ate, she couldn't stop thinking about that dream... or how she could hear Sephiroth clearly in her mind. Midway through her soup, she stopped, unable to eat anymore. Sephiroth realized this and turned from his work.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Alexis was silent for a moment, her eyes shadowed with wondering and confusion. Was the dream... more than a dream? And why did she feel so... comforted by the dragons that she saw? Nothing made sense, yet... that one dragon...

"Alexis, are you alright?" he asked, a trace of worry in his voice.

She snapped out of her trance and she could only nod to him in reply before turning back to the rest of her food. After lunch, Sephiroth showed her to the guest bedroom that was just outside his door. Only one bed was present. A connected bathroom was there as well, along with a dirty clothes hamper next to the bathroom door. A small window was beside her bed.

"Wake up is at 4:30 a.m. and curfew is 10:15," he said as she set her stuff down by her bed.

"I guess... this beats rooming with Zack," she said.

"Indeed. If you were to take one look... the rest you can picture," he said with a small smirk.

"Yea..." she shuddered at the thought of the spiky haired boy's room being a total pigsty.

"Well... it's almost time for bed. Why don't you go ahead and get ready. First thing in the morning... battle training. Me and Major Jackson Briggs will be training you and the other recruits. Lieutenant Sarah Umi will be teaching you how to use Materia. Get some sleep. You're up, bright and early," he said.

"G'night, General," she said, grabbing a sleeveless white tank top and light blue cut offs.

Sephiroth nodded before leaving the room, closing the door behind him. 11:00 came and Alexis was sound asleep in her bed. Meanwhile, on the roof, Sephiroth gazed to the starry sky, his MAKO eyes turning bright green.

"...I finally found you... sister..." he whispered as two draconic wings sprouted from his back.