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Summary- Lightning and her friends have won. Now they have a new world that they must make their own. Though they know that together they can do anything.

Chapter 1: Waking in a New World

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Total darkness. That is all I see. Suddenly there is a bright light and I feel myself land on a soft, but firm surface. It takes me a minute to realize that I am laying on grass. Then I feel a soft breeze on my face as I slowly open my eyes.

At first it is too bright but as my eyes adjust I am able to look around. I am in a meadow, trees are all around the edges. On the breeze I can smell wildflowers. It takes me a minute to remember why I am here. Then in a sudden rush all on my memories come back to me. Everything from my fight as a l'Cie with my friends, fighting Caius as Etro's champion, and then my time as the Savior. Vivid memories of my fight with Bhunivelze flood my mind. Being lost in the chaos, reuniting with my emotions in the form of Lumina, Hope guiding me out of the sea of despair, then everyone I love helping me deliver the final blow.

At the thought of Hope I couldn't help but remember what he went through as Bhunivelze's puppet. The pain he must of suffered, unable to even control his own body. Over a hundred years as that bastard god's prisoner. Then on top of all of that I had basically abandoned him for almost 1000 years. Sure he was asleep for a lot of it, but the fact still remains. Then it hits me. 1000 years and he still never gave up on me. In the end he was the one who was there. He's the one who answered my call and pulled me from the chaos. Why did he do that? He could have gone and been with his parents again, but he choose to stay and rescue me.

I feel moisture on my cheeks and realize that I am crying. I seem to be doing that a lot now. I wipe the tears away just in time to hear someone coming. I instinctively go to grab my weapon, only to discover it's not there. I have a moment of panic as the footsteps get closer. I look to see who or what is approaching and then I hear the most beautiful sound ever.

"LIGHTNING!" It's my younger sister Serah. She sees me at the same time I can see her and we run to each other. Faster than I could have imagined she is in front of me and we embrace one another. She is really here. I did it, no we all did it. We saved the world and we saved each other. And now I have my sister back. I am crying again and for once I am not ashamed. I haven't been this happy since before our parents died.

"Lightning it's really you! Look Light you did it! You saved us all!" Serah is jumping around excitedly looking around my meadow. Before I can respond we hear someone crashing around in the bushes. I don't even have to look to know that it's Snow. I don't know anyone else who could honestly make that much noise.

Serah seems to realize this at the same time as me because she looks toward the area the sounds are coming from, excitement all over her face. And she is not disappointed. Just seconds pass and the oaf is in sight. Serah looks at me questioningly and I give her a small nod. She then smiles bigger than I have ever seen and runs toward him calling his name.

He hears her call and runs to meet her. When they reach each other he picks her up and swings her around. I can hear them both laughing. When they kiss I look away, taking in more of our surroundings. While looking I see Fang and Vanille making their way towards us. They are holding hands and Vanille is beaming. Looking at Fang she seems pretty happy too. They see me and come over.

"Hey there Sunshine." Fang calls out as they get closer.

"Lightning!" Vanille squeals and runs the rest of the way to me, Fang right behind her. Then Vanille grabs me into a squeezing hug and lets go promptly then goes back and grabs Fangs hand again. "Look Light we did it! I can just tell everyone is here. The souls of the living and the dead. You were right!" Vanille is jumping around. I smile at her enthusiasm.

'I see you already found the lovebirds." Fang says indicating Snow and Serah. "Any sign of the others?"

"Not yet." I realize that those are my first words in the new world. "Those tow just showed up. How far away did you come from?"

"Not too far. We'd only been walking a few minutes when we heard those two yelling. Vanille and I ended up pretty close to one another. What about you? You and Serah land together?"

"No. When I woke up I was alone. Serah must not have been too far though. She…" I wasn't able to finish my sentence because right at that moment Snow and Serah came back and Snow pulles me into a hug and swings me around like a rag doll.

"SIS! Can you believe it? Look at this place! It's like nothing bad could ever happen. And look we're all together! Well not all. We still have to find Hope, Noel, and Sazh. Oh and Dajh and Yuel too."

"Snow. Snow. SNOW! Please put me down before I make you. And please quit rambling." I say getting frustrated. Snow does put me down and shuts up. I then take charge and lay out the situation. "Now yes we need to find the others and while we're at it we should make sure there is nothing dangerous in the area. Now I don't seem to have a weapon, do any of you?" I look at Fang and Snow with that last question. Fang shakes her head.

"Hey I got all the weapon I need right here!" Snow says holding up his fist. "And besides isn't this supposed to be our 'Perfect New World.' I doubt there's anything to bad leaking around here."

"That may be true, but I would still rather be safe than sorry. Now as for finding the others I think our best bet is to split up and then meet back up here later. If this world's sun works the same as the old world then it looks like it's still early. Snow, you take Serah with you and head back in the direction you came from. Fang, you and Vanille do the same. Head back the direction you came from and see if you can find the others. I will head that way by myself." I indicate a direction I believe is north.

Serah looks at me concerned. "But Light should you really be going off on your own? I mean I know your tough and all, but you're still human."

I look at her with as much warmth as I can trying to reassure her. "Don't worry Serah. I can take care of myself. Besides it would be best for us to cover as much ground as we can. I promise you I will be fine."

"Yea babe, no need to worry. Sis can handle herself. I mean she beat a god. Yea we all helped there in the end, but she did most of the heavy lifting there." Snow's words seem to calm Serah's fears and she nods and smiles.

"Alright, just be careful sis. We just got back together."

"I will Serah. That goes for everyone. We don't know the terrain or what could be lurking in these woods. Watch your backs and watch out for each other. Let's try to meet back here before sunset. On your way back try to find any food or firewood you can. We'll need as much as we can get. Let's move out."

"Sir Yes sir" Snow calls with a mocking salute. I just shake my head and begin walking the direction I had indicated earlier. Behind me I can hear the others exchange a quick greeting before moving on as well.

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A/N: Hey everyone! I love FF:XIII and after finishing LR the plot bunnies attacked. This will be Hope/Light so if you don't like it then leave now. If you do like it then I hope you enjoy the story. Whoever you are I hope you will leave a review and let me know what I did well, what I can improve on, and any other thoughts you might have. I hope Lightning isn't to ooc. This is only my second FF:XIII fic, and the first multi-chapter. I have mostly done Fullmetal Alchemist so if you are a fan of that then go and check out some of my other stuff. Thank you all! Later!