Chapter 12: Where The Heck Are We?!

Author: Suzaku no miko

Disclaimers: I do not own Final Fantasy or its characters, they belong to Square....I do own Angela, however.....

"Not again!" Cid exclaimed, using his arm to shield his face from the dirt swirling around the group in the fierce wind.

The tornado-like wind ripped past them as they so desperately tried to cover their eyes. Tifa and Yuffie, feeling as though they would be lifted from the ground, quickly latched onto Cloud. Vincent, Cid, Caith Sith, Barret, and Red XIII all did their best to stand their ground, not able to see what was happening. When suddenly, the wind stopped as quickly as it had come.

When the group was able to open their eyes, they noticed that the portal had closed; instead, a large mound took its place.

"What's going on?!" Tifa cried, looking at the pile in front of her.
"It's a mound of people!" Cait Sith exclaimed, slowly backing away.

As the mechanical cat finished his sentence, everyone immediately brought out their weapons! They held their fighting stances as they readied themselves for whatever would happen as the group of people slowly woke up....

With a few moans and groans, the mysterious visitors slowly moved and separated themselves. Still sitting on the ground, they soon looked around, trying to figure out where they were, until their eyes fell onto Cloud and Co.

"Who are you?!" a young woman in a yellow jumper asked.
"Where is the queen?!" a large man in a very rusty armor exclaimed, taking out his sword and searched for the "missing queen".
"Is this what was on the other side of the portal?" a blonde-haired woman asked, very similar-looking to the first woman that spoke.
"You mean, you all came through the portal?!" Red XIII asked, amazed.

Looking at each other, the groups slowly stood up and began to try to figure out what was happening. Those who had taken out their weapons were now putting them away. Feeling no threat from the other groups of people, one of the group leaders stepped forward.

"Well, it looks like we're stuck here...I'm Squall. This is Zell, Quistis, Angela, Seifer, Rinoa, Irvine, and Selphie." a young man with a scar across his face and wipy brown hair spoke, introducing the group as each one stood at the call of his or her name.
"Do ya' have any hotdogs?! Portal warps make me hungry...." Zell smiled, patting his stomach.
"Is food all you can think about, Zell?" Quistis asked, annoyed.

"Uh...okay...well, i'm Zidane. This is Queen Garnet, Vivi, Freya, Eiko, Amarant, and Steiner." a rather unusual looking man with what looked like to be a monkey's tail introduced himself and his friends.
"Pleased to meet you." Vivi stuttered, looking from behind Garnet.
"Can you tell us where we are?" Freya asked, stepping forward.

"Sure...you're right by the Golden Saucer. I'm Cloud. And this is Tifa, Barret, Cid, Vincent, Yuffie, Red XIII, and Cait Sith." a very spiky, platinum-blonde haired young man explained, introducing his group.
"What the ^%#$en hell is going on here?! First a tornado, then a $&^^% light, and now this!" Cid cursed.
"Yo'! Why don't you chill, foo'!" Barret exclaimed.

"Looks like it would be a good idea to team up. We could see what's goin' down, figurin' since we're stuck here until we can find out how to get back home.... I'm Tidus. Here's Auron, Rikku, Wakka, Lulu, Kimahri, and Yuna." a young man with very unusual clothes spoke.
"We must have been brought here for a reason..." Lulu wondered aloud.
"Well...let's just see..." Wakka mumbled.

"Okay, now that we all know each other...how about we go talk some more inside?" Cait Sith asked, starting to walk towards the Golden Saucer.
"In there?!" Eiko exclaimed.
"I thought you weren't working there anymore." Tifa stated.
"Relax! I still got v.i.p. status in there! We can get the lounge at the hotel and we can talk more there to figure out where to go from here." the cat waved his paw, uncaringly.
"Guess we have no choice...if we want answers we're going to have to." Auron stated.

Looks like there was no other way around it. The new groups had questions and it seemed like Cloud and Co. were the only ones with answers. They were all in a strange, new world and right now getting help was more important than making enemies.

Everyone nodded, having agreed with the current plan. Soon, they found themselves walking into what seemed to be a large amusement park!

To be continued.....