I wanted to try something new with this story and approached it from a different perspective. What were Celes, Kefka, and Leo like when they were children? How did they interact? What made them the way they are today? I wanted to explore Kefka's insanity and his fixation on Terra differently then other fanfics did [besides the whole 'romance' between them, which I highly doubt was possible since Terra was under the influence of the slave crown]; and of course, I also wanted to explain why Celes was independent and closed off her feelings. She didn't just 'act' that way because she felt like it you know, there has to be a reason she was like that. So I gave her one in this story. ;D

Disclaimer ~ Final Fantasy is a trademark of Sqauresoft® and its respective owners, which does not include me. That translates to I do not own FF6 or any of it's characters.

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A Look into the past…

Celes sat with her legs folded inside her arms, burying her head in her knees.

"Leo…Kefi…" she muttered silently.

She felt guilty about what had happened. About Terra being used. About Leo dying. About her being a general. About her killing people and destroying their homes. About Kefka being killed. About her not being able to help anyone.

About everything.

Flash back – 15 years ago. Celes : Age 4

Leo and Kefka walked side by side, making devious plans to put frogs into one of the serving maids beds. They were quite the mischievous pair; you could never see one without seeing the other close by. They were inseparable brothers.

"Kefi, Leo, WAIT!" cried a small voice.

They turned around to see a small girl running towards them. Celes Chere was only a little bit younger than they were. The three were the only children in the Empire, and Gesthal had high hopes for them. They would be at his right hand side when he was old and gray, fiercely loyal and willing to do every one of his dastardly deeds to the bitter end.

Kefka's face lit up. "Hi Celes!" he chirped.

Celes finally caught up with the two boys. She had ran quite a long way and stopped to breathe before she finally spoke.

"The Emperor wants to see us! He said he was gonna finally train us to be generals, and we start tomorrow! We have a meeting right now so we gotta go to his chambers."

The boy's face lit up. They had been waiting so long to start their training and now they finally were. Filled with excitement, they jumped up and gave each other a mid air high five.

"Alright!" Leo screamed. "I'm gonna be the greatest general their ever was and I'm gonna conquer the world for our Emperor and I'm gonna train really really really hard!"

"Me too!" Kefka exclaimed.

"Me three!" Celes repeated.

"And your gonna marry Kefka and be his wife when you grow up too!" Kefka interjected.

"Eeeew, no! Boys have cooties and are icky!" Celes said while she was sticking her tongue out in a playful manner.

"Nuh-uh!"

"Yes-huh!"

"Nuh-uh!"

"Yes-huh!"

"I'm gonna put this frog on you Celes!" Kefka threatened, waving the reptile right in front of her face.

"Eeek! Nooo! Stop it Kefi!" Celes wailed.

She turned away from them and ran towards the meeting area, with Leo and Kefka following her, frogs fully loaded in each hand.

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Don't you just love the nickname I dubbed Kefka with? I have a feeling that if he were real and people called him that, he would go doubly insane and then re-destroy the world….again. XD;;

I really enjoyed writing this, and you guys can pretty much see where this is going between Celes and 'Kefi'. I hope you enjoy it too, but I'm sure I'll get that one or two people that will hate just to hate. Oh well. :P Can't please everyone.

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