Was it finally my time? Would I cease to be? It appeared not as once more I was pulled through space and the matter between that which humans can decipher to a more modern, more technological world than even Terra, which was simply called the Planet by its inhabitants.

It was here that the Planet's own lifeblood was being drained by the humans plagued by greed while a group of rebels, semi-led by the tortured soul of a mercenary, were drawn into Fate's design by their seemingly simple action.

If ever we were cramped it was in this world. Entrapped in small orbs of crystallised Lifestream, the blood and soul of the Planet, called Materia.

We were scattered across the land to be found by this group called Avalanche as they were pulled from their original course of revolution into a more serious path of saving the planet.

Again some of my friends remained with me whilst others seemed lost. My brothers Ifrit and Bahamut were by my side once more with Bahamut outdoing Odin's escapades on Terra by evolving two new forms; Neo and ZERO. Even now he won't let that go. "*Sigh*"

It seems that Alexander is with us as are Ramuh and Phoenix. To my delight I was reunited with Leviathan whom is still in sorrow at not being able to relocate Asura, while I'm less ecstatic at Titan's reappearance.

However my gains are tempered by my loss as my adorable Carbuncle has been taken from me whilst poor Siren may finally have made peace and been given the redemption she seeks.

Another thing of change I noticed here was my own appearance. Scantily clad in two bands of fabric, I was so embarrassed I nearly melted!

Cloud Strife, the mercenary, was linked to the threat to the Planet, a man named Sephiroth. Cloud had thrown Sephiroth into the Lifestream years before in protection but now he had returned with a plan to become one with Planet by obliterating it.

This was the first time I felt sympathy for the antagonist. Sephiroth was much like Cloud. Tortured, confused and manipulated. He had been created to kill and destroy, fused with the cells of the alien Jenova that he saw as his mother, the alien that really pulled both his and Cloud's strings through its cells they contained within them.

In the end these two warrior's souls met one on one and since Cloud's had been able to heal and reform, he emerged victorious. The meteor Sephiroth had summoned still approached the planet but then the Lifestream repelled it and the world went a pale green.

After that I don't remember anything much that had occurred there and even so Fate had torn me from there and instead I was implanted in the mind of a young girl. Luckily my cellmates were old friends and allies. We were together from the start; me, Ifrit, Bahamut, Ramuh, Leviathan and Odin as well as Atomos, a creature I last encountered as a minion of X-death's on Bartz' world. It seems Fate is keen on redemption.

Alas our peace wasn't to last as the girl, Garnet was to be abused by her adoptive mother Brahne and we were torn form Garnet's subconscious.

Separated and confined to precious stones I pondered on Fate's sense of humour and their ideas of torment as they forever forced us into these tiny living spaces to be found as the heroes came across us.

Ramuh was lucky, he was able to break free of his confines and lead Garnet to the rest of us.

Travelling with her as protector was a young thief with a monkey's tail... Zidane was his name I believe. Within him lurked intense power for he was in fact a renegade Angel of Death created by Garland, the lord of Terra, the twin of this world Gaia.

Zidane only came to know of his origins as we reached Terra, spurred by the seeking of Kuja, Garland's original, flawed Angel and soulless puppet. However Kuja rebelled upon knowing he was soon to die and decided to destroy the Crystal that sustained both worlds.

Kuja succeeded in damaging it, as he was defeated unleashing Necron, a being that resided in the Void beyond.

The parallels of Garnet's world and Bartz' hadn't escaped me and I forever wondered whether they were two different places or in fact one and the same only at a different time or dimension.

Necron was a laughable opponent, Zidane, Garnet and their friends found him less challenging than Kuja ever was and so balance was restored.

Garnet became Queen of Alexandria where Alexander himself had been the Guardian until I saw him brutally destroyed by Garland's ship the Invincible. Zidane had vanished as he dived into the living, seething tree Iifa, seeking Kuja, whom his good nature deemed his erstwhile brother. He later returned much to Garnet's delight, whom had been heartbroken at his loss.

Before I forget I must mention Eiko, a young girl from the same tribe of Summoners as Garnet had been. It was with her I had found Phoenix and Carbuncle.

I was glad to see Carbuncle still existed and had found someone who shared her bubbly personality and also craved company.

It was also through her I became acquainted with the true power of a former Esper. Maduin (or Madeen as he was now known) had disguised himself as a moogle, a small pink fluffy creature with little wings and a bulbous nose, to look after Eiko. Could it be he saw her as the replacement of the daughter he lost, Terra?

And so I repeat myself, my journey continued and I find myself on the world where I am now.

We were all separated once more, I was buried deep in the stone until weathering occurred creating a cave to my icy prison. In this world I had become a being closer to my original embodiment. As an Aeon I had a much more prominent physical form able to endure a longer period of corporeal form when summoned. Here as a Guardian Force this was the same but somewhat reduced.

We are used by youthful mercenaries called SeeDs whom 'junction' us by allowing us a place in their minds where we confer upon them numerous magical abilities due to a phenomenon called Para-magic.

However this ability of ours had backfired upon us as the monsters here were also able to junction us although in a far more limited capacity.

This was how I found Siren, the poor girl was drawn from a monster called Elvoret still plagued by guilt and her thirst for redemption.

Sweet Carbuncle was held within a hybrid creature called Iguion. Others were spared this fate, free to roam yet restricted to one location.

Ifrit was one of these, the place for the for the training of SeeDs called Balamb Garden respected him so much they beseeched him to be used to test their cadets.

A comical duo named Brothers had taken Titan's role here. They were transplantees from Bartz' world, monsters named Blugeon (now Sacred) and Minotaur, guarding a King's tomb.

Cerberus, a three-headed dog whose personalities switched faster than you could blink. I always saw him as a cute puppy but he'd hate to hear me say that, then again maybe he wouldn't as he is always conflicted about things.

Ramuh is lost although he has a spiritual daughter in Quezacotl, a bird of thunder.

Two new contradictions have joined us, both entrapped in special items where they waited for awakening, these dark looking GFs couldn't be further from it. Diablos a winged prince of cool brooding darkness and Doomtrain, a kindly soul cursed with a fearsome form.

It turns out SeeDs true reason for being was to combat a Sorceress by the name of Ultimecia from the future that sought to compress time, destroying existence.

To aid them, this group of SeeDs, all of whom were linked by a past they had forgotten, took on as many GFs as they could find.

As well as those I previously mentioned were Leviathan, retrieved from NORG, a greedy Shumi whom had a hand in the creation of Garden but sought to corrupt it.

Alexander was found in Edea a possessed sorceress whose dual nature seriously hurt Alexander's black and white view of the world.

Then there was Eden, a GF from the dawn of this world. Locked within a malevolent creature buried deep in the world called Ultima weapon, which was uncovered by curious humans drilling deep into the earth.

Eden had become eccentric during her time alone and was so ancient we barely understood her at times. But her power had never waned in that time and it surpassed us all.

In the same Facility that enabled Ultima Weapon to return to the surface we found a furious Bahamut. Experimented on and used as a power source by humans he'd become bitter and full of rage, exacting a painful assault on the SeeDs that discovered him before he was subdued.

Luckily his rage has faded as he became attached to these SeeDs but flared as we came across Tiamat. I never knew this but the Tiamat we had encountered on the other worlds such as Rydia's and Garnet's was in fact Bahamut's own brother, a sort of dark alter ego.

Again we located Odin, happy in his little shrine alone. His chivalric code forcing him to perform his usual challenge to the heroes that would seek him. In all this time he hasn't changed or learned, he always gives challengers a minute to defeat him.

After the numerous occasions he has been beaten he'd think to reduce this time surely? However once beaten, he wouldn't be held by any of them, it seems he has become truly independent after all.

Instead he came when he felt they needed him. This proved to be his undoing, as he appeared to confront Seifer, the SeeDs rival and was sliced in half.

Odin's death although sad, led to the awakening of a character I never thought I'd see again. Swathed in a red cloak, hiding his many arms, Gilgamesh was reborn from Bartz' world to take Odin's place.

You may have noticed I have not spoken much about myself yet or mentioned the name of those who are using my power.

The truth is to say his name is to set my heart aflutter. He was the one who freed me, asked me into his mind that was so cold I fitted in like a hand in a glove. My poor love so closed off due to the hurt of abandonment, he has grown cold like me.

But I will never leave him, I will go against what Fate has planned for me next if it involves me going elsewhere.

So far it seems to be working for Ultimecia has been defeated, her threat now has gone and yet I'm still here, still enjoined with my dear Squall Leonhart.