Finally I finished Chapter 2!!! Hope you like it!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII or any of its characters T_T.
Oh yeah! '.' are thoughts and "." is talking. Let's continue with the story then.
Chapter 2: Revelations
--Cloud's Dream--
The figure started talking to Cloud but he didn't understand a thing. Cloud could only see the figure's eyes and mouth, as if they were glowing in the Nothingness.
"Tuum O xekk qoka zuoq cufe" the cloaked figure said to him again.
"I don't understand" said Cloud.
"... ... ..." The cloaked figure remained silent.
"Who are you? "
"... ... ..."
"Answer me!" demanded Cloud. But still, the figure stood there, just watching him. Then finally it talked.
"So, the 'great' Cloud Strife, I don't know how a pathetic being like you could actually kill Sephiroth." His voice send a chill to Cloud's bones even though he had listened to it before and it sounded strangely familiar.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Midas. I am one of the Essanth, the people of the 'dreams'. That's how you call them, right? 'Dreams'."
"What do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is that the "dreams" are just a view you have from our world. I don't know how it happened in the beginning, but by dreaming you are giving life to our world. We, the Essanth, are the people you see in your dreams, but if you stop dreaming, then our world will be destroyed. Let's put it this way: You dream our life. If you dream, then our lives will continue. But I am SICK of being there and being so damn dependent of you humans. I am SICK of doing nothing. I am SICK of being trapped there but I can't do a thing to change otherwise. But not long ago, one of my allies, called Rimesna, found a way to be free. He found Sephiroth and he saw that he had great powers just like you so he decided to control Sephiroth and take over this world and free us. But you interfered and his plans were ruined. But I am here to continue on his plans to conquer your world and finally be free. It will all be possible thanks to you."
"What? I won't help you!" Then Cloud grabbed his Ultima Weapon and stood in a battle position. "I'll stop you!"
"Just like Sephiroth." said Midas moving his head disapprovingly, "He also fought us you know, the night before your little exploration back in Nibelheim 6 years ago. He did put up a good fight you know. He almost scratched me." Praya then started to laugh at the memory of Sephiroth battling him and Rimesna.
"Shut up!!!" yelled Cloud at Praya.
"I didn't believed that you actually bought the lies we gave you form Jenova controlling Sephiroth. Jenova was only a being we found on our way and we decided to take it on our journey. I remember it clearly. She pleaded to us that if we freed her, that she would do anything we wanted her to do. She really helped us a lot, fighting you and all. I talked to you through her." Now Cloud knew where he had heard his voice before. It was the voice of Jenova.
"I could control you, some moments, like giving the Black Materia to Sephiroth, twice, and I talked to you, in your dreams. You remember, right?"
"No! That was Zack!"
"Oh, no Cloud. Zack's as good as dead. It was me that talked to you in Junon Harbor. (A/N: that voice in his head when he was sleeping). It was me that has been helping you all the way to get to Sephiroth and give him the Black Materia."
"Do you remember the night that they captured at the building of ShinRa, and you went to sleep? By sleeping you revealed to me where you were so I told Rimesna to free you at once or our plans would be spoiled. I also told him to kill everyone that opposed him."
"But when you killed him a year ago, I couldn't believe it. We had made it so far and you had to ruin it all. But then I saw the strength in you and I saw a second chance. Then I decided to study you, I was there, in your dreams, learning from you, learning from your memories so that when I claimed your body I would act normally to your friends. Then I would put them to sleep and use their bodies as well, except of course, Vincent."
"Why not him?" asked Cloud confused.
"Because he's already been controlled by one of us. Praya, one of my servers, is in his body and all he has to do is to wait me and remain silent. He has to do nothing to summarize it. He's been helping you to survive the battles you've had so far so that our plan works out perfectly. He has been waiting for me for a long time. When he went to sleep in his coffin for his sins, we attacked him and he lost. But we cannot kill a soul, but capture it and he's in our world now, trapped because he doesn't know how to exit it, but of course, why would I tell you how to free yourself and your little friend? That would be stupid."
"You're lying".
"No I'm not. You see, why would I lie to someone who's about to loose his body, his life, his world?" He said that with a smirk on his face and that only made Cloud more furious. He felt very confident that he would beat Cloud easily, if he had beat up Sephiroth before.
"That would be cruel, even for me. Haven't you noticed that he's always silent, that he's always watching you? If you haven't, then you're stupid and it's not my problem."
"This place we are in isn't your world or mine. It is called a Qüa-pori; every human has its own Qüa-pori. Right now, we're on your own, but that doesn't mean you have an advantage, oh no. As you can see, we are both fully equipped so that we can fight justly."
After that he took off his cloak and he revealed his true self. He had short brown hair, brown eyes, he was about 6 feet tall, and pale skin. He had a long sword, of about 4 feet long, and it was curved at the end with a diamond edge so it could cut through everything.
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--Back at Cloud's Villa--
Before entering the room, Tifa saw Vincent watching her very intently.
'That's strange; I thought that he was asleep. Oh well, maybe I'll leave the poor man alone.' With that she continued her walking to the room but suddenly, Vincent was in front of her.
"Jesus Christ Vincent! You scared the hell out of me!" yelled Tifa at him.
"What are do you think you're doing?" asked coldly Vincent.
"I'm going to check on Cloud."
"Leave him alone. He needs some rest" said firmly Vincent.
"Oh, come on! I'm just going to see how he's doing." Asked pleadingly Tifa.
'If I let her go, she'll ruin our plans' thought Vincent. But after that he felt really sleepy and he was soon on the floor asleep.
Tifa finished casting Sleep and moved Vincent to his dark corner and headed back to the room. Then, she was looking at Cloud. He looked so peacefully when he was asleep.
'Just like an angel' Tifa thought.
Yes, she still had feelings for Cloud, but she still hadn't the courage to tell him, even though for the past year they've been living in the same house. She gave a little sigh and she was about to leave the room when she noticed that Cloud was talking in his dream and decided to hear more closely to know what was the dream about. As she was approaching him, she could see that he was sweating and breathing heavily.
'Just like the other night' she thought and remembered that a week ago he had been on a state like this and that he hadn't remembered his dream.
'Maybe I should wake him up' thought Tifa and went slowly towards Cloud.
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--Cloud's Qüa-pori-
"I've already visited you once, you remember don't you? No, I don't think you do. A week ago, I talked to you but somehow you woke up before I could finish you off. But I've made that if you survive me, you won't remember that we talked or that we had had a fight. The only thing you will remember will be the darkness of your Qüa-pori, and now I'm here again, just in time to finish you."
With this said, he lounged at Cloud with his sword but Cloud easily blocked the attack with his Ultima Weapon. As Cloud was about to counter attack, Midas quickly grabbed a knife he had hidden and he struck Cloud in his right arm. Blood spattered all over the 'floor' of the Qüa-pori and Cloud screamed in pain. But then he saw that the wound started to disappear and he grabbed the knife and threw it aside. He thought that he was invincible but then, Midas took him by the throat, and with one hand he took his Ultima Weapon and threw it aside and with the other he lifted him up in the air.
"What, you already think you've won? Oh, no Cloud, this is far from over. I've already told you that I can't kill a soul. But what I can do is to weaken the soul as much as I can and then capture it in an Ylnho*. As you can see, you regenerate, that means that I can torture you as much as I please, and I will torture you a lot for ruining our plans before."
Midas then took his sword and was about to stab Cloud at the stomach when suddenly, Cloud disappeared.
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--Back at Cloud's Villa
Cloud woke up rapidly and breathing rapidly and heavily. Looking around, he saw Tifa with concerned eyes looking at him.
"What happened?" he asked.
"I don't know. You were asleep and I decided to check on you because you've been having nightmares and I saw that you were sweating and breathing heavily so I decided to wake you up."
"...." Cloud remained silent trying to remember the dream.
"What was the dream about?" asked Tifa.
Cloud was still trying to remember the dream, but all he could remember was darkness.
"I .. don't remember." He looked down disappointingly. "Damn, what's happening to me?!" he yelled and in frustration he punched the bed.
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--At the Silamne**--
Midas stood there, perplexed that he was about to beat Cloud and that he had disappeared. Then his rage began to increase and he started to shout at the Nothingness.
"What?!?!?! Why did he wake up? I could've finished him off!! @{?#!!! $@#%#!!" (A/N: he's cursing in his language).
Then behind him, appeared the figure of Praya. He had long red hair, with green eyes and somewhat pale skin. He was about 5 feet tall.
"What happened?" demanded Midas without facing Praya. "You were supposed to not let anyone near Cloud. Why are you here?" he then faced Praya and shouted at him "EXPLAIN!!!"
"..." Praya was terrified of his master, because when he became furious, he looked like a giant, even though that he was only a foot taller. But then, Praya began to explain "I was looking at everyone and they were in their own business. After a while, Tifa stood up and started to walk away from everyone. I thought that she was going to the bathroom or something, but she turned and started walking towards the room. I tried to stop her, but she used a sleep spell on me and that's why I'm here."
"Idiot. Sometimes I don't know how you're still alive. When you wake up, be more careful. And next time, if anyone approaches Cloud when he's sleeping, terminate him or her, and make sure no one notices or our plans will be ruined."
"Yes master." replied a terrified Praya. But then slowly, but surely, the fury of Midas disappeared and began to talk calmly.
"But for now, we have some planning to do and some visiting to do too. Go, and go check 'them' just to make sure that 'they' are safely locked while we're not around. I've still some things to do."
"Yes master." With this, Praya disappeared.
"Don't think you've won Cloud. Sooner or later you'll have to rest and I will be here waiting for you. I've still got to do some things first." Midas then started to walk away from where once the Qüa-pori stood and after some steps, he said "Until our next meeting then." And he disappeared into the Nothingness.
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*Ylnho: I'll explain this later and Cloud will discover what does it means.
**Silamne: I'll also explain this later.
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Wow, finally I finished chapter 2! 2,358 words, can you believe it!! I don't! It's the longest thing I've ever wrote! I'm so excited! I'm really sorry if there are many names and I confuse you, but if you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate in asking me!!! By the time you read this, I'll be doing Chapter 3 but it won't be a long time until I update it though!!! If you've read this far, it means you can still spare some time and leave a review!
Special thanks to:
masamune: thanks, man, you're my first reviewer and I hope you like the rest of the story.
Chibi Sephy: My story is on a Favorite Story's list! Thanks a lot!
Lazz: Oh, my second reviewer!!! I'm so happy! :) Thanks a lot and I hope you like this chapter.
Shadow And Light: My third reviewer!!! As you can see, there are still many things that Cloud nor you know, so don't think that I've spent all my ideas in this chapter. I've still got a lot of ideas and they will last for about 13 more chapters. Thanks for reviewing. See you soon!
Disclaimer: I don't own Final Fantasy VII or any of its characters T_T.
Oh yeah! '.' are thoughts and "." is talking. Let's continue with the story then.
Chapter 2: Revelations
--Cloud's Dream--
The figure started talking to Cloud but he didn't understand a thing. Cloud could only see the figure's eyes and mouth, as if they were glowing in the Nothingness.
"Tuum O xekk qoka zuoq cufe" the cloaked figure said to him again.
"I don't understand" said Cloud.
"... ... ..." The cloaked figure remained silent.
"Who are you? "
"... ... ..."
"Answer me!" demanded Cloud. But still, the figure stood there, just watching him. Then finally it talked.
"So, the 'great' Cloud Strife, I don't know how a pathetic being like you could actually kill Sephiroth." His voice send a chill to Cloud's bones even though he had listened to it before and it sounded strangely familiar.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Midas. I am one of the Essanth, the people of the 'dreams'. That's how you call them, right? 'Dreams'."
"What do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is that the "dreams" are just a view you have from our world. I don't know how it happened in the beginning, but by dreaming you are giving life to our world. We, the Essanth, are the people you see in your dreams, but if you stop dreaming, then our world will be destroyed. Let's put it this way: You dream our life. If you dream, then our lives will continue. But I am SICK of being there and being so damn dependent of you humans. I am SICK of doing nothing. I am SICK of being trapped there but I can't do a thing to change otherwise. But not long ago, one of my allies, called Rimesna, found a way to be free. He found Sephiroth and he saw that he had great powers just like you so he decided to control Sephiroth and take over this world and free us. But you interfered and his plans were ruined. But I am here to continue on his plans to conquer your world and finally be free. It will all be possible thanks to you."
"What? I won't help you!" Then Cloud grabbed his Ultima Weapon and stood in a battle position. "I'll stop you!"
"Just like Sephiroth." said Midas moving his head disapprovingly, "He also fought us you know, the night before your little exploration back in Nibelheim 6 years ago. He did put up a good fight you know. He almost scratched me." Praya then started to laugh at the memory of Sephiroth battling him and Rimesna.
"Shut up!!!" yelled Cloud at Praya.
"I didn't believed that you actually bought the lies we gave you form Jenova controlling Sephiroth. Jenova was only a being we found on our way and we decided to take it on our journey. I remember it clearly. She pleaded to us that if we freed her, that she would do anything we wanted her to do. She really helped us a lot, fighting you and all. I talked to you through her." Now Cloud knew where he had heard his voice before. It was the voice of Jenova.
"I could control you, some moments, like giving the Black Materia to Sephiroth, twice, and I talked to you, in your dreams. You remember, right?"
"No! That was Zack!"
"Oh, no Cloud. Zack's as good as dead. It was me that talked to you in Junon Harbor. (A/N: that voice in his head when he was sleeping). It was me that has been helping you all the way to get to Sephiroth and give him the Black Materia."
"Do you remember the night that they captured at the building of ShinRa, and you went to sleep? By sleeping you revealed to me where you were so I told Rimesna to free you at once or our plans would be spoiled. I also told him to kill everyone that opposed him."
"But when you killed him a year ago, I couldn't believe it. We had made it so far and you had to ruin it all. But then I saw the strength in you and I saw a second chance. Then I decided to study you, I was there, in your dreams, learning from you, learning from your memories so that when I claimed your body I would act normally to your friends. Then I would put them to sleep and use their bodies as well, except of course, Vincent."
"Why not him?" asked Cloud confused.
"Because he's already been controlled by one of us. Praya, one of my servers, is in his body and all he has to do is to wait me and remain silent. He has to do nothing to summarize it. He's been helping you to survive the battles you've had so far so that our plan works out perfectly. He has been waiting for me for a long time. When he went to sleep in his coffin for his sins, we attacked him and he lost. But we cannot kill a soul, but capture it and he's in our world now, trapped because he doesn't know how to exit it, but of course, why would I tell you how to free yourself and your little friend? That would be stupid."
"You're lying".
"No I'm not. You see, why would I lie to someone who's about to loose his body, his life, his world?" He said that with a smirk on his face and that only made Cloud more furious. He felt very confident that he would beat Cloud easily, if he had beat up Sephiroth before.
"That would be cruel, even for me. Haven't you noticed that he's always silent, that he's always watching you? If you haven't, then you're stupid and it's not my problem."
"This place we are in isn't your world or mine. It is called a Qüa-pori; every human has its own Qüa-pori. Right now, we're on your own, but that doesn't mean you have an advantage, oh no. As you can see, we are both fully equipped so that we can fight justly."
After that he took off his cloak and he revealed his true self. He had short brown hair, brown eyes, he was about 6 feet tall, and pale skin. He had a long sword, of about 4 feet long, and it was curved at the end with a diamond edge so it could cut through everything.
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--Back at Cloud's Villa--
Before entering the room, Tifa saw Vincent watching her very intently.
'That's strange; I thought that he was asleep. Oh well, maybe I'll leave the poor man alone.' With that she continued her walking to the room but suddenly, Vincent was in front of her.
"Jesus Christ Vincent! You scared the hell out of me!" yelled Tifa at him.
"What are do you think you're doing?" asked coldly Vincent.
"I'm going to check on Cloud."
"Leave him alone. He needs some rest" said firmly Vincent.
"Oh, come on! I'm just going to see how he's doing." Asked pleadingly Tifa.
'If I let her go, she'll ruin our plans' thought Vincent. But after that he felt really sleepy and he was soon on the floor asleep.
Tifa finished casting Sleep and moved Vincent to his dark corner and headed back to the room. Then, she was looking at Cloud. He looked so peacefully when he was asleep.
'Just like an angel' Tifa thought.
Yes, she still had feelings for Cloud, but she still hadn't the courage to tell him, even though for the past year they've been living in the same house. She gave a little sigh and she was about to leave the room when she noticed that Cloud was talking in his dream and decided to hear more closely to know what was the dream about. As she was approaching him, she could see that he was sweating and breathing heavily.
'Just like the other night' she thought and remembered that a week ago he had been on a state like this and that he hadn't remembered his dream.
'Maybe I should wake him up' thought Tifa and went slowly towards Cloud.
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--Cloud's Qüa-pori-
"I've already visited you once, you remember don't you? No, I don't think you do. A week ago, I talked to you but somehow you woke up before I could finish you off. But I've made that if you survive me, you won't remember that we talked or that we had had a fight. The only thing you will remember will be the darkness of your Qüa-pori, and now I'm here again, just in time to finish you."
With this said, he lounged at Cloud with his sword but Cloud easily blocked the attack with his Ultima Weapon. As Cloud was about to counter attack, Midas quickly grabbed a knife he had hidden and he struck Cloud in his right arm. Blood spattered all over the 'floor' of the Qüa-pori and Cloud screamed in pain. But then he saw that the wound started to disappear and he grabbed the knife and threw it aside. He thought that he was invincible but then, Midas took him by the throat, and with one hand he took his Ultima Weapon and threw it aside and with the other he lifted him up in the air.
"What, you already think you've won? Oh, no Cloud, this is far from over. I've already told you that I can't kill a soul. But what I can do is to weaken the soul as much as I can and then capture it in an Ylnho*. As you can see, you regenerate, that means that I can torture you as much as I please, and I will torture you a lot for ruining our plans before."
Midas then took his sword and was about to stab Cloud at the stomach when suddenly, Cloud disappeared.
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--Back at Cloud's Villa
Cloud woke up rapidly and breathing rapidly and heavily. Looking around, he saw Tifa with concerned eyes looking at him.
"What happened?" he asked.
"I don't know. You were asleep and I decided to check on you because you've been having nightmares and I saw that you were sweating and breathing heavily so I decided to wake you up."
"...." Cloud remained silent trying to remember the dream.
"What was the dream about?" asked Tifa.
Cloud was still trying to remember the dream, but all he could remember was darkness.
"I .. don't remember." He looked down disappointingly. "Damn, what's happening to me?!" he yelled and in frustration he punched the bed.
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--At the Silamne**--
Midas stood there, perplexed that he was about to beat Cloud and that he had disappeared. Then his rage began to increase and he started to shout at the Nothingness.
"What?!?!?! Why did he wake up? I could've finished him off!! @{?#!!! $@#%#!!" (A/N: he's cursing in his language).
Then behind him, appeared the figure of Praya. He had long red hair, with green eyes and somewhat pale skin. He was about 5 feet tall.
"What happened?" demanded Midas without facing Praya. "You were supposed to not let anyone near Cloud. Why are you here?" he then faced Praya and shouted at him "EXPLAIN!!!"
"..." Praya was terrified of his master, because when he became furious, he looked like a giant, even though that he was only a foot taller. But then, Praya began to explain "I was looking at everyone and they were in their own business. After a while, Tifa stood up and started to walk away from everyone. I thought that she was going to the bathroom or something, but she turned and started walking towards the room. I tried to stop her, but she used a sleep spell on me and that's why I'm here."
"Idiot. Sometimes I don't know how you're still alive. When you wake up, be more careful. And next time, if anyone approaches Cloud when he's sleeping, terminate him or her, and make sure no one notices or our plans will be ruined."
"Yes master." replied a terrified Praya. But then slowly, but surely, the fury of Midas disappeared and began to talk calmly.
"But for now, we have some planning to do and some visiting to do too. Go, and go check 'them' just to make sure that 'they' are safely locked while we're not around. I've still some things to do."
"Yes master." With this, Praya disappeared.
"Don't think you've won Cloud. Sooner or later you'll have to rest and I will be here waiting for you. I've still got to do some things first." Midas then started to walk away from where once the Qüa-pori stood and after some steps, he said "Until our next meeting then." And he disappeared into the Nothingness.
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*Ylnho: I'll explain this later and Cloud will discover what does it means.
**Silamne: I'll also explain this later.
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Wow, finally I finished chapter 2! 2,358 words, can you believe it!! I don't! It's the longest thing I've ever wrote! I'm so excited! I'm really sorry if there are many names and I confuse you, but if you have any questions or comments, don't hesitate in asking me!!! By the time you read this, I'll be doing Chapter 3 but it won't be a long time until I update it though!!! If you've read this far, it means you can still spare some time and leave a review!
Special thanks to:
masamune: thanks, man, you're my first reviewer and I hope you like the rest of the story.
Chibi Sephy: My story is on a Favorite Story's list! Thanks a lot!
Lazz: Oh, my second reviewer!!! I'm so happy! :) Thanks a lot and I hope you like this chapter.
Shadow And Light: My third reviewer!!! As you can see, there are still many things that Cloud nor you know, so don't think that I've spent all my ideas in this chapter. I've still got a lot of ideas and they will last for about 13 more chapters. Thanks for reviewing. See you soon!