Finally I ended Chapter 5!!! ^_^ so happy!

'.' are thoughts and "." is speaking and ++++++ is another Character's point of view.

Disclaimer: If I owned Square Enix, then I would own Final Fantasy VII, but given the circumstances, I do not, thus I do not own Final Fantasy VII or any of its characters.

We return on the story with Cloud! YAY! ^_^; Oh, well, let's see where he goes! :)

Chapter 5: Lost

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--At the Silamne--

++Cloud++

The killing pain had washed away from him as he continued running.

He had his Ultima Weapon sheathed on his back and he could see in the corner of his eye that Midas's blood was still dropping from it, but he didn't had the time right now to clean it up, for he feared of his safety, and the safety of everyone else.

He had been wandering around the Silamne for about an hour. He passed hundreds and hundreds of Gates, but he really didn't paid attention to them, he just wanted to continue running to get as far away as possible from Midas. He noticed that as he continued further and further into the Nothingness, there were less and less Gates.

He suddenly stopped. He turned to look behind him, for he felt that someone was following him, and he didn't liked that idea at all, so he turned again and continued running but this time he quickened his pace until there were no Gates, only the Nothingness.

He didn't liked being there, at the Silamne, for he felt as if he wasn't moving at all and that he would never get out of there.

What was the strangest thing of all was that he felt familiar with the surroundings, almost as though as if he had been there before, but he couldn't have been there, for he would remember such a dark and hideous place for the rest of his life. But he decided to ignore the feeling and it disappeared as darkness in the light.

He looked something far, far away. It looked as if it was at the edge of the Silamne, and indeed it was, but he didn't need to know that. He only needed to know how to get out of there, of that hateful place. So he started to walk towards the figures and maybe, to an exit.

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--The Great Gates--

He could distinguish two figures: the one on the right was as White as the Light, and the one at the left was almost as dark as the Nothingness itself. As he approached the figures, he saw that they were Gates. Not the normal ones, but tall ones, with runes all over them and light shining on the floor of the Silamne near them.

He went to the right to check first the White one, for he was amazed by its fairness, and it had many drawings of people and the Planet. Gaëath, it was named among the Essanth, the Damned Gate. Cloud then started to look the runes it had and recognized them immediately.

'Ancients' writing' thought Cloud, for he had seen them before in the Temple of the Ancients. But the strange thing was that he could understand only a little, for his soul was pure and was not in his body with other memories than those of the First Days. He then began to read:

"Enck thi Yhiku ukï uquëfix he inhik thaj Vuhi," he read hardly, "weq thi Yhiku tugi punc inipaij unx thi Vüi aj uh thi ehtik jaxi ew thaj Vuhi."

He couldn't understand what he was reading, but the thing was that he was READING Ancients' runes. He felt that he better not approach the Great Gate for now, for he felt as in danger when he was near it, even if the Ancients were the ones who created it.

He then tried to look the other face of this Great Gate, for it was as though in middle of the air, with no walls holding it to its place. As he was about to look the other face, he noticed that he was in the front part of Gaëath again, as if he hadn't even tried to move, for he wasn't permitted to look further into the End of the Nothingness, for that was the border of it, and there was something else beyond it.

He then turned to look to the Dark one, called Attëath, the First Gate, and he walked in front of it. It was taller than the other Great Gate, because it was almost as old as the Silamne itself, and almost as dark too. It had runes, but they were runes that Cloud couldn't understand, for he hadn't had the time in the First Days to learn such a complicated and old language.

He felt safer here, in front of this Great Gate, thus he decided to enter it, for he hadn't another place to go. Cloud opened the Great Gate and started to walk inside it.

And there was Light.

Cloud was slowly engulfed into it. It was pulling him father inside the Great Gate. He was mesmerized by it, for in the Nothingness there is none but that of the Great Gates.

He heard someone yell behind him, and he found the voice familiar, but he couldn't hear well, for all the noises seemed so far away, as if the person was going away to the Horizon. He couldn't turn his head to look who it was, for the Light was too strong and it had already engulfed him completely.

++Iramsy++

He was running as fast as he could, for he feared that Cloud might decide to enter Gaëath. As he was nearing the Great Gates, he saw that Cloud had decided to enter the other one, Attëath. He was a little bit relieved, for Cloud wasn't in any soon danger, but he began to worry as he thought of what would Cloud do once he reached the Second World.

He began running faster than anyone before, but he was too late as he saw that the Light had already engulfed Cloud completely. He then began to shout at him:

"Doëmn!!! DOËMN!!!" he knew that Cloud wouldn't understand, but he had to do anything to stop him from going to the Second World, so he yelled whatever came first to his mind.

But it didn't work, for Iramsy knew that the Light was too strong to let go of Cloud and he probably wouldn't know who he was talking to. Iramsy saw as the Light engulfed Cloud completely and swallowed him and he disappeared as the Great Gate closed.

He was having a great inner conflict right now. He knew that he was being followed, he could feel it, but he wouldn't dare confront the Follower right now, for he had not enough time because Cloud had went to a very dangerous place and he was in great peril. If he went after Cloud, then he would lead the Follower to Cloud, and put him in danger anyway.

He decided to go after Cloud, or he would be lost at the Second World and that wouldn't be good at all. He turned to look behind him to see if he could look at the Follower, but he couldn't distinguish anything from miles around. He turned again facing the Great Gates and started to walk towards Attëath, swung open it and entered the Light as hurriedly as he could so that he could catch on with Cloud.

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--The Second World--

++Cloud++

Then there was Darkness.

As he saw, something green-grayish was nearing very rapidly to him and he couldn't move to dodge it, for he was in the middle of the air and what was approaching him was the ground.

He felled face flat on it with a big bump and he broke his nose, blood spattering on the ground. He warily got up and saw that he didn't healed anymore, like he had done before in his second encounter with Midas. He wondered what had happened that made him not able to heal, but then decided to get out a Potion and drink it to recover.

He looked at his surroundings. The Great Gate had disappeared, and there was little Light, for this place wasn't pure as the First or Third Worlds. But still, he could distinguish the grass.

'Grass?' he thought. Yes, it was grass, but because of the Darkness, he could barely distinguish it. He touched it, feeling its coolness and soft surface. He grabbed some in his hand and tore it off. He saw it on his hand and saw that it instantly died and turned brown, for it wasn't anymore connected with the Second World and its life fled away into the Darkness.

He got up and said to himself that he had to get out of there. He started to walk forwardly, and he looked around him to see if he could see something, but he saw nothing, for in this World, Darkness was what ruled and not Light as it had once in the Beginning.

He started running for minutes and still he saw nothing. After more time of just wandering around, he saw a light. A dim light, it was. He felt like heading towards it for he didn't know where he was going for he was lost in the Second World.

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*If you don't know something, don't worry, coz it's all gonna appear later on!!!

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Prexistence: Hope you like this chapter and thanks for reviewing so goddamn fast!!! Millenia: Poor Midas :( Oh, well, let's see what happens next! :D

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Woo Hoo! Finally finished Chapter 5!! :D Oh, well, I'm gonna continue with Ch. 6 then! Oh, and about the pairings, I'm going to put them the way I want, thanks for someone telling me that!!! See you soon then.

Mithrandir505

AKA: Cagón, Pinky, TheIntruder, The Shining Darkness, and Shadow of the Light!!!