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In no time at all, we arrived at Kalm, quite a peaceful village but they themselves use Mako Energy. At the Inn, Cloud and I told our stories. Cloud went first as his was longer.

He told of Nibelheim, how he and Sephiroth journeyed to the Mt. Nibel. To find out the happenings, what happened to Tifa and her father and what happened to the village after Sephiroth went mad.

It was quite opaque to believe him as I knew the true story. Not long after he was done, it was my turn to tell my story.

"I don't think any of you would believe me if I told you, but I'll give it a shot," I was unprepared for this and stuttered every now and then. As I suspected, Barret thought I was talking crap, Tifa kept scratching her head and Red XIII just sat there on the ground saying nothing.

Again I had to show the photo that I treasured so much.

"Is that really you Lisa?" Tifa asked as she pointed at me in the photograph standing over Kak Jaspreet.

"Yes, that's me, I'm telling the truth. That's my original form. How you see me now is the form chosen by the ones who sent me here." I explained truthfully.

"Barret, I know you may think it's impossible to travel through other worlds, but if you believe that, how could you explain my existence and why do you think I'm helping all of you?" I asked him before he started bellowing again.

He gave me his heated look but kept silent. "You must trust me, even though I'm not of this world, I want the same thing as all of you. I don't want this Planet to be destroyed, because if it did all would be lost."

I faced the window and looked beyond it. "I agree with you, and I trust you." Red XIII said enthusiastically and came up to me stroking his head on my arm.

I felt relieved and was sure that we would win against our battle with Sephiroth. Tifa nodded her head and so did everyone else. I beamed cheerfully at them. This was only the beginning of the war to save the Planet from massive destruction.

It was not a time to give in to defeat but to hope for the best. Before we left Kalm, I made preparations for everyone. I got everyone new weapons, items and materia so it would be easier to battle monsters later on.

"Whoa, kid, you sure you can afford to get us all this stuff?" Barret asked as he fastened his new gun-arm on.

"Well, yeah. You guys don't look at me that way, ok? I get that more than enough at home."

Cloud, Aerith and Red XIII just burst into laughter and accepted the stuff thankfully.

Again we parted, it was farewell but not for good. We were to meet again at Junon port. Next stop was, the Chocobo Farm where we could buy a chocobo. Sadly the ones in the pen weren't theirs so they sold us a chocobo lure materia and a few greens to help us catch a chocobo, instead. I 'talked' to a chocobo and all of them did a little dance for us.

"Wark...weakoo ...!" Was how they sounded like.

When they were done, the chocobo I talked to gave me a choco/mog summoning materia. I was thrilled as it was one of the first and cutest summon materia to get.

Outside the farm, found tracks of a chocobo and followed them till a chocobo appeared. Yeeha... on the first attempt to catch a chocobo we caught one. Hmmm ... didn't think these birds could withstand all the weight it's carrying on its back. These are really magnificent and strong birds, as big as a horse but as fast as a zebra.

It was smooth sailing all the way to the while riding through the marshes and not even the Midgar Zolom a huge 30 foot snake bothered us. We got of the chocobo at the entrance of the Mythril cave outside the marshes and set it free.

We were shocked at a site at the entrance of the cave. Sephiroth had left a marker to indicate that he had been through there. He staked a Midgar Zolom to show what he was capable of. It was a cruel sight and it would seem that anyone who saw it would runaway scared.

Walking in the cave was creepy as it was quite dark and there were monsters lurking in every corner. At least there was a positive side to be in the cave as there were many items to pick up along the way, including a long range materia. Near the exit, guess who it was that we met...? Yes, it was the Turks. Like us, they were on a mission to find Sephiroth's whereabouts.

They left us after they gave us a little lecture. "They really talk too much especially Elena and Tseng. At least Reno and Rude have manners despite their ego." I heard myself think.

We climbed the vine in the cave and got out. I was exhausted, as I wasn't used to walking so far and slumped myself in front of the cave to rest.

"Hey... are you ok?" Red XIII asked.

"Yeah...I'm just not used to walking so far. I know I've been through police camp and all sorts of things but never journeyed this far before. I guess it'll take me a while to adjust to this world." I panted but smiled lightly.

"Don't worry take your time; we don't want to push you as hard, as like you said you're new to this kind of life. We needed a break anyway. Not healthy to go on forcing yourself." Aerith patted my shoulder and kneeled by my side.

Cloud and Red XIII joined us. "You'll be fine, before we know it you'll be even better than a First-Class soldier," Cloud added confidently.

I knew I would and like all my friends would say, 'never give up' and 'change your attitude'. Tears didn't flood my eyes this time. Even though it was in the afternoon, when I got back on my feet it felt like I woke up early in the morning. It was all thanks to my new/ old friends for believing in me. Standing high above a hill nearby the cave was the infamous Condor Fort.

It used to be an old Shinra reactor, but right on the top was a phoenix egg and a majestic, but humongous condor was warming it. The villagers there needed to defend the condor from Shinra's attempts to retrieve the materia from the old reactor.

They needed all the help they could get. With the approval of Cloud and the others, I informed the leader that we'd be delighted to lend a hand.

"Feel at home," said the old man sitting at the table in the mountain itself.

"Thank you very much, sir," I thanked the man.

In the highest room in the mountain, the leader was on the look out for invaders. He was glad to recruit us on such short notice.

"We'll do our best to help," said Red XIII, acknowledging the situation.

I donated funds and the war against Shinra and the defenses of the Condor Fort began.

"Alright, we'll need catapults, archers, repairman and all the fire power we can get." Red XIII said as I was figuring out the strategy.

"I agree, as the troops are many and we could use the artillery as well as more men." The leader exclaimed.

"Hmm, ok, in that case I'll need to get down there and fight with them as someone needs to guide them," Cloud affirmed.

"Oh no, you're not going anywhere without me," I protested as well as Aerith.

"If that's the case we'll all go, and that's final," I concluded.

"I hope you know what you're all doing." The leader hoped silently.

"Don't worry, we won't let you down," I grinned cheekily.

It was a close battle, many of the men and equipment that we hired and put up fell, but in the end we were victorious.

"Yeah... that will keep them out for a while." I taunted the fallen Shinra soldiers.

Cloud ruffled my hair as a 'reward' for the victory. Aerith giggled at the sight while Red XIII and the village leader shook 'hands'. I must've doubted myself for all these years to realize what I was capable of. The leader's father the old man sitting at the table invited us to stay that evening.

Exhausted as we were, we accepted gratefully for their hospitality. The beds provided under the room where the old man sat were as comfy as could be. By the next morning we were refreshed and left the homeliness of the Condor Fort for Junon.


I bet all you readers are wondering why I'm putting all the settings in the pages in alternate alignments. It's nothing but another of my silly ideas to be different among the rest and well, I've been a little nuts lately.

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