A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys. Here's Chapter 7. It'll probably be quite boring so read at own risk. LOL. Latest news has been added to profile.

Summary – Barret and Marlene Wallace arrive in Kalm and meet Squall and the others. He had brought Cloud and Tifa a picture of AVALANCHE. While looking at the picture, Squall finds out what has happened. They've went back in time.

Chapter 7 - Explanations

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Squall woke up as he felt Rinoa move, who was lying next to him. She was sleeping peacefully, her head on his bare chest and one of her legs over one of his. Her hand was at Squall's waist and she tightened her grip of him. She was obviously dreaming. But Squall hadn't dreamed. He hadn't gotten to sleep until a few hours ago. He looked at the clock next to his bed. It read 6:30. He silently cursed and got up, careful not to wake Rinoa. He got dressed into his normal leather outfit and headed out the room, grabbing his gunblade on the way. He decided to do some training. It might help him sleep better.

As he walked outside, he saw a large forest in the distance. It didn't look far away so he decided to go there. He walked across the plains, undisturbed. He thought about what he had found out last night. They were in the past. Over 1,000 years in the past. Squall started to wonder if they would ever get back. He knew next to nothing of time travel. It was only thanks to Ellone that they had been able to go to the future. But Ellone wasn't here. Squall walked on until he reached the forest. He felt helpless. This was their worst danger yet, and for the first time as a leader, Squall didn't have all the answers.

His track of thought was disturbed by a very loud crash. It sounded like a tree had fallen down. He walked over to where he had heard the sound. In the distance he saw someone standing here. He couldn't see their face, but their hair was easily recognisable.

It was Cloud.

He had a large sword in his hand, but it wasn't his Ultima Weapon. Squall walked round until Cloud's back was facing him. He watched Cloud as he started to go to his left, away from Squall. But he stopped suddenly, as if he had heard something. Squall noticed that one of the materia in his sword had started glowing. It was one of the yellow materia. Cloud's head turned in Squall's direction, but he looked to the floor.

"You don't have to hide Squall." He turned his whole body round and looked Squall directly in the eyes. Squall walked into the opening where Cloud stood and looked over Cloud's shoulder. There was a twenty foot tree lying on the floor, obviously the one that had made the noise.

"Whoa." Squall whispered. Cloud walked over and sat on the trunk, Squall did the same.

They sat quietly before Squall broke the silence.

"How did you know it was me?" he asked.

Cloud looked at him and raised his sword, so Squall can see the materia. There was a singular yellow materia on it. The one Squall had seen glow earlier.

"It's called Sense materia. It lets me scan the area for monsters or enemies. I can tell how strong a person is. Their strength's, their weaknesses and their names."

Something clicked; Cloud hadn't asked Squall and his friends their names when he met them. It was as if he already knew.

"Did you 'Sense' us the day we met?" he asked.

Cloud nodded. "Yeah, I saw you earlier that day. You were standing on a small hill looking at the 'Flare' spells. I really strained myself trying to 'Sense' you from that distant. I managed it though. And I managed to 'Sense' the others when you came to where I was. You were the strongest, so I knew that you would be the worst threat. Apart from Rinoa. She has really high magical powers."

"That's because she's a sorceress." Cloud snapped his head round. What the hell was a sorceress? Squall knew that Cloud was baffled, so he explained what they are. "They're humans who have magical powers. They're very skilled with magic and can use their powers for other things. Most sorceresses as born with their powers but Rinoa got hers last year."

"How?"

"An evil sorceress from the future, called Sorceress Ultimecia, took control of one of the sorceresses from our time. A woman called Edea Kramer. She was the one who brought me and the others up. Except Rinoa, she still has her father. We call her Matron. Ultimecia took over Matron and tried to find Ellone. She was another girl at the orphanage, who we called Sis. Sis has the ability to send someone into someone else's past. Ultimecia wanted to use that power to achieve Time Compression. The past, present and future would have been melded together and Ultimecia would have taken over everything. We managed to stop her, but Rinoa got her powers from Matron. When a sorceress is beaten, her powers are past on. Matron gave hers to Rinoa. After we beat Ultimecia everything went back to normal. But something else has happened now. We've went back, over 1,000 years, in time. And I don't know how to get back." He ended sadly.

Cloud couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Squall. He was away from his home, with no known way to get back. Cloud promised himself that he would help them get back home.

"What are you planning to do?" Cloud asked

"I don't know. We'll probably stick around here for a while. Until I find away to get back home."

Cloud smiled at Squall's determination. He wasn't doing this just for himself, but for his friends as well.

Cloud suddenly had an idea. He stood up and looked around.

"Squall you have your GF's junctioned don't you?"

"Yeah." Squall said; a little confused as to why Cloud asked him that.

Cloud's aqua-marine eyes scanned the forest for movement. This place was usually littered with monsters. Cloud was surprised that they hadn't been attacked yet. Is Sense materia flared up again, as Cloud scanned for monsters. He found one to their left. It was about ten feet away. Cloud stopped scanning and instead, concentrated on another yellow materia, this time in his armour. He cast the spell at the monster and felt it take affect.

"What are you doing?" Squall asked. He saw the monster come out into the opening but it walked casually. It didn't look like it was going to attack.

"I heard from Rinoa that you can draw magic from monsters. If you'll be staying around here, you're going to need some. Go ahead. He won't attack you. I have him under 'Manipulation.'"

"Manipulation?"

"It lets me control whatever creature, or even human, I use it on. I can control their every move. It can be pretty handy in battles. But if the monster is attacked, the Manipulation wares off. So go ahead, see if it has any magic."

Squall nodded and closed his eyes. He used his mind to feel the presences inside the monster's body. He couldn't feel anything. The monsters in this time didn't have magic.

"Well?" Cloud asked

Squall opened his eyes and shook his head. Cloud sighed and slashed the monster in half. He sat down again, with his head in his hands. Squall stayed standing. There was no magic. That left him and his friends in a very tight spot. If they were in danger and a large amount of magic was required, they're magic stock would run out, leaving them defenceless.

Cloud finished his thinking and stood up.

"Well, there's only one option."

"What's that?" Squall asked curiously.

"You'll have to learn how to use materia."

"Are you serious?" Squall asked, very surprised indeed.

"Yep. I can teach you and your friends if you want me too."

"Sure."

"Well then. Meet me here after dinner, we can start then. Make sure you bring your Gunblade, in case you're attacked."

And with that Cloud left the forest, leaving a very shocked Squall on his own. He was going to learn to use materia. This was so cool! Squall was already anxious to start but decided to calm himself down by slaughtering a few monsters before heading back to Kalm.

A/N: Sorry if you found that chapter boring but...I don't know what to say. R & R. PLEASE.