A/N: Really sorry guys. I've had the worst case of writers block (I still do) and this chapter is horrible and short. And I've been busy. I couldn't work at all yesterday because I was in town working and took my siblings to see Harry Potter: PoA (which was okay but I wanted to see Shrek 2 but they already saw it ) And this weekend was my little brother's birthday an everything is so freakin hectic around here. So... here yah all go!

-Chapter Four-
-Trap-



Piper and Zalèa entered the Cloister of Trials, but it had already been solved. "Yuna must be in the Chamber of the Fayth," the Al Bhed girl assumed. They stepped on the elevator that brought them down to a brightly lit room.

"So why is it forbidden to come in here anyway?" Piper wondered, looking around.

Zalèa shrugged. "Remember when I told you about Sin? Well summoners would go in here and pray to the 'Fayth' for the aeon."

"What's an aeon?"

"I don't really know. I've seen pictures, but that's all. My mom says all the aeons disappeared when Yuna beat Sin," Zalèa said, walking up a staircase. "I guess it's forbidden to come in here because there are still the die-hard Yevonites," she said, a disgusted look on her face.

"Is there something bad about believing in Yevon?" Piper asked. "I mean, it's just a religion right?"

"Yeah. But their beliefs are stupid and wrong. They killed thousands of Al Bhed because we did things that were sacrilegious," Zalèa sighed. "My grandfather gathered the remaining and started rebuilding Home. My mom and dad finished it though."

Wow, what a rough life. "Why didn't your grandfather finish?" Piper heard herself ask.

"He was killed."

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

"It's all right. My mom says he was really mad at her for marrying my dad and stuff. And of course, I wasn't even alive when he died so I never met him," Zalèa shrugged. "Come on, let's go inside!" she said, smiling.

They walked inside the door, entering a badly lit room. "Have you ever been in here?" Piper inquired. She shivered slightly; it was cold in the chamber.

"Yeah... but it's never been like this. It's so dark, I can hardly see!" Zalèa complained.

Piper felt around for the wall, but bumped against someone, or something, with her leg. Uh oh... "Zalèa? Is that you?" she whispered hurriedly.

"I'm over here," she said, from the other side of the room.

There was a loud thunk and the heavy door to the chamber slammed shut. That can't be good, she thought fearfully. Whatever she had bumped into began to move, and make noise. Almost instantly, Piper felt a pair of hands grab her arm, causing her to scream.

"It's just me!" Zalèa said.

"Don't do that!" Piper snapped.

"Sorry, I'm just freaked out," the Al Bhed girl said, her voice trembling.

A light began to glow behind them, a candle. Then another beside it. Soon, the room was lit by a small circle of candles.

Hesitantly, Piper looked down to see what she had run into.

"Yuna!" Zalèa cried. She knelt down, shaking the young woman.

Her arms and legs were bound together, but nothing was visible to keep her that way. The former summoner gasped for air, looking wildly from Piper to Zalèa. "You have to get out of here!" she croaked.

"Yuna, what's going on?" asked Zalèa.

The brunette tried to speak, but no words came out. Her eyes fluttered shut and her body became limp.

"I'm terribly sorry, Lady Yuna," spoke a child's voice. A small girl with violet hair appeared behind them.

Piper spun to face the little girl. "Who are you?" she asked.

"I am Ahriana," she said, curtsying slightly.

"What are you doing to Yunie?" Zalèa demanded.

The girl smiled; she seemed so innocent. "You'll learn everything, soon." She waved her hand slowly.

Piper staggered on her feet, the dim light of the room becoming less and less. Why did she feel so tired? Everything was becoming dark again...


"Piper... wherever you are, please... come back home." Aeris sat at the edge of her daughter's bed, crying softly.

Piper looked at her mother. "Mom, I'm right here!" she said. She gasped quietly as her father walked through her body, as if she wasn't there. "What's going on?"

"Any sign?" Aeris asked.

Cloud shook his head, "She never went to the dance. No one saw her leave town either. It's almost as if she's disappeared." He squeezed his wife's shoulders, sighing softly.

Piper looked around. Everything was so ethereal, so unreal. "Mom, Dad! I'm right here!"

"They can't see you," said a young boy. He was dressed in a purple hooded cloak.

"Who are you?"

The little boy shook his head, "You don't belong in Spira, Piper. You've endangered your new friends already."

"How do you know my name? What are you talking about? How did I put anyone in danger?" Piper demanded.

"Your mother brought Sephiroth into Spira. But he cannot act without her blood," the child spoke. "You have your mother's blood."

Piper was beginning to get frustrated, and frightened. "Who is this Sephiroth guy anyway? Everyone seems to know, why can't I?"

"You were never meant to know, Piper."


Piper opened her eyes slowly. Who had that boy been? And where was she now? A soft light glowed above her. Once it had mostly faded, she saw a woman with soft amber brown eyes and long dark brown hair.

"Hi Piper," she said softly, a bright smile across her face. "It's nice to finally meet you."


Zalèa sat up groggily. Her head was throbbing and she was having problems focusing. She could see the figure of Piper beside her, and Yuna farther off. But that was it. Everything was such a blur. She wondered where she was now, and why had that little girl knocked her out. "Piper?" she whispered. No answer. "Yuna?"

"I'm awake," the High Summoner whispered back. "Zalèa, are you okay?"

"Yuna, what's going on?" Zalèa asked. She had never been so confused.

Yuna sighed, "We're in a lot of trouble. Or at least Piper is."

"Why?"

Yawning, Yuna began to tell Zalèa of an adventure none of the children of Spira were to know. "Piper's mother, Aeris, came to Spira... a bit less than twenty years ago. She was trapped in the Farplane, along with Tidus."

"She was dead?"

"Yes."

"And Tidus?" Zalèa asked.

Yuna sighed again, "That's another long story."

"Oh okay."

She continued to tell how Aeris and Tidus escaped the Farplane, but brought with them Seymour and Sephiroth. She told about seeing them in their reflection, the Time-Porter, and finally defeating them. "I sent a letter with a time-key to Aeris, just in case one got lost. But she never came back. When Piper showed up, I really had thought it was Aeris. That night, the Fayth visited me in a dream. He told me Piper was in danger, and she'd put all of us in danger. So I wanted to find a time-key to send her home. I came to the temple and I was attacked by two people. One was Ahriana, the little girl dressed all in purple. And the other woman's name is Sephianna. I've never seen either of them before."

Zalèa's vision was nearly clear now. She could see Piper's unconscious body lying on the ground, and wondered if she was okay. Looking around, she realized she had no idea where she was. But now she knew the story of Sephiroth, or at least she thought she knew. The mystery lurking around Piper's family was beginning to tug at Zalèa's curiosity. Why was there so much she didn't know?


A/N: Sorry again it's so short. To Beautiful Songstress: Wait, he who? And the Evan/Piper is a POSSIBILITY! I have other things planned too! LOL! To Siakia: Sorry, but you're going to be confused for a long time. Everything will slowly make sense. To tranquility: Thanks! To Dr. P: Lol, thanks... dodges imaginary bat To Aj-sama: Thank you! To Seashell110: I'm sorry about the Al bhed translations, my translator was going berserk and I had to translate that all by writing down what each letter is etc etc and at the end i was just so tired i forgot it. It's there now tho! To Emrelle Elendal: If you REALLY wanna know the whole story about why I beat the Shuyin plushie to a pulp, it started the night I was up until 2 a.m. playing ffx-2 and I finally got into the Den of Woe (SCURY!) and well I sorta lost track of time and fell asleep right after I finished fighting Paine and Rikku then I woke up and missed the bus and my first two classes (oops) because I had the scuriest nightmare about it. I was Yuna, my best friend was Rikku, and another of my best friends was Paine. Anyways, then Shuyin (who was my ex-boyfriend and the guy i hate the most because i found out he was cheating on my at the time because... well... he was cheating on me with another guy! and he's just a jerk) But yeah, Shuyin was trying to kill us then when I got to school the next day (late) he came up behind me and I was still thinking about that nightmare and I screamed REALLY LOUD! And then I got detention for my third tardy and for disrupting classes. It was really dumb! Oops, that was really long, I bet you didn't want to know all that. Sorry! To blushnbabe: Oh okay! Lol!
Chapter 5 will be coming soon (I hope!) LYL -Letselina