YIPPIE! I got Chapter II done! WHEEE! I added some new elements to it, so I hope you enjoy it. Oh yeah, BTW: You will need to know it is late Septemember in my book for some things to make sense. Oh yeah, not as many lyrics this time around. Oh well, ENJOY!

Lyrics From: The Wandering

II: Always Happiness

Do you want to wander farther on?

"I think... we mave have trouble coming." Cloud said to Vincent.

"What do you mean 'trouble'? What's going on Cl--?" Vincet said. He was forced to stop when he saw the tan envolope that Cloud held in his hands. "Wha--- what is that?" Vincent asked, shaking.

"A letter... I think. But, I can't believe who sent this." Cloud said, glanicing over the envolope once more to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Who's it from?" Vincent asked, now curious about it. Cloud didn't say. Instead he handed the letter to Vincent. Vincent looked at the name.

"Iivy Ivback." Vincent read. "So, what's the big deal about that?" Vincent asked, a bit confused by his friends reaction to this name.

"Iivy was... my friend, back before we went on my first mission; before I met you & everyone. She was like my Sister almost." Cloud said, sighing as he did.

"So?" Vincent replied at this somewhat odd reaction. "Why is it such a big deal?"

"Iivy, she died... nearly 3 years before I left." At this, Vincent's eyes widenend.

Come back.

Cloud and Vincent walked inside and sat at the table. The two were silent, reflecting on this who thing. A letter from a dead person? What was it all about? They wanted to read the letter, but what surprises would lie ahead of them after they did? It was all to much for both of them. It wasn't until Vincent spoke, that the silence was broken.

"Dammit! I can't sit in silence. Just open the envolope for Jenova's sake!" Cloud jerked at this rather loud remark by his friend. He stared at his friend, who was silently egging him on to open the darn thing so they could get it over with. Cloud finally turned his head & ripped the seal off of the envolope. When he did, a single slip of paper fell out of it. Cloud grabbed it & silently read it to himself. "Well..." Vincent said. "What does it say?"

"It says... Upon a midnight dreary; many quaint & curious volume of forgotten lore. A tapping gently rapping; Some Visitor; Only this and nothing more."

"The Raven." Vincent said. "Those exercts are from a poem called 'The Raven'. Lucia, she loved that poem, I remember."

"But what does it have to do with what is going on now? Who sent this & why?" Cloud said, a bit fustrated. He knew that this was nonsense.

"Maybe it's clues?" Vincent suggested. Cloud lifted his head.

"That could be it. But, again what does it mean?" Cloud replied. Vincent thought to.

"What does the first clue say?" Vincent asked.

"Oh. Umm... it says 'upon a midnight dreary' I think." Cloud said. Truthfully, he wasn't particually paying attention to the letter anymore. I think he was more concered about how his childhood friend sent it to him & how she was standing in front of him & he didn't even think much of it. Cloud remained in a daze until Vincent forced him to come back to reality by figuring out what the phrase ment.

"We have to wait. 'A midnight dreary' means a dark night; a New Moon. If tonight is a New Moons..."

"That's not what it means." Cloud said. "We have to wait for the Dark of the Moon (1)." Cloud finished. One thing Cloud was good at & never told anyone was that he knew most of the Moon Cycles that no one had heard of before. "But, wait. That means that the person could appear any one of th three days of Dark of the Moon."

"Yeah, but remember the next clue?"

"'Many quaint & curious volume of forgotten lore.'? What does that mean?"

"It means, it's going to be Silent Night (2). After that, the rest is self-explainitory. She will come to our door & knock; That's were we come in." Vincent explained. Cloud looked totally lost.

"Alright. Ya lost me at the 'That's were we come in' thing" Cloud told his friend. Cloud was trying really hard to understand, but Vincent was the logic thinker, not him. Vincent just sighed. Once again, he had to do all the work.

"'Some Visitor; Only this and nothing more.' means that we should be expecting anyone, so we have to pretend that it was just an out-of-the-blue meeting." Cloud frowend at this.

"Whoa! You expect me, to wait nearly four months knowing about this, then act as if I never even knew! If this is Iivy, how am I going to pull that off?" Vincent chuckled at this statement by Cloud. To Vincent, Cloud was blowing things out of porpotion... again.

"Yes. That is exactly what I expect you to do." Vincent told his friend. Cloud gasped a bit at his friend. Vincent had seen Cloud do many things before, but nothing like this. After that conversation, the two didn't speak for the rest of this night. Fact is, they didn't speak to each other for nearly four months.

Come back to the spring, faithful & tender...

Ok, here's Chapter II. :Braces Self: OK, I know this chapter totally SUCKS! But,I promise it will make sense later. Oh yeah, below me are some notes I thought to add to make to story make a little more sense.
(1) Dark of the Moon---This is a 3 day period where the Moon is hidden from view. At this point the Sun is energizing the Moon, preparing for its journey once again.

(2) Silent Night--- Christmas. Y'know, like the song.