Note: Sorry it's been so long. And I'm not even adding another chapter. But, that will come soon. I changed what I said about Kadaj's height. Thank you, Kadaj, for telling me that. And sorry it took me so long to fix it.

After spending two weeks in Rocket Town, Kya realized the only things she was going to learn about her mother was what she already knew. That she gave birth to a little girl in Rocket Town and left soon afterwards. But there was one thing she learned that she never knew before, that her mother almost seemed afraid when she left. And the town's people had rushed her departure. What could have made them so afraid to make her leave? And so soon after Kya was born.

She had often been told the meaning of her name was home. Was that what she meant to her mother after having to run so often? Or was there another reason for it? Did the real reason have something to do with Sephiroth? She felt like she was just running blind, with no direction. Yet she felt that the answer had something to do with Sephiroth and the other silver flames. And it grew steadily worse with the dreams. She could feel all of them. It made her wonder if everyone would be safer without her. She wondered if she could find what had happened to her mother if she left on her own. Maybe the town she saw in her dream could help her. But how would she find it? How would she know if it even existed?

The sun had gone down an hour after she had hidden herself on Cid's roof. No one seemed to care if she was there. She didn't even think they noticed. She was just another form sitting above them, like the clouds or birds. But she wasn't as free as a bird and she wasn't as guided as a cloud.

"Thinking again. You should stop thinking and spend some time with that little girl. She hasn't shut-up since we got here." Kya turned to see Cid.

"Sorry." She said before turning back to the horizon. "I guess I just have too much on my mind."

"Hmm. How the hell do you get up here?" He carefully walked over to the edge, where Kya was sitting, and joined her in watching the horizon.

"The same as you." She allowed a small smirk to assure him she was still herself.

"The ladder." They spoke, simultaneously.

Kya rocked back before asking Cid the question that had been on her mind for the last few days. "Could you take care of Kiera for me? I have something I need to do."

Cid appeared shocked at the question. Take care of a little girl? "You can take her with you, can't you?" He asked, hoping he could bring up some solution that would keep him from acting as a babysitter.

"Not where I'm going. I'm not even sure of where I'm headed. All I know is that it's not a trip a little girl should be taking. So will you do it?" She looked to Cid with her most innocent look.

Cid tried to say no, but couldn't when she looked at him in such a way. "Oh, alright. Just don't expect any more favors."

"Thank you Cid. I'll be leaving tomorrow so I can spend some time with her to explain what I'm doing. You won't have to suffer with her tonight. We'll be going for a walk so you can have some peace and quiet." She quickly hugged him and ran to the ladder to climb down.

"At least now I won't be hearing you stomping around up here." He grumbled before following her off the roof.

"I don't stomp, I run." She answered with a sly grin. "Don't underestimate my hearing."

"I'll overestimate your ability to fly if you don't hurry."

Kya quickly climbed down and ran to search for Kiera. It didn't take long, but when she did she wished she had been watching here.

"That's Kya." Kiera said excitedly to a man who was a few inches taller than Kiera with shoulder length silver hair and green eyes. He wore black leather and a sword hanging from his back, indicating that he wasn't a villager. "She's the one that had me brought here. She told me once that—"

"Hello." Kya interrupted. "May I help you?"

"I'm Kadaj. I was hoping to find someone that was planning to travel to Nibelheim but no one seems interested." He said with a cool voice.

The name he mentioned seemed to ring a bell in Kya's mind. Could that be the town she had dreamt about? "I was thinking about traveling there tomorrow. Do you know where it is?"

Kadaj took a step closer to her and pointed toward the mountains. "Mt. Nibel. You'll find Nibelheim on the other side. Would you like someone to travel with?"

"I was thinking of going on foot." She wanted to discourage him from wanting her for a travel companion.

"That happens to be my way of travel. My two brothers and I were going to meet someone in Nibelheim. I'm sure they wouldn't object to traveling with a young woman such as yourself."

Kya almost seemed hypnotized when she answered, "I'll think about it. I'll meet you out here in the morning if I choose to."

She took Kiera's hand and made to leave when he said, "Why don't I walk with you? We should talk about—"

"Sorry." She interrupted. "This is my time with Kiera before I leave. And I would like to spend that time without anyone else around."

He bowed respectfully and apologized.

Kya watched him walk towards the entrance of the town until he disappeared into the shadows.

"Why are you leaving, Kya?" Kya looked down at Kiera to see a look of fear in her eyes. "Why are you leaving me?" She whispered.

"There's something I need to find out. And I can't take you with me. It'll be too dangerous. But you'll be staying here with uncle Cid." Kya tried to cheer her up but wasn't succeeding.

"I don't want to stay." Kiera complained.

"Kiera." Kya knelt down to look Kiera in the eyes. "I want you to do something for me." Kiera nodded her understanding. "I want you to tell Cid all about your adventures here in Rocket Town no matter what it is. And don't tell him any of your dreams or about any men with silver hair." She soon came to wonder why she added the last part. What would it matter? Cid wouldn't know.

"Okay." Kiera slowly cheered up with the idea of why Kya told her to tell Cid everything.

"Now. Let's walk." Kya took Kiera's hand before they began to walk. She almost felt that Kiera was her little sister. That she still had a bit of her mother that wasn't a part of herself.

Kadaj watched in the distance, his green eyes almost seeming to glow in the shadows. "She's going to meet him." He whispered to two figures behind him. "And we'll be there to guide her in the right direction."

"Is she the one?" the one on his left asked.

"Yes. She is the one. And she knows Kiera must be protected but not why." He turned toward his two brothers. "Wait for us at the paths into Mt. Nibel. There are a few things I have to learn from her."

The two of them bowed before leaving.

Kadaj turned back towards Kya. "I will know." He whispered.

The next morning, Kya left without telling anyone. She knew Kiera would be disappointed but she had the feeling that it would be putting her in danger in some way if she alerted her to what she was doing. Besides, long goodbyes never were the type of thing she could tolerate. She never knew why but it always felt like something she had gone through before and it nearly destroyed her.

She found Kadaj waiting for her in the specified place.

"My brothers are going to meet us there." He said before she could ask him what he was doing.

"I thought you might be too uncomfortable with three men around you."

"How considerate." She mumbled as she straightened her bag. "Shall we go?"

He nodded with a smile and walked on at her side. Somehow she felt that he knew more about her than she knew herself. It gave her the feeling that she was in danger, but also that she was safer than she ever would have been.