The candles lit the hourglass. The grain, like a whirlpool, swirled onto the otherside. The sands of time has begun.

Skillfully, he played. Harsh, jagged electrical notes flooded from his guitar, filled with his animosity and rage. The music was so wild, so rebelliousl; So beautiful and deliciously insane.

Like a madman he strummed furiously on his guitar. Only music as eloquent as this can be matched with a passionate soul.

In the moonlight, he stood, bathed in a soft midnight hue. His strong, vital body positioned in profile.

A dark cascade of silken black hair fell over his broad shoulders in shadow, flowing past his narrow waist and draping upon his chest in such a way that it accentuated his finely sculpted abs and hardened biceps. The mystic glow to his bronze skin brought out the gentlness in his otherwise rebellious exterior.

Soft, glazed lips anda rather handsome face. his eyes seemed to stand out the most.

Yes. Those jaded, midnight blue eyes. There were so hard and cold. Like that of a beast. I'd say he's killed before. Only they held a certain naivette that made him even more alluring.

He raked his fingers through his bangs that stood like soft spikes; revealing the legendary four point star. Which made me wonder...

"Who is he?" I muttered to myself as my eye fluttered open, the copper taste of blood stained my lips. Not to mention the crimson splash smeared all over my fingertips.

Slowly, I peeled off the comforter. The unmistakable figure of vincent lying next to me. The skin onhis bare chest split symetrically down the middle and peeled back like a rip fig bursting in the hot sun; his heart completely ripped out.

"I guess I got carried away." I said to myself as I slipped into vincent's tattered red cloak. He won't be needing this. Not anytime soon anyway.

I floated across the room, over the pool that encircled my bed and over to the balcony where Sephiroth was waiting for me.

"Daddy?"

he sighed, agitated and disapointed." What did I tell you? He's a chosen one..."

"I know but I couldn't help myself. He shouldn't be so damn intoxicating." I slurred, licking his blood from my finger tips." Besides, I didn't kill him. I mean I could but...not until I'm reunited with myself again."

"You ripped out his heart." he said placidly.

" I'm a women. It's what I do. Anyway..."

I took a step outward onto the deck. The bleaten gray sky rumbled with uneasy storm clouds. The black sea rippling for as far as the eye can see. This place was so dull. Nothing but dark clouds, black water, the beaches and this Castle. There's a shore far off but it's damn near impossible to get to it. I'm bound to this castle but if I weren't, I still wouldn't be able to make it to the coresponding shore. Lord knows what's below that glass-like sea surface. There are some things in this dimension that even I can't handle.

"I had a vision."

Sephiroth raised and eyebrow," You now have my full attention."

"Me...kimiko that is to say, had a child. Well..will have one."

Sephiroth P.O.V

Caelestis purred as she spoke, absolutely fatuated with the idea of her having a baby. Me, it digusted me." Who-" I trailed off. Who indeed.

"The child...he's so handsome-" she sighed deeply, almost lovestruck." It really makes me wonder what her lover looks like. I mean, the child has her eyes but...that's pretty much it."

Damn. The prohpecy was coming soon too quickly." What else did you see?"

"That's it. The boy was in his teenage years. I can't really say how old his mother was."

Hmm. How could I have met things grow this out of my control. I let myself get lax. If she has the child too soon...the outcome will be devastating." Dammit." I might have to push my plan further that I had wanted too.

I may be omniciant but while I'm seperated from reality in this astral plane, there are some things that even fate keeps hidden from me.

"You look troubled. Is everything alright?"

I didn't answer her. I turned towards the room and stalked off. She followed swiftly."Wait! What about me! When do I return to my body?"

"Soon. When you do, you will merge with your soul once more." I spoke. slowing my step.

She froze."WHAT! You mean, I won't be in control?"

"True. Only when her powers awaken and when she reaches the third stage of the exodius will her true self emerge--you."

"How often does that happen? that her powers awaken?"

I chuckled," you'd be surprised. Now wait for me. When vincent regenerates, send him to me. "

"Why?"

"I have a important job for him." One that may change the fate of my daughter and her little entourage once and for all.