Disclaimer: Welcome to the sequel… I mean the new story! It's kinda like an ending to the other one. The rest of it… almost. Except it's not really a sequel, because it's an all new concept. ANYWAY…The only characters that are mine are Connie, her family, her friends, and her family's friends. "All the other characters are from FFX, FFX-2, FFVII, and Yu Yu Hackusho. Unless you count the dog and cat's names which are from Kingdom Hearts, the animals are mine, but the names are from Kingdom Hearts." Everything in the quotes you better get used to seeing, 'cause it will be at the beginning of every chapter… enjoy! Well… it may be a tad different thought, but generally the same. Oh, and I suggest that before you read this story you may wanna reach "Close Encounters of the FFX Kind!" because that story is kinda related to this one. Acctually… it will help a lot, but, it isn't needed. I'll try to re-explain some things. Okay, now… let's do this…

On Earth as it is in Spira: Chapter 1: Preparations

I stood there staring at myself in the mirror when Max looked at me and said, "Right now. We can leave immediately." Max was my cousin. Blonde hair, tall… and, as I recently heard, now goes by Cloud more than Max. He's been on Brother's Airship, The Celsius, for about four years now. Here, this will take some explanation.

About four years ago I spent a lot of time online. I would go and talk to a group of average people. The only thing was that we all went by names that were used in Final Fantasy games and other things as well. I was Lulu. We would always talk, and we had a great time! One day Yuna, Rikku, and Paine all asked to come and meet me. What could I say? No? I gave them the go ahead and they came to visit over vacation. They spent a few days with me, and Max came and hung out too. Let's see… who all was there… If I remember right there was Yuna, Rikku, Paine, Lenne ,Aeris, Baralai, Kurama , Mrs. Auron, Calli, Tidus, Yuffie, Shuyin, and a girl named Silly, who wasn't from any game. They all came by and we got to spend some time with them. Silly then asked us if we wanted to come and join them on the airship. Max said yes, mostly because he could be with Aeris, is my guess, but I said no, and stayed in the good ole' public school systems of the good ole' USA! We didn't hear much from Max through those years. Well, not until now. Now, I'm a senior in high school, and Max would be a senior on college. It all worked out rather well. I spend a lot of time with my Grandma Jill, and I'm the only one who calls her that, Grandma Jill. Anyway, now Max was back, and he's telling me that fiends are invading Earth for unknown reasons. So now, they all are gonna try to get rid of them. Not only that, but also Max wants me to come and learn magic. I mean, real, hard-core, black, let's-beat-those-fiends, Lulu, magic. The thing is that I look just like her, and I used to use her name on the internet. SO, now that you're up to date, let's continue on.

"Now?" I asked. "Wait a minute; I have to tell my parents…"

"They'll think you're here," he said cutting me off.

"What if something happens to..."

"Nothing will happen to you," he said cutting me off again.

"What if…"

"Connie! Please! Stop with the worrying. We need someone to do the magic."

"Why can't you just use a dress sphere?" I asked.

"We need those three on their posts too. We need someone doing magic all the time."

I sighed. I had to go. There was no alternative, no way out. Of course, I didn't want one. I wanted to go, I was just a little worried. "You promise it will all go okay?" I asked, to make sure.

"Promise," he said.

"Okay, but I'll need some stuff."

He nodded and headed to the kitchen. "Hey, Jill, you got any cookies?" he asked.

"I thought you would never ask," she said.

I packed everything in one suitcase. After all they said they'd provide the things I didn't have. Who knows, maybe the magic was in the outfit or something. I brought everything that looked semi-close to what Lulu had. About 20 minutes later I headed to the kitchen with the bag in hand. The bag wasn't even that big, only about foot, by foot, by foot, relatively small. I walked in and smiled. "Okay, I think I have about all I need."

Max nodded. "Alright, so you're ready?" he asked.

"As ready as I'm gonna get." I said.

"Okay, oh, but first..." he explained the Comsphere to Grandma Jill. He also went over a few things to be looking out for, random break outs from Zoos, lots of animals in concentrated areas, things like that. Then he looked at me. "You ready?" he asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be," she said.

"Okay," he said and looked at Grandma Jill. "Jill, we'll call you tonight from the Celsius."

"You take care of your cousin," she said, "both of you." She smiled and hugged us both and saw us to the door. "Have fun, be careful!" she said. The second we stepped outside Max put on a pair of mirrored sunglasses.

"Nice," I said. "Get those in Spira?" I asked sarcastically.

"Ha…ha… very funny." But the sunglasses stayed on. "It's so no one recognizes me"

"Great plan for a disguise. No one will know its Cloud!" I said, once again, sarcastically.

"Yeah, well… shut up," he said.

I just started laughing. We made our way to the near by forest. "So, you excited?" he asked.

"A little," I said.

"Scared?"

"More so than excited. How do you expect me to learn magic again?"

"We'll figure something out."

"Thanks, that's very encouraging."

We eventually found the Celsius. "Here it is!" It looked just like it was supposed to, huge beyond all imagine, sure, but just about right.

"Wow… that's huge," I said.

"Let's go!" he said walking up to the ship. He knocked and said, "Cloud." The door opened with a hiss and we walked inside the airship.