Me: Thank you to all of my reviewers for my first fic!

Sera: She won't stop talking about it…she must be happy…

Me: So, while I'm working on another fic (not ready yet…), I decided to write my first fic with chapters!

Sera: Boredom makes her want to write…

Me: …It's true, but what else do you expect me to do, type or watch FF VII: AC over and over and over again?

Sera: Do you really have to ask?

Me: …Anyway, this fic has Sera in it. I do not own any of the characters except her. Square Enix owns them. I also own her other personalities if they show up in this chapter. See my profile to see a better description of Sera and her personalities. I won't use the names of them to prevent confusion. I'll only use them for my author's notes.

Sera: Right.

"Finally…" Sera mumbled as she got to her favorite haunt, an alley that had a huge room-like area to the side with a worn out couch and several cushions all over the place underneath a tarp. The girl sat down on the couch and pulled her mud-stained coat tighter around herself. She smirked and took out her 'brand new' books from her messenger bag. "20 bucks for a single book? That should be a crime!" She mumbled and pulled off her black skullcap that she had been wearing. Her brownish-blonde hair tumbled past her shoulders. She glanced at a broken mirror nearby. Need to cut my hair soon; it's getting too long for the cap. Sera thought as she put the books back into the reddish bag.

Suddenly, the lights around her dimmed greatly. A portal of spinning colors appeared in front of the teenager. Sera's sky blue eyes widened and she reached a hand out. She felt as if she were being pulled into this strange thing. A dark hand shot out of the portal and grabbed her outstretched one. She was then literally pulled into the swirling colors.

Doors appeared on either side of her as Sera was taken through the tunnel of colors. Kind of like in Harry Potter…(I also don't own that) She thought as the colors became blander and she landed in a town that was a lot like the own she had just left, only there were less neon lights and more brick-and-wood houses and shops instead of mainly apartments. "Where am I?" She asked in wonder.

"Traverse Town, kid." A voice called from behind. She turned around. Sera studied the man who had spoken. He was taller than her (most guys were), and had spiky red hair. His eyes were a light green, and he had triangle tattoos underneath his eyes. The man also wore a long sleeved black cloak with silver colored drawstrings. She saw that he wore black gloves as well. The mysterious man continued during her inspection, "It's the place where those who've lost their world go. You haven't lost yours though, right?" Sera stared at him, then realized what he was saying and turned the stare into a glare (I didn't mean to rhyme here…it just happened).

"Why did you take me here then?" She said hotly.

"Ah, a temper. Superior's going to like this."

"Who the hell is Superior? And you didn't answer my last question." Sera replied, balling her fists. You don't want to know what my real temper is like, Buddy. She thought angrily.

The man only smirked. Sera's patience was wearing thin. In the back of her mind, she knew he was just provoking her, but she didn't care. "Follow me then, if you want to have your questions answered." He said mockingly and produced a dark portal, a sharp contrast to the colorful portal that she had gone through only a few moments ago. Having little choice in the matter, Sera reluctantly followed the man through the portal.

She ended up in a white room with nothing but a door and a couple of chairs there. The room was blindingly white compared to the dark streets she had just left. She rubbed her eyes and opened them again. The red-haired man took a seat on one of the chairs. Sera did the same on the only other chair. "So, what's your name?" She asked cautiously.

He smirked again and stated simply, "Axel."

"I'm Sera, then." Sera replied as the door opened and a man with silver hair, golden eyes and the same cloak that Axel had entered the room.

"Ah, Serafina. It is good to see you finally." The silver-haired man said. She blushed fiercely. No one has called me by my full name in years…whoever blabbed is gonna get it when I get home. She thought, recalling memories of when she was made fun of because of her real name back when she was on the streets at ten and pleasant memories of her parents before they had died. Axel laughed loudly, but stopped when the other man glared at him. "Please come this way, Serafina." She did as she was told, but couldn't help but say something.

"Would you please call me Sera, Sir? I haven't been called by my full name in ages…" She said nervously, yet politely as she had been instructed to do when she was younger. The man looked at her and smiled slightly as he led her to a desk with a chair in front of it, both still as white as the rest of the place. Axel had leaned against the wall in front of the desk. The older man motioned for her to sit and replied to her request.

"Certainly. I am called Xemnas, or Superior to the other members of our fine Organization." Here, Axel's face twitched with suppressed laughter. "I have been interested in you and your unusual powers for quite a while now." Sera's face grew hot again when she saw the fierce look in Xemnas' eyes and felt Axel's eyes bore into the back of her skull. "I would like you to join Organization XIII as our fourteenth member."

Sera thought about his for a minute and stood up with her hand out. "It's a deal, Xemnas." The older man looked pleased and shook her hand in return.

"Please follow Axel to receive your uniform. You will also be told of what you need to know here at Castle Oblivion. I will send for you later."

Sera nodded and followed Axel as Xemnas had asked, not knowing what to expect now that she was finally off the streets of the city and in what seemed like another life.

Me: Yay! I'm done with chapter one!

Sera: That's actually kind of nice…I think.

Me: Please don't flame me if Xemnas is OOC. He was acting nice to get Sera interested in joining. Besides, Sera and Ember would have used them as target practice…

Axel: Don't forget about me.

Me: Oh, and Axel and some of the other members will be commenting with my muses too during the course of the story. The next chapter is coming up, so stay tuned!