YAY! Chapter 11! Finally! And thank you to those who have reviewed, faved, and alerted! I'm glad that you have stayed with me even though it takes me a long time just to upload one chapter.

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The One They Call Beautiful

Chapter 11

~Dawn POV~

'It's been a month since I told them my name. I feel lighter. Sword training has been a lot easier and got my old friend back. Somewhat. His body stopped dying because of Chaos and even though I may not like it, I still wish he could have come back some other way without that thing inside of him. It's refreshing, but for how long until this ruse is over?' I ask. It was over yesterday. Nothing lasts forever in this cursed place. Nibelheim. At least that's what I've noticed.

I'm outside and it begins to snow as I ponder my thoughts. All I'm wearing are white snow boots, a pair of blue skinny jeans and a white sleeved shirt. The white ribbon in my hair, still in its usual preference- a braid to the side. My eye sight has been diminishing leading me to wear white rimmed glasses.

It's unusual when I look back to when Lucrecia and Vincent looked after me. "I would have never guessed in only less than four years that I would ever wear this much white, I looked at my sword 'Eric', still in its sheath and I removed it. "I wonder," I stared at my reflection in the 68 inch sword, "if I tried to assassinate him, would he kill me first or would I get him?" I sheathed Eric and turned to the garden of the lotus flowers and bent down to pick one and inserted it into my hair. "I still haven't forgotten what I said Valentine," I looked up at the mansion in front of me.

"How many Turks does it take for me to kill before Hojo sends the big bad wolf against me?" I put the Nodachi on my back, I calmly walked into the mansion, but the killing intent is strong around me. I'm not stupid. I knew that there would be many Turks- especially since Lucrecia had given birth yesterday and was told that the baby died-that Sephiroth had died. I knew better than that. Sephiroth was still alive. I had to give him back to her, but the question still remains, where in the mansion is he?

The baby has to get out of here at all cost. Hojo already started injecting the baby with things I'd rather not know. I saw him do it yesterday when I was peeking out the door from my room and saw Hojo carrying the newborn out of another door down the hall. He injected something brightly colored into the baby's veins. Sephiroth let out a wail of cries.

I saw those green eyes that Sephiroth had. So innocent and was already being corrupted by the devil. That sick twisted bastard!

My muses were interrupted as I saw a Turk about to pass by me. Not sparing a glance towards me until we were next to each other and made eye contact. His eyes pierced my gaze and reminded me of Valentine when he was serious. This was the Turk in charge of the other ones-Veld. He was aging pretty fast, and I could see wrinkles forming on his face.

He was sent in immediately to oversee 'Project S' when Valentine "mysteriously" disappeared, but I never really met him since he was always shadowing Hojo. This is the second time that I've met him. His stone cold face-like everybody else's- is just a mask and I will rip it off. That is if Shinra is willing to do something to me. Veld had told them about 'Daisy' but not Dawn. We had a mutual understanding, if you fuck with me, I sure as hell won't mind fucking you over 3 times harder- even if it means I have to kill you.

Veld pretended that nothing happened. He knew what I was up to, but kept quiet. He has seen me cut down people without a moment's hesitance. I proved it when an assassination was ordered on Lucrecia- the same day we met.

~Flashback~

"Lucrecia, we have to go now. It isn't safe here." We were both at a graveyard to respect the anniversary of Vincent's dead father. It was night and pouring rain. I don't mind getting wet but Lucrecia needs to do these kinds of things in the morning and without me getting wet in the process. All I was wearing were short shorts, a pair of vans shoes, a plain black t-shirt and a long red scarf that reached the back of my knees.

"Just a few minutes Dawn." My right leg was tapping the dirt ground furiously as I was getting drenched in the ridiculously hard rain and looked over at the muddy hill to our left. The lightning and thunder was a sight to see though.

"I should've brought an umbrella." I mumbled under my breath as I looked over to a very dry Lucrecia. I kept sheathing and unsheathing my sword in discontent. I am not a very patient person…especially in cemeteries. Always have and always will.

"I'm done now," Lucrecia stood up from the grave slowly with her umbrella.

"Let's go, you know how superstitious I get around graveyards," I paused, "especially at night."

"I'm sorry I dragged you here. I just- didn't want to be alone." She dropped a white flower on top of his tombstone.

"No need to apologize, come on, it's almost midnight." As we walked side by side on the dirt pathway I couldn't help but feel watched. My eyes flickered to my right and saw movement. Tonight was going to be fun. "Lucrecia, don't look at me. We're being followed. When I tell you to go, run away as fast as your legs can take and head for cover."

The graveyard was silent; the only noise was the water pounding into the ground along with our footsteps. Then I heard the crunching noises of grass moving towards us. "One…" it became louder and the adrenaline began pumping into my veins of the excitement of the chase, "two…" my hand went to the hilt of my sword. "…" it wasn't until I heard a scrape of metal that I cursed mentally, "three!" Lucrecia tried to run as fast as she could towards an open mausoleum and slightly closed it. The daggers managed to slice against both of my cheeks. 'Shit!' I ran for cover to my right and dove behind another tombstone as a wave of daggers stuck into the rock. "Sorry you had to be in the middle of this Mr.-" I squinted as I tried to read the name in the dark, "Ciel Phantomhive…huh, weird name." I dislodged a knife and threw it into the direction of the skilled assassin.

"My eye!" I smirked as he screamed out in pain.

Thud.

"…I think I threw it too hard." I looked behind the tombstone and saw two Turks with guns running towards me…and shooting at me…well Shinra, you suck at background checks. I removed my sword from its cover and brought out a gun with my right hand. It's not my first option but it'll have to do for now. I sprinted out when they had to reload their guns and tackled one to the ground over the muddy hill but my sword got caught in one of the bushes nearby. The both of us quickly got up and tackled each other. He began to cock the gun but I quickly went under him and hit the back of his shoulder with an open palm. There was a sickening crack followed by a grunt. As the gun fell I flipped him over me onto his back. I grabbed my sword and stabbed it into his forehead. My first kill-not counting the chocobo-and for some reason I don't feel like throwing up. I don't feel doubt, sadness, or anything else. I'm just confused how I could do that without remorse. Those lifeless brown eyes of his just staring at me with surprise, as he did not know a 15 year old would have killed him. "I still have to deal with the other one." I looked up at the top of the hill and there she was…with a gun pointing at me. "Shit." I took Eric out of the corpse and ran to the bushes and collected my gun. Unfortunately I got shot in the leg and boy that was displeasing. I limped as I took cover behind the trees and peered at the woman. "Crap, she's a sniper," the wound was numb with pain and I bit my lip to prevent me from screeching in pain. Then I heard a clink…Grenade…"Fuck my life."

I saw it soar past me about 10 trees in front of me. One second later it went off. I was blown away and my back hit a different tree due to the impact. I lifted my head up slowly as there was a ringing sound in my ear and I felt confused. Everything looked blurry and I couldn't hear as more grenades were being thrown randomly around the graveyard. "You've desecrated the dead enough Turk." I elevated back onto my feet and grabbed the handgun and stayed hidden behind the tombstone. I peeked out and saw that the female Turk was getting irked at my ability to hide so well. "I'll make sure that you go boom." I raised the gun shakily. My vision was blurry so I began to breathe slowly and surely my eyesight was a bit bearable. I had to make this one count or else my position will be given away. I felt nervous and I began to shake erratically again. "Fuck." I pulled the trigger and closed my eyes. After the shot echoed I opened my eyes and the girl smirked in my direction and began to get another grenade. I glared and went out in the open with rage that I actually failed to kill her. "Fucking bitch!" I yelled and aimed the gun at the grenade in her hand, and pulled the trigger.

KABOOM!

I saw how her body came apart even through the pouring rain and darkness. "I did not see that coming." I heard a crunching noise again and turned around with the gun aimed at whoever was in the shadows.

What do you know? It was Veld who came out of the shadows with Lucrecia behind him. "You're alright!" She sprinted to me and hugged me.

I let out a grunt as she made contact with my injured leg. She backed up and looked down with a gasp. "It's not serious, just a flesh wound." I looked to Veld, "Can't you be good at your job and make background checks? I swear, you're the leader are you not? Act like it."

Veld only looked at me with disinterest and ignored my taunts."Dr. Crescent," his gaze went to the doctor, "we must leave now. Dr. Hojo will get furious if the experiment goes wro-."

Schick!

My blade connected his gun. If he had reacted any slower, his head would have been mine. "Don't you ever call Sephiroth an experiment; he is a human being and will be born from two humans. It would do you well to never call him that, even if that demented scientist does." My blade was back in its cover and still he did not make any expression, "if you insult him again, I will cut you down!" I grabbed Lucrecia's hand and dragged her behind me, away from the dead bodies and graveyard.

~Flashback End~

Here I stand in front of a long white hallway with a door at the other end. I heard the screams of Sephiroth behind it. 'The non-stop experimentation.' I thought closing my eyes.

"Hold on sweetie, I'm coming." I whispered in the white hallway and snapped my eyes open. I took one step and the security system came online. An abundance of red lasers appeared in front of the door in a criss-cross pattern. If I touch that, and a limb gets cut off. There was an eerie silence for a few seconds until it moved towards me with great speed. 'I will not fail. I can't afford to fail.' I waited for the lasers to get closer and I sprinted towards the lasers.

Wow! I can't believe that I finished this chapter! I feel so accomplished. Sorry again for the wait. Hopefully you can forgive me. After chapter 12 it's going to get the story moving a bit faster. Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave comments ^_*