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Forever Peace, Forever Love
Ch. 6 – The History
Genesis Rhapsodos, former SOLDIER First-Class and former rival of Sephiroth, sat in the Day Room of Stella's castle deep in thought.
*Flashback*
As Genesis and the Niflheim Army left the catacombs after his failed attempt at capturing the elegant Tenebrean Princess, he saw a murial on a wall that depicted strange beings. The language, from what he could tell, was of a carefully written, old script. An officer saw him looking and the wall with interest.
"What kind of ancient drawing is this?" Genesis asked the officer.
"It's the Fabula Nova Crystallis, sir," he replied.
Seeing as Genesis did not know the history of this world, the officer consented to tell him, while returning to the castle.
"Muin was the Goddess of the Visible world. She ruled for countless centuries until her son, the God Buniberzei, defeated her in battle and sent her to the Invisible world."
Genesis creased his eyebrows, "What are the Visible and Invisible worlds?"
"The Visible world is the land of the living, which we reside in, while the Invisible world is the land of the dead," the officer said.
"I see. Continue," Genesis said.
"Buniberzei became the new God of the Visible world but, he had a suspicion that Muin placed a curse upon the world believing that it was destined to die."
Genesis nodded at the officer.
"So he decided that he needs to find her and destroy her for good. However, he was not able to leave the Visible world, so he created three entities. The first one was fal'Cie Pulse. Buniberzei tasked him with searching for the door to the Invisible world. Second was fal'Cie Etro. Unfortunately, he created her in the image of Muin and feared her. He didn't give her any tasks and was rendered powerless. Finally, he made fal'Cie Lindzei. He was given the task to protect the world and Buniberzei from any threats."
The enigmatic, red-haired warrior began to understand this ancient lore. "What are fal'Cie? And what happened to Etro, since she had no powers?"
The officer cleared his throat, "Fal'Cie are supernatural beings. They are responsible for the creation and maintenance of the land where us humans dwell, and indirectly govern our lives. As Pulse and Lindzei were fal'Cie, they were given powers by Buniberzei to create more fal'Cie. With Etro, however, she was discarded. But in an act of self-loathing suicide, she created humankind. Afterwards, she disappeared into the Invisible world.
"Once she arrived there, she came across Muin, who was being swallowed up into Chaos. Muin told Etro that it was not that the world was destined to die, but fate. In her last moment, Muin tasked Etro with keeping the world from falling into chaos, but Etro didn't understand what she meant."
"Infinite in mystery is the gift of the Goddess. We seek it thus, and take to the sky," Genesis murmured.
"What was that, my Lord?" the officer asked, curiously.
Genesis looked over at the officer and shook his head, "Just talking to myself. Continue."
"Yes, sir. So instead of following Muin's words, Etro felt compassion for the humans and gave them what we call 'heart'. And thus, the world was in balance."
Once they reached the castle grounds, Genesis and the officer walked to the Day Room. He moved over to the sitting area next to the open balcony doors and looked at the officer.
"Tell me something. Do you believe in that mythology?"
The officer looked back at him, a bit perplexed, "To be honest, sir, I think it's just a bunch of hocus pocus to me. I'm not one to believe in Gods of higher powers."
"Hmm… Is there anything else that I must know?" Genesis inquired.
"There is a legend that tells of Etro choosing certain people that see the 'Light'."
Genesis' interest piqued, "What does that entail?"
"It's said that when the souls of humans depart from this world, the 'Door of Souls' opens and welcomes them to the land of the dead; hence, the Invisible world. But those who have a near-death experience and see this 'Light', they are given powers from Etro and are chosen to become protectors of a crystal that was bestowed upon a ruling nation from Pulse and Lindzei."
Knowing only so much about the crystal, Genesis asked the officer, "What is the purpose of the crystal and why was it only given to a ruling monarchy?"
"Sir, the crystal was given to a ruling kingdom so that Pulse and Lindzei can not only give the rulers power to reign, but to also continue searching for the door to the Goddess, Muin. The crystal is like a tracking device; searching for the Invisible world and also serves as a communication device between the two Gods."
Genesis nodded and grinned, "You seem to have a great knowledge of the crystal."
The officer frowned and turned his eyes to the floor, "Yes, sir. My country, Niflheim was once a ruling nation with a crystal…"
The officer then looked back at Genesis with an utter hatred in his eyes, "… till the Caelum's took it away."
'This crystal is more powerful than I expected', he thought. "Hmm… I understand. Go back to our forces and tell them to standby. I will call for you again soon," Genesis commanded.
The officer saluted, "Yes, sir!"
*End flashback*
Genesis picked up his book of LOVELESS and read the first act.
"When the war of the beasts brings about the world's end
The Goddess descends from the sky
Wings of light and dark spread afar
She guides us to bliss, her gift everlasting."
"Ugh! You're still reading that infernal waste of a book, Genesis? How sad to see you still clinging to that thing. It's no wonder Angeal and Dr. Hollander got sick and tired of you repeating that rubbish. That's including Sephiroth, too. My poor boy almost memorized the whole thing because of you!" interrupted Prof. Hojo, as he briskly walked into the Day Room.
Genesis snapped at the mention of Sephiroth, "Silence your tongue, you old, decrepit man! This is a true masterpiece of art and I will not have you defile it! And I don't want to hear HIS name ever again! I'm far better than he ever was!"
Prof. Hojo huffed at him, "Then you need to stay focused on the task at hand, which is retrieving the crystal!" Genesis glared at him.
"I was told that the Princess' capture failed. I am not pleased with this. If Sephiroth were alive…"
Hojo was suddenly slammed into a wall with one of Genesis' hand wrapped tightly around his throat, choking him.
Genesis' eyes flared a dangerous, deep emerald and growled lowly, "What did I tell you about saying HIS name again! I will tear you limb from limb if I hear HIS name one more time. That is my final warning to you, Hojo."
He released the dazed professor and walked back to his lounge chair, while listening to Hojo gain his breath back.
"As for the Princess, be patient, you senile pessimist. I will capture her in due time."
Once Hojo regained his composure he said, "See to it that you do, or we are both dead men."
Genesis listened again, as Hojo left the room and then went back to reading his beloved book.
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When Hojo returned to his lab, he sat in a chair to his desk that had piles of books and papers regarding the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology and the Caelum and Fleuret bloodlines. He found that the Caelum's still have possession of the last crystal and that Noctis, the last heir, and Stella have the powers of Etro; as was told in secret files that were found in closed off areas in the Fleuret homestead.
The important thing to him was getting the crystal and imbuing Genesis with its powers and return to Gaia to destroy Cloud and his friends.
A knock was heard on his door, "Enter."
A Niflheim grunt opened the door and entered the lab, saluting Hojo, "Sir. I have reports claiming that one of our excursion forces in the northwest mountains were obliterated."
Hojo turned around to face the soldier, "How was that possible?"
"I don't know, sir. But a scout reported that he saw two people on a black locomotive following the Caelum heir on his vehicle back to his fortress."
The scientists' eyebrows creased, "What did the two on the locomotive look like?"
The grunt thought for a moment, "The first individual is male and has blonde, spiky hair and ocean blue eyes. He wore a navy, sleeveless shirt with a black cauldron on his left shoulder, black pants and steel-toed black boots. The other is a female with long, ebony hair, dark crimson eyes and had a black vest with a white undershirt, black capris, and black and white ankle-high shoes. And both of them seem to be wearing a pink ribbon around both of their left biceps."
Hojo's eyes widened in shock, "Leave, now!"
The grunt quickly left the unstable scientist.
"No! NO! You will not ruin this for me, Cloud! You and all your little AVALANCHE companions will burn to the ground!" he proclaimed as he began to laugh maniacally.
As the sky cast its evening shadow, the world was oblivious to the coming events that will change everyone's lives forever.
*** I know I didn't put much of Hojo in this chapter because I wanted to show more of Genesis' interest in the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology, how he's trying to relate it to LOVELESS, and his personal ambitions regardless of what Hojo wants to do. I will put more of him in future chapters.***
*** I also want to apologize for making everyone wait so long. It really wasn't my intention to do that. I'm still in school trying to finish getting my degree and also I'm VP of the Anime Club, too. I'm still going to complete this story whether it gets reviews or not (but I would like them :D). I'm just hoping we get more Versus info soon. E3 2012? 'crossing fingers'***
ANYWAYS… HOPE YOU ENJOYED READING THIS CHAPTER :D