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Hey guys... sooooo... I worked on a thing. Trying to figure out how to arrange the events in my head into the chapters so I can write about them in a way that makes sense to the reader. I'm doing this while my child has been just sitting in the hallway going "beep. Beep" for the past 10 minutes. But it got done!

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Path of Knowledge snippet

Chapter One - An Ember Falls to the Ground

It was test day which normally made it a… he never would have called it a horrible day, but Sephiroth would allow it to be called a trying day. Except Hojo was off somewhere paying attention to another project so it was just two of the regular assistants administering the test when he entered the room and so a trying day was turning out to be a better day.

After the blood draw, the strength meter and mako level test, all that was left was the heart stamina and he would be done with Medical for the week. Nothing that would leave him sore and aching, no “surprise” tests dolled out by Hojo that left him carefully measuring his breath to prevent any noticeable hitches in his pattern. He learned fast what happened when Hojo was questioned about testing aftermath and Sephiroth had prevented a repeat in the last four years.

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I haz writing thoughts.

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Sooo... Trying to get things together so I can go back to working on a thing. Maybe several things. I haz helper.

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I wrote a thing (FF7)

STILL not the one I’m wanting to work and finish on, but to be fair this one “started” before that one so... eh. If it gets me going, right?

Chapter One

Swing.

He didn't think on the fact that the trooper falling victim to his blade was only one of still probably a hundred more to go. Maybe more. Not like he had time to count them.

Block.

If he thought about it he might falter. Faltering was bad. He would die if he faltered. And then who would make sure Cloud didn't get his three meals a day? Cloud?

Dance to the side. Smash the pommel into the chest of the sword trooper.

wait... who am I fighting?

So he focused on just breathing. Allowing his mind and body to move without thought. The Buster sword became an extension of himself. His dreams, fighting to be free. Limited only by his body

“Zack!”

Too slow. A pike snagged flesh and drew a bloody jagged line down the length of his forearm.

pike?

Aerith was waiting for him. Her laugh, her smile danced in his mind, almost crowding out the sight of the soldiers in brown and red crouched ahead of him, long pikes in their hands.

what... Aerith?

Green.

Green like the mako tanks that had held him and Cloud. The mako tanks that they would put them back in if Zack failed. Zack snarled as rage flooded his body like he had never felt before and whirled away from the pike soldiers in front of him and lunged for the source. At the trooper in blue standing with a hand on his wrist, a bracer flickering green light oddly and swung with all his might.

Clang!

The rage faltered as the sword blocking his wasn’t any normal sword. It was the broad metal of the Buster Sword. But... That wasn’t... Zack blinked as he focused for what felt like the first time on his hands. On the... regular sword clenched in a two handed grip that couldn’t quite fit on the pommel.

Suddenly he couldn’t seem to draw breath into his lungs as it felt like something physical smashed between his eyes and his vision went white.

~~~

Aerith jerked back as ethereal green threads bloomed like flowers out from the ground that she had just been working on. She held her breath, mainly out of wonder but with a touch of fear. The Lifestream had never done this before. What was happening?

The "petals" of the Lifestream waved in the air, as if dancing to some unfelt wind. And perhaps it was. Sometimes Aerith swore she could feel things around her that were not… "here". Things were different for the Lifestream.

The green threads uncurled more and seemed to stretch out to her hand, reaching. Seeking. Without realizing what she was doing, she reached her hand to it and held her fingers still as the green stream wrapped around her fingers. Warmth that had nothing to do with the ambient temperature blossomed in her hand and darted up her arm. Whispers threaded their way through her mind, *almost* words but not words.

…hold on… 

...love lasts…

...hold on…

Feelings ripped through the Lifestream before it let go of her hand and shattered into a million little pieces that faded back into the ground.

Aerith took in a breath, not realizing she had somehow held it all that time, eyes wide. That had been the most… Wonderful and strange experience she had ever had. Carefully she poked at the soil and felt a twinge of disappointed when the Lifestream didn't bloom again.

“Too bad there isn't anyone to tell about this.” She sighed, carefully swiping at the corner of her eyes. While caring, she knew that Emyra didn't know what to make of it when Aerith talked about her experiences with the Lifestream. This would definitely rank up there on the strangeness scale. Maybe someday there would be someone who would take her strangeness in stride.

Just not today.

She went back to working the soil, digging gently with her hands into the dirt, carefully mixing in her special "plant food" mixture into it. Unnoticed, the heads of the flowers waiting to be planted bowed and swayed for a moment, as if dancing in the wind.

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I wrote a thing

So I wrote a thing. Thought it would be good practice and maybe also get it to leave me alone so I can focus on the story I want to, you know, actually finish.

Not thoroughly checked over for mistakes. I’m not sure I like it as I don’t know if this is the direction of where I want this idea to start. But... well, I’m suppose to be working on another story, lol.

Enjoy!

Working Title: Pictures in Time

Noctis Lucis Caelum.

Noctis gasped for breath that didn’t seem to fill his lungs, feeling his eyes open but could see nothing.

“Noctis!”

Sound. A voice. Muffled, but still sound filtered into his world and distantly he felt a sense of relief that something was real. His lungs heaved again, and yet again he felt as if there was no air around him. The voice called again but another one seemed to override it.

Noctis Lucis Caelum.

It was familiar, in a way a dream was. Heaving another useless breath, Noct grabbed at the magic that he could sense seething both inside and outside of him. He got a bright spark of backlash in response and felt his body arch against a hard packed ground as it left a fire burning in his limbs. But... only from... one of the magics?

“Noct, hey buddy!”

He barely could register the frantic, slightly out of breath voice, or the sound of boots on dirt sliding to a stop next to him. He tried to speak, instinctively wanting to respond somehow to the presence but all that happened was feeling his left hand scrap and dig into the dirt, his back still taunt with another wave of magical backlash washing through his spirit and spilling into his body. What in the all the Astrals and hell was going on? Did Gladio somehow mess up on casting the flask of fire? Had he tried to push himself into another warp attack despite the headache inducing pulse signifying his limit?

“Dude, what’s going on?” The voice questioned. Prompto, it was Prompto. He would know what had happened.

“P-p-pr-” He couldn’t get more than an attempt at the name past his numb lips.

Noctis Lucis Caelum.

“Hey, hey, stay with me!”

A hand gripped him and suddenly the lightning that kept jolting down his spine no longer burned and the next breath he gasped for finally came and filled his longs. There was a strangled grunt before the sound of something hitting the ground next to him. White flashing in his vision and for a brief moment felt like he could see silhouettes, the head of one off the beings darting down to bit into the shoulder of the one across it. Something burned in his magic and his arm spasms as the silhouettes vanished.

“Ignis!” a voice bellowed before there was an animalistic  roar of something that sounded very made. “Trouble!”

There was another flash off light, almost gentle, and a soft blue long eared creature tumbled into his sight, floating in the air above him. Despite the pain and exhaustion digging into him, Noct felt relief and joy and a name just at the tip of his tongue. The creature looked down at him, tail flicking side to side before it let out a loud chirp.

Hey. Wake up!

He blinked and the darkness that wrapped his vision dropped, along with any maybe-maybe not imagined creatures. Blue skies were above him and the warm but hard packed dirt digging into his shoulders and calves no longer felt like it was happening to someone else. His back finally flattened out, muscles no longer taunt with tension, but now trembling with fatigue.

Still, when he managed to turn his head and spot the Sabertusk prowling up to him, head lowered in the predatory language that meant it was about to strike, Noct struggled to bring an arm up and call his lance.

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Master Story Status page

Because on mobile you can’t seem to see or click to the extra page that was created on desktop. Ah well.

Works in Progress

Coup de Sephiroth Final Fantasy VII ~ part of the Path of Knowledge series  *current* working on Chapter 3… Sephiroth gives Hollander the ultimatum - Safety boots or a boot out the division. https://archiveofourown.org/works/34898215

Snippet:

“Look, I did the paperwork!” Genesis griped, waving the papers in front of Sephiroth. He quickly quenched the urge to set them on fire, telling himself that getting Genesis to fill them out a second time would be impossible. “So you could at least sign off on them so I can be finished with the whole mess.”

“Fine!” Sephiroth snapped and snagged a pen off his keyboard. “Give.”

“I need you to put your oh so newly grand signature here, here and here.” Genesis tugged two pages out from the stack and set them down on the desk, pointing out the lines even though Sephiroth knew exactly where he needed to sign. He brushed Genesis’ hand away and quickly scribbled his signature before shoving the papers back at the older man.

He was so distracted with the matter of Hojo that it took him five minutes after Genesis left the office to realize that Genesis had seemed… oddly happy. Sephiroth groaned and sagged in his chair, finally giving into the urge to massage his head. He didn’t know what the other man had planned but he knew that it wasn’t going to be anything helpful. Maybe he could get Angeal to do damage control this time.

Wrong Number Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ‘87 verse ~ Shredder, Irma *Current* Chapter 5: Trying to get back in the grove of working on this

Keys, Lies, and Family Ties Teen Wolf ~ Sheriff Stilinski Back burner but still will be worked on when I have time or hit a block on the primary works

Dragon’s Dawn Black Sigil ~ Nephi/Aurora Continuing where Black Sigil left off, following Aurora and Nephi as they navigate the changing world around them and the lingering scares left by the Forbidden One. Just some of the adventures they had before the grand dinner with all their friends. And maybe along the way, they will find hidden light. I want to eventually get back to working on this one but it will definitely be waiting until I finish a couple of other stories first.

Finished Works

The Courage to Wake, Perchance to Live Final Fantasy VII ~ Sephiroth ~ 4.4k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/35555794

Hair Messes and a Farmboy Star Wars Classic - after A New Hope ~ Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker ~ 2.7k words

Ultimate Technick Final Fantasy XII ~ Vaan, Penelo, Larsa After the ceasefire, the leaders of Dalmasca and Archadia have a lot to do. But with Vaan and Penelo around, how can anyone concentrate on their jobs? Poor Larsa is just along for the ride...

Last Wish Ocarina  of Time/Twilight Princess ~ Link, Dark Link ~ 1.7k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/35888302

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