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Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Some Cloud/Sephiroth
Rating: PG-13
Author's Notes: PLEASE READ!

Part Two of the Endymion trilogy! Part One, for new readers, can be found here. It, like this post, has been split into two sections due to its sheer size. Alternately, you can find it at fanfiction.net under the pen-name Daelan.

The most fundamental change I have made to this universe, despite all evidence to the contrary, is to do with Sephiroth. I maintain that the Nibelheim disaster occurred because he didn't have any parental figures in his life [Hojo does NOT count] when he was growing up. Certain other major changes have been made, such as making Cloud stronger as a cadet than he really was, but these are all geared towards the one huge change I want to make that makes this AU an AU. What that is... I'm not telling. But read this AN and read the fic and it's pretty obvious in the end.

That said, I hope you'll forgive the OOC. It needed to be done to make things turn out the way I needed them to. Chalk some of Cloud's skill up to being personally trained by Zack [as far as I can tell, he didn't do that in the original storyline] and the rest of it up to luck/author's license. *grins*

As mentioned earlier, this post has been split into two. Er, read this one first. There's a link to the continuation at the bottom, so don't worry about that. *grins*

I'm not as happy with this part as I was with Part One, but I think it's as good as it's going to get. It's supremely hard getting into his mind - for me, at least. I'm almost dreading the next part; I think that'll be worse...

But at any rate, enjoy!

( Endymion: Part Two )

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Fandom: Final Fantasy VII
Pairing: Some Cloud/Sephiroth
Rating: PG
Author's Notes: PLEASE READ!

Okay, so this is a semi-AU taking place pre-Nibelheim, covering the time when Cloud first came to Midgar up until just before the platoon leaves for the Nibelheim mission. I'm planning for this to be a trilogy, but I'm having some trouble with the next two parts, so you'll have to wait for that.

The most fundamental change I have made to this universe, despite all evidence to the contrary, is to do with Sephiroth. I maintain that the Nibelheim disaster occurred because he didn't have any parental figures in his life [Hojo does NOT count] when he was growing up. Certain other major changes have been made, such as making Cloud stronger as a cadet than he really was, but these are all geared towards the one huge change I want to make that makes this AU an AU. What that is... I'm not telling. But read this AN and read the fic and it's pretty obvious in the end.

That said, I hope you'll forgive the OOC. It needed to be done to make things turn out the way I needed them to. Chalk some of Cloud's skill up to being personally trained by Zack [as far as I can tell, he didn't do that in the original storyline] and the rest of it up to luck/author's license. *grins*

Because the post was so huge, I had to split Part One up into two sections. This is the first. The second is below, having fiddled with the order of posting a bit. >_> Be sure you read this one first!

Enjoy!

( Endymion: Part One )