Ancient Cross Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except Ketre(pronounced: KET-TRAY), Gyvan ("Gy' rhymes with sky) and Hollia, and other made up characters.

Prologue

Seventeen years has past since the defeat of Sephiroth and peace flourished throughout the Planet. Mako is no longer used except for Materia, and natural resources, like solar power is used for energy. A certain mutation has occured in the people, causing the increasing number of sorcerers.

The legendary Cloud Strife has married Tifa Lockhart and both have settled in Nibelhiem and have two children, a 16 yr old boy with sorcerous powers and a 15 yr old girl. Marlene, daughter of Barret Wallace, is know a teacher and lives in the same town as Cloud with her father. Cait Sith owns a fortune telling booth, and Red XIII is a wise creature that lives in Cloud's backyard. Vincent Valentine lives alone with his apprentice, which is also his adopted son, and a sorcerer that uses Masamune...

Chapter 1

Ketre Kallista sliced at the monster. It dodged.
"Damn!" he cried as the monster stuck its tongue at him. Ketre fumed.
"ARGH!!!!! FIRE!!!!!" Ketre cried using his natural power. It was killed. Ketre received a Potion.
"That's what happens when you try to eat me." Ketre told the pile of ashes on the ground. He walked back to Nibelhiem, remembering his past, when he was a street punk, a thief, in Midgar, until he was rescued from capital punihment. He lived with his rescuer ever since, and is now his apprentice. Ketre flicked his wild fringe form his face. His hair was a silverish-red-brown colour, and has a cool style. The hair is actually quite plain, short and parted in the middle, but it was his fringe that mattered. It was the longest section of his hair, reaching sholders if it was flat down, which it is not. Parted down the middle like the rest of his hair, it stretches 5 centimetres up, with both halves at a 90 degree angle. It suddenly goes down in a sharp corner, with the ends curving into his face and reaching his chin. The ends are around five centimetres away from his chin. He grinned as he saw the water, he was a lover of nature. His blue-green eyes sparkled in the sunlight. He entered the town and ran stright to his home.

"Master, I'm home!!!" Ketre took off his black cloak, which was tattered, and hung it up. When people look at him, they think he is a ruffian, his clothes not exactly neat and tidy. He wore a black T-shirt tucked into his darkblue jeans, not properly, though. The knees of the jeans have a rip, something Ketre could bother fixing. He wore a darkblue denim jacket with it's sleeves rolled up, revealing the ends of his black T-shirt's sleeves. The collar of his jacket was not straightened, so it was not exactly up turned either. There were buckles dangling from this collar. He wore an ring-shaped earring on his left earlobe and another earring (this one does not require a piercing) on the cartillage of the same ear. The ends of his jeans were tucked into his black and red boots. He wore the most unusual necklace: It was silver, and the pendant was a cross-shaped sword, with "Ketre" written on the horizontal section.

Ketre walked into the living room and looked for his master. He found him sitting in a chair, reading.
"Hello, Ketre, are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat..."
"Oh that's okay, I'll just get something outside. I wanna go to Gyvan's house." Ketre put down his basket of herbs and was organising it in the kitchen. Vincent (Ketre's master) stood up and took the herbs from Ketre.
"You go to Gyvan. Leave things to me." The sixteen year old rejoiced.
"Thanks Master! Bye!" Ketre said as he ran out the door to look for Gyvan Strife. He found him Gyvan at his house (Cloud's house), in the garden, pulling weeds.
"Hey, Gyvan!"
"Hi, Ketre!" Gyvan turned round and waved back. He was the same age as Ketre, a few months older, and was a little taller, lanky. Gyvan had shiny blue eyes, and his short blonde hair was messy, but if looking closely enough, a side part will be found. He wore a plain tan coloured shirt which wasn't buttoned properly (top three buttons undone, meaning his collar was at his shoulder, and his last two buttons weren't done, either) and the sleves aren't properly buttoned as well. His dark blue pants were rolled up, giving the style of shorts. Gyvan had brown boots and spurs were worn, since he was a martial artist. That also means Gyvan wears metal plated leather gloves, which he made by himself.
"Gyvan, wanna go to the fields to whip some monster butt?"
"Sure, just let me finish this." Gyvan finished pulling the weeds form the walls. He brushed the dirt off his shirt with his hands.
"Done. Let's go!" Gyvan said as he straightened his gloves. Suddenly a girl came running to them.
"Let me come, too" Hollia, Gyvan's younger 15 year old sister cried. She was shorter than the boys, with long black hair and blue eyes. She wore normal girl's clothes and had pretty clips in her hair. Despite being beautiful and delicate, she was a pwerful fighter, using "butcher knives" as her weapon. She loved to cook.
"No way!" Ketre said. "It's dangerous and you're to young!! So get back in the kitchen and cook, dammit!"
"I'm just a year younger than you!!!"
"Okay, scissors-paper-rock." Ketre did scissors, Hollia did rock. Hollia won.
"Now can I go?"
"Um, no. Two more for accuracy." Ketre did paper, Hollia did scissors.
"I won two already! Let me come!"
"There's still the third go!"
"Jerk." Ketre still lost.
"There! I did a white-wash! So I'm going and you can't stop me!"
"Damn." Ketre said. "Fine, then"
"Now can we go?!" Gyvan laughed at Ketre's frustration.

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"Ice!" Ketre casted his magic. The monster got the full blow, but still was strong.
"Jeez! What kind of monster is this?!" Gyvan asked.
"Sense: Oh my! It's really strong! This might take a while..." Hollia couldn't finish. Gyvan just got hit, and was on the verge of fainting.
"Come on, man, get up!" Ketre casted healing magic on Gyvan. Gyvan stood up.
"Gyvan Special!!!" he screamed. Hollia gasped in horror.
"AHHH!! HE'S REACHED HIS LIMIT!!!"
"This ain't going to be pretty..." Ketre muttered, knowing that 'Gyvan Special' was a series of powerful techniques Gyvan put together. Gyvan said if these techniques were put together it will cause immense damage. Ketre saw it happen before, and he's going to see it again.

Gyvan uses a series of upper and lower body techniques. His spurs on his shoes enhances kicks. The monster had a large cut on it's face and was bleeding badly, a result of Gyvan' roundhouse kick. Gyven did a handstand, and swung his legs round like a helicopter, getting the monster again and again with losts of speed. Gyvan got back to his feet and and did a series of lightening fast punches. Soon the monster got really hurt. Gyvan saw this and punched the monster lightly in the head. It was defeated.
"WOOHOO!! This is my best friend, everyone!!!" Ketre jumped and joked in excitement. Hollia covered her face, and looked away.
"Hah! I can do better than that!" Hollia said. She sounded like a snobby brat (which she always does).
"Prove it, then!"
"Okay!!" A chocobo came out.
"No! Hollia! This is my battle!!" Ketre said. He defeated the monsters easily, and the chocobo ran. Ketre jumped, and landed on it's back.
"Hi there, chocobo." Ketre said to the chocobo. It groaned.
"Wark."
"That's right. I'm taking you to the farm." Ketre rode the chocobo to the farm, which was near by.
"I'll think I'll name you...Alexis! How about that?" Ketre said as he managed to tame the chocobo. "Now you stay here. I'll come back for you another day!! Thanks, mister farmer!" Ketre waved, and exited the farm.
"Now, where were we?"
"Found a monster to fight!!"
"Hollia, no!!!" The monster was too powerful. Ketre and Gyvan tried to stop Hollia, but the monster grabbed her and took her down a hole.
"Gyvan!! Ketre!! Help me!!!" Hollia screamed. Ketre swore, while Gyvan was very worried and scared.
"Well, it's now or never." Ketre looked at the hole and then at Gyvan.
"It's my fault, I got her into this. I've got to get her back. Otherwise I'll be executed."
"Okay, let's go." Ketre and Gyvan jumped into the pitch black hole.

Author's Note: This chapter has just been fixed up. Next chap. coming soon!!! (Click on the picture to see what Ketre and Gyvan looks like. This is the cute version)