To see Zack die didn't seem fair. Cloud refused to let Zack die. He would do anything to let Zack live. With that he is given a chance. A second chance for Zack. Cloud is sent back in time to try to save Zack, but it comes with a cost. Cloud is a young child again, and he finds himself on the outskirts of Gongaga with no memories of who he is other than his name.

The thing about survivor's guilt is it doesn't care if there's nothing you could possibly have done when you were sixteen. The thing about being sent back in time to try anyway is that you end up having to save the world using such weapons as cookies, arson, and strategically telling the truth.

A routine mission gone wrong for Genesis throws a hitch in Hollander's plans for his two experiments. Pre-CC AU. Rated T for safety.

A message from the future inspires Aerith to make little changes with drastic ramifications. She will play all the right angles and make the hard decisions so a life will be spared, but the rain is going to pour anyway.

Evelyn had a great life despite how she grew up. She had a good job and great friends, so when she lost it all to a moment of stupidity, she was a little bitter. It didn't help matters that she had no idea how she went from a beach in Maui to the middle of a game she hadn't played for years. Surviving was her first goal, but she was slowly finding it wouldn't be her only one.

Ifalna promised she'd rejoin them at the arranged meeting place once she'd shaken off Shinra pursuit. Sephiroth is trying to believe this, in spite of all his experience with adults, but in the meantime...he's responsible for Aerith.

He just wanted to find out who made the stupid Sephiroth sim. Revolution was not in Kunsel's plans.

What if Sephiroth had been the one injured in the VR room that fateful day? One thing is certain - neither of them is going to be anywhere but at his side. AU (clearly), will include other characters but mostly centered around the big three.

For once, Cloud has his life sorted out. Going from delivery boy to travelling healer in the post-Meteor world, he finally has peace. When Denzel travels back through time, he has to leave it all behind to help his son in the world he thought he escaped. But taking Hojo's job? That was an accident. Mostly.