Summary: When a normal teenage girl is mysteriously dragged into the Advent Children world, she finds herself at the mercy of the three Remnants. Will her stay with them be miserable, or will she become a part of their 'family'? And will she ever get home?

Disclaimer: As always, I do not own anything Final Fantasy.

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Chapter One "Not Dreaming"

It was a day like any other, bordering on boring and sixteen year old Lexi lay back on her bed with a contented sigh, gazing up at the ceiling. She had just finished watching her new favorite movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. She'd bought the DVD the day it had come out and had seen it nearly ten times by now, more than enough to have memorized all her favorite characters' lines and such. She closed her eyes as a silly, smitten smirk played over her face. She was thinking of her two most favorite characters; Kadaj and Yazoo. She could spend all day just thinking about them, and she usually did. Sometimes when she was bored, like now, she wondered what she would do if she ever met them-if that ever became possible, which she knew it wouldn't, but it was fun to dream. She thought she'd pass out first-seriously, just from surprise. She laughed a little to herself, raising a hand to push her long blonde hair back from her face. After passing out, and then waking up of course, she wasn't sure what she would do, she couldn't really imagine it that well, considering the fact that she knew it was impossible.

She sighed a little, frowning. She wished things like that could truly happen; the real world was so boring, she'd rather live in a fantasy world. Any one of them, just so long as there was magic-and plenty of hot guys. She stifled a yawn, rolling over onto her side and curling one arm beneath her head. Maybe she'd just take a nap for now, worry about what to do with the rest of her boring day when she woke up-watch AC again? If she dreamed, she knew who she would dream about, and that brought a small smile to her face that faded as she slowly drifted to sleep.

"Hey you, I'm talking to you."

She stirred a little, muttering that she wanted to be left alone. Who was it, Nick, her brother? He was interrupting her dream, and why did he have to be so rude all of the time? He nudged her in the back and she sighed, moved to roll over to bury her face in her pillow, but found there was no pillow there. She frowned; had Nick taken it for some reason? Why did he always have to bother her? But than she realized that her bed felt awfully hard, and lumpy, like she was sleeping…on the ground. With rocks. This strange notion jolted her more awake.

"Are you deaf, or what?"

She frowned; that definitely wasn't her brother's voice, it was too low, dangerous. And annoyed. She was almost afraid to open her eyes, her mind logically wondering if some one had broken into the house and it was a robber talking to her. She received a kick in the back and yelped, her eyes snapping open. She sat up too quickly and made herself dizzy. The first thing she noticed was that she was outside, on a plain or a cliff or something like that. The second thing she noticed was the guy crouched in front of her. Piercing blue-green animal's eyes glared at her from behind a veil of shoulder length silver hair. The face was young, around her age, no one she knew but oh-so-familiar to her. She swallowed hard, swearing to herself that she must be dreaming.

"What are you doing here? Answer me!" he demanded impatiently.

He started to reach out a hand towards her and she scrambled backwards, not getting far before she hit something solid. Without turning her head, she felt behind her blindly. Her fingers came across a pair of boots and she froze. Swallowing hard again, she slowly tilted her head to look up. Another pair of feline eyes were gazing down at her, vividly more green than blue. The owner of these breath taking eyes tilted his head to the side, long silver hair half falling across his angelic face.

"You've scared her, Kadaj," he said in his soft velvet voice that always seemed to be calm, and yet also cold.

No, no; it was impossible! She had to be dreaming, right? This was all some crazy dream and any minute her brother was going to wake her up. But for the moment it seemed real enough to her. She turned, awkwardly scrambling to her feet. She started to run, but suddenly a pair of hands came down on her shoulders, stopping her. It was the third brother, tall and strong and intimidating. He gazed at her with a mix of curiosity and suspicion. She stumbled back a few steps and he didn't stop her from doing that. She started to turn to run in another direction-any direction, but an arm caught her around the waist, stopping her-and right than she could have died.

"Don't fret, it's alright," his velvet voice was right next to her ear, his breath tickling her skin and sending a wave of shivers down her spine. Easy for him to say!

She struggled, and he put his other arm around her, holding her arms to her sides and pinning her to his chest. She only continued struggling for another couple of seconds, finding it useless against his strength. Her heart was pounding about a hundred miles an hour, and it was slowly beginning to occur to her that maybe she wasn't dreaming after all. She watched the youngest brother rise some what majestically, more than a little wary of him, of all of them.

"Now. Are you going to answer my question?" he asked her.

At first, she found she had no voice to speak, and swallowed nervously. "I…I don't know where h-here is," she said after a moment, her voice shaking a little.

He narrowed his eyes, regarding her with renewed annoyance. "How can you not know where you are?" He waved a gloved hand, gesturing to the land around them, "The Midgar Plains."

But…that couldn't be! Than that would mean…she had to be dreaming…a really realistic dream; she couldn't be standing here with... She shook her head a little, "T-that's imp-possible," she managed, blinking her golden brown eyes in surprise.

"And just how is that impossible?" he inquired, taking a step towards her.

She would've shrank back if she'd had anywhere to go, "It's…I…" she started pathetically, not knowing what to say, what she could say.

"Speak up girl!" he said, taking another step towards her.

She trembled, floundering for words and finding none.

"Kadaj, you're scaring her again," he actually sounded a little amused though, she thought.

"I don't care, brother," Kadaj said, a bit of a growl to his voice.

"But she won't speak if you keep frightening her," he pointed out.

Kadaj gazed from her to his brother for a moment. "Pathetic girl," he growled softly, whirling and pacing a little.

She watched him for a moment, still trembling and her heart still racing. If she weren't so scared, she would've been insulted by his comment. How had this happened? How in the world had she ended up here, if she wasn't dreaming? And how was she going to get back? It was the last thought that really scared her; that if she wasn't dreaming, what if she was trapped here, would she ever get home? Suddenly living in a fantasy world didn't seem all that spectacular. The middle brother's velvet voice broke her from her thoughts.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I…I don't know…honestly…" she replied, lowering her head a little as she fought back sudden tears of fear.

After a moment more, he released her, and she took a few steps away, turning. She backed up a few more steps until she bumped into a large boulder and leaned against it. She didn't trust her weak legs to support her for the moment. She regarded the other two warily for a minute before returning her gaze to him. He tilted his head to the side as he gazed at her, and she felt like he was studying her. His intense gaze also made her feel a little uncomfortable-but not like when Kadaj had been glaring at her.

"Do you know your name?" he inquired.

She gazed at him for a moment, trying to decide if he meant that sarcastically or just playfully. "It's Lexi," she said, glad that she managed to say that without stuttering.

"My name is Yazoo," he said, taking a step towards her and stretching out a hand.

Of course she already knew this, she knew a lot about them that they didn't know she did, but she wasn't about to tell them that. She didn't want to face the consequences of any harsh actions. She merely gazed at him, not moving. She was too nervous to have anyway if she'd wanted to. He tilted his head to the other side, brow furrowing as a brief look of annoyance passed through his eyes. He dropped his hand back down to his side, stepping away. She was suddenly worried that she had offended him without meaning to.

"Well, Lexi," Kadaj said, turning back to her, "It seems as though you're going to be spending some with us until you do know."

It took her a moment to understand that he was referring to her earlier comments about her not knowing what she was doing here. She suddenly wondered if she'd just 'appeared' here, or if they'd found her. Her more immediate concern was with what exactly he meant.

"W-what do you mean?" she asked.

"You don't seem to know much at all," Kadaj said, striding towards her.

She backed up, almost tripping over the boulder she'd been leaning on, and he caught her by the wrist, preventing her escape.

"I meant exactly what I said," he continued, and she wondered what she'd done this time to annoy him again. Or maybe he was just in a bad mood.

He jerked her aside, out of his way, and she stumbled a little until Yazoo caught her by the shoulders.

"Yazoo, since you're so fond of this girl, you can baby-sit her," Kadaj said.

"I am not-" Yazoo started, annoyance flickering over his features and evident in his voice. He stopped at the look his brother gave him. "Fine."

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A/N: Well, there's chapter one. I think I would've passed out by now if that was really me-and Lexi is kind of based on myself-but anyhow, reviews anyone? eagerly waits Reviews make me happy and make me update faster :)