Committee of Writers: Rebirth

Prologue

Disclaimer: I only own my OC Maria. All characters are either property of Square Enix or my friends.

A/N: Wow, it's been a while huh guys? Been busy with other things in life like school, friends, family, and other such things. One big thing is I'm RPing, which is how this story came to be. This will be a long runner, though since I'm essentially giving you the same story (edited to avoid plot holes later; of course), I can get these out quite quickly until we get close to where we currently are.

I will probably separate these up into several different stories, not because they have time jumps, but we put each arc into a separate topic, and when they end each has about 400+ posts of varying length when they finish, thus unless I do each arc in one chapter, this will probably be about over 100 chapters at least, and I don't want to scare away any new people who find this.

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy writing it!

Spoilers from Final Fantasy's 1-XIII and spin offs made between that time will happen. You have been warned!

Harmony and Discord.

These two opposing ideals are as eternal as the Universe itself.

Yet in this universe, the concept of opposing forces takes a more literal meaning.

Cosmos, the Goddess of Harmony, fights an eternal battle with her counterpart, Chaos, the God of Discord. Throughout the infinite worlds, they call to their side their champions for the greatest of wars. To determine the fate of all worlds, should they be bathed in the infinite glow of harmonious light, or descend into the anarchy and chaos of discord?

Above it all, is there some watching power, deriving knowledge and wisdom from this eternal conflict? Such answers are not known, even to the gods.

For centuries, if not millennia, the Gods have been content to use vessels and to copy pieces of the worlds to form their battleground.

However, this cycle is different. Why? Who can say.

What is known is that the Gods have fused the worlds together, to form a new battlefield. Where once they were content to use vessels, now the very warriors themselves will fight for their chosen god.

Yet this is not the first time this has happened.

Many millions, or perhaps billions of years before the creation of many worlds, another war had pulled them together, and many more as well. The forces of Harmony triumphed, yet a mere two years later, another war ravaged the landscape, and Omega defeated the heroes, and had called forth a great being to fight. One that had been greatly overestimated by the universe, and had been called a god when he was just a creation.

The Fal'cie Pulse, accompanied by the powerless being known as Etro.

Though not a god, Pulse's powers were great, and felled the mighty Omega, and unbeknownst to all involved, had absorbed the being's destructive powers. He looked upon the warriors. Some mad that he had waited until many had died to appear, others just glad to be still alive with their loved ones.

Keeping up the ruse of a false god, Pulse tested each one's mind, and all had passed. Yet neither he nor Etro were convinced. The villains responsible were dead, yet these heroes had wasted many months doing menial things! It was at this point Pulse gave his verdict.

"I shall test you once more. I shall create another world similar to this, and you all shall be reborn and once more fight a war. If you pass the trials, this world shall be returned and you shall live again in this world."

The warriors agreed, and with the powers of Omega, he put the entire world into eternal slumber, and tricked The Maker into creating one world anew. The gods of the other worlds soon did the same, and soon events started to replay.

Zanarkand soon was destroyed, a man was implanted with a weapon, the great warlock Exdeath sealed by the Dawn warriors, the Sorceress Adel was sent to the depths of space, and the Fiends began to rise again.

Chaos and Cosmos were reborn again, from the knight and the wife. Cid of the Lufiane gained power to oversee the wars again, and Omega and Shinryu's battle waged on.

Soon the Emperor sat on the thrones of Heaven and Hell. The Cloud of Darkness returned to restore balance as she saw fit. Zemus' puppet faced him, only to be struck down by his hatred. Exdeath had once again been freed, and intended to unleash the Void on the world. Kefka had ascended to godhood, and wished nothing for destruction. Sephiroth waited as Meteor fell toward the Planet, so close to victory. Ultimecia was moments away from Time Compression. Kuja, ready to destroy the crystal so he would not die while the world lived. Yu Yevon, using an eternal cycle for revenge. Vayne, who worked with the Occura. And the Fal'Cie of Cocoon, who wished to call upon The Maker.

One by one their plans neared completion...

And one by one they were felled by their eternal rivals.

Firion, the Rebel who lost many friends. The Onion Knight Luneth, who was chosen by the crystals to protect everyone. Cecil, who found not only a lost lineage, but a brother as well. Bartz, the wanderer per his father's request. Terra, a meek half esper who became the sole thing that kept her friends from certain death. Cloud, who found his past false, yet pushed on to fell the foe that stole the lover of a friend. Squall, who found love in the least likely of places. Zidane, who found that he is still the same as always, no matter the fact that he was destined to destroy many. Tidus, who came into Spira as a selfish man, but died a lover, savior, and friend. Vaan, who wished nothing but to be a Sky Pirate to escape the poverty of his home, but soon was caught up in a conspiracy rivaled by one other...and Lightning, the woman who defied her fate, even when it would kill her to do so.

Cosmos and Chaos knew these were the ones they should summon for their war, and soon replicas of their worlds and themselves were created, battling failed versions of "themselves", and felling their villains once again. A vicious cycle that continued, the real beings fight their adversaries again, their replications doing the same, then both worlds reset.

But this time, the worlds themselves merged. Was it because Cocoon had yet to begin it's own cycle yet? Or was it something else? Only one being knows the answer...And several months passed with only a fraction of the world knowing of the merge, yet many of the people who know have met...and they wish to throw it into Chaos.

This is where you find yourself. A soldier of Cosmos, or a warrior of Chaos. You have chosen your side. But the journey is yours.

The question is, where will that journey take you? To glory? To ruin? To happiness, or to sorrow?

The answers lie in your hands, in your strength and your wisdom. This is your canvas.

Now, let the journey begin.

A/N: Woo! School tomorrow, but I don't care. Thanks to the great Sun Tzu, who was the person who made the first nine paragraphs, and the last four, which served as CoWR's introduction. Hope to get the first chapter up tomorrow. =3

I don't care if you don't R&R, but I'd prefer it if you at least gave some feedback!

See you all later!