"Come to me Shiva!" A pure blue light exploded in front of Dagger as the Queen of Ice floated in front of Dagger. She brought her hand elegantly into the air while focusing on the enemies. Shiva spun around and dozens of large ice daggers flew at the group of enemies, piercing them easily. With large squawks, the bird monsters fell over dead before they could escape the enemy. As quickly as they were felled, their bodies melted into the ground. "Thank you Shiva!" the Summoner shouted as the Ice Queen smile and nodded at her.

            "Good work!" Aeris shouted to Dagger who smiled. The 3 women brushed off their clothes and stretched. "There's the farm right there!" The three girls came up to the fences surrounding a large group of Chocobos. They were large ostrich like birds and they were all a bright yellow. Dagger cooed and ran over to the one by the fence and scratched it behind the ears.

            "I'm going to go ask these guys seeing if we can rent these Chocobos to get across the swamplands. I heard there are large serpent creatures called Midgar Zolom that live in the swamps and attacks anyone who steps into them," Tifa explained to Aeris and Dagger. "I'll be back in just a second." Tifa smiled and walked over to the farm, entering it.

            "Wark!"

            "Oh! It's so cute!" Aeris told Dagger as they petted the Chocobo. It kwehed loudly and the other Chocobos walked over to the 2 girls. They stood in a line and started to do a dance for the two girls. "Awwww!" They watched the Chocobos do a dance which consisted of squats, spins, and leglifts. At the end, the Chocobo that the girls were petting brought its left wing over to Aeris, handing her a bright red orb.

            "Ohhh! A present! Thank you!" Dagger told the Chocobo, scratching him behind the ears. "What did you get?"

            "It's Summon Materia," Aeris said inspecting it carefully. She brought it up to her ear and her eyes lit up. "It warked! It's Choco/Mog Materia! My stave and wrist materia slots are full. Do you want it?"

            "Actually..." Dagger said as she grabbed the Choco/Mog Materia. It glowed in her hands as she felt the energy rush through it. Dagger's eyes lit up and she brought her hands to a praying position while holding the materia. "I call unto thee Masters Choco and Mog. I plead with thee to reveal thyselves so I may make a pact with you Masters, Summoner to Eidolons! Come to me!" A sharp wind kicked up around the two girls and a loud, "Wark!" was heard. High from the sky, a large Chocobo fluttered down to Dagger, a Moogle on it's back.

            "Kupo! Miss Dagger has called to us?" the Moogle asked. Dagger nodded as she smiled charmingly at the Moogle. "Me and Choco gladly will make a pact with you Miss! Master Choco almost believed you weren't a Summoner. He did not see your Horn, but we realized you didn't have one! We did sense the blood of a Summoner running through you!"

            Aeris threw Dagger a questioning look, but the Summoner dismissed it. "It is settled then. Master Choco and Mog, I shall be loyal and diligent to you!" The Chocobo and Moogle gave their respect chirps and disappeared in a burst of wind.

            "Horn?"

            "Later. Here comes Tifa," Dagger pointed to the martial artist, who looked less than happy. She stormed up them, a small purple orb in her armlet and the her wallet looking a little less full. "What happened?"

            "The Chocobos weren't for sale, so he told me of another way to get Chocobos," Tifa explained to them huffily. "Now that wasn't the part that pissed me off. He offered Chocobo Lure Materia... For 2000 Gil!"

            "What?!" Aeris cried out as shock took over her face. "We don't have that much Gil!"

            "We barely had that much. Now we're down to 127 Gil," Tifa said. "I know they're in a tightspot and all, but seriously! That's not a good way to bring in the customers! We're not made of freg'n money!"

            "Well, shall we go round us up some Chocobos?" Dagger asked as she saw Tifa slide the materia into the area where the her gloves came to an end on her wrist.

            "Yeah.... I've had enough of this place..." the martial artist spoke moodily before the three girls left the farm, Tifa and Dagger starting to fight over who would get what materia for their weapons and armlets.

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            Dagger grinned as she watched the Enemy Skill materia sparkle brightly in the wooden part of her bow. Even with the pain of being burned, she had picked up the Flamethrower skill from the Ark Dragon monster in the cavern. "Very good very good...."

            "Why can't I have the Enemy Skill Materia again?" Tifa asked aloud as the girls walked through the Mythril Mines. The mines were located across the swamp from the Chocobo Farm. They had only managed to capture 2 Chocobos so Aeris ended up riding with Tifa on one, leaving Dagger to the other. They skipped through the swamp, easily escaping the large serpent that roams the swamps. Before the entrance to the Mythril Mines, they had found a Midgar Zolom dead, it's body right speared on a dead tree. Blood was covering the ground everywhere.

            "Because I don't need the Choco/Mog Materia. I explained it to you already," Dagger told the big-boobed fighter.

            "C'Mon... I really want the Enemy Skill Materia....."

            "But the Choco/Mog Materia will be put to better use if someone actually uses it. That's how it's magic grows right?" Dagger asked, a bit uncertain of the properties of Materia. Tifa nodded and gave up on her argument.  The three walked into an area where there was a cave. Up on a ledge they saw a man in black. Rude.

            "Just a second!" Rude spoke to them with a hint of desperation in his voice. The three ladies looked up at him.

            "Who are you?" Tifa spat as Aeris tried to register the Turks's name in her head.

            "Do you know who I am?" he asked the girls.

            "Does anyone even care," Dagger said sharply, causing Rude to glare at her.

            "...I'm from the Turks. And don't you forget it," Rude spoke coolly at the Summoner. "It's difficult to explain what the Turks do..."

            "Kidnapping and behind the scene murders, yes?" Tifa answered. Rude gave her a very nasty look.

            "To put it negatively... you could say that. But, that's not all there is to it anymore," Rude told her, fumbling on his words. He stayed silent for a while, trying to come up with a name.

            "Sir!" The four looked up to see a blonde haired woman in a deep black suit standing ontop of a cliff near the roof of the mines. She had bright blue eyes full of eagerness. "It's all right, Rude! I know you don't like speeches, so don't force it!"

            "Then explain Elena...."

            "I'm the newest member of the Turks, Elena. Thanks to what you did to Reno, we're short-handed. ...But, because of that, I got promoted to the turks... Anyhow, our job is to find out where Sephiroth is headed. And to try and stop you every step of the way," she explained sharply. She looked to the side in thought, confusion filling her face. "Wait a minute, it's the other way around... You're the ones that are getting in our way."

            "You talk too much Elena..." a soft voice came from the behind Rude. Tifa, Dagger, and Aeris looked up to see Tseng stalk up on the ledge above Rude.

            "Mr. Tseng!?"

            "No need to tell them of our orders..."

            "Sorry Tseng..."

            "I thought I gave your orders. Now go. Don't forget to file your report."

            "Oh right!" Elena said, as she remembered. She saluted Tseng. "Very well, Rude and I will go after Sephiroth, who's heading for Junon Harbor!" Tseng sighed irritably.

            "Elena, you don't seem to understand...."

            "Oh God... I'm, I'm sorry...."

            "Just go... Don't let Sephiroth get away," Tseng told her. She saluted and quickly hurried away. Rude climbed a rope of vines up and met Tseng. The bald man turned around and looked at the girls.

            "...Reno said he wanted to see you after the injuries you gave him healed. He wants to show his affection for you all... with a new weapon," he told them. And with that, the Turk left leaving only Tseng to talk to them.

            "Aeris... Long time no see," the oriental Turk said, looking at Aeris. "Looks like you're safe from the Shinra for a while, now that Sephiroth reappeared."

            "What are you saying? That I should be grateful to Sephiroth?" Aeris asked with an incredulous look.

            "No... I won't be seeing much of you, so take care," he told her with a slight nod.

            "Strange, hearing that from you," she replied, the look still on her face.

            "Well then, stay out of Shinra's way." And with that, Tseng causally walked away. The girls looked towards each other.

            "Well, that was interesting to say in the least...." Dagger said, breaking the ice.

            "That Elena woman is a real bimbo," Tifa scoffed as the other girls giggled. "And pretty incompetent if you ask me."

            "She did however say that Sephiroth was heading to Junon... Other than Ft. Condor, it's the only city on the western side of the Mythril Mines. It's a port town which sends ships full of supplies from Midgar to Costa Del Sol and and surrounding regions," Aeris told them. "If we're going after Sephiroth, we should head to Junon."

            "Sounds exciting!" Dagger said. She went over to the cliff and climbed up the vines. She put her hands on her hips as she looked down at Tifa and Aeris. "C'mon! Besides, I bet we're beating Cloud and them!"

            "Considering we left camp early this morning while they were still sleeping..." Tifa said as the girls giggled. Aeris and Tifa followed Dagger as the three women talked about their male team members and their laziness.

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"Hiyah!"

Aeris threw herself to the ground as a four-point ninjastar flew through the area where her torso used to be. Dagger fired an arrow at the mysterious girl that was attacking them, but she knocked it away with her enormous beige armguard attached to her left arm. The girl was oriental, having black hair that fell down her head just short of her shoulders, except for two ponytails tied back. A white bandana was wrapped around her head and she had mischievous, dark brown eyes. She was wear a bright green tanktop and orange alligator skin gloves. She had skimpy, almost invitingly, beige shorts that were unbuttoned at the top. She had a metal brace around her left knee, metal rods sticking up through her shorts. She had another orange alligator skin leg protector. To top off her outfit was bright orange shoes and dirty white socks.

"You alright Aeris?" Tifa asked as she helped the girl up. Dagger struck the mysterious ninja with a well-aimed Ice spell. Aeris nodded and the two girls slapped hands. Tifa dashed up to the ninja and pummeled her with a barrage of fists. Before the ninja could react, Tifa did a backflip, kicking the ninja in the chin with her foot. The ninja stumbled back and threw a ninja star at the martial artist. The ninja star was deflected by fast paced arrow shot from Dagger's bow. The Ancient took the time to bash the ninja right in the stomach, causing her to double over. The three girls finished off the ninja with a well-timed multi-element spell, each casting Bolt, Ice, and Fire simultaneously. The ninja fell over after the hit, exhausted.

"Who the hell are you?" Tifa barked angrily, very unpleased with a sneak attack the had pierced her shoulder. The wound had long since healed with a very strong Cure spell from Dagger.

"You jerks!" the ninja cried out, leaping to her feet. she jumped into the middle of the girls, making fast punches with her right arm at them. "Let's go! One more time!"

"We're not interested," Aeris told the girl, traces of annoyance lining her voice.

"C'Mon, what's the matter?" the ninja pouted. She then smirked. "Pretty scared of me, aren't ya?"

"Petrified," Dagger said sarcastically. This only seemed to fuel the ninja's ego. The ninja jumped out of the circle the three girls made.

"Hmm, just as I thought. What do you expect with my skills? Good luck to you guys, too! If you feel up to it, we can go another round. Later!" the ninja said as she started to walk away. She slowed to a stop and looked at Tifa, Aeris, and Dagger. "I'm gonna leave, I mean it!"

"Wait a second!" Aeris said, wanting answers for why they were attacked. The ninja turned around, smirking.

"What is it, you still have somethin' for me? ...Hmmm. So is that it? I know you want my help because I'm so good! You want me to go with you?" the ninja asked proudly, causing 3 dark looks amongst the other women there.

"Screw the whole thing. Let's hurry on!" Tifa spat as the three girls hurried up and started walking to the north. The ninja ran after them and stopped pouting.

" Wait! I haven't even told you my name..." the ninja cried out. The girls just kept walking. "I'm Yuffie! Good to meetcha!" The ninja turned around and started to mutter to herself, chuckling oddly. Yuffie turned around to see Tifa, Aeris, and Dagger nearly over the hill. "Hey, wait up! Wait for me!!"

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"You're not gonna leave us alone are you?" Tifa asked Yuffie in annoyance.

"Nope! I'm going with you guys! This Sephiroth fellow seems highly dangerous! It's my honor as a ninja and resident of Wutai to follow you along!" Yuffie said proudly. Dagger snickered quietly to herself and Aeris just smiled.

"Tifa, it'll be fine. Yuffie was a huge asset in helping us get rid of those monsters on our way here," Aeris told the girl as they came upon a large town built along a cliff. They looked up to see a city on a large plate. Sticking from the middle of the town was gigantic cannon facing to the west. A large airship was hovering over a designated airport. "Anyways, here's Junon. Besides, Cloud said she seemed trustworthy, and his judgement seems pretty up to par."

It had taken 3-4 days to get to Junon from Midgar, the continent more enormous than Tifa had remembered. The girls had finally met up with the men just last night, Cloud finding their camp. After sharing the story of chasing Sephiroth, Cloud had passed judgement upon Yuffie, designating her as an invaluable party member. At dawn, the girls had awoken and left camp before the men had even stirred from their tents. "This is Junon...?" Dagger asked as she started at the city. "It reminds me of a Midgar..."

"The town used to be an old fishing harbor until right before the war," Tifa explained as Yuffie's normally mischievous glow darkened. "Then Upper Junon was built over the small town. I heard that all the plants died and that Lower Junon is polluted nearly as bad as the slums. No more fish live in the waters." The four women walked into the lower part of Junon, watching traces of plant life die as they walked into the town's entrance.

"Wow, now this is rare," an old woman piped up as she saw the women walk into town. She smiled warmly. "It's rare to get visitors these days. Nobody ever comes here except Shinra folk."

"What happened to this town?"

The girls turned around to see the men walk up behind them. Dagger was too afixiated on the town to pay attention to Cloud. The building were dirty and falling apart, the wood rotting near the foundations. The ground was absolutely disgusting and the remains of a gigantic fish hung from large pole. Dagger's heart broke at the sight. Most of the people were older, living out their later years in such a devastating environment. The pollution alone had probably shortened there lives. She saw broken stone stairs descending towards the beach, the only source of pure sunlight that the little town had. Dagger walked down to the beach to see a large, electric column in the water. On the beach was a little girl.

"Heeeeeeey! Mr. Dolphin!" she cried out as she stood near the water. A dolphin leapt playfully into the air in front of her. Dagger smiled and walked over to the little girl. "My name is Priscilla! Pri-scil-la! Now you say it!" Dagger felt Cloud's precense as he walked up behind her and towards the girl. Hearing the footsteps on the sand, the girl turned around and looked at Cloud in mixture of fear and anger. "Who are you guys? Are you members of Shinra, Inc.?"

"No! No! No!" Dagger said quickly. "We wouldn't be part of a horrid group like that!"

"...That's how it is." Cloud spoke to her, crossing his arms. Priscilla stepped back and glared at the two.

"I don't believe you! Get out of here!" Priscilla said. The winds changed. Dagger's eyes widened in shock as the ground started to rumble. A huge blue fish monster came roaring out of the sea. It had pink skintones on its face and blue fins sticking from behind its head. It looked like a fish mixed with an eel. The dolphin shrieked and swam away fast. "Be careful Mr. Dolphin!" Priscilla cried out as she ran into the water. The large monster snapped its tail at Priscilla, knocking her out. Dagger's eyes widened in horror as the little girl fell into the water face first.

"Priscilla!" Dagger cried out as she started for the little girl. The large fished hissed and snapped its tail, blocking off Dagger. A huge wave rose out of the ocean and slammed into the Summoner, sending her along the shore next to Cloud. The Ex-SOLDIER concentrated energy into his hand. He held his arms out from him, putting his hand in a cupping fashion. As the energy reached its peak, Cloud bent his knees and released the magic. A moderate sized flame consumed the monster. Dagger desperately tried once again to get to the girl, but the monster slapped Dagger with its tail, launching her back along the beach. Dagger got to one knee and looked at the unconscious girl. Panick was starting to consume her. Dagger got to her feet and flicked her wrist out. A bright yellow piece of Materia flashed and bright purple letters formed in Dagger's mind. "Name: Bottomswell, large water serpent. Located in the seas around the northern part of the Eastern Continent. They attack beach patrons and prey upon large sea creatures." Dagger once again took along the beach, rushing towards the girl. Bottomswell screeched and brought its tail into Dagger's stomach, knocking her back into the rocky cliff near the back of the beach. The Summoner fell as Cloud made a nice gash in its tail with his sword.

A small girl with black hair and chocolate brown eyes stirred from consciousness. The skies overhead were bright, seagulls crying out over her. The small girl was in a rickety wooden boat. The sail was in tatters, having been ripped in the giant storm. The boat was moderately filled with water. The most pecular thing about the girl was that a bright white horn was sticking in from her forehead. Lying in the boat, a woman who looked like an older version of the little girl lied down, her skin pale. The small girl gently pushed the woman, feeling the cold touch of the woman's skin. "Mama?" The girl shook the woman somemore. "Mama? Mama! Mama! Please wake up.... Please..." The small girl was now crying. "Mama! MAMA!"

"Mama..." Dagger whispered as tears filled her eyes. Not again. Dagger stood up as she felt her emotions surge throughout her body. The flames of her emotions exploded around her as time seemed to stop. A large staff flew from the sky and struck Bottomswell. Electricity flew from the sky, the staff acting a lightning rod. Bottomswell screeched as it was electrocuted with high voltage. The staff disappeared from sight. The assualt wasn't over as a wave of sharp icicles flew at tremendous speed, piercing the creature. It cried out as a particularly large one flew through it's heart, piercing it. Black blood exploded from Bottomswell. It let out one last cry before it fell to the beach, landing hard. The blood and the sea serpent melted into the beach, the Planet absorbing it. The surge of emotion subsided, but Dagger was curious as to why she didn't feel tired after she had summoned Ramuh and Shiva. She didn't even call them. The only time the Eidolons appeared on their own was if she was in her Trance. But....

"Are you alright?" Cloud asked as he ran over to Dagger. The girl ignored him and ran to Priscilla, picking up her body. It was cold. "This is bad. You don't think she's dead, do you?

"Oh gods...." Dagger said as she saw an old man run from the town. The rest of the group followed.

"Priscilla!"

"She's not breathing!" Dagger cried out, memories flooding all over her eyes. She lay the girl on the ground.

"Young man! Do CPR now! Hurry!" the old man cried out, pointing at Priscilla. Cloud nodded and got to his knees, performing CPR. Dagger was shaking badly as she stared at Priscilla. She looked at the young girl and watched as her biological mother replaced the young girl. Dagger gasped and started to shake, tears falling from her eyes.

"Dagger!" Aeris said as her and Tifa walked over to the shaking girl. "Dagger... Get ahold of yourself. She'll be alright..."

"No... Not again." Dagger cried as tears streaked her face. "If I still had my White Magic... Oh gods... Mama...." Dagger broke into hysteric crying, her words becoming broken and confusing. Aeris tried calm the girl, but Dagger kept crying as she looked at the girl. "Mama!" Everyone stared at the Summoner. To Dagger, Priscilla wasn't lying on the beach. It was her biological mother in the boat.

"The woman is dead..." a man's voice boomed out over the young, brown haired girl. She was sniffling uncontrollably, her strength loosing her. A well-built man looked down at her, a very fat and blue woman standing next to him. "How odd... They both have horns...."

"Charles.... Shouldn't we take her to the infirmary?"

"Brahne..." the man whispered as the girl burst into tears again. She never let go of the dead woman's hands. "My child... We must take you to the infirmary."

"No..." the girl sobbed. She hiccuped as tears flew from her eyes. "I-I can't leave Mama! What if she wakes up? Oh Mama..."

"What's your name?" Brahne asked quietly, fanning herself with a large paper fan.

"Sarah...."

"Sarah..." he spoke softly.. He couldn't believe how much she looked like his late child. His daughter had died a little more than a year ago of pneumonia. The boat was collapsing and the small girl was shivering uncontrollably. She was very pale as well, he cheeks flushed from crying. Knowing what he had to do, Charles picked up the young girl. She screamed bloody murder, thrashing in his arms. The man used his strength to keep her in his clutches. Sarah screamed in anguish for her mother, but Charles wouldn't let her go. The cries broke the hearts of the married couple. Brahne took one lastful look as she called General Beatrix to her.

A wave of coughing snapped Dagger's attention from her memories. Priscilla looked up at the old man weakly as he stroked her head. Carefully, the old man picked her up and returned to Junon. Dagger's felt relief sway her body as she found out that Priscilla was alright, but the memories were still fresh in her mind. "I-I'm sorry..."

Aeris was startled as the Summoner threw herself onto her, sobbing hysterically. Yuffie went to say something, but was cutoff by Cloud's nasty look. "Dagger... C'mon. Let's go get some rest in town. C'mon now..." The Ancient helped Dagger up the stairs as everyone stared at their retreating backs.

"What's up with that?" Barret asked, looking worriedly after the two young ladies. Red XIII brought his calculating eyes to him.

"Dagger has had a very traumatic past. I'm sure that seeing the small girl nearly drowned brought back related and unpleasant memories..." he spoke coolly, recieving looks from everyone.

"How did you know that?" Yuffie asked as she scratched her head in confusion.

"You can tell from her movements and words... She repeated 'Mama' several times. I'm hypothesizing that her mother had drowned in her precense when she was young," Red XIII explained, keeping a calm demeanor.

"How sad!" Tifa cried out. "Poor Dagger...." Before the martial artist could say anything else, she heard an upbeat march echoing from above. "What the heck is that?!"

"Something's going on in Upper Junon today..."