The Factory of Darkness

[serpentoflore]

Jenova went into the atmosphere, focusing on the destination she had been thinking of. It was a mountain of some sort, she could recall. Landing on what looked like a mountain range, she measured the distance. It would take a bit longer to reach the place she needed. Yes, in order to make a would she would have to be closer.

Pushing herself up, she moved towards the next closest place she could find. The next stop was a snow filled village with wooden structures. She walked a few steps, looking at the people who lived there. It would be perfect for them to become a step to that completion.

Jumping in the air once again, she managed to get to the edge of what looked like a volcanic cavern. Beginning to walk down, she explored the caves with a bit of interest. Creatures came towards her, but she either destroyed them or watched them lean over in fear.

After half an hour of walk, running, and climbing down, she found the area she needed. It was the center of Gaia. The perfect place to damage. Flying above the fragile center, she infused all the power she could within her blade and launched it. Holding her ground, she went straight into the narrow wound.

Her cells infused within the core, bringing her entire body within it. At the core, she could feel every heart and being living on the surface above her. At this she close her eyes and spread the darkness. She had to create this factory to see the promised land. Even if her completion ended in utter destruction, she would get there for just a moment. A moment was enough.

The world above would soon be infected with what her cells could do.

[The Heartless Army]

On the surface, the darkness in the lifestream would become apparent almost immediately. Things which fed on the lifestream, like trees and other plantlife, would begin to mutate and twist into unnatural, hellish forms. Children being born would not be human, but terrible half-heartless monstrosities which immediately turned on their mothers and attempted to take their hearts. Even animals were being born Heartless, their hearts claimed within the womb due to the lifestream infecting them with darkness before they had proper immunity.

Minutes. That's all it took for the entire planet to become completely infested with Heartless. The Heart of this world began to crack under the pressure, so enswarmed with the darkness that it was on the verge of collapse. Yet, because of Jenova's cells introduced into the lifestream as well, it held! It took all of what she had offered, but by god it held. This was a planet caught in the throws of perfect suffering, a place where heartless could be produced almost infinately...

Gaia... was destroyed.

[serpentoflore]

Jenova's body floated within the life stream, feeling the power within it. Exhausted from the constant flow of energy she had needed to cause the necessary effects, her eyes closed. She would have to find someone named Garland. The question being who that was. Garland is not someone Cloud knew in any of her memories. It would be hard to find someone she didn't know in any way. She had to think for a few moments, of that conversation.

"Go to Gaia... infuse the LifeStream with Darkness... aferwards, seek out Garland in Cornelia. He's the final key..."

Cornelia. Where was the world of Cornelia? She would have to figure it out. There were so many worlds outside of Gaia. She would have to gather her energy first, for the journey may be long.

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Finding herself a refreshed, Jenova concentrated on heading to another place. Concentrating, she found a dark corridor in front of her. She had no idea where it led, but she floated into it, heading to where it would take her.

**To Land of Dragons**