AN: This was previously written under my old pen name Fayte (.net/~fayte) - I've decided to revise it again and continue writing it. I have up to chapter nine under Fayte, but I will be doing some heavy editing in order to make it read better this time around. Hopefully you'll enjoy this crossover fic.
Heroes of Spira
Prologue
Commander Squall, his squad of SeeD's and his love Rinoa had finally found themselves face to face with the most otherworldly and demonic Sorceress known as Ultimecia. This would be their last stand; it was destroy or be destroyed. Their whole lives had led up to this one moment in time where the fate of the world rested in their hands. Destiny had bonded them together and brought them here with the sole purpose of ridding the world once and for all of the Sorceress Threat.
The battle was rough and it seemed to never end, almost as if everyone was stuck in a time-loop. Ultimecia's Time Compression spell was incredibly strong, so strong that it made our heroes think in the back of their minds that they would never win the final battle. Nevertheless they continued to fight not only for their own lives, but for the lives of the millions of inhabitants of the planet. If they lost this battle, millions more would die - a burden none of them would want to carry even after death.
The malevolent Sorceress had the upper hand as she junctioned herself unto Griever for the final phase of the battle. Her mind was skewered with memories of the past, present and future due to the Time Compression spell and it seemed as though she was lost within Griever; she was quite simply a vessel for her ultimate Guardian Force. With her scattered memories and Griever's undeniable power, Ultimecia had summoned the final blow to Squall and his friends: Apocalypse.
Their minds felt as though they were being ripped apart. Memories they had forgotten long ago due to the use of Guardian Forces flooded their heads in the most violent way, only to be forgotten once again in an instant. Remnants of solidarity and peace flashed through their minds as they tried to hold on to anything to keep them from dying completely. Their very last memory of their world would be that of Ultimecia destroying them - a memory one would hope was never true.
Thousands of years passed as Ultimecia reigned over the world. She instilled the greatest fear in all of those who dared to oppose her. Those who disobeyed her were stricken with instant death and wiped from existence completely. Not a trace of them would be left, not even in the memories of their loved ones. The Sorceress's Time Compression spell was strong enough to endure the thousands of years she stayed alive.
Eventually though, like all villains, she was defeated - not by the hand of an army though. The world was dead and barren with not a soul but her own inhabiting it. The desolation and despair eventually drove her into madness and she became gravely ill. Her Sorceress powers had been draining from her bit by bit over the many years, and without the strength or will to go on in such an isolated world, she left herself in Hyne's hands as she breathed her last breath.
Years after her passing, the spell of Time Compression began to thin out. Soon a new world was reborn from remnants escaping from the spell. A great new world they called Spira was born and cities of great machines sprung up all around the globe. A war was inevitable, as we all know history repeats itself, and two of the greatest cities waged war against each other. Zanarkand, the city of machines, was destroyed completely. Ever since that day, every ten years a powerful monstrosity called Sin would wreak havoc on the world to remind the people of the Machina War. Only a qualified Summoner possessing the Aeons, skills and knowledge could defeat Sin and bring the Calm.
One thousand years after the Machina War, a young woman would emerge from Besaid Temple's Chamber of the Fayth and speak the words, "I've done it. I have become a Summoner!"