Prologue: Renewal
It happened a few days after I failed my first attempt at joining soldier. The memories and the pain, all of it came rushing into my mind so violently that I couldn't stand. They didn't feel real. Though, I guess in a way, I did "literally" feel them. Every punch to gut, every cut to my body, ... every death. Usually, I'm not sent back this far. Usually, I'm only hours or seconds behind my last death. At least I think so. My last death, when was that exactly?
Actually, a better question would be, what do I do now? Im weaker, I know Im weaker right?
... Wait.. what am I even thinking. No... they are real. These memories.
Just as I excepted their reality, I began to feel sick. I was already in pain but now? Now my body burned. It was then that something whispered in a familiar voice. It was Aerith.
She said desperately to me, faintly in my ears,"This time will be different, and this time will be the last, because I have sent you back so far Cloud. So far that I cannot exist anymore as I have..."
I really wanted to clarify what she was telling me, but I couldn't. I cant even move.
"Cloud, this will be your last chance... you have everything... you..nee...to.."
It burns.
"Clo..u..d"
My body is tearing.
"Im.. sor..."