Pre-story stuff
This story takes place BEFORE the events of the video game, a what if so to speak… But this is also a spoiler alert because this will reveal certain details found out LATE in the game, so don't say anything if the game gets in any part ruined by me, it'd be your fault.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or any rights blah blah blah of Final Fantasy VII, although I do own a copy of the game…. But unfortunately that count in a legal sense….
Italics represent Cloud's thoughts in this story just to let you know.
On to the Story!!!
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Part 1: Air sick…. again…
This… is one of the worst feelings in the world, motion sickness. Everywhere we go, everything we're in I get motion sickness, something that I'm… well sick and tired of.
"Look sharp boys."
Zack, the SOLDIER sent with us to monitor our mission.
"You don't look so good Cloud."
"Do I ever?"
Zack and I have been on quite a few missions before and we consider each other fairly good friends. He's been recommending for the SOLDIER program for some months now, but neither one of us have received any word yet… unless you're the great Sephiroth, it could take years just to become even a low-class…
"I guess not…"
We both chuckle to ourselves, since we always go through this conversation. Next he'll say something about walking around…
"You should try walking around…"
Told you"…that's what always helps me."
"I would if I wasn't strapped to a bench."
Zack chuckles
"We should be landing soon anyways for maintenance… thanks to that lucky shot that the rebels made."
We were sent to settle a rebellion against Shinra in a remote location… I don't even see why we went there… but anyways when we were finished and taking off in a last ditch effort to get rid of is a few rebels tried to shoot us down, damaging the #3 and shutting down the #2 engines, but luckily we had support form the Air Force… I don't even want to guess as to what exactly happened to those poor souls.
"Do you know where?"
"Near a settlement called Wutai."
"As in the home of the people that declared war on Shinra years ago."
"The same."
"I don't think that they'd like it that much."
"They don't have a choice in the matter, they're still under marshal law although the blunt of the force has moved out, the higher ups have even asked us to bring the last of those forces home with us."
The war with Wutai, that's why I left home so long ago to become a SOLDIER, and become a hero just like Sephiroth… but by the time I got here the war was over, but I made a promise, and I can't go home until I become a SOLDIER.
A pilot calls Zack to the cockpit, after some talking Zack turns around and shouts at all of us, "Get ready for a rough landing boys, there's no landing strip so to speak where we're going. I want all of you to be on your best behavior while we're there, show them exactly how nice Shinra can actually be."
"This should be fun, I'm going to get so many dirty looks."
"Hey, at least you got a mask to hide your face, I assure that I'll get more simply because of my SOLDIER uniform."
"Wanna bet, say 200 Gil?"
"You're on!"
There's a sudden drop in altitude."Here we go boys"
I had no idea what I was in for…------------------------------------
So that's it, for now I hope… sorry for the shortness, the next should be a bit longer. So love it or hate it review please and I should be back soon… romance will come in later chapters, but that's later… hopefully…
