Road to Soldier

Chapter 1

"Dream"

***DISCLAIMER***NONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS FICTION BELONG TO ME. THIS IS A WORK OF PRAISE AND ADMIRATION TO THOSE WHO CREATED THESE WONDERFUL CHARACTERS.

"I've had it!" Cloud rushed toward his father, not really knowing what he was going to do, only that he was enraged and wasn't going to let this abuse go on any longer. Reaching his father Cloud grabbed him by the neck and raised him off of the floor. Cloud's eyes glowed with the well known green tint of a mako enhanced soldier. Furious and out of control Cloud began to choke the life out of his father. Slowly his face turned a deep red, then to a blue, and finally to a bruised purple, and just as Cloud's father took his last breath, the last dying gasp of a defeated tyrant, he disappeared.

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`Cloud woke up suddenly covered in sweat and breathing heavily. "What the hell." It was the same dream he had had for the past month and it always ended the same; his father disappearing. What the hell did it mean? Taking a shaky breath Cloud stood up, knowing that going back to sleep was completely out of the question. His first night at ShinRa's training facilities for soldier wannabes and the dreams still came. This was suppose to be his escape from all of that.

`Slowly Cloud walked across the small shared room to the door and opened it quietly as to not wake up his roommate. Cloud walked down the hall to the only bathroom on floor D, where he was located. Walking up to the mirror he glared at the person he saw staring back at him. His blonde perfectly spiked hair stood in its many untamable directions, his entrancing sapphire blue eyes sparkled in spite of his current distress. Cloud frowned. He wasn't what most would take for a soldier trainee. He was medium height and skinny. He had muscles of course but they weren't enough to make themselves visible. What had he been thinking to become a soldier? Cloud ran his hand threw his hand in distress. An escape mostly. Life at home with his parents was more than he, or even the great Sephiroth could handle. He had done the only logical thing he thought he could do, and that was to run away. He turned on the water in the sink and splashed water on his face. One thing was for sure, those dreams weren't going anywhere anytime soon. Cloud turned off the water and looked up only to be startled by his roomate standing behind him a ways. Cloud sighed deeply, "Shit Zack! You scared me half to death." Zack chuckled and went into the stall, "Well, it wasn't that hard blondie." Zack took the time to relieve himself and came out of the stall to the sink next to Cloud. "Strife. I'm only telling you this cause we're roommates and I guess sooner or later we're going to have to become friends and watch out for each other; you look like hell." Zack chuckled and washed his hands, glancing up at the blonde to catch his reaction. Cloud just rolled his eyes. "Thanks Zack. You always know just what to say." From the moment Cloude had arrived at ShinRa and met his roommate, Zack had been very blunt. "Well you know just doing my job. Looking out for the newbie," said Zack as he turned and started to walk out of the bathroom, " are you coming back to the room or are you gonna just stand there looking at yourself in the mirror?" Cloud blinked quickly. Zack was right, he did look pretty bad. "Yeah, I'm coming," Cloud replied as he turned from the mirror, " but I don't think going to bed is something I'm gonna be able to do." "Suit yourself Blondie. As long as you're not disturbing my sleep I'm ok with that. I wouldn't recommend it though. Training starts tomorrow and you're gonna need every little ounce of energy you can muster, trust me."

`Cloud and Zack made their way back to their room. As they both crawled back into their separate beds, Zack mumbled goodnight and was soon back to sleep. Cloud however still couldn't shake the uneasy feelings. Cloud lay there in his bed for most of the night, well what was left of it, and replayed the dream in his head over and over again until he finally drifted into a restless sleep.

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Author's Note

Hi! This is my first story and I'm really excited about it. The beginning is pretty slow but I'm still trying to work out everything in my head. I'm gonna have a mix of all the Final Fantasies so be ready! Thanks for taking the time to read my fiction and leave reviews if moved to do so. Next Chapter coming soon.