Final Fantasy: Skaebne Chronicles

by phoenixfyre16

(This is actually an original Final Fantasy story with original characters, all of the classes and creatures, on the other hand are found in any of the Final Fantasy games) When 8 friends are removed from their own world and thrust into a world in the midst of a power struggle, they must band together to save it. (Rated T for language and violence)

1. Prologue: Awakening

Prologue: Awakening

It is the waking that is the hardest; the shuddering call from out of the deepest dark that summons you into light, breathless and disoriented. When you come to awareness, to full waking; in a world not your own, to a world you thought was fantasy, nothing seems real and yet somehow, you know it is far more than that. The shadows of doubt are wiped away by the blinding light of truth and the fragile reaches of perception are shattered into a thousand pieces. The world reforms. Life invariably changes.

The dream is now life, the old world the dream. Like sand on the seashore the thoughts of the old life passes away and your mind is renewed. Pain is the first sensation that awakens your senses to the reality that the world around you is not a subconscious shadow. The blood rushes back to nearly dead limbs, long dormant nerves reactivate after disuse and shooting pain and aching takes over your waking mind. It is the sign post that reveals that there is no escape. This is an adventure that you are in for the long haul.

The longer that you observe the world about you, the more one simple piercing truth becomes abundantly clear: there is no escape. This is your world now. Survival is the first thought that comes to mind. It becomes the dominant thought on your mind, nothing matters more than providing what you need. Once that base urge is quenched or accepted, the real questions begin.

Your thoughts flash back to home, curiosity sets in and the wild rush of inquisition dominates all. What are my friends doing? Are they here too? How did I get here from my world? Am I here for a purpose or was this mere chance? Chance begins to seem the more logical but something in your deepest heart keeps whispering of providence, of a deeper fate that has tied you to this world in which you have found yourself.

Whether fate or providence or even chance has brought you to this world, it is here that you will be. Here you will remain until the fates provide a way for return to the world you once knew. The past is gone, a fading memory, ahead lies the path to a new life. Your journey begins: take the first steps forward.