(Hey everyone. This is my first story, please be kind. I've been working on perfecting this story since I played Final Fantasy 8. I'll try to update as often as I can. Please R&R.)

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Prologue: The Beginning

It all began with the Lunar Cry, monsters from the moon fell to the earth reducing the military might of Esthar and summoning the worst evil imaginable. SeeD, an elite mercenary force lead by Squall Leonhart traveled into a time-compressed universe and with the aid of his friends, fought with the evil Sorceress Ultimecia, and defeated her. Afterwards, with the Sorceress defeated, and the world back at a state of peace, Squall, proposed to and married his girlfriend, Rinoa Heartily, the sorceress of this time period. A few months after they were married, Rinoa found out the she was pregnant, with a boy, whom they named Jay. Five years later, while on a picnic trip, Jay got separated from his parents. When they finally found him, he was attacked by a monster of unimaginable strength, but before Squall or Rinoa could interfere to save their son, a Guardian Force riding a six-legged horse appeared and sliced the monster in half. The Guardian Force was Odin, recently reborn from Gaia. Odin told Squall and Rinoa that Jay had inherited much of Rinoa's Sorcery powers, and that he would be a powerful weapon of Good or Evil, and as mysterious as Odin appeared, he disappeared. So heeding Odin's words, Squall enrolled his only son into Balamb Garden, a military school where Squall, Rinoa and all of his friends, lived and worked.

Thirteen years later, Galbadia has once again been taken over by a power-hungry tyrant bent on taking over the world. Only one force stands in his way, SeeD and their mobile bases, the Gardens…