Final Fantasy: Reality Meets Fantasy

# This is strictly a fan fiction imagined and written by the author, Zack_TKWei. Please send your comment / comments about his fan fiction by e-mailing to this address, zack_tkw@yahoo.com. He hopes that you enjoy his story.

PROLOGUE

It was a normal afternoon, just like any other. A young boy was walking home, carrying a small bag in his right hand. He smiled as he looks into the bag.

"Finally, I am able to buy my own Final Fantasy VII, VIII and IX. Even though I've borrowed the games from my friends and played them over and over, still, I wanted to have my own for my collection."

This boy, who followed by the name of Zack, continued walking along the empty road. Zack was wearing a thin blue denim jacket over a completely white T-shirt and black baggy pants that went all the way down to his red snickers. Suddenly, while Zack was walking without a worry in his mind, there was a loud roar of thunder and as he looked up to the sky, he realized that dark clouds were starting to gather.

"Oh, come on! Not now. My house is still a few miles away," he sighs, "I guess I better run."

Zack started running for about a kilometer but was already getting tired. He slowed down as he started taking big breaths. He finally stopped running. Bending down, hands on his thighs, he slowly breathed in big breaths.

"Huff. Huff. Man, I am definitely not suited for running like this."

Zack started to walk again just as it started to rain, not a heavy one but enough to make anyone wet.

"Great. Now I'm going to be wet when I get home. Humph, I should have brought an umbrella. Well, I guess I'm going to have a shower then, when I get home."

He continued walking a few pace when, with a bright flash and a loud crack, Zack was suddenly hit by a streak of lightning. He collapsed to the floor, unconscious. His clothes were burned a little but the bag, that he was carrying, had started a small fire, but was soon extinguished by the falling rain.

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Zack, after some time, finally opened his eyes. He shook his head as he slowly pushed himself up. He shook his head some more and felt a little pain in his head.

"Uhhhh. What happened? The last thing I remember, I was walking home when suddenly everything just went black."

He shook his head again and looked around.

"This is. This is strange. Where am I? Why am I here?" he gasped, constantly looking everywhere around him to be sure of his surrounding.

He was standing on a giant rock in a wide-open plain. He turned left and right for a while before he saw a town at the bottom of some mountains, which had sharp but snow-covered peaks.

"I think I'd better get to that town before it gets dark," he said to himself as he looked at the setting sun.

Zack was about to jump off the rock when suddenly, out of the blue appeared a dark-blue, gargoyle-like creature that tried to swipe Zack with its long, sharp claws. Luckily, the creature missed Zack. However, it had surprised him badly. Zack fell off the rock and right onto his bottom.

Looking, eyes wide open, at the monster, he gasped, "W-W-W-What the heck!?"

The creature hovered in the air in front of Zack. Fear ran throughout Zack's body and mind. The creature seemed to smile as it looked at Zack with its piercing, red eyes. The creature then charged for Zack again when suddenly, a man jumped in front of Zack and attacked it with a large sword that seemed to be transparent at the sharp-edges of the blade. The man missed though, for the creature was quick enough to dodge his attack. It hovered in the air as it glared menacingly at the man.

Suddenly, Zack heard a woman's voice, "Ultima!!"

Suddenly, the creature was surrounded by a strange bright-green light. The creature shrieked a loud cry of pain as it vanished at the spot. Zack turned to look towards where the voice came from. It was from a young girl who had long, dark-brown hair that reached down to her small waist. She was wearing a white, tight shirt and tight shorts that were extremely short, almost exposing most of her beautifully slim thighs.

While still holding his sword in his right hand, the man walked over to Zack. He stretched his free hand to Zack. Only at that time, Zack realized that the man had blond, spiky hair that seemed to point everywhere and was wearing a purple tight shirt and purple baggy pants, which were tucked into his dark-brown boots. He also had, what seemed to Zack, a metal shoulder guard on the man's left shoulder.

"You alright?" asked the man.

"Y-Y-Yeah, thank you," muttered Zack, still a little shaken up by the monster.

Zack grabbed the man's outstretched hand and was pulled to his feet as the young girl walked over to the man's side.

"What were you doing out here without any weapons? Have you actually forgotten about the monsters that roam around here? Or do you fight with your hands?" asked the girl.

"Well.ummmm." Zack uttered, not knowing what to say.

"It's all right for now, Tifa," said the man.

"Tifa?" thought Zack, surprised.

"He was lucky, for today. But next time, we might not be there for you, kid," the man continued.

"This can't be right," thought Zack, surprised.

"What's your name?" asked Tifa.

"Oh, i-it-it's Zack, Zack Nurvana," answered Zack.

"Well, Zack. I'm Tifa Lockhart. And he is Cloud Strife," said Tifa with a sweet smile.

"Tifa Lockhart? Cloud Strife?" thought Zack, even more surprised.

"I think we should bring Zack back to town, Tifa," Cloud suggested to Tifa.

"Of course we should. We have to. Otherwise Zack will might get killed," said Tifa.

"Well," Cloud turned to Zack, "Let's go, Zack!"

They all left for the town, but Zack couldn't help but think to himself.

"Cloud and Tifa? They're characters from Final Fantasy VII. They are just characters of a mere game. But I am now in the company of two people who claims to be them. Are they telling me the truth? B-But they must. They look exactly like Cloud and Tifa in the game. What's going on?"