Disclaimer: Final Fantasy 7 and all of its characters is not mine. Please don't sue me. Thanks.
A Day in the Life of Sephiroth by "Galaxy" of GalaxyDreams
Buzz! Buzz!
Sephiroth groaned as he pulled out his sword and slashed the alarm clock to pieces.
"That's better," he said as he struggled to get out of bed. "Hmm...who shall I torture today?" Sephiroth asked aloud as he pulled out his list of possible candidates to humiliate. Each day, he had a different stooge to mess with.
As Sephiroth pulled on his black cloak and put his sword in its place, he descended down the marble staircase of his 25 million gil mansion. He was tired of living in the traditional dark and scary homes that most people expected him to live in. When Cloud and the Barret discovered that Sephiroth was moving in next door to them, iron bars seemed to cover the windows on Cloud's and Barret's homes. Sephiroth didn't understand why these wrought iron bars were suddenly at his two friends' houses.
Today when he checked the list, it said in big, bold, red letters, "Torture Everyone."
"Oooh, my favorite thing to do." Sephiroth said. After eating a slice of bread and some orange juice, our favorite villain made his way to the front door.
It was a beautiful summer day, and the seagulls could be seen at the beach. Sephiroth really liked Costa Del A Sol, but especially enjoyed living so close to his favorite friends' houses.
Sephiroth inhaled the fresh morning smell and made his way to the beach. He spotted Barret and Cloud playing basketball on the far end of the beach. Sephiroth casually made his way over to them.
Cloud was maneuvering around the bigger Barret, while the bigger guy tried his best to catch up to the spikey-haired kid. Cloud eventually won the game. Barret sat in a heap on the ground complaining that Cloud had cast "Slow" on him and that was how he won the game. Cloud just did his victory stance.
"Hello you two," Sephiroth greeted as he smiled.
"Uh, hi," Cloud said as he eyed the silver-haired man in front of him.
"Huh? What dya think you're doin here, you crazy son of a gun?" Barret demanded as he got up. He checked to see if his gun-arm was fully loaded. Cloud just put a hand on his sword.
"Oh, gentlemen, don't be so suspicious of me. I only came to see my two favorite friends," Sephiroth said as he smiled, showing off gleaming white teeth.
"But I thought Vincent was your favorite friend? After all, wasn't it you who said that you and him had the same sense in style?" Cloud asked as he slowly let go of his sword.
"Young Cloud, you must know that I like everyone equally. There's a day for each of you to tortu-" Sephiroth paused as he remembered his torture list. "Heh, heh, what I came here for was to ask you if any of you wanted to go with me to the Gold Saucer. I have 10 golden tickets. You are free to bring everyone else of course," Sephiroth smiled as he formulated his plan for the hero gang.
"Geez! First you come here scaring the pants off me, and now you askin us to go with you to the carnival?" Barret exclaimed as he waved his hands in the air.
Cloud tried to calm Barret by saying that there would be baby Chocobo's at the Gold Saucer. After all, even if they were going with the worst villain of all, it was free.
"Ok, Sephiroth, I'll go. But it's only because I was thinking of going anyway. My Gold ticket was stolen by some creep in a black jacket. I don't know who exactly he was" Cloud said as he tried to remember what the guy looked like.
Sephiroth chuckled silently to himself as he recalled how easy it was to steal Cloud's ticket. Sephiroth had cast "Sleepel" on the poor kid, and he was asleep in a flash. How easy he was to manipulate," Sephiroth thought silently to himself. Sometimes even he couldn't believe how brilliantly his mind worked.
Cloud and Barret called the others, and they said to meet at Costa Del A Sol at the first big house they saw. But Cloud didn't tell them it was Sephiroth's house. The others didn't even know that Sephiroth lived so close to Barret and Cloud. Cloud figured that if they found out, they would move to Costa Del A Sol themselves just to protect Cloud from Sephiroth.
Barret was spooked about going there. He kicked and screamed like a little girl, as Cloud struggled to drag the big guy. After all, Barret did look tough and all, not to mention having a gun for an arm. It was hard to believe how cowardly he acted sometimes.
"Man, oh man. I can hardly believe that this guy is actually living in a house like a normal person," Barret said as he looked around himself at the beautiful house.
"Well, you are right about that. What I'm trying to figure out is how Sephiroth got the money to pay for this place. It must have costed more than 15 million gil," Cloud wondered, picking up one of the vases Sephiroth had from Wutai. On the vase was a picture of a pack of lions eating their pray. Cloud put the vase down.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Cloud opened the door and saw Red XIII. He wasn't wearing his weapon.
"Hey there, Red," Cloud greeted as he let Red XIII in.
"Good morning," Red said as he found a spot on the floor and seated himself. "It was very nice of you to invite me with everyone," he said.
"No problem. You are one of us, you know," Cloud said nicely.
"Wow, is this your house Cloud? I must compliment you in your taste for design," Red said as he marveled at the extravagant mansion.
"Hey, man. We didn't pay for this trip you know. Sephiroth did," Barret said bluntly. "And this place doesn't belong to Cloud. Sephiroth lives here," Barret explained as he shined his fingernails and wiped them on his shirt.
"E-Excuse me?! Sephiroth invited us? Oh my goodness, I had no idea," Red said as he calmed himself.
"That's right. The guy that tried to kill us in our game Final Fantasy 7, not to mention how he killed Aeris, is now askin us to be his friend," Barret replied, as he dusted off his shirt.
"And I didn't even equip a weapon..." Red said as he put his head down.
"Don't worry. Just stay next to me, and I'll protect you," Cloud said., as he pushed the memory of Aeris out. Thinking of her saddened him.
"Th-Thank you," Red replied.
The doorbell rang again, and Cait Sith arrived along with Cid.
"Howdy folks! Who wants their fortune read?" Cait Sith greeted excitedly.
"Shut up, you stuffed toy!" That darn fortune telling stuff don't work anyway," Cid said as he put his cigarette out. "Hey guys, what's up?"
"Hey man, glad you could make it!!" Barret said as he slapped Cid on the back. Cid gasped from the force of that slap. Barret knocked the wind out of him.
"B-(gasp) Barret! Why'd you-(gasp) do that?" Cid managed to choke out.
"H-Hey! You ok, man?!" Barret exclaimed as he tried to help Cid.
From all the commotion, nobody heard the doorbell, so Vincent, Yuffie, and Tifa let themselves in.
"Hey everyone! How're y'all doin!" Yuffie greeted as she hopped off her Chocobo. The chocobo ran to Cloud.
"Thanks for inviting me," Vincent said warmly.
"So, is everyone here?" Tifa asked. "I can't wait to get to Gold Saucer!"
All of a sudden, Sephiroth appeared at the top of the staircase.
"Hello everyone! I'm glad you all could make it!" Sephiroth yelled as he made his way down. He seemed to float down the staircase.
"Whoa, I didn't know this guy was coming too," Cid said as he took out his spear.
"Yeah, Cloud. You didn't tell us HE was hosting this trip," Yuffie said.
"Oh, don't be silly. I gave up that attitude of destruction months ago. Now, I just want to treat my good friends out to a wonderful time at the carnival. Shall we get going?" Sephiroth said to the group as he gestured them to the front of the house.
"I thought he didn't have any friends," Yuffie whispered to Red XII.
The group flew in Sephiroth's aircraft, and before they knew it, the Gold Saucer's flashing lights greeted them. The ship found a spot at the landing zone.
"Ok, everyone. Here are your tickets," Sephiroth said as he distributed them one by one. "Enjoy!" he smiled evilly.
End of Ch. 1
Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this thrilling story. I'll put Chapter 2 up tomorrow.