FINAL FANTASY IX

MY JOURNEY


Prologue


My name is David Mckee, I was sixteen years old at the start of this tale. I live in a neighborhood that manages to be loud and quiet at the same time, and have always been a huge fan of the Final Fantasy series. Some of my earliest memories

are of watching my dad play Final Fantasy games, which is a bit sad come to think of it. It was a fairly average day for me, sitting at home feeling somewhat depressed. Trying hard to remember how to preform the kata I had learned the previous night at karate class, but katas are my weak point. I've always been more of an improvisor.

Anyway, it was somewhere around three in the afternoon when a knock came at the door. With a frown I got up off the couch, another point about me is I don't much like social interaction. Since it was a school day I highly doubted any of

my friends would be over, so that left me wondering. My brothers friends all knew he was out for the day. I walked up to the door and took a look through the peephole, I didn't see anyone.

I Opened the door and said "Hello?" No one replied. "Huh, well thats strange," I commented to myself as I shut the door.

"Hello," A voice behind me said, cuasing me to freeze in place. I was supposed to be the only one in the house, and the sliding glass door was locked. I slowly turned to see a figure in a suit of black armor wearing a dark cape. I slipped to the side

of the door to the closet and let my hand slip inside. This closet was where I kept my weapons from karate class.

"How did you get in here?" I asked as my hand came across the hilt of my bokken, which was basicly a wooden katana. It was fairly sturdy, it could probably beat a baseball bat in terms of endurance.

"Does it matter?" The figure asked, then said "You won't be needing any weapons,"

I froze as he said that, then glared as I said "Yeah well, your trespassing in this house so I think I'll go ahead and grab one anyway," I withdrew the bokken and held it in my right hand as I circled away from the door. "Now you should leave," I said.

"Sorry, but I'm here for a reason, you need to come with me," The figure told me as he stepped forward.

"No," I said coldly.

The figure shrugged, then much to my suprise swirling mist of dark mist spread from his hand forming a long, nasty looking sword as he said "Very well then, we can do this the hard way if you like," I took a small step back and lifted my weapon

into a fighting stance. The figure stepped forward and swung with blinding speed, his blade smashing into my own and driving it from my grasp as he stepping in, but I also came forward snapping a punch to his ribs. Pain exploded in my hand as it slammed against his armor and he back handed me in the face knocking me to the floor.

"Now, if your done being a fool," The figure said as he extended a hand, a swirling dark portal appeared in the middle of the room, I took this chance and sprang to me feet reaching out to grab the hilt of his own weapon, but he easily caught my

wrist and said "To slow," Then he pulled me through the portal. Dark patterns and glowing green lights flashed all around, and I felt like I was flying at a thousand miles per hour. The figure didn't seem to mind, but it was rather unnerving for me. Still, I wasn't quite done yet, I tucked both legs in, then kicked out catching him in the side causing him to let go.

"NO!!" He roared angrily, and the currents of wherever this was swept him away while darkness closed in all around.

"Shit," I said, and was then completely engulfed.