Chapter 1
I am Cloud Strife, 13 turning 14 tomorrow, living in a town called Nibelheim. My mother, Efalna Strife, who has blonde hair and blue eyes like me. My hair is spiked up like a chocobo, whereas my mother has waist length and straight hair. Tomorrow is my birthday and I'm entering the ShinRa CadetAcademy, to fulfill my dream and live it to the fullest, becoming a Soldier First Class, in order to protect all the people I cherish. Unlike most teenage boys today, who join the Academy just to meet their idol, the General, the Golden Boy of ShinRA, General Sephiroth Crescent. I heard many gossips about him from the "Silver Elites" a fan club for the Silver haired General and the happen to live in Nibelheim. His mother was Lucritia Crescent, his father unknown to the society, remains a secret in ShinRa. His mother is an assistant scientist who works for a crazy scientist named Professor Hojo. The Wutai war, where the great General became a hero in defeating the Wutais, but to me he is just a man who killed many innocent lives just because people with higher authorities ordered him to kill and win the war. To me I wondered why can't they just sign an agreement where both rulers can at least have peace in their lands, non or their innocent subjects would have died a vainful death if they just reached in terms to maintain peace at both areas… humans nowadays are getting more foolish, without thinking of the people around them who would be effected with their foolish and unnecessary decisions.
Enough of that bullshit. Now I will tell you a story of my own adventure where it all began on my 14th birthday, the day I meet a black haired soldier, entering the academy, locking eyes with green cat like slits for pupils and seeing the most silver I have ever seen in my whole life. The story begins now….
Everyday, I put on a stoic mask so people could just ignore mebut NOOOO! There had to be one girl, this girl is annoying, she is the mayor's daughter; Tifa Lockheart, who is clingy with all the boys at my town, she doesn't get the message that I FREAKIN' DON'T WANNA BE WITH A BITCH LIKE HER! KEEP ON SAYING TO THE OTHER BOYS IN TOWN THAT ME, I, CLOUD STRIFE AM A SHY BOY… THE FUUU IS WRONG WITH THAT CHICK… *sigh* I just lost my cool there… ok, continue on, she thinks she knows me, but I try my best to avoid her but damn she is a stalker and is a pretty good one too. She knows where I am at the right places and always at the right times. Good thing I'm going to the academy tomorrow, WOOHOO!
Night time came fast, then my birthday arrived just like that, my mother cried saying something about writing letters and stuff, don't get me wrong, I love my mother but I just want to leave that hell hole. I entered the bus to my long awaited future. I noticed that there was a Third Class Soldier sitting next to me. He looked at me seriously; he had black-bluish spiked up hair and violet colored eyes. Then he grinned "Hey, you're joining the academy right? Zack Fair is my name, nice meeting' you chocobo!"
Cloud: "Hi, my name's Cloud Strife, 14 today, from Nibelheim."
Zack: "Your birthday is today! Happy B'day chocobo, I'm from Nibelheim too?"
Cloud: "Chocobo…? Never mind, I shouldn't ask. Seriously thou, my hair?"
Zack: "Hehehe, 'course, what? Should I call you Spike?"
Cloud: "Whatever you want Porcupine."
Zack and Cloud stared at each other, then both burst up laughing.
Zack: "I like you Spike, you're interesting. So why'd you joined the Academy? Let me Guess, the General?"
Cloud: "What? No way. I want to become strong so that I can protect the people I cherish, trust me the list of "Cherished People" is very short, specifically my mother and you were just added to the list."
Zack: *grins* "Wow, thanks Chocobo, still seems shorter than I thought. Seems like you're different from everyone else here. Oh, we're here!"
*bus stops*
Zack and me entered the building with the other cadets and the tour guides. Hole-E CraB [notice the pun] the inside is huge. But the area is filled with cadets. Zack left me, ruffling my hair before he left to go on to the stage. All the Soldiers were on the hugeb stage. The president; Rufus Shinra was on the middle, on his left was the Leader of the Turks; Tseng and on the presidents right was non other that the the General; Sephiroth Crescent. Chatters can be heard all around till when the microphone was handed to the president, when a deafly silence took over the room.
To be continued…
