Final Fantasy VIII: Griever's Warriors

Note: Welcome everyone to my version of the hit RPG game Final Fantasy 8! This version, however, will have slight differences as to original.

If you scan through the first paragraph, you'll notice that it's much different then the original. First of all, there's a legend thrown in about Ultimecia, heroes, you know what I mean (hopefully). You'll also notice quickly that places of today have been thrown into the story as well as places from other animes and games. Also, many different animes have been thrown in as well! Such as Pokemon, Naruto, and even other Final Fantasy characters! Some will appear later then others, while some won't even appear until the sequel! gasp you heard right, there's a sequel along with this! So, why are you still reading this? (well, I guess if you want to know a little about it you have to…) Anyway, let's get started, shall we?

5000 years ago, there was once a malevolent sorceress called Ultimecia who was a sorceress who came from the future. She had one goal though; she wanted to achieve something known as Time Compression, a place where past and future would be combined. If Ultimecia could succeed this she would be able to control the world, the universe, and time. However, there was one being that didn't want Ultimecia to achieve her goal. That was the legendary Guardian Force, Griever. Griever wanted to seal away Ultimecia, but he knew Ultimecia would be too powerful to take on himself, so he gathered together the three legendary dogs of fire, water, and lightning. Entei, the volcano Pokemon, Raikou, the thunder Pokemon, and Suicune, the aurora Pokemon. Griever sent them out to look for humans that would be worthy enough to help him seal away Ultimecia. When the dogs went out on their search, Griever created three weapons known as gunblades each equipped with the elements of the legendary beast along with carvings of the beasts on each blade. The dogs later returned with the three, a water tamer, a half-demon, and a sorceress. With the gunblades, their powers, Griever, and their Guardian Forces, they all approached where she ruled. They fought and fought, until finally, the Fire Guardian sacrificed herself to weaken Ultimecia, stunned and confused by what had happened, Griever seized this opportunity to seal her away in her own dimension. Now, 5000 years later her seal has been broken and the quest for the new guardians begin…

It's a beautiful day in the town of Freehold, New Jersey. It was the middle of March. There was still a bit of nippiness from the winter season, but spring was slowly approaching. But this won't be an ordinary day to a young teenager by the name of Nicole. "See ya tomorrow Nicole!"

"Yeah, see ya!"

Nicole steps outside her high school, Freehold Township and watched as her friend ran towards her mom's car. Nicole was wearing black pants with a black jacket over a white tank top. She gathered her long brown hair and pulled it back into a ponytail and let it fall down her back. "Why are our teachers freaking out? It's only March and our teachers are worried about finals, they're in June! Oh well…"

Nicole looks up and sees a few white birds fly overhead. ……? Why do I feel warm all of a sudden? Nicole unzips her black jacket fully. She quickly glances around and spots a dark figure on the other side of the street. "What is that?"

Suddenly, there's a bright flash of orange and a stream of fire sails at her. "What the-AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Nicole vanishes within the flames. A brown colored monster with a gray mane on its back and spikes coming out from his back bounds over to where Nicole vanished and speaks. "We have found…our Fire Sorceress…"

In a small town in Georgia called Cohutta, there was a teenage boy and girl sitting under a tree in an open field, playing with small red and white balls. These were called Poke Balls. These balls are able to hold monsters known as Pokemon. These are unique creatures that can be captured and trained by humans. There are many species and types of them all containing special abilities and attacks of their own. Some are common while others are legendary.

The girl was wearing blue jeans and a pink zipped up jacket and the boy was wearing black jeans with a white sleeveless shirt. "Hey Ryan?"

"What Jessica?"

Their names are Jessica and Ryan, Ryan flipped a Poke Ball into the air and caught it. Jessica looked down at the Poke Ball she was fooling with. Ryan looked over at her curiously. "Yeah?"

"I was going through one of my drawers last night and I found this old picture…"

"Yeah? So what's your point?"

"Well, guess who was in the picture."

Ryan put down the Poke Ball. "Who?"

Jessica looked over at him sadly. "…Nicole…"

A silence disperses between the two. All that was heard was the wind blowing. Ryan finally breaks the silence. "…Really?"

"Yeah…it's been such a long time, hasn't it?"

Ryan leaned back against the tree and took a deep breath. "Jess, do you…do you miss her?"

"Yeah."

"We haven't seen her since the fourth grade…we're freshman in high school…do you think she forgot about us…forgot about…me?"

It was Jessica's turn to lean against the tree and take a deep breath. "You really liked her, didn't you?"

Ryan looks up and stares at the sky for a few moments before answering. "…Yeah."

" sigh my best friend, gone in a heartbeat and it's all because of her…that…that…whore!!"

Ryan clenches his fists to the point the knuckles began to turn white. Damn that bitch…she took the one person I really care about from me…the one person I l-

"AAAAHHHH!!!!" Jessica is hit dead on with a powerful blast of water and she vanishes. Ryan jumps up to his feet. "Jess!? Jessie!? Je-AAAHHH!!!" Ryan is quickly silenced by a bolt of electricity and vanishes.

A blue figure with a purple mane on its back along with a yellow figure with a thundercloud on its back both emerge from the bushes. The yellow figure says, "we have found them at last."

"Yes…we have found our Ice Demon and our Water Dragon…" the blue figure replies. She looks to the sky and watches as a few birds fly overhead.

"Oooohhh…what happened?" Nicole slowly begins to wake up and push herself off the ground. "Where am I?" She looks around and sees a forest near a large lake and she also discovers a boy and a girl lying face down a few feet away from her. "Hey!! You guys okay!?" Nicole runs over to where the girl was lying. "Hey, wake up!" the girl that was lying face down slowly began to stir. She pushes herself off the ground, "Ow…where am I?"

"I'd like to know the same thing…"

The girl turns and looks at Nicole as she brushes off her pink zipped up jacket. "Who are you?"

"I'm Nicole, and you are?"

"Jessica, funny, an old friends of mine was named Nicole as well."

Nicole began to twirl a piece of her hair. "Strange, my old friend's name was Jessica too…"

Jessica tilts her head a little bit. "You do look familiar…"

Nicole stops twirling her hair. "You too…" Both of the girls remain in silence for a few moments. "Jessica?"

"Nicole?"

A few more moments of silence and then…

"Ah! Jessie!!"

"Nicole!!!"

Both girls throw their arms around each other. Nicole!! I've missed you soooo much!!!" Jessica cried.

"I've missed you too, I've had the worst time in New Jersey!" Nicole replied.

Jessica then pulls away from Nicole and looks at her with her sparkling blue eyes. "Really? Tell me!!"

"Okay I-oh my God! Is he all right!?" Nicole gets up and runs over to where the boy was lying face down. She gently puts her hand on his back and shakes him. Jessica then gets up and comes over. "He'll be fine, after he sees you…"

Nicole looks up at Jessica with some confusion. "Wh-What…?"

Jessica looks at the boy. "You don't recognize him?"

"Recognize…" Nicole carefully turns the boy over and studies his face for a few moments. The boy then begins to slowly stir. "Wait a minute…Ryan Norton!!"

Ryan jolts up, startled and cries, "What!!? What happened!?" He then turns and faces Nicole and stares into her eyes. There's a brief silence between the two. Nicole finally says, "Ryan…?"

"Ni…Nicole?"

Nicole then smiles and tears begin to form in her eyes. "Hey…" she says with a chuckle.

"H-Hey…" Ryan stutters.

Nicole throws her arms around him and cries out, "I've missed you so much!!" Ryan jumps a little startled, but then gently places his arms around her back and holds her tightly. "I've missed you too…so much…" He closes his eyes and rests his head on her head. This has to be a dream…if it is…don't wake me up…let me be with her…even if its for a few seconds…she's grown up so much…she's so…beautiful… Jessica interrupts his thoughts by bending down and giving Nicole a hug and says, "Everyone's missed you Nick…we can call you that now, right?"

Nicole smiles and replies, "Yeah." She then stands up and looks around again and takes a few steps away from the two. "Where are we anyway?"

You are Timber.

Nicole jumps while Jessica and Ryan leap to their feet. Jessica glances around quickly. "Who said that?"

Do not be afraid, I'm here to help you three…

Nicole says, "Help…? What do you mean?"

Yes, I will answer all of your questions…do not fret.

Ryan looks around. "Are you going to come out and show yourself?"

There's a small chuckle. Turn around…

The three teens turn around to a sight to behold, something that they have never seen before. All three of their mouths are slightly agape.

Welcome…Guardians…

End of Prologue