The Dark Side of FFVII - Rebirth
Ch. 1 - Prelude to Evil
It was the middle of the night, and Cloud had just woken up from his recurring nightmare that had been going on for about a year. The dream is this:
Cloud is walking through a dark alley with no one else around. Suddenly, Cloud is attacked by Sephiroth, who puts a paralyze spell on him. Sephiroth begins to reminisce to Cloud of when he was defeated by him. Disturbing images of Sephiroth's dead, massacred body being eaten away by the Lifestream flash through his mind. Sephiroth then says, "And now I'm back to avenge my soul after five miserable years." Sephiroth gets his same, psychotic look on his face while Cloud is manipulated into raising his sword above himself, and then forcing it through his heart.
And thus the dream ends with Cloud sitting straight up in bed, sweating profusely, his heart racing. He was lying next to Tifa, who was completely naked. Cloud himself was naked as well. (Although not married, the two have been hopelessly in love with each other since Sephiroth was killed.) Cloud decided not to wake up Tifa, got dressed, took a cigarette (Cloud took up smoking to relieve the stress of his nightmares), and headed outside of Tifa's Seventh Heaven. The sky was clear tonight, unusually so for Midgar. Cloud gazed at the constellations after lighting his cigarette. Then he was startled by someone's footsteps. It was Red XIII, "You have the dream again?"
Cloud answers with the same bold, thinking look we all know and love. "I see," said Red XIII, ".How about those stars? Wonderful, aren't they?" he continued, trying to change the subject. Cloud wasn't in the mood for talking, as he continued to ignore Red XIII. "Cloud, I can't help you if you keep acting like this every time you have that dream-,"
"It's not a dream," interrupted Cloud, "It's real. I can feel the pain in my heart getting worse every time I stab it. and. I can feel the Jenova cells pulling me to Sephiroth."
"But how can that be? We defeated Jenova," said Red XIII, "Her cells should be inactive now."
"I thought so, too," continued Cloud, "but maybe they aren't." There was a long pause afterwards, but was broken when Vincent jumped down from the roof. "Damnit, Vincent, don't you ever make a normal entrance?" asked Cloud. Vincent paid no attention to this and started to explain some things to him and Red XIII, "I'm sorry I kept this from you Cloud, but Jenova's cells. are still alive. Somehow they have been reactivated."
"But how do you know?" asked Cloud, adding an interrogative tone to his voice, "You don't have Jenova cells." Vincent then gave Cloud a guilty face. "Oh my God, you do! I can't believe you never told us!-"
"I'm sorry Cloud, but I shouldn't have told you even now." said Vincent, still with a guilty look, "You're not ready for it. Damn, She's going to be so pissed off at me. Sorry Cloud, but I have to go." And with that Vincent vanished in a flash of light.
More to come in Chapter 2 - A New member of the Team!!!
Ch. 1 - Prelude to Evil
It was the middle of the night, and Cloud had just woken up from his recurring nightmare that had been going on for about a year. The dream is this:
Cloud is walking through a dark alley with no one else around. Suddenly, Cloud is attacked by Sephiroth, who puts a paralyze spell on him. Sephiroth begins to reminisce to Cloud of when he was defeated by him. Disturbing images of Sephiroth's dead, massacred body being eaten away by the Lifestream flash through his mind. Sephiroth then says, "And now I'm back to avenge my soul after five miserable years." Sephiroth gets his same, psychotic look on his face while Cloud is manipulated into raising his sword above himself, and then forcing it through his heart.
And thus the dream ends with Cloud sitting straight up in bed, sweating profusely, his heart racing. He was lying next to Tifa, who was completely naked. Cloud himself was naked as well. (Although not married, the two have been hopelessly in love with each other since Sephiroth was killed.) Cloud decided not to wake up Tifa, got dressed, took a cigarette (Cloud took up smoking to relieve the stress of his nightmares), and headed outside of Tifa's Seventh Heaven. The sky was clear tonight, unusually so for Midgar. Cloud gazed at the constellations after lighting his cigarette. Then he was startled by someone's footsteps. It was Red XIII, "You have the dream again?"
Cloud answers with the same bold, thinking look we all know and love. "I see," said Red XIII, ".How about those stars? Wonderful, aren't they?" he continued, trying to change the subject. Cloud wasn't in the mood for talking, as he continued to ignore Red XIII. "Cloud, I can't help you if you keep acting like this every time you have that dream-,"
"It's not a dream," interrupted Cloud, "It's real. I can feel the pain in my heart getting worse every time I stab it. and. I can feel the Jenova cells pulling me to Sephiroth."
"But how can that be? We defeated Jenova," said Red XIII, "Her cells should be inactive now."
"I thought so, too," continued Cloud, "but maybe they aren't." There was a long pause afterwards, but was broken when Vincent jumped down from the roof. "Damnit, Vincent, don't you ever make a normal entrance?" asked Cloud. Vincent paid no attention to this and started to explain some things to him and Red XIII, "I'm sorry I kept this from you Cloud, but Jenova's cells. are still alive. Somehow they have been reactivated."
"But how do you know?" asked Cloud, adding an interrogative tone to his voice, "You don't have Jenova cells." Vincent then gave Cloud a guilty face. "Oh my God, you do! I can't believe you never told us!-"
"I'm sorry Cloud, but I shouldn't have told you even now." said Vincent, still with a guilty look, "You're not ready for it. Damn, She's going to be so pissed off at me. Sorry Cloud, but I have to go." And with that Vincent vanished in a flash of light.
More to come in Chapter 2 - A New member of the Team!!!
