Chapter 1: Just an Ordinary Life
Disclaimer: I got tired putting all those disclaimers in my
other story so I'll just put it once here and now. I DON'T OWN FINAL FANTASY!
ANY OF IT! SQUARESOFT DOES! There. The only I do own are their products and my
creativity. I don't really own the characters either since they are based on
real people and I don't own the people…well, I do own their fictitious side I
suppose…anywho, enjoy the story ^^
It was an
ordinary Friday morning in the U.S.A. when Miranda felt the morning rays stream
through her window and down on her face. She slowly blinked her eyes and got
up. She sighed as she got ready for school, brushing her long black hair.
"School…the
last place I want to be," Miranda muttered. "At least just one more month left
and it's almost the weekend…"
Miranda
Johnson was an above average student, but not a genius. Her high qualities were
drawing, reading, video games, and being an all around good girl. Everyone
liked her, but she didn't consider herself one of the popular girls in her
school. She was in the 9th grade at a small private school. She
considered a lone wolf in school most of the time and didn't talk much with the
other students. She had friends, but she felt more comfortable on her own. But
she had a good nature and helpful to anyone.
"Hurry up,
Miranda! Your dad is waiting in the car!" she heard her mom yell from below.
"Coming!"
she cried back and grabbed her backpack, checking to make sure she had done
everything. Seeing that her room was in tip top shape, she ran down the stairs,
jumping the last three.
"Have a
nice day at school," her mom told her as she kissed her good-bye.
"Like I
can," Miranda said smiling.
Her mom
smiled back. "Hurry now, or you'll be late."
Miranda ran
to her dad's car and climbed in. They arrived at her school in good time and
Miranda kissed her dad good-bye.
"Good luck
with your test," her dad told her.
"Thanks,
Dad," she said, closed the door, and watched her dad pull away. She entered the
school and climbed the stairs to her locker. Everyone was crowding around the
locker hall cramming for the history test they had today. She smiled at
everyone and went straight to her locker to get her books. Her friend, Molly,
was nearby unpacking her backpack as well.
"So looking
forward to the weekend?" Molly asked her.
"Who
wouldn't be? Are you going to do anything special for your weekend?"
"Nothing
really."
Molly heard
her name called. "Sorry, Sara's calling me. Cya!" She waved and walked toward
Sara.
"Cya," Miranda
called back. Well, better get to home room, she thought and left the
locker hall.
The day went by quickly and
everyone left the classrooms when the last bell rang. Miranda gave a sigh of
relief that the test was over. She had history last so she had plenty of time
to check over her notes again to refresh her mind. She felt confident that she
at least made a B. History wasn't one of her strong subjects. She went to the
lockers to unpack her backpack and packed anything she would need. She was glad
that it was the weekend.
Hm, I
guess I should get back to work on my FF7 game, being as I haven't worked on it
in awhile, she thought as she walked down the stairs and exited the
building.
"Hey
Miranda!"
Miranda turned
around at the sound of her name and wondered who it was. She smiled as she saw
the person walk quickly to join her.
11th
grader Kristin Riley smiled at Miranda. "How was the test?"
"It was
hard, but I think I did ok. Mr. Benton can give hard tests!"
Kristin
laughed. "Glad I didn't have him when I was in 9th grade. What are
you doing this weekend?"
Miranda
shrugged. "Probably work on my FF7 game. I
haven't been playing it in a while. I'm still on Disc 1 about to save Aeris
from ShinRa."
"What?! You still haven't gotten
past that part?!"
They turned around to see Chris
Henson looking incredulously at Miranda.
Miranda gave a nervous laugh.
"Uh…hehe…well, there's school and all and…"
He waved his arms about as if to
dismiss the idea. "That's it! I'm coming over to your house and MAKE you play!"
"Uh huh…suuuuure," Miranda said
smiling. They've had this discussion over the AIM lots of times and knew he
wasn't serious. Except now.
"Give me the directions."
Kristin gawked at him. "You're
serious??"
He had a determined look in his eye.
"This has gone on long enough! You're going to play it even if I have to tie
you down and force you to sit in front of the TV!"
Miranda shook her head laughing and
waved her hand. "Fine, fine. Question is how are you going to get there?"
"I'll get my dad to drive me over."
Miranda nodded. "Alrighty, then," she said as she wrote out the
directions to her house on a piece of paper she had taken out of her backpack.
"Here are the directions."
He took the piece of paper and nodded. "See you tomorrow, then." He
walked away to where his dad was waiting.
Kristin looked at Miranda then burst
out laughing.
Miranda looked at her puzzled.
"What's so funny?"
"Ahaha…nothing nothing…it's just
that I can just picture you…tied to a chair and Chris yelling at you!"
Miranda shook her head at her
smiling. "You're one strange person…"
Kristin had finally recovered from
her laughter and looked at Miranda again, her eyes sparkling. "So…are you and
Chris together?"
Miranda blushed at the idea and
hastily shook her head. "We're just friends."
"Hm…that's not what you said last
year. You said he-"
Miranda covered her mouth and glared
at her. "Do you want the whole school to know???"
Kristin smiled. "So you do like him,
eh? Tell me about you two's history."
Miranda
shrugged. "Like I said we're just friends. We have classes together. We have
the same class after lunch and we race to see who gets there first." She
grinned. "I usually won, though."
Kristin
nodded. "I see. Lets get in the car, being that you don't want to discuss this
out here…"
"Alright,"
she said as she followed Kristin to her red Ferrari F50 GT.
The drive
was quick and they soon reached Miranda's house. Kristin was still teasing Miranda
until she started yelling at her to stop.
Kristin
rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine." They turned into the driveway and Kristin cut
the ignition. "Come on! I'm still on Disc 3 and I want to see Kuja again!"
Miranda
groaned. "He's just a CG animated character!"
Kristin
grinned at her as Miranda unlocked the door to her house. "So? He's still cool.
I don't like how he dresses though…"
"Come on.
Lets go to my room and then we can play it."
They
climbed the staircase of the homely house. Miranda's room was quite simple with
light pink walls covered with Final Fantasy,
anime, and horse posters. Her shelf had some beanie babies (Zodiac ones
particularly….), CDs, and one filled with manga.
"You're
lucky to have all this Final Fantasy and anime stuff, Miranda," Kristin said
wistfully.
Miranda
smiled. "If Dad can find it cheap he'll get it," she said chuckling.
"Yeah, he
likes Sears, E-bay, Wal-Mart…," Kristin said joining in.
Miranda
sighed looking at the Final Fantasy IX posters. "Too bad I couldn't have a life
like that…"(FORESHADOW!!! . hehe, I didn't say that…)
Kristin
looked her. "Being stuck on the wall?"
Miranda
gave a small laugh. "No…nevermind. Lets play." She walked out and into the den
where her PlayStation was hooked up. She popped in Disc 3 and started it.
Miranda
yelled at Kristin everything that was to be done and took over sometimes when
Kristin got tired of the random battles or wasn't listening to her. Kristin
noticed Miranda playing furiously at the random battles and some of the boss
battles and thought that she was getting into the game a little too much. She
kept the thought to herself and snapped back to reality when Miranda gave a
small scream. The PlayStation was starting to smoke and the TV screen started
swirling around. The room was disappearing around them and Kristin felt herself
lifting up. Luckily saving before this happened, Miranda turned the power off
and snapped the lid open. She took out the game and gently laid it on the
ground. Everything went back to normal and Kirsten found herself falling a
short distance to the ground.
She rubbed
her back and asked, "What the heck happened?!"
Miranda,
still shaking, pointed to the disc. "L-Look!!"
The disc
was glowing an eerie light. The girls stared at it with their mouths open and
their eyes wide. The disc glowed a few seconds longer, then returned back to
normal. Miranda hesitantly picked it up, looking at it dumbfounded.
"It seems
to be back to normal…"
Kristin
stared at it. "That has never happened before…"
"That was
weird…"
"And it
wasn't our imagination either. I got a bruise on my back from landing on the
floor so hard."
"My dad had
gotten it from eBay I think at the end of last school year. I don't think
anything happened to it since…"
"What are
you going to do?"
Miranda
shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe it was just a glitch or something."
"A glitch?
That can raise a person into the air? I think not." She thought a moment. "I'd
better come by tomorrow in case you try something like that happens while
playing your FF7 game."
Miranda
looked at her. "I don't think that's the real reason is it?"
Kristin
looked down guiltily. "Well…you never know!"
Miranda
rolled her eyes. "Uh huh…well I suppose you can."
Kristin
looked at her watch. "Well, hate to run after this event, but I have to be home
soon. Luckily we're not that far away."
Miranda
followed her out to her car and waved good-bye as Kristin sped down the road. What
did happen just then? she wondered as she went back inside slowly.
So ended the
not so ordinary day after all.
Author's Note: So whatcha think? I'm going to try the novel
form instead of the script form like I did in my other story FF9 Meets Tenchi.
You should read it! Anyway, the Final Fantasy IX characters will appear
hopefully in the next chapter. I know it doesn't seem much now, but don't most
stories start boring and then get good? Like I said in the disclaimer, some,
note SOME, of this stuff is based on my real life but I changed names to
protect their identity. Some, note again SOME, of those characters will be
totally different than their real life counterpart, but hey, they wanted it! So
I shall continue on shortly so it will be more satisfying. See you there! O and
review please!
