Cloud sprinted through the jungle, panting heavily. He had no idea what had happened, or even where he was...but the smartest thing to do would be to get out of this jungle, then he could look for a town or something... A swarm of Bite Bugs were right on him, and he slashed his way past a few and kept running.
Hopefully he could make it out alive.
A day ago, he was riding on his bike, thinking about how boring his life had become. After the final battle with Kadaj or Sephiroth, Cloud wasn't sure what to call him, his group of friends had dispersed once again. Oh, they called, sure...but Cloud never liked talking on the phone. He couldn't help thinking that as long as the world was safe, he and his friends wouldn't be spending a lot of time together.
He had been riding on through the desert when he had seen it: A blurred image of what Cloud could only describe as a flying castle. It was like nothing Cloud had ever seen; the blue-green fortress was flying through the desert, a giant ring rotating on its bottom. Cloud doubted even Cid could design something so incredible. But as Cloud observed it, he couldn't help feeling that something about it, it's very prescence,was very, very wrong. He looked closely at it and saw it blur, as though it was fading in and out of reality.
It flew closer.
The tires of Cloud's bike screeched across the sand as he tried to get away from it; something about it told him it was dangerous, he had to get as far away from it as possible...But he was too late. The fortress overtook him, and he fell into the depths of the vortex surrounding it.
The next thing he knew, he was in this damned jungle. He barely had time to get up when a swarm of disgusting insects he had never seen before came out of the tree canopies and attacked. He saw sky, which meant the trees were thinning. He would be out soon...
He ran out of the jungle, and looked around quickly. He saw a town to the north, not too far away. Hoping the monsters wouldn't follow him into town, he ran there as fast as he could. His hopes were realized when he noticed that the monsters stopped chasing him once he had made it into the town. He could smell the faint, salty breeze that could only come from the sea. He saw a sign hanging over his head.
"Welcome to Balamb."
Well, he wasn't in Midgar anymore...