The First Hope – Prologue
There aren't many people who think too deeply into their existence on planet Earth. Many choose just to get on with things, get on with their lives, make sure they are as happy as possible, and try not to have regrets when the time comes for their bodies to embrace deaths sweet release. Sometimes life is troublesome enough without having to contemplate, just what exactly are we supposed to be doing in the grand scheme of things?
"She descends. The time is near, we must act with urgency."
Who are we? What are we?
"Professor Hojo?", "Yes Professor Gast?", "We need to talk."
What do we need? What are we supposed to do?
"So you're Zack? Ha, alright then. So kid, why join SOLDIER?"
When will the pain end? When will it begin?
"Will you be my hero? My knight in shining armor?"
Some of us would choose to proceed through life and existence, wondering such questions. A select few, they have to do it. A harsh reality, perhaps even a burden. Why call it a gift or a blessing if that is what you're supposed to do in life?
"The life stream of the planet? Don't be ridiculous. We will call it Mako, and it will 'Mako' us millions.", "Yes, we can build reactors to harness this energy, use it as a fuel.", "And especially, what the people don't know, won't hurt them."
We all create stories as we travel through life; some of those are referred to as legends. Some are humble, casual, and simple, for lack of a better word. Others would be full of pain and hurt, tragedies.
"What about Cloud? That's a nice name, don't you think?"
The planet itself knows when it's in danger, and more so, when it is going to and, has to die. Even though this was decided with the dawn of time and space itself, everything with a birth must have a death; the tale of Earth's death had been some several hundred years in the making.
"Puppet..."
How you may ask? Why would I tell you now, and ruin this story?
"Hojo, perhaps this would be a good time to inform me about 'Project S', instead of assuming that I would never find out?", "Heh heh heh... Well."
An epic adventure, the journey of a thousand miles, the greatest story ever told, loves first kiss, they all happen and begin because of one very simple, possibly insignificant detail. This snowballs into something of legendary proportions.
"Loveless? I hate that thing."
The story that my life falls into is part of one of those epics. It started off with what was meant to be one of those insignificant events, turned out it was pretty big. Then I come along and make that snowball a whole lot bigger.
"Where're the toilets in this place Angeal?"
The story of the biggest disaster to ever befall the good planet Earth.
"I'll be waiting."
Jenova.
"And I don't care how long."
This is my part of that story, an untold part, a part no one will ever know of. It's about how I figured everything out, seven or eight years before everyone else, and about how I tried to stop it all from happening, all on my own.
(A/N: Well, that was interesting. I suppose a little bit of explaining is in order. Yes, I left this prologue very open ended for a reason. I am keeping my options open here because I'm not too sure how this piece of fiction will start. ^^;
... However, I know exactly how it ends, so please trust me; the last chapter, if I ever get round to making it, will be damn good.
Another reason for the vague approach to an introduction is to keep the readers guessing for a long time, in fact, I will hand the story rights over to the first person to figure out who the narrator is souly using knowledge derived from this passage.
The reason for this confidence is because the narrator is an OC, unfortunately, and yes, there may be a couple more OC's introduced too. However, the limit I will go in this piece will be, maybe 4. And also I'll make some apologies to those who find this kind of introduction annoying as hell, because it helps you understand nothing. ^^; Please bare with me; I know what I'm doing... Sorta. XD
And on a final note this piece will have a few tweaks to the actual Final Fantasy VII plot, nothing completely outrageous such as like, Sephiroth never existed etc. This is because my knowledge of all things Final Fantasy VII isn't encyclopaedic, (and I haven't played Crisis Core at all either) so dates and ages and certain aspects of the plot will be arranged to the best of my ability. Again, an apology if this brings forth annoyance.
I suppose one final piece of backlog is needed before I continue, this piece of fiction is based on the events of just before Crisis Core, and they lead right up to the very beginning of Final Fantasy VII. As in the opening credits of the Playstation/PC game.)
(A/N/N: Bonus points for anyone who can correctly guess from whom the quotes used in the Prologue may have come from. ^^
Some are no-brainers, but I think at least one may trick a few people out there, who knows really? And one last apology for this huge ass 'Authors Note', the rest wont be so pointlessly long.
So do as you please. RnR, flame me for being a n00b, praise me, I'm not fussy. And as a request, if anyone has any wild ideas or schemes they wanna seen thrown into a piece of fiction based on the time period I have described, please let me know and I'll see what I can do for you.
But above all else, please enjoy my work, however little of it there currently is. Peace.)