Final Fantasy III: Darkness and Light
Chapter One: Fused
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It seemed so long ago.
He had bought it when the game was at its height of popularity. Everyone wanted to "witness the rebirth of a new Fantasy".
But now, it lay abandoned, in the box of games that he had tired of long ago. It lay there, forgotten.
Until its time was up.
The boy picked the game up. It had been fun, but, like all things, he considered it dull now.
He had been arranging to sell it for days. He had finally found someone who might want it, until they had found a cheap copy on holiday. He was now stuck with it.
Figuring that there was nothing else to do, he placed it into his DS, and began to play it. He had done everything, used every job, found every item. Now, he would play it, one more time.
Or so he thought.
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He glanced over the saved games he had. All of them were full. He would have to get rid of one of them.
He was about to select which one to save over, when his game short-circuited. He yelped in surprise, as a spark of electricity flew out of the DS.
Slowly, he took the game out of the Nintendo DS, only to discover it had melted. It was broken. His DS still worked. But his copy of Final Fantasy III was finished. It was broken. It was fused.
He dropped it into the bin. There was no point trying to play it now. He should have sold it earlier, when he had the chance. It was useless now.
Little did the boy know, that events far beyond his control were about to begin. Events that he once would have considered impossible.
If only that were so.
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The game had indeed been fused, and was no longer playable. Some things are too amazing to simply sample from the safety of your home.
The memory of the game had… changed. The first save slot remained the same, but the others twisted and tangled. They were becoming different. Then they merged.
And in turn, so was the game itself. Not only have the game cartridge fused to become unplayable, but the saved games within the memory of the game itself had fused together. Now there were more places to go, more people to meet, more monsters to face… and more heroes to save the land that they called home.
Final Fantasy III would never be the same again…
TO BE CONTINUED…
A short start to a story idea of mine. I'll still be updating my other stories as I write this one, so it won't get my undivided attention, but I'll still try to update it often!
Until next time,
Ultra Blader