Sins of the father
Prologue
It was late night, the restored church was dully illuminated by the lights inside of it. Ever since that day, it stood as a place of remembrance, but for Cyrus, it was a place of hope. Everyday, he came here, and talked to the churches famous centerpiece, the diamond statue of the man who had given up everything to make sure the world stayed safe. Not many people knew the truth of the statue, that it was actually not a statue at all, but the body of the savior, frozen in time. A young man who worked at the church watched as once again, Cyrus entered the church. He walked down the aisle as he always did, taking a seat at the pew closest to the statue. The young man was about to go and tell him that he had to leave when an older gentleman grabbed him by the shoulder.
"He's an exception." The old man said.
"What? Why is that?" The younger man asked.
"That man is Cyrus, the brother of the Savior."
"What? That's impossible." The younger man argued. "It's been a hundred years since that happened."
"I'm just saying what I was told when I started working here 40 years back, when I was your age. I found it hard to believe as well."
"But he looks like he's in his thirties."
"They say that it was one of the few things the Savior did before he vanished."
"Well, it's closing time. What are we supposed to do about him?"
The old man smiled. "Just sit back, and listen." The old man said. "Just sit listen." Just as he said that, the words of a man that had seen a century and a half pass him by filled the great church.
"Shadow, I get the feeling that you can hear me. For over a hundred years, I keep coming here in hopes that I'll see you again. I was wrong about my powers leaving me when you fulfilled your destiny. I'm still here, the powers you gave me still with me. You know, I realized today that I never told you my story. Let's just say you weren't the first one to fight your way to something you loved. Back, when you were first born actually, I was in my early twenties. You know, if I had stayed at home, none of this may of happened. It's amazing, what the smallest changes could of possibly held for the future. Aerith dying, one person's death, is what led you to fulfill your destiny. For her, you went into an unknown realm, and brought back the most powerful weapon in existence. No, that's not the right words. What you brought back was a tool, not a weapon. Some people wanted to use it as a weapon, but I think your intentions were pure. Either way, I'm getting away from myself here. Well, as I said, I left home. I actually went to a dig site far away on the northern continent, you know the one now known as Bone Village. It's funny, it went from a dig site, to a research facility to now being one of the biggest cities in the world. Anyway, it all started there. The day after our family was killed."