I hope you like crossovers. And Final Fantasy VIII.
Warning: crossover, Zell abuse.
Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy VII or Final Fantasy VIII or any characters therein. I make no money from any fanfiction.
We Will Call This Land Crossover Country - A Chocobo Farm Story
The sign above the barn door said 'Welcome to Zell's' in once cheery letters. They had since been battered, repainted, had feathers glued to them and been painted over again. The result was a sign that looked much the worse for wear. It looked a bit sad.
Zell however, had never let that get him down, which was something Zack respected. Zell was a cheery sort of guy, always full of energy and ready for a crazy idea, just like Zack. Zell never let the fact that he looked like some sort of weird chocobo-chicken hybrid slow him down either, even when Seifer (his prize gold chocobo) ran into him and pulled his hair before spending ages warking to himself in amusement.
Seifer wasn't the leader of Zell's flock, despite being stronger, bigger and more egotistical than all the rest of them combined. He generally deferred to either Cid (a rather old brown who spent most of his time looking for a nice place to lie down) or Ultimecia (who was another one of those weird silver chocobos and seemed to possess a temperament not unlike Sephiroth's and always said 'kwark' and 'kwehk' instead of 'wark' and kweh'). Seifer was never happier than when he was pulling Zell's hair or chasing Squall around.
Squall was an irritable brown who was routinely mobbed the rest of the flock and had become extremely antisocial. This wasn't helped by Seifer who was always either ambushing him or accidently-on-purpose getting them both locked in Squall's stall for a few hours. When he wasn't avoiding Seifer or the younger chocobos, he was avoiding Laguna with a vengeance. Laguna was his father (Zell had a lot of browns) and was the most accident prone chocobo Zack had ever met. It was weird how unlike Vincent he was personality wise when their lives had been so similar, even up to the whole now having a male chocobo as a stall-partner (Kiros).
The rest of Zell's chocobos were Rinoa (Tifa's sister, a black), Quistis (a pretty gold), Selphie (a brown whose hyperactivity rivalled Yuffie's) and Irvine (the most relaxed red Zack had ever seen). There was also Edea (a very gentle white) and Ward (a gigantic blue).
Zell's chocobo world was nowhere near as crazy as Zack's – it was mostly Seifer, Squall and Ultimecia who contributed to the madness. However, he did have to avoid attacks from Seifer every few seconds (Zack didn't. Sephiroth was usually too busy attacking Cloud and all the other chocobos knew who fed them) and Ultimecia was completely and utterly insane and probably some sort of relative of Jenny's. When asked, Zell did mention that he found her near Dr Hojo's farm, but hadn't thought anything of it (he must not have seen the flying kittens).
Just as Zack was leaving (he'd managed to persuade Zack-the-chocobo into being ridden, by promising him that he would actually lock Aerith-the-chocobo into his stall with him), there was a very loud and very angry wark from inside the barn and a few seconds later Seifer came running out as if the hounds of hell were after him. His tail feathers were frozen.
"Hmm, I never knew chocobos could cast ice magic..." Zack muttered to himself. Zack-the-chocobo kwehed before promptly bucking Zack off and racing back home, leaving Zack to either walk or ride one of Zell's chocobos. Neither option appealed.
After one last glance back at the barn (where Seifer was tugging his tail feathers while Squall watched and Zell tried to help but kept on getting pecked) Zack started walking. Zell's cries of pain and Seifer's warking laughter followed him home.
If you couldn't tell already, I am a Seifer/Squall fangirl. If you want to see Zell's chocobos again, just say the word.
Rethira