I do not own Final Fantasy or anything pertaining to Final Fantasy. The credit belongs to Squaresoft for making such a good game for this story.



Prologue

A year has passed since the death of Sephiroth. Cloud is the new president of Shinra, now renamed 'Ancient'. Tifa has moved to Fort Condor to help with the new infant condor that lives on the mountain. Barret has moved back to Corel with his daughter, Marlene. Red XIII, or Nanaki, as he is now called, has taken Bugenhagen's place at Cosmo Canyon, writing the history of the war with Sephiroth, called the "Last Ancient War". Yuffie and Cid travel around the globe in the highwind, looking for rare materia. Vincent has moved to the lake near Lucretia's cave, so he could visit his lost love anytime he wanted. Reeve is Cloud's advisor. Having lost the use of his legs in Meteor's attack, however, he is using the form of Cait Sith to help advise Cloud.
But everyone is suddenly feeling something wrong with the air. And Cloud, who had become sensitive to the Mako energy since falling into the Lifestream, is sure that something is going to happen soon.
Something evil.


Sephiroth had sent out a final, silent scream that had ripped through space and time at his death. Now, a year afterwards, the cry suddenly burst forth from the crater.
Deep under the earth, the remaining WEAPONs awoke.
Under the rubble that was the Junon Cannon, a creature containing blood from a race even stronger than the Ancients heard the call. Its body decimated, it sent its spirit looking for a new form to take.
In caves throughout the world, creatures of pure Mako took form in the materia that were held there.
Far off in space, the scream reached out to a planet right outside the sun system. Alien creatures heard the cry and headed for the small, blue and green rock near the burning sun.

Underneath the ground, deeper than where the WEAPONs slept, a clear materia gleamed.

Cloud awoke with a start. Sweat poured down his face. The nightmare had returned again. He had killed Sephiroth yet again, watched as his mind and body had been torn apart with blood running down his face. This time, though, one thing had changed.
Sephiroth, as he looked down, staring into Cloud's eyes, he gave a loud, horrible scream.

The great war had begun.