" Wounds Never Lie" By: Elf Fanatic Lark
Disclaimer: I don't own any Final Fantasy 7 characters, but I can dream can't I? Ah..Well. Anyways, this is my first FF 7 Fanfiction, so tell me how you like it!
*Prologue*
It had been only days since the world had been saved; finally rid of the evil that threatened to destroy everything.
It had been only days since the young mercenary, Cloud Strife, had to face his greatest inner demon, Sephiroth. Although Sephiroth had been destroyed, Jenova still freely flowed through Cloud's veins. Ever present, the evil still existed, hiding inside him........waiting.
Cloud couldn't take it anymore, knowing that she still lived inside him. Knowing that his life depended on those cells, he was defenseless, and thought it hopeless to live a normal life. The pain of losing his one and only love, Aries, was still burning inside him, no amount of revenge could satisfy his loneliness. Tifa was there, and so was the rest of AVALANCHE, but he was alone, and different.
He still did not know if his past was a lie, or a truth. He would remember something new every once and awhile, but it only further mangled his understanding of his past. He was confused, alone in the world, he wouldn't talk or eat much. He was always secluded in thought, concerned about his friends, and if she would ever awaken again and was to find her old power. They would get hurt. They would blame him.
He was harboring her in himself, but he hadn't wanted it that way. He wanted to be his old self again. He wanted to see his mother again, to see her smile that brightened any rainy day. He wanted everyone to be happy and he hoped that his wish would come true. That Aries would come back to him, and tell him that this was all a bad dream. That Hojo was never alive, and Sephiroth and Jenova were just a part of a stupid fairy tale that was used to keep children in line. But, that would never happen, it was useless to even dream about it. He had to find out about his past, and sitting around at Tifa's bar wouldn't help him learn anything.
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Where would I find out? Cloud thought to himself. Where did it all happen? The Nibel Reactor, that's where! He had answered his own question. He was set on journeying to Nibelheim, ALONE.
(A/N Well, that's the end of the prologue! Phew! I thought of this fanfic when I was doing my Algebra homework! It's funny how inspiration comes to ya like that! Anyways, please R&R! It's my first FF 7 fanfic. Ummmm.....stay tuned for Chapter 1! I don't know the title yet, but wait and see!)