Author's Notes: My first stories, written after playing FF7.
Final Fantasy 7
The Beginning of My End: Zack
"SEPHIROTH!!" I screamed in anger. All of these innocent people, the entire town...dead! He'll pay for their deaths! I bolted up the mountain path as quick as I could; the heat of the flames began to soften. I see a young weeping girl racing ahead of me into the Mako reactor. It's the mountain guide from before. I catch a glimpse of her fury on her face and realize where she's going.
//...Jenova...my mother's name...these SOLDIERs...//
"No! Wait!" I plead, but she's too far ahead to even notice. I climb down into the reactor and see the girl crying over a man's body. Her father's body. She glares up furiously at me, startling me, and grabs the Masamune resting beside her deceased father. The girl runs into the room with the pods. "Wait!" I plea again.
//...was I born like this!?//
But it's too late. As I dash into the room, her body flies down the stairs. I notice that she has a large gash at the side of her abdomen. I glance down at the girl one more time in sympathy, before I glare at the spot where her attacker was. "You'll pay for this Sephiroth!" Unsheathing the Buster Sword, I run towards my doom not caring what the odds are. Though, deep inside, I know the end is coming.
//...traitor...//
"Sephiroth!"
He glances back at me with those narrow eyes. "Oh, it's the Traitor."
I close my eyes, trying to calm my fury, but to no avail. He calls me a traitor!? How could he do this to us?! How could he do this...to me? I thought I knew him...My eyes, near tears, glare back at my former comrade. I know at this moment that I am going to die soon. "Die!" I swing my sword at him in fury. Our swords clash, and we battle for the upper hand. Sephiroth is winning. I knew he'd be winning. He was always stronger than me, no matter how hard I trained.
//...you are...//
"Fool." He deflects my sword to the side and uppercuts me with the Masamune. I stumble back down the stairs and land on one of the pods in agony. I can't move. There's nothing I can do. I look for help, an aid, anything. Nothing. The girl is still lying on the stairs, unconscious. But wait, I see another figure coming...it's that boy, Cloud. He glances down at the mountain guide sadly and begins to carry her to a safe spot while murmuring a few words of comfort. He liked her, didn't he? I thought.
"C-Cloud..." I stutter. He looks up to me with through the Shinra mask. "T-Take my sword...stop him..." He nods, then everything around me begins to darken. Cloud's comforting of the young guide brings me to my last thoughts. This sweet young flower girl I met in Midgar. I would of liked to of met her again...just once...Aeris...I close my eyes and let Death's grasp to embrace me.
//...a puppet...//