Disclaimers: Okay, here we go. First of all, I don't own a thing. I don't own FFIX, FFVII AC, its places, characters, names, etc...I don't even own Lina; She owns herself!
My Journey Back Home...
Chapter I
It smells…weird…
Where am I…?
Trees…? Impossible! …I-I live in the city!
I walked through the massive trunks of an ever-green forest that seemed peaceful but at the same time scary. I was scared…I didn't know where I was…I was alone. I didn't like to be alone. I came to a stop. There was a trunk being used as a walking path, I came to a stop when I reached the end of it. I was curious…as well as frightened…there was a strange, small creature at the end of it. I was scared to touch it, but at the same time, I thought it was cute…Its fur was a light color. Its eyes could not be seen. Small, bat-like, purple wings came out of its back. Finally, and most curious of all, it had a circular feathery thing held to its head by some very fine cord I didn't dare to step closer and find out what it was.
It was standing still, almost dead. In fact, I thought it might be dead. But then again, it was standing on its small feet. I walked closer, gaining enough courage to touch its fur…it was so soft…I kneeled in front of it, now staring deeply at eyes that could not be seen. I was just inches away from its huge, red nose. Fearfully, but still, I reached its nose and touched it as if I were playing with a soft teddy bear.
"KUPO! KUPOPO!" The creature suddenly screamed at the top of its lungs, if it had any, making me jump back in fear and caution. I stood up, turned my back to it, and ran as far away as possible from it. I was sweating. My heart raced furiously. I was beginning to have a headache…
Like this, the years went by, I still having the same doubts I had when I woke up in this tiny forest. I survived thanks to the occasional help of a spirit named Ramuh, who taught me to survive, but still didn't tell me what I needed to be told. Every time I asked about the place, about myself, or about anything else, he'd disappear, saying that what I seek I would find when the time was right.
After a few years, I made up my mind. I had to find out where I was. Why I was wherever it was that I was at.
How did I got here. I had to know. I had to find out.
I was around 18 years old…or so I thought. I didn't know how much time I had spent in the forest. One day I went out the stones that were nearby to the forest. I had never dared to step further away. And so I never did. But now, now was different. I needed to go out. I truly needed to.
I took a deep breath, took a last glance at what I had unwillingly called 'home' for years and then turned my back to it, leaving the place for good.
Forgetting about what I was leaving behind, for I tried to convince myself that I had lost nothing by leaving, I fixed my eyes on a sight not far away from where I was standing. The dense mist that covered everywhere didn't allow me to see well, but I manage to spot the figure of a huge building.
For a whole day I walked, eager to know what awaited me to the other side of the gate I was about to reach. At nightfall, I reached some rather weird gates. They were made of iron and stone and wood. This made me wonder…Did I travel in time? This seems too medieval…I can be near some empire in the medieval times!
There were two guards there, dressed in a kinda funny blue and silver armor, who looked at me rare when I came into view.
"State your business, woman." The one to the left said.
'What is my business?' I wondered…"I only wish to wander…" I managed to say. I was deeply staring at them…they were human, I remembered humans from my previous life. I remembered everything exactly like how it was back home, I just had spent so many years alone, they seemed weird to me.
The guard seemed reluctant at first, but let me in anyway.
The place was huge, though anything could be huge compared to what I lived in. There were many places to go, that I noticed once I stepped through the gates of what I read, was Lindblum Grand Castle.
I wondered where should I head to now. I had no idea what I was looking for, I could be just called a wandering lady. I went inside a place that seemed just plain weird to me. My luck helped me out this time, since the attendant there told me that I was in an Air Cab Station. Didn't help a lot, but made me feel a little better, at least. He asked me something rather weird, of course, only to me. There were four immediate options, though. I could either go to someplace called "Industrial District", "Theatre District", "Lindblum Castle" or "Business District". I had no intention yet to go to the huge castle I spotted, so I can just scratch that. I've got no business and industrial doesn't seem to be so great either...I would go to the Theatre District.