A pair of eyes slowly opened to a wierd blur. When focused, the blur turned out to be somebody. It was a man with yellow hair & black goggles resting above his eyes. In his mouth was a stalk of corn. He had on a white t-shirt. He removed the stalk of corn from his mouth to say something.
"Ah, good to see you awake." He said, then placed the stalk back in his mouth.
"Uh, where am I?" Regal's voice asked, as the person who just woke up was Regal.
"You're in my shop in Traverse Town, buddy." The man said. "This is where people who lost their worlds come when their worlds become consumed by darkness." Regal's eyes shot open & he sat up.
"Y-you mean?" He asked.
"'Don't think so." The man said. "We haven't had much problems with dead worlds lately." He then offered Regal his hand. "By the way, the name's Cid." Regal studied Cid's hand for a little bit, then took it & shook it.
"Uh, Regal." Regal said. "Regal Bryant."
"Heh, pleased to meet ya, Regal." Cid. said.
"Pleased to meet you too, Cid." Regal said, getting out of bed. He looked at Cid. "Tell me. Who else did you find form my world?" Cid removed the stalk from his mouth again.
"Well." Cid started. "There is 1 other person we found. A little pink-haired girl with a big axe." Regal's eyes shot wide, knowing who Cid described.
"P-presea?" He asked. "You found Presea?"
"Presea, huh?" Cid asked. "Is that what you call her? Well, yeah she's tickin'. If you wanna see her, she's in the other room." Regal ran past Cid & through the door. She came out & saw Presea with a ninja girl slightly larger than her. She wore brown shoes with socks that ended halfway up her upper-legs. Her shorts were yellow & she had a blue belt. She had on a dark green sleeveless shirt with blue suspenders holding it up. She also had black arm warmers & black fingerless gloves. She also wore a yellow scarf & a white headband obscured by her black raven hair. Both looked at Regal, who looked at Presea.
"Regal?" Presea asked. "You are Ok?"
"Yes, Presea." Regal said. "Are all the others here? Lloyd? Genis? Kratos?"
"No, Regal." Presea replied. "We are the only 2 here." Regal felt crestfallen, which was indicated by hanging his head.
"Ah, you miss your friends, huh, big guy?" The ninja girl asked. Regal looked at her & nodded his head. She smiled. "Well, don't you worry. I'm sure they're alive. They're probably on their way here right now." Regal's hopes raised slightly.
"You think?" He asked.
"I'm positive." She said. "You can stay here until they show up?" Regal cocked his head at her.
"How do you know?" He asked. The ninja girl smiled.
"I just do somehow." She said. Regal frowned a bit.
"Well." He said. "As much as I wish that were helpful, it's all Presea & I have to find our friends. So we may have to stay."
"Good thinking." She said. "By the way, the names' Yuffie."