FF6-fanfic Shadowed Past
I'm a huge fan of Final Fantasy 6 and so I've decided to do my first fanfic on shadow and his adventures before the events in the game, I've done a bit of research into his past but no one is entirely sure what happened. So this is my version and may not coincide with other opinions.
Chapter One – Clyde of Mobliz
"Clyde, come on what are you doing?" questioned a voice from ahead of him. "Hold on I need to get my shoes on" replied Clyde. Quickly he slid the shoe laces around each other and formed a double knot, so as to make sure it wouldn't come undone. Clyde stood up and surveyed his surroundings knowing he wouldn't see them for sometime. The village was very small and had room for only a population of 25 or so. A smallwoodlandstretched to the west, to the east was the beach and then the ocean and the south stretched the mysterious Veldt. He had been told as a kid to stay away from the Veldt because it had a magical enchantment which caused monsters to appear. He'd never believed in magic and so went to the Veldt to find his own meat occasionally. The strange thing he noticed however was that all he ever saw on the Veldt were chickens, sheep, stray cats, cows and other common animals which he had seen before why weren't there any pigs or other animals which he had heard of elsewhere. But he didn't care anymore he was leaving this town now, which he looked forward to because he had been itching to see the outside world rather then staying in this stagnant tiny town, in which he had spent his entire childhood and teenage hood.
The man ahead continued towards the south of the town to a demountable that was set up there.A couple of other men were waiting in line. Posters were put up around the demountable and Clyde just walked past a sign nailed into the dirt path which exclaimed in large black letters 'New Recruits this way -->'. Some of the Posters had slogans written on them promoting recruitment. Clyde waited in line and began to imagine and anticipate the new locales he could see and explore. One of the people in the line signed a form in the reception window and then jumped into the back of a carriage attached to chocobos. Chocobos are large horse sized, yellow birds that cannot fly.
The next person in line stepped up to the window and the receptionist began asking him some questions. Clyde observed the length of the line. He was nearly there; he was nearly free of this boring town. The town had been fine when he was too young to realise that there was a huge world he was missing out on seeing. The reason he was joining the Imperial army was because he couldn't afford to see the world any other way. Most people were to poor to leave the town they were born in, because chocobos were too expensive and because the creatures living in the wilderness were too dangerous. The line shortened again; there was only one person in front of him now. His friend was standing behind him. His freind'sname was Ren and was the only person in the town his age and shared many of his ambition to see the world outside this tiny town. He was finally up.
The man at the reception of the demountable put the recent recruit's papers into a file. He was wearing a soft leather brown cap and soft leather armor adorned with the symbols representing the Empire. He looked forward to wearing these uniforms he thought. They looked intimidating. "All right sir I need some basic information from you" exclaimed the receptionist. Clyde nodded with a smile. "Your age?". The receptionist asked "19 as of a month ago" replied Clyde. "Place of birth?" "Mobliz" replied Clyde. "Any special talents?", "Uh not really" replied Clyde. "Then I guess you'll be another Infantry, welcome to the Imperial army". Clyde was relieved for a second he thought they weren't going to let him in. "Okay then sign here and here and here". Clyde signed without hesitation and sprang towards the caravan waited for his friend and then the chocobos began dragging the caravan to the south and Clyde's first experiences of the rest of the world.