Door of twilight

chapter 8

What past?

(It's time for more Cloud! This chapter is going to be all about him. I know a few people wanted more Cloud in the Story so here it is. Note a forgot to put something in the last chapter, Riku said "If I could still feel fear." What I meant was that in Castillo Oblivion when Riku overcome his fear of the darkness, I got the impression that he could no longer feel fear. That may not be the case in the game, but it is in this story.)

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Normal POV

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Cloud was walking behind Zell, down the street. Zell had said that they were on some world named Travers Town. Interesting name but there had to be weirder names out their right? Cloud was wearing what he had found in his backpack, which was a pair of blue pants and a matching tank top. He also had on a pair of combat boots, and fingerless black gloves.

It had really thrown Cloud off when he looked at his left hand for the first time. It was metal, mostly silver with gold on the fingers. It looked menacing, if you looked at if to long. Cloud also had been thrown off when he saw the sword that Zell had said he was found with. It was five feet long about eight inches wide and had a white cloth raped around it from the hilt to the tip. The sword must have been at lest one hundred and fifty pounds, but for some reason Cloud could pick it up with ease.

Zell had said something about some people wanting to meat him, and cloud couldn't help but wounder who they were? Would they be able to help him remember his past? The only things he knew was his name, he had a large sword, and he had a metallic hand. Not much to go on if you think about it.

Eventually Zell lead him to a large house in an area he called the Third District. The house it's self was rather plane, but Cloud got the feeling that whoever was inside was in portent. Why do you ask? Because there were armed guards standing out side the door. The guards were armed with swords, and gun's that looked like they were military issue. The guards were dressed in dull gray armor, and had a helmet on that covered their eyes.

Cloud fallowed Zell as he walked right past the guards and into the house. They interred a living room area that was well decorated. Zell said something about waiting here while he went and got "them." So cloud just stood there looking at the room. Cloud quickly learned that he didn't have much to do while waiting.

After a couple minutes Zell returned, only with a couple people with him. First there was a woman wearing a blue vest and skirt with a white shirt. She had long black hair and eyes. Next there was a woman that was weiring a pink shirt and skirt. She had long red gloves that went almost all the way to her shoulders. She had blond hair pulled back in a pony tail, and blue eyes. Finally there was a guy that was weiring a tan jacket, black shirt, and a pair of jeans. He had orange hair in a pony tail, and brown eyes and a black cowboy hat.

"Ok Cloud this is Rinoa, Quistis, and Irvine." Zell said as he pointed to each person as he said their name. "Rinoa's father is the mayor of Travers town. Quistis is a teacher at SEED, that's an military organization. And Irvine's part of SEED." Zell said with a grin. So this Rinoa's father is the mayor, that would explain the security out side. "Now if you'll follow us Lulu, Rinoa's dad and Kimahri are down in the first Districted." And with that we started to walk again.

All Cloud could do as he walked was think about who this Kimahri was. Kimahri didn't seem like a normal name. Why did Zell want him to meat Kimahri? Or any of thesis people for that matter? What was so importuned about him? He could tell that a lot of people were coming in and out of this place, so why would the mayor want to meet him?

When they arrived at the First Districted, Cloud could see a rather large building marked "Town Hall," so he was guessing that was were they were going. Once again everyone with him just walked by the security out side. So he just kept following them.

They finally reached a large room with three people in it. The first was a woman in a black dress. She had short black hair that fell in her face, dull gray eyes, and was wearing black make-up. The second was an older man, in a fine dark blue suite. He had black hair, but you could see some gray here and there, and brown eyes. If Cloud had to guess he would say this man was Rinoa's father. Third person wasn't really human. He was a large blue cat like thing. Standing about 6'9 he was the tallest in the room. He had a broken horn sitting on top if his head. Cloud wasn't sure what to think of this person.

"Okay, Cloud this is Lulu, my dad, and Kimahri." Rinoa spoke up gesturing towards each person as she said their name. Cloud gave a slight node at them, not knowing what to say. He then decided to start asking some questions.

"Nice to meat you, but why did you want me to come here? I doubt that you do this for everyone that comes here."

Rinoa's dad gave a small laugh before answering Cloud's question. "Your right my boy, your right. This isn't normal, in fact this is vary specialize. I'm sorry but I took this from your bag when you were at the hospital." The mayor threw Cloud a small badge that had an odd look. "That badge identity's you as Cloud Strife, a first class SOLDIER. You see both SEED and SOLDIER were military groups crated on a world called Hollow Bastion. Hollow Bastion fell to darkness almost ten years ago, and were just now starting to rebuild SEED. So far we have not come a crossed any surviving members of SEED or SOLDIER, save for you. You see we need your help, have you ever heard of a Keyblade?"

Keyblade, what the hell was that? It sounded vary strange, but then again it could be a common thing and Cloud wouldn't know it. He simply shook his head no. The mayor saw this and gave a node at Rinoa, who held out her hand. There was a bright flash of light, and then their was a sword in Rinoa's hand. It was long, about four feet, and was completely white. The way the blade was shaped made it look like an angle wing. A small dove shaped chain hung from the handle.

"This," the mayor spoke up, "Is a Keyblade. It is a vary powerful weapon that chooses it's master. It has the power to lock, or unlock any lock. Now before you ask, we don't know were they came from, only what they can do. Now back to what I would like your help with. The Heartless are becoming more active, and Kimahri thinks it's because someone is controlling them. This mean instead of random attacks, they will be used in strategic moves, much like a game of chess. Now while we gather as many SEED's as we can, Rinoa is going to go to other worlds and seal the keyhole that leads to the heart of that world. Now Zell, Irvine, Lulu, and Quistis are going with her, but I'd like you to go with them to. Not only would you be helping save other worlds, you might find out about your past by doing this to."

This was a lot to take in. Going to other world, being a bodyguard, SOLDIER, SEED, it was a lot of information he was getting. He had just woke up two day's ago and now he was being asked to go save the galaxy. Still if it could help him remember than...

"Okay, when do we leave?"

End chapter

And here you go, more Cloud. Now I'm going to start doing a lot of switching around between Riku and Cloud.

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