Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Shadow of the Lifestream: Shadow Blood ❯ Chapter 1: Shadow ( Chapter 1 )

The wind howled in the air; the trees bent in the wind; Gaia called out in pain. A pain once, forgotten by the Planet, but now returning. It called out again in pain, its screams echoing over the surface, but people couldn't hear it over their busy lives, only those close to the Planet would be the ones to hear the screams. But they were gone, the last one left 10 years ago, leaving behind her hope and her friends managed to call forth holy, yet it wasn't good enough to stop the evil that was Meteor. The last Ancient managed to call upon the life stream to stop the Meteor.

 

The Planet screamed once more….

 

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Denzel walked down the dark street of Edge, the city lying on the border of Midgar. The street was quiet; he stood looking over into the darkness of Midgar. Suddenly a gust of wind brushed past him and a scream, not of a human, echoed through the street.

`Huh?' turning, he saw a dark figure walking towards him.

`Denzel!' The figure started to hold out his hand, grasping forward. Denzel backed off, and felt the cold wall behind him.

`W...who are you?' Denzel said, while searching for an escape: he spotted one, an alley way leading into the old Mako reactor. `Get away!' He ran down the alley, smashing past dustbins and sliding past pipes. He daren't look behind him, he just kept running. The scream called out again, making him stop. The dark figure was right on his tail, calling out his name over and over, in a distorted voice.

`Denzel, come to me!' the figure was clawing out for him, but Denzel quickly came to his senses and ran, the end was just up head. He looked back again; the figure was pulling himself to him. The end was just a step away when Denzel stopped. `I have you!'

`You have nothing!' He grabbed the sword on his back and pulled it out just as the figure stood in front of him. He brought the blade down through the shadow, slicing it in half. The shadow disappeared in a cloud of black smoke, and he fell to his knees. `Now how did Cloud do this?' He stood up and spun the sword over his head, but the alley was to small and instead carved indents into the wall, and burst the pipes, water drenching him.

 

Seventh Heaven was quiet. The bar was still, not a sound. Denzel walked into the bar, and sat down. He stared around the walls, pictures of Cloud and Tifa's friends. In one picture Marlene's dad was holding Marlene on his shoulders. His face fell in despair. He had never known his real parents. Even though Barret wasn't her real dad, he had acted like it. Denzel has Cloud as a father figure, he had taught him stuff like a father, but he would never be like a real father. Cloud appeared at the stairs.

`Where have you been?' He said, noticing the sword on Denzel's back.

`I was out for a walk....' He was staring at the floor.

`You were attacked again weren't you?' He moved over to where Denzel sat, and placed his hand on his shoulder.

`It was a Shadow creature.'

`Hmm… be careful out there,' Cloud turned his back, `just please be careful.' As he reached the top of the stairs he called down, `and please, get some sleep!' Denzel sighed and smiled, before heading towards the stairs as well.