FF Mixed Fan Fiction 
Submitted by: Ultima Weapon 
The Apocalypse (Chapter VI) 
Stray Spirits 
*This is the next Chapter of the Apocalypse among the coming many chapters to follow too. 
Hope you enjoy it coz that's why I'm writing it... ;-) 
"What's the agenda here Bugenhagen???" Cloud asked the elder. 
It was the middle of the night in the world, and Cloud, Squall, Tifa, Rinoa and Aeris were all 
summoned by the elder to join him in the Lifestream with Edea and the Sphere. 
"Young Cloud, first of all, you and Squall have mates already and are bound to have children of 
your own too, I'm just telling you what the future might bring, and that you're couples make a 
very important to our future generations..." Bugenhagen told the astounded teens. 
"So what's your MAIN point man???" Squall asked impatiently. 
"Yeah, what's the big deal here anyway? We're just goin to beat the darn Ultima @lpha and win 
this last war and it's over right?" Cloud chimed in with Squall. 
Bugenhagen 'tskd-tskd' and hushed the rushing and hot-headed boys. 
"I may already be an old man and a very corny grown-up too, but I know what happens to my 
couples. You're not my first prodigy you know, I've had lots of students and apprentices indeed, 
and they were all succesful in their past, present and future lives too. But your futures look very 
dark indeed my team..." Bugenhagen told the boys and girls as they listened intently to the old 
man's point. 
"Cut the extra Bugenhagen and just tell them you're discovery!" The sphere too was getting 
irritated and bored. 
"Then watch carefully young couples and see... the DARK futures you all have or what you're 
offsprings will become..." Bugenhagen started. 
Cloud and the rest all watched as a clear vision of the future was opened before them... 
*** 
"Hower wait up..." A young, radiant and beautiful girl with long brown hair, shimmering 
brownish eyes and smooth skin came running to a boy with spiky and straight hair, bluish eyes 
and also smooth skin. 
"You're slowing me down Shana, girls really are a pain in the ass!" The young guy named Hower 
said meanly to the woman named Shana. 
"Hmph. If you want to change, you'd need my help Hower, you'll need your sister's help," Shana 
cried to her brother. 
"Whatever Shana, I'm fine being what I am..." Hower snapped at his sister rudely and continued 
to walk up to the gigantic mansion in Nibelheim, his birthplace. 
The girl was Shana... Shana Almasy, daughter of the pretty and sexy Tifa Lockhart and the 
gunblade guy, Seifer Almasy who married 20 years ago and the guy was Hower... namingly 
Hower Almasy, another child of Tifa but the father is still a mystery to all. 
Hower and Shana returned to Nibelheim, the only town in the new city world. Midgar was 
nothing now but a waste city and both the gardens were abandoned. Hower wanted to seek his 
answers in the Shinra mansion, from a man whose past is also a mystery to many. 
"Yes, I know your mother but your father... I certainly do not know myself too much..." Vincent 
told the two. 
"Can you tell us more sir Vincent???" Shana asked Vincent. 
"If I tell you two, would you promise not to tell it to anyone, especially to your mother? If you 
do, she'll get confused, will suffer a terrible heartbreak and will most probably commit suicide." 
Vincent warned the two. 
Shana nodded and Hower gave Vincent a look that shows unison. 
"When you're mother was pregnant, a year after she married your father, the two were so joyous 
and excited. When it turned out that you Hower, was born. You looked so different to your father 
that you didn't show any significance to him at all. But you're hair, your eyes even your ears, 
were so much alike to someone else. Cloud Strife. Your mother was confused but ignored the 
fact that she was made pregnant by her friend, Cloud and took care of you too." 
"After about a year and so, your mother became pregnant again and bore you Shana.This time, 
you Shana, looked much like your mother but you had your father's nose and you were skilled in 
holding the blade." 
"Unfortunately however, Hower, your beloved brother was kidnapped by someone they didn't 
know. You were only a year old that time, and your brother was about three years old, so you 
don't quite remember it." 
"Your mother cried and cried so hard, that nothing could comfort her so. Your father, tried to 
find your brother but sadly, after a long search, he gave up and returned. They eventually 
overcame your brother's lost and they nurtured you and took care of you. Your mother trained 
you in her martial arts as you remember, and your father taught you how to master the gunblade 
even though you're skilled with the Katana." 
"After 12 years however, you met your brother on a walk. You were thirteen and he was fifteen, 
you didn't recognize each other. You finally joined with each other wihout your parents knowing 
when you grew to fourteen and sixteen." 
"Nobody knew what Hower went through, but rumors all spoke that he went through the best and 
most feared SOLDIER training, which results to Hower's coldness now. Hower however, forgot 
about this since everyone who finished the course, loses their memories about it." 
"I want to tell both of you this... Hower... your father is Cloud Strife and your mom is Tifa. 
Shana, your father is Seifer and your mother, Tifa. I know all of this because... I am your uncle. 
Your mother let me take care of you for about a year when she was too busy finding your 
brother. I know Hower's training because... I underwent that status when I became a Turk." 
Vincent story told the two, their eyes filled with confusion and sadness. 
Without a word, Vincent took something behind him and took out... a picture of Cloud Strife and 
Tifa Lockhart. 
Hower scanned the picture very well and saw that Cloud, his possible father looked a lot like 
him. 
"Your mother, had a short relationship with Cloud. It was possible that your mom was made 
pregnant by Cloud. I know this because... Tifa told me because I never tell anyone..." Vincent 
confessed with gloomy and black, dark eyes. 
Hower and Shana looked at each other, then Hower showed his bracelet to Vincent. 
"My God!!! That's the Power Band! Only the Archangel can wear that!!!" Vincent screamed in 
shock as he backed away from Hower. 
Then... lightning and thunder crackled and ended the vision... 
*** 
Tifa and Cloud looked at each other with open mouths, Aeris sadly gazed at the two as Rinoa 
and Squall had their heads down. 
"Hohohoho. Fear not teens, for I will not allow any of this to happen at all. In fact, this is only a 
prediction I have made up." Bugenhagen ensured the worried eyes of Cloud and Tifa. 
As Bugenhagen spoke, two figures stepped out and revealed themselves to the eight figures. 
Cloud and the rest let out a squeak as the figures... Hower and Shana Almasy revealed 
themselves. 
"I'm back... dad," Hower sneered at Cloud and sent a big blast of Dark Holy energy at Cloud and 
the group... 
*** 
"Tifffaaa!!!" the voice awakened Tifa from her hypnotic trance. 
"Tifa please, you're daydreaming..." Aeris said to Tifa who has her eyes wide open and were in 
shock. 
"D -- Did I imagine all of those? Weird, just weird." Tifa whispered to herself. It seemed so real 
for her, the worst nightmare she could have ever. 
"The training starts now..." A voice from a distance alarmed the two women. 
"See Tifa, our team is supposed to go against Squall's team today. it's a five on five match." 
Aeris informed Tifa who was supposed to fight the second, against Zell Dincht. 
"What day is it today anyway???" Tifa sked Aeris. 
"The LAST day we have on earth, the next are gonna be in space..." Aeris whispered solemnly. 
Tifa nodded. 
Cloud's team was up against Squall's team, in which both are the leaders. 
First match was Red XIII against Seifer Almasy. 
Second match was Tifa Lockhart against Zell Dincht, in which both were using their fists. 
The third match was a double bout match where Barrett Wallace and Cid Highwind were going 
to fight Irvine Kinneas and Quistis Trepe. 
Lastly, the leaders, Squall and Cloud were going to clash in a sword duel. 
The rest... Yuffie Kisaragi, Aeris Gainsborough, Cait Sith, Rinoa Heartilly and Selphie Tilmitt 
are neutral and are practicing themselves. Aeris with Rinoa and Yuffie with Selphie, Cait Sith 
was doing some weird things. 
"The match starts now!!!" Squall announced as Seifer and Red XIII both stepped into the battle 
square... 
Tifa was so worried and confused still from her daydream that she shivered. 
As Tifa was thinking things over, a shimmering bright bluish light and a long slender thing came 
into her view. It looked a lot like Holy and a sword brand. 
Suddenly, from the corner of Tifa's eyes, two dark figures whose faces where hidden moved in 
the bushes and walked away. 
Tifa looked around and when no one was looking, she ran towards the two figures. 
Tifa brushed aside leaves, prickly thorns and thin green stems and even pushed some bamboo off 
as she ran faster at the two figures. 
Tifa finally caught up with the two figures, "Stop you two! Who are you???" Tifa asked the two. 
Slowly, the two turned around and Tifa let out an earsplitting shriek that rung out in the greenery 
around them. 
The boy, who looked like nineteen, gave Tifa stern look and the girl who looked a little bit 
younger, probably seventeen, gave Tifa a startled expression. 
"H -- Hower and S -- Shana?!?" Tifa gasped and collapsed in the floor... 
"Let's help her out," Shana suggested as she bent down and as she was lifting her mother up... a 
figure with a cape dove at them with a seemingly long sword... 
"Thanks again, the next chapter will arrive sooner than the soonest. Again, if you have 
something to clarify or add, E-Mail me.