Chapter 6: Who’s Kuja?; Move out!

"Kupo. Wake Up!" Cloud woke up, once again in a dream, to see a moogle standing over him. But he wasn’t in Alexandria. He was in a tall, dark room, filled with candles and three floors of books. "Where am I now? Are you Kupo?"

"Kupo? Never heard of him. My names not important but your in Kujas Desert Palace." The moogle finished.

"Kuja? Who’s he?" Cloud got up and looked around.

"Kuja is a real mean and nasty guy that has powerful magic. He created this palace."

Cloud walked into another room, thinking about what he said. A powerful magic user. That must mean he has materia. He walked in and stopped. There was a statue of a demon with two candles surrounding it. On the other side of a large hole was a statue of an angel, with two candles around her. None of them were lit. Another hallway was near the demon. Cloud decided if he wanted to get anywhere, he should go through there. He walked through the short hallway and appeared by the angel.

"Man, it’s gloomy here. I should light these." Cloud then raised a match from his pocket and struck it, revealing a flame. He shared the flame with the candle, causing it to light up. Cloud then raced back and forth between the halls to light the candles.

"Hey you!"

Cloud turned from hi lighting of candles to see who it was. It was a small girl, with a horn on her head. She was wearing the weirdest clothes. Cloud stopped. He hadn’t lit them all, only a few. "Me?"

"Yea. My name is Eiko. You had better not be one of Kujas flunkies." She spoke, with anger and confidence.

"No. I haven’t even heard of Kuja until a moogle told me." Cloud replied.

Behind her approached several others. A girl in a yellow jumpsuit with long black hair, a small black mage, and a large "rat" in dragon armor.

"Who are you?" The rat woman asked.

"Who wants to know?" Cloud put his hand on the Ultima Weapons handle.

"I am Freya Crescent of the Dragon Knights of Burmecia. And you?"

"…Cloud Strife. Ex-SOLDIER." He had never heard of the dragon knights of Burmecia. He hadn’t even heard of Burmecia. What the hell is going on?!

"Out of the way!" Eiko tried to push cloud out of the way. Cloud stepped aside and Eiko lit a candle. The shadow of the demon on the wall moved to the left of it, making it appear that it was chasing the shadow of the angel. Suddenly a blue stairway appeared where the hole was, leading up. Everything started getting fuzzy, and Cloud blacked out.

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"Damn. I haven’t seen anyone sleep that hard since playing Xenogears Solid all night." Cid said.

"Played what?" Vincent replied.

"Nothing." Cid said.

"Cid’s trying to steal other peoples quotes again." Tifa said.

"Cloud! Wake yer spiky ass up foo! We gotta mission to do!" Cloud suddenly felt the smack of metal against his cheek. He immediately woke up.

"Barret! What the hell are you doing?!" Cloud rubbed his cheek.

"You were going to sleep all day! It’s already 11." Red XIII said.

"Cait Sith is waiting for us at the parking lot with a ShinRa truck." Yuffie said.

"Let me get my stuff together and we’ll go." Cloud said.

The others walked out of his hotel room.

"What do these dreams mean?" He asked himself as he got dressed.