Prologue

Cloud Strife is a troubled boy. Beset by a mind of frustrated isolation, beleaguered by complicated experiences of deep affection and grief. At the center of it all, the heart of a girl he has loved since before he knew what love is. A girl for whom he will face new and confusing feelings, for whose safety and happiness he will risk life and limb. For her love, for the music of her soul, to be her hero.