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Before Midgar was totally destroyed by the Meteor, there was a story about
a young man named Rufus...Rufus Shinra. He was vice president of Shinra,
Midgar, Junon...hell, the whole 3 continents he lives in. His father was
the president, the king, the emperor, the ruler of all. Some call him King
Shinra, some emperor, most call him president Shinra. Rufus wasn't really
called vice president Rufus much....he, infact, was known as Prince Rufus.
Prince Rufus lives in the Shinra Mansion in Midgar. Through out his life
of royality, Prince Rufus was taught proper manners, he was taught many
rules he must obey, taught not to get dirty in public, and many more clean
nice manners. Prince Rufus never went to school, he was tutored by Professor
Hojo, a scientist devoted to his work and a nutcase when it comes to magic
and inventions. He can't invent things right and he believes in too may
ancient spells. But he really loved spending time with Rufus. Hojo sees
that Rufus' father is too busy for him that Rufus usually comes to see
Hojo almost everyday. Prince Rufus had one thing he loved the absolute
most....water. Every chance he gets, Rufus swims into the Ocean where he
makes friends with sea creatures and he would stay there for hours. Infact,
Rufus is what is known as a hydro elemental.....person with water abilities
and able to breathe in water, plus he can read sea creatures minds. He's
working on that one. Strangely, Hojo doesn't want Rufus near the Ocean
and he has yet to tell Rufus. Well, we also must know that Prince Rufus
Shinra totally HATES his life of royality. He wants to be out with the
normal peoples, but he can't, sad, ain't it? Well, on with the story.
Sunset....it was a beautiful orange sky. The window was huge and wide open
in the room Rufus owns. He was not there though, just his pet, Dark Nation.
Dark Nation patiently waited his master to return. Prince Rufus was near
the ocean in Junon, he was swimming with his two fave dolphins....Chip
and Baron. Rufus was having so much fun that he didn't notice Hojo walking
in.
"Rufus!" Hojo shouted.
" Rufus!"
"Huh?" Rufus turned
around to see Hojo. "Oh! Hi, Hojo!"
"What did I tell you
about going near the ocean?!" Hojo scowled at Rufus.
"I'm....sorry." Rufus
came out of the water. " I can't help it though...I love water. I'm part
of them."
"I know. I know." Hojo
nodded. "Water is nice."
"How can anyone not
like something so...beautiful." Rufus looked at the ocean.
"Rufus....you are so
into water, you forgot what today is." Hojo smiled.
"What?" Rufus dried
his hair with his towel. His strawberry blonde hair was sticking out everywhere.
"Your 17th birthday
party." Hojo smiled.
"The party!" Rufus
gasped. " I can't believe I forgot!"
"Forgot it all!" Hojo
shock his head.
"I better go." Rufus
grabbed his bag of supplies he brought and left.
Hojo saw the young
prince leave before he saw the ocean and let out a sad sigh. He dipped
his hand into the water and sighed happily.
"Hojo?" Rufus asked.
"Eerrrr....yea?!" Hojo
quickly took his hand back out.
"What are you doing?"
Rufus asked.
"Nothing...." Hojo
smiled.
Rufus left. Hojo sighed
of relieve.
Rufus creep to his mansion afraid his father might catch him being in the
ocean when he wasn't suppose to due to his party. He jumped into an open
window and ran until he bumped into a bunch of teens like him.
"Oops, sorry." Rufus
said.
"Oh, your majesty..."
a teen boy said. " Why are you wet?"
"Uhhh....none of your
concern...I better get ready....can't miss my own 17th...birthday." Rufus
fled to his room.
"What a strange guy."
the teen boy said.
"I heard he talks to
sea animals." a fat boy said.
"I heard he likes to
spend time with that geek Hojo!"
"What a loser!"
"Ha! He needs a life!"
They all laughed and
Rufus heard everything. He sighed sadly and slowly went to his room.
"Rufus!" came Dark
Nation, his pet purple dog.
"Hey, D.N." Rufus said
to his talking pal.
"Anything wrong?" D.N
asked.
"No...I'm fine." Rufus
forced a smile he always has everyday. Most girls say he looks cute with
his smile. His mother said that he's smile was angelic and brought joy
to her....she always said that, but Rufus can't hear that anymore....she
and his father divorced leaving Rufus with his horrible deadbeat dad.
Rufus opened his closet with so many clothes. Most of them his father bought
for him, but there were some clothes that Rufus made himself. Rufus was
a good seamstress. He wore one of his clothes he made. It was a red coat
with black linens on the sides. The front of his jacket was as long as
his where his belt was, his back was all the way down to his knees. He
wore a red scarf of some sort with a star symbol with a water droplet in
it, wings next to the stars. He had long black pants with white lines,
he also had black shoes. Black shiny shoes. He got gel and smoothed his
hair until it was totally combed over. He then placed his red hat with
the star wing symbol. He also had on gloves with holes for the fingers
with a pad connected to the gloves(it's for fighting) and last but not
least, he put on a blue pendant with the star symbol, his most prize possession.
Rufus saw himself on a mirror.
"Not bad, Rufus." Dark
Nation smiled.
"Thank." Rufus smiled.
"I'm ready." Soon, someone came in. Hojo.
"Wow!" Hojo said. "
Looking good!" He gave a thumbs up sign.
" Hey, thank." Rufus
smiled.
"You ready for your
birthday party?" Hojo asked.
"What's the point of
going to the party?" Rufus asked. " I mean, my father arranged this party...not
me....it's gonna be so boring."
"I know it is. " Hojo
smiled. "But you need to make your father proud."
"I know...I better
go." Rufus left with D.N. Hojo followed close by.
The party was already on. Rufus saw his father from a distance looking
awfully proud of the party he made for Rufus.
"Well, this is it...."
Rufus went over to the party....