*cracks knuckles* ALRIGHTY! LETS GET THIS PARTY STARTED!
(um...if you haven't read silver wings 1 and 2..then.....you'll be completely lost in this so.....go read ok! )
Chapter One: The Cry
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It was like he was falling through his own memories for wherever he looked; he saw faces of his friends and heard their voices calling to him. Every time he saw her face, he’d reach out to touch it and she’d vanish just as quickly as she’d appeared.
“Don’t tell anyone you’re from Zanarkand, okay. Yevon says it’s a holy place. You might upset someone.”
Rikku…
"All right, back to practice! I'm Wakka, coach and captain of the Besaid Aurochs, brudda."
Wakka…
"What are you doing here? Didn't think we'd be able to handle it?"
Lulu…
"I've done it. I have become a summoner!"
“YUNA!!” he screamed as he saw her beautiful face again, struggling to remain near her even as he fell further away and saw her face become smaller as the distance between them increased.
Before Tidus knew it, he was floating above Zanarkand just as he had been after Sin’s attack. He saw groups of people standing around and talking. The groups grew excited at the announcement of a man but Tidus couldn’t hear what he said to invoke such enthusiasm.
He tried to follow them, but was held back by an unknown force as he saw the Bevelle fayth. Tidus gasped, “Hey, you!” he cried out, but the boy didn’t seem to hear him as he kept walking and then vanished before Tidus’ eyes.
“Wait…this is a dream.”
“Precisely.”
“A dream? Are you crazy? I don’t have time to be dreaming now!”
“You’re wrong. It’s not that you are dreaming. You are a dream.”
Tidus slammed his lids over his eyes and tried to focus his energies. He had to have hit his head. He wasn’t really back in Zanarkand; he was standing feet away from Yuna in the Chamber of the Fayth. Everything was fine. Everything was fine.
He opened his eyes tentatively and realized he wasn’t floating above Zanarkand anymore, but he was still in Zanarkand. Instead of floating, Tidus found himself standing behind himself. It was a strange feeling to watch yourself interact and do things that you had done before.
“Can you sign this?” a child asked as Tidus watched him hand a blitzball to the ‘dream’ Tidus in front of him.
"No prob!"
"Please!"
"Alrighty."
"Me, too!"
"Take it easy."
"Can I have your autograph?" a female asked next.
"Of course!" said the flirtatious version of himself that had died the moment he’d laid eyes on Yuna, however this Tidus hadn’t seen her yet.
"Good luck tonight!" said the other girl.
"Nothing to worry about!" the flirtatious Tidus said, spinning the ball on hi finger, "Oh, if I score a goal...I'll do this. That will mean it was for you, okay?"
Tidus rolled his eyes at the asinine way he saw himself behaving. How stupid was that?
"What seat?"
"East block, in the front row!"
"Fifth from the right!"
"Got it!"
“Is he dead?”
“I don’t know. Let’s get him to the palace.”
The voices echoed from around him and yet the visions he was watching didn’t hear them. Tidus found himself falling again, screaming out for help as the roof of the building he had been holding onto became a distant memory to his fingers.
“YUNA!!!” he shrieked just seconds before he slammed into the cement and the world went white.
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“I’m home.” Announced Quistis Trepe as the beautiful 18 year old Garden instructor entered the spaceship, Ragnarok.
Squall Leonhart, her 17 year old student, turned and focused his cobalt eyes on her, “How did you get here?” he asked. The last time he had seen her was when they had gone to outer space to take Rinoa Heartilly to see Ellone in the hopes that she could pull Rinoa out of the coma she was in from being possessed by the evil sorceress Ultimecia.
“Well, a lot of things happened.” Quistis admitted, “I was unconscious for a while after the escape pod touched down. When I came to, it was just me and Piet.”
Squall frowned. Piet was the man that had escaped with them when the Lunar Cry had begun, but if he was the only one with Quistis then that meant…
“Ellone wasn’t with us anymore.” Quistis continued, “Not only that, there were signs of a struggle. I hope she’s safe. The Esthar rescue crew brought me here. The rescue crew told us about this ship and that you were all safe.”
“I see.”
“Squall…when you jumped into space, you didn’t think about anything else, did you?”
Quistis was right about that. Squall’s feelings for Rinoa ran deeper than feelings he had for anyone else ever. The thought of losing her filled him with dread. When she had become possessed again and directed into space to free Adel, Squall had panicked and went after her, afraid that she’d die out there. She almost had died. He had wanted to be with her, but now… “That’s right.” He said, interrupting his own thoughts.
“I wonder if there’s anyone who’d do the same thing for me.” Quistis muttered to herself, “Oh well…” she smiled, “So where’s the princess that changed the ever-cautious Squall?”
Squall was grateful, for once, for the appearance of Zell Dincht, Irvine Kinneas, and Selphie Tilmitt whose presence filled the entire cockpit. Zell bounded up to them and slapped him playfully on the shoulder, “S’up Squall!!! So glad you’re safe! I hate to tell you this now, but we’ve got major problems down here.” He took a deep breath, “Well, here it goes! Some big thing called Lunatic Pandora came out of nowhere. Matron couldn’t achieve what she set out to do because of it, which is okay. Matron’s not a sorceress anymore. Matron gave away her power to someone without realizing it. And, ah…Oh yeah, the Galbadian military is controlling Lunatic Pandora. They excavated it from the ocean where Esthar sank it years ago. Inside the Lunatic Pandora, there’s this thing called a Crystal Pillar. It calls monsters from the moon. The monsters came falling from the moon. Total panic down here. It wasn’t just monsters that came falling down. Sorceress Adel came down with the machine that confined her. I guess the stream of falling monsters engulfed the machine. Lunatic Pandora caught Adel from that stream! Dr. Odine thinks that may have been Galbadia’s true intent. Meaning…”
“Zell,” Squall interrupted, raising a hand, “that’s enough for now.”
“But Squall!”
“I know. I know we’ve got problems.” Admitted Squall, “but I can’t think right now.”
“What’s wrong?” asked Quistis.
Squall sighed, “Rinoa is a sorceress now. She received Matron’s powers. An escort from Esthar came to pick Rinoa up. Rinoa’s in Esthar now.”
Selphie squealed, “We have to go get her!” as she and Irvine left.
The group barely noticed the young couples exit as Quistis stepped forward, “Was she taken by force?”
Squall shook his head, brown locks falling in his eyes, “No. It was Rinoa’s decision.” He admitted, “She was scared about being a sorceress. Scared of being feared, hated. Scared that no one would want to be around her. She said she couldn’t handle that.”
“Didn’t you try to stop her, Squall?” Quistis asked, her tone almost accusatory.
“It was Rinoa’s decision!” Squall snapped back, “What right do I have to object?”
The blonde shook her head, “Oh stop that! What are you talking about?!” Why did you go all the way out into space to save Rinoa? To hand her over to Esthar? So that you might never see her again?! No, right?” she asked angrily, “Wasn’t it because you wanted to be with Rinoa. You’re a fool.”
“Seriously.” Zell agreed.
Squall sighed, “…Maybe.” He admitted. What was he doing? Was he never going to hear her voice again? But then again, what could he do? Go and get her? Yeah…why not??
“Have you decided?” Quistis asked.
“Heading to Esthar, right?” questioned Zell.
“Pandora whatever and Sorceress Adel are out of my hands. I don’t even know where to look for Sis. The only thing I know is Rinoa. The only thing I want to do for sure is for Rinoa. We’re going to get Rinoa back!” He made his way toward the elevator to the bridge when the entire ship began to shake around them.
“Ahh! Excuse me, we’re flying!” Quistis squealed.
Zell cried, “I hope this ain’t the case but, I can picture Selphie in the pilot seat and…”
“Selphie screaming, ‘Woo-hoo, we’re flying!’” finished Quistis.
The trio ran as fast as they could to the bridge only to find that their worst fears were realized. Squall frowned, “You sure you can fly this thing?” he asked Selphie.
She nodded, “It just kinda took off! I don’t know. It’s pretty easy. I think I’ll be fine. But there’s no guarantee it won’t crash.” She admitted.
Squall shrugged. No one could predict the future of course. He pointed toward the far building, “Selphie, head for Esthar. She’s probably at the Sorceress Memorial. We’re gonna go rescue Rinoa!”
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It was cold. So cold. Rinoa hoped they’d get the carbon freezing done quickly so she didn’t have to feel so cold anymore.
A clattering caught her attention and from the darkened corner of the room she saw a familiar face.
“Rinoa, hold on! I’ll get you out in a sec!” Squall cried, punching at the confinement until he got the idea to hit the wires with his gunblade.
The wires split and Rinoa found herself able to escape. Without thinking, she lunges for Squall, desperate to wrap her arms around him if only for a second and he returned her embrace until she realized what she was doing and drew away, “Squall, don’t! I’m a sorceress.”
“I don’t care.” He replied firmly as their friends called their names. Embracing her one last time, he grabbed her hand, “Let’s go.”
She was still rather embarrassed by the time they reached the cockpit of the Ragnarok. She sighed, “I was so set on staying in Esthar. But then, when you guys rescued me…it made me so happy and...”
“There’s no need to be embarrassed.” Irvine said.
Selphie nodded, “Yeah, happy is good.
“Thanks…everybody.” Rinoa said, gazing shyly at Squall who was brooding in the corner.
“Squall, you’re awfully quiet. What’s up?” asked Zell.
Squall didn’t respond and Quistis tapped her face thoughtfully, “As an expert Squall observer,” she began, “He’s thinking, what do we do now? Blah, blah, blah. If you think and worry too much, everything tends to turn out bad. Squall, why don’t we just picture a brighter future?”
“…Whatever.” Squall muttered.
Zell scrunched his nose, “But serious, what do we do from here?” he asked, “I’m not really sure, but, don’t we have to do something about that Lunatic Pandora in Esthar? After all, the Galbadians are controlling it which means Seifer is behind all this too, right?”
“Seifer is…Ultimecia’s puppet.” Squall said, thinking for a moment about the 18 year old blonde who used to be part of their orphanage group. Although Seifer had a tendency to get himself into a lot of trouble, turning to the side of evil was something new.
Zell groaned, “Yeah, and that Ultimecia! We can’t let that sorceress from the future mess up our world! Let’s go kick her ass! We’re SeeDs! We’re here to destroy the sorceress, right?!”
“ZELL!” cried Squall, afraid that his friend’s foible had insulted Rinoa.
“S…Sorry…”
Irvine was quick to change the subject, “So Squall, where are we goin’.”
Rinoa gazed up at him shyly, “Um…” she whispered, “Can we go to the orphanage you guys were talking about in Trabia? I want to stay away from places where there are lots of people. I’m a sorceress. If Ultimecia possesses me again…”
Squall interrupted her, not wanting to hear her finish her sentence, “Let’s go. Head to Edea’s house.”
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After dealing with teasing from his friends, Squall was left alone with Rinoa. He had never felt this way about someone in his life and didn’t really know how to interact with her in a way that would show his feelings. A silence permeated between the two of them until she smiled at him, “Can I tell you a story?” she asked, “I had a dream. It was a scary dream. We make a promise. We promise to see shooting stars together. I get dressed up and put on your ring, but the thing is I can’t remember where I’m supposed to meet you. I start to panic. I really want to see you, Squall, but I don’t know where to go. I start running through the mountains, the desert, the plains. Through Timber, Balamb, and Galbadia. When I realize I can’t run any longer…I…I just want to see you so badly!” she paused, wiping a tear from her face, “So I scream ‘Squall, where are you!?. Then I woke up. I was crying.” She stopped and stared into his eyes, “I’m sorry, you don’t have to say anything. I just felt like I had to tell you.”
Squall gave her a half-smile, “It was just a dream.” He replied, trying his best to brush it off and make her feel better which was a foreign concept to him, “It doesn’t mean anything. Don’t worry about it.”
“…I guess you’re right.”
“How about this,” he suggested, “I’ll be here.”
She stared at him, “…Why?”
“The reason why you couldn’t find me was because we haven’t promised yet.”
“Promised?
“I’ll be waiting for you. If you come here, you’ll find me. I promise.”
Rinoa grinned, “I’ll be here too! It’s a promise!” she cried, “Thanks, Squall. Next time we’ll meet for sure!”
Squall and Rinoa stared into each others eyes for several seconds, each oblivious to the sound of footsteps approaching until Zell Dincht was firmly in their peripheral vision, “Whoa!” the martial artist said as he turned, embarrassed, and finished his speech with his back to them, “Sorry to interrupt, but it’s an emergency. We got radio contact from Esthar’s Presidential Palace. They have a plan to defeat Ultimecia. They want to hire SeeD to execute it.” He said, glancing over at them, “and they said that there’s a survivor from A-East that Squall should meet.”
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“Tidus!”
He tried to open his eyes, but it was like they had developed a mind of their own. He couldn’t force the lids open.
“Are you sure he’s not dead?”
“Of course I’m sure! Vat do I look like? An idiot?!”
With the effort of ten men, Tidus forced his blue eyes open and was immediately blinded by a large overhead lamp that was shining down in his eyes. His head was pounding and it felt like he’d been beaten with several bats.
“Holy Hyne, are you okay Tidus?”
He stared at the person in front of him with spots of light in his eyes. He couldn’t focus very well, but there was something about that person that seemed familiar.
“Are you okay?”
Tidus nodded a little, trying to blink away the spots forming in front of his eyes until long dark hair came into view. Slowly the person in front of him became more clear and Tidus swallowed hard and stifled a gasp.
“Laguna?!” he choked out.
Tidus felt his heart beating faster in his chest until he was sure he couldn’t take it any longer. How did he get here? What was going on?
Why was in back in dream Zanarkand?
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<.<....>.>.....anyways......DUN DUN DDDDUUUUNNNNNN!
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(um...if you haven't read silver wings 1 and 2..then.....you'll be completely lost in this so.....go read ok! )
Chapter One: The Cry
~~~~~*~~~~~*~~~~~
It was like he was falling through his own memories for wherever he looked; he saw faces of his friends and heard their voices calling to him. Every time he saw her face, he’d reach out to touch it and she’d vanish just as quickly as she’d appeared.
“Don’t tell anyone you’re from Zanarkand, okay. Yevon says it’s a holy place. You might upset someone.”
Rikku…
"All right, back to practice! I'm Wakka, coach and captain of the Besaid Aurochs, brudda."
Wakka…
"What are you doing here? Didn't think we'd be able to handle it?"
Lulu…
"I've done it. I have become a summoner!"
“YUNA!!” he screamed as he saw her beautiful face again, struggling to remain near her even as he fell further away and saw her face become smaller as the distance between them increased.
Before Tidus knew it, he was floating above Zanarkand just as he had been after Sin’s attack. He saw groups of people standing around and talking. The groups grew excited at the announcement of a man but Tidus couldn’t hear what he said to invoke such enthusiasm.
He tried to follow them, but was held back by an unknown force as he saw the Bevelle fayth. Tidus gasped, “Hey, you!” he cried out, but the boy didn’t seem to hear him as he kept walking and then vanished before Tidus’ eyes.
“Wait…this is a dream.”
“Precisely.”
“A dream? Are you crazy? I don’t have time to be dreaming now!”
“You’re wrong. It’s not that you are dreaming. You are a dream.”
Tidus slammed his lids over his eyes and tried to focus his energies. He had to have hit his head. He wasn’t really back in Zanarkand; he was standing feet away from Yuna in the Chamber of the Fayth. Everything was fine. Everything was fine.
He opened his eyes tentatively and realized he wasn’t floating above Zanarkand anymore, but he was still in Zanarkand. Instead of floating, Tidus found himself standing behind himself. It was a strange feeling to watch yourself interact and do things that you had done before.
“Can you sign this?” a child asked as Tidus watched him hand a blitzball to the ‘dream’ Tidus in front of him.
"No prob!"
"Please!"
"Alrighty."
"Me, too!"
"Take it easy."
"Can I have your autograph?" a female asked next.
"Of course!" said the flirtatious version of himself that had died the moment he’d laid eyes on Yuna, however this Tidus hadn’t seen her yet.
"Good luck tonight!" said the other girl.
"Nothing to worry about!" the flirtatious Tidus said, spinning the ball on hi finger, "Oh, if I score a goal...I'll do this. That will mean it was for you, okay?"
Tidus rolled his eyes at the asinine way he saw himself behaving. How stupid was that?
"What seat?"
"East block, in the front row!"
"Fifth from the right!"
"Got it!"
“Is he dead?”
“I don’t know. Let’s get him to the palace.”
The voices echoed from around him and yet the visions he was watching didn’t hear them. Tidus found himself falling again, screaming out for help as the roof of the building he had been holding onto became a distant memory to his fingers.
“YUNA!!!” he shrieked just seconds before he slammed into the cement and the world went white.
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“I’m home.” Announced Quistis Trepe as the beautiful 18 year old Garden instructor entered the spaceship, Ragnarok.
Squall Leonhart, her 17 year old student, turned and focused his cobalt eyes on her, “How did you get here?” he asked. The last time he had seen her was when they had gone to outer space to take Rinoa Heartilly to see Ellone in the hopes that she could pull Rinoa out of the coma she was in from being possessed by the evil sorceress Ultimecia.
“Well, a lot of things happened.” Quistis admitted, “I was unconscious for a while after the escape pod touched down. When I came to, it was just me and Piet.”
Squall frowned. Piet was the man that had escaped with them when the Lunar Cry had begun, but if he was the only one with Quistis then that meant…
“Ellone wasn’t with us anymore.” Quistis continued, “Not only that, there were signs of a struggle. I hope she’s safe. The Esthar rescue crew brought me here. The rescue crew told us about this ship and that you were all safe.”
“I see.”
“Squall…when you jumped into space, you didn’t think about anything else, did you?”
Quistis was right about that. Squall’s feelings for Rinoa ran deeper than feelings he had for anyone else ever. The thought of losing her filled him with dread. When she had become possessed again and directed into space to free Adel, Squall had panicked and went after her, afraid that she’d die out there. She almost had died. He had wanted to be with her, but now… “That’s right.” He said, interrupting his own thoughts.
“I wonder if there’s anyone who’d do the same thing for me.” Quistis muttered to herself, “Oh well…” she smiled, “So where’s the princess that changed the ever-cautious Squall?”
Squall was grateful, for once, for the appearance of Zell Dincht, Irvine Kinneas, and Selphie Tilmitt whose presence filled the entire cockpit. Zell bounded up to them and slapped him playfully on the shoulder, “S’up Squall!!! So glad you’re safe! I hate to tell you this now, but we’ve got major problems down here.” He took a deep breath, “Well, here it goes! Some big thing called Lunatic Pandora came out of nowhere. Matron couldn’t achieve what she set out to do because of it, which is okay. Matron’s not a sorceress anymore. Matron gave away her power to someone without realizing it. And, ah…Oh yeah, the Galbadian military is controlling Lunatic Pandora. They excavated it from the ocean where Esthar sank it years ago. Inside the Lunatic Pandora, there’s this thing called a Crystal Pillar. It calls monsters from the moon. The monsters came falling from the moon. Total panic down here. It wasn’t just monsters that came falling down. Sorceress Adel came down with the machine that confined her. I guess the stream of falling monsters engulfed the machine. Lunatic Pandora caught Adel from that stream! Dr. Odine thinks that may have been Galbadia’s true intent. Meaning…”
“Zell,” Squall interrupted, raising a hand, “that’s enough for now.”
“But Squall!”
“I know. I know we’ve got problems.” Admitted Squall, “but I can’t think right now.”
“What’s wrong?” asked Quistis.
Squall sighed, “Rinoa is a sorceress now. She received Matron’s powers. An escort from Esthar came to pick Rinoa up. Rinoa’s in Esthar now.”
Selphie squealed, “We have to go get her!” as she and Irvine left.
The group barely noticed the young couples exit as Quistis stepped forward, “Was she taken by force?”
Squall shook his head, brown locks falling in his eyes, “No. It was Rinoa’s decision.” He admitted, “She was scared about being a sorceress. Scared of being feared, hated. Scared that no one would want to be around her. She said she couldn’t handle that.”
“Didn’t you try to stop her, Squall?” Quistis asked, her tone almost accusatory.
“It was Rinoa’s decision!” Squall snapped back, “What right do I have to object?”
The blonde shook her head, “Oh stop that! What are you talking about?!” Why did you go all the way out into space to save Rinoa? To hand her over to Esthar? So that you might never see her again?! No, right?” she asked angrily, “Wasn’t it because you wanted to be with Rinoa. You’re a fool.”
“Seriously.” Zell agreed.
Squall sighed, “…Maybe.” He admitted. What was he doing? Was he never going to hear her voice again? But then again, what could he do? Go and get her? Yeah…why not??
“Have you decided?” Quistis asked.
“Heading to Esthar, right?” questioned Zell.
“Pandora whatever and Sorceress Adel are out of my hands. I don’t even know where to look for Sis. The only thing I know is Rinoa. The only thing I want to do for sure is for Rinoa. We’re going to get Rinoa back!” He made his way toward the elevator to the bridge when the entire ship began to shake around them.
“Ahh! Excuse me, we’re flying!” Quistis squealed.
Zell cried, “I hope this ain’t the case but, I can picture Selphie in the pilot seat and…”
“Selphie screaming, ‘Woo-hoo, we’re flying!’” finished Quistis.
The trio ran as fast as they could to the bridge only to find that their worst fears were realized. Squall frowned, “You sure you can fly this thing?” he asked Selphie.
She nodded, “It just kinda took off! I don’t know. It’s pretty easy. I think I’ll be fine. But there’s no guarantee it won’t crash.” She admitted.
Squall shrugged. No one could predict the future of course. He pointed toward the far building, “Selphie, head for Esthar. She’s probably at the Sorceress Memorial. We’re gonna go rescue Rinoa!”
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It was cold. So cold. Rinoa hoped they’d get the carbon freezing done quickly so she didn’t have to feel so cold anymore.
A clattering caught her attention and from the darkened corner of the room she saw a familiar face.
“Rinoa, hold on! I’ll get you out in a sec!” Squall cried, punching at the confinement until he got the idea to hit the wires with his gunblade.
The wires split and Rinoa found herself able to escape. Without thinking, she lunges for Squall, desperate to wrap her arms around him if only for a second and he returned her embrace until she realized what she was doing and drew away, “Squall, don’t! I’m a sorceress.”
“I don’t care.” He replied firmly as their friends called their names. Embracing her one last time, he grabbed her hand, “Let’s go.”
She was still rather embarrassed by the time they reached the cockpit of the Ragnarok. She sighed, “I was so set on staying in Esthar. But then, when you guys rescued me…it made me so happy and...”
“There’s no need to be embarrassed.” Irvine said.
Selphie nodded, “Yeah, happy is good.
“Thanks…everybody.” Rinoa said, gazing shyly at Squall who was brooding in the corner.
“Squall, you’re awfully quiet. What’s up?” asked Zell.
Squall didn’t respond and Quistis tapped her face thoughtfully, “As an expert Squall observer,” she began, “He’s thinking, what do we do now? Blah, blah, blah. If you think and worry too much, everything tends to turn out bad. Squall, why don’t we just picture a brighter future?”
“…Whatever.” Squall muttered.
Zell scrunched his nose, “But serious, what do we do from here?” he asked, “I’m not really sure, but, don’t we have to do something about that Lunatic Pandora in Esthar? After all, the Galbadians are controlling it which means Seifer is behind all this too, right?”
“Seifer is…Ultimecia’s puppet.” Squall said, thinking for a moment about the 18 year old blonde who used to be part of their orphanage group. Although Seifer had a tendency to get himself into a lot of trouble, turning to the side of evil was something new.
Zell groaned, “Yeah, and that Ultimecia! We can’t let that sorceress from the future mess up our world! Let’s go kick her ass! We’re SeeDs! We’re here to destroy the sorceress, right?!”
“ZELL!” cried Squall, afraid that his friend’s foible had insulted Rinoa.
“S…Sorry…”
Irvine was quick to change the subject, “So Squall, where are we goin’.”
Rinoa gazed up at him shyly, “Um…” she whispered, “Can we go to the orphanage you guys were talking about in Trabia? I want to stay away from places where there are lots of people. I’m a sorceress. If Ultimecia possesses me again…”
Squall interrupted her, not wanting to hear her finish her sentence, “Let’s go. Head to Edea’s house.”
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After dealing with teasing from his friends, Squall was left alone with Rinoa. He had never felt this way about someone in his life and didn’t really know how to interact with her in a way that would show his feelings. A silence permeated between the two of them until she smiled at him, “Can I tell you a story?” she asked, “I had a dream. It was a scary dream. We make a promise. We promise to see shooting stars together. I get dressed up and put on your ring, but the thing is I can’t remember where I’m supposed to meet you. I start to panic. I really want to see you, Squall, but I don’t know where to go. I start running through the mountains, the desert, the plains. Through Timber, Balamb, and Galbadia. When I realize I can’t run any longer…I…I just want to see you so badly!” she paused, wiping a tear from her face, “So I scream ‘Squall, where are you!?. Then I woke up. I was crying.” She stopped and stared into his eyes, “I’m sorry, you don’t have to say anything. I just felt like I had to tell you.”
Squall gave her a half-smile, “It was just a dream.” He replied, trying his best to brush it off and make her feel better which was a foreign concept to him, “It doesn’t mean anything. Don’t worry about it.”
“…I guess you’re right.”
“How about this,” he suggested, “I’ll be here.”
She stared at him, “…Why?”
“The reason why you couldn’t find me was because we haven’t promised yet.”
“Promised?
“I’ll be waiting for you. If you come here, you’ll find me. I promise.”
Rinoa grinned, “I’ll be here too! It’s a promise!” she cried, “Thanks, Squall. Next time we’ll meet for sure!”
Squall and Rinoa stared into each others eyes for several seconds, each oblivious to the sound of footsteps approaching until Zell Dincht was firmly in their peripheral vision, “Whoa!” the martial artist said as he turned, embarrassed, and finished his speech with his back to them, “Sorry to interrupt, but it’s an emergency. We got radio contact from Esthar’s Presidential Palace. They have a plan to defeat Ultimecia. They want to hire SeeD to execute it.” He said, glancing over at them, “and they said that there’s a survivor from A-East that Squall should meet.”
--------------------.
“Tidus!”
He tried to open his eyes, but it was like they had developed a mind of their own. He couldn’t force the lids open.
“Are you sure he’s not dead?”
“Of course I’m sure! Vat do I look like? An idiot?!”
With the effort of ten men, Tidus forced his blue eyes open and was immediately blinded by a large overhead lamp that was shining down in his eyes. His head was pounding and it felt like he’d been beaten with several bats.
“Holy Hyne, are you okay Tidus?”
He stared at the person in front of him with spots of light in his eyes. He couldn’t focus very well, but there was something about that person that seemed familiar.
“Are you okay?”
Tidus nodded a little, trying to blink away the spots forming in front of his eyes until long dark hair came into view. Slowly the person in front of him became more clear and Tidus swallowed hard and stifled a gasp.
“Laguna?!” he choked out.
Tidus felt his heart beating faster in his chest until he was sure he couldn’t take it any longer. How did he get here? What was going on?
Why was in back in dream Zanarkand?
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<.<....>.>.....anyways......DUN DUN DDDDUUUUNNNNNN!
ok now...on your mark...get set.....POST!
thats becomeing my new favorite word ..or.....words.....lol.