Falling…
She stood gazing down into space. She let her golden hair down and closed her eyes. Her army boots tilted forward a little, just a little, over the edge of the balcony of Balamb Garden. One misstep and she'd fall into oblivion. She thought of all the people in her life. The ones she loved and the ones she hated. She thought of Squall…why was she destined to love someone she knew would never love her? Why!? She wouldn't let the tears come, she had cried so many times. Now he was gone. The love of her life will never ever love her. Now he found the love of his life and it wasn't her. It wasn't Quistis!
"Why…?" she asked the sky as she tilted her head back in a low whisper, not even realizing she was talking out loud. "WHY!!!!!!?????" she screamed into space. She screamed so loud and so long, her lungs felt like they were on fire. She was so…alone. Alone in this world.
In the shadows behind her stood an arrogant figure. His arms folded across his chest came to his sides quickly as she screamed that pitiful word into the clear starry night. Should he reveal himself? He stepped up to her his heavy black combat boots thumped loudly as he walked up to her. He looked at her with no emotion on his face. Without a glance back she looked on in silence. For a moment that seemed to last an eternity, not a word was spoken, and for a split second, they understood each other.
In his usual gruff voice, Seifer Alamsy spoke, "Oh Quistis, I know how you must feel. I know the pain the loneliness that haunts you. But I also know you are a brave warrior, not one to take the cowards way out."
Quistis merely looked on, unshaken, it seemed in her ghostly blank look on her face. Seifer stood there a little longer, close enough to touch her, but refrained from doing so. Slowly Quistis looked back at him before giving him a sad smile then stepped off the edge.
"QUISTIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a man screamed. For Quistis everything went black and finally…peaceful.