(A/N: OK, no one hate me or anything, but. . .I tweaked the ending a tad bit [OK not a /tad/, a lot]. When I started writing this story, it was before I'd finished the game so I thought Edea played a MUCH bigger role. But anyway, it's after they defeat Ultimecia and somehow [don't ask how], Edea and Seifer end up being there when she was destroyed. Just try and accept it and we'll all get along. ^.^ This story is mainly a Seiftis and Squinoa, but it has some Selvine and Zell/Claire [library girl] in it. It's gonna be kinda sad in the first chapter or so (I think), but bear with it. And, they won't be dead for long. ;-) This is non-yaoi/yuri also. So if you like that kind of stuff, TURN AWAY NOW!!!! One last note, PLEASE read and review!!!! To salvage my precious ego, please R&R! Thanx :) P.S. Characters' thoughts are in between *asterisks*.) Disclaimer: I own nothing. You hear that? NOTHING!!!! And if I did own them I probably wouldn't be here writing. I'd be out spending my fortune. The only characters /I/ own are various teachers/extras that don't really matter. I owe the plot idea to ChristineCS and her fic for the movie Moulin Rouge called "Play it Again". Thanks a bunch to all!

Chapter One: Cue Lost Battle Music

With his last dying strength, Seifer could see everyone dead. Squall and everyone had defeated Ultimecia, but in the process, sacrificed themselves. The reverberations and radiation from when she had died had an effect that was murderous. He viewed the scene before him with sadness. Squall and Rinoa lay sprawled next to each other. She had finally broken down the walls guarding his emotions and this is how she was rewarded. Zell lay near them, body twisted in a strange angle, his eyes clouded over. So smitten with that one girl from the library, what was her name? He even put down his hotdog for her. . .once. Selphie and Irvine next, their spilt blood merged with the horrible fight that they had won, but yet lost in such an awful way. Seifer then moved on to the next person. Edea. His Matron, his mother, his mistress and he, her knight. His mind clouded with possession and false promises, he had blindly followed her. Her bright, golden eyes were dulled now with the magic that had been thrown at her with vengeance. The knight then set his eyes upon the last person there. She had taught him, and he had failed. But she was his all the same. Her beautiful, golden hair stained red with blood. All of their blood. A gaping wound in her chest that still was giving out more of her life source. With his last, dying strength, Seifer rasped out the name of the only person he had ever really and truly loved: "Quistis...," and he joined the rest of them.

Hyne studied the setting before her. So sad. All of them gone so early in their prime. They didn't deserve this. They all had so much potential. All of them fighters of the best kind. Hyne looked at the Commander and sorceress before her. That girl was the kind that the others were trained to fight, yet had kept it secret and stayed with them. And that Commander! He was so cold on the outside it almost seeped through to his heart. . .yet that girl had broken it and saved him before he turned into a male Shiva.

The deity looked at the next person, following Seifer's train of thought. That poor boy. That poor, energetic, temperamental boy. He was great at fighting, and in today's world he could get pretty far with anger. So in love with food though. . .and that girl. *I thought she might sway his thoughts from food for awhile*, Hyne smiled.

Next that flirty cowboy and that sprightly girl. She was definitely enough to keep him in line. He had his good points though. They both did. He was sensitive and always the charmer, she was always happy and lively in a good way, always organizing things to make others happy. Just the right amount of sunshine that Commander needed in his life no matter how annoying he might find her. And that man helped them all remember what it was like when they were growing up. *That was about enough to complicate their situation to a fuller extent, but they needed to find out sometime*, Hyne pondered.

Then the sorceress. Their Matron. The Headmaster's wife and the only mother they had all known. It was all so complicated. She was possessed, yes, but they couldn't kill her. She had too much meaning to them all. They could never kill her, just damage her powers. Their mother, gone.

The ex-Instructor. Now she was a case now wasn't she? First of all, a child wonder, becoming a SeeD and Instructor very early in life. *She had to grow up too fast. She didn't get to really enjoy being a child that long*, Hyne thought. Then in love (so she thought) with the Commander. He was so cold to her and she was just being friendly! Then, she watched the young sorceress crack his shell in a snap! *How depressing*. Later denying that what she really felt was love (but it was for awhile), and being all alone. She had lost her Instructor's license, her love, and hope. *She never told anyone that she was so depressed. . .Hid under cynicism. . .Oh!* Hyne gasped as she saw another part of the blonde she hadn't told anyone. *So she fancied the knight, huh? Well, well, well. My dear girl, if you'd have only told him, you would have found out he loved you too.*

Which brought her to the last member of the group before her. The knight. So much a little boy inside still. Wanting love and someone to care for him. Not having parents will probably do that to you. Like the ex- Instructor, hiding behind something. Pride. Something he did very well. *He fooled everyone into believing he couldn't care... I just wish he'd have told that girl what he felt! They'd have made a great couple. Her, keeping him from being too arrogant. Him, keeping her from getting too boring or joyless.*

Hyne's mind was a-plotting away. What if she gave them one more chance? It couldn't hurt. And really, who could stop her? The deity rubbed her hands together and got up from her throne. The crystals that made up the majority of it crinkled and cracked when she rose. Her dress flowed out behind her, a dawn colored material with all of the hues melded together like the sunrise itself, as she walked to the edge of the sky and snatched up the bodies littered around the battlefield.

*This is the hard part*, she said as she searched for a time for them. Finally she found it. *Ah, perfect.* She set the bodies in the air and said the spell over them.

Lions tamed with a flutter of Wings,

Sunshine loving the Remembering,

Books win over the Food King,

And they all must go on living.

Presidents go on their journeys as before,

Singers shall sing, but another wins more.

A small child is left in a downpour,

And the coldness surrounds him forevermore.

Soon now though, it shall be found,

Fire and Ice collide on battleground,

Only to create love's harmonious sound,

And even to them, the truth will astound.

Fire and the Icy rain,

You are going back again.

Go, my children, go, obtain

The chances you lost and now will regain.

She blew the lot into the swirling pool of time that had slowly appeared while she was chanting. Her breath came out in colors, the orange glow of life, the pink tinge of flesh, the deep reds of personalities, the yellow of growth, and leaving them, the icy blue and shadow-like black of death left them. The life forces wrapped themselves around the band like soft silk, gentle at first, then in an instant, tightening around them and swirling them faster and faster into the dark, deep hole of time. And then, they were gone. *Well, I guess it's all up to them now*, Hyne thought, sitting down on her throne again. *They just better get it right this time.*

(A/N: Yeah, that's my interpretation of Hyne. If you have problems with my depiction of Hyne, I would have to say to you people: Deal with it. I'm not gonna change Hyne just for one person so just deal. No offense meant. Now, on with the show. As I said in the beginning, please R/R. But please don't flame. Constructive criticism is accepted, but don't be too harsh. I'm new so be nice! Well. . .should I keep it? Should I destroy it? Should I send it to story hell? Please tell me! Oh and everyone at the Seiftis Forever Message Board: I would /love/ to hear from ya'll! I'm registered on there as Megs1101QSF so if you see me, tell me how you thought it was please!)