Welcome to GF Dementia. This is just an idea that occurred to me while I was writing Leonhart's Heir . It's basically a series of one shots (or will be) going off of my idea that GFs just might drive the users insane with their own intentions. It kind of goes hand in hand with Leonhart's Heir, so if you like this, you should like that. Thank you for your time.

Disclaimer: Final Fantasy VIII is the property of Squaresoft/Enix. I do not own any of the characters or places.

Story I: Devour

It was another ordinary day at Balamb Garden for Zell Dincht. He had woken up a little on the later side, but that didn't matter because he had no missions lined up anytime soon. The school had a wonderful calm atmosphere; it was peaceful. The only thing that could make it better would be if he could stop hearing voices that didn't exist.

Zell noticed that the voices were getting harder to ignore, and they were making more sense to him, as crazy as the words were. He fell into the cafeteria's line, lightly punching Irvine in the back.

"Hey, Zell." The cowboy greeted.

Eat him. Zell grinned, trying to hide the horrid intentions. "Hey."

Devour him, eat him. Steal his life, and it will be your power. Zell grabbed more hotdogs than usual and followed Irvine to the table.

The rest of his friends were already there. Squall was looking as grumpy as usual, Rinoa sitting next to him, content. Irvine took a seat next to Selphie, and Zell sat next to Quistis.

"Good morning, Zell." Quistis greeted. Zell gave her a smile before tucking into his hotdogs. He had a bad feeling that they wouldn't be enough.

"Kind of sickening, isn't it?" Quistis whispered playfully, gesturing to the couples that sat across from them. Zell nodded, avoiding eye contact. It was especially hard to ignore the voice when it came to the girls.

She's weaker than you. Devour her, and you'll be stronger than the rest. Then you can eat more… Zell looked down and noted sadly that he was out of hotdogs. Quistis laughed.

"Damn, Zell breathe once in a while, won't you?" Selphie joked. Zell scowled at her, but only for appearances sake. He regretted looking at his friends.

They all looked rather edible. Zell was getting scared, because he was starting to separate himself from humans. He was not human, he was a predator. The girls were the most appetizing, not to mention the easiest to take down. Zell had lost all humanly attraction towards any of the females. He just wanted to eat them.

Selphie's flesh looked soft, chewy. But she was small, not much to eat. The obvious choice would then be Quistis, who was an inch taller than him. But he didn't know if she'd be his type; her body was leaner than Selphie and Rinoa's due to the extra years of obsessive training. Ah, as for Rinoa, he could tell she'd be tasty. She had all of that magic flowing through her veins, undoubtedly flavoring the flawless skin.

Rinoa was the one Zell wanted to eat.

"Zell, are you okay?" Squall asked.

"Huh?" Zell responded.

"He was just mourning the loss of his hotdogs." Selphie teased.

Zell avoided Squall's suspicious gaze. Squall didn't really trust the look in Zell's eye, he didn't like it at all.

Get her alone, somewhere far away. Eat her and be done with it. Again, Zell smiled to block out the voice. "I'm gonna go train, catch you guys later." He dismissed himself.

"Hey, Zell, hold on!" Rinoa followed after him, not noticing Squall's look of protest. "I could use some training, I'm getting rusty." She smiled.

"Aw, is Squall jealous?" Selphie chirped at the table.

"No it's…nothing." Squall didn't have a valid reason. He couldn't even join them to train, he had an assignment to do. He stood and left.

"You don't wanna wait for Selphie?" Zell asked. She made a face.

"Oh, come on, you know she's just going to hang out with Irvine. And Quistis is reapplying for her teaching license." She added before Zell could ask. "Come on, don't leave me by myself!"

Perfect. We can eat her in the Training Center. Eden's desire was stronger than Zell's will, and Zell felt his soul stirring, moved to the back of his mind. Eden was in control now.

"Alright, alright." Zell's voice said. "You win. Hey, let's go look for a T-Rexaur!" Rinoa smiled and nodded.

Stop it! Leave her alone! Zell pleaded.

Please, the only reason I was able to take control was because you wanted it, too. She was our mutual agreement.

Zell watched in horror as they entered the training center.

"We'll have to go kinda deep, we'll only get grats if we stay here." Zell's body told Rinoa.

"Yeah, only the weaklings." Rinoa agreed. Zell wished she just wanted Grats. Then at least someone would be able to hear her…

They walked along the forest-like area, a horrible emptiness building up in Zell's stomach. He was relieved that Eden wasn't doing anything, but also wondering what he was waiting for.

Run! Get away! Zell tried to will it towards Rinoa, but she couldn't hear him. You're in danger!

"Oh, look, the secret spot." Rinoa pointed out the lighted area. "I asked Quistis about it, but she just told me that couples go there to make out. Can we check it out?"

"What, thinking of bringing Squall there?" Zell heard himself say. Rinoa blushed.

"No! I'm just curious is all." Rinoa said. "Come on!" She added, pulling him along.

Zell felt a spark of hope. Maybe there were people in there. People that could help if he got out of control.

Zell and Rinoa stepped into the secret area. Empty. Dismay swept over him as he realized what Eden had done; Eden had made sure that no one else was around. Rinoa turned her back to him to admire the view.

Run!

"Wow, it's really pretty. I wonder why they would put this in the training center." She commented.

"I dunno, I think it was probably the students' idea. This school is really stressful, with all the rules and whatnot." Zell could only watch as Eden stepped closer. "The training center is the only place that's open all the time. I'm guessing it was like a sanctuary to them."

Rinoa turned to face him, and bumped into him. Before she could say anything, Zell grabbed her, a ravenous look in his eyes.

"Zell, what--?"

"This is my Sanctuary." Zell said and brought her in a crushing embrace. He smiled as he heard her arms break against her sides. She screamed.

I was really hoping for more of a fight. Oh well, we can't be getting choosy, now can we? He ripped at one of the arms; it dislocated.

"Angelo!" Rinoa called for her dog. He came charging.

"Oh please." Zell said, kicking the dog aside. He heard something crack as it hit the wall. He smiled, and his grin was bigger than possible. "Your turn."

Rinoa didn't know what to do. She couldn't make the necessary motions for summonings or magic with her arms broken. She ran for the exit.

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Quistis ran into Squall in one of the walkways. "Hi, Squall."

"Hey, Quistis, have you seen Rinoa?" Squall couldn't stop the horrid feeling from traveling down his spine all day.

"No, come to think of it, I haven't seen her or Zell since they said they were going training." Quistis checked her watch. "They should be done by now."

"I'm going to look for them, are you coming?" Quistis nodded. She was done with her tasks for the day. "I hope they're okay."

Squall nodded in agreement. The walked around the training center, circling around to the farthest part from the entrance.

"Do you hear that?" Squall asked, and Quistis paused. They both stood still for a few seconds before turning towards the Secret Spot.

"What in the world could that be?" Quistis asked. As they grew closer to the secret spot, crunching noises could be heard, and an occasional rip. Squall stepped in first. Quistis bumped into him when he didn't move.

"Squall, what --" She stopped at the sight before her. "Oh, god…" she leaned against a wall to brace herself from fainting or vomiting, she couldn't tell which one was coming at her.

Rinoa was nothing more than a bloody mess, limbs strewn about the floor. Her faithful pet, Angelo could be seen motionless in a far corner. And in the middle of it all sat Zell, shoving flesh upon flesh into his greedy mouth.

"What have you done!?" Squall shrieked. Zell looked up casually, past Squall. "You bastard, answer me!" Squall lunged, but rage made him sloppy, and Zell was able to move out of the way easily.

"I've never felt so much power, need more…" He whispered harshly under his breath. Squall paled at his friend's words.

Go for the boy, he's stronger. Zell ignored the voice. His body was screaming for Quistis at the moment, there'd be time for Squall later.

Quistis had slumped against the wall in a fit of nausea. Easy prey. Zell ran in for the kill.

"Oh no you don't!" Zell could just barely hear Squall, his body was blocking out everything but the want for Quistis' flesh. He was able to dodge Squall's second attack flawlessly, and he heard the gunblade smash into the wall. It was stuck.

"Quistis, get up!" Squall warned, trying to pry his gunblade from the wall. Quistis looked up, and dove out of Zell's reach.

"Zell, what's wrong with you?!" Quistis yelled, reaching for her whip.

I don't want to do this…yes, yes we do. His mind had separated for a moment, but Eden quickly entwined them back together. Quistis cracked her whip at him, trying to keep him at bay. He let the whip wrap around his forearm, and his face twisted into an angry snarl. "You'll regret that." He jerked his arm towards himself, pulling her closer in one swift moment. She gasped, the realization of death showing in her scared, blue eyes.

And then, it was all over for Zell Dincht. The Lionheart plunged deep into his back, piercing through his heart before reappearing out of his chest and stabbing Quistis in the shoulder. Quistis could see what Squall couldn't. She watched as his eyes became the eyes of the Zell she knew, except plagued with regret and sorrow.

"I'm…sorry…" He choked out before Squall skillfully withdrew his gunblade. Zell's heart undoubtedly fell apart immediately afterwards as he hit the ground.

"Cure." Quistis was able to cast on herself. It had only been a flesh wound on her part. She looked sadly down at her fallen friends. Zell's internal damage was too great; he was gone forever. She then turned her gaze to Squall. His back was turned to her, his shoulders were shaking violently with silent sobs.

"Full-life. Phoenix down. Revive." Squall cried out in a hollow voice. He was barely able to get the words out, and he looked at what was left of Rinoa in a slightly hopeful way, as though his magic would somehow pull her back together and she'd sit up, dazed but well.

"Squall…"Quistis put her hand on his shoulder. He shrugged it off and ran out. She fell to her knees among the mess that had once been her friends and cried, her soul just as broken as they were.

End Story

A/N: I hope it lived up to standards, I have the next installation in mind, but would like some feedback before starting. Requests will be considered for anyone but Squall, as he has his own story, and Rinoa, who is my next idea.