Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own FFVIII, Nor do I own FFX. But I do own this story because I wrote it!
"Oh Squall," a cheerful Rinoa said. "I'm so glad we are getting married." She leaned over and hugged Squall. The world was no longer in havoc. There was the occasional mission every now and then but everything seemed to be fine. Everyone could finally live their life without the fear of a Sorceress trying to destroy the world. Well, Rinoa was a Sorceress, but she was a good one. Unlike Ultimecia who was set on Time Compression a year ago. Now everything was fine.
Laguna was back in Esthar being President, and was very excited to hear that his son Squall was going to marry Rinoa. When he heard the good news, he had a flash back to when he proposed to Raine. He smiled and carried on with his work.
Selphie and Irvine moved to Trabia to help fix it up, and get it running again. They were going out now, boyfriend and girlfriend. Everyone knew they would. They were the cutest couple. When they departed for Trabia, Selphie had a great big grin on her face and she wore Irvine's hat. She was so happy to be returning to her old Garden, but sad that she was leaving her friends from Balamb. Only months after, Trabia was up and running. Now that all three Gardens were mobile, they could see each other anytime.
Zell had finally got the chance to go out with the girl, Brandy, from the Library, and they were still together. Zell finally took a stand for those delicious hot dogs in the Cafeteria. He was now the head of the Lunch Committee, and had since increased the number of hot dogs the Cafeteria puts out for lunch. Now Zell can get the hot dogs he so very deserved!
Since the defeat of Ultimecia a year ago, Seifer has changes a lot. He is no longer the mean, heartless rival of Squall, but a good friend to everyone. But he has not completely changed. He still has his Posse with Fujin and Raijin. And a few months ago, in February, on Valentine's day, he confessed his love to Quistis, and since then, they have been together. Everything was going well. Everyone was happy, and nothing could ever change it.
"Now we can live happily ever after," Rinoa said calmly. Squall kissed her on the forehead and then stood up.
"The wedding is only a week from now," Squall looked at Rinoa who smiled sweetly. "Nothing can ruin this." He smiled.
"Well, I must be off," Rinoa informed Squall. "I have to go meet Selphie and Quistis in the Quad. I guess I will see you later then." They both nodded and Rinoa left to the Quad where Selphie and Quistis awaited her. They told Rinoa that they had found a better dress than the previous one they had picked out. Being only one week before the wedding, they thought that Rinoa should try it on quickly to see what she thinks of it.
"Hellooo!" an excited Selphie ran up to hug Rinoa. "Oh my gosh! You have to see this dress! Both Quisty and I think it is perfect for you! We like it much better than the other one." Selphie grabbed Rinoa's hand and lead her down the stairs. Quistis waited with the dress.
"Wow!" Rinoa exclaimed. "I is so cool! I love it so much better than the other one!" The dress was pure white, and it was very long in the back, and the veil came with a diamond crested tiara! "Thanks guys! But where did you get it?" Rinoa asked. Selphie snickered.
"It's a little secret… Tee Hee!" Selphie replied. Her and Irvine just arrived that morning with the dress. It was actually Irvine who found it! Selphie had told Quistis about it, and she wanted in on it as well. They both smiled. Rinoa hugged them both.
"Well," Quistis spoke, "are you going to try it on??" Rinoa nodded. She quickly got changed into the dress to see how it looked.
"Wow!" Selphie exclaimed. "It looks so perfect on you!" Selphie jumped up and down in happiness. Just then, Irvine walked in. Rinoa looked up at him.
"Wow Rinoa, you look great," Irvine complimented.
"Thanks Irvine!" Rinoa thanked him.
"No prob," he replied. Rinoa was ready and set for the wedding. Nothing was going to spoil this for her. She would be with Squall forever after they wed. They will be a happy couple. After all, destiny put them together, right? It was meant for them to be together!
Later that day, Rinoa decided to fight some monsters. She was a Sorceress, and her powers never stopped growing stronger. Rinoa was able to control her Sorceress powers, so there was no need to fear that she would turn into an evil Sorceress. As long as she wore the pendant Dr. Odine gave her, she would be able to control herself. Her and Squall both headed outside the Garden. "Where do you want to go?" Squall asked Rinoa.
"Well," Rinoa said slowly, "I want to go…" She thought for a moment. She knew she should have thought of this earlier, but she forgot.
"Well, we could just stay here," Squall suggested. Rinoa nodded her head in agreement.
"Okay! But let's go over towards the mountains," she pointed towards the tall mountains to the right of them. "The monsters over there have good magic to stock up on." She smiled and waited for Squall's response. He smiled and nodded. They both headed towards the mountains, encountering a few Bite Bugs on the way. Finally, they started to encounter less Bite Bugs, and more Glacial Eye's. The monsters were no math for Squall and Rinoa, but their magic was very useful. Squall and Rinoa both stocked up on lots of Cure Magic.
The closer they got to the snow capped mountains, the stronger the Glacial Eye's became. But they were in for a surprise, they would encounter a monster like none they had ever fought before… There was a bright light a little closer to the mountains. It was as if it were a portal of some sort. It swirled with black, purple and blue. Suddenly, something started to come out!
"Squall!" Rinoa gasped. "What is that?!" She held onto Squall briefly.
"I don't know," Squall replied. "But stay near me." Rinoa held onto his arm, and he drew his sword. The portal like thing grew larger and larger as an enormous monster slowly poked his head through. Rinoa leaned forward to see the huge monster. It was quite ugly looking. It slowly looked towards them. Only it's head was visible. And it was a huge head! Suddenly, a few little monsters flocked off of the huge monster. There were about six little cocoon-like monsters and one big one. They all went into battle mode.
""Be careful Rinoa," Squall warned. "We don't know how strong these monsters are." Rinoa nodded back. They started to attack the smaller cocoon-like monsters first. After they hit the small monsters, they would open up and turn into bug-like monsters with wings, yet they did not fly. After a few more hits, they would disappear and new ones would take their place.
"I'm going to Scan those little ones!" Rinoa exclaimed. She brought forth her Scan Magic and narrowed in on one of the monsters. She cleared her mind and finally she got a scan of it. It wasn't that clear though. "Sinsca-" before she could finish the name of the monster, she felt terribly weak and fell to the ground.
"Rinoa!!" Squall yelled. He stopped what he was doing and ran over to Rinoa who was laying on the ground. The feeling of the weakness passed and Rinoa sat up.
"What the?" she said confused. "What is up with that?" She looked up at Squall who helped her back up to her feet. Again, they started to attack the monsters. Rinoa grabbed onto her necklace, and remembered the ring Squall had given to her. She remembered that she had the GF Griever. He did a whole lot of damage with his powerful attack, so she summoned Griever, who attacked with his Shockwave Pulsar, and killed all the small monsters, yet did very little to the huge monster. Again, more small monsters flocked off of the enormous one.
"What is going on?" Squall questioned. He seemed mad that no matter how many of the small monsters he beat, two more would take its place! Rinoa brought forth another Scan, and tried to scan the larger monster. She was too far away and it failed, so she ran closer to it. She ran past the small monsters and right in front of the large one. "What are you doing Rinoa!?" Squall yelled to her. Suddenly, the monsters began to disappear. "Rinoa! Get back here!" Squall yelled as he ran towards her. He was too late. Just as Rinoa cast Scan on the large monster, it sucked her, and the remaining monsters into a portal like thing, leaving nothing behind.
"Noooo!! Rinoa!!" Squall yelled again. He ran towards the spot where she was standing. The small pendant Dr. Odine gave her had fallen off. Squall fell to his knees. "No… This can't be…" he said to himself. "This can't be!" He picked up the pendant. "Rinoa…"