Hey there! This is technically my 3rd fanfic but i'm taking my first one off 'cos it's crap :)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy characters, although i wish i did :)

Mixed Worlds

Chapter 1 - The Dream

Squall awoke with a start and sat up in his bed.

"Again?" He asked himself.

Without bothering to get dressed, he went out in his underwear to get his mail.

"Morning!" Called Seifer, on his way to the cafeteria. "How's the scar?"

"Fine, hey, can I talk to you later?"

"Sure! How's eleven?"

"Sounds good, I'll see you then."

"See ya!"

Squall went back into his room and flicked through the mail.

"Junk, junk, junk, aha! Finally!" He tore open the plain white envelope, breaking the Balamb Garden seal. The letter inside read:

'Dear Mr. Leonheart,

Thank you for your contribution. Your complaint has been taken into account. Thank you for helping us make our Garden a healthy ands hygienic one.

Karin Thompson, Head Chef.'

"Is that it?" Squall shouted at the paper. He scrunched up the letter and envelope into a ball and threw it at the wall. It rebounded and landed in the bin.

He got dressed into his SeeD uniform, he was to escort some new students to the Fire Cavern today. He had just tied his boots up when there was a knock at his door.

"Squally-bear! Are you in?" Called Rinoa.

"Oh God." Squall murmured his head in his hand. He slowly opened his door. "Hi Rinoa..." He forced a smile. "Come in, I actually wanted to talk to you."

Rinoa let out a high pitched Squeal, jumping up and down on the spot and flapping her arms about.

She ran into his room and plonked herself down on his bed.

"So what did ya wanna talk to me about?" She asked excitedly.

Squall sat next to her and placed his hand on top of hers.

"I...um, want to tell you something..." He began.

'He seems nervous.' Rinoa thought to herself, 'maybe he'll tell me he's ready to have sex with me. He's never done it before, I hope that's what he'll say.'

"I don't think..." Squall gathered up all his courage. "I don't think we're right for each other."

"You're breaking up with me?" She asked, shocked.

"Uh, yes"

Rinoa got up and pushed Squall against the wall. She stormed out of his room, slamming the door behind her. She rushed past Selphie with tears in her eyes.

"Rinoa?" She turned to see where her friend had come from. She saw Squall in his doorway, watching Rinoa run off. "Squall what-?" Before she could finish her sentence, Squall had shut his door. "Rinoa! Wait up!" She ran after Rinoa.

After a few minutes on his own to celebrate...I mean, calm down after such a traumatic experience cough cough, Squall headed down to the cafeteria. He bought a hot meal as he was going to be out for most of the day. He was looking for somewhere to sit, when someone called his name.

"Squall! Over here!"

He turned round to see Seifer waving at him. He sat down next to him and took a bite of some giant meatball type thing.

"Ugh, the food still tastes like shit." Moaned Squall. "Oh yeah, I broke up with Rinoa this morning."

"How'd it go?" Asked Seifer.

"Awful, she freaked out."

"Mmm," Seifer tried to speak with his mouth full but ended up failing terribly, spraying bits of food over Squall.

"Thanks," he said sarcastically, "actually, I know you've got a crush on her, so go for it."

"How'd you know?" Seifer blushed.

"It's obvious." Said Squall. "Anyway, I gotta go to Headmaster Cid's office for all the new students going to the Fire Cavern today. Have fun at class, oh! And be nice to Professor Trepe." He teased.

"See ya!"

Squall dumped all of his food into the bin and headed up to Cid's office. His door was open and Squall could see a figure in front of Cid's desk. He knocked on the door.

"Come in Squall." Called Cid.

There was a girl standing there. She had long black hair and was wearing a knee length skirt along with a t-shirt.

"Squall, this is Shana, you'll you be escorting her to and from the Fire Cavern."

"Yes, sir." Replied Squall, "come on." He said to the girl.

As the walked out of the front gates Squall crossed the road.

"Aren't we supposed to go this way?" Asked Shana, pointing left.

"Yeah, but the cafeteria food sucks and I'm starving. I wouldn't normally be bothered but I'm doing this all day."

"Ah, okay." She followed him down to the super-market. It didn't take him long to get what he needed.

On their way to the Fire Cavern, Squall noticed large, heavy drops of rain. He looked up, the sky had turned grey and he could feel that it had suddenly gone cold.

"Come on!" He said to Shana. He grabbed her hand, she blushed, and they ran to the nearest shelter. Luckily, it was the Fire Cavern.

"Are you ready to go in?" He asked her.

"Yep!" She pulled out her staff and four bracelets, each a different colour. "See ya soon!" She called as she ran in.

By 11.00, Squall had managed to take 3 people. He walked into his room and sat on his bed. There was soon a knock at the door. He got up and opened it. There was Seifer, with Rinoa on his shoulder.

"Hi Squall!" Rinoa said, mockingly.

"Hey Rinoa." Said Squall, not bothered at all.

"Ugh!" She stormed off, not pleased.

"Come in." Squall opened the door fully.

"So, what's up?" Seifer sat and span on Squall's spinny chair. (Yay, spinning!!!)

"Well, I've been having a recurring dream lately."

"Again?" Seifer stopped spinning.

"Yeah."

"What happens?"

"Not really sure. First there's me sitting in my room, then there's a train crash or something, then fiends."

"Hmm," Seifer started beeping. "Sorry, gotta go." He rushed off.

Squall decided to go and take the rest of the new students.

After he had finished, he trudged back to his room and put his feet up.

'I have no life...' He thought to himself. He turned on his T.V.

"Live on news at ten! We're over at the train station just south of Balamb Garden where there has been a train crash just recently!"

Squall sat up, his eyes glued to the screen. He was thinking of the dreams he's been having lately.

"What's worse," the T.V presenter continued, "is that there's a fiend epidemic! But luckily, there's someone here to save the day."

Squall saw a girl fighting the fiends, but struggling.

He got up, flicked the T.V off and ran out. It took him 5 minutes to get to the Station. He made it just in time, the girl was about to collapse from tiredness.

Squall pulled out his Gunblade.

"Need a hand?" He asked.

They fought the fiends together, but the girl was suddenly mauled by a giant fiend. Squall looked up at it.

"Oh dear..." He searched through his pockets, "uh, aha!" He pulled out a bright red pendant. He held it in his hands. It rose in the air and floated above his palms. A beam of red light shot into the sky and Ifrit came down it. He and Squall fought the giant fiend.

After the battle, Ifrit disappeared. Squall ran to the girl, picked her up in his arms and ran as fast as he could back to Balamb Garden.

To him, it seemed to take an eternity to get back. He ran into the infirmary and slammed his fist down on the bell. A nurse rushed out.

"Oh my! Quickly, follow me!" She said as soon as she saw the girl.

Squall followed her and laid the girl on the bed.

He sat there beside her for the days until she woke up, not moving except for food.

Thanks for reading! Please R+R!

Natalie