Time Compression
By: Radisrol
WARNINGS: Blood, Violence, Lemons, Non-con, adult themes.
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to FF8.
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Time compression. It was an interesting concept, yet infinitely less in practice. Ultimecia had been a fool. So distraught over her own history and future, she did the impossible in the attempt to change it all. But it was destined to failure from the beginning. Her ambitions were too great, and millions of lives were lost because of it.
Such were the thoughts of one Squall Leonheart as he sat amidst a field of gray-scale flowers. Truly, he was the only life in this world without time, and he was fine with that. He finally had the time to reflect on his past. No more Guardian Forces warring in the back of his head, no more of his friends trying to force him into a romance he didn't want, no more Rinoa. It's true he loved her, but not in the normal sense. He saw her as a kid-sister at most. He would protect her, as any brother should, but that's all.
The kiss, he realized, had been a spur of the moment thing.
In the moments? Days? Years? He had been within time compression, he had discovered all this and more. The best part, he thought, was the lack of Shiva's voice in the back of his head, whispering sweetly to him. He shivered unconsciously at the image of the Ice Goddess and quickly dropped his train of thought.
Suddenly, a pulling sensation. Was it really time to go? Squall stood up, being careful not to damage the flowers, and groaned. He didn't want to have to go back to reality yet, he didn't want to see their smiling faces when he awoke, and most of all, he didn't want to see her crying face when he told her he could never be with her.
He could feel the GF he had junctioned to himself return with the flow of time. He struggled against the pull and was sure he managed to do something as Shiva began to giggle at his antics.
He heard her ethereal voice speak, "So you want to stay here, beloved? You want to avoid their cruelty in kindness, no?" He chose not to answer even as he felt the Goddess materialize behind him and began to whisper into his ear. "Let me help you. Let me take the pain away."
"I'd rather die." he said, still struggling against the strange force trying to bring him back into reality. "I would just bring you back, yes? You cannot hide from me, beloved." Squall just grunted. Satisfied that he had stayed off the strange power for now, he began to sit back down.
Shiva's voice and body had disappeared as well, for now, although he could still feel her presence. He wished he couldn't. He wished he could go back and stop any of this shit from happening. He wished he could abuse time compression and wind up back in Garden before any of this happened.
He felt a more sinister presence, Diabolos, make itself known. "Wish granted."
Then his world went black.
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Prologue End