The Movie in My Mind

by LunaticCow

AU. Squinoa. An epic love story about the relationship between an Estharian White SeeD and a village girl from Timber. Set during the final days of the Estharian occupation of Balamb. Squinoa. Based on Miss Saigon. Please R and R. :D

1. Prologue: The Beginning of a Tragedy

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANY OF IT! I don't own Final Fantasy VIII….Square-Enix does. I don't own Miss Saigon. All songs from Miss Saigon that will be used with this fic are copyrighted to Claude Michel Shönberg, Alain Boublil, and Richard Maltby Jr. ….I think…

Well people…I think this is the end of my writer's block….I'm sorry for not finishing my other stories…but this'll probably be the only piece of fanfiction that I'll ever finish since I've got the first two or three chapters written down ahead of time…but for now, I think the prologue and first chappie shall do….here goes!

The Movie in My Mind

By Ai have a boring life

Prologue: The Beginning of a Tragedy

1975

"Fire! Fire in the Forest!"

That was the day her whole life changed. The day the two most important people in her life vanished from the face of the planet. The Galbadians had dropped bombs from the sky and into the forests of Timber. Do you know how some people have that urge to rule the world? Well, the Galbadians were just like that.

"Mother! Father! I'm coming to get you!"

"No child! Don't go into the forest! It's dangerous!"

This was the story of a girl. This was the story of Rinoa Heartilly.

Rinoa grew up in a small village called Timber. To her, it was the most peaceful place in the world. Of course that was until the war began. Her family was well-off, though they weren't rich. They always pulled through in the end.

Now, this was the time when girls were betrothed to men chosen by their parents, and Rinoa was one of those girls. She was lucky, being betrothed to a man that she knew and loved. He was her cousin, Seifer Almasy. But then everything changed when the war came, and she began to hate him, for it was his fault that her parents were lost forever…

End Prologue

Author's Note: Well…..that's the prologue….so you may all be thinking, "HER COUSIN? Now that's not right!" But people did things like that back then in Japan or Vietnam in the 70s, you know? So it wasn't weird back then. Don't worry, I might update some of my other fics ….keyword: might………..

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