Authors note: Hello everyone! It's been a while since I've written something for this site, or about this game, but recently I've had the feeling i wanted to write again. So here is just a short little peice, it will be 5 chapters long, at the most. Basically I was inspired by the idea in a verse I read. It is about the importance of one moment and that is what this fic is. It is about one moment that takes place in time compression, when Rinoa makes a choice whether to give up, or keep searching for Squall. The story will be in two halves, each half showing the consequences of the two different choices. This prologue is a short introduction, hopefully you will enjoy it, I'd like to hear what you al think. Peace and Light x

--Prologue--

As friends, don't forget one another

As friends, believe in one another

Believe in your friends' existence

And they'll also believe in yours

To be friends, to like one another, and to love one another...

You can't do these things alone. You need somebody

What place reminds you of your friends?

Imagine being in that place with all your friends

Once time compression begins, think of that place and try to get there

That's all

That place will welcome you. You'll be able to get there no matter what

You need love and friendship

-Laguna Loire

'I believe in his existence' Rinoa told herself over and over again as she traipsed the endless paths that existing in the time compressed world. The paths had no end, there were no seconds, hours, or minutes, in a world were time no longer existed, every moment was an eternity. How long had she looked for Squall since the fight? Maybe it was minutes. Maybe it was years. It didn't matter, she wasn't giving up.

She believed in what Laguna had told them, but more importantly she believed in Squall. If she believed enough, she'd find him, they'd go to their special place no matter what. Rinoa thought back over the time she'd known Squall. Short as it had been, it had been more eventful than the longest lifetime could ever be.

"Squall" she whispered " Don't you…believe in me too?"

She searched. She continued to search till her feet were blistered and her body was worn. She quickened her speed to a frantic run. She had to find Squall.

"Squall, I want to be with you" she called out, over and over again. Nothing. No response,. No Reply. No Squall.

Exhaustion plagued Rinoa. She couldn't hold up her search much longer. Thinking of Squall had brought her to this endless and tormenting maze. To leave this place, to return home did she have to think of the others? She had to make a decision ; hold on to the thoughts of Squall, seek him out in this hell or think of another place, a place were she was guaranteed her safety? The choice was unbearable. No matter what she chose, there was no easy way out. She could choose to escape this hell , but live the rest of her life without Squall, knowing she left him behind, or she could keep searching for Squall without knowing whether she would make it out alive.

'I have to choose' she thought sadly to herself. This moment, this choice, it would shape her future, it would shape who she was and who she would become. Rinoa had lived through alot recently, but never did she imagine that it would all come down to one moment.

What to chose? Risk it all for an eternity of love, or give up, chose safety, but safety that would become and eternity of loneliness? She tired to imagine each, to forsee her future for each choice.

Rinoa closed her eyes…