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Dream Girl
The figure stood before him, her back to him yet her face turned to him looking over her shoulder with a passive expression. They was definitely a she, no man could have such a figure or hold their body in that slightly curved way that was nonchalant yet subtly sexy.
She was dressed all in black leather that had a variety of silver buckles and red belts attached. She wore a strange pair of trousers, more like shorts with the leg pieces added later like stockings. The shorts and leggings were buckled down the sides and she wore black boots.
In a strange coincidence she wore two belts like he did but while both his were red hers was a black leather one with a skull buckle and another made of strange silver coins on red strips.
Her shoulders were bare to the elements as was her abdomen, her only top a wide strip of black leather folded over, the inner fold studded with small silver squares and it was held together with a large ornate cross.
Two red leather strips ran down the length of her body either side of her neck running down her back and stomach under her shorts and attached to her leggings while a thin black buckled belt was wrapped around her abdomen above her belly button. She also wore a black choker and a silver pendant on a chain around her neck.
He continued to watch her as she stood there holding a long skull engraved sword in her gloved right hand, the glove reaching up to her elbow as it did on her other arm. As with the way she held her body her sword was held loosely yet as a blade user himself he knew she was ready to strike.
If the way she dressed worried him in that it resembled his, then her face was more of a concern. Her hair was short, only reaching the base of her neck at the back while the fringe hung down over her eyes in large spiky strands whilst some of these pointed up, although her hair was more of a grey/silver than the brown his was.
Her red eyes were intense yet gave nothing away and in the background he hear two female voices the sources unclear.
'Give me a Y.' said one.
'Give me a R.' chimed another.
'Give me a break.' Replied the girl that he could see in a soft sultry voice.
Squall awoke slightly annoyed. It had been the same thing every night for the last week. He saw this girl who resembled him so closely in looks and from what he could tell in personality as well, always with her back to him yet looking over her shoulder at him, ready to fight but always in a blank white room where other voices could come in.
He wished he knew who she was, why she crept into his dreams at night and what it all meant.
He rose from his bed stretching, he hadn't told Rinoa of this dream girl in case she felt he no longer loved her. But this girl somehow he was connected to her. 'Paine.' He caught himself saying and then his brow crinkled as he tried to figure out where it had come from.
'You couldn't handle the truth.' A voice whispered in his mind.
'What truth.' He snapped back in his thoughts.
'That there are other worlds, dimensions, where people can be switched between.' The voice replied.
'What are you trying to say?' Squall asked as he wandered over to his washbasin preoccupied by the voice.
'I'm trying to say that you will never meet this Paine yet you will forever be tied to her.' The voice answered.
'Where is she? Why do I dream of her? Who are you?' Squall quizzed the unknown voice trying to understand what was going on, if he was going insane.
'She lives on a world called Spira although she wasn't born there. I am Fate, I control the destinies of all worlds, I choose the existence of human and the beings you call GFs. I decide when and where they shall be.' The voice told him.
'Then why are you talking to me? An all-powerful being like you talking to a human like this. So you took this Paine to Spira from where? Does she know?' Squall replied strangely able to continue his routine while conversing with this so-called Fate.
'You are one of my subjects, I feel I owe you an explanation. As for Paine no she doesn't know as far as she's concerned she is from Spira, you don't exist.' Fate explained their voice neither feminine nor masculine.
'So you're responsible for what happened with Ultimecia?' Squall retorted in rising anger.
'No she is the subject of another force, one I will not name. I was responsible for you and your friends defeating her... I made your lives the way they were so you'd be able to defeat her.' Fate replied calmly.
'So every action I do is planned by you?' Squall snapped hating the idea of being controlled.
'Not as such I only arranged matters so that when the time comes saviours like you will be able to do what you were born to do.' Fate answered ignorant of Squall's feelings.
'I see so you made it so I'd be abandoned?' Squall asked trying to stay calm.
'Yes I can see how much that troubles you but it made you the way you are, just as it did her.' Fate said enigmatically.
'What did you do to her? Is that how we're connected?' Squall demanded curiosity rising.
'Yes but the connection is closer than that... surely her name gives you a clue?' Fate teased.
'Paine? So what of it?' Squall said but his jaw dropped as another name came to his mind and realisation dawned.
'Paine... Raine... my mother? Are you saying she has something to do with Raine?' Squall asked flopping onto his bed as confusion flooded his mind.
'Very much so... Paine is Raine's daughter. Raine died due to complications giving birth to twins.' Fate replied.
'She's my sister!?' Squall exploded in shock and then added in anger 'Why did you let my mother die? Why did you take my sister?'
Fate sighed 'I told you I arrange it for saviours to be in the right place at the right time. She will be a saviour of Spira against their new evil. As for Raine I couldn't control that, I cannot avert Death, I can only shape a person's life-path.' They explained.
'My real Sis...' Squall mumbled to himself. 'I want to see her.' He demanded sitting up.
'You already have.' Fate answered.
'I mean for real. You owe me.' Squall said.
'I owe you nothing. You do not understand how this universe works or the forces involved. Besides I'm not able to take you to Spira.. by the time you get there Paine will be long dead... Your birth was fortuitous in supplying me two saviours at the right time so I was able to transport one of you to Spira in time to be ready for the upheaval that would occur whilst leaving one here to face Ultimecia.' Fate said hollowly.
'That's heartless..' Squall growled.
'I have no need for emotion. I will do what it takes to make sure what needs to be done is achieved.' Fate snapped back.
'Then why do I see her now? After all this time?' Squall asked unable to argue with the voice in his head.
'That I do not know, but you now know the truth. As for how long it will last that I cannot answer either. I will leave you now Squall Leonhart, treasure the vision of your sister but do not wish for anything more... you still have further trials ahead.' Fate said and faded away leaving Squall in silence as he sat on his bed his mind a flame with all this information.
Authors note: I haven't played FFX-2 yet so I don't know what Paine's story is. I saw a screenshot of her and just thought of her as a female Squall, which was the reasoning behind this fic and my interpretation. You're more than welcome to correct me if you've played FFX-2. As for the character of Fate, they're just a plot device I used in my fanfic Pointless which talks about GFs.
Dream Girl
The figure stood before him, her back to him yet her face turned to him looking over her shoulder with a passive expression. They was definitely a she, no man could have such a figure or hold their body in that slightly curved way that was nonchalant yet subtly sexy.
She was dressed all in black leather that had a variety of silver buckles and red belts attached. She wore a strange pair of trousers, more like shorts with the leg pieces added later like stockings. The shorts and leggings were buckled down the sides and she wore black boots.
In a strange coincidence she wore two belts like he did but while both his were red hers was a black leather one with a skull buckle and another made of strange silver coins on red strips.
Her shoulders were bare to the elements as was her abdomen, her only top a wide strip of black leather folded over, the inner fold studded with small silver squares and it was held together with a large ornate cross.
Two red leather strips ran down the length of her body either side of her neck running down her back and stomach under her shorts and attached to her leggings while a thin black buckled belt was wrapped around her abdomen above her belly button. She also wore a black choker and a silver pendant on a chain around her neck.
He continued to watch her as she stood there holding a long skull engraved sword in her gloved right hand, the glove reaching up to her elbow as it did on her other arm. As with the way she held her body her sword was held loosely yet as a blade user himself he knew she was ready to strike.
If the way she dressed worried him in that it resembled his, then her face was more of a concern. Her hair was short, only reaching the base of her neck at the back while the fringe hung down over her eyes in large spiky strands whilst some of these pointed up, although her hair was more of a grey/silver than the brown his was.
Her red eyes were intense yet gave nothing away and in the background he hear two female voices the sources unclear.
'Give me a Y.' said one.
'Give me a R.' chimed another.
'Give me a break.' Replied the girl that he could see in a soft sultry voice.
Squall awoke slightly annoyed. It had been the same thing every night for the last week. He saw this girl who resembled him so closely in looks and from what he could tell in personality as well, always with her back to him yet looking over her shoulder at him, ready to fight but always in a blank white room where other voices could come in.
He wished he knew who she was, why she crept into his dreams at night and what it all meant.
He rose from his bed stretching, he hadn't told Rinoa of this dream girl in case she felt he no longer loved her. But this girl somehow he was connected to her. 'Paine.' He caught himself saying and then his brow crinkled as he tried to figure out where it had come from.
'You couldn't handle the truth.' A voice whispered in his mind.
'What truth.' He snapped back in his thoughts.
'That there are other worlds, dimensions, where people can be switched between.' The voice replied.
'What are you trying to say?' Squall asked as he wandered over to his washbasin preoccupied by the voice.
'I'm trying to say that you will never meet this Paine yet you will forever be tied to her.' The voice answered.
'Where is she? Why do I dream of her? Who are you?' Squall quizzed the unknown voice trying to understand what was going on, if he was going insane.
'She lives on a world called Spira although she wasn't born there. I am Fate, I control the destinies of all worlds, I choose the existence of human and the beings you call GFs. I decide when and where they shall be.' The voice told him.
'Then why are you talking to me? An all-powerful being like you talking to a human like this. So you took this Paine to Spira from where? Does she know?' Squall replied strangely able to continue his routine while conversing with this so-called Fate.
'You are one of my subjects, I feel I owe you an explanation. As for Paine no she doesn't know as far as she's concerned she is from Spira, you don't exist.' Fate explained their voice neither feminine nor masculine.
'So you're responsible for what happened with Ultimecia?' Squall retorted in rising anger.
'No she is the subject of another force, one I will not name. I was responsible for you and your friends defeating her... I made your lives the way they were so you'd be able to defeat her.' Fate replied calmly.
'So every action I do is planned by you?' Squall snapped hating the idea of being controlled.
'Not as such I only arranged matters so that when the time comes saviours like you will be able to do what you were born to do.' Fate answered ignorant of Squall's feelings.
'I see so you made it so I'd be abandoned?' Squall asked trying to stay calm.
'Yes I can see how much that troubles you but it made you the way you are, just as it did her.' Fate said enigmatically.
'What did you do to her? Is that how we're connected?' Squall demanded curiosity rising.
'Yes but the connection is closer than that... surely her name gives you a clue?' Fate teased.
'Paine? So what of it?' Squall said but his jaw dropped as another name came to his mind and realisation dawned.
'Paine... Raine... my mother? Are you saying she has something to do with Raine?' Squall asked flopping onto his bed as confusion flooded his mind.
'Very much so... Paine is Raine's daughter. Raine died due to complications giving birth to twins.' Fate replied.
'She's my sister!?' Squall exploded in shock and then added in anger 'Why did you let my mother die? Why did you take my sister?'
Fate sighed 'I told you I arrange it for saviours to be in the right place at the right time. She will be a saviour of Spira against their new evil. As for Raine I couldn't control that, I cannot avert Death, I can only shape a person's life-path.' They explained.
'My real Sis...' Squall mumbled to himself. 'I want to see her.' He demanded sitting up.
'You already have.' Fate answered.
'I mean for real. You owe me.' Squall said.
'I owe you nothing. You do not understand how this universe works or the forces involved. Besides I'm not able to take you to Spira.. by the time you get there Paine will be long dead... Your birth was fortuitous in supplying me two saviours at the right time so I was able to transport one of you to Spira in time to be ready for the upheaval that would occur whilst leaving one here to face Ultimecia.' Fate said hollowly.
'That's heartless..' Squall growled.
'I have no need for emotion. I will do what it takes to make sure what needs to be done is achieved.' Fate snapped back.
'Then why do I see her now? After all this time?' Squall asked unable to argue with the voice in his head.
'That I do not know, but you now know the truth. As for how long it will last that I cannot answer either. I will leave you now Squall Leonhart, treasure the vision of your sister but do not wish for anything more... you still have further trials ahead.' Fate said and faded away leaving Squall in silence as he sat on his bed his mind a flame with all this information.
Authors note: I haven't played FFX-2 yet so I don't know what Paine's story is. I saw a screenshot of her and just thought of her as a female Squall, which was the reasoning behind this fic and my interpretation. You're more than welcome to correct me if you've played FFX-2. As for the character of Fate, they're just a plot device I used in my fanfic Pointless which talks about GFs.