Rigid Ice, Raging Flame

A/N: O-o-…Oh…M-m-m… my. I feel suddenly faint. I have 50 reviews? Oh wow. This is like… a miracle for me. You just don't know. I got on and it said 50… I almost fell out of my chair out onto the floor. I was not going to update again, but the 50 persuaded me! That and all of those wonderful comments from my readers! ^_^ I hope you guys don't mind all the pain I put them through before I bring back the bad things.

Chapter 6- Haunted Dreams

"I loved you…"

It was his ghost; those words were his curse. They never left him, wouldn't dare to leave him alone. Alone. In his dreams, she was there looking at him with those eyes. Rolling over towards the window, the moonlight played across his hair, making it seem to jump from the position on his head.

His footfalls could be heard all around, they were echoing loudly in his mind. The sky was a deep purple, without a moon, without the stars. There was no light here. It was just an endless amount of darkness. He could see though, if you considered being able to see your feet seeing. "Have you come for me?" It smashed all the sounds of nothing. Her voice flowed into his mind like his hand sliced through the air with Hyperion. "I see you, my knight. Do you see me?" She was close. Unwillingly he began to run. The night flew by. Everything was a blur. The one thing he though of was her.

She found him. Seifer felt odd seeing her walk out of that mirrored wall. She did it the same way every night, and he still was not used to it. The mirror melded into liquid and then her body slowly formed before him. Her hair was down, straight and soft. The blue of her gown diminished when one looked at her face. It was all surreal. One of her hands stayed in the mirror. Two tears gently left her right eye… yet they were red like blood. Wait… they were blood.

Before he could stop, Hyperion left it sheath and entered his grasp. The air was still and she held her breath. The blade hissed through the air, and met with flesh. She gasped… and began her descent. Seifer reached his hands out and tried to catch her, but she disappeared into the mirror, and the last thing he always heard was… " I loved you…"

Seifer slammed his fist into the wall, and a picture fell off. He jumped up clear out of the bed and next to the desk. His hair was matted, and the sweat was rolling from his body. The picture was shattered all around the end of the bed. He sighed. It was the same thing every night. Another dream, something else is broken. But the one thing that never seemed to get fixed was the one thing that needed it the most. Himself. His pain and all of his sorrowful was beyond repair. Not impossible though. Seifer knew what needed to be done, he just did not know if he could bring himself to do it.

"This won't happen."

Quistis had laid in the floor the night beneath the window and cried. Once he left, it all poured out. Her eyes were swollen, and she felt like death itself. She couldn't see anything, even the sun beginning to make its way into life. The look on his face flashed over and over in her mind. The Heaven she had so longed to have, turned into Hell right before her. It was unbearable for her. She'd snapped, she'd lost it. "You did this to me…" Her first words came out in a low growl, and her eyes flashed towards the door. "You brought me this pain, Almasy. Now, I want you to feel it too." Slowly, she stood from the floor, her fists clenched. She didn't care anymore, she just didn't care.

Seifer had been in the bathroom brushing his teeth when there was yelling from down the hall. He walked out of the bathroom and opened his dorm door. Red was all over the carpet. "What the…" A scream sounded to his left, and he jerked in that direction. Diablos was standing in the hall, slaughtering a helpless SeeD still in his pajamas. "Hell." Seifer couldn't take on that GF by himself. Before he could do anything, Diablos dissipated. A blonde woman took his place. "Quistis?" He started towards her, dropping his toothbrush to the ground.

A smile graced her face. Seifer didn't like it. "What are you doing, Quistis?" He was about 10 feet away from her. " Well, well. Mr. Almasy, so glad you could join me. You're just the person I was looking for."

Her mind was blank, and her actions were deadly. Emotions were no longer a need. She knew what she wanted. And she wanted her pain dead. Quistis was tired of rejection, seeing as how that was all she ever received. This was the last time… her body and mind were breaking down, if not already broken.

"What?" He moved a few steps father back towards his room. Her hand was gently caressing the handle of her whip. Needless to say, she'd lost her mind. "Quistis, you need to calm down." She threw her head back and laughed at him. "Don't tell me what to do. I do what I please. And at this time, it would please me if…" Her eyes looked down upon him. Hatred and the urge to kill replaced the beauty he had known. He had known that feeling. He had killed many people. He didn't know what to do. "You were dead." The words were only in the air for a minute before she came rushed at him. He started to move backwards faster, and tripped over the body of the dead SeeD. The blood lust had taken her over. And there he was. The whip was drawn, and she was forming a spell while she ran. Nearly 5 feet away and sirens in his mind were going off.

"I loved you…"

"Quisty…" He knew she would not stop, but her movements did slow down. She was now walking, and she knew he could not get to Hyperion in time.

He will die. My pain will go away. I can live peacefully. If hell is peaceful. For it all to end…

His eyes went right into her soul. "I love you."

A/N: I bet your thinking… damn you FH for leaving us with a cliffhanger like that! How dare you! Well guess what! I did! HAHA! But, this is the thing. I am not going to write the next chapter until next week. I want to make you guys wait it out some, and I really need a break from the computer screen! So, review me up Scotty! By the way, don't forget about the Seiftis Forever Awards! Your nominations are well received! The nominations end June 15th, I want to see those emails rolling in! J