A/N: Ah, you guys, I was so happy when I had all of those reviews from the last chapter. I was on this natural high for like 3 hours. I did say that I would write an alternate ending if such was requested, so here it is. Let me say a few thank you's first!
Revieleb Maedyad: Thanks for sticking with me through this! J I must say, that your last review about killing me helped me consider what I wanted to write in this last chapter. Thanks for that… uh… intimidating inspiration.
Mercurymari83: You know I luv you girl! You read most all of my stuff! All of your comments made me smile! Thanks so much!!
Seyenaidni: I love your name once you told everyone what it meant. Thank you for taking time out of your day to read my story! Your perky comments were truly something!
Quistis Almasy: Like everyone, you've been reading since the beginning. Who knows, maybe we can both become famous some day! Gracias senorita!
Quistis88: Even your short, few worded comments gave me all of the fuel I needed to keep on writing!
Quistis' Twin Sister Sunny: Sunny, what can I say to you? You review my stories, and tell me how good I am when you write about 3,000 times better! Luv ya!
Saravien I plan on trying to catch up with the sequel of your story soon! Thanks for all of your kind words!
Dalpal: 'Lena, THANK YOU! Those little faces you make after everything sure are a good giggle.
Alonia Everclear: Well, I owe a lot of thanks to you. If I didn't not read some of your amazing stories, I would have never been introduced into the world of Seiftis. I must say, you are one of the best out there, and I was so happy that you were reading my story! Thanks for making me feel… good!
Thanks to the rest of you as well whom I did not put on here. Everything you write to me is truly inspiring.
Chapter 7: Alternate Ending 1
The words played over in her mind, yet they made
no sense. The simple meaning of it all.
"I love you."
For once in his life, he was scared. The pain and anger in her eyes was nothing
he could ever compare his feelings to. She hated him, that much he could tell.
Quistis wanted him dead, and almost nothing could stop her from having that
wish fulfilled. Her hands were stained crimson with blood; her hair was matted
with tears and sweat. Even in all of her fury, she was still beautiful. Her
movements were graceful, cloaked in some unseen force propelling her forward.
He loved her no matter how much pain she would cause. Quistis Trepe. The name
sent chills through Seifer's spine.
Her veins were on fire; her heart was lost in a torrent of rage. She was
loosing control of everything she had taught herself to hide. It was all
crumbling apart, tumbling down a mountain of jagged rocks. All care was
evaporating from her emotions, to be replaced by an empty hardness that needed
to be cracked. Seifer Almasy. She wanted to spit had she any in her mouth at
the time. All of her thoughts and actions were frozen in time. Nothing could
hold her down. At least Quistis let herself think that.
I was tired of the pain, the ache that was left standing there. It kills me
a little every time you smile.
I don't know what I think anymore. You make all of my thoughts numb, when
you smile.
"QUISTIS!" Squall came running around the corner to see Quistis only
inches away from Seifer, her whip raised in the air and blood splattered
everywhere. She wasn't moving though. Two SeeD's ran up. "Commander, you
needed us?" He moved his chin up a little and pointed towards Quistis. His
movements were all in vain.
His eyes were frozen shut. His heart was cold. Her eyes were afire. Her heart
was raging.
It would be a sad love. The kind that brings tears to the eyes. But, what if they eyes were dry? Would they still cry alone in the darkness? They say it's mind over body, but in actuality, it's heart over mind. If you believe it pains you, then it return, you will have pain. If you believe you will overcome anything, then, perhaps, your right.
Quistis was being held safely in a small room in the infirmary. Dr. Kadowaki would not treat a patient unwilling to be healed. No one visited her for the rest of the week. She had killed a man. His blood still swam around in her dreams. The look in his eyes when her whip had caressed the back of his skull never let her sleep. When the sound had escaped his lips, she had gone deaf. When his tears fell onto her hand, it burned. Not only had she killed a man, she killed her soul. A violent tremor shook her body and she lapsed into darkness.
She could hear Squall yelling from down the hall, and then her movements started at a sluggish pace. Seifer was in front of her on the floor. Blood dripped from her right hand onto his leg, and he cringed when it seeped through the material. The only though in her mind was death. Seifer had been looking into her when she advanced on him. Now his head was hanging towards the floor, waiting. His shoulders fell limp. Quistis raised her arm, and faltered only a split second. Blow after blow, nobody moved towards her, for fear of his or her own life. He had cried that day, and so had she. Not real tears, but the kind no one can see or hear. Her soul bled that day as well.
She was not allowed to attend the funeral. Not that she would have. Her heart wouldn't have been able to bear the pain; her soul would not have been able to bear the guilt. Quistis had killed the one she loved. The reason… was not all to clear to even her. No one spoke to her, or raised their eyes to look at her. They were ashamed more or less. Some said she should have died that day. 'But what did they care? A few days ago, no one could stand the sight of Seifer Almasy.' She couldn't stand the site of Seifer Almasy. His jade eyes kindled the flame deep inside of him, and still burned her heart every time she breathed. 'Where will we end up Seifer?' She asked this silent question every night before she fell into a tormented sleep. Of course, she never received an answer. Only a dead silence that wrapped around her face and suffocated her. The only hard part for her to understand was… he allowed her to do it.
Had Quistis known Seifer better… would she have known… that he knew why she did it? That he was able to give himself to let her have exactly what she wanted?
Squall stood outside of Garden. The other Headmaster's from elsewhere stood around him. There were no words said, only formal handshakes. There had been a meeting between them to decide the fate of Quistis Trepe. They had made a decision in three hours.
Apparently she was sleeping. At least that is how it looked to Squall. 'Good, I won't have to see the look on her face.' He walked over to her bare arm and pulled something from his pocket. It was a needle. Injecting the clear liquid, he turned quickly and left, locking the door behind him.
For Quistis, the torment ended that night. When she came to the gates of Heaven, they only said one thing to her. "My child, you have no soul to give."
A/N: What did you guys think of that ending? You're probably ready to kill me aren't you? I just had to write a chapter where Seifer died! Please, don't be too mad at me! I am, just to let you know, going to write one more alternate ending. No one will die in that one! But, that does not mean it will be a happy ending either. That one will be written probably this weekend or next week. I leave for home the day after tomorrow, which will be Wednesday. So, don't forget to review!! One fast question, and please answer this! I am going to start another story soon, which couple should I center it around and what genre (type of story) should it be?