Decliner: I don't own any
of these characters with the exception of Murray, Allene and Adrian.
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Silent Call
Chapter 1: The beginning
By: Butterfly
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"... Sea-nymphs who had the power of
charming by their songs all who heard them, so that the unhappy mariners were
irresistibly impelled to cast themselves into the sea to their
destruction."
-Thomas
Bulfinch
19
years ago…
"Hey
Murray, is the ship ready to sail?" echoed a voice from the distant. A young
man in his late 20's placed the enormous box that he was lifting into a little
vessel. He sighed as he dried the sweats that were falling uncontrollably from
his forehead, results of a really exhausting job.
"Almost"
yelled back the boy who apparently was Murray. He looked at all the boxes that
were neatly placed in order of the merchandise's name and smiled at his
well-done work.
"Good
job, my son. Ready to take her to sea?" asked the older man as he patted Murray
on his head.
"Ready
father" he answered. The father chuckled at his son fixing his mess up blond
hair. "Not funny, I lasted about twenty minutes to fix my hair, and look, you
mess it up!"
"Let
me tell the crew to hurry up with the rest of the cargoes, we are leaving in
about thirty minutes" Murray's father said as he placed his hand on Murray's
shoulder and squeezed it a bit. He smirked and left his son lost in thoughts.
"I
hope that the storm warning I heard in the news was just a mistake from the
forecast," Murray murmured to himself as he headed to get more cargoes.
Hundreds
of excited mariners embarked and disembarked the ship as they brought with them
supplies boxes. For about twenty minutes or so, all men worked hard to finish
the job as quickly as possible. Afterward, the job was done and everything was
ready to sail. The engine was turned on and the vessel, slowly at first, stared
moving toward its destination, Fisherman Horizon.
The
day was fair, not to hot or to cold. The sun shined brightly, making the ocean
seem like a chain of pearls. Yeap, the day seemed promising for the mariners…or
so did they think. As the ship got father away from Balamb's dock, the
atmosphere worsen. The wind, that once blew tenderly, now became as wild as a
pack of hungry wolves. The temperature dropped to 30 degrees Celsius and rain,
accompanied by lightings and thunders, stared to pour. The mariners, scared for
their lives, tried everything they could in order to keep the vessel on float,
but their attempt turn out to be futile as the ship crashed and sunk.
Even
then, the sailors struggled to live, but slowly, one by one lost the battle and
drown. Murray tried very hard to stay conscious, spotting a small island not so
far away from him he swam towards it and prayed. Prayed that his body would be
strong enough for him to reach the isle. Prayed that God would be kind to help
him out. After what seemed like an eternity to Murray, he reached the island.
"I
made it" Murray whispered to himself as he scanned the area around him. He
tried to walk but he was too weak and so he fell to the sandy seashore.
"Tired…need sleep." He closed his eyes and went out cold.
A
gorgeous woman watched everything from behind a tree. The strong wind played
with her long golden hair. She blinked a couple of time as she saw how the man
she had been watching fell to the sand and lost consciousness. She gasped and
rushed to his aid in hope of still finding him alive. She turned him around and
sighed as she saw his chest rising and dropping rhythmically.
"Good.
He is still alive but I have to take him somewhere safe before the other finds
out" the young women uttered. Just as if of cue, her older brother came and
wheezed when he saw the young man on the seashore.
"Allene!
What have mother and father told you about being around humans?" he reminded
the blonde woman.
"I
know Adrial, I know!" Allene replied nervously, "But can't you see? He's weak.
He could die any moment soon! I have to cure him"
"But
if mom and dad finds out…"
"Please
Adrial, you have to help me!" she interrupted, "I know that we are not supposed
to be around humans, but I don't care!"
"Do
you love him?" he inquired.
"Pardon
me?" she asked a little taken aback at her brother sudden question.
"Do
you love him?" he repeated. Allene turned to face the fallen Murray and gently
caressed his face.
"I…I
think I do" she responded. She closed her eyes expecting to see or hear some
kind of reaction coming Adrial, but saw none. She opened her eyes slowly and
saw how her brother gently lifted Murray's body and walked.
"Come
on, let's find a safe place for him to stay" he intoned. Allene nodded and
silently followed her brother in the search for a place for Murray to stay.
At
last the storm subsided, and Allene and Adrial had finally found a good hiding
place for Murray to stay. Allene decided to stay with Murray until he woke up
so Adrial had to leave to stop any suspicions and also to bring some healings
herbs from the sea.
Hours
later, Adrial brought some sea herbs to cure Murray, and went back to the sea
to make more excuses for Allene's absence. Allene tossed another blooded
handkerchief away, and picked a new one. Wetting the handkerchief in the bowl
of water placed by her right side, she cleaned the remaining blood on Murray's
body. She sighed as she finally finished. Placing her soft hands on Murray's
cheek, she caressed it. A sudden chill went through Murray's body, making
Allene gasp and freeze. Murray's eyes slowly opened trying to adjust to the
little light in the room, that to his sensitive eyes made blink several times
before finally opening completly.
"Where…Where
am I?" he asked. He blinked a few more time and turned his attention to the
girl beside him, "And who are you?"
"You
are in Althaea Island, and my name is Allene," she replied, "What's your name?"
"I'm
Murray. And thanks for saving me," Murray declared, "So, what am I doing here?"
"Your
ship sunk. Luckily you had the strength to reach the shore," she stopped, swallowed
and continued, "Unfortunately, your friends didn't made it, and they drowned
with the ship."
"Everyone
drown? What do you mean everyone? My father was on that ship for Hyne's sake!
Are you sure that no one else made it? Are you sure?" he snapped as he grabbed
Allene by the arms forcefully.
"Yes
I'm sure! Now please, you are hurting me!" she declared. Murray's eyes snapped
open of horror, his father, the person who gave him life and love died. This
couldn't be happening. It just had to be a dream, though regrettably for him,
it wasn't. Murray sat on the old bed again. With all his sadness and angriness,
he had forgotten that he stood up to scream at someone who wasn't even guilty
of what had happened.
"I'm
sorry," he said miserably.
"Don't
be. I understand. You were really hurt by the news and you try to take it out
with someone. For my bad luck, I was the only person besides you." She
proclaimed.
"Thank
you," he murmured high enough to hear.
"For
what?" she asked.
"For
saving my life. I'll be forever grateful," he stated.
"My
pleasure. Now get some rest, you are still weak and you'll need it if you want
to recover. I have to go, see you tomorrow," she announced.
"Allene"
he called back. She turned to face him once more with the most beautiful smile
that he'd ever seen, "Thanks again…and good night." She nodded and soon
afterwards, left.
A/N:
Hey everyone. I know what you are thinking, "wait a minute, this isn't a FF8
fan fiction at all" well it is. As you may see in the top, this story happens 19
years ago. In order for you to understand the story, this MUST happen. I never
thought that it would last 2 chapters, but I guess it will. Don't worry though;
pretty soon the Quifer will start. If you are thinking that I'm kind of rushing
this part, yes I am. I want to get to "19 years later…" were the Quifer really
begins.